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Who Are the Victims of the Los Angeles Fires?
At least 24 people have been reported dead in fires raging across Los Angeles. Five lived near each other in a ravaged Altadena neighborhood.Jan. 12 - Top stories -
Synagogue Congregation Grieves in Borrowed Home After L.A. Fires
Across Los Angeles, congregants displaced by the blazes met for their first services in borrowed churches, synagogues and other temples.Jan. 12 - Top stories -
How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble
The phone call centered on a former law clerk of Justice Alito’s. In the eyes of the Trump team, the clerk still needed to prove his loyalty to the president-elect.Jan. 9 - Top stories -
Wildfires Roar Through L.A., and Trump Floats U.S. Expansion
Plus, the end of Facebook fact-checking.Jan. 8 - Top stories -
California Fires: Thousands Face Evacuation Across LA Area
Three fires prompted fire officials to issue a swath of evacuation orders and warnings for some of the city’s most heavily residential areas.Jan. 8 - Top stories -
Southern California Is Dangerously Dry for This Time of Year
Ordinarily, the region would have seen some rain by January.Jan. 7 - Top stories -
Trump Again Hints at Jan. 6 Pardons, Including for Attacks on Police
At a news conference, the president-elect sought to blame the F.B.I. for the riot at the Capitol, echoing a conspiracy theory that is widespread on the right.Jan. 7 - Top stories -
Justin Trudeau to Resign, and U.S. Reports First Bird Flu Death
Plus, the Taliban welcome tourists to Afghanistan.Jan. 7 - Top stories -
Harris Faces an Awkward Election Task: Certifying the Vote She Lost
The vice president will preside over Congress on Monday as it counts the Electoral College votes finalizing her defeat by Donald J. Trump.Jan. 6 - Top stories -
As Life Roars Back on Bourbon Street, Locals Question City’s Priorities
Bourbon Street is the lifeblood of the New Orleans tourist industry. But after an attack that killed 14, along with other recent violence, some people who work and live there wish for change.Jan. 5 - Top stories -
Hailing a Taxi or Uber Will Be More Expensive Under NYC Congestion Pricing Program
Transportation officials want to reduce the number of taxis, Ubers and Lyfts that idle in heavy traffic. To do that, they will charge riders new fees.Jan. 5 - Top stories -
N.Y.C. Congestion Pricing Begins on Sunday
After twists and turns, a contentious plan meant to reduce traffic and pay for transit improvements is scheduled to take effect at midnight Sunday.Jan. 4 - Top stories -
How Congress Could Find Itself Paralyzed, and New Orleans Attack Update
Plus, Kenyan villagers get a scare from space.Jan. 3 - Top stories -
South Korean President’s Supporters Camp Out Near His Home
For days, thousands have been outside the house in central Seoul, trying to shield President Yoon Suk Yeol.Jan. 2 - Top stories -
What to Know About the New Orleans Truck Attack Suspect
The man identified as the suspect in the New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans served in the U.S. military, worked at Deloitte and grew increasingly devout.Jan. 2 - Top stories -
Officials Trying to Determine if New Orleans Suspect Had Ties to Terrorist Groups
U.S. officials have warned that the conflict in Gaza and Lebanon could spill into the United States, most likely in the form of small radicalized groups acting on their own initiative or lone-wolf ...Jan. 1 - Top stories -
The attack was the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a year.
Less than a month ago, New York State authorities charged Luigi Mangione with an act of terrorism in the killing of a health care executive in a shooting in Midtown Manhattan.Jan. 1 - Top stories -
Why the FBI Is Investigating the New Orleans Bourbon Street Truck Attack as Terrorism
An Islamic State terror group flag was found in the suspect’s vehicle, investigators said, as well as a bomb near the vehicle used in the attack.Jan. 1 - Top stories -
Among Presidents, Jimmy Carter Was the Odd Man Out
Jimmy Carter’s relationship with his successors in the Oval Office, both Republicans and fellow Democrats, was generally tense because of his outspokenness. That never mattered to him.Dec. 30 - Top stories -
U.S. Attorney Opens Investigation Into Justice Dept.’s Jan. 6 Cases
The move was the latest example of how the prosecutor in charge in Washington, Ed Martin, has sought in recent days to wind down the office’s sprawling investigation of the Capitol attack.3h - Top stories -
Trump Paralyzes Independent Rights Watchdog, Firing Members Selected by Democrats
The move removed three of the four sitting members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, leaving it unable to act as the Trump administration begins reshaping intelligence agencies.3h - Top stories -
DeepSeek Prompts a Reckoning Across Wall Street and Silicon Valley
The fast-growing popularity of the Chinese artificial intelligence software hit shares in tech giants like Nvidia, as Silicon Valley worried about what comes next.12h - Top stories -
Trump Wants to Impose 25% Tariffs on Colombia. Here’s What Could Cost More.
Colombia is a relatively minor trading partner to the United States, but some industries are much more exposed than others.1d - Top stories -
Violence Reported as Deadline Passes for Israeli Troop Withdrawal in Lebanon
Israeli forces killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more in the country’s south, Lebanese officials said. Israel had agreed to withdraw its troops from the area as of Sunday.1d - Top stories -
India, a Big Source of Illegal Migration, Hopes to Navigate the Trump Storm
Fear and uncertainty are rippling through India, which sends more undocumented migrants to the United States than any other country outside Latin America.1d - Top stories -
Trump Takes Victory Lap in Las Vegas With Speech on Ending Taxes on Tips
The president reiterated a pledge to end taxes on tips, but the message was an afterthought as the president celebrated his blitz of orders in his first week in office.1d - Top stories -
Here’s What Trump Ordered in First Week, on Immigration, DEI and More
Through a flurry of orders, the new president quickly began driving the country in a different direction on many contentious issues.2d - Top stories -
Who Are the Three Republican Senators Who Voted Against Pete Hegseth?
Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitch McConnell voted against confirming Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary. To Capitol insiders, their decisions weren’t surprising.2d - Top stories -
Hegseth Is Second Cabinet Secretary to Need Tiebreaker Vote, After DeVos
In 2017, Betsy DeVos barely survived her confirmation vote to become President Trump’s secretary of education.2d - Top stories -
New Luxury Hotel in Serbia Will Be a Trump-Kushner Joint Project
The plan illustrates the continued ambitions of the Trump family to forge new international deals even as President Trump has returned to the White House.3d - Top stories -
Trump’s First Presidential Trip, and an American Egg Crisis
Plus, how Kidz Bop grew up.3d - Top stories -
Trump Says States Should Manage Disasters. Former FEMA Leaders Agree.
“I’d rather see the states take care of their own problems,” the president said. Federal emergency managers from both parties have made the same argument.3d - Top stories -
March for Life: Abortion Opponents Raise Their Ambitions
The March for Life on Friday will bring together a movement invigorated by some early moves of the second Trump administration.3d - Top stories -
Kash Patel, Trump’s FBI Pick, Sees Good in QAnon and Evil in the Bureau
Kash Patel’s public comments on the QAnon conspiracy theory suggests he sees its adherents more as an audience to be courted rather than an ideology to follow.4d - Top stories -
Kash Patel, Trump’s F.B.I. Pick, Pushed False Claims About Trump Investigations
Kash Patel, Donald J. Trump’s choice to run the bureau, has made a series of spurious assertions about the Russia, Jan. 6 and classified documents inquiries.4d - Top stories -
Trump Revels in a Presidential Perk: The Omnipresent Press Pool
His volubility in his first few days back in office underscores that President Trump is in charge of his own show.4d - Top stories -
Trump’s Retreat From Clean Energy Puts the U.S. Out of Step With the World
Most major economies are investing in ever-cheaper solar and wind power. The United States risks further ceding a global market to China.4d - Top stories -
Far-Right Leaders Granted Clemency by Trump for Jan. 6 Speak Out
Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys and Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers asserted that they wanted President Trump to seek revenge on their behalf for being prosecuted in connection with the Jan. 6 ...4d - Top stories -
Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog
The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning.5d - Top stories -
Who Is Mariann Edgar Budde, the Bishop Who Made a Plea to Trump?
The first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, Bishop Budde had a message for President Trump during his first term, too.6d - Top stories