News Analysis: Trump’s Intervention in Huawei Case Would Be Legal, but Bad Precedent, Experts Say
Experts agreed that the president could order the government to drop charges against the Chinese telecom executive Meng Wanzhou, but, one said, “it takes the term ‘transactional’ to a new level.”
He Lost His Best Friend. Then He Set His Sights on the Perfect Christmas Gift.
Kaleb and KJ were like brothers. When KJ died this year, Kaleb started raising money.
SpaceX May Be New Barrier for Trump’s Border Wall
A planned stretch of wall in Texas may be the first to be built under President Trump. It’s likely to be opposed by landowners, including a wildlife refuge — and possibly SpaceX.
Voices That Resonate on Criminal Justice Know About Life Behind Bars
With the Senate preparing to vote on a major bill, former prisoners and relatives of inmates got a crash course in lobbying and took their stories to the Capitol.
What Pelosi Has Promised to Win Speaker Votes
The next speaker will be elected on Jan. 3. To muster enough support, Nancy Pelosi is striking deals with members of her caucus. Here are some of those bargains.
Negotiators Strike Deal to Tighten Sexual Harassment Rules on Capitol Hill
House and Senate negotiators, after months of talks, reached a deal to change and toughen the arcane rules governing sexual misconduct claims on Capitol Hill.
Melvin Dummar, 74, Who Claimed Howard Hughes Left Him Millions, Dies
As depicted in the film “Melvin and Howard,” he said he helped the billionaire out in the desert one night and that Hughes rewarded him handsomely.
2 Nuns Suspected in $500,000 Theft From Catholic School Had a Taste for Gambling, Church Says
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles said it would press charges against two nuns who embezzled “a substantial amount” from a Catholic school.
‘Amazon Has Got to Go,’ Protesters Tell Executives
Amazon executives faced protesters during several hours of heated testimony before the New York City Council over a deal the company received to put an office in Queens.
America’s Most Hazardous Volcano Erupted This Year. Then It Erupted and Erupted.
A landmark study unspools a timeline of the most destructive eruption in recorded history of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.
North Carolina Legislature Calls for New Primary if New Election Is Held in Disputed District
Republicans in the state passed legislation that could allow them to choose a new candidate if a new election is held in the Ninth Congressional District.
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