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1Dec 10, '19President Trump will sign an executive order defining Judaism as a nationality, not just a religion, thus bolstering the Education Department's efforts to stamp out "Boycott Israel22.4×06.4k3.8k549
2Oct 27, '19The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State leader, happened largely in spite of President Trump’s actions, not because of them, according to military, intelligence and co18.5×017k8.1k239
3Aug 11, '20BREAKING: Senator Kamala Harris of California is Joe Biden’s pick for vice president. She’s the first Black woman on a major party ticket.17.6×021k4.9k77
4Mar 29, '20Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, reopened the school's campus last week. By Friday, nearly a dozen Liberty students were sick with symptoms that suggest Covid-1917.2×010k6.4k215
5Feb 16, '20More than 1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials called on Attorney General William Barr to step down after he intervened last week to lower the Justice 14.7×012k5.3k83
6Nov 14, '18Galvanized by a voter ID law, Native Americans turned out in record numbers in North Dakota — and a Native American woman unseated the law's architect12.3×015k4.5k69
7May 24, '19Hope Hicks, one of the best-known but least visible former members of President Trump’s White House staff, is facing an existential question: whether to comply with a congressional11.4×01.8k695101
8Aug 13, '19John Hickenlooper is in discussions about ending his presidential bid and entering the race for Colorado's Republican-held Senate seat.8.7×011k1.7k11
9May 9, '20Barack Obama attacked the Trump administration on Friday in an address to former aides, criticizing its response to the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic" and warning that the DOJ’s8.5×08.7k2.5k126
10Nov 13, '17One of Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees did not disclose that he's married to a senior White House lawyer who is a witness in the Mueller investigation6.9×03.9k3.8k0
11Aug 14, '18Fact Check of the Day: Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the economy added only 195,000 jobs for African-Americans under President Barack Obama. In fact, it added about 3 million.6.6×05.6k3.2k28
12Nov 17, '20Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, accused fellow Republicans of trying to undermine the legitimacy of the state’s election in an effort to swing the results to Pres6.2×04.8k2.1k110
13May 29, '20The internet has connected us in ways unimaginable. But the QAnon community — united in the belief that the world is run by a criminal elite — shows the dangers of that power. List5.7×01.3k59876
14May 14, '22Justice Clarence Thomas said on Friday night the leak of a draft opinion has done irreparable damage to the Supreme Court and that it had destroyed trust among the members. He also5.3×02.2k565193
15Jul 28, '19The director of national intelligence, Dan Coats, is expected to step down. He has been at odds with President Trump throughout his tenure5.3×02.9k1.1k12
16Jul 31, '18Alex Jones, the founder of InfoWars, is seeking over $100,000 in court costs from the parents of Noah Pozner, who died at Sandy Hook. They have lived in hiding for years after Jone5.2×02.5k2.2k49
17Feb 11, '17Can Jared Kushner, a 36 year old real estate heir with no diplomatic experience, pull off peace in the Middle East?5.1×01.2k45576
18Dec 7, '20Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered in the summer to sell the U.S. more coronavirus vaccine doses, people familiar with the matter said. Now Pfizer may not be4.8×02.5k1.5k131
19Nov 4, '20Nevada, where Joe Biden held a narrow lead early Wednesday, will not announce any new updates on election results until 9 a.m. Pacific time on Thursday, state election officials sa4.5×04.4k82176
20Nov 6, '19A federal prosecutor said that Roger Stone lied repeatedly to a congressional committee about his efforts to contact WikiLeaks during the 2016 election because “the truth looked ba4.3×03.8k1.9k45
21Aug 13, '22A lawsuit against the Fox Corporation over election falsehoods threatens a huge financial blow to the company, and could be one of the most consequential First Amendment cases in a3.9×04.7k1.1k83
22Nov 23, '16Obama is the first president in a half century to leave office with a smaller federal prison population.3.8×03.3k2k0
23Jan 12, '23Breaking News: The federal budget deficit fell to $1.4 trillion for the 2022 calendar year, down from $2.6 trillion a year ago, the Treasury Department said.3.8×670k7.3k2.8k148
24May 10, '17When James Comey first learned he had been fired, he thought it was a fairly funny prank3.7×02.1k2k0
25Dec 16, '19Correction: An earlier version of this article referred imprecisely to a remark by Cenk Uygur, a radio host running for Congress. When David Duke appeared on his show and denied be3.7×02.9k58742
26Sep 24, '19Bernie Sanders is unveiling a proposal for a new wealth tax on the richest Americans, including a steep tax on billionaires that could greatly diminish their fortunes3.5×03.9k52525
27Mar 22, '18President Trump's lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation, John Dowd, has resigned after concluding that Trump was increasingly ignoring his advice3.4×02.5k1.6k1
28Jun 26, '15The Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution guarantees a nationwide right to gay marriage3.2×01.9k2.3k0
29Dec 17, '17A Navy pilot recalls his encounter with an unidentified flying obect: “I have no idea what I saw,” Commander David Fravor said. “It had no plumes, wings or rotors and outran our F-3.2×03k1.5k0
30Jan 20, '17Early estimates put the crowd gathered for Trump’s inauguration at about one-third the size of Obama’s in 20093.1×02k1.7k2
31Sep 27, '21Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is scheduled to have a fund-raiser on Tuesday afternoon with five business lobbying groups, many of which fiercely oppose the Democrat's ambitious3.0×01.5k1.2k37
32Oct 23, '19We’ve corrected this article and deleted an earlier tweet that incorrectly described Hillary Clinton’s recent comments from a podcast interview.2.9×01.1k59041
33Mar 25, '23Fort Pickett, an Army base in Virginia named after Confederate Gen. George Pickett, was renamed Fort Barfoot on Friday in honor of Col. Van Barfoot, a Native American World War II 2.9×505k1.9k35924
34Jan 7, '17When foreign leaders call the White House, it has been told to relay their concerns to...Trump's son-in-law2.8×01.4k1.7k0
35Jan 6, '20John Bolton, President Trump's former national security adviser, said he was willing to testify in the Senate's impeachment trial if subpoenaed2.7×02.3k83624
36Dec 14, '20President Trump said that Attorney General William Barr would depart next week. Barr had in recent weeks fallen out of favor with the president after acknowledging that the Justice2.6×02.3k61459
37Dec 5, '19Biden challenges man to a push-up contest after testy exchange:2.6×01.5k451112
38Nov 25, '20In the most vivid example to date of how Senator David Perdue's complex financial interests and frequent trading have complicated his reelection pursuit, which now hangs on a Janua2.6×02.5k96832
39Jan 10, '21The FBI arrested a man on Sunday who was photographed in the Senate chamber clad in military-style clothing and holding zip ties after internet researchers managed to piece togethe2.6×03.3k67443
40Mar 1, '17Fact Check: Trump said ninety-four million Americans are out of the labor force. This is misleading.2.6×01.7k1.5k0
41Jul 2, '20News Analysis: The intelligence finding that Russia was most likely paying a bounty for the lives of American soldiers in Afghanistan has evoked a strange silence from President Tr2.5×02.3k1.2k26
42Nov 3, '17The White House approved a report saying humans are the dominant cause of global warming2.5×01.9k1.1k0
43Jul 31, '19Elizabeth Warren wants to tax the 75,000 wealthiest families in the United States2.4×03.3k43417
44Oct 7, '18Election Day is a month away. Here's a list of each state's voter registration deadlines.2.4×01.4k1.5k25
45Mar 30, '19Trump’s Order to Open Arctic Waters to Drilling Was Unlawful, Federal Judge Finds2.3×02k9335
46Dec 26, '19Bernie Sanders loyalists are faithful to the senator in a way that no other candidates’ supporters are: Whereas backers of other 2020 Democrats often list three or four contenders 2.3×02.5k58328
47Mar 28, '19In his first South Carolina visit, Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old Indiana mayor exploring a presidential bid, was mistaken for a teen taping a promposal and conducted an interview2.2×03.3k49538
48Aug 8, '17The Times reviewed an alarming draft report on climate change by federal scientists, who fear Trump will suppress it2.2×01.4k1.4k0
49Nov 23, '16Obama is the first president in a half century to leave office with a smaller federal prison population.2.2×01.7k1.3k0
50Dec 10, '19Andrew Yang became the latest presidential candidate to qualify for next week's Democratic debate, as he cleared a final polling hurdle to join six other candidates2.2×03.2k5324
51Feb 16, '19Patrick Caddell, Self-Taught Pollster Who Helped Carter to White House, Dies at 682.1×01.3k75224
52Jun 19, '19Joe Biden invoked two segregationist senators, James Eastland and Herman Talmadge, as he fondly recalled the “civility” of the Senate in the '70s and '80s2.1×01.4k66519
53Jan 14, '21Representative Joaquin Castro, the Harvard-educated lawyer who sits on the Intelligence Committee and once led the Hispanic Caucus, will help prosecute President Trump in the Senat2.1×03.1k44117
54May 31, '21Democrats prevented Texas Republicans from passing a major bill to restrict voting. But a special session could be called to restart the process.2.0×01.8k58144
55Dec 15, '18In an interview with CNN, Kellyanne Conway made false and misleading statements about payments made to two women who said they had affairs with President Trump1.9×01.3k56210
56Sep 18, '19Corey Lewandowski, under questioning by the House Judiciary Committee, confirmed that President Trump once asked him to help pressure the attorney general to curtail the scope of t1.9×01.9k79222
57Feb 6, '17Trump wasn't fully briefed on the executive order he signed giving Stephen Bannon a National Security Council seat1.8×01.2k9070
58Jan 5, '22Breaking News: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack has asked Sean Hannity, the Fox News host, to cooperate by answering questions about his communications with Dona1.8×02.2k47429
59Dec 9, '21William Hartmann, one of two Republican election officials from Michigan who initially refused to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election in Wayne County, died on Nov1.8×01.3k48443
60Oct 7, '16David Letterman on Donald Trump: He's “a damaged human being” and “a person to be shunned"1.8×01.7k8340
61May 16, '19We have deleted an earlier tweet to this story that did not clarify that some of the Republicans' claims on late-term abortions are false or misleading, context that is provided in1.8×01.3k38514
62Mar 12, '20It’s still possible for Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic presidential nomination, but a New York Times analysis found that he would need to do vastly better in the remaining st1.7×01.7k56363
63Oct 17, '20“I do feel guilty," said Kate Rabinovitch, 29, of having cast her ballot for Donald Trump in 2016. Though much of the country's polarized views about the president haven’t budged s1.7×02.4k44123
64Nov 4, '20Federal judge Emmet Sullivan is threatening to order the Postmaster General to appear before him, expressing frustration with the Postal Service’s slow response in carrying out Ele1.7×02.4k35911
65Jan 11, '21“Our president wants us here.” QAnon, Proud Boys, elected officials, regular Americans: The Capitol rioters had different origins, but one allegiance.1.7×01.2k67396
66Aug 8, '19The entrepreneur and former tech executive Andrew Yang became the ninth Democratic presidential candidate to qualify for the September debates after a new poll of Iowa voters showe1.7×02.8k3265
67Apr 29, '20Steven Mnuchin tried to quickly funnel billions of dollars in aid to businesses with vague guidelines. Now the Treasury Department is frantically trying to figure out how to recoup1.7×01.1k82323
68Jul 4, '18Former wrestlers at Ohio State University say Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, knew of sexual abuse when he was a wrestling coach — and stayed silent1.7×01.1k8453
69Oct 9, '20Donald Trump needed money in 2016, whether to help his campaign, his businesses or both. Tax records show how he engineered more than $21 million in highly unusual payments from hi1.7×01.6k75329
70Jul 7, '19Why the Trump White House Is Caught Up in the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal1.6×01.4k70937
71Jan 13, '17Human Rights Watch director: Trump is "a more fundamental threat to human rights than George Bush after 9/11."1.6×01.4k8590
72Jul 13, '20Robert Mueller broke his silence to defend Roger Stone's prosecution. "He remains a convicted felon."1.6×02.2k4767
73Sep 12, '21President Biden’s new coronavirus vaccination mandates have prompted some backlash, but the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs, which already require vaccinations, say the1.6×02.3k40111
74May 6, '18His uncle was a mob doctor. His partners often ended up on the wrong side of the law. His business deals raised questions. And then he became personal lawyer to the president of th1.6×01.4k76237
75Nov 9, '20There’s no evidence to support claims that election observers were blocked from counting rooms. The charge, alleged by President Trump and his supporters, was without any basis in 1.6×01.9k52237
76Jul 31, '19Ready for Round 2? Join us tonight for live analysis of the next Democratic debate, on and in the NYTimes app. 🗳Tonight's candidates: 🗳What to watch for: 🗳Who won Night 1?1.6×01.6k20425
77Nov 22, '20President Trump's lawsuits have repeatedly broken down because of defective filings, sloppy paperwork, and dubious claims by witnesses and lawyers who have admitted in court that t1.5×01.8k45074
78Dec 14, '19Despite her “Be Best” effort, which focuses on child well-being and internet kindness, Melania Trump had little to say about President Trump’s recent decision to mock Greta Thunber1.5×01.3k3636
79Jan 31, '17Loretta Lynch released a statement applauding Sally Yates for her decision not to enforce Trump's executive order1.4×01.3k6750
80May 26, '18President Trump falsely accused The Times of making up a source in an article about North Korea, even though the source was in fact a senior White House official speaking in the Wh1.4×01.3k5783
81Jul 3, '19Jessica Cisneros, a 26-year-old immigration lawyer, is challenging a longtime Democratic incumbent in Texas. If she wins, she would be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.1.3×01.8k3819
82May 26, '18President Trump falsely accused The Times of making up a source in an article about North Korea, even though the source was in fact a senior White House official speaking in the Wh1.3×01.2k5364
83Sep 25, '18A group of Mormon women is urging the Senate to suspend Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation proceedings until a thorough investigation is completed1.3×01.4k5513
84Dec 6, '20Of the estimated 100,000 Native Americans of voting age in Georgia, only about 15,000 are registered to vote. Organizers and tribal leaders say even a small increase could make a d1.3×01.6k4458
85Jul 2, '20Geoffrey Berman, the former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who was abruptly dismissed last month, has agreed to testify in a closed-door hearing before lawmakers next week as 1.3×01.8k3738
86Mar 18, '20Proposals are in the works to send Americans cash as businesses shutter during the coronavirus outbreak. To Andrew Yang, the idea sounds familiar.1.2×01.8k3208
87Feb 25, '21Manhattan prosecutors now have Donald Trump's tax and financial records — including eight years of his personal returns. They were given to prosecutors on Monday, the same day that1.1×01.6k2601
88Jan 12, '17Eric Holder will lead Democrats' attack on Republican gerrymandering1.1×01.2k4810
89Nov 9, '18Beto O’Rourke did what Hillary Clinton and other Democrats could not – he won Fort Worth's Tarrant County by a statistical hair, a shocker in a reliably red county1.1×01.5k26617
90Nov 1, '20President Trump has been trying to pre-emptively delegitimize ballots counted after Nov. 3. But states have always counted past election night.1.1×01.3k39517
91Jan 2, '20Andrew Yang's campaign announced raising $16.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, a considerable sum that is likely to put him among the Democratic field’s top five fund-raiser1.1×01.5k3301
92Jul 3, '19Pete Buttigieg proposed a major expansion of voluntary national service programs that aims to attract 250,000 Americans in the near term1.1×01.6k2398
93Nov 3, '20Election Day: After visiting the graves of his first wife, son and daughter, Joe Biden returned to his Pennsylvania hometown, Scranton. President Trump plans to cap his campaigning1.1×01.7k14312
94Jan 9, '21Democrats laid the groundwork Friday for impeaching President Trump a second time. Speaker Nancy Pelosi threatened to bring him up on formal charges if he did not resign “immediate1.0×01.5k2062
95Jun 2, '21President Biden issued a presidential proclamation recognizing June as Pride Month. The official recognition is a turnabout from the policies of President Donald Trump, who refused1.0×01.3k27415
97Feb 17, '22The New York attorney general Letitia James can question Donald Trump and two of his children in a civil inquiry into his business practices, a judge ruled, rejecting Trump's effor1.0×01.1k2637
98Jan 23, '21"Trump was the first president to be impeached twice and the first to stir up a mob to try to attack the Capitol and disrupt his successor from becoming president." Historians begi1.0×01.2k23916
99May 20, '18In the wake of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, the pace of new registrations among young voters is accelerating in key states0.9×01.1k3541
100Jan 21, '22A district attorney in Atlanta on Thursday asked a judge to convene a special grand jury to help a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn 0.8×01.1k2045

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