While Twitter Confronts Trump, Zuckerberg Keeps Facebook Out of It
SAN FRANCISCO — Earlier this week, as Twitter executives waded into a confrontation with President Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, took a very […]
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Twitter Had Been Drawing a Line for Months When Trump Crossed It
OAKLAND, Calif. — Jack Dorsey was up late Thursday at his home in San Francisco talking online with his executives when their conversation was interrupted: […]
Blaming China for Pandemic, Trump Says U.S. Will Leave the W.H.O.
After spending weeks accusing the World Health Organization of helping the Chinese government cover up the early days of the coronavirus epidemic in China, President […]
Flynn Discussed Sanctions at Length With Russian Diplomat, Transcripts Show
WASHINGTON — The former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn discussed sanctions at length with a Russian diplomat in late 2016, according to transcripts declassified […]
George Floyd’s Death, Protests, Coronavirus: America Is a Tinderbox
The last two and a half months in America have felt like the opening montage in a dystopian film about a nation come undone. First […]
‘The Pain Is Too Intense’: Joe Biden Challenges White Americans
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., addressing a nation on edge, challenged white Americans on Friday to fully confront the enduring inequities […]
Congress Plans Hearings on Racial Violence and Use of Force by the Police
Top lawmakers in both parties, spurred to action by the death of a black Minnesota man in the custody of white police officers, said on […]
A Justice Dept. Skeptical of Police Abuse Cases Vows to Investigate Floyd Death
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr on Friday labeled the images of the death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis whom a […]
‘The Pain Is Too Intense’: Biden Challenges White Americans
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., addressing a nation on edge, challenged white Americans on Friday to fully confront the enduring inequities […]
Over Veterans’ Protests, Trump Vetoes Measure to Block Student Loan Rules
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday vetoed a bipartisan resolution to overturn new regulations that significantly tighten access to federal student loan forgiveness, siding with […]
Trump Moves to Strip Hong Kong of Special U.S. Relationship
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Friday that his administration would end almost all aspects of the American government’s special relationship with Hong Kong, including on […]
Protests in Minnesota Renew Scrutiny of Klobuchar’s Record as Prosecutor
Senator Amy Klobuchar swept into office in 2007 as a former tough prosecutor, boasting of how she had reduced crime in the biggest county in […]
Bank Regulator’s Battle With Anti-Redlining Law Comes to an End
Joseph Otting came into his job overseeing the nation’s biggest banks in late 2017 determined to rewrite the rules governing how financial institutions invest in […]
U.S. Accuses Russian Military Hackers of Attack on Email Servers
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency publicly accused Russian government hackers of targeting email servers around the world in an unusual announcement on Thursday, showing […]
Pompeo Releases Letter Clearing Him of Violating Law With Kansas Trips
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday released a letter written four months ago from an independent federal investigative agency that said he […]
Trump’s Looting Remarks on Twitter Escalate Crisis in Minneapolis
President Trump on Friday threatened to send the National Guard to Minneapolis unless the city’s Democratic mayor brought the violent protests touched off by the […]
Trump Attacks Minneapolis Mayor Over Protests
President Trump on Friday threatened to send the National Guard to Minneapolis unless the city’s Democratic mayor brought the violent protests touched off by the […]
Border Wall Land Grabs Accelerate as Owners Shelter From Pandemic
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is accelerating efforts to seize private property for President Trump’s border wall, taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to survey […]
Coronavirus Aid: Millions Can See Its End, and They’re Scared
For millions of Americans left out of work by the coronavirus pandemic, government assistance has been a lifeline preventing a plunge into poverty, hunger and […]
Mourning Alone
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Trump’s Order Targeting Social Media Sites, Explained
Much of the president’s order consists of complaints about social media companies and their efforts to flag or remove content deemed inappropriate. Here is an […]
Why President Trump’s Order on Social Media Could Harm Him
WASHINGTON — President Trump, who built his political career on the power of a flame-throwing Twitter account, has now gone to war with Twitter, angered […]
Trump Officials Consider Defying Congress to Sell More Weapons to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is moving to sell another cache of munitions to Saudi Arabia, according to lawmakers and congressional aides, a step that […]
On the Economics of Not Dying
America is now engaged in a vast, dangerous experiment. Although social distancing has limited the spread of the coronavirus, it is far from contained. Yet […]
Does a Crisis Spur Political Unity? Not This Pandemic
It was not so long ago that the conventional wisdom in Washington was that a genuine crisis like the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks had the […]
Trump Signs Executive Order on Social Media, Claiming to Protect ‘Free Speech’
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to empower federal regulators to crack down on social media companies like Twitter and Facebook and potentially […]
F.B.I. Once Investigated Trump Campaign Adviser’s Ties to Egypt
WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and the special counsel’s office investigated whether a former Trump campaign adviser secretly worked for the Egyptian government to influence the […]
Trump’s Proposed Order on Social Media Could Harm One Person in Particular: Trump
WASHINGTON — President Trump, who built his political career on the power of a flame-throwing Twitter account, has now gone to war with Twitter, angered […]
Trump Said, ‘I Have the Best Words.’ Now They’re Hers.
Donald Trump has some ideas about fighting the coronavirus. “We hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light,” the […]
North Koreans Accused of Laundering $2.5 Billion for Nuclear Program
WASHINGTON — North Korean and Chinese nationals are operating a multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme to help fund North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, the Justice Department […]
Management of Bailout Money Poses Political Test for Trump
WASHINGTON — When restaurant industry executives gathered at the White House this month, Tilman J. Fertitta pleaded with President Trump to let his chains of […]
What is Section 230? Legal Shield for Websites is the Targeted by Trump
This article was originally published in August and has been updated. When the most consequential law governing speech on the internet was created in 1996, […]
Defying Trump, Twitter Doubles Down on Labeling Tweets
OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter on Thursday added new fact-checking labels to hundreds of tweets, even as the Trump administration prepared an executive order to curtail […]
House Pulls Surveillance Measure After Trump Tells Republicans to Vote No
House Democratic leaders on Thursday withdrew legislation that would revive expired F.B.I. tools to investigate terrorism and espionage and add privacy protections for Americans, after […]
Where Coronavirus Help on Facebook Is ‘Inherently Political’
The three young idealists met before this all started, when the most pressing issues they faced were climate change, environmental justice and ensuring clean water […]
Get Republicans to Vote Against Trump? This Group Will Spend $10 Million to Try
But the collective voice of former cabinet officials and top aides to Republican presidents denouncing their party’s nominee did little to move the needle with […]
Get Republicans to Vote Against Trump? This Group Will Spend $10 Million to Try
But the collective voice of former cabinet officials and top aides to Republican presidents denouncing their party’s nominee did little to move the needle with […]
Biden’s Testing Strategy Sets Up a Clear Contrast With Trump on the Coronavirus
WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has proposed harnessing the broad powers of the federal government to step up coronavirus testing, with a public-private board […]
Biden’s Testing Strategy Sets Up a Clear Contrast With Trump on the Coronavirus
WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has proposed harnessing the broad powers of the federal government to step up coronavirus testing, with a public-private board […]
Biden’s Testing Strategy Sets Up a Clear Contrast With Trump on the Coronavirus
WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has proposed harnessing the broad powers of the federal government to step up coronavirus testing, with a public-private board […]
Credibility and Converts: Revisiting Tara Reade and Jane Roe
Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | RadioPublic | Stitcher As reporting on the […]
Trump’s ‘Horrifying Lies’ About Lori Klausutis May Cross a Legal Line
President Trump and his minions relentlessly grind out despicable acts — gratuitous insults to war heroes, over 18,000 (and counting) false or misleading statements, many […]
Executive Order Is Expected to Curtail Protections for Social Media Companies
The Trump administration is preparing an executive order intended to curtail the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for what gets posted […]
U.S. to Penalize Work at Iranian Facilities in Latest Blow to Nuclear Accord
WASHINGTON — The State Department announced on Wednesday that it would begin imposing economic penalties on foreign businesses working at Iranian nuclear facilities, the latest […]
Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas Dies at 89
Former Representative Sam Johnson, a military pilot who spent years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam before representing a Dallas-area district in Congress for […]
The Wonderful World of Trump Worsts
So hey, summer’s coming. Time for all Americans to get together and plan how to stay apart. And here’s a seasonal question: When we get […]
As a Federal Coronavirus Expert Frets, the Capital Moves to Reopen
WASHINGTON — The leaders around the nation’s capital are pushing forward with plans to reopen the region, hoping they are close enough to their public […]
Twitter Comes Under Attack From Trump’s Supporters
OAKLAND, Calif. — Not long after Twitter added a warning label to two of President Trump’s tweets on Tuesday, his supporters swung into action. On […]
Trump Arrives in Cape Canaveral, but Is Thwarted in His Search of a New Heroic Narrative
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For President Trump, it promised to be the ultimate split-screen day. Even as the United States reached the grim milestone on […]
States Sue to Block Trump From Weakening Fuel Economy Rules
Led by California, nearly two dozen states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over its reversal of fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks, arguing that […]