Francis Collins Retires From N.I.H., Saying Colleagues ‘Deserve the Utmost Respect’
Dr. Francis S. Collins, a renowned geneticist who ran the National Institutes of Health for 12 years, announced Saturday that he has retired from the institutes and the federal government,…
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Fire Head of Federal Watchdog Agency Without Cause
A federal judge in Washington on Saturday blocked President Trump from ousting the leader of a federal watchdog agency, saying that the effort to remove the official without due cause…
Hundreds Gather at National Parks Across U.S. to Protest Job Cuts
Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday at national parks from California to Maine to protest the Trump administration’s firing of at least 1,000 National Park Service employees last month. A…
Welcome to the Zero Sum Era. Now How Do We Get Out?
My grandfather’s idea of an Easter egg hunt involved hiding money in colorful plastic eggs sprinkled around his house on Long Island. Most held coins, but there was always one…
Trump Signs Order to Designate English as Official Language of the U.S.
President Trump signed an order designating English as the official language of the United States, the White House said on Saturday. The executive order rescinds a Clinton-era mandate that required…
Angie Stone, Hip-Hop Pioneer Turned Neo-Soul Singer, Dies at 63
Angie Stone, a hip-hop pioneer in the late 1970s with the Sequence, one of the first all-female rap groups, who later switched gears as a solo R&B star with hits…
Trump Picks Another Trade Fight With Canada Over Lumber
President Trump on Saturday initiated an investigation into whether imports of lumber threaten America’s national security, a step that is likely to further inflame relations with Canada, the largest exporter…
The Democratic Party Reconsiders a Huge, Vulnerable Database of Voter Information
Problems with a huge database of voter information that effectively functions as the central nervous system of the Democratic Party grew so worrisome last summer that top Democrats staged an…
Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ Set Off Panic in an Unexpected Place: Real Estate
President Trump’s plan to sell green cards for $5 million each, a program he is calling a “gold card,” has largely been met with a shrug. It’s not clear exactly…
Honduras Moves to Extradite Man Accused of Killing Iowa Woman
The government of Honduras said it had begun the process of extraditing to the United States an undocumented immigrant who was accused of killing a young Iowa woman in 2016,…