James Comey Says Keeping Quiet on Clinton Emails Would Have Been ‘Catastrophic’

By ADAM GOLDMAN May 3, 2017 WASHINGTON — James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, on Wednesday sharply defended his rationale for notifying Congress about new emails related to the Hillary Clinton investigation less than two weeks before Election Day,...

Circling Back to Voters, 100 Days Into Trump Era

By THE NEW YORK TIMES April 26, 2017 On Day 1, they were a mix of Trump faithful, Trump skeptics and Trump haters. Local party bosses and state senators, teachers and retirees, unionized and nonunion workers, talking about their hopes and dread as...

Court Approved Wiretap on Trump Campaign Aide Over Russia Ties

To get permission to wiretap Carter Page, an adviser to the Trump campaign, last summer, the Justice Department had to show probable cause that he was acting as a Russian agent.

Court Approved Wiretap on Trump Campaign Aide Over Russia Ties

To get permission to wiretap Carter Page, an adviser to the Trump campaign, last summer, the Justice Department had to show probable cause that he was acting as a Russian agent.

The Picture of Our Economy? Looks a Lot Like a Rorschach Test

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ April 8, 2017 Economics has a foundation in hard numbers — employment, inflation, spending — that has largely allowed it to sidestep the competing partisan narratives that have afflicted American politics and culture....