Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods

The video falsely claiming that the United States Agency for International Development paid Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie and other actors millions of dollars to travel to Ukraine appeared to be…

Trump Allows Low-Cost Chinese Products to Enter U.S. Without Tariffs, for Now

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday that will temporarily allow low-cost products from China to continue coming into the United States tariff-free. The order reverses, at least for…

Behind Closed Doors, Trudeau Says Trump Threat to Take Over Canada Is Real

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on Friday made his first comments in response to President Trump’s repeated statements that he wants to annex Canada and make it the 51st…

The Military Led Diversity Efforts. West Point’s Club Ban Marks a Shift.

Vincent Vu helped found the Vietnamese-American Cadet Association at the United States Military Academy at West Point while he was a cadet, in 2015. West Point’s culture could be difficult…

Khamenei of Iran Denounces Negotiation With U.S. but Seems to Leave Door Ajar

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said negotiating with the United States was “unwise, unintelligent, and not honorable,” just days after President Trump said he was willing to revive negotiations…

Deportation Flights to Venezuela to Begin Within Next 30 Days, Trump Border Czar Says

President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, made plainly clear how a Latin American nation — considered a U.S. adversary — will help the president deliver on a promise that carried…

How Much Can 10,000 Mexican Troops Achieve at the Border?

During his latest presidential campaign, President Trump bragged about compelling Mexico to deploy 28,000 troops to its borders during his first administration to avoid tariffs. This week, Mr. Trump and…

Trump’s Power Grab Defies G.O.P. Orthodoxy on Local Control

In the space of two weeks, President Trump threatened to halt a congestion pricing program intended to reduce traffic in New York City and intervened in California as it confronted…

What Privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Means

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two giant mortgage finance firms, have been controlled by the federal government for nearly 17 years, but a long-dormant idea of making them private businesses…

Europe’s Trump Playbook: Offer Carrots but Warn That You Have a Big Stick

The European Union spent last year drawing up secret plans for what the bloc would do if President Trump made good on his threats of imposing higher tariffs on European…