New Challenge for Judge in Trump Georgia Case: His Own Election
There are many reasons to believe that former President Donald J. Trump will not be going to trial in Georgia anytime soon. A controversy involving sex, money and the district…
Opinion | ‘They Have Established the Backbone of the Case’: Three Writers Dissect the Trump Trial
David French, a Times columnist, hosted a written online conversation with Rebecca Roiphe, a former assistant district attorney in the Manhattan district attorney’s office, and Ken White, a former federal…
Biden Will Raise Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles, Chips and Other Goods
President Biden will announce on Tuesday that he is raising tariffs on an array of Chinese imports, including electric vehicles, solar cells, semiconductors and advanced batteries, in what he calls…
How China Rose to Lead the World in Cars and Solar Panels
For decades, China has moved methodically to dominate ever more industries, from toys and clothing in the 1980s to semiconductors and renewable energy today. China now produces a third of…
Nevada, Newly Trump-Friendly, Poses a Challenge and a Mystery for Biden
When the country catches a cold, Nevada gets the flu. That’s the common wisdom for the economy in the state, which is heavily dependent on tourism and suffered more than…
Opinion | Cyrus Vance: What It Takes to Keep Harvey Weinstein, and Men Like Him, Behind Bars
Many interpreted Harvey Weinstein’s conviction and sentencing in 2020 as a painfully overdue moment of reckoning for powerful, sexually abusive men like Mr. Weinstein. As the district attorney who brought…
Can You Lose Your Native Tongue?
It happened the first time over dinner. I was saying something to my husband, who grew up in Paris where we live, and suddenly couldn’t get the word out. The…
How Biden’s Trade War With China Differs From Trump’s
Joseph R. Biden Jr. ran for the White House as a sharp critic of President Donald J. Trump’s crackdown on trade with China. In office, though, he has taken Mr.…
House G.O.P. Defunds L.G.B.T.Q. Centers by Banning Earmarks for Nonprofits
When Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee moved unilaterally last summer to nix federal funding requested by Democrats for three programs serving the L.G.B.T.Q. community, the normally collegial spending panel…
Opinion | Can This Ex-Republican Revive Democrats in Rural Ohio?
Chris Gibbs, a farmer who raises soybeans, corn and cattle, spent much of his adult life as a leader of the Republican Party in Shelby County, Ohio. He rose from…