U.S. Politics Fed Worried About Slowing Global Growth in Pausing Rate IncreasesThe New York Times - By JIM TANKERSLEYWASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials were worried about slowing economic growth abroad and the fading effects of President Trump’s tax cuts when they decided in March to pause interest rate increases
Latino News ‘You Shouldn’t Be Here’: U.S. Pushes U.N. to Pull Venezuela Envoy’s CredentialsThe New York Times - By KATIE ROGERSUNITED NATIONS — Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday urged the United Nations to revoke the credentials of Venezuela’s ambassador to the world body, portraying him as a loyalist to the country’s disputed
U.S. Politics ‘Dangerous People Are Coming Here and the Good People Are Dying,’ Trump Warns in Texas VisitThe New York Times - By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and SYDNEY EMBERSAN ANTONIO, Tex. — President Trump said on Wednesday that migrants pouring across the border with Mexico are dying in great numbers while other gang members arriving from Central America are marauding
U.S. Politics New York City Has a Y2K-Like Problem, and It Doesn’t Want You to Know About ItThe New York Times - By WILLIAM NEUMAN[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] On April 6, something known as the GPS rollover, a cousin to the dreaded Y2K bug, mostly came and went, as businesses and government
U.S. Politics Medicare for All and Beyond, Sanders Uses the Senate as His Launching PadThe New York Times - By SHERYL GAY STOLBERGWASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders stepped to the lectern on Wednesday, red-faced and rumpled as ever, with a placard screaming “Medicare for All,” and likened his quest for a government-run universal
U.S. Politics Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 Campaign Says It Raised $6 MillionThe New York Times - By THOMAS KAPLAN and ASTEAD W. HERNDONWASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts raised more than $6 million in the first quarter of the year, her campaign said on Wednesday, exceeding expectations after some early fund-raising
U.S. Politics Automakers Plan for Their Worst Nightmare: Regulatory Chaos After Trump’s Emissions RollbackThe New York Times - By CORAL DAVENPORTWant climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration prepares to drastically weaken Obama-era rules restricting vehicle pollution,
U.S. Politics Attorney General William Barr Thinks ‘Spying Did Occur’ on Trump CampaignThe New York Times - By CHARLIE SAVAGE, NICHOLAS FANDOS and KATIE BENNER• Attorney General William P. Barr, appearing before Congress for a second straight day on Wednesday, said the government spied on the Trump campaign and said he would look into whether any rules were
U.S. Politics Mick Mulvaney Tries Letting Trump Be TrumpThe New York Times - By PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMANWASHINGTON — When President Trump met with his embattled homeland security secretary on Sunday to force her out after months of stormy eruptions over immigration policy, the only other person in the room
U.S. Politics Trump Returns to Texas to Hone 2020 Immigration MessageThe New York Times - By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and SYDNEY EMBERWASHINGTON — Fifteen days before the 2018 midterm elections, President Trump held a rally in Texas to deliver dire warnings about immigration that helped Ted Cruz, the embattled Republican senator, win
U.S. Politics Divided House Democrats Delay Budget Vote as Ideological Gap WidensThe New York Times - By EMILY COCHRANEWASHINGTON — Furious opposition from both the House Democrats’ most ardent liberals and their fiscal hawks forced Democratic leaders on Tuesday to delay voting on a two-year budget measure that would military
U.S. Politics Fan’s Video, Shared by Trump, Plays to Base’s Sense of GrievanceThe New York Times - By MICHAEL TACKETTWASHINGTON — The music was brooding. The imagery triumphal. The villains all the same. A video shared on Tuesday by President Trump — until it was taken down, apparently over a copyright infringement —
U.S. Politics On Politics: The U.S. Is Not as ‘Full’ as Trump ThinksThe New York TimesGood Wednesday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • President Trump has adopted a blunt new message in recent days for migrants seeking
U.S. Politics U.S. Readies $11 Billion in Tariffs on E.U.The New York Times - By ANA SWANSONWASHINGTON — The United States and the European Union are preparing to impose tit-for-tat tariffs on each other’s products, the latest escalation in a 14-year fight over government aid given to Boeing
U.S. Politics Pompeo Refuses to Say What U.S. Would Do if Israel Annexes West BankThe New York Times - By EDWARD WONG and CATIE EDMONDSONWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to tell Congress on Tuesday what the United States would do if the Israeli government tried to annex the West Bank, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
U.S. Politics Trump Administration to Push for Tougher Asylum RulesThe New York Times - By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGSWASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to aggressively push for tougher screening of asylum seekers that will make it vastly more difficult for migrants fleeing persecution in their home countries
U.S. Politics Bernie Sanders, Now a Millionaire, Pledges to Release Tax Returns by MondayThe New York Times - By SHERYL GAY STOLBERGWASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders, whose $18 million fund-raising haul has solidified his status as a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Tuesday that he would release 10 years
U.S. Politics Egypt’s President, Hoping to Be Allowed to Stay in Office Until 2034, Basks in Trump’s EmbraceThe New York Times - By MARK LANDLERWASHINGTON — President Trump welcomed Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to the White House on Tuesday, and bestowed on his ally what he most eagerly sought: a ringing endorsement of his strongman
U.S. Politics Democrats Used to Campaign. Now Everyone Has a ‘Movement.’The New York Times - By ASTEAD W. HERNDONTired: Mounting a campaign for president of the United States. Wired: Asking Americans to join your “grass-roots movement” for president. It’s unclear exactly how the two are different. But pitching your
U.S. Politics Trump’s Fed Picks Embrace ‘Reality Show’ Nominee RoleThe New York Times - By JIM TANKERSLEYWASHINGTON — After President Trump told reporters last week that he would like to nominate Herman Cain to fill a spot on the Federal Reserve board, Mr. Cain posted a video to his Facebook page confirming
U.S. Politics Trump’s Campaign Video Shows Re-Election Is Aimed Squarely at His BaseThe New York Times - By MICHAEL TACKETTWASHINGTON — The music was brooding. The imagery triumphal. The villains all the same. President Trump left no doubt on Tuesday that he was staking his re-election on a remobilization of the voters who
U.S. Politics Mnuchin Says White House and Treasury Discussed Trump Tax Return RequestThe New York Times - By ALAN RAPPEPORTWASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers on Tuesday that White House lawyers had been in touch with his department about a congressional request for President Trump’s tax returns said
U.S. Politics Barr Says He’ll Release Mueller Report ‘Within a Week’ as He Defends His Handling of ItThe New York Times - By KATIE BENNERWASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr vowed on Tuesday to release a redacted version of the Mueller report “within a week,” defending his handling of the special counsel investigation’s findings
U.S. Politics ‘Dr. Seuss’s Garden’ Yields a Deep-Sea Discovery, but It Already Faces ThreatsThe New York Times - By KENDRA PIERRE-LOUISWant climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. Researchers announced on Tuesday that they had found two new species of cold-water coral in undersea canyons off New
U.S. Politics Devin Nunes Sues McClatchy Newspaper Chain, Alleging ‘Character Assassination’The New York Times - By DANIEL VICTORLess than a month after suing Twitter for allowing its users to insult him, Representative Devin Nunes, a Republican from California, said he was suing the McClatchy Company, a newspaper chain, over what
U.S. Politics William Barr Says Mueller Report Will Be Public ‘Within a Week’The New York Times - By KATIE BENNER, NICHOLAS FANDOS and CHARLIE SAVAGE• Attorney General William P. Barr said he will deliver the Mueller report to Congress and the public within a week, reiterating his earlier promise to release it by mid-April. • Testifying before the
U.S. Politics Justice Dept. Watchdog’s Review of Russia Inquiry Is Nearly Done, Barr SaysThe New York Times - By ADAM GOLDMAN and CHARLIE SAVAGEWASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog intends to complete by May or June his investigation into aspects of the Russia inquiry, including whether law enforcement officials abused their
U.S. Politics Fact-Checking Trump’s Family Separation Claim about Obama’s PolicyThe New York Times - By LINDA QIUWhat Mr. Trump Said “President Obama had child separation. Take a look. The press knows it. You know it. We all know it. I didn’t have — I’m the one that stopped it. … But President Obama had the law.
U.S. Politics Bernie Sanders, Now a Millionaire, Pledges to Release Tax Returns by MondayThe New York Times - By SHERYL GAY STOLBERGWASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders, whose $18 million fund-raising haul has solidified his status as a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Tuesday that he would release 10 years
