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President Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy focuses on “violent left-wing extremists,” as well as narcoterrorists and Islamic terror groups. Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs explains what it means.By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Gilad Thaler,...

Our chief political analyst, Nate Cohn, looks at President Trump’s sinking approval ratings. How do they compare with polling from other recent presidencies?

Wednesday’s cabinet meeting at the White House began, as it always does, with a long monologue from President Trump about the state of his presidency. About eight minutes in, while talking about...

new video loaded: Why Democrats Think They Can Flip TexasWith Ken Paxton defeating Senator John Cornyn in Texas’ Republican runoff for the Senate, The New York Times’s national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher...

new video loaded: Our Reporter on What Happened When Texas Increased School PoliceAfter the 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the state passed a law mandating police presence in schools. Our reporter...

After Representative Thomas Massie, an outspoken Republican critic of President Trump, lost his seat in a closely watched primary last week, he brushed off questions about his future political aspirations by saying...

new video loaded: The Two Issues That Could Swing This DistrictTwo national controversies — A.I. data centers and ICE detention centers — are converging in one swing congressional district. Our Southwest reporter...

The Minneapolis police chief, Brian O’Hara, who drew national attention for taking the reins of a department reeling after the murder of George Floyd, resigned on Tuesday after a personnel investigation into...

One of the country’s highest-stakes Senate races has suddenly collided with one of the most animating topics in New England: the Boston Red Sox.In a move that appeared to be part stunt,...

A coalition of individuals and groups says it was targeted by an overzealous Justice Department under President Trump in a lawsuit filed on Friday, challenging the $1.8 billion fund the president said...