News Analysis: Mueller’s Investigation Erases a Line Drawn After Watergate
The special counsel’s decision not to take a position on whether President Trump’s norm-shattering actions constituted obstruction means future presidents will feel entitled to make similar moves.
White House Memo: For Trump’s Aides, Celebratory Dinners and a Hunger for Revenge
With the Mueller inquiry over, a less playful theme emerged alongside the wisecracks at the White House: Once the party ends, the president’s perceived enemies should pay.
Andrew Marshall, Pentagon’s Threat Expert, Dies at 97
Mr. Marshall led a little-known office that has helped shape American military thinking, and kept his focus on China even when that was out of fashion.
U.S. Expands Anti-Abortion Policies With New Overseas Funding Rules
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States would end funding to foreign groups that give money to other organizations that perform abortions.
What Is Gerrymandering? What if the Supreme Court Bans It?
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about a fancifully named political practice that majority parties have long used to lock in their dominance. Here is what it is all about.
House Fails to Override Trump’s Veto, Preserving National Emergency Order
The 248-to-181 vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed, shifting the fight over the president’s emergency declaration to the courts.
What the Mayor, the Police and the Prosecutor Had to Say After the Jussie Smollett Charges Were Dropped
The contradictory statements from the city’s leadership show how tangled and inflammatory the case has become.
Senate Blocks Green New Deal but Expends Plenty of Carbon Talking About It
In a desultory procedural vote, the Senate declined to take up the climate change proposal for debate, ending a weekslong effort by Republicans to mock it.
MoMA PS1 Settles With Curator Who Said Giving Birth Cost Her Job Offer
The curator had said she had been offered a job, but that the museum changed its mind after learning she had just given birth.
Congressional Memo: Once More With Feeling, Democrats Try to Squash Impeachment Talk
House Democratic leaders, responding to a letter from Representative Rashida Tlaib, seek to make it clear: “We’re not focused on impeachment.”
What Happens if Obamacare Is Struck Down?
The Affordable Care Act touches the lives of most Americans. Some 21 million could lose health insurance if the Trump administration were to succeed in having the law ruled unconstitutional.
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