Trump Gets a Slow Start on Judges After Setting a Record Pace in First Term

The president named his first appeals court candidate this week, but fewer vacancies and other priorities have led to a lack of judicial nominations from the White House so far.

Trump’s Budget Calls for Deep Cuts to NIH and CDC

A budget blueprint released on Friday advances, in hard numbers and biting words, President Trump’s assault on the nation’s universities and scientific research enterprise.

In Texas Borderland, Trump’s Immigration Push Suffers Its Worst Legal Defeat Yet

Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is a Trump nominee with conservative credentials. But he found White House claims about a Venezuelan gang “invasion” went too far.

Exxon and Chevron Report Lower Profits While Girding for Tariffs

President Trump’s trade policies have helped to push down oil prices while raising the costs of materials for oil and gas companies.

Appeals Court Allows Trump to Block Money for Federally Funded Newsrooms, for Now

The outlets — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks — have had to scale back their news programming.