President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and other conservatives on the Supreme Court have embraced the so-called unitary executive theory, which holds that the Constitu
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to oust a Federal Trade Commission leader offer parallels to the current fight over President Trump’s actions.The battle between William E. Humphrey and Franklin D. Roosevelt has resurfaced in a blockbuster case the Supreme Court will hear on Monday,
President Trump is shifting from discussion of the long-lasting competition among the world’s biggest economies and nuclear powers.President Trump will meet with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, in Beijing in April.
The judge’s decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey.A federal judge temporarily blocked the Justice Department from using evidence in its efforts to seek a new indictment again
Over two decades, a minimum-security prison aimed at helping inmates prepare to leave prison was a point of civic pride. Now, state officials have converted it to ICE detention.
The Treasury Secretary said on Sunday he recently shed his holdings to comply with his federal ethics agreement.China stopped buying American soybeans in response to President Trump’s tariffs, inflicting economic pain on U.S. farmers.
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
The Democratic president and his top advisers rejected recommendations that could have eased the border crisis that helped return Donald Trump to the White House.People crossing the International Bridge from Matamoros, Mexico, into Texas in August 2021.
A New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigration showed that they created an opening for a more aggressive Trump administration agenda.Customs and Border Protection agents taking migrants to be processed at a detention center in Jacumba, Calif., in 2023.
Carbondale, Ill., a liberal enclave within driving distance of 10 states with abortion bans, has become a hub for the procedure. Last year there were nearly 11,000 abortions in this city of 21,000.
In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.Dr. Li-Meng Yan spoke in 2021 at a summit in Anchorage, Alaska, on early outpatient treatment for th
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Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost protective shield in February.Emergency workers outside the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in February after the confinement structure was punctured by a Russian drone in Prip
The government is pushing hard to raise turnout in an election overshadowed by a deadly fire and public anger over safety lapses and official accountability.The burned Wang Fuk Court apartment complex in Hong Kong last month.
A spokesman said 14 members of the military had been arrested, though much remained unclear. The West African country’s president was said to be safe but had not made an appearance by Sunday night.Soldiers patrolled in front of Benin’s radio and television offices in Cotonou on Sunday after an appar
