Blumenthal Calls ‘Shadow Hearing’ on Trump Veterans Cuts
Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the Veterans Affairs Committee, on Monday called on Doug Collins, the secretary of veterans affairs, to testify at an informal hearing…
Trump Did What Castros Couldn’t: Take Radio Martí Off the Air
Journalists from Radio Martí, the U.S. federally-funded news outlet aimed at communist Cuba, were in the middle of interviewing a Cuban activist in Miami on a recent Saturday when bleak…
You Can Make Amber Fossils in 24 Hours, Instead of Millions of Years
Amber is coveted the world over as both jewelry and a vessel for prehistoric remnants, with rarer specimens preserving ancient water, air bubbles, plants, insects or even birds. Typically, amber…
Trump Criticizes His Portrait in Colorado’s Capitol: ‘Nobody Likes a Bad Picture’
President Trump has criticized a portrait painted during his first term that is hanging in the Colorado State Capitol, and demanded that the state’s governor take it down. The portrait,…
23andMe Files for Bankruptcy Amid Concerns About Security of Customers’ Genetic Data
The genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday after months of uncertainty over its business model and mounting concerns about the security of the troves of customer…
Law in Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Was Once Struck Down — by Trump’s Sister
The 1952 law under which the Trump administration seeks to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who helped organize protests at Columbia University, is largely untested. Largely, but not…
‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the N.I.H., the Crown Jewel of American Science
A week after Donald J. Trump was inaugurated, a senior scientist at the National Institutes of Health was preparing to give an invited talk at a scientific meeting when an…
Wildfires Erupt in South Korea, Killing 4 and Forcing Thousands to Evacuate
More than two dozen wildfires broke out in southeastern South Korea over the weekend, killing four people and injuring nine others, officials said on Monday. Thousands of firefighters and dozens…
‘Mid Century Modern,’ Plus 8 Things to Watch on TV this Week
Dive into dating. “The Bachelor” franchise has had a couple of explosive seasons in recent years, but for better or worse, Grant Ellis’s journey to find love has been pretty…
Venezuela Accepts Flight Carrying Deportees From U.S. for First Time in Weeks
The Trump administration sent a flight carrying deportees from the United States to Venezuela on Sunday, the first such flight since the Venezuelan government reached an agreement with the Trump…