Trump’s $475 Million Defamation Suit Against CNN Is Dismissed The network’s statements were opinion, the ruling said, and did not support a claim of libel and slander.

Trump Documents Case: Carlos De Oliveira and Walt Nauta Play Key Roles Carlos De Oliveira and Walt Nauta, who were hired by former President Donald J. Trump despite past troubles, rely on him for their legal fees — and are now his co-defendants.

5 Applause Lines From Nikki Haley’s Stump Speech In her stump speech, the former governor calls for common sense and experience in the White House, leaving crowds wanting more.

Climate Activists and Steve King Unlikely Allies in Iowa Pipeline Fight Liberal environmentalists and conservative landowners, led by the former congressman Steve King, are pressuring Republican candidates to block two huge Midwestern pipelines.

Inside the Party Switch that Blew Up North Carolina Politics Tricia Cotham, a Democrat who supported abortion rights, was encouraged to run for a state House seat by powerful Republicans. After she was elected, she joined them and delivered a G.O.P. supermajority.

The Secret History of Gun Rights: How Lawmakers Armed the N.R.A. They served in Congress and on the N.R.A.’s board at the same time. Over decades, a small group of legislators led by a prominent Democrat pushed the gun lobby to help transform the law, the courts and views on the Second Amendment.

Rep. Dean Phillips Says He Is Considering a Run Against Biden Mr. Phillips, a Minnesota Democrat, has received attention for his outspoken calls for aging members of the Democratic Party to step aside.

Videos of Dianne Feinstein and Mitch McConnell Resurface Questions About Age Two troubling moments involving Senators Dianne Feinstein and Mitch McConnell thrust questions about aging in office out of Congress and into the national conversation.

After U.S. Bailout, the Trucking Firm Yellow Is Shutting Down Yellow, which received a pandemic loan, is winding down operations ahead of an expected bankruptcy filing. The closure of the company would mean the loss of about 30,000 jobs.

Hugh Carter Jr., Who Pinched Pennies for a President, Dies at 80 While his cousin Jimmy was in the White House, his job was to make the Oval Office less imperial. Staffers called him “Cousin Cheap.”

Florida’s New Black History Standards Have Drawn Backlash. Who Wrote Them? In updating the standards to comply with a new law that limits how racism can be taught, officials largely bypassed the state’s African American History Task Force.

How Did We Do? A Review of 2022 Before Our First Poll of 2023. Trying to learn from a strong midterm run as we start surveying the G.O.P. primary.

Biden to Overhaul Military Justice Code, Seeking to Curb Sexual Assault The largest overhaul of the Uniform Code of Military Justice since its creation in 1950 will remove commanders’ authority over cases of sexual assault and a handful of other high-profile crimes.

DeSantis 2.0: Budget Venues, but a Familiar Stump Speech On a bus tour in Iowa to start off a campaign reset, Ron DeSantis suggested that his top advisers had not followed his strategy.

The Fed’s Difficult Choice The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates again. When should it stop?

Once Wary, Biden to Host Italy’s Meloni at the White House President Biden had feared the electoral victory of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party last fall would spell trouble. But she has proved to be a strong ally in the American-led effort to support Ukraine.

Biden to Announce Steps to Help Communities Deal With Extreme Heat The measures include protections for workers and funds for better weather prediction, but they are unlikely to satisfy activists who have pushed the president to do more to combat climate change.

Jobs Sit Empty in the Public Sector, So Unions Help Recruit Shortages of state and city personnel, especially those who must work on site, are so dire that unions are helping to get people in the door.

More Income for the Supreme Court: Million-Dollar Book Deals The deals have become highly lucrative for the justices, including for those who used court staff members to help research and promote their books.

Labor Department Decries Surge in Exploited Migrant Children The agency said it had found thousands of cases where minors were employed in illegal, often dangerous jobs. Congress has accused the health secretary of failing to protect them.