The Trump administration has said that it is attacking boats and killing their occupants because they are smuggling drugs from Venezuela to the United States.
Elon Musk’s electric car company said the new versions would start at around $37,000 and $40,000, prices that bring its cars closer to comparable gasoline vehicles.
Tesla sells more electric vehicles in the United States than any other company and sets the tone for the industry, though its market share has fallen below 50 percent.
By sending troops to U.S. cities that are not in active crisis, President Trump is breaking with military tradition. Helene Cooper, who covers national security issues for The New York Times, compares his recent actions with earlier domestic military deployments.
Insurance through the Affordable Care Act is about to get much more expensive for millions of Americans. Democrats are using the government shutdown as leverage to try to address this. In this video, Holly Hudnall, a middle-class mom from Kentucky, asks President Trump to make insurance more affordable for families like hers.
The U.S. government is shut down. Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a stopgap funding bill, leading to the shutdown. The journalist Molly Jong-Fast argues that the Democrats did the smart thing by refusing to acquiesce to President Trump.
Beijing’s climate and trade pledges at the U.N. highlighted how modest moves can stand out when the United States is pulling back from global leadership.
Li Qiang, China’s second-highest-ranking official, portrayed Beijing as stable leader at a time when President Trump is pulling back from international institutions.