Trump Seeks to Strip Away Legal Tool Key to Civil Rights Enforcement
President Trump has ordered federal agencies to halt their use of “disparate-impact liability,” which has been used to assess whether policies discriminate against different groups.Read More
A Tension Unlike Anything Felt in Decades
A reporter recalling a war from his childhood finds the fear familiar, but the weapons more high-tech and the fog of disinformation far thicker.Read More
Meet Pope Leo, and Why Bill Gates Is Giving Away His Money Faster
Plus, a Friday news quiz.Read More
Pope Leo XIV, First American Pontiff, Will Face a Fractured American Church
Pope Leo’s relationship with the ascendant Catholic right in the U.S. could be a prominent issue in his papacy.Read More
Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress
Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first African American and the first woman to serve as the head of the Library of Congress. Her firing drew a furious response from Democrats.Read More
Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week
The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.Read More
Liberals Are Cautiously Optimistic About Pope Leo XIV’s Views on LGBTQ Catholics
Pope Leo XIV has said little publicly about a place in the Catholic Church for gay and transgender people. Some thought the issue would not be key to his agenda.Read More
New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans, Genealogist Says
Robert Prevost’s maternal grandparents were married near the French Quarter and later moved to Chicago, where his mother was born, records show.Read More
Trump Names Jeanine Pirro as Interim U.S. Attorney in Washington
The Fox News personality has known the president for decades and would provide him with a reliable line into a crucial prosecutors office in the Justice Department.Read More
Trump Revives Push for Higher Taxes on the Rich
The president is said to want to create a new top income bracket for people making more than $2.5 million per year and to tax income above that level at a rate of 39.6 percent.Read More