Tag: United States Politics and Government

D.H.S. Detains a Georgetown University Academic

The U.S. government detained an Indian citizen who was studying and teaching at Georgetown University, and said he had been deemed “deportable” for violating the terms of his student visa. The Indian national, Badar Khan Suri, was detained at his home in Rosslyn, Va., on Monday night, according to his lawyer, Hassan Ahmad. Mr. Suri […]

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Trump Had ‘Aptitude for Music’ as a Child, He Told Kennedy Center Board

During his first visit to the Kennedy Center since making himself the chairman of its board, President Trump had a lot to say about Broadway shows, dancers in silk tights, the Potomac River and Elvis Presley. But in a private discussion at the start of a meeting of the center’s board on Monday, Mr. Trump […]

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Shielded Kennedy Files Hid Spies, Not Conspiracies

For years, as the government has declassified and published documents related — some very tenuously — to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the assumption expressed by conspiracy theorists and some historians was that anything still being withheld could be big. That assumption led some of President Trump’s allies, including Kennedy’s nephew, Robert F. […]

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Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges

Elon Musk has made the maximum allowable donation to Republican members of Congress who support impeaching federal judges who are impeding actions taken by President Trump, according to five people with knowledge of the matter. Mr. Musk has given the maximum hard-dollar donations he could to the campaigns of seven Republicans who have either endorsed […]

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America Is Aggravating the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis

The world’s worst humanitarian crisis today is probably the web of famine, civil war, mass rape and other atrocities in Sudan, a nightmare that the United States has formally described as genocide. Many tens of thousands have been killed, 11 million Sudanese have been displaced, the most lethal famine in decades may be underway, and […]

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Humiliation as Propaganda: Videos of Shackled Detainees Have History in El Salvador

In a propaganda video released by the government of El Salvador, shackled detainees are forcefully led off planes as drones film overhead. The music builds and the men are pushed into armored vehicles and taken to a large prison. Their heads are shaved and they are moved in organized lines into large cells — all […]

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Judges Fear for Their Safety Amid a Wave of Threats

President Trump’s angry call on Tuesday for the impeachment of a federal judge who ruled against his administration on deportation flights has set off a string of near-instant social media taunts and threats, including images of judges being marched off in handcuffs. The call came against an ominous backdrop. Nine days earlier, police officers in […]

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Justice Department Moves to Unseal MLK Jr.’s FBI Surveillance Records

The Justice Department is moving to unseal F.B.I. surveillance records of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. about two years before their court-ordered release. The request was made over the objections of the civil rights organization Dr. King founded, which fears details of his private life will be used to tarnish his legacy. In […]

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Trump’s Ending of Hunter Biden’s Security Detail Raises Questions About Who Gets Protection

Former Vice President Kamala Harris has Secret Service protection, at least for a few more months. Chelsea Clinton does not have a Secret Service detail anymore, though her father, former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, do. All of President Trump’s family members currently have protection, including his grandchildren. And while former President […]

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Jack Schlossberg Slams JFK Files Release and the Media’s Coverage

Jack Schlossberg, the only grandson of President John F. Kennedy, was not among the many people poring over the new trove of government files about Kennedy’s assassination when it was released on Tuesday. Instead, Mr. Schlossberg was on social media criticizing President Trump, Republican lawmakers and the news media over the handling of the files. […]

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Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook

When he took the stage in downtown Eau Claire, Wis., on Tuesday night to rev up Democrats ahead of a critical State Supreme Court race, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota said he didn’t think name-calling would help things. Then he called Elon Musk a “dipshit” and, later, a “South African nepo baby” with the power […]

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Trump Administration Considers Scaling Back H.I.V. Efforts at C.D.C.

During his first term, President Donald J. Trump unveiled a bold initiative to end the H.I.V. epidemic in the United States by 2030 by focusing on 57 jurisdictions with the most urgent needs. The plan, which Mr. Trump announced in 2019 at a State of the Union address, surprised advocacy groups. But it was widely […]

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Judge Grants the Government Another Day to Share Details on Deportation Flights

The back and forth between a federal judge and the Trump administration over the timing of two flights it arranged last weekend deporting a group of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador under the extraordinary powers of a wartime statute will last at least another day. The judge in the case, James E. Boasberg, has given […]

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Dismayed by Trump, the Star Pianist András Schiff Boycotts the U.S.

András Schiff, an eminent concert pianist who has boycotted strongman rule in Russia and his native Hungary, said on Wednesday that he would no longer perform in the United States because of concerns about President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying” on the world stage. Mr. Schiff, 71, a towering figure in classical music, said he was alarmed […]

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What to watch at the Fed meeting.

Federal Reserve officials are scheduled to release their first set of economic projections this year, alongside their interest rate decision, on Wednesday. Those forecasts will offer a fresh glimpse of the trajectory for monetary policy at a highly uncertain moment for the central bank. Policymakers paused interest rate cuts in January after reducing borrowing costs […]

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Trump’s Tariffs Have Sown Uncertainty. That Might Be the Point.

Since taking office, President Trump and his advisers have explained the president’s aggressive economic approach to tariffs with a litany of conflicting ideas. Other countries are “ripping off” America and need to be stopped. The United States is fighting a drug war with Canada, Mexico and China. Tariffs will help pay down the nation’s $36 […]

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Trump’s Tariffs Could Deal a Blow to Boeing and the Aerospace Industry

Boeing is the kind of manufacturer — one that exports billions of dollars of goods — that President Trump says he wants to protect and nurture. But his tariffs could have the opposite effect on the company’s suppliers. Mr. Trump has imposed a few tariffs so far, but he says more are coming in just […]

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What Oil Executives Want From President Trump

Oil and gas executives will meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday as they seek to influence him on tariffs, tax credits and deregulation. Some executives in the industry, which spent more than $75 million to help elect Mr. Trump, are increasingly frustrated with Mr. Trump’s agenda. Tariffs are making essential materials […]

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Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts

In the last few years, foodborne pathogens have had devastating consequences that alarmed the public. Bacteria in infant formula sickened babies. Deli meat ridden with listeria killed 10 people and led to 60 hospitalizations in 19 states. Lead-laden applesauce pouches poisoned young children. In each outbreak, state and federal officials connected the dots from each […]

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Judge Says Khalil’s Deportation Case Can Be Heard in New Jersey

A New York federal judge on Wednesday transferred the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate detained by the Trump administration this month, to New Jersey, where his lawyers will continue their efforts to seek his release. Mr. Khalil, a leader of pro-Palestinian protests on Columbia’s campus, had been arrested and swiftly transferred to […]

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The Judiciary’s Role

President Trump’s latest adversary is the judicial branch. Yesterday, Trump called for the impeachment of a judge who had ruled against him, earning a rare rebuke from the chief justice of the Supreme Court. The administration had ignored the judge’s order to stop deportations over the weekend, saying the government would heed only his written […]

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Judge Moves to Limit Musk’s Power, and a Social Security Shake-Up

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Defiance and Threats in Deportation Case Renew Fear of Constitutional Crisis

Over the weekend, the Trump administration ignored a federal judge’s order not to deport a group of Venezuelan men, violating an instruction that could not have been plainer or more direct. Justice Department lawyers later justified the administration’s actions with contentions that many legal experts said bordered on frivolous. The line between arguments in support […]

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What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s March Meeting

The Federal Reserve is set to extend its pause on interest rate cuts on Wednesday as President Trump’s aggressive approach to tariffs and other economic policies fuel extreme uncertainty about the outlook for inflation, growth and unemployment. A decision to stand pat would keep interest rates at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent, a level that […]

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Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional

Most of us know what it means for something to be unconstitutional. An unconstitutional act is one that violates some aspect of the Constitution as understood by the courts, although the public and its representatives are also free to make claims about the constitutionality of one act or another. The courts have said, among other […]

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With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left

Executive actions intended to cripple top Democratic law firms. Investigations of Democratic fund-raising and organizing platforms. Ominous suggestions that nonprofits aligned with Democrats or critical of President Trump should have their tax exemptions revoked. Mr. Trump and his allies are aggressively attacking the players and machinery that power the left, taking a series of highly […]

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Reddit Becomes a Lifeline for Federal Workers Scared of Losing Their Jobs

On March 4, a Trump appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs circulated a memo to senior leadership. The agency, it said, would “move out aggressively” to improve efficiency, with an “initial objective” of cutting the work force to 2019 levels. The next morning, someone posted a copy of this “reduction in force” memo to […]

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Gutting U.S.A.I.D. Was a Disaster. Here Is How to Move Forward.

The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. was contemptible for so many reasons, not least of which that it was based on false claims and puts millions of the world’s most vulnerable at risk. If you think the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was bad, consider the chaos and death since this administration’s abrupt withdrawal from the entire […]

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Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia

The State Department has ended funding for the tracking of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and American officials or contractors might have deleted a database with information on them, according to a letter that U.S. lawmakers plan to send to Secretary of State Rubio on Wednesday. The work on the abducted children by […]

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Historians Take Wait-and-See Approach to Latest Kennedy Assassination Documents

The promise of a “final” release of all government secrets relating to the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy has whetted the appetite of many Americans, including the current occupant of the Oval Office. But many historians are taking a more measured, wait-and-see approach to Tuesday’s release of documents by the National Archives. “I doubt […]

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Pam Bondi Calls Tesla Vandalism ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Promising Consequences

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday labeled a recent spate of attacks on Tesla dealerships across the country as acts of “domestic terrorism” directed at Elon Musk, as Trump allies have pressured the Justice Department to take aggressive action. In recent weeks, vandals in apparent protest of Mr. Musk’s polarizing efforts to drastically shrink the […]

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