California Governor Gavin Newsom is setting the stage for a political showdown with President-elect Donald Trump, signaling his readiness to counter Trump’s policies with state-led initiatives and ...

President-elect Trump will gain back vast powers when he retakes the nation’s highest office, including the ability to grant pardons. During his first four years as president, Trump granted 144 ...

From the daily newsletter: a feast of gags and games. Plus: Anthony Lane on the secret history of risotto; the year in brain rot; and the costs of our health-care system. From the daily newsletter ...

Had I proposed earlier that we invite someone stranded to come with us to New York, Hugh would have said no. But now there was really no way for him to back out.

Donald Trump's legal troubles -- or at least most of them -- will not follow him back to the White House. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who brought two federal cases against the former president ...

Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called special counsel Jack Smith’s decision to dismiss President-elect Trump’s election subversion and classified documents cases a “serious mistake.” ...

Jack Smith arrived in Washington almost two years ago with expectations that his assignment to investigate Donald J. Trump would be profoundly consequential. But instead of leaving his post on the ...

Today, Google will have a final chance to prove to a federal judge that its advertising business isn’t a monopoly. The US Department of Justice spent several weeks earlier this year arguing that ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for his Cabinet ... of Trump’s legal cases until after he is no longer president. Cartoons were drawn by Jack Ohman, Nick Anderson, Bill Bramhall ...