Former Representative Doug Collins, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, told lawmakers in a confirmation hearing on Tuesday that he would defend a program introduced in Mr. Trump’s first term that permits veterans to seek health services outside the department’s system. Mr. Collins, a Navy veteran, Air Force Reserve chaplain and fast-talking … Read more
“Nothing will stand in our way.” With that six-word vow, President Trump described how he planned to make his second term in office differ from his first. Now, after a four-year interregnum that began with political exile and ended with his improbable resurrection, the great disrupter made clear that he does not intend to be … Read more
As Donald J. Trump takes office once again, he will represent millions who enthusiastically support him, millions who forcefully oppose him and, perhaps most critically, millions in between. This last group of voters may have been decisive in the November election: people who were unhappy about their choices, frustrated with the nation’s leadership and skeptical … Read more
Ken Martin, one of the front-runners to lead the Democratic National Committee, said on Tuesday that he had support from 200 members of the party, a level of backing that is close to what he needs to clinch victory. If that support holds for Mr. Martin, the chairman of the Minnesota Democrats, he would be … Read more
The effort to prosecute the violent mob that ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and the leaders of far-right groups who egged them on, represented the biggest and most logistically complex investigation in the history of the Justice Department. President Donald J. Trump erased it in an instant on Inauguration Day. Mr. Trump has … Read more
President Trump moved on Monday to toss out a Biden-era program that allowed migrants fleeing four troubled nations to fly into the United States and remain in the country temporarily, part of a sweeping first-day crackdown on immigration. The program, known as humanitarian parole and introduced by the Biden administration in early 2023, allowed migrants … Read more
An executive order signed by President Trump on Monday that suspends refugee admissions to the United States puts at risk thousands of citizens of Afghanistan who helped the American mission during the war there, the president of a California-based resettlement group said. The order would affect not only scores of Afghans who are now in … Read more
President Trump declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday, invoking special presidential powers that allow him to unilaterally unlock federal funding for border wall construction and potentially to deploy the military and National Guard to the border. Mr. Trump took a similar step during his first term as a way to circumvent … Read more
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order suspending refugee resettlement in the United States, picking up where he left off in his first term with his efforts to kill a program that offers safe harbor to people around the world facing threats and persecution. He has long railed against refugees, claiming that the program … Read more
Former Vice President Kamala D. Harris left Washington on Monday the way she entered her role on the same day five years ago: making history. After President Trump’s inauguration, Ms. Harris headed to Joint Base Andrews to take her last official flight home to California, supported by an all-female U.S. Air Force crew — the … Read more