Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician, withdrew from consideration as secretary of Veterans Affairs, saying the allegations against him had become a distraction.
Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is facing two congressional panels in what is expected to be a daylong grilling over his ethics and spending. We’ll have updates and analysis.
The Senate elevated Mike Pompeo, the current C.I.A. director and an outspoken foreign policy hawk, to be the nation’s top diplomat. His agenda is already packed.
In an interview on “Fox & Friends,” the president said that the investigation of his lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, was about Mr. Cohen’s personal business dealings.
Joseph James DeAngelo, a former police officer, is suspected to have killed 12 people, raped at least 45 people and burglarized more than 120 homes in multiple California communities from 1976 to 1986.
Many Americans are just beginning to climb out of the recession, yet policymakers are debating whether the economy is on the cusp of overheating.
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In considering the ban, the Supreme Court justices seem focused on one question: Should the president’s authority have anything to do with his personal beliefs?
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Working outside the mainstream art world, Ashley Longshore has become an avatar of pop feminism through her Instagram feed, and in the rarefied precincts of Bergdorf Goodman.
An engineer is the latest Hamas figure to be targeted abroad by Israel’s Mossad spy agency, officials say, as another conspiracy plays out in Kuala Lumpur.
Siberian truck drivers, who haul heavy loads on winter roads made of ice that melts earlier every year, are true believers in climate change.
In contrast to the pomp lavished on the French president, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany will be given a working lunch. The visit is expected to be all business.
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Typically associated with elite colleges and private clubs, squash can be expensive and difficult to play. But there’s no pedigree required at a new court on the Lower East Side.
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This week’s Australia Letter explores Port Arthur and the role of the past in shaping the present.
The decision to nominate Adm. Harry Harris as the ambassador to South Korea is seen as a diplomatic blow to Australia, a close American ally.
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The battle between the White House and blue states raises questions about the limits of federal authority.
A systematic flaw in the way the military screens claims of civilian casualties surely lowers the numbers.
As an essential platform for speech, the company owes users due process.
Democrats are getting behind an old idea to face challenges of technological disruption in the work force.
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