On Washington: Can the House Speakership Be Saved? These Lawmakers Have an Idea
A bipartisan group of legislators, backed by advocacy groups, is pondering changes to make the top House office less polarizing and the House more functional. It won’t be easy.
Massachusetts High School Apologizes After Nazi Quote Is Printed in Yearbook
Andover High School said it thought the student who submitted the quote was unaware of its origins. The school is offering to replace the page in the yearbook.
Ketamine Used to Subdue Dozens at Request of Minneapolis Police, Report Says
The Star Tribune reported that emergency medical workers were asked by officers 62 times last year to sedate people with the powerful anesthetic.
Monticello Is Done Avoiding Jefferson’s Relationship With Sally Hemings
A new exhibit grapples with the reality of slavery and deals a final blow to two centuries of ignoring or covering up what amounted to an open secret.
‘She Was Part of This Family’: Jefferson Descendants Reflect on Sally Hemings Exhibit
Many who trace their roots back to the enslaved community at Monticello are expected to attend the exhibit opening, along with some of Jefferson’s white descendants.
Jury Awards $45 Million to Woman Struck by Falling Shopping Cart
Marion Hedges had been shopping for Halloween candy when two boys pushed a cart off a fourth-story walkway. It hit her head, leaving her with brain damage.
Will the Justice Department Investigate the Trump Foundation?
Election law experts agreed that the New York attorney general made a compelling case in her lawsuit. What they could not agree on was whether investigators will pick up the case.
William Reese, Leading Seller of Rare Books, Is Dead at 62
For nearly 40 years, Mr. Reese shaped tastes, cultivated collectors and advised museums and libraries from his by-appointment-only store in New Haven.
The Biggest Stories in American Politics This Week
From the meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea to the release of a report highly critical of the former director of the F.B.I., a lot happened this week. Here are five of the biggest stories in American politics — and some addi…
Separated at the Border From Their Parents: In Six Weeks, 1,995 Children
The Department of Homeland Security released the figures as President Trump sought to shift blame for practice that has become the signature policy of his immigration agenda.
Sessions’s Use of Bible Passage to Defend Immigration Policy Draws Fire
The attorney general’s invocation of a passage once used to defend slavery and oppose the American Revolution has prompted criticism from historians and theologians.
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