Johnson Joins the Trump Entourage, Shrinking the Role of House Speaker CM NewsJanuary 28, 202504 views The speaker of the House has for centuries played a singular role among political leaders in the United States, as the only partisan figure in Congress who is also explicitly… Read more
Kash Patel’s Loyalty to Trump Raises Doubts Over F.B.I.’s Independence CM NewsJanuary 28, 202503 views Kash Patel spent years ingratiating himself with Donald J. Trump — regularly popping into the Oval Office in the first term, writing a children’s book starring “King Donald” during the… Read more
Trump Administration Fires Prosecutors Who Aided Jack Smith Investigations CM NewsJanuary 28, 202503 views The acting attorney general on Monday fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on the two criminal investigations into Donald J. Trump for the special counsel Jack Smith, saying… Read more
White House Budget Office Orders Pause in All Federal Loans and Grants CM NewsJanuary 28, 202502 views The White House budget office has ordered a pause in grants, loans and other federal financial assistance, according to a memo sent to government agencies on Monday, potentially paralyzing a… Read more
Senate Confirms Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary CM NewsJanuary 27, 202501 views The Senate on Monday voted 68 to 29 to confirm Scott Bessent to be President Trump’s Treasury secretary, putting in place the new administration’s top economic official who will steer… Read more
Fired Inspectors General Raise Alarms as Trump Administration Moves to Finalize Purge CM NewsJanuary 27, 202500 views The Trump administration on Monday ordered former staff members for as many as 17 fired inspectors general to immediately arrange for the return of work laptops, phones, parking decals and… Read more
Covering Carter: A Reporter Recalls the President’s Personal Side CM NewsDecember 29, 2024024 views The first thing I did after starting to cover the presidency of Jimmy Carter for The Times was to read his campaign autobiography, “Why Not the Best?” Published in 1976… Read more
How Donald Trump Went From Calling for a TikTok Ban to Backing Off CM NewsDecember 28, 2024011 views Four years ago, President Donald J. Trump denounced TikTok, the Chinese-owned video sharing app, as a threat to America’s national security. This week, as Mr. Trump prepares to retake the… Read more
Trump Urges Supreme Court to Pause TikTok Ban CM NewsDecember 28, 202409 views President-elect Donald J. Trump filed an unusual brief on Friday asking the Supreme Court to block a law that requires TikTok to be sold or shut down by Jan. 19.… Read more
The Bald Eagle Is (Finally) the National Bird of the United States CM NewsDecember 27, 202407 views The bald eagle received a title this week that many may have assumed it already had: the national bird of the United States. For centuries, the bald eagle has been… Read more