Arrests at U.S.-Mexico Border Drop for First Time in Months
The drop in apprehensions, to just over 42,500 people, follows weeks of chaos along the border amid the implementation of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.
Trump Administration in Chaotic Scramble to Reunify Migrant Families
Officials are facing political and judicial pressure to reunite families separated at the border, with the authorities struggling to identify connections between family members.
The Lost Dogs of the Americas
Exhaustive DNA studies find that the dogs of European colonists completely replaced ancient American dogs.
E.P.A. Drafts Rule on Coal Plants to Replace Clean Power Plan
The Trump administration is conceding that it has a legal obligation to address greenhouse gases, but it uses a light regulatory touch.
California Today: California Today: When Extreme Wealth and Poverty Collide
Thursday: A view of homelessness across Los Angeles, the County Fire keeps growing, and saying goodbye to the Warped Tour.
Ban Was Lifted, but Transgender Recruits Still Can’t Join Up
Federal courts ordered the Trump administration not to exclude transgender military recruits starting Jan. 1. But hardly any have been allowed to enlist.
Americans Are Having Fewer Babies. They Told Us Why.
Women have more options, for one. But a new poll also shows that financial insecurity is altering a generation’s choices.
Tracing the Roots of South Carolina’s ‘Turks,’ Before They Melt Away
With dark complexions and origins wreathed in mystery, the rural Sumter County people called the Turks never fit easily in any racial pigeonhole. A new book tries to settle who they really are.
Immigrants Take Oath at Monticello, Feeling the Weight of the Past
“This place for me is for the birth of America, birth of liberty and, now, the birth of my citizenship,” said Joseph Csaba Nagy, formerly of Romania.
News Analysis: How Trump Went From ‘Fire and Fury’ to Dismissing North Korean Nuclear Advances
As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to Pyongyang this week, he must exceed the terms of the Iran deal — rejected as a “disaster” by his boss — in dismantling North Korea’s nuclear abilities.
Alan Diaz, Prize Winner for Photo of Immigration Raid, Dies at 71
His picture, honored with a Pulitzer, showed 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez of Cuba being seized in a Miami home in 2000 amid an international custody fight.
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