Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies
12/7/2025 8:56 AM Open Story
President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.
For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle
12/7/2025 2:02 AM Open Story
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to oust a Federal Trade Commission leader offer parallels to the current fight over President Trump’s actions.
Superpower Competition: The Missing Chapter in Trump’s Security Strategy
12/7/2025 2:02 AM Open Story
President Trump is shifting from discussion of the long-lasting competition among the world’s biggest economies and nuclear powers.
Judge Stalls Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment
12/7/2025 4:34 AM Open Story
The judge’s decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey.
This Nebraska Prison Rehabilitated Inmates. Until ICE Paid to Fill It With Immigrants.
12/7/2025 9:09 AM Open Story
Over two decades, a minimum-security prison aimed at helping inmates prepare to leave prison was a point of civic pride. Now, state officials have converted it to ICE detention.
How Stablecoins Can Help Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
12/7/2025 7:07 AM Open Story
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration
12/7/2025 2:00 AM Open Story
The Democratic president and his top advisers rejected recommendations that could have eased the border crisis that helped return Donald Trump to the White House.
4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record
12/7/2025 2:01 AM Open Story
A New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigration showed that they created an opening for a more aggressive Trump administration agenda.
The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory
12/7/2025 2:00 AM Open Story
In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.
What Do Republicans Have to Fear? Ask Tennessee.
12/7/2025 3:00 AM Open Story
What a special House election just told us.
The Crucial Lesson of a Forgotten Nixon-Era Episode
12/7/2025 3:00 AM Open Story
After my father-in-law died, we found something interesting in his files.
Your Gift Dilemmas, Solved
12/7/2025 4:59 AM Open Story
An expert from Wirecutter helps Morning readers with their trickiest holiday gift searches.
Hong Kong Holds Vote as Officials Move Against ‘Anti-China’ Elements
12/7/2025 3:03 AM Open Story
The government is pushing hard to raise turnout in an election overshadowed by a deadly fire and public anger over safety lapses and official accountability.
Benin Coup Attempt to Oust Talon Has Been Foiled, Interior Minister Says
12/7/2025 7:27 AM Open Story
The country’s interior minister said the situation was under control after a “small group of soldiers launched a mutiny,” but the president had yet to make a public statement.
In Brazil’s Answer to Hollywood, Dreams and Drought Share the Stage
12/7/2025 12:00 AM Open Story
A dusty town in the parched northeast has become the nation’s show business destination. But climate change and technology are posing new challenges there.