Trump Cancels Plans to Sign a Bipartisan Housing Bill
Also, Western Europe is sweltering. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.Townhouses being built in Simpsonville, S.C., in January.
Democratic Leaders Want the Party to Moderate. Its Base Has Other Ideas.
The primary victories of leftist Democratic congressional candidates in New York came as some leaders were urging the party to move to the center to broaden its appeal.Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani and Darializa Avila Chevalier at a rally earlier this month in New York C
Why New York’s Democratic Establishment Fell to Team Mamdani
Democratic leaders found that their traditional tools, from rallies to phone banks to big-name campaign events, were no match for the left’s ground game and messaging.Representative Adriano Espaillat lost his re-election bid despite a late-stage campaign visit from Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic Ho
In New York Election Results, More Evidence of Eroding Support for Israel
If the shift in public opinion continues, it could reshape one of the United States’ closest alliances.Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York campaigning with Claire Valdez. “We will stand up to the genocide,” Ms. Valdez told supporters after winning her Democratic House primary on Tuesday.
New Clues Point to Taylor Swift Wedding Event at M.S.G.
The New York Times has confirmed that Taylor Swift has rented the sports arena for the July 4 weekend, suggesting plans for a days-long celebration.There has been intense speculation about the details of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding ever since they announced their engagement in August 202
Trump Stokes Chaos in Congress as He Huddles With the G.O.P.
Hours before visiting the Capitol, the president scrapped plans to sign a major housing bill, condemning “bad Republicans” for resisting his demands to ram through new voting restrictions.Those attending the meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday said President Trump made a series of highly personal at
Trump Clashes With Senate Republicans Over Iran in Heated Closed-Door Meeting
The president had a lengthy and angry exchange with Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and lit into other Republicans who voted to check his war powers.Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana at the Capitol on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting with President Trump and other Senate Republicans.
To Escape the Heat, Parisians Jump into an Old Industrial Canal
Crowds are filling the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, as temperatures soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Forty people drowned while swimming in other waterways.Swimming in Canal St. Martin in Paris on Tuesday.
See Record-Breaking Extreme Heat Wave Across Europe in Photos
Temperature records were broken in several European countries on Wednesday.The banks of the Canal Saint-Martin became a makeshift beach in Paris as city dwellers sought cool air.
From ‘Terrible People’ to ‘Smart People’: The Trump-Led Right Rethinks Iran
The president has sought to recast the Iranian government as he pursues a peace deal. But there are signs that a softening on Iran in the Republican Party goes well beyond him.A pro-government demonstration in Tehran last month.
Trump Asks Congress for $88 Billion, Mostly for War With Iran
The proposal was all but dead on arrival in the Senate, where it would need bipartisan support, and comes amid growing G.O.P. skepticism about the conflict.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has met privately with Republicans recently to make the case that the Pentagon urgently needed funding to buy add
Gay Marriage Is Dividing Republicans, Again
A look at the backlash to same-sex marriage — its strength, seriousness and the reasons behind it.The U.S. Supreme Court established same-sex marriage as a national right in 2015.
Support Builds on the Right for Prosecuting Women Who Get Abortions
Sentiment is shifting amid frustration in the antiabortion movement that more abortions are happening now than when Roe v. Wade fell.Seth Gruber, an antiabortion activist who leads a group called the White Rose Resistance, has been circulating a petition among other activists to garner support for c
As Blockbusters Loom, Monkey Business at the Supreme Court
An unlikely trio of justices issued a slashing critique of plea bargains that included several references to orangutans.The U.S. Supreme Court still has yet to decide on several major cases, as its summer recess draws near.
NATO’s Leader Makes His Case to Trump for Preserving the Alliance
Using charts, Secretary General Mark Rutte appeared to defuse the president’s anger by showing that European countries were “equalizing” defense spending with the U.S.Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, with President Trump and other officials in the Oval Office on Wednesday. The organization
Visitors Look at the Reflecting Pool and Disagree on What They See
People have long gathered in solidarity by the Reflecting Pool, but amid the turmoil of President Trump’s attempted repairs there is little unity to be found.The changing color of the water has been the subject of curiosity and controversy over the last two weeks.
Federal Appeals Panel Rejects Trump’s Effort to Gather Voting Data From States
The ruling of a three-judge appeals panel in Michigan was the most significant rebuke yet to the Department of Justice’s effort to find ineligible voters in state voter rolls.President Trump canceled a bill signing on Thursday to pressure Republicans to pass a voting bill that critics say would make
Representative Tom Kean, Missing for Months, Is Back Home in New Jersey
The congressman, who has been absent from Washington since March, answered the door of his home on Wednesday evening. He was wearing a suit and tie.Representative Thomas Kean Jr., absent from Congress for nearly four months, was back at his New Jersey home on Wednesday evening.
President Narcissus and the Fetid Reflecting Pool
Why the president’s latest renovation project is so irresistible and resonant.
Democrats Are Done With Caution
Tuesday’s primary demonstrated the astonishing political power of Mamdani and of the Democratic Socialists of America.
California’s Plastic Law Goes to Court: Is It Too Strict or Too Lax?
The sweeping legislation, fully enacted last month, has been challenged by Republican-led states. Environmental groups have their own complaints.California’s law requires that manufacturers reduce the amount of plastic in single-use items such as shampoo bottles by reducing package sizing, switching