Lee Zeldin, the EPA administrator, at a news conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 7, 2025. Zeldin is moving to repeal a scientific determination that requires the federal government to combat climate change, according to the White House press secretary. (Niki Chan Wylie/The New York Times) By MAXINE JOSELOW and LISA FRIEDMAN It is often said in Washington that Donald Trump’s advisers, Cabinet members and allies are playing to an audience of one: the president. But Lee Ze

An image captured by a doorbell security camera at Nancy Guthrie’s house in Tucson, Ariz., on the morning of her disappearance, provided by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. New images and videos released on Tuesday showed a masked, armed person at Nancy Guthrie’s doorstep on the night she was abducted, the first significant break in the search for the 84-year-old mother of the “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. (Pima County Sheriff’s Department via The New York Times) 

Striking nurses rally outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. A tentative agreement was reached on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, between the New York State Nurses Association and the Mount Sinai Health System and Montefiore Medical Center. (Shuran Huang/The New York Times) By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN Nurses in New York City reached a tentative agreement earlier this week to end a strike at two of three major health systems that has lasted a month and involved nearl

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 3, 2025. The progressive lawmaker is taking a larger role in Democratic politics, supporting moderate candidates and helping drive the party’s economic message. Now she is planning a major trip abroad. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By KELLEN BROWNING and REID J. EPSTEIN Seven years after she swept into office as a progressive agitator unafraid to hammer fellow Democrats,

Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt at her office in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Witt, who was sworn into office in 2023, becoming the first woman and the first person of color to hold the office of sheriff, finds herself in a pivotal spot. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times) By ERNESTO LONDOÑO As elected officials in Minnesota have desperately sought to persuade the Trump administration to end an immigration crackdown, Dawanna Witt, the sheriff of Hennepin C

“Today” show host and moderator Savannah Guthrie speaks during a town-hall-style event with President Donald Trump, hosted by NBC News at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020.  Guthrie posted a subdued and cryptic new 20-second video message on her Instagram account on Saturday night as the search for her mother, Nancy Guthrie, an 84-year-old resident of Tucson, Arizona, dragged into its seventh day. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By REIS THEBAULT In a subd

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about the video clip of the Obamas on his social media feed as he traveled aboard Air Force One, en route to Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. With the midterm elections nearing, President Trump has found himself in the uncomfortable position of backtracking, even if only by degrees, at key moments. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) By ERICA L. GREEN President Donald Trump has seemed immune to the usual rules of politics. T

“Today” show host and moderator Savannah Guthrie speaks during a town-hall-style event with President Donald Trump, hosted by NBC News at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS and REIS THEBAULT Television news anchor Savannah Guthrie said in an emotional video on Wednesday night that she and her siblings were ready to listen to ransom offers from whoever might have abducted their mother, but that th