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University of Minnesota, Under Federal Scrutiny, Limits Its Political Speech

The University of Minnesota, which President Trump’s Justice Department is scrutinizing for its handling of antisemitism on campus, largely barred itself on Friday...

Schumer Is in the Hot Seat for Shrinking From a Shutdown Fight

Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, faced blaring and profound political blowback on Friday for his decision to...

Senate Moves Toward Critical Vote to Avert Shutdown as Schumer Relents

The Senate was headed on Friday toward a critical vote to avert a government shutdown at midnight, after Senator Chuck Schumer of New...

Schumer’s Retreat From a Government Shutdown Has Young Democrats Fuming

Senator Chuck Schumer’s sudden decision on Thursday to support a Republican-written bill to avert a government shutdown so enraged his fellow Democrats that...

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Drops as Inflation Anxiety Soars

Policy uncertainty and tariff whiplash are making consumers less confident about the economic outlook and more worried about inflation, new data from the...

Hegseth Closes Pentagon Office Focused on Future Wars

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the shuttering of the Office of Net Assessment, a small, often secretive and sometimes opaque office that for...

DOGE Could Gut a Piece of Trump Family History

In 1891, as Seattle was rebuilding from a catastrophic fire that had destroyed nearly all of its central business district, Frederick Trump arrived...

Judge Pushes Back on Justice Dept.’s Broad View of Jan. 6 Pardons

In the past few weeks, the Justice Department under President Trump has taken an expansive view of the pardons he issued to all...

Alan K. Simpson, Influential Wyoming Republican Senator, Dies at 93

Alan K. Simpson, a plain-spoken former Republican senator from Wyoming who championed immigration reforms and conservative candidates for the Supreme Court, and fought...

Gold Price Passes $3,000, a Record High, Amid Tariff Anxiety

The price of gold set a record high on Friday, breaking above $3,000 per troy ounce for the first time as investors reckon...

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