Politics

WASHINGTON — Iran’s announcement on Monday that it expects to breach the terms of the 2015 agreement that was intended to slow its progress toward a nuclear weapon opens a new and perilous phase of its confrontation with the West. If the Iranians make good on their threat to break through the restrictions on how […]

WASHINGTON — In a decision that could affect associates of President Trump accused of wrongdoing and hoping for pardons, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that criminal defendants may be prosecuted for the same offenses in both federal and state court. Since Mr. Trump’s pardon power extends only to federal crimes, the ruling leaves people

Since the start of the Trump administration’s trade war last year, economists and executives have repeatedly warned that consumers will ultimately end up footing the bill for tariffs through higher prices. That’s true. It just might not feel like it. A recent economic study estimated that the 10 percent tariffs imposed last year on $200

Cakes. Flowers. Wedding invitations. They are at the center of a long-running clash over same-sex marriage rights, religious freedom and discrimination. On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from the former owners of Sweetcakes by Melissa, a bakery in Oregon that refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in

BEIJING — President Xi Jinping of China plans to visit North Korea later this week, his first trip there as president and a surprise move shortly before President Trump and Mr. Xi are expected to meet at an economic summit. The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has visited China four times in the past year.

Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson has told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg he supports another Brexit referendum in order to end the current “paralysis”. “We certainly might lose some votes if we change position,” he said, but argued the party must “make the case to Labour voters why we’ve changed position”. “Parliament has failed them and

“Some say if we’d all just calm down, the Republicans will come to their senses,” Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said earlier this month. “But our country is in a time of crisis.” Her comments came at a Democratic gathering in California where 14 candidates chose to speak, trying to strengthen ties in a crucial

A month earlier in Mingo County, W.Va., where more than 80 percent of voters cast a ballot for Trump, Warren went to a local fire station to talk about her plan for addressing the opioid crisis. It’s big: She wants to spend $100 billion over 10 years, including $50 million annually for West Virginia, the

• Retailers like Walmart and Costco warned that new tariffs on Chinese imports could be disastrous for their industry. The reason: Unlike earlier tariffs, the next round is aimed squarely at consumer goods like footwear, toys and apparel. • It can be hard to find common ground in Washington these days, but furor over drug

When they were in the majority, House Republicans voted dozens of times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, only to see their legislation die in the Senate. On one occasion, Mr. Trump summoned House Republicans to the White House for a grand ceremony only to see that momentum quickly fade away.