Budget Deficit on Path to Surpass $1 Trillion Under Trump
The Congressional Budget Office forecasts come as President Trump is mulling new initiatives that would widen the deficit even further.
Parkland Shooting Survivors Release Ambitious Gun Control Plan
The plan by March for Our Lives would ban assault weapons, raise the minimum age for buying firearms and introduce other measures that the gun lobby has strongly opposed.
Trump Administration Rule Would Allow Immigrant Families to Be Held Indefinitely
The administration wants to send migrant families caught crossing the border illegally to a family detention center for as long as it takes for their cases to be decided.
How Fixing California’s Housing Crisis Is Like Playing Whac-a-Mole
Wednesday: Local regulations stand in the way of more apartments. Also: Pacific Gas & Electric shares tumble; and Tom Waits’s San Diego.
Former V.A. Doctor Charged in Deaths of 3 Veterans
Prosecutors said that Robert Morris Levy was responsible for the deaths through incorrect and misleading diagnoses and that he had used a mind-altering substance while working.
Louisiana Says ‘Oui’ to French, Amid Explosion in Dual-Language Schools
This fall, more American students than ever will start their first day of school learning in a language other than English.
The Big Business of Scavenging in Postindustrial America
The U.S. produces more garbage than any other nation in the world per capita. Here’s how scrappers are turning that waste into a $32 billion business.
70-Year-Old Man Wins 1,000-Kilometer Horse Race in Mongolia
“Preparation trumps youth,” said the winner, Bob Long, who “hated” to think that he couldn’t complete the Mongol Derby, a grueling contest across the steppes of Mongolia.
How Many Triangles Are There? Here’s How to Solve the Puzzle
Counting will get you nowhere. Try a little combinatorics instead.
The White House Saw Riches in the Arctic Refuge, but Reality May Fall Short
In its push for lease sales, the Trump administration rushed deadlines, pressured staff and gave a wildly optimistic estimate of the potential revenue.
Inside America’s Dysfunctional Trillion-Dollar Fighter-Jet Program
The F-35 was once the Pentagon’s high-profile problem child. Has it finally moved past its reputation of being an overhyped and underperforming warplane?
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