With Trump, Alliances Come With Strings Attached
After World War I, Germany, which had invaded Belgium, had to fork over billions to cover the damages the war had caused. The end of World War II saw Japan,…
Chief Justice Allows U.S. to Continue Freeze on Foreign Aid Payments
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Wednesday night handed the Trump administration a victory for now in saying that the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department…
Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them
During his first term in office, President Trump described the European Union “as a foe,” established “to hurt the United States on trade.” He repeated the charge at a cabinet…
How Trump and Biden Pursued Critical Minerals in Ukraine, Greenland and Other Countries
President Trump’s intense interest in Ukraine’s minerals seemed to come from out of the blue. He dispatched his Treasury secretary to Kyiv this month to negotiate with Ukraine’s leader, then…
On X, Conservative Activists Find a Direct Pipeline to Musk’s Team
The demand arrived at 4:28 p.m. Eastern time on Valentine’s Day. “The US government only recognizes two sexes: Male and Female. This needs to be changed immediately,” the popular right-wing…
House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts
The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a Republican budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $2 trillion reduction in federal spending over a decade, clearing…
Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Release Foreign Aid
A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding within two days after indications that it was failing to comply with a previous court order…
Emil Bove, Justice Dept.’s No. 2, Targets NY Office Where He Rose as a Prosecutor
Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general, stood stone-faced and alone at the prosecution table inside the federal courthouse in Manhattan last week to do a job his onetime…
Acting I.R.S. Commissioner Doug O’Donnell to Announce Retirement
The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is expected to announce on Tuesday that he is retiring, according to three people familiar with the move, the latest agency head…
Trump, Meeting With Macron, Says He Might Visit Russia
President Trump welcomed President Emmanuel Macron of France to the White House on Monday at a time of growing tension over the future of the Atlantic alliance and peace talks…