Trump Pardons Darryl Strawberry, Former Mets and Yankees Slugger
The eight-time All-Star baseball player pleaded guilty in 1995 to one count of tax evasion. He was sentenced to six months of home confinement.Read More
Did Trump’s Supreme Court Tariffs Brief Include a Strategic Blunder?
The justices are generally reluctant to take account of a president’s public statements. But extensive quotes from Mr. Trump in a key filing may change the legal calculus.Read More
A Decade Later, Supreme Court Is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk once jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, has asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion.Read More
Nancy Pelosi Knew Her ‘Why’
The first female speaker of the House may be the last to truly rule the increasingly unruly chamber.Read More
Antisemitism Task Force Severs Ties With the Heritage Foundation
The move comes as the venerable conservative think tank is roiled by turmoil caused by its leader’s defense of a Tucker Carlson interview with a white nationalist.Read More
4 Arrested Over Disruption of Israeli Orchestra’s Concert
Several audience members shouted or lit flares as the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Paris. After the concert, the ensemble received 10 minutes of applause and played the Israeli national anthem.Read More
U.S. Wants Security Council to Adopt Trump Plan for Gaza
The alternative, Ambassador Michael Waltz bluntly told diplomats, was to watch the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas give way to a return to war.Read More
James Watson, Co-Discoverer of the Structure of DNA, Is Dead at 97
The breakthrough, with Francis H.C. Crick, made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. He went on to write a celebrated memoir and later to ignite an uproar with racist views.Read More
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
The environmental group gave up its singular focus on climate change for a broader agenda. The ensuing internal strife left it weakened as it takes on the Trump administration.Read More
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.Read More