New York Time Politics
- Trump Tramples Congress’s Power, With Little Challenge From G.O.P.by Julian E. Barnes and Catie Edmondson on September 7, 2025 at 1:45 pm
On national security, spending and oversight, the president continues to undercut the legislative branch, and Republicans in charge have done little to stop him.
- What We Know About the Hyundai-LG Plant Immigration Raid in Georgiaby Chris Hippensteel on September 7, 2025 at 12:08 pm
Several hundred workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the construction site of a sprawling electric vehicle battery plant on Thursday.
- Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgiaby Jim Lynn, Lydia DePillis, Rick Rojas, Farah Stockman and Sean Keenan on September 7, 2025 at 11:47 am
The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration crackdown.
- In the Battle for Congress, Working-Class Democrats Try a Hardscrabble Pitchby Annie Karni on September 7, 2025 at 9:02 am
A new crop of candidates has turned away from the aspirational “American dream” message of campaigns past and is leaning into how difficult life can be for working people — including them.
- L.A.P.D. Stops Security Services for Kamala Harrisby Orlando Mayorquín and Matt Stevens on September 7, 2025 at 2:45 am
The department had assigned officers to protect the former vice president after her Secret Service detail was terminated. Some criticized the use of the officers.
- Tensions Mount as Trump Administration Threatens Federal Crackdown in Chicagoby Hamed Aleaziz and Julie Bosman on September 7, 2025 at 1:20 am
In a social media post, President Trump said Chicago was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” Illinois officials condemned the message.
- President of Peace, Department of War. A New Name Sends Mixed Signals.by Erica L. Green on September 7, 2025 at 12:36 am
President Trump’s renaming of the Defense Department comes amid his campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize. On Saturday, he wrote on social media that Chicago was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.”
- Immigration Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia Rattles South Koreaby Choe Sang-Hun on September 7, 2025 at 12:03 am
The country said it had sent diplomats to the site, and South Korea’s foreign minister said he might travel to Washington himself to address the matter.
- ICE Has Begun Immigration Crackdown in Massachusettsby Hamed Aleaziz on September 6, 2025 at 10:07 pm
The operation includes Boston, whose mayor has drawn the administration’s ire for speaking out against the growing scale of its immigration actions.
- Justice Breyer Defends Judge Accused of Defying Supreme Court Orderby Adam Liptak on September 6, 2025 at 9:32 pm
The justice’s comments reflected tensions within the judiciary, as trial judges struggle to interpret the Supreme Court’s often cryptic emergency orders.
- A Second Weak Jobs Report Challenges Trump’s Claim the Economy Is Boomingby Tony Romm and Ben Casselman on September 6, 2025 at 3:41 pm
After a bad employment report in August, President Trump fired the official in charge of the numbers. This month’s data was just as disappointing.
- Settlement Talks Stall Between Harvard and the Trump Administrationby Michael C. Bender, Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Blinder on September 6, 2025 at 9:02 am
One major reason is said to be an emerging divide within the administration over whether the current framework is too favorable to Harvard.
- What to Know About a Rapid U.S. Military Buildup in the Caribbeanby Eric Schmitt on September 6, 2025 at 5:32 am
The United States has deployed eight warships, several surveillance planes and one attack submarine to the region as tensions with Venezuela grow.
- How Trump’s Blunt-Force Diplomacy Is Pushing His Rivals Togetherby Luke Broadwater and David E. Sanger on September 6, 2025 at 1:58 am
Some of President Trump’s pressure tactics appear to have backfired, sending would-be allies into the embrace of China.
- Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War IIby Erica L. Green on September 6, 2025 at 12:36 am
As he signed an order recognizing the Defense Department as the “Department of War,” President Trump said that the country “could have won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct.”
- Trump Didn’t Notify Congress About a High-Stakes SEALs Mission. That Could Be an Issue.by Charlie Savage on September 6, 2025 at 12:23 am
The Trump administration failed to tell lawmakers about a 2019 SEAL Team 6 incursion into North Korean territory that went awry.
- New Summer Camp Safety Laws Follow Texas’ Tragic Floodsby Ruth Graham on September 6, 2025 at 12:03 am
The families of “Heaven’s 27,” the children and counselors lost at Camp Mystic, pressed the Legislature to toughen flood rules over the objections of some Hill Country camp operators.
- Trump Will Host G20 Summit in 2026 at His Doral Resortby Erica L. Green and Chris Cameron on September 6, 2025 at 12:00 am
President Trump faced withering bipartisan criticism in his first term for a similar idea that would have mixed foreign diplomacy with his personal business interests.
- Will Trump Have to Run From the Economy?by Jess Bidgood on September 5, 2025 at 11:10 pm
It’s the issue voters cared most about in 2024, and there are signs of trouble.
- U.S. Is Increasingly Exposed to Chinese Election Threats, Lawmakers Sayby Julian E. Barnes on September 5, 2025 at 7:44 pm
Two Democrats on the House China committee noted the use of A.I. by Chinese companies as a weapon in information warfare.