Court Denies Lawmakers Seeking Independent Monitor of Epstein Files
A federal judge said he did not have the authority to supervise the Justice Department’s release of the documents.Read More
Widespread Winter Storm Is Forecast to Bring Heavy Snow to Central and Eastern US
People across a large section of the central and eastern United States are facing predictions for heavy snow and ice starting Friday.Read More
Taiwan’s $40 Billion Military Spending Plan Stalled by Political Impasse
Taiwan’s domestic gridlock is revealing a deep-seated fracture over how the island should defend itself and how much it can depend on the United States.Read More
Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers
Cubans had long benefited from legal privileges unavailable to immigrants from other countries. President Trump has changed that.Read More
Inside Trump’s Campaign to Tame Higher Education
Donald J. Trump has unleashed the power of the presidency against American colleges, with mixed results.Read More
What’s a Human Life Worth? The E.P.A. Says Zero Dollars.
The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.Read More
Supreme Court to Weigh Trump’s Bid to Fire Lisa Cook
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor whom President Trump is trying to fire. Our reporter Colby Smith describes the importance of Cook’s case for the independence of the central bank.Read More
Supreme Court Considers Trump’s Attempt to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook
The justices deferred a decision on the president’s efforts to oust Cook, agreeing to hear arguments on Wednesday instead.Read More
Canada’s Leader Warns of a ‘Rupture’ in the Global Order, and ICE Is Accused of Killing Detainee
Plus, what’s the point of learning cursive?Read More
Why Was Macron Wearing Sunglasses at Davos?
An eye condition, not a style choice, prompted President Emmanuel Macron of France to don aviators to address the World Economic Forum.Read More