Mitch McConnell Sees Democratic ‘Power Grab’ in Proposal to Make Election Day a Holiday
The Senate majority leader denounced a bill proposed by House Democrats that would make it easier to register to vote and cast a ballot.
It’s Still Cold. Our Midwest Readers Tell Us How to Make the Most of the Polar Vortex.
Our readers found novel ways to entertain themselves in weather so cold, even the mail was not delivered.
Senate Rebukes Trump Over Troop Withdrawals From Syria and Afghanistan
The 68-to-23 vote marks the second time in two months that a Republican-led Senate has admonished the president on foreign policy.
University of Iowa Student Is Among More Than 20 Dead in Midwestern Deep Freeze
Gerald Belz, an 18-year-old who wanted to be a doctor, was found unconscious outside an academic building. He had visited his parents a few days before.
Russia’s Playbook for Social Media Disinformation Has Gone Global
Facebook and Twitter said on Thursday that disinformation on their platforms now comes from more domestic and foreign sources — and not just Russia.
3 Arrested in Crackdown on Multimillion-Dollar ‘Birth Tourism’ Businesses
Some Chinese couples were charged as much as $100,000 for a birth-tourism package that included housing, nannies and shopping at Gucci, according to the indictments.
Images of Life in the Polar Vortex’s Grip
What photographers across North America’s frigid midsection are seeing this week.
President Signs Order to Help U.S. Manufacturers and ‘Trump People’
The order is meant to be a shot in the arm for “blue-collar Trump people,” one official said, even as they face shaky economic prospects from disputes such as a trade war with China.
Leonard Dinnerstein, 84, Dies; Scholar of Anti-Semitism in U.S.
He began his academic work with a seminal account of the 1915 lynching of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager in Georgia who was convicted of murder.
We Tried Five Polar-Weather Experiments. Here’s What Happened.
With schools closed and temperatures well below zero, one family learned some hard lessons about the scientific process.
3 European Nations Create Firm to Trade With Iran, but Will Anyone Use It?
Britain, France and Germany have set up a financial mechanism to bolster the 2015 nuclear deal after the renewal of U.S. sanctions. Now comes the hard part.
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