On Pro Football Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes did not return to games over the weekend after concussions, which at least pleased critics who have… Read More »When Two Stars Being Removed From N.F.L. Playoff Games Is Progress

Among those under consideration for grants of clemency are the former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and the rapper Lil Wayne. Sheldon Silver, the… Read More »Trump Prepares Pardon Wave for Final Hours

Police patrolled the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday.Credit…Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times The atmosphere was tense in Washington, D.C., and at statehouses… Read More »Armed Protesters Gather in Ohio, Texas and Michigan

Allies of Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist, had pushed for him to be installed as the National Security Agency’s top lawyer before President-elect Joseph R.… Read More »Harris Will Resign From Her Senate Seat on Monday

After forcing the first Packers punt of the game midway through the third quarter, the Rams offense rallied to give Los Angeles the jolt it… Read More »N.F.L. Playoff Updates: Packers Lead Rams 3-0

In a fiery demonstration of power, the four engines of NASA’s next mighty moon rocket fired in synchrony for the first time on Saturday and,… Read More »NASA Cuts Short Test of Its Giant Rocket to the Moon

Opinion|Big Tech Has Helped Trash America The chaos of the last two weeks offers an opportunity to rethink the role of technology in our lives.… Read More »Big Tech Has Helped Trash America

The more contagious version, first identified in Britain, is expected to spread widely and lead to further strains on an already overburdened health care system.… Read More »C.D.C. Warns New Virus Variant Could Fuel Huge Spikes in Covid Cases

U.S.|A man who carried a Confederate flag into the Capitol has been arrested. Kevin Seefried has been identified as having carried a Confederate flag into… Read More »Capitol Riot Investigation: Man Who Carried Confederate Flag Arrested

As President Trump prepares to exit the White House, his ideas, including falsehoods and conspiracy theories, continue to exert a gravitational pull among grass-roots G.O.P.… Read More »Trump’s Ideas Flourish Among State and Local Republicans