After killing a criminal case against Mayor Eric Adams, the Trump administration has begun investigating his chief rival in the New York City mayoral race over his testimony about the pandemic.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/andrew-cuomo-investigation-doj.html
An assessment contradicted a presidential proclamation. A political appointee demanded a redo, then pushed for changes to the new analysis, too.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/gabbard-intelligence-venezuelans-tren-de-aragua-trump.html
Economists say companies generally have to pass along the cost of tariffs. But populists on the left and right say the president may have a point.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/business/trump-tariffs-price-increases.html
The project has been a priority for President Trump since he took office, having promised during the campaign to build a defense system against foreign threats similar to Israel’s Iron Dome.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/trump-golden-dome.html
There was shouting and gavel banging as Marco Rubio and his former Senate Democratic colleagues clashed over U.S. foreign aid.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/rubio-democrats-foreign-aid.html
The president visited the weekly meeting of House Republicans to make the case for the legislation and pressure members of his party to fall into line. Later, negotiations with key holdouts appeared to be bearing fruit.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/trump-big-beautiful-bill.html
The Texas Republican is leading the conservative revolt against what his party calls its “big, beautiful bill.” Whether he will dig in or relent could determine the measure’s fate.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/roy-spending-cuts-trump.html
If Republicans pass their tax and spending megabill, the record will arrive even sooner — putting America’s debt at more than 113 percent of the size of its entire economy.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/upshot/record-debt-republicans-bill.html
A burly, easygoing Chicago native, he became a staple of living rooms across the country for more than a decade as one of America’s favorite barflies.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/arts/television/george-wendt-dead.html
George Wendt of “Cheers,” who died on Tuesday, could walk into a bar and imply his character’s entire life outside it.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/arts/television/george-wendt-norm-cheers.html
Britain, France and Canada called the Israeli plans for escalation “disproportionate” and “egregious” at a time when the U.N. is warning the population is at risk of famine.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/world/middleeast/israel-allies-denounce-gaza-offensive.html
European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday agreed to lift the remaining economic curbs on the war-torn country, amid concerns it could slip back into conflict.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/world/europe/eu-syria-sanctions.html
In a chaotic hearing, Trump administration officials told a federal judge they did not know where a plane of deportees was going. The judge raised the possibility that he could order its return.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/trump-immigration-deportations-south-sudan.html
The right allows people to legally challenge their detentions by the government and is guaranteed in the Constitution.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/kristi-noem-habeas-corpus-deportations.html
Administration officials have suggested suspending a legal principle that protects against unlawful detention, and struggled to accurately define it.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/what-is-habeas-corpus-trump-kristi-noem.html
Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s office pushed back on speculation that there had been a coverup around the illness.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/biden-prostate-cancer-psa-test.html
Guidelines advise no screening after age 70, and doctors say that even men who test diligently may develop an aggressive cancer after none was found at a recent checkup.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/health/joe-biden-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-screening.html
A crucial cog in the global semiconductor industry, Malaysia aims to build high-end chips. It will have to contend with President Trump’s trade policy first.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/world/asia/malaysia-ai-chips-trump-tariffs.html
Once derided for its slower pace, Chengdu has a surging population and booming real estate market as workers look beyond China’s major coastal cities.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/business/china-chengdu-fastest-growing-city.html
Jensen Huang, the chipmaker’s top executive, said the attempt to cut off the flow of advanced A.I. chips spurred Chinese companies to “accelerate their development.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/business/nvidia-china-washington-chip-controls-failure.html