❌

Reading view

Cabinet Officials on the Campaign Trail? Ethics Experts Say Some Are Breaking the Law.

As Trump officials stump for Republican candidates facing difficult races, ethics experts say they are being lax about complying with the Hatch Act, a federal anti-corruption law.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at a campaign rally in North Carolina this month.
  •  

U.S. Government Takes a Cut of Chip Business in Japan-Funded Deal

President Trump’s novel deal-making is on display in upstate New York, where the administration is funneling Japanese funds into a government-owned chip factory.

© Cindy Schultz for The New York Times

A GlobalFoundries factory in Malta, N.Y.
  •  
❌