Louisiana officials want to overturn the remaining federal desegregation orders in their state. They may find allies in the Trump administration.The Justice Department dismissed a desegregation order in Plaquemines Parish, La., which had been kept open by mistake. State officials hope others may be
Plus, your Friday news quiz.The U.S.-Mexico border. The Defense Department is reviewing a request for more than 20,000 National Guard members to help with an immigration crackdown.
Rail service is stopped dead after the engineers who run New Jersey Transit’s commuter trains walked out Friday just after midnight. Here’s what to know about the strike, and how to access New York.Charter buses will replace New Jersey Transit trains, but they can carry only a fraction of the commut
Justice Department lawyers are scheduled to appear in Federal District Court in Maryland to defend their latest effort to avoid disclosing details about several key aspects of the proceeding.The federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md. The Justice Department has argued that many of details of the deport
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation nations, staring down U.S. tariffs, jockeyed for time with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at a gathering in South Korea.Jamieson Greer, the top U.S. trade official, at the APEC meeting in South Korea on Thursday.
The surprise firing of the head of the Library of Congress and efforts to install Trump loyalists at the iconic institution have stirred bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill.Opponents of the president’s staff changes argue that his attempted takeover at the Library of Congress breaches the separation
Many Saudis say they are big fans of President Trump, calling him a “straight shooter” who shares their values. Others were not impressed.President Trump with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on Tuesday.
Humanitarian support has collapsed in the enclave, which has been under total Israeli blockade for more than two months. Aid groups warn that the territory is on the brink of famine.President Trump with the president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed, at the Abu Dhabi International Airp
President Trump’s four-day trip yielded a remarkable turnabout with Syria and announcements of multibillion-dollar agreements for U.S. companies.President Trump at a business event in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, on Friday.
The president’s Middle East visit produced multibillion-dollar technology investments by the Saudis and Emiratis. But they face political pushback at home.President Trump is set to wrap up his Middle East trip today, a visit that produced a slew of business deals.
Paula Kerger, the chief executive of PBS, is used to fights over the public broadcaster’s funding. But to her, the latest threats feel like “all-out effort to take us out.”
The layoffs amounted to over a third of the media organization’s staff, and came as the Trump administration put up for sale the federal building in Washington that houses the network.Nearly 600 journalists and contractors were fired by the Trump administration on Thursday.
“Ceasefire” will be the low-key public affairs channel’s first new weekly show in two decades. The question is whether Republicans and Democrats will show up.From left, James Carville, Paul Begala and Tucker Carlson during a 2002 episode of “Crossfire” on CNN.
Expectations were low for the discussions in Istanbul. Discussions between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators lasted an hour and 40 minutes.Preparing to fire shells on Russian positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine in March.
A Latvian security agency tells people to note radio gear and provocative questions, but some signs of espionage that it cites — like fit, unkempt backpackers — could apply to hikers and tourists.A hiking path in Kemeri National Park, Latvia.
The titans of the tech industry say artificial intelligence will soon match the powers of humans’ brains. Are they underestimating us?
Many flights have been delayed at the busy hub because of radar outages, shortages of air traffic controllers and construction on a runway.The Federal Aviation Administration says it’s working to restore reliability at Newark Liberty International Airport.
As Pakistan declares victory, confidence in the troubled country’s state institutions is re-emerging, at least for now.Students and teachers hold Pakistan’s national flags as they shout anti-India slogans during a rally to express their solidarity with the country’s armed forces in Karachi on Thursd
The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.
The Trump administration says it is ending a lease in the Columbia building that houses Tom’s Restaurant. The university says the rent is still due.The office sits above Tom’s Restaurant, the famous diner from “Seinfeld.”
Once drawn to American universities as havens, some students from abroad are finding the United States is not the bedrock of free speech they had expected.Hassan Kamal Wattoo, a law student from Pakistan, on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, this month.
Errol Langton and eight members of his family were among the first group of white South Africans to arrive in the United States this week after President Trump created an expedited path to citizenship.“Everybody still doesn’t believe that we’re actually standing here,” Errol Langton said in an inter
KAJ, representing Sweden with an ode to the sauna, is the bookmakers’ favorite, but singers from France, Austria, the Netherlands and Finland are also causing a stir.
