A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoing.The Justice Department declined to charge former Representative Matt Gaetz with a crime after its
Vice President-elect JD Vance was on Capitol Hill with Matt Gaetz, the former representative whom President-elect Donald J. Trump wants as his attorney general.JD Vance on election night. On Wednesday, he offered a glimpse of the message he delivered to senators, saying that President-elect Donald J
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary was never charged with a crime and vehemently denied to the police that a sexual encounter was coerced.Pete Hegseth during the National Council of Young Israel Gala in New York in 2019. President-elect Donald J. Trump has so far told adv
In a landmark antitrust case, the government asked a judge to force the company to sell its popular Chrome browser.The Department of Justice and a group of states had until the end of Wednesday to propose remedies in an antitrust lawsuit they won in August.
Britain allowed Ukrainians to use Storm Shadows a week after President Biden authorized the use of American-made missiles inside Russia, a shift from a more cautious military strategy.A British-made Storm Shadow cruise missile on display at a military show in 2018.
The next two or three months in Ukraine are likely to be exceedingly violent, in a war that has already been the deadliest in Europe in the past 80 years. Marc Santora, who has been reporting from Ukraine since the beginning of the war with Russia, explains why.
The decision is the latest in a series of moves by the U.S. and Russia that have escalated tensions between the two.A Ukrainian soldier outside Toretsk, in October. The Biden administration has approved supplying Ukraine with anti-personnel mines to bolster defenses against Russia’s increasing relia
Donald J. Trump’s grass-roots opponents search for a new playbook as they reckon with how little they accomplished during his first term.Bev Pack, right, embraced a demonstrator at a rally organized by Women’s March near the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.
The state’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a sweeping bill that would erode the power of the Democratic governor and attorney general and hand the G.O.P. more control over elections.North Carolina’s legislature has long been controlled by Republicans. For years they have sought to claw pow
The G.O.P. united behind Nick Begich III, the conservative son of a prominent liberal Alaska political family, to beat Representative Mary Peltola, a Democrat.His victory on Tuesday was a comeback of sorts for Nick Begich III, an Anchorage native and businessman who was endorsed by the right-wing Ho
Eric Kim roasted dozens of birds and taste-tested eight different recipes before landing on this clever approach.The spice rub gives the turkey a deeply savory complex flavor.
The “atmospheric river” storm disrupted travel and left at least two people dead in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.A tree toppled onto a bus as the storm battered Seattle. Nearly half a million customers in Washington were without power as of late Wednesday morning.
About two inches were forecast to fall through Saturday. Officials say it won’t be enough to fully replenish the city’s reservoirs.New York City was expected to receive some rain on Wednesday night, after weeks of drought.
So far, direct attacks between the two adversaries have been precise and calculated. Whether that lasts is another question.People stand near the remains of a missile near the Dead Sea, in Israel, in October.
The legislation failed resoundingly but highlighted a growing Democratic divide over whether the United States should withhold some weapons to register its disapproval of Israel’s war tactics.People running toward humanitarian aid packages dropped over the northern Gaza Strip in April.
The U.S. veto at the U.N. came as the Biden administration’s envoy in Lebanon reported “additional progress” on cease-fire talks in the war between Israel and Hezbollah.Robert A. Wood, the American ambassador to the U.N., raising his hand to veto a draft resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza,
A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were biting. It went to a crypto entrepreneur.Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘‘Comedian,’’ a conceptual art piece during a preview at Sotheby’s auction house in New York. It sold for $6.2 millio
Gautam Adani and his associates were accused of paying more than $250 million in bribes to obtain lucrative solar energy contracts.Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest people, has been charged with multiple counts of fraud and accused of bribing Indian officials and later lying to investors abou
Mr. Giuliani has not turned over his apartment and other items to two women he defamed. His new counsel, a Staten Island divorce lawyer, held a sidewalk news conference.Rudolph Giuliani has missed several deadlines to turn over property to two former Georgia election workers whom he defamed.
Robert Lighthizer has championed plans to revive American industry and transform the global economy.
With Trump’s return, we are all about to find out how vulnerable we really are.
Republicans are exploiting juvenile gossip and unfounded fears of sexual violence.Representative Nancy Mace.
Are there ways to bring the left and the center together without sacrificing either?
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”Percival Everett, awarded the prize for fiction, said seeing so many people gathered together to celebrate literature gave him a sense of optimism.
