Here Are the Biggest Stories in American Politics This Week
From Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s decision to retire from the Supreme Court to upsets in midterm primaries, it was a busy week in American politics. Here are some of the highlights from the headlines this week.
For Local Newspapers, Angry Readers Are a Given. But Killings Send Shivers.
Many journalists, especially at the local level, have stories of being confronted or harassed by a resident upset by something that was published. Violence is rare.
Trump Says He Will Announce Supreme Court Pick on July 9
The president said that he has narrowed down his Supreme Court candidates to about five people, including two women, calling them “brilliant” and “talented.”
Newspaper Shooting Shows Widening Use of Facial Recognition by Authorities
The use of facial recognition to identify the suspect in the shooting at a community newspaper chain in Maryland revealed how pervasive the technology has become in law enforcement.
Francisco J. Ayala, Famed Biologist, Resigns After Sexual Harassment Inquiry
Administrators at the University of California, Irvine, said they would remove Dr. Ayala’s name from campus buildings and academic posts.
N.S.A. Purges Hundreds of Millions of Call and Text Records
The agency said it had discovered “irregularities” in a system it created under a 2015 law, the USA Freedom Act, to collect data from U.S. telecoms.
Fact Check of the Day: Kudlow Falsely Claims Deficit Is ‘Coming Down Rapidly’
Three sources of government data contradict Friday’s claim by the White House economic adviser, showing instead that the federal budget deficit is actually increasing.
Video Shows Police Officer Firing Stun Gun at Unarmed Man Sitting on Curb
A widely shared video captured the encounter in which a Lancaster, Pa., police officer asked the man to straighten his legs before stunning him.
Hundreds Arrested During Women’s Immigration Protest in Washington
The women were charged and released after staging a sit-in at a Senate office building in Washington, D.C., over the president’s immigration policies.
‘Shaken’ Rosenstein Felt Used by White House in Comey Firing
After the F.B.I. director James B. Comey was fired, the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, privately appeared conflicted about his involvement in the dismissal.
Doctor, Your Patient Is Waiting. It’s a Red Panda.
Medical students at Harvard take part in an elective with veterinarians, learning about diseases and treatments between animals and humans.
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