David Kirkpatrick

On the day the Capitol was attacked, 139 Republicans in the House voted to dispute the Electoral College count. This is how they got there.

The House Oversight Committee is seeking documents related to the $2 billion investment by a Saudi fund in the private equity firm started by Mr. Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former adviser.

Weeks before the Trump administration ended, Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin met with future investors on official trips to the Middle East.

Former President Donald J. Trump’s son-in-law is trying to raise capital for his investment firm and is turning to a region that he dealt with extensively while in the White House.

The popular uprisings of 2011 mostly failed, but they gave the region a taste for democracy that continues to whet an appetite for change.

Moscow is plunging deeper into a war of armed drones in a strategic hot spot rich with oil, teeming with migrants and riddled with militants.

Prince Mohammed bin Zayed expanded the U.A.E.’s power by following America’s lead. He now has an increasingly bellicose agenda of his own. And President Trump seems to be following him.

The Trump Tower meeting and follow-ups are the first indication that countries beyond Russia may have offered help to the Trump campaign.

The fund-raiser, Elliott Broidy, suggested to prospective clients of his security firm, including some with unsavory records, that he could arrange meetings with the president or his associates.

About 500 people have been detained without charge in a corruption crackdown, but how corruption is defined is unclear.

David Kirkpatrick reflects on the killing of Shaimaa el-Sabbagh, the 31-year-old mother and poet who was shot by masked riot police officers while heading to Tahrir Square in Cairo to lay flowers.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, adheres to Wahhabism, a severe form of Islam quick to denounce others, even fellow militant groups like Al Qaeda.

Led by Egypt, a coalition of Arab states has effectively lined up with Israel in its fight against Hamas, posing new obstacles to efforts to end the Gaza conflict.

The architects of the military takeover promised religious tolerance and pluralism, but nine months later not much has changed.

The overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi demonstrated for some the futility of democracy, but others faulted the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood for reaching too fast for so many levers of power.

Republican lobbyists are feeling the demand for their services plummet as Democrats ascend in Washington.

Democrats are arguing that their party better reflects the full spectrum of church teachings on social justice.

A struggle on how Catholics should apply their beliefs in politics is reaching swing cities like Scranton, Pa.