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Inside McCarthy’s Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk
The Republican speaker opted to keep the government open the only way he could — by partnering with Democrats —…
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Nikki Haley Won the Debate Stage. Now, She’s Trying to Win Over Iowa.
The former governor of South Carolina, who was ambassador to the United Nations under Donald Trump, now needs to appeal…
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Newsom Vetoes Bill Allowing Workers to Collect Unemployment Pay While Striking
The News Gov. Gavin Newsom of California vetoed legislation on Saturday that would have allowed workers to collect unemployment pay…
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Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Sept. 23-29
Bad luck came in threes (and a seven) in this week’s toughest tests.
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A Brief History of Consequential Deaths in Congress
Lawmakers’ deaths have sometimes helped to flip partisan control. With an aging, narrowly divided Senate, it could be a possibility…
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After 7 Weeks in Burn Unit, Another Maui Fire Victim Dies
Laurie Allen had to run through a wall of flame to escape the August wildfire. Doctors went to extraordinary lengths…
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In a ‘City Too Busy to Hate,’ New Attention to an Overlooked Race Massacre
ACROSS THE COUNTRY In a ‘City Too Busy to Hate,’ New Attention to an Overlooked Race Massacre Researchers say that…
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‘My Body Was Poisoned’: Biden’s Lead Pipe Removal Plan Faces Hurdles
A string of unexpected impediments could delay the administration’s timeline on an issue that is central to its effort to…
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San Francisco Mourns Its Homegrown Senator and the End of the Feinstein Era
Dianne Feinstein’s life was inseparable from the fortunes and tragedies of San Francisco over nine decades.
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Anthropology Conference Drops a Panel Defending Sex as Binary
Organizers said the session did not have scientific merit and was harmful to transgender members. Critics of the move say…