What Is the National Guard, and Who Controls It?

The state-based military force is made up mainly of part-time soldiers and organized by state. It can be activated by the state governor or by the president.Read More
Bessent Taps Social Security Chief to Serve as C.E.O. of I.R.S.

Frank Bisignano, who already leads the Social Security Administration, will also take on the day-to-day duties of the tax collector.Read More
How Bari Weiss of The Free Press Won the Top Job at CBS News

At The Free Press, she battled “wokeness” and buddied up with billionaires. Now she’s the editor in chief of CBS News.Read More
Groups Sue E.P.A. Over $7 Billion in ‘Solar for All’ Grants

The lawsuit accused the Environmental Protection Agency of illegally revoking the money without congressional approval.Read More
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell, Longtime Epstein Associate

The onetime employee and friend of Jeffrey Epstein argued that a secret agreement between prosecutors and the multimillionaire financier invalidated her conviction.Read More
Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s Free Press, Starting a New Era at CBS News

Bari Weiss, a co-founder of The Free Press, will become editor in chief of CBS News.Read More
President Trump and the Supreme Court

Today, we look ahead at the potential consequences of the Supreme Court term that begins today.Read More
Supreme Court Starts Consequential Term, and Illinois Governor Warns of ‘Trump’s Invasion’

Plus, when Silicon Valley comes to the farm.Read More
Internal Audits Shed Light on Ukraine’s Secret Weapons Spending

The government reviews show the country’s challenge as U.S. support wanes and Kyiv pivots to production from a domestic arms industry with a long history of corruption.Read More
We May Know Why Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance Really Sank

The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began.Read More