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…
Democrats, Under New Leader, Join Fight Against Georgia Election Rules
In one of its first official moves under its new leader, Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee is wading into a lawsuit over Georgia’s much-publicized and still-disputed election rules, including…
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…
Army Helicopter’s Tracking Technology Turned Off at Time of Crash
Technology that would have allowed air traffic controllers to better track the movement of an Army helicopter before it collided with a passenger jet over the Potomac River last week…
As Elon Musk Attacks DEI, Tesla Quietly Addresses Racism Complaints
In Washington, Elon Musk has been at the forefront of Trump administration efforts to gut programs designed to promote diversity. At the same time, Tesla, the electric car company that…
Susan F. Wood, Who Resigned From the F.D.A. Over Plan B, Dies at 66
Susan F. Wood, a women’s health expert who resigned in protest from the Food and Drug Administration in 2005, accusing the agency of knuckling under to politics by not approving…
U.S. Waives Aid Funding Freeze at Syrian Camp Holding ISIS Fighters
President Trump’s administration has temporarily exempted from its funding freeze a U.S. contractor supporting the police inside a Syrian desert camp that holds thousands of Islamic State members and their…
Friday’s Jobs Report Will Be Confusing. Here’s How to Make Sense of It.
The Labor Department’s latest monthly report on hiring and unemployment will include revisions for previous months that should give a more accurate picture of the U.S. job market — but…