Trump’s Use of National Security to Impose Tariffs Faces Court Test
Companies affected by the administration’s metal tariffs are challenging a 1962 law that sets “no limits” on the use of national security to justify trade actions.
Bidding Congress Farewell, Paul Ryan Laments Nation’s ‘Broken’ Politics
On a valedictory tour, Mr. Ryan is putting a high gloss on a speakership of dubious accomplishment. He fulfilled his tax-cutting dream, but the deficit is soaring.
Illinois Attorney General Says Catholic Church Withheld Names of at Least 500 Accused Priests
After opening an investigation into clergy sex abuse against minors in Illinois in August, the state attorney general released preliminary findings on Wednesday.
Blackwater Security Contractor Found Guilty, Again, in Deadly 2007 Iraq Shooting
The verdict was the second time a jury had found Nicholas A. Slatten guilty in an episode that outraged Americans over what many saw as a military mission with no clear strategy.
Trilobites: The Bullet Lodged in His Knee. Then the Injuries Really Began.
In an unusual medical case, a bullet left in the knee of a patient for 14 years led to joint damage and lead poisoning.
Overlooked No More: Gertrude Beasley, Who Wrote an Uncompromising Memoir, Then Vanished
“Thirty years ago, I lay in the womb of a woman, conceived in a sexual act of rape,” the memoir begins. It disappeared, and so did Beasley.
Top Cancer Doctor Resigns as Editor of Medical Journal
Dr. José Baselga, the former chief medical officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, was asked to resign after he failed to disclose corporate ties in dozens of scientific articles.
Politics Played ‘No Role’ in Interest Rate Hike, Fed Chairman Says
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve Chairman, announced an increase in the benchmark interest rate and dismissed President Trump’s warnings to the Fed to stop raising rates.
Fed Raises Interest Rates, Showing Confidence in Health of Economy
Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chairman, defended the decision to raise the benchmark rate for the fifth consecutive quarter, a move made despite political pressure and financial market worries.
John Ford Noonan, ‘Coupla White Chicks’ Playwright, Dies at 77
His plays, produced frequently in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, often threw polar opposites together to explore themes both comic and serious.
In Overture to Democrats, Trump Officials May Challenge Peru on Deforestation
The United States is considering using trade deal provisions to challenge Peru’s decision to dismantle an agency created to stop the illegal harvesting of trees in the Amazon.
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