Other polling, however, shows that he remains out of step with many Americans, even some Republicans, on some issues. A recent New York Times/Siena College poll, for instance, showed that 53 percent of voters who described themselves as somewhat conservative had a very favorable or somewhat favorable view of the …...Read More

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — Representative Rashida Tlaib, one of Congress’s most famous members, is perhaps best known for her membership in the progressive group known as “the squad” and her strident attacks on President Trump. But on a recent Saturday, she stood in a former manufacturing plant in one of …...Read More

“He was charming,” Mr. Thibault said. “And I perceived him to be a real person, although I didn’t know the totality of Louis.” Mr. Colavecchio, who was born on Jan. 1, 1942, spent part of his early life in Warwick, R.I., his childhood friend, Mary Ann Sorrentino, wrote in an …...Read More

The six lungs were taken from brain-dead patients and offered to transplant surgeons. But at major medical centers, one surgeon after another refused the organs. They were damaged, swollen and soggy with fluid. Like 80 percent of lungs offered for transplant, these were just too far gone for the operation. …...Read More

My friends were also 19, young and seemingly invincible, and, however nerdy they were, they still got drunk and went to parties. I did, too, if one of them folded up my wheelchair and threw it in the trunk of their car. And I navigated my new reality with some …...Read More

This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. When Jose Morón, known as Fredo, first came to the United States from Mexico at 18, the only word he knew in English was “cheeseburger,” and he ate a lot …...Read More

Good morning. (This article is part of the California Today newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox.) Today we have another installment of Your Lead, where we answer readers’ questions about how the pandemic is changing daily life in California. Submit your questions here. Eli Edelson, …...Read More

Rice University, in Houston, is building nine big new classrooms this summer, all of them outdoors. Five are open-sided circus tents that the university is buying, and another four are semi-permanent structures that workers are building in an open field near dorms, Kevin Kirby, Rice’s vice president for administration, told …...Read More

As Fauci becomes more vocal, Trump aides are moving to undercut him. President Trump’s advisers undercut the nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, over the weekend, anonymously providing details to various news outlets about statements he had made early in the outbreak that they said were inaccurate. …...Read More

At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with travel restrictions in place worldwide, we launched a new series — The World Through a Lens — in which photojournalists help transport you, virtually, to some of our planet’s most beautiful and intriguing places. This week, Caleb Kenna shares a collection of …...Read More