Wifredo Lam: Artist-Poet of Tropical Dreams and Sorrows
The great Cuban modernist, whose politics and Afro-Asian roots shaped his paintings and inspired generations of artists, gets a revelatory survey at MoMA.Read More
Republicans Tried to Squelch the Epstein Furor. Instead, They Fed It.
A House investigation that the G.O.P. has tried to use to deflect calls for more transparency has yielded striking revelations that have only fueled the Epstein saga.Read More
Trump Administration Revokes Biden Ban on Drilling and Mining in Alaska Wilderness
The decision to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s ecologically sensitive North Slope has the support of the state’s governor and senators.Read More
BBC Apologizes to Trump Over Film Edit but Declines to Pay Compensation
The BBC said it would not rebroadcast a misleadingly edited documentary but added, “We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.”Read More
U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs
The strike in the Caribbean brings the death toll in the Trump administration’s lethal campaign to 80 since early September.Read More
Justice Dept. Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels
Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.Read More
Some TSA Workers to Get $10,000 Bonus Checks for Shutdown Work
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, began handing out $10,000 checks to T.S.A. workers who “went above and beyond” during the shutdown, after the president recommended similar bonuses for some air traffic controllers.Read More
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
The professor will no longer be able to teach a class on diversity after she showed students a diagram that included the “Make America Great Again” slogan as an example of white supremacy.Read More
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
The university system will ban advocacy of “race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” without approval.Read More
SNAP Benefits Are Resuming as Government Reopens After Shutdown
Several states have restarted food stamp payments, but millions of Americans are still awaiting the November deposits that the Trump administration resisted paying out in full.Read More