Ivanka Trump Denies President Was Involved in Granting Security Clearance
Asked what had delayed her and Jared Kushner’s security clearances, Ms. Trump said it was “a backlog that exists of close to a million clearances across government.”
Virginia’s Racist History Clashes With New South Image
Revelations about past racist behavior by top Virginia politicians are testing the state’s reputation as a progressive-minded beacon that backed Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Second Woman Accuses Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of Virginia of Sexual Assault
The new allegation follows one by a California professor, Vanessa Tyson, who says Mr. Fairfax sexually assaulted her in 2004.
Barbra Siperstein, Crusader for Transgender Rights, Dies at 76
Married with three children, she became a vigorous advocate after her wife died. Her name is on a new New Jersey law on gender identity.
Virginia Is in Turmoil. Here’s a Breakdown of Eight Days of Scandal.
Last week, a racist photo from the yearbook of Gov. Ralph Northam surfaced online. Since then, it’s been chaos for the state’s top Democrats.
When Is Sorry Not Enough? Virginia Scandals Test the Limits of Forgiveness
The racial and sexual assault scandals that have roiled Virginia’s leaders are testing Americans’ views on failure, apology and when an act is unforgivable.
Matthew Whitaker Says He Has Not Interfered With the Mueller Inquiry
The acting attorney general is appearing before the House Judiciary Committee. Democrats are asking about the Russia investigation and his oversight of it.
Whitaker: ‘I Have Not Interfered in Any Way’ in the Special Counsel Investigation
In a back-and-forth with the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Jerrold Nadler, Matthew G. Whitaker, the acting attorney general, said he had provided no information to President Trump or White House officials about the special counsel investig…
Baltimore Museum of Art Gets $3.5 Million to Endow Chief Curator
The gift falls in line with the museum’s mission to uphold equity and diversity within its leadership and programming.
At War: When All of My Friends Were Still Alive
In this week’s newsletter, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, a Times reporter and former Marine, shares his journal entries from February 2010 and the days leading up to Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan.
Her Title: Cryptologic Technician. Her Occupation: Warrior.
Shannon Kent’s death in a suicide bombing in Syria shows how women have been doing military jobs as dangerous, secretive and specialized as anything men do.
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