Trump's Shutdown Layoffs Deepen Impasse, Angering Democrats  —  The president's move to fire federal workers and his threats to make others go without pay were aimed at pressuring Democrats to cut a deal to reopen the government.  The tactics have fueled Democrats' resolve.

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials  —  “Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.

Former President Joe Biden undergoing radiation therapy as cancer care enters new phase  —  The radiation treatment is expected to span five weeks and marks a new point in his care.  —  Former President Joe Biden is undergoing a new phase of treatment for an aggressive form of cancer that was diagnosed in May.

China Flexed.  Trump Hit Back.  So Much for the Thaw.  —  Beijing's trade curbs and President Trump's tariff threats show how quickly calm can give way to confrontation between the two largest economies.  —  As the trade war between the United States and China kicked back into high gear …

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court's Emergency Orders  —  Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts' legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem's “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit  —  This week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem staged a bizarre photo op in Portland that appeared designed to bolster President Trump's effort to deploy Oregon's National Guard against ICE protesters in the city.

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: 'I didn't want them to take her'  —  During the Sept. 30 raid, one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom.  Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before that night.

October 10, 2025  —  All of President Donald J. Trump's lobbying for the Nobel Peace Prize came to naught today as the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year's prize to María Corina Machado of Venezuela.  Machado has led a movement to challenge Venezuela's authoritarian leader, President Nicolás Maduro.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks  —  At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide.  “Expect more,” one expert said.  —  A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children …

Trump and Zelensky discuss Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine, sources say  —  President Trump spoke Saturday with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky and they discussed the possibility of Ukraine obtaining Tomahawk long-range missiles, according to two sources with knowledge.

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts  —  Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.  —  Hundreds of staffers at the US Department …

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices  —  In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply.  —  Just now  —  The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown …

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father.  The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.  —  ➡️ Read more stories from the Capital City Bureau here.  —  For Hector Smith and his son David, June 3, 2025, was shaping up to be an average day.

‘Page one of the authoritarian playbook’: how Trump and allies are exploiting Kirk's killing  —  The president and his Maga allies have used the rightwing influencer's killing to justify attacks on critics, experts say  —  Donald Trump and Maga allies have capitalized on the killing …

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco  —  Mr. Benioff, the Salesforce C.E.O. and owner of Time magazine, once supported Hillary Clinton and a business tax for homeless services.  Now he's fully behind Donald Trump.  —  For years, San Franciscans considered him their benevolent, big-hearted billionaire.

James Comey.  Letitia James.  Who's Next?  —  President Trump is once again weaponizing the legal system to fulfill his personal vendettas.  Last year, before he could point to a single crime that he claimed she had committed, Mr. Trump called for the prosecution of New York's attorney general …

For Trump, media manipulation is his show of force  —  The president has long attacked the media as “fake news,” but the White House has created a new crop of journalists to advance its policy priorities.  —  President Donald Trump has long railed against the “fake news” as an “enemy of the people.”

Black women's unemployment ‘dire warning’ for the economy  —  CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct that the unemployment rates fell to 5.3 percent in August 2019 and to clarify that the White House was correct in stating that Black unemployment fell to record lows during Trump's first term.

'We're fighting for you!'  Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media - and winning the ratings battle  —  His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings - and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan's.  Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

Republicans, playing defense on health care, uncertain of path forward  —  Republicans are on the defensive as Democrats have successfully made the shutdown fight about health care.  —  Most Republicans said they don't want to see insurance premiums spike, but neither are they willing …

Why Can't Trump's Domestic Policy Be More Like His Foreign Policy?  —  When Donald Trump was first elected president, foreign policy seemed like the zone of greatest danger, the place where a political novice promising to remake the world order was most likely to blunder into true catastrophe.

Luigi Mangione's lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO  —  Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty …

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Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear  —  Recent moves reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his ambitious agenda  —  President Trump began mass layoffs of federal workers.  He threatened a dramatic increase in tariffs on China.

Another Unhinged Leftist Arrested: He Threatened to Murder Benny Johnson  —  The threat happened just a few days after the murder of Charlie Kirk last month but it's coming to light now because the person responsible was just arrested. … Here's Pam Bondi announcing the arrest.