Heather K. Gerken, a voting rights scholar and former dean of Yale Law School, plans to intensify its emphasis on democracy as it girds for attacks from the Trump administration.
The former special counsel has told people in his orbit he welcomes the opportunity to present the public case against the president denied to him by adverse court rulings and the 2024 election.
Thousands of people who witnessed atrocities have tried to escape El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region since paramilitary fighters seized that city in late October.
Two decades of sustained effort to build national self-reliance and minimize imports have antagonized trade partners but fortified what a senior adviser called Beijing’s “bulwark” against conflicts.
Meet your artificial intelligence matchmakers. These A.I. tools are changing dating apps, so users don’t have to swipe through an endless scroll of profiles.
Rescue workers were trying to remove the man from the debris at the medieval tower, but said it was a dangerous operation. Another man was seriously injured in the collapse.
The brisk theft at the Louvre — which took place in less than 10 minutes — happened in broad daylight with visitors and museum attendants initially present in the gallery.
A New York prisoner accused corrections officers of assault and sexual abuse. State officials deemed his claims unfounded despite footage of the encounter.
The owner of Kleenex and Huggies will acquire the company that has fought unproven claims by the Trump administration that a common pain reliever is linked to autism.
Among the most high-profile elections on Tuesday is the mayor’s race in New York City. The rise of 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani has demonstrated the left’s appetite for fresh faces and new ideas.
A new kind of Mideast peace process is underway, as a determined Trump administration and its allies in the Muslim world seek to broaden a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
President Trump is imploring lawmakers to redraw their congressional maps to stave off Democratic control of the House. But the debate over redistricting has revealed fissures within both parties.
Democrats have no federal contests that would allow them to check President Trump’s power, but governors’ races, mayoral contests and referendums will test momentum and divisions in both parties.
What began with Texas drawing what could be five new Republican districts in the House of Representatives at President Trump’s behest has spiraled into a nationwide redistricting race. Nick Corasaniti, a New York Times reporter covering national politics, gives an overview.
The justices face a so-called legitimacy dilemma as they deal with a tricky legal dispute and a president who has made clear he would view defeat as a personal insult.
Experts say the case is a tossup that poses difficult considerations for the justices, made all the more tense by President Trump’s efforts to personalize the dispute.
Mr. Musk’s supporters say he may quit if shareholders don’t approve a trillion-dollar package. Some investors say it’s excessive and would give him too much sway.
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