New York Moves to Allow Terminally Ill People to Die on Their Own Terms

A bill permitting so-called medical aid in dying passed the State Legislature and will now head to Gov. Kathy Hochul for her signature.Read More
Defying Trump’s Firing, Smithsonian Says It Controls Personnel Decisions

The Smithsonian is challenging the president’s authority to dismiss the leader of the National Portrait Gallery but says it will look into his complaints.Read More
Waymo Limits Service in San Francisco as LA Protests Spread

The self-driving taxi company also said its vehicles were in the wrong place at the wrong time in Los Angeles after protesters set fire to several of the cars there.Read More
California Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Order Sending National Guard to L.A.

The state’s attorney general argued that local law enforcement had been capable of handling the situation and could have requested support from state partners had it been necessary.Read More
White House Pushes Texas to Redistrict, Hoping to Blunt Democratic Gains

A rare mid-decade redistricting push has unnerved some Texas Republicans, who worry a drive to harm Democrats could end up endangering G.O.P. incumbents in 2026.Read More
Key Legal Questions in Trump’s Order of National Guard to LA Protests

President Trump has long mused about using the military to crush protests in blue-state cities. He is now sending troops to Los Angeles.Read More
Sly Stone: 15 Essential Songs

The Sly & the Family Stone leader has died at 82. Here’s what to know about his brilliant career and crushing addiction.Read More
RFK Jr. Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts

The U.S. health secretary chose to “retire” members of a committee that makes significant decisions about who receives immunizations, including the vaccines for children.Read More
The 100-Year-Old Psychologist Is Still Listening

But with her memory suddenly starting to fail, she faces a difficult decision.Read More
Sly Stone, Maestro of a Multifaceted, Hitmaking Band, Dies at 82

Leading Sly and the Family Stone, he helped redefine the landscape of pop, funk and rock in the late 1960s and ’70s.Read More