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Supreme Court Associate Justice David H. Souter attends a news conference at the Supreme Court to urge better pay for federal judges May 28, 2003 in Washington, DC.

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Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Bush nominee who veered to the left, dies at 85

Migrants, believed to be destined for Libya, sat on a bus for hours then abruptly returned to detention facility

Trump administration fires librarian of Congress

Trump names Jeanine Pirro interim US attorney for DC

Melania Trump honors Barbara Bush’s ‘forward-thinking vision’ at White House event

New pope appears to have reposted critical social media posts about Trump and Vance

Ivanka Trump discusses produce business in her first major public event of father’s second term

Alabama ‘purposely’ diluted Black votes with congressional plan, court finds

Analysis

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It took 250 years to build what Trump is trying to undo

A surreal moment as America celebrates its first pope — and wonders what his election means

Why Trump isn’t leading an emergency effort to ease the India-Pakistan crisis

How smart people fall for conspiracy theories

Trump’s lifelong belief in tariffs is about to face its acid test

Trump’s order to reopen Alcatraz is the perfect metaphor for his second term

Alcatraz, taco bowls and foreign films are on Trump’s mind

Trump is acting like it’s his choice whether he obeys the Constitution

Elon Musk’s ethical minefield, mapped

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‘Things better change’: Arizona voters express reservations about Trump’s first 100 days

Peter Hamilton shows John King around his maple farm, the Maple Rock Lodge in Sheffield, Ontario.

‘No friend anymore’: Days from a national election, Canadian voters focus on the US relationship

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President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House on May 6 in Washington, DC.

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Fact check: Trump claimed the US doesn’t do ‘much business with Canada.’ Canada is the world’s top buyer of US exports

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Fact check: Trump falsely claims he warned Americans during his campaign of a tariff ‘transition period’

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Interim US Attorney for Washington, DC, Ed Martin at a Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in 2024.

Trump’s top DC prosecutor nominee claims not to recall numerous past controversial statements under oath

Ed Martin during an Anacostia Coordinating Council monthly meeting at Martha's Table in Washington, DC, on March 25.

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‘A great friend’: Audio undercuts Trump US attorney nominee’s disavowal of alleged Nazi sympathizer

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What Matters

The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2025.

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Can Trump revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status?

Fault Lines

President Donald Trump walks to the South Lawn prior to departing the White House on February 22 in Washington, DC.

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How the economy may frustrate Trump’s drive to expand presidential power

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Senate Democrats block first-of-its-kind bill regulating cryptocurrency amid concerns over Trump’s crypto dealings

Trump’s acting FEMA chief fired a day after breaking from the administration

House passes GOP-led bill to rename Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America

Trump’s diversity purge freezes hundreds of millions in medical research at universities across the country

Trump’s hardball moves leave fired federal workers few paths to fight for their jobs back

Upcoming changes at CIA shine a spotlight on the spy agency’s director John Ratcliffe

Chief Justice John Roberts stresses judicial independence amid tensions with Trump

Federal judge probing whether Trump has the power to bring back migrants deported to El Salvador

Exclusive: Some ‘Les Mis’ cast members plan to boycott Trump’s attendance at Kennedy Center performance next month

House GOP infighting turns ugly over Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

Here are the states and districts that depend on Medicaid the most, in 3 charts

Federal judge says Libya deportation flight could violate prior court order

Vance says Russia ‘asking for too much’ in concessions, while Trump says decisions ‘have to be made’ soon

Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf

GOP candidate drops closely watched challenge in North Carolina Supreme Court election

‘What president ever talks like that?’: Biden criticizes Trump for Ukraine stance and threats to Panama, Greenland and Canada

Intense Illinois Senate primary set to take shape as Rep. Krishnamoorthi announces bid

Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval to face Cory Bowman, JD Vance’s half brother, this fall

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the Strom Thurmond room in the U.S. Capitol building, in Washington D.C, on December 19, 2018. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

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JD Vance, Donald Trump's running mate, takes the stage at the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2024.

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