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President Donald Trump said late Friday he will give around 20 million senior citizens $90 each to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums, marking his latest effort to dole out funds to certain A...

There’s little desire to go after President Trump again—but lawmakers want to investigate his administration and family.

Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.

Christa Pike tortured and murdered a classmate in 1995. She had been set to die on Wednesday, the first woman executed in the state in 200 years.

This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.

Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.

Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.

Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.

The longtime Trump chronicler and New York Times reporter talks about the midterms, the president’s “un-reality bubble,” and his frustration with the war in Iran.

A period of global dominance has ended in plain sight.

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, called the challenge to the restrictions a “Hail Mary pass” that was unlikely to prevail because of the Postal Service’s broad authority...

The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.

The Trump administration has encouraged AI's rapid growth and the development of data centers as it seeks an insurmountable tech edge over China.

Forty-four years ago, a conservative legal convention offered disaffected students an identity—and hope.

Experience as a Supreme Court law clerk has long been a prized credential, now drawing signing bonuses up to $700,000 at law firms. But it has increasingly become a ticket to a judgeship of one’s own,...

Does he not understand, or does he just not care?

We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.

President Donald Trump demanded that the Fed slash interest rates or else he will cut off trade with countries with which the U.S. maintains trade deficits.

President Trump’s foreign adventurism will drive immigrants to the United States. And his anti-immigrant base knows it.

Eric and Donald Trump Jr. are passive investors in American Ventures, which has booked quick profits on stakes as buy-and-hold investors take losses.

The conservative justices have separation of powers exactly backwards.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he said will "immediately" change the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America."

The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant.

GOP lawmakers are pushing to restrict the rights of naturalized and dual citizens—including their ability to run for office.

As immigration arrests hit record highs, ICE appears closer than ever to meeting its goal of 2,000 daily arrests.

The US Supreme Court delivered a jolt to the impending midterm elections by reviving President Donald Trump’s push to restrict mail-in voting while creating a tangle of new legal and logistical questi...

Donald Trump directed the DOJ to settle its antitrust case with Live Nation after meeting with CEO Michael Rapino in the

More than six years after the emergence of Covid-19, no one is keeping track of the risky virus experiments that are capable of starting a pandemic.

For Florida-based Powerus, becoming a global supplier of counterdrone technology has meant involving the Trumps, a golf course and a new way of doing business.

The plan complies with President Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court.

The federal government has slowed Harvard’s funding, despite the university’s legal victories. The conflict is forcing hard choices on campus.

The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar wit...

American democracy and American higher education are inextricable.

The impact from the bond market sell-off could prove more enduring, wide-ranging and globally consequential than prior episodes of market volatility.

The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest.

Walmart posted solid sales and profits in the latest quarter, helped by a massive $2.9 billion in tariff refunds, one of the largest amounts reported by any company.

Faster borrowing — driven in part by lost revenue from invalidated tariffs — means the next debt-limit fight is also likely to arrive ahead of schedule.

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The Trump family’s crypto business exemplifies all of the sleaziest aspects of the president’s code of conduct.

The president likes to boast about the “greatest economy we’ve ever had.” His record falls far short.

The U.S. and Europe have no clear plan for a joint attack from Russia and China.

His rage is driving him to make irrational policy choices.

The prospects for peace in the Middle East suffered a fresh setback, with President Donald Trump reportedly saying he is in no hurry to end the war with Iran and fighting flaring anew in Lebanon.

Meta faces a federal trial over child safety claims that could bring major financial penalties and changes to Facebook and Instagram.

Silicon Valley was never pacifist; it just followed the customers.

The administration delivers a win for financial crooks at the expense of honest businesses.