At the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday, President Trump signed documents to order the construction of a Mexican border wall.
President Trump acted to start the construction of the border wall and moved to limit the admission of all refugees at least temporarily.
The president, trying to move quickly to construct a border wall and reopen C.I.A. prisons, will most likely find that implementing policy is not as easy as the stroke of a pen.
The White House disclaimed the document that raised the prospect of reviving “black site” prisons, but three administration officials said it had been circulated among National Security Council staff members.
The president told lawmakers the pro golfer had seen suspicious people voting while in line to cast his ballot, according to people there. One problem: Mr. Langer, a German, can’t vote.
The orders suggest that President Trump intends to pursue his campaign promises of withdrawing the United States from international organizations.
Rarely, if ever, has a president been as reactive to random inputs as this one. Career government officials and lawmakers are struggling to keep up.
Candidate Trump preferred to sleep in his own bed. But President Trump has spent the past five nights in his new home. His review? “Pure elegance.”
President Trump reasserted a false claim of cheating and promised an inquiry, even though his lawyers and experts have said no cheating occurred.
John F. Kelly said that a wall would need to be backed up by far more sweeping measures. “It has to be a layered defense,” he said during his confirmation.
Mr. Cohn’s exit pay as he left for President Trump’s National Economic Council drew criticism as a possible incentive to give Goldman Sachs special treatment.
City officials, from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, New Haven, Syracuse and Austin, Tex., said they were prepared for a protracted fight.
Governors, both Republican and Democrat, are eager to get their hands on money for infrastructure projects. Everyone has a list, and a need.
President Trump’s repeated baseless assertion about widespread voter fraud has challenged the news media to find the precise words to describe it.
The president has taken his Twitter habit to the White House, but it’s unclear what security measures are in place on the device.
Don’t Ask, don’t Tell.” Bombing Iraq. Somali pirates. Top officials from the Clinton, Bush and Obama White Houses recall how nothing goes exactly as planned.
New York Times reporters analyze the 45th president’s comments.
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Moments witnessed and analyzed by New York Times correspondents since the 1853 inauguration, the first to take place after the paper was founded.
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A list of possibilities and appointees for top posts in the new administration.
President Obama announced sanctions against Russia for trying to influence the 2016 election through cyberattacks. Here’s what led to the sanctions.
Donald J. Trump’s global business empire will create an unprecedented number of conflicts of interest for a United States president, experts say.
Peeling away pieces of the law could lead to market chaos.
A Trump administration could weaken or do away with many of the Obama-era policies focused on greenhouse gas emissions.
Sorting through the confusing sets of numbers in Trump’s deportation plan.
The government can’t do things whose cost outweighs their benefits, the justice wrote, and the wall does exactly that.
Mesmerized by the past, the president is taking his eyes off our energy future.
