On Washington: Republicans Escalate Bitter Fight Over Judicial Nominations
The Senate is entering a new phase of judicial battles as Republicans push aside Democrats’ objections.
Painting That Hung in a Chicago Convention Center Brings Unexpected Windfall
A municipal agency that bought Kerry James Marshall’s “Past Times” for $25,000 in 1997 sold it Wednesday night at auction for $21.1 million.
This May Be a First: Exploding Vape Pen Kills a Florida Man
The authorities said the man, 35, died of a “projectile wound to the head.” It could be the first death attributed to vaping products in the United States.
A Lawyer for Payday Lenders Is Confirmed for F.T.C. Job
The new leader of the commission’s consumer protection unit was part of a legal team that defended a payday lender hit with a $1.3 billion fraud settlement by the F.T.C.
Fertility Rate Fell to a Record Low, for a Second Straight Year
The country has been living through one of the longest declines in fertility in decades and demographers are trying to figure out what is driving it.
Fact Check of the Day: Trump Falsely Claims a 40% Decrease in Illegal Border Crossings
Such crossings actually increased in April, compared with March and the previous three Aprils.
North Korean Threats Are ‘Splash of Cold Water’ on Expectations for Talks
Officials said they believed the meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un would still happen, but the threats brought a diplomatic high-wire act temporarily back to earth.
Top Republican Senator Says There’s ‘No Doubt’ Russia Favored Trump
Senator Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he saw “no reason to dispute” the findings of the United States’ spy agencies.
Mueller Won’t Indict Trump if He Finds Wrongdoing, Giuliani Says
The special counsel’s office has told the president’s lawyers that prosecutors will follow existing guidelines that say that sitting presidents cannot be indicted.
Prospective Democratic Presidential Candidates Put Their Ideas on Audition
At a Center for American Progress conference, Democrats who are potentially eyeing 2020 focused less on opposing President Trump and more on affirmative policy goals.
Trump Calls Some Unauthorized Immigrants ‘Animals’ in Rant
The president unspooled a lengthy diatribe before TV cameras, warning that dangerous people were clamoring to breach the United States’ borders and castigating Mexico.
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