Attacked by two justices, lower-court judges and litigants, the 1964 ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan keeps getting cited ...

President Trump’s early moves to slash the federal government and expand American territory represent significant ideological ...

A federal judge on the legal theory that is often at odds with an authoritarian view of governmental power.

By Tammy LaGorce Just the right spot in Prospect Park, mesmerized by Manhattan and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed to earmark ...

Two Democratic senators from New Jersey, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, said Democrats should not vote for a spending package that ...

Something unusual happened on a 36-block stretch of Third Avenue at the end of January. The traffic lights were slowed down.

The essay served as a definitive diagnosis of American race relations. Events soon gave it the force of prophecy.

The new administration may transform our constitutional order fruitfully yet again, or it may accelerate a final degeneration ...

Why Federal Courts May Be the Last Bulwark Against Trump With a compliant Congress and mostly quiet streets, President Trump’s opponents are turning to a flurry of legal actions. But can the ...

The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The ...

The crossword constructors Natan Last and Robyn Weintraub join The New Yorker’s Puzzles & Games editor, Liz Maynes-Aminzade, to share their insights into crafting the perfect puzzle.

Trump to Impose Tariffs on All Steel and Aluminum Imports on Monday President Trump said 25 percent metal tariffs would apply to “everybody,” including Canada and Mexico, America’s allies ...