Trump’s Budget, Breaking Tradition, Seeks Cuts to Service Programs

By ERICA L. GREEN May 25, 2017 WASHINGTON — In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy exhorted the youth of America to ask what they could do for their country. In his inaugural budget, President Trump wants the government largely out of the...

Greg Gianforte, Montana G.O.P. Candidate, Is Charged in Attack on Reporter

Greg Gianforte at a campaign event on Wednesday. By JONATHAN MARTIN May 24, 2017 MISSOULA, Mont. — The Republican candidate in a hotly contested special House election in Montana was charged with assaulting a journalist on Wednesday at what was to be a...

G.O.P. Candidate in Montana House Race Is Accused of Attacking Reporter

Greg Gianforte at a campaign event on Wednesday. By JONATHAN MARTIN May 24, 2017 MISSOULA, Mont. — The Republican candidate in a hotly contested special House election in Montana was accused of assaulting a journalist on Wednesday at what was to be a...

A Question of Incentive: Why Work Requirement Became a Theme of the Trump Budget

A Question of Incentive By EMILY BADGER May 24, 2017 The new White House budget proposal is built on a deep-rooted conservative belief: The government should help those who are willing to work, and cull from benefit rolls those who aren’t. That...

Ex-C.I.A. Chief Reveals Mounting Concern Over Trump Campaign and Russia

By MATT APUZZO May 23, 2017 WASHINGTON — John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director, described on Tuesday a nerve-fraying few months last year as American authorities realized that the presidential election was under attack and feared that Donald J....

Proposed Rules Would Allow U.S. to Track and Destroy Drones

By CHARLIE SAVAGE May 23, 2017 The Trump administration is asking Congress to give the federal government sweeping powers to track, hack and destroy any type of drone over domestic soil with a new exception to laws governing surveillance, computer privacy...