Reflections on an Imperfect America at 250
To the Editor: Thank you for “It’s America’s Birthday. What Are We Celebrating?” (Sunday Opinion, June 28). I have been...
Trump Administration Pays Duke Energy $129 Million to Halt Offshore Wind Farm
The Trump administration on Monday said it would pay Duke Energy $129 million to abandon its plans to build an...
Newborn’s Body Is Found in a Portable Bathroom at a Music Festival in Michigan
The body of a newborn baby was discovered inside a portable bathroom on Sunday at a campground at the Electric...
Court Decision on Late-Arriving Ballots Grants Relief to 18 States
President Trump’s wide-reaching campaign to change election laws suffered another setback on Monday, when the Supreme Court blocked a crucial...
What to Know About Western Wildfires
A wildfire season affected by drought and a warm winter is revving up early, as multiple fires blaze across Western...
New York Unveils $5 Billion Plan to Finish Brooklyn Mega-Development
The Brooklyn development project known as Atlantic Yards was once held up as a potential catalyst of the borough’s revival,...
Colorado Supreme Court Rejects Democratic Redistricting Plans
The Colorado Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to Democratic hopes to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the...
The Supreme Court Handed Presidents Vast Power to Fire Key Officials. Were the Justices Right?
The Supreme Court embraced the “unitary executive” legal theory on Monday, finding that President Trump could fire without cause a...
Scale of Venezuela Quakes’ Death Toll Could Take Weeks to Emerge
The official death toll after Venezuela’s twin earthquakes on Wednesday has already risen to 1,719 people in the latest tally...
Just How Hot Will the U.S. Get This Week? Here’s a Day-by-Day Forecast.
Millions of people are facing dangerous and potentially record-breaking heat as a heat wave grips much the central and eastern...
In Dissents, Some Conservative Justices Criticize Ruling Shielding Fed Governor
In a series of dissents Monday, four of the Supreme Court’s conservative justices criticized their colleagues’ decision to block President...
At Funerals, Venezuela’s Wounded Families and Friends Unite in Grief
A young beauty pageant queen whose dream of becoming Miss Venezuela was cut short at 26 years old. A mother...
Fired F.T.C. Commissioner Warns of Potential for Presidential Abuse of Power
Rebecca Slaughter, the former Federal Trade Commission member whose firing was upheld by the Supreme Court on Monday, warned that...
Alex Murdaugh’s Murder Retrial Tentatively Set for April 2027
The judge overseeing the retrial of Alex Murdaugh, whose murder convictions for killing his wife and one of his sons...
Even Absent, Trump Takes the Spotlight at a Night Celebrating Bill Maher
To enter the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, you must walk past a billowing white tarp that...
