Opinion | It’s Time for the U.S. to Reach Out to the Taliban

Opinion | It’s Time for the U.S. to Reach Out to the Taliban

President Trump has promised a bold new American approach to the world. Nowhere is that more urgently needed than in Afghanistan. Not only have its Taliban rulers crushed dissent and stripped away the rights of the country’s women and girls; they have also taken Americans hostage and are allowing Afghanistan to serve as a nerve … Read more

As Trump Slashes Federal Jobs, Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’ Braces for Impact

As Trump Slashes Federal Jobs, Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’ Braces for Impact

Over galaxy-themed beers at InnerSpace Brewing in Huntsville, Ala., Stewart Money has heard it all recently from government engineers and contractors winding down after work: anxiety about how cuts to the federal work force could affect their own jobs in the city’s aerospace and related industries, and speculation that defense investments under President Trump might … Read more

German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis

German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s imminent elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis 80 years ago. A day after Mr. Vance stunned the Munich Security Conference by telling German leaders to drop their … Read more

Mayor Adams May Avoid a Criminal Trial. He Still Faces Political Peril.

Mayor Adams May Avoid a Criminal Trial. He Still Faces Political Peril.

When the Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors on Monday to drop the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, he hoped that it would save his political career and allow him to better focus on governing the nation’s largest city. Instead, the mayor is in even more peril, his political future is … Read more

Bondi Sues New York Over Immigration

Bondi Sues New York Over Immigration

The Trump administration sued New York on Wednesday over its migrant policies, accusing state officials of prioritizing “illegal aliens over American citizens,” escalating its political and legal battles with states over deportations. Attorney General Pam Bondi, in her first news conference, specifically cited New York’s “green light” law, which allows people in the state to … Read more

Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations

Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations

President Trump said on Wednesday that he had a “lengthy and highly productive phone call” with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, characterizing it as the beginning of a negotiation to end the war in Ukraine. It was the first confirmed conversation between the two men during Mr. Trump’s second term, coming as Mr. Trump … Read more

CPI Report: Inflation Rose Unexpectedly in January

CPI Report: Inflation Rose Unexpectedly in January

U.S. inflation rose to 3 percent in January, strengthening the case for the Federal Reserve to extend a pause on interest rate cuts. The Consumer Price Index unexpectedly ticked higher from a year earlier, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed on Wednesday, up from 2.9 percent in December. Compared to December, consumer prices … Read more

Appearing With Trump, Musk Makes Broad Claims of Federal Fraud Without Proof

Appearing With Trump, Musk Makes Broad Claims of Federal Fraud Without Proof

The billionaire Elon Musk said in an extraordinary Oval Office appearance on Tuesday that he was providing maximum transparency in his government cost-cutting initiative, but offered no evidence for his sweeping claims that the federal bureaucracy had been corrupted by cheats and officials who had approved money for “fraudsters.” Answering questions from the media for … Read more

Top FEMA Official Is Fired Over Payments for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters

Top FEMA Official Is Fired Over Payments for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters

The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it had fired four employees from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the agency’s chief financial officer, over their roles in disbursing federal funds to house migrants in New York City hotels. The firings capped a startling chain of events that began on Monday with an early-morning social … Read more

Opinion | Trump Has Given Netanyahu the Ultimate Gift

Opinion | Trump Has Given Netanyahu the Ultimate Gift

Sixteen months after the Oct. 7 massacre, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has concluded his official visit to Washington a victor. The Israeli leader — who spent years actively strengthening Hamas’s rule in Gaza and bears deep responsibility for the events leading up to the worst disaster in modern Jewish history since the Holocaust … Read more