United States Politics and Government
- The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office. - An investigation by The Times found the administration’s change in enforcement benefited the industry, including companies that had ties to the president.
- The Billionaires Have No One to Blame but Themselves - The first rule of dark money is to quit blabbing about it. Did they think people would thank them for it?
- Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday - While the decision did not remove the National Guard troops from the president’s control, it blocked him from using them in the nation’s second-largest city.
- For Rubio the Cuba Hawk, the Road to Havana Runs Through Venezuela - President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser has long sought to cripple or topple Cuba’s government, which has close security and economic ties to Venezuela.
- In Trump’s Justice Dept., Failing in Court Might Be Better Than Bucking the Boss - This week demonstrated an emerging reality for President Trump: Commanding the Justice Department is not the same as controlling the justice system.
- The Reasonable Majority Is No Longer Silent - Donald Trump is confronting a backlash of the reasonable.
- Colorado Officials Reject Trump’s ‘Pardon’ of a Convicted Election Denier - The president’s stated intention to pardon Tina Peters, jailed for tampering with election machines in 2020, has set off a legal fight over the extent of Mr. Trump’s pardon powers.
- Judge’s Order Complicates Justice Dept. Plans to Again Charge Comey - Justice Department officials have been considering whether to bring new charges against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, after a different judge dismissed the original case against him.
- National Guardsman Who Was Shot in D.C. Making ‘Extraordinary Progress,’ Doctor Says - Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who suffered a head wound in the shooting near the White House last month, has moved from acute care to rehabilitation.
- Amid Fractures on the Right, Tucker Carlson Continues His Attacks - On Theo Von’s show this week, Mr. Carlson lashed out at a major supporter of the president, the F.B.I. and “unimpressive, dumb, totally noncreative people” leading the nation.