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.…
Prosecution Seeks Pause in 9/11 Case Until Trump Administration Is in Place
The prosecutor in the Sept. 11 case asked the military judge on Thursday to suspend the proceedings to give the Trump administration time to get cabinet secretaries in place and…
House Passes Bill to Penalize Some Abortion Providers
The House on Thursday passed legislation that could subject certain doctors to criminal penalties if they perform abortions, Republicans’ first attempt to restrict reproductive rights since the party has secured…
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…
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…
Tell Us How It Feels to Be a Federal Employee Right Now
The Trump administration is moving to make major changes to federal government jobs. These include an end to remote work, a rollback of some civil service job protections, the possible…
Judge Blocks Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order to end automatic citizenship to babies born on American soil, dealing the president his first setback as he attempts…
‘A Bounty on My Head’: Congress’s First Transgender Member Faces the Trump Era
Representative Sarah McBride, Democrat of Delaware and the first openly transgender member of Congress, realized shortly after she won her race that going to the bathroom on Capitol Hill was…
Hegseth’s Nomination Faces Test Vote
The Senate is set on Thursday to take a test vote on Pete Hegseth’s nomination to be secretary of defense, a critical indicator of whether fresh allegations about his personal…
Trump Revels in a Presidential Perk: The Omnipresent Press Pool
On the first night of his second presidency, Donald J. Trump was back in the Oval Office, doing something he sorely missed during those four long years out of power:…
