Chuck Schumer says Senate Democrats won't provide votes to pass GOP funding bill as shutdown draws near  —  After meeting with his conference, the Senate minority leader said “Republicans do not have the votes” to advance the House-approved measure, which requires 60 to pass.

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes  —  Morris is a former spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump, and Gateway — one of the nation's largest megachurches — has been particularly active in Dallas-area GOP politics.

Russia says it does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine  —  Putin's foreign policy adviser says Moscow wants long-term settlement taking its interests into account  —  Russia does not want a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine and is pushing for a long-term peace settlement that will take into account …

Trump's FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups  —  The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration.  —  Citibank revealed in a court filing Wednesday that it was told …

Trump's Big Bet: Americans Will Tolerate Economic Downturn to Restore Manufacturing  —  The president offers many reasons for imposing tariffs, including revenue, leverage over competitors and job creation.  But history suggests a more complex history.  —  President Trump's simultaneous trade wars …

U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents  —  The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.  —  A family that was deported to Mexico hopes they can find …

Elon Musk Looks Desperate  —  How to lose $148 billion in less than two months  —  For years, Donald Trump's critics have accused him of behaving like a crooked used-car salesman.  Yesterday afternoon, he did it for real on the White House South Lawn.  —  Squinting in the sun with Elon Musk …

Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts  —  Tim Walz is headed back out on the road - this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country.

At Columbia, Tension Over Gaza Protests Hits Breaking Point Under Trump  —  There were protests, arrests, the departure of the school's president.  Then, a new administration arrived in Washington.  —  Days after immigration officers arrested a prominent pro-Palestinian campus activist …

ICE Returns All Migrants From Guantánamo to Stateside Facilities  —  A court filing described strip searches and the use of restraint chairs on some of the 290 migrants the Trump administration has cycled through the base.  —  The Trump administration has abruptly cleared out a second group …

Buttigieg gives the clearest signal yet that he's eyeing a presidential run in 2028  —  The former Transportation secretary is eyeing something bigger than the Senate.  —  Pete Buttigieg is expected to announce Thursday he will not run for Michigan's open Senate seat, according to a person briefed …

NH's new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates  —  It took three trips, but Brooke Yonge was finally able to cast her ballot.  —  On her first trip to the Derry polls Tuesday morning, Yonge didn't bring proof of her U.S. citizenship …

EPA administrator announces huge rollback of environmental regulations  —  Lee Zeldin said he will reconsider a list of core EPA policies, including emissions standards for vehicles and the finding that serves as the basis for addressing climate change.  —  Promising to drive …

Judge orders DOGE and Elon Musk to turn over documents, answer written questions  —  The demands for information are designed to clarify the “parameters of DOGE's and Musk's authority.”  —  A federal judge has ordered that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency turn …

DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find  —  Elon Musk's group obscured the details of some new claims on its website, despite promises of transparency.  But The Times was still able to detect another batch of mistakes.  —  Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency …

Judge says Trump penalties on law firm send ‘chills down my spine’  —  The Trump administration was ordered to halt, at least temporarily, parts of its executive order punishing the law firm Perkins Coie.  —  A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration …

‘I just call Elon.’ To avoid DOGE cuts, lawmakers just need the right connections and an ‘R’ after their names  —  WASHINGTON — At Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, there is no official help line for members of Congress to call with questions about how the billionaire's far-reaching effort …

Experts give Kennedy low marks as measles outbreak tests him  —  A worsening measles outbreak in West Texas has spread to two other states, providing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. his first real test of responding to a major public health incident.

Is the US headed for a recession?  —  Donald Trump has a gift for inheriting valuable things.  And the economy of January 2025 was no exception.  —  When the president took office, stock values were hitting record highs, unemployment was hovering near historic lows, and consumer confidence was stable.

Who's in Elon's ear — and DMs  —  Musk's most trusted advisers remain a tight-knit group of executives who have followed him from his companies but lack political experience.  —  Unlike traditional Washington power players, Elon Musk doesn't have a deep bench of policy wonks …

Trump Vows 200% Tariff on EU Wine, Escalating Trade Tensions  —  President Donald Trump threatened to enact a 200% tariff on European wine, champagne and other alcoholic beverages, the latest escalation in a brewing trade war between the US and the EU.  —  The president in a social media post …

In reversal, NPR permits anchor to attend Pride event  —  The Scoop  —  National Public Radio dissuaded one of its most visible gay employees from attending a corporate LGBTQ Pride event, as the Trump administration and congressional Republicans put pressure on the public broadcaster.

Testimony Reveals Doors Would Not Open on Cybertruck That Caught Fire in Piedmont, Killing Three  —  The Highway Patrol's investigation into a November Cybertruck crash in Piedmont where three college kids died is finding two very Tesla problems: the vehicle immediately caught fire, and its doors would not open.

Belgian police raid Huawei offices as new corruption scandal rocks EU Parliament  —  Belgian police conducted raids at more than 20 addresses in the early hours of Thursday, including at Chinese technology giant Huawei's Brussels offices, as part of a corruption probe impacting the European Parliament.

Venezuelan couple arrested and charged with illegal entry — two years after crossing into the U.S.  — The timing of the arrests and charges is unusual and reflects the Trump administration's increasingly aggressive tactics on immigration.  — The couple had been granted protected status …

CEOs Don't Plan to Openly Question Trump.  Ask Again If the Market Crashes 20%.  —  Behind closed doors, business leaders air plenty of concerns about the administration and its policies  —  WASHINGTON—How business leaders talk about the Trump administration in private has been markedly different …