The party may need a new bench.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-in-race-to-separate-themselves-from-biden-8cc72099
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pepperand-salt-6e162b48
President Trump has achieved much of his agenda, leaving the fate of the economy squarely in his hands.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/trump-bill-tariffs-economy.html
The Treasury secretary is breaking with tradition in publicly assailing the central bank’s policies as President Trump looks for its next leader.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/bessent-federal-reserve-chair.html
Plus, the big business of youth sports.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/podcasts/the-headlines/trump-mass-layoffs-putin.html
Officials said the search for remains would continue until all the victims have been accounted for. In the hardest-hit county, no survivors have been found since Friday.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/texas-floods-missing-search.html
The rivers etching the terrain are a beloved feature of the rapidly growing region. But last week’s flooding was an agonizing reminder of the dangers they pose.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/rivers-are-the-soul-of-the-texas-hill-country-and-a-source-of-heartache.html
President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In Texas, that process appears to already be underway.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/climate/texas-flood-fema-trump.html
The industry’s courtship of Donald J. Trump resulted in one of the great lobbying free-for-alls in recent Washington history.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/trump-crypto-lobbying.html
The pivot to crypto highlights the reality of Truth Social, one of President Trump’s highest-profile business interests: It doesn’t generate much revenue.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/business/truth-social-trump-media-crypto.html
A court-ordered pause in May covered nearly two dozen federal agencies at different stages of executing President Trump’s directive for mass layoffs. The Supreme Court said the administration could proceed.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-firings.html
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. envoy to Venezuela were both working on different deals and ended up at cross purposes.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/americas/trump-venezuelan-migrants-us-prisoner-swap.html
The president held forth in public for 104 minutes, using a cabinet meeting to express much that is on his mind.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-cabinet-meeting-decor.html
A small but influential cohort of the president’s far-right political coalition spared him their ire but turned with a vengeance on the attorney general and the top officials at the F.B.I.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-epstein.html
Mr. Shteyngart was once told he might be. With his sixth novel, “Vera, or Faith,” out now, he’s spent the last few years spending it well.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/style/gary-shteyngart-book-vera-or-faith.html
“Vera, or Faith” follows a 10-year-old girl navigating family drama and a dystopian America.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/books/review/gary-shteyngart-vera-or-faith.html
The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ground: antipathy for Iran.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/middleeast/syria-israel-talks.html
The country is experiencing its worst drought in decades, which has set the conditions for the blazes to scorch an area the size of Washington, D.C.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/middleeast/syria-wildfires-photos-videos.html
President Trump lashed out at the Russian leader on Tuesday, signaling a change in his posture toward the conflict.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-putin-ukraine.html
A new study that found high levels of heavy metals in popular nicotine vapes adds to concerns about the products.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/well/vaping-health-risks.html