Mississippi Senate Runoff: Here’s What You Should Know
The state’s voters will decide between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy as their next senator.
In a Texas Art Mecca, Humble Adobe Now Carries a High Cost
In Marfa, Tex., officials have raised taxes on adobe homes, pinching upscale homeowners as well as lower-income families who have lived there for decades.
On Politics: Trump and Mexico’s New Leader Square Off Over Migrants
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico’s incoming president, has a reputation for defending the poor. President Trump is already testing whether he will live up to it.
Trump, in Mississippi, Seeks to Shore Up Senate Candidate Engulfed in Controversy
The president offered an unabashed endorsement of Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is under fire over comments that seemed to embrace the state’s racist history.
Beto O’Rourke Says He Isn’t Ruling Out 2020 Presidential Bid
During his campaign against Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, Mr. O’Rourke said repeatedly he wouldn’t run for president in 2020. But on Monday, he said he had “made a decision not to rule anything out.”
Trump Moves to Lower Medicare Drug Costs by Relaxing Some Patient Protections
The Trump administration has proposed reducing the number of prescription drugs that must be made available to people with cancer, AIDS, depression, schizophrenia and certain other conditions.
Only Romaine From Central and Northern California Is Unsafe, F.D.A. Says
Federal health officials believe it’s safe to eat the lettuce if it’s grown in greenhouses or other regions — and is labeled as such.
How El Chapo Became a Kingpin, According to a Witness
The Sinaloa drug cartel is usually known as an international conglomerate, but under Joaquín Guzmán Loera it began as a kind of scrappy narcotics start-up.
Manafort Breached Plea Deal by Repeatedly Lying, Mueller Says
Prosecutors said lies by Mr. Manafort, President Trump’s onetime campaign chairman, on “a variety of subject matters” relieved them of all promises they made to him in their deal.
‘A Critical Time’: Border Businesses Jolted by $5.3 Million Loss in Crossing Shutdown
Business leaders warned that a prolonged shutdown of the San Ysidro border crossing could have devastating economic consequences.
How Trump Is Ensuring That Greenhouse Gas Emissions Will Rise
Since his earliest days in office, President Trump has been taking steps that increase emissions of the heat-trapping greenhouse gases that are warming the planet to dangerous levels.
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