A federal district judge found Rudolph W. Giuliani in contempt of court on Friday for continuing to defame two Georgia women after the 2020 election. In May, Mr. Giuliani agreed to stop repeating lies about the women, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, a mother-daughter team of election workers in Fulton County, Ga., during the 2020…
A Major Challenge for Trump’s Agenda: A Mercurial Coach Calling the Plays
House Republicans are decamping to Mar-a-Lago this weekend to huddle with President-elect Donald J. Trump and plot their strategy as they toil to unite around his behemoth of a legislative agenda. But before they can do so, they need Mr. Trump to weigh in on an issue they have been agonizing over for weeks: how…
With Hearings Imminent, Partisan Fight Escalates Over Trump Cabinet
A quiet but bitter partisan clash is underway on Capitol Hill over President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choices for key cabinet posts, as Republicans face immense pressure to fast-track confirmations and Democrats charge that they are cutting corners on vetting for critical administration jobs. The feud is coming to a head as senators are planning a…
Jimmy Carter Was the First ‘Born Again’ U.S. President
Jimmy Carter was the first American president to describe himself as “born again,” now a somewhat quaint term for experiencing a rebirth through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It was a process rather than a singular experience, according to the former president, who spoke frequently and fluently about his Christian faith throughout his life…
Judge Rejects Biden’s Title IX Rules, Scrapping Protections for Trans Students
A federal judge in Kentucky on Thursday struck down President Biden’s effort to expand protections for transgender students and make other changes to the rules governing sex discrimination in schools, ruling that the Education Department had overstepped and violated teachers’ rights by requiring them to use students’ preferred pronouns. The ruling, which extends nationwide, came…
Live Updates: Jimmy Carter Is Remembered for His Integrity and Humanitarianism
The five living presidents are making a rare simultaneous appearance on Thursday at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral. It is unusual for five living presidents to be together in one place. Before 1991, there was only one other period in United States history, around 1861, when more than five presidents were even alive at the…
Nation’s Leaders Will Gather to Honor Carter at Washington Cathedral
A weeklong series of tributes to former President Jimmy Carter culminates on Thursday with a solemn state funeral in Washington that will bring together all five of the nation’s living presidents, who will temporarily put down their partisan swords to bid farewell to one of their own. Mr. Carter, who has lain in state for…
Trump Blames California Governor Gavin Newsom for Deadly Fires
President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday blamed California’s Democratic governor for the failure to contain fires engulfing parts of the Los Angeles area, turning a still-evolving natural disaster into a political opportunity and accusing the state’s government of letting environmental policies run amok. In a post on his social media site, Mr. Trump mocked Gov….
Mourners Defy Subfreezing Temperatures to Honor Jimmy Carter at the Capitol
They came amid the ice and snow, bundled in parkas and long johns, expecting an hourslong wait in the subfreezing temperatures and whipping winds. Instead, the mourners who journeyed through the maze of barricades around the Capitol to pay their final respects to President Jimmy Carter were shocked to find such a short queue, waiting…
Gazans React to Trump’s Comments About Hostages
For more than a year, almost two million Palestinians living in Gaza have been homeless, facing severe food and medical shortages and under enduring threat of Israeli airstrikes. Nearly 46,000 Gazans have been killed, local health officials said on Wednesday, in a landscape largely reduced to rubble. So when President-elect Donald J. Trump vowed that…