The founder of SpaceX, with billions of dollars in military contracts, joins several other defense industry executives on a Pentagon advisory board.

The justice, the second oldest on the court at 76, told CBS News that he decided against stepping down last term. He could face pressure should Democrats win the Senate in November.

It was the latest mixed messaging from President Trump, who regularly votes by mail, but has made baseless claims that the practice is “inherently corrupt.”

In a new ad, Angela Paxton tells voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”

Five new Times/Siena polls continue a run of strong results for the party in states that President Trump won easily in 2024.

Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.

After a dry spell of more than three decades, Democrats are daring (yet again) to believe they can win one or more top-of-the-ballot races in a vast and stubbornly red state.

A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign policy.

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.

The Deep South was the birthplace of the mega MAGA rally. How do people on the Gulf feel about President Trump now?

President Trump weighed in on the case when asked about Ms. James, who has become a target of his second-term retribution campaign.

The discovery adds strong evidence that the outbreak that sickened thousands over the summer originated in a grower’s field or processing facility.

Hispanic voters are souring on Republicans. Here’s why.

The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.

Prosecutors have long considered the defendants’ admissions during interrogations in 2007 to be their best evidence.

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

Prosecutors want remote testimony for witnesses unable or unwilling to travel to Guantánamo. The defense wants jurors to be told that, guilty or innocent, the defendant will not go free.

The director of national intelligence will help develop new policies, and potentially regulations, for the rapidly evolving technology.

Republicans are using the courts to hunt for noncitizen voters. Democrats worry the G.O.P. is trying make it harder for eligible voters to cast ballots — and paving the way to try to toss valid election results.

Sales of big pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles have dipped as more Americans buy hybrids and smaller cars.