Trump Intends to Cancel All Federal Funds Directed at Harvard  —  A letter to federal agencies will instruct them to end contracts, totaling about $100 million.  It is meant to sever the government's remaining ties with Harvard.  —  The Trump administration is set to cancel …

Trump Weighs Sanctions Against Russia as Relationship With Putin Sours  —  President expresses frustration over new attacks in Ukraine and slow pace of talks  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is eyeing sanctions against Moscow this week as he grows frustrated by Russian President Vladimir …

Senate eyes changes to Trump's legislative package that narrowly passed the House  —  Senate Republicans are looking to rework President Donald Trump's massive tax and immigration bill that narrowly cleared the Republican-led House last week.  Expect debate in coming weeks over Medicaid spending …

A Letter to Europe  —  On Friday Donald Trump, claiming that he was unhappy with European negotiating tactics, announced his intention to impose 50 percent tariffs on goods imported from the European Union.  A rate that high would virtually shut down trans-Atlantic trade.

Trump pardons Virginia sheriff convicted of federal bribery charges  —  Scott Jenkins, who was sheriff in Culpeper, was to report to jail on Tuesday.  —  Culpeper County, Virginia, Sheriff Scott Jenkins speaks during a gun rights rally organized by The Virginia Citizens Defense League …

GOP declares war on GAO  —  Republicans are undermining the Government Accountability Office, the century-old agency that roots out waste, fraud and abuse.  —  The independent Government Accountability Office has served Congress as the nation's chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies for more than a century.

Hong Kong leader's comments prove taxpayers ‘penalised’ before audit results, press union says  —  The Hong Kong Journalists' Association (HKJA) has criticised the city's top leader for saying that journalists “have no privilege to evade taxes,” following the press union's accusation of …

Trump's China Tariffs Are Having a ‘Massive Impact’ on Small Business  —  A small Vermont business that sells water bottles used by cyclists and others is struggling to adapt to President Trump's tariffs even after they were temporarily lowered.  —  When President Trump temporarily reduced tariffs …

Republican Crackdown on Aid to Immigrants Would Hit U.S. Citizens  —  The Trump administration's efforts and the G.O.P.'s tax bill aim to restrict benefits for families that include immigrants without permanent legal status.  —  President Trump has vowed to end what he calls the …

On Memorial Day, Trump honors fallen soldiers and celebrates political wins  —  Trump's Memorial Day speech delivered an explicitly partisan message during what is traditionally a nonpolitical commemoration of the nation's fallen soldiers.  —  President Donald Trump commemorated his first Memorial …

E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn't surface  —  Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.  —  Colton George felt sick.  The 9-year-old Indiana boy told his parents his stomach hurt.

What we don't learn in “Original Sin”  —  Who was driving the Biden administration's controversial policy choices?  —  ∙ Paid  —  Like everyone in Washington, I've read the new Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson book, “Original Sin.”  At this point, it's been so widely discussed …

3 takeaways from the most authoritative autopsy of the 2024 election yet  —  It's been more than six months, but Democrats are still picking over the cold, dead body of the 2024 election.  The latest autopsy comes courtesy of Catalist, a Democratic data firm with a widely coveted voter database.

Charles B. Rangel, Longtime Harlem Congressman, Dies at 94  —  As the dean of New York's delegation and the first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, he was a powerful political force for decades.  —  Charles Rangel spoke at a news conference outside the Bronx County Courthouse in 1985.

Tech's Trump Whisperer, Tim Cook, Goes Quiet as His Influence Fades  —  Apple's chief executive has gone from winning President Trump's praise to drawing his ire, deepening the company's woes in a very bad year.  —  In the run-up to President Trump's recent trip to the Middle East …

Within Pete Hegseth's divided inner circle, a ‘cold war’ endures  —  At the Pentagon, personality conflicts persist and inexperience reigns, fueling internal speculation about the defense secretary's long-term viability in Trump's Cabinet.  —  An enduring rift among Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's cadre …

Donald Trump's Politics of Plunder  —  The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America's aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.  —  To understand the vagaries of power in Washington, pay attention to where the powerful congregate.  When Teddy Roosevelt was ascending …