January 21, 2025, 4:10 a.m. Eastern time
Donald John Trump took the oath of office again during a ceremony in the Capitol, promising a new “golden age of America” four years after he was evicted by voters.
The extraordinary pardons and commutations extended to those who committed both violent and nonviolent crimes on Jan. 6, including assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy.
Palestinians returning to parts of the enclave have been picking their way through vast piles of rubble and trying to salvage what they can.
Doctors at Sheba Medical Center said the three women are in stable condition, but little is known about what the former captives went through in Gaza.
Fourteen Opinion writers assess the substance and style of Trump’s speech.
President Claudia Sheinbaum is detaining more migrants, seizing more fentanyl and positioning her country as a key ally against China. But the U.S. stance has shifted, too.
Sunday’s delayed start to the truce was a minor problem compared with the difficult choices and American leverage needed to get both parties to the second phase, which could end the war.
The police had sought the death penalty in a horrific but familiar crime. Its handling by the local authorities had outraged the nation.
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For many residents, a set of wheels is an extension of their home, a key to their income or a source of priceless memories.
The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black leadership and progress toward the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream.
Tariffs and tax cuts amid high interest rates and lingering inflation will pose a test for the U.S. economy.
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President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by Donald J. Trump, including five members of his family as well as Liz Cheney, Anthony S. Fauci and Mark A. Milley.
At age 40, a relative newcomer who made his name on the campaign trail for his fierce attacks on Democrats is first in the line of succession for president.
In his second inaugural address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.
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The president said he planned to put tariffs on America’s neighbors on Feb. 1, as he signed an executive order mandating a sweeping review of U.S. trade policy.
Several large U.S. financial institutions, including the Federal Reserve, have withdrawn from the networks after years of growing political and legal pressure.
The medals were designed by a jewelry maker owned by the French luxury conglomerate, which has declined to comment on their deterioration.
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The Chinese social media app, popular in the United States a week after being flooded by TikTok users, has added language translation features.
China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of censorship and malign neglect by Beijing.
The Trump family’s new crypto tokens, which went on sale over the weekend, have soared in value — along with crypto markets in general.
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Two pages of lyrics, written in the kitchen of a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll journalist, offer glimpses into the Nobel Prize-winning musician’s writing process.
The Women’s Suffrage National Monument, which will be the Mall’s first dedicated to women’s history, overcame congressional and other roadblocks.
The conductor Nathalie Stutzmann led Lorin Maazel’s coolly efficient 1987 distillation, “The ‘Ring’ Without Words,” at David Geffen Hall.
