Oklahoma Teachers End Walkout After Winning Raises and Additional Funding
For the second time in recent weeks, a teacher walkout has ended with educators extracting some concessions. Ultimately, Republican lawmakers stood firm against more.
Publisher Broke Campaign Finance Law by Paying to Suppress Another Trump Story, Filing Alleges
A watchdog group said that a 2015 payment by the publisher of The National Enquirer, for a tip that never resulted in a published story, was intended to influence the 2016 election.
What Could Happen if Trump Fired Rosenstein
Those supporting the removal of the deputy attorney general have implied that it would allow the president to shut down the inquiries related to Russia and the 2016 election. But is that the case?
Comey’s Memoir Offers Visceral Details on a President ‘Untethered to Truth’
A memoir by James Comey, the former F.B.I. director, is the only firsthand account to emerge so far by a former Trump official, describing a president whose connection to honesty is tenuous at best.
Where Does Trump’s Border Wall Stand Today?
After more than a year in office, President Trump has been unable to deliver on his promise of a wall on the border with Mexico.
Justice Dept. Can’t Tie Police Funding to Help on Immigration, Judge Rules
The Justice Department can’t make cooperation with immigration authorities a condition of funding to local police departments, a federal judge ruled in Los Angeles.
Ryan Tries to Ensure Orderly Succession, but Unrest Simmers
A day after announcing his retirement, Speaker Paul D. Ryan appeared to back his second-in-command, Kevin McCarthy, to succeed him, but that may not prevent an unruly fight.
As Deficits Mount, Amendment to Require Balanced Budgets Fails in House
The balanced-budget amendment was seen as a symbolic gesture after the Republican Congress approved tax and spending legislation that will add to deficits.
Appeals Court Questions Dual Roles of Consumer Bureau’s Director
Two of the three jurists on the panel raised doubts that Mick Mulvaney, the White House budget director, could legally run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is supposed to be independent.
U.S. Puts New Pressure on Mexico in Decades-Old Murder of D.E.A. Agent
Rafael Caro Quintero, a notorious drug kingpin on the run in Mexico, was added to the F.B.I.’s 10 most wanted list.
Janice Dickinson at Cosby Trial: ‘Here Was America’s Dad on Top of Me’
The former model says Bill Cosby drugged her then assaulted her in a hotel room in Lake Tahoe, but his defense team suggests she is making it up.
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