The report, issued by a 15-member task force that was appointed by the Smithsonian’s secretary himself, cited how few Hispanics had roles in the Smithsonian’s top management or were featured in the “notable Americans” section of the National Portrait Gallery. Three years later, the Smithsonian Latino Center was created to …...Read More

She said that the police took her to the hospital and that she had surgery to remove bullets. She wrote on Instagram, “It was important for me to clarify the details about this traumatic night.” On Monday night, almost two weeks after that post, Megan Thee Stallion posted a video …...Read More

HOUSTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr. won over environmentalists and liberals when he announced a $2 trillion plan to promote electric vehicles, energy efficiency and other policies intended to address climate change. But the plan released on July 14 has also earned a measure of support from an unexpected source: …...Read More

“Hey hey, ho ho, these racist cops have got to go. Hey hey, ho ho, these racist cops have got to go. Hey hey, ho ho.” “I’m here right now because the feds are here, and that’s terrifying to me as a citizen.” President Trump’s deployment of federal agents is …...Read More

The allegations, which were first reported on by The Montreal Gazette, were made via an anonymous Instagram account called @surviving_the_artworld beginning July 16. Posts attributed to at least three women accused the artist of “sexual abuse,” “emotional abuse" and “predatory behavior.” Mr. Rafman disputes the accusations. In a statement published …...Read More

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats said on Tuesday that they were investigating the Trump administration’s decision to lift a ban on firearm silencer sales to foreign private buyers that had been enacted to prevent the devices from being used against American troops. Democrats are focusing in part on the involvement of …...Read More

WASHINGTON — Confronted by lawmakers multiple times with videos of Park Police officers advancing on protesters and beating reporters in Lafayette Square last month, Gregory T. Monahan, the force’s acting chief, refused on Tuesday to acknowledge the violent clashes and testified that his officers acted with “tremendous restraint.” Mr. Monahan …...Read More

Many of the hundreds of thousands of DACA beneficiaries who have felt their futures to be in peril reacted with exasperation to the latest development. “I was one of the lucky ones,” said Pierre R. Berastaín, whose application for a two-year renewal of his DACA status, which allows him to …...Read More

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has admitted for the third time that its bombing campaign against terrorist groups in Somalia, which has been underway for more than a decade, had caused civilian casualties there, a military report said on Tuesday. The announcement, by United States Africa Command, substantiated reports by Amnesty …...Read More

As he seeks to unite and energize his party around his candidacy, he has sought input from a broad range of experts and officials, including from a series of task forces assembled with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, his liberal primary rival. But Mr. Biden, the former vice president, continues …...Read More