A judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring money in or out of the fund until the court could hear arguments in June.
The order came from the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Alexandria, in a case brought by a group of people who say they have faced partisan attacks by the Trump administration but expect to be excluded from accessing the fund.
Innovative systems to keep ships from hitting North Atlantic right whales are coming into use. The Trump administration is weighing whether they can replace a bedrock protection.
Our chief political analyst, Nate Cohn, looks at President Trump’s sinking approval ratings. How do they compare with polling from other recent presidencies?
The president doesn’t seem that concerned that his party could lose control of Congress. Ezra Klein and the Republican strategist Liam Donovan discuss Trump’s midterm strategy and Democratic paths to victory.
A Dominion Energy power plant near Davis, W.Va. NextEra Energy’s political activities are expected to be scrutinized as it seeks approval of its purchase of Dominion.
U.S. boat strikes to limit the flow of illicit drugs have included the deployment of F-35 fighter jets, above in Puerto Rico last year, as well as gunships and guided-missile destroyers.
Despite the rising body count off the South American coast, researchers say cocaine is as easy to get in many parts of the United States as it was before the strikes began.
A screen grab from a video posted by U.S. Southern Command this month showed what the U.S. military said was a vessel on a known narco-trafficking route in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
U.S. and Iranian officials say they are closing in on the terms of a preliminary agreement. Yet sticking points, particularly over the Strait of Hormuz, remain.
The Justice Department is said to be examining the funding of lawsuits brought by E. Jean Carroll, an author who has never sought a public role, political power or governmental authority.
“I love thinking creatively about, how do you protect the Smithsonian?” said Lonnie G. Bunch III, the institution’s secretary. “How do you make sure issues of scholarship and integrity are there?”
President Trump’s shifts reflect a political tug of war between hawkish supporters urging him to hit Iran harder and noninterventionists urging him to make a quick deal.
The TV network slammed the Federal Communications Commission, saying the regulator was targeting its station licenses in a campaign of “unconstitutional retaliation.”
The filing was the second time this month that ABC accused the Federal Communications Commission of violating its free speech rights because of what the network has called “speech the government does not like.”
The American blockade and Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz have created a stalemate that is neither peace nor raging conflict, with both sides attempting economic strangulation on the water.
After attacking the Texas attorney general, who won the G.O.P. nomination, Senate Republicans are pivoting sharply to support him in what is now a competitive race.
Michael and Susan Dell pledged in December to donate $6.25 billion to kick off the “Trump accounts” program that creates special investment savings accounts with tax benefits for American children.
The Michigan governor made the remarks to a reporter on Thursday morning. Later, she sounded less definitive. Ms. Whitmer has been viewed as part of a field of possible Democratic candidates.
A Russian tanker seemingly en route to Cuba with a lifeline of fuel has changed direction, a painful development for the island suffering under a U.S. oil blockade.
When he returned to office, President Trump vowed revenge against those he said had challenged or defied him. Here’s an incomplete list of the people his Justice Department has targeted.
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