‘Don’t Make Any Deal’: Trump Tells Republicans to Hold Firm on Shutdown Talks
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:16:38 +0000 The president is using the standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security as leverage to pass a strict voter ID bill. Critics say the bill would place an undue burden on eligible voters.: Boston University Pulls Pride Flags, Raising Free Speech Worries
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:06:34 +0000 The university said the flags broke a rule against hanging signs, a policy embraced by other campuses that cracked down on protests. Professors and others say such rules chill speech.: Trump Visits Elvis’s Graceland Estate
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:05:47 +0000 Amid a war with Iran, rising gas prices and a government shutdown, the president detoured on a trip to Memphis to visit the king of rock’s mansion.: Trump Administration Targets Harvard With Two New Investigations
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:04:07 +0000 The inquiries target antisemitism and admissions policies. The university called it retaliation for refusing to give in to the administration’s demands.: It’s a Chaotic Moment in America. That’s Not What Republicans Need.
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:03:11 +0000 A national mood of unease and anxiety ahead of major elections is rarely good for the party in power.: Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Death Row Inmate Seeking DNA Testing
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:50:53 +0000 Rodney Reed’s quest over the last decade to obtain DNA testing to try to prove his innocence has attracted wide attention.: Pentagon Officials Weigh Deployment of Airborne Troops for Iran War
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:38:25 +0000 The combat forces would come from a brigade of about 3,000 soldiers capable of deploying anywhere in the world within 18 hours.: Brian Doherty, 57, Dies; Chronicled Libertarians and Other Outsiders
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:35:14 +0000 Fascinated by the fringes, he wrote a definitive history of libertarianism and books about underground comics and the Burning Man festival.: One deeply red state, Alaska, may have the most at stake in a mail-in ballots case.
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:39:11 +0000 The nation’s most remote state relies on boats and planes to administer elections, and balloting is often at the mercy of extreme weather.: The justices are taking on a series of other election disputes this term.
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:34:09 +0000 The challenge to Mississippi’s mail-in ballot rules is one of several cases involving voting and elections.: Voice of America Journalists Sue, Saying Trump Officials Interfered in Coverage
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:14:08 +0000 The journalists said in the complaint that the administration was trying to force them to be a “mouthpiece” and that one official demanded “loyalty” if reporters wanted to “keep their jobs.”: Judges’ partisan affiliations predicted their votes in the case.
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:55:32 +0000 Fifteen members of the federal appeals court in New Orleans participated, splitting exactly as the parties of the presidents who named them would suggest.: ICE Agents Fan Out at Airports Across the U.S. Amid TSA Staffing Issues
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:29:02 +0000 The agents were sent on Monday to help understaffed T.S.A. teams manage long security wait times. But at many airports, their duties seemed limited.: Lilias Folan, Who Brought Yoga to Middle America, Dies at 90
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:31:37 +0000 With her bright leotards and soothing, welcoming tone, she helped to demystify a discipline that many Americans in the 1970s viewed as a counterculture practice.: Mail voting began with the armed forces. How will this case affect them?
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:46:59 +0000: Here’s How the Supreme Court’s Decision on Mail-In Ballots Could Affect Elections
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:36:30 +0000 The court is hearing a case on one state’s law that allow ballots to count if they are postmarked by Election Day but arrive days after. More than a dozen states have similar rules.: The mail-in ballot rules have divided Republicans in Mississippi.
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:09:40 +0000: Here are the lawyers arguing the late ballots case at the Supreme Court.
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:08:14 +0000: Without Late-Arriving Ballots, Republicans Might Have Lost the 2000 Election
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:50:08 +0000 The legal changes the Republican National Committee is seeking could have cost former President George W. Bush the contentious 2000 election to former Vice President Al Gore.: Postal Service Changes Could Cause Delays for Votes Cast by Mail
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:41:33 +0000 The Supreme Court is hearing a case on ballots that are postmarked by but arrive after Election Day.: Trump Is Digging Up Washington. Can Lawsuits Stop the Bulldozers?
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:53:59 +0000 As the president develops plans to fundamentally alter the White House, the Kennedy Center and other sites, federal lawsuits are beginning to catch up.: Postmarks Are Good Enough for Taxes, Contracts and Court Filings. What About Ballots?
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:29:23 +0000 The appeals court that struck down a Mississippi law on mail-in ballots ruled that voting requires a different approach from other areas of the law.: These 14 states could be affected by the Supreme Court’s decision on late mail ballots.
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:24:30 +0000 The laws — and ballot grace periods — vary from state to state.: Here’s the latest.
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:11:58 +0000: In California, a Republican Sheriff Seizes Ballots, Prompting Concerns
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:55:35 +0000 Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, recently took possession of more than 650,000 ballots as part of a fraud probe. Election officials say his investigation is baseless.: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Reject Late-Arriving Mail-In Ballots Law
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:49:23 +0000 A majority of the justices appeared skeptical of Mississippi’s mail-in ballot law in a case that could upend the way that states handle mail-in ballots throughout the country.: Born Abroad and Fearful of ICE, Adoptees Try to Prove They Belong
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:01:29 +0000 Up to 200,000 people adopted as children from abroad are vulnerable to deportation by an administration searching for problems with their citizenship.: When Voters Worry About ‘Affordability,’ Many Point to Health Care
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:00:32 +0000 Democrats have had limited political success running on the Affordable Care Act, even with its relative popularity. Now President Trump’s health care cuts may have given the issue new resonance.: Immigrant Detentions and Deportations Leave Pets Behind
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:45:41 +0000 As immigrant detentions and self-deportations soar, animal welfare groups in cities like New Orleans scramble to feed, foster and re-home the pets left behind.: W.N.B.A. Players Getting Paid, N.B.A. Expanding & the Weight of the 1-Seed
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:33:51 +0000 Plus, which Western Conference team is getting shipped East?: How Obama’s Strategist Discouraged Biden From Running in 2016
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:32:17 +0000 In a new set of oral histories, David Plouffe, President Barack Obama’s political adviser, described how he urged Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. not to challenge Hillary Clinton for the nomination.: Suspect in Chicago Student’s Killing Was in U.S. Illegally, D.H.S. Says
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 03:06:39 +0000 Sheridan Gorman, 18, was killed last week near Loyola University Chicago. The Trump administration has sought to highlight crimes committed by undocumented people in its deportation campaign.: How the G.O.P. and Democrats Are Talking About the Surge in Gas Prices
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 01:03:43 +0000 Republicans have largely been on defense against Democratic criticism. Here are five arguments advanced by figures in both parties.