Avocado Shortages and Price Spikes: How Trump’s Border Closing Would Hit U.S.
The president says shutting the border will punish Mexico, but economists say the economic damage to the United States would resemble the aftermath of a natural disaster.
On Politics With Lisa Lerer: Joe Biden in the Modern Age
In the On Politics newsletter: Mr. Biden, whose physical style with friends as well as strangers is no secret, now finds himself caught up in a major generational reckoning.
‘Healthy Holly’ Book Scandal Bedevils Baltimore Mayor as She Takes Leave of Absence
Catherine Pugh’s office said she was recovering from pneumonia, even as Maryland’s governor called for an investigation into payments to the mayor for her series of children’s books.
Baltimore Mayor to Take Leave of Absence Amid Children’s Book Scandal
Catherine Pugh’s office said she was recovering from pneumonia, even as Maryland’s governor called for an investigation into payments to the mayor for her “Healthy Holly” children’s books.
In Nipsey Hussle’s Los Angeles Neighborhood, an Outpouring of Grief: ‘He Meant Everything’
The rapper remained a regular presence at the strip mall that houses the clothing store he owned in South Los Angeles.
Chicago Heads for a Mayoral Runoff Vote. Either Way, the Result Will Be Historic.
On Tuesday, Chicago will become the largest U.S. city to ever elect an African-American woman as its mayor.
House Democrats Prepare a Vote to Subpoena the Mueller Report
Democrats are not satisfied with the attorney general’s assurances that he will deliver a full, albeit redacted, copy of the report to Congress by mid-April.
DNA Is Solving Dozens of Cold Cases. Sometimes It’s Too Late for Justice.
Like many other decades-old cases, the 1973 killings of a Montana couple were finally solved using DNA and genealogy technology. But the suspect in the case had died in 2003.
Ben Ray Luján, High-Ranking House Democrat, Will Run for Senate in New Mexico
Mr. Luján is a trusted ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and was seen as a possible candidate to replace her when she retired.
Rancor and Raw Emotion Surface in Supreme Court Death Penalty Ruling
In a 5-to-4 decision, the justices ruled against an inmate with a rare medical condition and debated the ground rules for capital punishment.
This Tarantula Became a Scientific Celebrity. Was It Poached From the Wild?
Controversy over a new spider species has resurrected thorny ethical questions about scientists and their specimens.
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