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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday again shook up his immigration team, appointing a hard-liner to coordinate border policy from the White House and sending a message that he is redoubling his efforts to prevent migrants from entering the United States. Thomas D. Homan, his choice for the job, served as the acting head of […]

WASHINGTON — The attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday have again sent the United States and Iran, two longtime adversaries, hurtling toward potential crisis. The challenges are diplomatic and economic, as well as military. But that course was set a year ago, foreign policy experts say, when President Trump, enforcing

Night Two: June 27 Michael Bennet, senator from Colorado Joseph R. Biden Jr., former vice president Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind. Kirsten Gillibrand, senator from New York Kamala Harris, senator from California John Hickenlooper, former governor of Colorado Bernie Sanders, senator from Vermont Eric Swalwell, representative from California Marianne Williamson, self-help author Andrew

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] New York City will spend $250,000 to help poor women who travel from other states to obtain abortions here, inserting itself into the increasingly contentious debate over access to the procedure. While the amount of money is relatively small,

WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Friday that there was no doubt that Iran was behind the explosions that crippled two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman this week and warned Tehran not to try to close the Strait of Hormuz, a major transit point for the world’s oil supplies. “Well, Iran did do

[Sign up for our politics newsletter and join the conversation around the 2020 presidential race.] DES MOINES — It was hot at the Capital City Pride Fest. Bodies glistening with sweat, dunk-tank-envy hot. But there people stood, draped with rainbow flags, wearing them like capes. Gathering on the street. Listening in the shade to Democratic

Exclusive from ‘The Weekly,’ a New TV Series from The New York Times Watch on FX this Sunday at 10 p.m. and Hulu on Monday. The youngest known child taken from his parents at the U.S.-Mexico border was a 4-month-old baby named Constantin Mutu. While he was sent to Michigan to live with a foster

David Starkey takes aim at those hoping to lead the Conservative and Lib Dem parties, and also has a go at Labour. In a personal film for BBC One’s This Week, he picks out one political bloom – Tory Rory Stewart – but says he is in the wrong party and has chosen the wrong

Mr. Trump has defended himself against charges of racism, telling reporters that he is “the least racist person you will ever interview.” The president, friends said, is bothered by the allegation. And he was frustrated, they said, when Mr. Kushner did not defend him more fiercely in a recent television interview in which he was

If Sean Spicer’s tenure as White House press secretary made him a figure of national renown and mockery, priming him for his current incarnation as a special correspondent on the syndicated TV show “Extra,” the legacy of his successor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is more straightforward. And, perhaps, more lasting. She made the White House briefing