And the thing is, I imagine initially that day, the troopers thought that they had won the battle. You can imagine the conversations they had afterwards. You can imagine them saying, “Yeah, we showed them.” They figured they’d turned the protesters back over the bridge; that they’d kept, that they’d …...Read More

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s nomination of a retired general with a history of inflammatory comments to serve in the Pentagon’s top policy job was abruptly postponed on Thursday, as senators from both sides of the aisle indicated an unwillingness to back Anthony J. Tata, a novelist and Fox News commentator. …...Read More

And any other president confronted with a virulent viral outbreak across huge regions of the country would be at least trying to deliver a clear and consistent message about public safety. Instead, Mr. Trump has continued to promote a drug of no proven efficacy, hydroxychloroquine, as a potential miracle cure, …...Read More

Scratch The Dog Days of Quarantine Animal Haven was always rescuing animals. Now the shelter is doing it on the front lines....Read More

Because of Mr. Flynn’s prior ties to Russian officials, F.B.I. agents had been scrutinizing him as part of the early stage of the investigation into Russia’s election meddling and whether any Trump campaign associates had conspired in that interference. But the bureau had decided to close its file on Mr. …...Read More

I live in a small city that’s in the process of reopening as new Covid-19 cases remain relatively low. This is wonderful! Still, it frightens me to see people in stores and on buses, for instance, who are not wearing face masks as required by my state. I would never …...Read More

States have broad autonomy to define the timing and procedures for primary elections. The exact process for setting primary dates varies from state to state. For example, in Louisiana, state law allows the governor to reschedule an election because of an emergency, so long as the secretary of state has …...Read More

It has been a comforting refrain in the national conversation about reopening schools: Young children are mostly spared by the coronavirus and don’t seem to spread it to others, at least not very often. But on Thursday, a study introduced an unwelcome wrinkle into this smooth narrative. Infected children have …...Read More

As global warming pushes up ocean levels around the world, scientists have long warned that many low-lying coastal areas will become permanently submerged. But a new study published Thursday finds that much of the economic harm from sea-level rise this century is likely to come from an additional threat that …...Read More

“We knew when he was first hospitalized with Covid-19 that this was going to be a rough fight,” Mr. Calabrese said in the announcement, adding, “Although he was basically pretty healthy in recent years, he was still in a high-risk group because of his history with cancer.” Mr. Cain had …...Read More