To Detain More Immigrants, Trump Administration to Speed Border Hiring

By VIVIAN YEE and RON NIXON April 12, 2017 The Trump administration has begun the detail work of stiffening the country’s immigration infrastructure, according to an internal memo from the Department of Homeland Security, moving to speed the...

A Polarized Supreme Court, Growing More So

By ADAM LIPTAK April 9, 2017 WASHINGTON — Viewed one way, Judge Neil M. Gorsuch’s confirmation will not do much to change the dynamics of the Supreme Court. His appointment is a one-for-one swap, a conservative replacing another conservative. But...

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....

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....

Trump Weighs Infrastructure Bill but Keeps New York Up in the Air

By GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN April 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump said he was considering “accelerating” the introduction of his $1 trillion infrastructure bill — but he pointedly refused to say whether he...

Fed Is Expected to Pare Investment Holdings, Officials Signal

Janet L. Yellen, the Fed’s chairwoman, at a news conference in Washington in March. By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM April 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — Most Federal Reserve officials expect the Fed to begin reducing its huge investment holdings later this year, an...