Will Trump’s Presidency Ever End?
Toward the beginning of a wise and beautifully stated essay about American partisanship and the response to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, the lawyer and...
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The Field: Policing and Power in Minneapolis
This episode of “The Field” was hosted by Astead Herndon; produced by Austin Mitchell; with help from Asthaa Chaturvedi; and edited by Lisa Tobin and...
Trump and Biden Court Catholic Vote, in Very Different Ways
Alisa Anderson, a lifelong Catholic from Livonia, Mich., does not typically give much weight to the religious backgrounds of political candidates. But the deeply personal...
Supreme Court Could Give Trump Second Chance at Environmental Rollbacks
WASHINGTON — President Trump has initiated the most aggressive environmental deregulation agenda in modern history, but as his first term drives to a close, many...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Lie in State on Friday. Here’s What That Means.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, will be the first woman to lie in state in the United...
Trump Administration to Announce Plan to Open Tongass Forest to Logging
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected on Friday to finalize its plan to open about 9 million acres of the pristine woodlands of Alaska’s...
In Book Fight, Lawyers Clash on Whether to Fault Bolton or White House
WASHINGTON — Lawyers for John R. Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, seized on a career official’s accusations that the White House improperly politicized...
Trump Booed as He Pays Last Respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
WASHINGTON — President Trump was jeered by protesters on Thursday morning as he paid his respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, standing silently by her...
Trump’s Stalinist Approach to Science
Lately I’ve found myself thinking about Trofim Lysenko. Who? Lysenko was a Soviet agronomist who decided that modern genetics was all wrong, indeed contrary to...
Trump Again Sows Doubt About Election as G.O.P. Scrambles to Assure Voters
WASHINGTON — President Trump declined for a second straight day to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he lost the election, repeating baseless...