How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel  —  President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel's push for an assault on Iran's nuclear program.  With the war underway, his posture has gyrated as he weighs sending in the U.S. military.

Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing  —  City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.  —  The city's elected financial watchdog, and a Democratic candidate for mayor, appeared at 26 Federal Plaza …

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem transported by ambulance to DC-area hospital, sources say  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was transported by ambulance on Tuesday to a hospital in Washington, DC, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Senate passes landmark crypto regulation bill on a bipartisan vote, sending it to the House  —  The 68-30 vote on the GENIUS Act marked the first time that the Senate has passed major legislation regulating digital assets.  —  WASHINGTON — After weeks of stops and starts …

Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DC  —  The “Appeal To Heaven” flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.  —  A controversial “Appeal to Heaven” …

‘Insensitive, to say the least’: Mike Lee deletes Minnesota posts amid GOP criticism  —  Utah Sen. Mike Lee, amid widespread outrage, has deleted a pair of social media posts associating the deadly Minnesota shootings last weekend with “Marxists” and the state's Democratic governor.

Trump's Own Staff Don't Think He's Fit to Be President  —  Dissent against Donald Trump is bubbling within his administration—but people are too scared to act on it.  —  Some White House staffers no longer believe that Trump is fit to be president, according to Miles Taylor …

Trump Says He Has No Plans to Call Walz After Shootings in Minnesota  —  “I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I'm not calling him,” the president told reporters.  —  President Trump said that he had no plans to call Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota after a man assassinated …

Today in Politics, Bulletin 153. 6/17/25  —  ... Director of WH Personnel Sergio Gor refuses to say what country he's from and refuses to complete the paperwork for his background check.  NY Post: “Gor is in charge of picking about 4,000 executive-branch staff ... but has not turned in his Standard Form 86 …

California court upholds John Eastman's disbarment for role in Trump 2020 plot  —  Eastman's “false narrative” about the 2020 results undermined American elections and the legal system, the court wrote.  —  A California court has upheld a recommendation that attorney John Eastman should lose …

FBI Director Kash Patel feeds 2020 election conspiracy theories with documents about unverified tip  —  Patel has faced increased pressure from the online right to bring more drastic change to the bureau.  —  WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel said this week the bureau had shared …

Family says baby delivered through C-section from Georgia mom who was declared brain dead  —  Family members said Adriana Smith will be taken off life support this week. … ATLANTA — The family of Adriana Smith, a metro Atlanta nurse who was declared brain dead in February while pregnant, said her baby boy has arrived.

Senate Democrats Are Letting Trump's Judicial Nominees Off the Hook  —  On Sunday, 11 days after the Senate Judiciary Committee held confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's first batch of judicial nominees, the committee published the nominees' answers to follow-up questions posed by the committee's members.

Trump's pardons cost victims and taxpayers $1.3 billion, House Judiciary Committee Democrats' review says  —  President Trump's flurry of recent presidential pardons has cost crime victims and taxpayers approximately $1.3 billion in restitution and payments, according to a review by House Judiciary Democrats.

Clintons, Harris attend Hamptons wedding of Huma Abedin, Alex Soros  —  Huma Abedin, political strategist and former Hillary Clinton aide, dished the details of her Saturday wedding to philanthropist Alex Soros, the son of progressive billionaire George Soros, to Vogue.

US judge blocks Trump passport policy targeting transgender people  —  A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their gender identities, after finding it was likely unconstitutional.

Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights  —  This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.

Denmark's Frederiksen moves to keep Greenland out of Trump's clutches  —  The plan includes investment in the Arctic island's critical infrastructure.  —  Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Copenhagen is willing to invest more in Greenland as Denmark tries to fend off U.S. President …

No Kings protest organizers announce July 17 as next demonstration  —  Organizers of last weekend's “No Kings” protests are celebrating the event as the one of the largest mass demonstrations in U.S. history, and already have another rally on the books.  —  Why it matters: Building off …

Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill banning abortion, criminalizing the procedure  —  The bill would overturn a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights.  —  In this Nov. 7, 2023, file photo, Issue 1 supporters cheer as they watch election results in Columbus Ohio.

H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Dynamic Estimate)  —  As passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025 … 383.21 KB  —  On This Page  —  H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act  —  As passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025  —  By Fiscal Year, Billions of Dollars

Breaking: Federal judge blocks Rubio's anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy for all  —  Judge Julia Kobick granted a classwide preliminary injunction that applies to all trans and nonbinary people on Tuesday.  —  A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration …

Poll: GOP budget bill faces nearly 2-to-1 opposition, with many unaware  —  A plurality of voters oppose the tax-and-spending legislation, with mixed opinions on specific provisions, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll this month.  —  As Senate Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump's …