Henry Kissinger, Often Impersonated and Skewered by Sketch Comics

From the earliest days of “Saturday Night Live” and for many decades after that, the heavyweight of American diplomacy was the subject of punchlines.

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Kissinger: A Player on the World Stage Until the Very End

He traveled the globe when contemporaries had died or retired. Capitals around the world were still open to him. And he remained the toast of Davos.

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Senate Panel Approves Subpoenas for Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow

The decision to try to compel cooperation from a leading judicial activist and a Republican megadonor came over fierce G.O.P. opposition and threats of retaliation.

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MoveOn Carries Out Layoffs as Liberal Groups Struggle to Raise Money

The layoffs are the latest sign of a slowdown in small-dollar donations to Democratic candidates and liberal organizations.

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Harris to Stand In for Biden at COP28 Climate Conference

The president attended the annual conference in 2021 and 2022, but officials say this year he is preoccupied with the wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine.

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Arizona Officials Charged With Conspiring to Delay Election Results

An indictment accuses two Cochise County supervisors of interfering with the state canvass of votes. The county has been a hotbed of election conspiracy theories.

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Iranian and U.S. Attacks Could Lead to Larger War, Officials Say

U.S. forces and militias backed by Iran have launched tit-for-tat attacks, fueling concerns as Israeli forces also clash with Iranian-backed groups.

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Schumer Condemns Antisemitism, Warning the Left Against Abetting It

The majority leader and highest-ranking Jewish official in the country, cautioned progressives and young people against unwittingly embracing bigotry in the name of social justice.

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

This story is basically an insert-your-own metaphor exercise.

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

Melania Trump and Michelle Obama were seated side by side.

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

A Democratic resolution to expel Representative George Santos aims to prevent Republican leadership from delaying action on the embattled congressman.

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Biden Navigates Divisions Over Gaza Inside the White House and Beyond

President Biden is facing deep anger over his solidarity with Israel among supporters and even from some staff members who have said they feel disenchanted with the president.

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Ohio State’s Problem Is Not Ryan Day’s Coaching. It’s His Attitude.

In the Buckeyes’ third consecutive loss to Michigan, Day coached scared, our columnist writes.

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This Season Proved Formula 1’s Brightest Star Has a Limitless Ceiling

Max Verstappen’s Abu Dhabi victory was a warning shot to the rest of the field.

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In Countdown to Iowa, Trump Is Coasting, as DeSantis and Haley Clash

The former president’s chief rivals are running low on time to make a statement in Iowa’s caucuses, which could determine whether the Republicans’ nominating contest is seriously contested at all.

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Biden Says Temporary Truce in Gaza May Lead to Longer Cease-Fire

Asked if he trusts Hamas to uphold its end of the deal, Mr. Biden said, “I don’t trust Hamas to do anything right. I only trust Hamas to respond to pressure.”

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3 Takeaways From the Investigation Into Trump’s Pardon of Jonathan Braun

Mr. Braun was still under investigation by the Justice Department at the time of his pardon. Here are some key points about the case.

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3 Takeaways From the Investigation Into Trump’s Pardon of Jonathan Braun

Mr. Braun was still under investigation by the Justice Department at the time of his pardon. Here are some key points about the case.

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Stabbing of Derek Chauvin Raises Questions About Inmate Safety

The former police officer was being held in a specialized federal facility for high-profile inmates. He is said to be likely to survive.

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Who Would Donald Trump Choose as His Running Mate?

While voting has yet to begin for the G.O.P. primary, Donald Trump has casually weighed the pros and cons of some contenders.

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Dean Phillips, Democrat Challenging Biden, Won’t Seek Re-election

Mr. Phillips, 54, a congressman from Minnesota, has called for a new generation of leadership in Washington as he mounts a long-shot bid against his party’s incumbent president.

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Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Cross U.S. Southern Border

More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Mexico in the past year. That is more than in the preceding 10 years combined.

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Georgia’s Liberal Organizers Warn of a Cash Crunch and Apathy

Cost-conscious shifts in strategy and a changed political landscape have stoked fears about the groups’ ability to keep delivering victories for Democrats.

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Could Nikki Haley Really Beat Trump? Big Donors Are Daring to Dream.

Powerful players in the business world have gravitated toward Nikki Haley, aware that she remains an underdog but beginning to believe she has a chance.

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Charles Peters, Neoliberal Founder of The Washington Monthly, Dies at 96

His political journal challenged liberal and conservative orthodoxies for decades and added an important perspective for Washington’s cognoscenti.

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Vivek Ramaswamy Struggles to Win Over Iowans, Even With Free Meals

The political newcomer’s surge over the summer has fizzled. But Vivek Ramaswamy is still spending freely to keep up a breakneck pace in Iowa and New Hampshire.

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Johnson Learns on the Job, Drawing the Ire of the Republican Right

The new House speaker is facing complaints from his members that his leadership is no different from his predecessor’s. His style, however, is in stark contrast.

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Peter Tarnoff, Diplomat Who Helped Plot the ‘Argo’ Escape from Iran, Dies at 86

A consummate man behind the scenes, he held top posts under Carter and Clinton, and in between ran the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Carlton Pearson, Pastor Deemed a Heretic for Denying Hell, Dies at 70

He led a popular religious revival and a megachurch, but his peers and congregation abandoned him once he questioned core doctrine and advocated gay rights.

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How the Voting Rights Act, Newly Challenged, Has Long Been Under Attack

A federal ruling this week was only the latest in decades of legal challenges to a law that has shored up Black Americans’ political power.

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DeSantis Will Pick Up Endorsement by Bob Vander Plaats of Iowa

The endorsement by Bob Vander Plaats was long expected, but comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis has tried to build momentum heading into the Iowa caucuses in January.

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The Jets’s Issues Go Beyond the Quarterback Position

If fingers are getting pointed at anyone, it should start at the top, our columnist writes.

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With Joe Biden Turning 81, the White House Is Focused Elsewhere

President Biden has no plans for a lavish public celebration when he turns 81 on Monday, even as Democrats search for a strategy to assuage voters’ concerns about his age by next year’s election.

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Donald Trump Endorsed by Greg Abbott at Texas Border Event

Gov. Greg Abbott threw his support behind the former president in the Republican presidential primary at an event near the southern border.

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The White House May Condemn Musk, but the Government Is Addicted to Him

Rarely has the U.S. government so depended on the technology provided by a single technologist with views that it has so publicly declared repugnant.

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F.B.I. Faulted Agents for Shooting at a Fleeing Suspect and Killing a Family Dog

Agents rarely get in trouble for intentionally firing their guns at people or animals. The two “bad shoot” incidents were not previously known.

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A Jan. 6 Defendant Pleads His Case to the Son Who Turned Him In

The Capitol attacks ruptured their mutual trust. In the weeks before Brian Mock’s sentencing, could he mend the divide with his son A.J.?

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Trump Focuses on Iowa as He Looks to Close Out the Republican Race

The former president has made Iowa his priority, hoping to thin the field and turn his attention to a campaign against President Biden.

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Pardon Recipients Seek to Sell Trump on His Own Sentencing Law

The Republican front-runner has a history of making racist statements, but some advisers think highlighting his signature law could help increase support among Black voters and potentially swing the election.

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Judge Rejects Trump Motion to Strike Jan. 6 Mentions From Federal Election Case

The ruling was a step toward allowing prosecutors to introduce evidence at trial that members of the mob that stormed the Capitol believed they were acting at Donald Trump’s instruction.

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White House Condemns Elon Musk for Spreading ‘Antisemitic and Racist Hate’

The tech entrepreneur had endorsed a social media post that echoed the conspiracy theory that had fueled the Tree of Life synagogue killer in 2018.

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Nikki Haley Renews Call for TikTok Ban After Bin Laden Letter Circulates

The presidential candidate has argued that social media platforms should better police certain users and content, prompting backlash from some Republican rivals.

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Congress Prevented a Shutdown, but the Spending Fight Is Far From Over

Lawmakers bought time for talks, but heading off another shutdown threat early next year will be difficult. And a separate funding measure for Israel, Ukraine and the border remains unaddressed.

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Biden Aims to Fortify Ties With Asian Nations After Xi Summit

Among the topics for the president: job creation, supply chain stability and clean energy, while encouraging other leaders to enact labor protections for workers.

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Draymond Green Places Opponent in a Chokehold in Warriors-Timberwolves Fight

The Golden State forward was ejected along with teammate Klay Thompson and Minnesota’s Jaden McDaniels after an altercation broke out in Tuesday’s N.B.A. game.

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Man Arrested Following On-Ice Death of Former N.H.L. Player

Adam Johnson died after an on-ice collision that took place in Britain’s top hockey league in October.

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Ahead of APEC Summit, Musicians from Philadelphia Orchestra Tour China

The visit, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the orchestra’s pathbreaking 1973 visit to Beijing, drew praise from President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China.

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Biden’s Message to Hostages’ Families: ‘Hang in There. We’re Coming’

The United States is actively engaged in indirect talks involving Israel, Hamas and Qatar to secure their release.

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Biden Calls for ‘Less Intrusive Action’ Around Gaza’s Hospitals

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Megan Rapinoe’s NWSL Championship Injury Robs Her of ‘Perfect Ending’

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Brian Higgins to Step Down From Democratic House Seat in February

Representative Brian Higgins, Democrat of New York, said he would step down in February.

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U.S. Carries Out Another Round of Airstrikes on Iran-Linked Targets

The United States conducted airstrikes against two facilities in eastern Syria. American officials said that the strikes in recent weeks have been in proportion to attacks by Iran-backed militias.

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In Israel, Christie Says Trump Ducked Mideast Progress and Fueled Bigotry

The former New Jersey governor and chief G.O.P. antagonist to the former president cited Mr. Trump’s rhetoric of intolerance and faulted him for a lack of ambition on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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5 U.S. Special Operations Forces Killed in Helicopter Crash in Mediterranean

The troops were on a refueling training mission when the aircraft crashed off the coast of Cyprus. The episode, which Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said was an accident, is under investigation.

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Kelly Johnson Embodies the Hard-Line Views She Shares With the Speaker

The wife of Mike Johnson, the new speaker, has rallied opposition to abortion rights and used her pastoral counseling business to condemn homosexuality.

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Trump Takes Veterans Day Speech in a Very Different Direction

The former president said that threats from abroad were less concerning than liberal “threats from within” and that he was a “very proud election denier.”

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Johnson Pitches Bill to Avert Government Shutdown That Faces an Uncertain Fate

The measure would extend funding for some agencies through late January, and for others until early February. It omits funding for Ukraine or Israel.

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Trump Asks Judge Chutkan to Air His Federal Election Trial on TV

The request to Judge Tanya Chutkan was short on legal arguments and long on bluster, and it faces an uphill battle as federal courts generally prohibit cameras.

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Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and the Hunt for a Graceful and Glorious Exit

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Bill Belichick Has the N.F.L.’s Best Résumé, but There’s One Bewildering Trend

Plenty of assistants have worked alongside one of the greatest coaches in football. Almost all of them have failed to win on their own.

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With Manchin Out, Democrats’ Path to Holding the Senate Is Narrow

While the party will be on defense in every competitive race, Republicans face some messy primaries and a recent history of nominating extreme candidates who have lost key contests.

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What Does ‘From the River to the Sea’ Mean?

The pro-Palestinian rallying cry has become a fixture of protests in the United States and was a focus of the congressional censure of Representative Rashida Tlaib. It has a fraught history.

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F.B.I. Director Casts Doubt on Decision to Relocate Its Headquarters to Maryland

Christopher Wray’s comments could have serious implications for a long-awaited plan whose announcement seemed to mark the end of a hotly contested debate over the past decade.

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Danica Roem Will Become the First Transgender State Senator in the South

A Democrat in her third term in the Virginia House of Delegates and a former journalist, she won a competitive race in the northern part of the state in Tuesday’s election.

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A Gaza ‘Cease-Fire’ or a ‘Pause’? Even World Leaders Are Confused.

Experts say neither term is defined under international law.

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Justice Dept.’s Watchdog Describes Unsanitary Conditions at Florida Prison

Moldy bread, rodent droppings and leaky roofs: An inspector general offered a vivid and at times nauseating glimpse of a vast, dysfunctional system.

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Supreme Court Seems Likely to Uphold Law Disarming Domestic Abusers

The potential sweep of a decision could extend far beyond domestic abuse by clarifying the scope of the court’s ruling last year that vastly expanded gun rights.

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Ohio Is Voting on Whether to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Medical marijuana has been legal in Ohio since 2016, and nearby states such as Michigan and New York have recently legalized recreational marijuana.

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Two Years After a Soccer Player Was Attacked, Her Former Teammate Is Facing Jail

The aftershock of the brutal attack on PSG’s Kheira Hamraoui in November 2021 has been felt far and wide — right to the top of the France national team.

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Democrats Express Deep Anxiety as Polls Show Biden Trailing Trump

President Biden’s team emphasized that polls have failed to predict the results of elections when taken a year ahead of time.

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U.S. Officials Fear American Guns Ordered by Israel Could Fuel West Bank Violence

Israel wants 24,000 assault rifles. Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right minister overseeing the police, has given rifles to civilians and is forming “security squads.”

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C.I.A. Director Visits Israel and the Middle East Amid Israel-Hamas War

William J. Burns’s visit comes as the United States tries to prod Israel to pursue a more targeted approach to attacking Hamas, allow pauses in the fighting and do more to avoid civilian casualties.

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Damar Hamlin Returns to Cincinnati on Sunday. His Emergency Team Looks Back.

“The crowd didn’t exist at that moment, it was me, God and that kid,” said the respiratory therapist who helped lead the life-saving relay.

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Obama Urges Americans to Take in ‘Whole Truth’ of Israel-Gaza War

The former president said everyone was “complicit to some degree” in the current bloodshed and acknowledged the points of view on both sides of the conflict.

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Blinken Meets Arab Ministers in Bid to Calm Outrage Over Israel Airstrikes

A missile attack on an ambulance convoy has drawn severe criticism, including from the U.N., but Israel says it was transporting Hamas fighters.

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U.S. Outlines Steps to Israel to Reduce Civilian Deaths

The measures include using smaller bombs against Hamas, U.S. officials said.

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Blinken, in Tel Aviv, Urges ‘Humanitarian Pauses’ and Protections for Gaza Civilians

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel appeared to rebuff the Biden administration’s request, saying that any cease-fire would be contingent on the release of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas.

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Republican National Committee Announces Fourth Debate Over Trump’s Objections

Over the objections of its front-runner, the party has set a date for a fourth primary debate that will take place in Tuscaloosa, Ala., next month.

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Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Ban on Bump Stocks

After debate in the wake of a 2017 mass shooting, the Justice Department changed its position, deciding it had the authority to regulate the devices.

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A First Title for the Rangers, and a Thrill for the Former First Fan

Ownership of the Texas Rangers helped propel George W. Bush’s political career, and decades later, a friend says, baseball remains “part of who he is.”

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2 South Carolina Jails Under DOJ Investigation After Reports of Abuse

The Justice Department inquiry will focus on “credible allegations” that a number of deaths at two jails resulted from use of force, medical neglect and assaults by inmates.

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House Set to Pass Aid Bill for Israel, Clashing With Biden and Senate

The Republican-led House was set to approve a $14.3 billion measure for Israel’s war with Hamas, defying President Biden’s request to pair it with aid for Ukraine and setting up a collision with the Senate.

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Senators Plot to Unblock Military Promotions as Tuberville Draws G.O.P. Ire

Democrats were working to force a change in Senate rules to outmaneuver the Alabama Republican, and a group of senators in his own party signaled their patience had run out.

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Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady and Pledges to Proceed Carefully

The Federal Reserve left interest rates at 5.25 to 5.5 percent, but its chair, Jerome Powell, said policymakers could still raise rates again.

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Trump critica la edad de Biden. Sus deslices podrían perjudicarlo

El expresidente ha experimentado una serie de confusiones que van más allá de su naturaleza discursiva habitual, y sus rivales republicanos han comenzado a señalarlas como signos de declive en su desempeño.

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