Politics

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a sex offender who had been convicted of failing to register with local authorities after his release. The case had been closely watched because it could have given the court a chance to reconsider the fundamental constitutional question of how much authority Congress can delegate to […]

She courted donors whose pledges could help secure the loan. David Dunn, a college trustee at the time, said the board had concerns by 2011 that contributions weren’t materializing. He said trustees began a review after learning that a major donor, Corrine Bove Maietta, who was supposed to donate $1 million over time, actually committed

ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, holding a rare meeting with international journalists, said on Thursday that he expected to resolve disagreements with the United States, particularly his purchase of the Russian S-400 missile system, in a one-on-one meeting with President Trump at the end of the month. The two leaders are expected

Also, somewhat to my surprise, I think the interviews really showed some of the ways that the leftward lurch of the Democratic Party has been overstated. On the single-payer question, for instance, there was very little “Medicare for All or bust” rhetoric. Even clearly liberal candidates — like Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidential campaign was forced into a defensive posture this week after he invoked his work with Southern segregationist senators to make a point about bygone comity in Congress. The backlash has posed an early and important stress test on Mr. Biden’s hold on a constituency that has helped

Tracy Letts is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright (“August: Osage County”) and a Tony Award winning actor (“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”). But he’s never served in local government. So when he decided to write a pointed comedy set in a municipal building, he turned to the great archive of all things contemporary: YouTube. “I

• The influx of Somali refugees in St. Cloud, Minn., has spurred the sort of demographic shifts that Mr. Trump and right-wing conservatives have stoked fears about. For some, the changes have fueled talk about “white replacement,” a racist conspiracy theory. • Joe Biden’s campaign was forced into a defensive posture this week after he

The Peace Cross, he wrote, was and is a symbol of unity, noting that it included the names of both black and white soldiers at a time when the military was segregated. “We can never know for certain what was in the minds of those responsible for the memorial,” Justice Alito wrote, “but in light

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s tenure as commander in chief came to a dramatic turning point on Thursday night as he found himself torn between his own competing advisers and his own competing instincts, teetering on the edge of military action that could lead to the kind of war he came to office vowing not to

Iran shot down an American spy drone early Thursday. On that, the United States and Iran agree. The crucial matter, though, is whether that drone ventured into Iranian airspace, as Tehran asserts, or whether it stayed in international airspace, as the United States asserts. Here’s what we know so far. The drone was unmanned and