Trump Pardons Anti-Abortion Activists Who Blockaded Clinic
President Trump signed orders on Thursday granting pardons to anti-abortion activists a day before the annual March for Life rally in Washington. An aide who handed the orders to Mr.…
Trump Bars Transgender Women From U.S. Prisons for Female Inmates
President Trump has ordered federal prisons to house inmates who are transgender women in men’s facilities and halt medical treatments related to gender transition. The move was part of a…
U.S. Army Plans to Eliminate Office for Reducing Civilian Harm in War
The U.S. Army has indicated that it plans to eliminate a Pentagon office established just a year and a half ago to protect civilians in war zones as the Trump…
Trump Vows to Release Records on Kennedy and King Killings
President Trump ordered the nation’s security agencies on Thursday to develop plans to release all government records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy…
Violent Acts of Many Jan. 6 Rioters Pardoned by Trump Are Shown in Videos
After Daniel Rodriguez pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer during the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021, he was sentenced to more than…
Trump Pulls the Military Back Into the Political and Culture Wars
In his early-days blitz, President Trump fired the first woman to ever lead a military service branch, signed an order to send active-duty U.S. troops to the border and said…
Trump Drive to Cut Safety Net Could Hit His Voters
In his first term as president, Donald J. Trump targeted what many Republicans consider blatant welfare waste — a rule that gives food stamps to millions of people with incomes…
Trump Criticizes Europe and Threatens Tariffs at World Economic Forum
President Trump blasted European regulation and trade policies in a video appearance on Thursday at the World Economic Forum, pledging to slap tariffs on companies that choose to produce outside…
John Ratcliffe Confirmed as C.I.A. Director
The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe on Thursday to serve as the director of the C.I.A., installing him atop the spy agency that he has pledged to make more aggressive. The…
Trump Is Leading a Global Surge to the Right
At the start of his second term President Trump has positioned himself at the crest of a global wave of hard-line conservative populism, offering fuel and inspiration to surging nationalist…