Pentagon Relaxes Press Access Rules
Under new guidelines, journalists will not need approval from the Defense Department before publishing articles containing information not officially released.Read More
Trump Said He Could Invoke the Insurrection Act to Deploy Troops. Here’s What to Know.
The president said he would invoke emergency powers to deploy the National Guard if “people were being killed, and courts were holding us up.”Read More
Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen
The delays came just hours after the transportation secretary warned that flying could be disrupted by the government shutdown.Read More
Shutdown Politics Has Republicans Singing Government’s Praises
As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.Read More
Lee Lozano Didn’t Speak to Other Women for 28 Years. What Did It Cost Her?
When it came to using her life in her work, the artist Lee Lozano went about as far as a person can go.Read More
A Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun
The episode initially raised concerns because it happened near a synagogue, but the police say it was unrelated to antisemitism.Read More
Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students
Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.Read More
How Trump’s National Guard Deployments Break With Military Tradition
By sending troops to U.S. cities that are not in active crisis, President Trump is breaking with military tradition. Helene Cooper, who covers national security issues for The New York Times, compares his recent actions with earlier domestic military deployments.Read More
Neighbors Warn Neighbors as Fear of ICE Ripples Across Chicago
Parents are standing guard at schools. Some restaurants have stopped delivering food or simply closed. “Every single person who looks brown is scared,” a lawyer said.Read More
Trump, Drug Cartels, Venezuela and War: What We Know
The Trump administration is ratcheting up pressure on Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, while attacking boats in the Caribbean Sea.Read More