Trump names son-in-law as senior adviser, testing US nepotism law
WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner will become a senior White House adviser to his father-in-law, Donald J. Trump, cementing the New York real estate executive’s...
War and Democracy in the age of Trump
War and democracy in the age of Trump John Keane| The ancient Greek historian Herodotus once observed that Persian rulers indulged the habit of getting drunk...
Donald Trump acknowledges Russia role in U.S. election hacking
President-elect Donald Trump accepts the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia engaged in cyber attacks during the U.S. presidential election and may take action...
Trump Nominees’ Filings Threaten to Overwhelm Federal Ethics Office
ERIC LIPTON and STEVE EDER WASHINGTON — Rex W. Tillerson owns more than $50 million of Exxon Mobil stock, has earned an annual salary of...
Trump Insists Mexico Will Pay for Wall After U.S. Begins the Work
MICHAEL D. SHEAR and EMMARIE HUETTEMAN WASHINGTON — As congressional Republicans on Friday discussed quickly moving ahead with plans for a southern border wall...
Putin Led a Complex Cyberattack Scheme to Aid Trump, Report Finds
MICHAEL D. SHEAR and DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia directed a vast cyberattack aimed at denying Hillary Clinton...
Trump’s tweets keep US manufacturers on their toes
Criticism of Ford, GM and others raises prospect of elements of US industrial strategy being formulated on social media Donald Trump’s prolific and opinionated tweeting...
Trump to name ex-senator Dan Coats as director of national intelligence
Former Indiana lawmaker and member of the Senate intelligence committee has been banned from entering Russia: ‘I’m not a big fan of Putin’. President-elect Donald...
John Kerry blames Britain for derailing Obama’s plan for intervention in Syria
The US secretary of state made the link explicit between British parliament’s vote against air strikes and Obama’s failure to enforce his ‘red line’....
US Army now more open to turbans, beards and hijab
Previously, Sikh-Americans and others had to be granted a limited permission to serve in the Army while maintaining their articles of faith. In a...
Americans can spot election meddling because they’ve been doing it for years
Owen Jones As I write, president-elect Donald Trump – soon to become the most powerful individual on Earth – is having a tantrum on his...
Spies vs. Spies: A Cold War Regularity That Never Quite Cooled
Since the end of the Cold War, a variety of leaked diplomatic cables, captured operatives and acts of espionage, like this summer’s hack of...