On Politics With Lisa Lerer: The Buttigieg Boomlet
In the On Politics newsletter: Many in the media have gone bananas for Mayor Pete Buttigieg. But are real people — i.e., voters — feeling the same?
Trump, in Abrupt Pivot, Says Funding for Special Olympics Will Continue
The president’s budget is highly unlikely to win approval in Congress, but the Special Olympics funding enjoys broad support among Republicans and Democrats.
‘The Russian Hoax Is Finally Dead,’ Trump Tells Michigan Rally
Speaking in Grand Rapids, the site of his final campaign rally before his upset win in 2016, the president called the inquiry into collusion with Russia “a sinister effort to undermine” the election.
Stephen Moore’s Unpaid Taxes Underscore Trump’s Vetting Woes
The president’s pick for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors says a $75,000 tax lien is a “huge miscalculation.”
Border Officer’s Secret in Arizona: He Was Undocumented
Marco A. De La Garza Jr. was an officer with Customs and Border Protection from 2012 to 2018. But his Texas birth certificate was fraudulent.
N.S.A. Contractor Arrested in Biggest Breach of U.S. Secrets Pleads Guilty
The contractor, Harold Martin, was arrested in 2016, but investigators never found evidence that he had shared stolen classified information with anyone.
Black Lawyer Says He Was Detained on the Job and Accused of Being a Suspect
Rashad James, who works for Maryland Legal Aid, filed a complaint this week asking for the deputy who detained him to be investigated.
Demands for Adam Schiff’s Head Highlight Chasm That Only Widened With Mueller’s Conclusion
Republicans on the Intelligence Committee called on its chairman, Representative Adam B. Schiff, to resign. He accused them of turning a blind eye to President Trump’s wrongdoing.
14 Officers Indicted on Assault or Cover-Up Charges in Beating of Black Men
Twelve current and two former officers are accused of beating four black men after a barroom dispute in Springfield, Mass., or participating in a cover-up of the assault.
Why Don’t More American Men Get Vasectomies?
It’s vasectomy season in the United States. But American women get sterilized at higher rates.
Matter: The Plague Killing Frogs Everywhere Is Far Worse Than Scientists Thought
As a threat to wildlife, an amphibian fungus has become “the most deadly pathogen known to science.”
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