In Rare Testimony, Supreme Court Justices Will Ask Congress for Security Funds
For decades, Supreme Court justices appeared before Congress each year to answer questions from lawmakers about the court’s budget requests....
Blanche Was a Driving Force in Retribution Campaign, Emails Show
Todd Blanche, then the Justice Department’s No. 2 official, had been on the job only for a couple of months...
U.S. Workers Are More Productive Than Ever. And That’s Without A.I.
Economists and chief executives are divided over whether artificial intelligence is making American workers more productive yet. Zoom out, though,...
Holden Caulfield, the Ultimate Adolescent, Is Turning 75
On July 16, “The Catcher in the Rye,” by J.D. Salinger, will turn 75. Commemorating such a nice big number...
At 91, He’s Hiking the Appalachian Trail. Again.
On the first day of summer, just after dawn, Dale Sanders, 91, prepared to start the steep, rocky hike up...
How a Promising Navy Drone Boat Program Got Mired in Politics
The dramatic sea rescue of two stranded military aviators last month near the Strait of Hormuz was a demonstration of...
The Strange Phenomenon of ‘Terminal Lucidity’
In the spring of 2000, while completing his degree in psychology at the University of Vienna, Alexander Batthyany received an...
Dark Sky Defenders Raise Alarm Along the Border of West Texas
Unfettered access to the cosmos is an integral part of the landscape in Terlingua and across the Big Bend region...
Seeking Control of the House, Democrats Try Again in Rural Districts
Beth Macy built her career writing about the plagues inflicted on rural America, most famously the opioid epidemic in “Dopesick,”...
Red State, Blue Governor: It Could Happen in Iowa. Would It Matter?
With President Trump’s approval ratings languishing and Democratic candidates polling well, Rob Sand, Iowa’s state auditor, could become the state’s...
Trump Will Let Ukraine Build Patriots. Ukraine Wants to Make Homegrown Missiles Too.
When President Trump announced last week that he would allow Ukraine to begin production of Patriot ballistic missile interceptors, at...
In Bangkok Bar Blaze, Signs of Fatal Lapses Repeated Across the World
One exit was blocked by beer crates and employees’ lockers. The low ceiling was covered in flammable foam used to...
‘Lettuce or Salad Greens’ Identified as Potential Source of Cyclospora Outbreak
In a news release issued Monday, health officials in Michigan identified a possible source of an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an...
The Democratic Establishment Is Finally Getting the Reckoning It Deserves
The Graham Platner saga should not distract from a fact that is bigger than any one candidate: The uprising against...
What Xi Jinping Wants
This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you get your...
