Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Japan on Monday, President Donald Trump again refused to rule out a 2028 bid that would seek a third term, despite the 22nd Amendment’s two-election limit. He said he has his best poll numbers ever, hasn't considered a court fight,...
Democrats entered a fourth week of the government shutdown united behind a strategy to withhold votes unless health care demands are met, even as a cutoff of SNAP food aid for roughly 42 million looms on November 1. Party leaders criticized President Donald Trump for not negotiating and traveling abroad,...
The Supreme Court’s “major questions doctrine”—used to block parts of President Biden’s climate, Covid-19, and student-debt initiatives—faces a pivotal test next week as justices hear arguments over President Trump’s tariffs program. The doctrine demands clear, direct congressional authorization for sweeping economic actions. The 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act lacks...
President Trump said he underwent an M.R.I. earlier this month, calling the results “perfect” but refusing to explain why it was ordered, and inaccurately claiming his doctor had released full results. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Tokyo from Kuala Lumpur during his Asia trip, he...
Cameroon’s electoral body declared Paul Biya, 92, winner of the Oct. 12 presidential election with nearly 54 percent, securing an eighth term that could carry him to almost 100. An opposition candidate claimed victory and alleged widespread fraud by a “predatory oligarchy,” as analysts called the contest the most consequential...
More than 160,000 New Yorkers turned out as early voting opened in an unusual three-way mayoral contest. Democrat Zohran Mamdani, leading in polls, flexed a dominant ground game, with thousands of volunteers and tens of thousands of doors knocked. Andrew M. Cuomo, running as an independent, leaned on endorsements and...
A weeklong procession of Trump officials to Jerusalem, dubbed "Bibi-sitting" by Israeli media, underscored a new phase in U.S.-Israel ties and in the Trump-Netanyahu relationship. After granting major political gifts, indulging talk of a Gaza "Riviera," backing a March cease-fire breach, and deploying B-2s to strike Iran in June, President...
Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi — the first woman to hold the post — meets President Trump in Tokyo on Tuesday seeking reassurance on trade and security. She is expected to lean on her ties to Shinzo Abe while urging commitment to the alliance, countering China and backing Taiwan....
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to "solve" the Afghanistan-Pakistan crisis "very quickly" as the neighbors’ peace talks entered a second day in Istanbul, seeking to turn a fragile Doha ceasefire into a lasting security framework. The dispute follows the deadliest clashes in years. Pakistan’s army said it killed 25 militants...
Republican senator Rand Paul denounced the Trump administration’s recent airstrikes on boats off Venezuela as “extrajudicial killings,” saying Congress has received no evidence or briefings about the operations. On Fox News Sunday, Paul contrasted the killings—about 40 people in at least eight strikes, according to the administration—with executions by China...
