Politics
Uncertainty for Biden’s Covid Plan After Aid Is Dropped From Spending Bill
March 10, 2022
Uncertainty for Biden’s Covid Plan After Aid Is Dropped From Spending Bill
WASHINGTON — Faced with Republican resistance after asking for billions of additional dollars to keep fighting the coronavirus, the Biden…
Biden Offers More Free Covid Tests Although Demand Has Slowed
March 9, 2022
Biden Offers More Free Covid Tests Although Demand Has Slowed
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday formally began allowing Americans who had ordered free coronavirus tests this winter to…
Pressing for Evidence, Jan. 6 Panel Argues That Trump Committed Fraud
March 9, 2022
Pressing for Evidence, Jan. 6 Panel Argues That Trump Committed Fraud
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Tuesday laid out its theory for…
Texas Man Convicted in First Jan. 6 Trial
March 9, 2022
Texas Man Convicted in First Jan. 6 Trial
A Texas man who helped lead a pro-Trump mob in an advance on the police at the Capitol last year…
Climate Hawks Join the Debate on Ukraine
March 8, 2022
Climate Hawks Join the Debate on Ukraine
In 2010, David Roberts, an influential left-leaning journalist and blogger, coined the term “climate hawk” to refer to activists pushing…
Congress Gives Final Approval to Make Lynching a Hate Crime
March 8, 2022
Congress Gives Final Approval to Make Lynching a Hate Crime
WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously approved a bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime, explicitly criminalizing a heinous…
‘20th Hijacker’ Is Returned to Saudi Arabia for Mental Health Care
March 8, 2022
‘20th Hijacker’ Is Returned to Saudi Arabia for Mental Health Care
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The Biden administration on Monday repatriated to Saudi Arabia for mental health care a prisoner who…
Alex Jones and Donald Trump: A Fateful Alliance Draws Scrutiny
March 7, 2022
Alex Jones and Donald Trump: A Fateful Alliance Draws Scrutiny
The day President Donald J. Trump urged his supporters to “be there, will be wild!” at the Capitol on Jan.…
Arming Ukraine: 17,000 Anti-Tank Weapons in 6 Days and a Clandestine Cybercorps
March 7, 2022
Arming Ukraine: 17,000 Anti-Tank Weapons in 6 Days and a Clandestine Cybercorps
On a snowy tarmac at Amari Air Base in northern Estonia on Sunday morning, pallets of rifles, ammunition and other…
Indicted. Under F.B.I. Investigation. And Still Popular With Texas Republicans.
March 6, 2022
Indicted. Under F.B.I. Investigation. And Still Popular With Texas Republicans.
SAN ANTONIO — The race for Texas attorney general is asking Republicans to determine how many indictments and allegations of…