U.S. Debt Is on Pace to Set a Record. (The Data Goes Back to 1790.)
If Republicans pass their tax and spending megabill, the record will arrive even sooner — putting America’s debt at more than 113 percent of the size of its entire economy.Read More
What Is Habeas Corpus, and Why Are Trump Officials Talking About Suspending It?
Administration officials have suggested suspending a legal principle that protects against unlawful detention, and struggled to accurately define it.Read More
Trump Canceled Deportation Protections. Here’s Where Legal Challenges Stand.
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to lift protections for thousands of Venezuelans, leaving them potentially vulnerable to deportation. What about people from other countries?Read More
Kristi Noem Incorrectly Defines Habeas Corpus as Trump’s Right to Deport People
The right allows people to legally challenge their detentions by the government and is guaranteed in the Constitution.Read More
Judge Says Deportation to South Sudan Appears to Have Violated Court Order
The judge ordered a Justice Department lawyer to track down the plane apparently carrying a Burmese migrant and see whether it could be turned around midflight. He also threatened officials with contempt.Read More
George Wendt, a.k.a. Norm From ‘Cheers,’ Is Dead at 76
The burly, easygoing Chicago native became a staple of living rooms for more than a decade as one of America’s favorite barflies.Read More
E.U. to Lift Economic Sanctions on Syria
European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday agreed to lift the remaining economic curbs on the war-torn country, amid concerns it could slip back into conflict.Read More
Trump’s New Position on the War in Ukraine: Not My Problem
In a reversal, President Trump appears to have backed off joining a European push for new sanctions on Russia, seemingly eager to move on to doing business deals with it.Read More
Want to Buy Her House in Ireland? You’ll Need $7 and Some Luck.
Imelda Collins is raffling her house rather than sell it on the conventional market. Anyone in the world can enter.Read More
New Orleans Jail Employee Is Arrested and Charged With Helping 10 Inmates Escape
A maintenance worker shut off water at the jail, allowing the inmates to remove a toilet and sink fixture from a cell wall, according to the Louisiana attorney general’s office.Read More