Florida Student, 11, Arrested After Dispute Over His Refusal to Say Pledge of Allegiance
The student had not recited the pledge all school year at his middle school in Lakeland, Fla., but a substitute teacher confronted him about it this month.
Elizabeth Warren Proposes Universal Child Care
The plan would create a network of government-funded child care centers, which would be free for low-income families and partly subsidized for others.
As Ruth Bader Ginsburg Returns, Supreme Court Acts on Death Penalty and Pollution Cases
Justice Ginsburg, 85, asked crisp and clear questions of both sides in a patent case in her return to the bench about two months after cancer surgery.
An Alabama Editor Urges the K.K.K. to ‘Ride Again,’ and His Small Town Winces
The editor, Goodloe Sutton, made a name exposing corruption in the 1990s, but his call for the Klan to “go up there and clean out D.C.” has prompted calls for his resignation.
Justice Clarence Thomas Calls for Reconsideration of Landmark Libel Ruling
The Supreme Court’s 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, Justice Thomas wrote, was not rooted in the text and history of the Constitution.
Marc Short Returns to Administration as Pence’s Chief of Staff
Mr. Short, who was President Trump’s legislative affairs director for about two years, is taking the job vacated by Nick Ayers.
House Opens Inquiry Into Proposed U.S. Nuclear Venture in Saudi Arabia
House Democrats say a proposed nuclear power venture in Saudi Arabia could expose conflicts of interests in the Trump administration and possible violations of law.
Why Teacher Strikes Keep Happening (and Why There’s No End in Sight)
The latest protests are in West Virginia (again) and Oakland, as a national movement pushes back against two decades of school reforms.
California Today: California Today: California’s Latest Fight With the Trump Administration
Tuesday: What to know about the lawsuit challenging the president’s emergency declaration; housing costs are changing the Bay Area; and Stephen Curry
Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Run
Mr. Sanders, the runner-up in the 2016 Democratic primaries, is embarking on a bid that will test whether he can retain the anti-establishment appeal he enjoyed with liberals three years ago
Bernie Sanders on the Issues: Where He Stands and What Could Derail Him
He may have been the runner-up in the last Democratic primary, but his progressive ideas have increasingly become part of the Democratic mainstream.
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