News about United States Politics and Government, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Democrats say they are worried about reports that about 700 career diplomats will be fired. The agency has said it plans to ...

Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task ...

And then non-OPEC—the United States being a non-OPEC country, but again, this sort of—this chart to the right shows, you know, again, the world is consuming a little over 100 million barrels a ...

Plus, Western Carolina University has a new member on the Board of Trustees, and he’s a familiar face in North Carolina ...

The head of the White House’s budget office confirmed the Trump administration is considering taking unilateral action to ...

Trump’s chaos has spilled beyond the White House, leading to an arcane budget process and shadowy SCOTUS rulings. Good luck ...

After long days focused on the facts, our newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. We asked our NPR colleagues what they've ...

Often described as the “Oscars” of government service, this year's Sammies ceremony came with a clear warning from the Partnership for Public Service.

It’s obvious everybody lives on politics • Those who annulled June 12 will face God’s judgement • Nigeria can’t run away from State Police, communal policing MR Olawale Oshun, a former Chief Whip of ...

A recent provision in the Senate's budget bill allocates $100 million to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ...

Few have better literary instincts than Reese Witherspoon. So, as we take stock of the year so far, we're wondering, what's ...