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As a Felon, Trump Upends How Americans View the Presidency
President-elect Donald J. Trump has worked for years to discredit any and all criminal and civil cases against him as nothing more than politically mo...
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Columbia Professor Katherine Franke Says She Was Forced to Retire Because of Activism
Katherine Franke, a law professor and vocal advocate of pro-Palestinian students, had been under investigation over remarks she made about Israeli stu...
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Supreme Court to Hear New Affordable Care Act Case on Preventative Care
Lower courts ruled that a task force that determines which treatments must be covered at no cost had not been validly appointed.
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A Judge Cements Trump’s Felony Into History
He can appeal his conviction, but it’s no longer clear that he’ll get very far.
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The Memories That Burn, Too
Shawn Hubler, who covers California from Sacramento, details the personal, psychological toll of the wildfires.
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James Arthur Ray, Self-Help Guide Whose Retreat Became Deadly, Dies at 67
A rising star among New Age motivational speakers, he was brought down by a disaster during one of his retreats in Arizona, where three people died in...
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The Weather Won’t Give Southern California’s Firefighters a Break
The dry, windy conditions that help the fires spread are poised to persist.
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Giuliani Found in Contempt of Court Over Continued Defamation of Election Workers
In November, Rudy Giuliani repeated accusations against the women at least four times, after Donald J. Trump won the 2024 presidential election.
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Donor Pleads Guilty to Making Illegal Contributions to Adams Campaign
Erden Arkan, a businessman with close ties to New York’s Turkish community, pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to conspiracy to commit fraud.
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Supreme Court Seems Poised to Uphold Law That Could Ban TikTok
The justices are expected to rule quickly in the case, which pits national security concerns about China against the First Amendment’s protection of f...
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As Wildfire Flames Consume Architectural Gems, a Hit to ‘Old California’
The historic ranch house of Will Rogers and an important residence by Ray Kappe were destroyed by the fires, which threaten L.A.’s spectacular design ...
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Vatican Allows Italian Gay Men to Enter Seminaries, if They Remain Celibate
Candidates for the seminary should not be disqualified based on sexual orientation, according to new church guidelines in Italy.
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A Sentence With No Penalty Assures Trump Will Take Office as a Felon
Justice Juan M. Merchan gave Donald J. Trump a symbolic punishment. The judge said that leniency was due the office of the president, not the man who ...
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Biden Officials Say the Truth About Havana Syndrome Is Still Unknown
The White House contradicts a new intelligence assessment on the mysterious ailments that diplomats and spies have reported for years.
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In North Carolina, Republicans Try to Reverse a Supreme Court Election Loss
An incumbent Democrat narrowly won re-election to the state’s highest court. But the Republican-controlled court is considering an unusual protest fro...
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Border Crossings Continue to Drop Before Trump’s Second Term
Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border in November fell to their lowest level of President Biden’s administration.
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4 Takeaways From the Arguments Before the Supreme Court in the TikTok Case
The justices, who asked tough questions of both sides, showed skepticism toward arguments by lawyers for TikTok and its users.
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An Altadena Family Escaped the L.A. Wildfires, but They Lost Almost Everything
Aurielle Hall knew she had little time to get herself and her daughter out of Altadena. Convincing Aunt Cheri would be a different challenge.
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Biden Issues Sweeping Deportation Protections Before Trump Takes Office
The move allows hundreds of thousands of people from Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela to stay in the country temporarily.
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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out...
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Takeaways from Trump’s Criminal Sentencing
Friday’s punishment was largely symbolic, but it ensured that Donald J. Trump would become America’s first felon president.
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Can You Still Use TikTok if It’s Banned? What Users Should Know About the App.
The social media app is likely to disappear from the app stores of Google and Apple right away. But it’s unclear if users will completely lose access....
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Hoda Kotb Departs NBC’s ‘Today’ Amid Lots of Praise and Tears
Special guests, including Simone Biles and Oprah Winfrey, offered tributes to the longtime host, capping off a week that “Today” had called a “Hoda-br...
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Mauro Morandi, Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, Dies at 85
He was the sole resident of Budelli, an undeveloped sliver of paradise off the northern coast of Sardinia. He embraced the solitude, until he was evic...
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Prosecutors Seek 15-Year Sentence for Menendez’s Bribery Conviction
Lawyers for New Jersey’s former Democratic senator, Robert Menendez, have said that even fewer years would be tantamount to a death sentence.
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Trump Organization Issues Ethics Pledge for President-Elect’s Second Term
The measures largely echo agreements the family made for his first term, including appointing an outside ethics lawyer and limiting Mr. Trump’s access...
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Investing in Stocks and Bonds Will Be Trickier Under Trump
Sizzling returns well may continue, but our columnist suggests that it would be wise to prepare for the next storm.
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Biden Raises Bounty For Nicolás Maduro to $25 Million
The move is a retaliatory measure meant to punish the Venezuelan autocrat for refusing to give up power
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On the Eve of Trump’s Sentencing, an Unusual Art Gallery Opening
A show by the artist Isabelle Brourman, who sketched the trials of Donald J. Trump, attracted figures from the art world, the media and some lawyers f...
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Who Are the Victims of the Los Angeles Fires?
At least 10 people died in fires raging across Los Angeles. Several of them lived near each other in the ravaged Altadena neighborhood.
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U.S. Imposes New Sanctions to Squeeze Russia’s Energy Sector
The Biden administration is cracking down on the Russian “shadow fleet” and taking steps to curb oil and gas production.
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Israel Strikes Ports and a Power Plant in Houthi-Controlled Parts of Yemen
Israel and its allies have escalated strikes against the Houthis to try to force them to stop firing on Israel and Red Sea shipping lanes, but it was ...
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Venezuela’s Autocrat Detains U.S. Citizens As He Tightens Grip on Power
President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for another six years on Friday, after claiming to win an election in July that many inside and outside Venezuel...
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Trump Received an Unconditional Discharge. What Does That Mean?
The rare and lenient sentence, which will spare President-elect Donald J. Trump jail time, was used to address his unusual status.
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What Dr. Ruth Left Behind
Archivists from the Kinsey Institute are helping the family of the sex therapist Ruth Westheimer with a common quandary: How much of someone’s stuff d...
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With Hearings Imminent, Partisan Fight Escalates Over Trump Cabinet
Democrats are demanding that Republicans slow consideration of picks for the new administration until they can review background checks, as the G.O.P....
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Firefighters Battle Large Blaze at Bronx Apartment Building
Two hundred firefighters and emergency medical workers responded to the fire early Friday. Seven people have been injured and many residents displaced...
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Constellation Energy to Buy Power Producer Calpine
Constellation Energy’s deal to buy Calpine is being driven by fast-rising demand for electricity by the technology industry.
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Kremlin Confirms Readiness for Putin to Meet Trump
The president-elect had said the Russian leader wanted to meet him to discuss the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin stopped short of that, saying it could o...
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Israeli Hostage Declared Killed in Gaza as Fears for Captives Mount
Hamza Ziyadne, 23, was abducted in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel alongside his siblings and father, whose body was also recovered this week.
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TikTok at the Supreme Court
We explain how free speech and national security can often conflict.
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Death Toll Climbs in L.A. Fires, and TikTok’s Last Chance
Plus, goodbye to a hairy “Shrek” icon.
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Rare Winter Storm Sweeps Across the South: What to Know
A storm that brought snow and ice to the Gulf Coast states was moving east on Friday.
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Man Convicted in Pizzagate Shooting Is Killed in Confrontation With Police
Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, of Salisbury, N.C., who was sentenced to four years in prison for the 2016 shooting at a Washington restaurant, was fatally ...
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Can Democrats Be the Party of the Future Again?
Ro Khanna, a progressive from Silicon Valley, on Big Tech’s rightward lurch.
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A Big Idea to Solve America’s Immigration Mess
Fixing America’s broken immigration system starts with acknowledging that the United States needs more people.
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China’s Central Bank Stops Buying Bonds as Deflation Fears Grip Economy
The unexpected action is intended to tamp down a potential bubble in the bond market fueled by investors shunning riskier assets like stocks and real ...
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R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. Ambassador, Says China Is Aligned With ‘Agents of Disorder’
R. Nicholas Burns, the top U.S. diplomat in Beijing, says the Biden administration is making a final push to urge China to reconsider its tilt toward ...
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Appeals Court Declines to Block Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump Cases
But the court left in place an injunction that bars the Justice Department from disclosing the report for another three days.
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Anita Bryant, Whose Anti-Gay Politics Undid a Singing Career, Is Dead at 84
The former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice was an all-American entertainer before she began crusading against L.G.B.T.Q. rights....
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U.S. Court Halts Guilty Plea Hearing for Accused 9/11 Mastermind
A three-judge appeals panel will decide whether the plea deal Khalid Shaikh Mohammed reached to avoid a death-penalty trial remains valid.
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Alec Baldwin Sues New Mexico Prosecutors Over Dismissed ‘Rust’ Case
Lawyers for the actor accused law enforcement officials of waging a “malicious prosecution” against him after the 2021 shooting death of a cinematogra...
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