President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By ERICA L. GREEN, GLENN THRUSH and ALAN FEUER When a trove of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails were made public this week, Donald Trump’s name was all over them. But on Friday, when Trump demanded that the Justice Department investigate a list of powerful men mentioned in the emails, his own name was nowhere to be seen — he had singled out only Democ

Volunteers distribute groceries to Bronx residents at the Throggs Neck Community Alliance food pantry in the Bronx on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. For the poorest Americans, the expected end to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history has done little to quell their doubt and anxiety, leaving their faith shaken in the food stamp program and in the reliability of the federal government to serve as a social safety net. (Marco Postigo Storel/The New York Times) By TONY

A pedestrian listens to a news conference held by House Democrats outside the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By KAROUN DEMIRJIAN and EILEEN SULLIVAN For the first time in more than 40 days, Washington was set to open for business Thursday, although some federal services would be slow to return and thousands of government employees were left unsure of when they might receive their missing paychecks. The longest federal shu

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks to reporters alongside White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during a briefing at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By MICHAEL GOLD House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Donald Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Trump knew

President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement of a drug prices deal in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, last Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. Senate Democrats believe that they held together long enough during the government shutdown for Trump to reveal a new level of callousness in his refusal to fund food stamps for 42 million Americans. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By ANNIE KARNI At first blush, the deal that paved the way to end the government shutdown t

Rudy Giuliani, seated, a former New York City mayor and lawyer for President Donald Trump, shares a laugh with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, at a commemoration ceremony on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2025. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times) By ALAN FEUER and GLENN THRUSH President Donald Trump has granted pardons to his former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and a wide array of other people accused of trying to overturn the results of the

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. The end to the longest U.S. government shutdown ever was in sight on Monday, the day after eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks and provided the votes to advance a plan to fund most federal agencies through January. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By CATIE EDMONDSON The Senate passed legislation Monday night to end the nation’s longest g

A demonstrator waves a pride flag outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 25, 2015. The Supreme Court on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By ANN E. MARIMOW The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request that it consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. The court, without comment, decl