U.S. Debates How Much to Sever Electric Car Industry’s Ties to China

The Biden administration has been trying to jump-start the domestic supply chain for electric vehicles so cleaner cars can be made in the United States. But the experience of one Texas company, whose plans to help make an all-American electric vehicle were upended by China, highlights the stakes involved as the administration finalizes rules governing …

The National Christmas Tree Fell Over. Make of That What You Will.

In a bold affront to the holiday season, the National Christmas Tree eschewed its festive duties and fell over on Tuesday afternoon, alarming federal park workers and temporarily throwing the plans for the national tree-lighting ceremony into question. This story is basically an insert-your-own metaphor exercise. People who don’t much like the president have already …

Trump Seeks to Use Trial to Challenge Findings That 2020 Election Was Fair

Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump said in court papers that they planned to question the findings of several government agencies that the 2020 election was conducted fairly as part of their efforts to defend Mr. Trump against federal charges that he sought to overturn the results of the race. The lawyers also suggested …

Melania Trump and Other Living First Ladies Pay Tribute to Rosalynn Carter

In any other circumstance it would have been a shocking sight. But it was only fitting that in her death Rosalynn Carter, the pioneering woman who turned the role of first lady into a job, did one final thing no one else has been able to do this year: lure Melania Trump out of Mar-a-Lago …

Biden Navigates Divisions Over Gaza Inside the White House and Beyond

President Biden’s guests did not try to hide their anguish. Just weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, Mr. Biden had invited a small group of prominent Muslim Americans to the White House to discuss Islamophobia in America. The participants were blunt with him, according to four people who were in attendance. They told …

Former President Jimmy Carter Attends Tribute for Rosalynn Carter

new video loaded: Former President Jimmy Carter Attends Tribute for Rosalynn Carter transcript Back transcript Former President Jimmy Carter Attends Tribute for Rosalynn Carter Presidents and first ladies paid their respects to Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady, during a service in Atlanta. Singing: “America the Beautiful” “May God thy gold refine til all success …

George Santos Faces Yet Another Push to Expel Him From the House

House Democrats on Tuesday moved to force a vote this week on whether to expel Representative George Santos of New York from office, reviving a resolution from earlier this year. The effort, led by Representatives Robert Garcia of California and Dan Goldman of New York, comes shortly after another resolution introduced this month by the …

Hunter Biden Offers to Testify in House Inquiry, but Only in Public

Hunter Biden, the president’s son, who is the subject of an investigation by House Republicans into his family, told Congress on Tuesday that he was willing to testify — but only publicly so that Republicans cannot twist or selectively leak what he says. In a letter to Congress, Abbe D. Lowell, Mr. Biden’s lawyer, criticized …

Gavin Newsom, Set to Debate Ron DeSantis, Wants Fox News Viewers to Hear Him Out

Gavin Newsom has a scant history of tough debates over his two decades as governor and lieutenant governor of California and mayor of San Francisco. But he is nevertheless unusually prepared for his nationally televised face-off on Thursday with Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida: Over the past few months, Mr. Newsom has lived through something …

When Is the DeSantis-Newsom Debate and How to Watch

Fox News will host a 90-minute debate between Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, starting at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday. The unusual event, between a Republican presidential candidate and a high-profile Democratic governor who has been a surrogate for the Biden administration, will be moderated by Sean Hannity, …