While administration officials say the changes will save money by lifting onerous requirements, advocates fear the anti-poverty program will be gutted.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, has led the push to deregulate Head Start, the anti-poverty program that an uncle, Sargent Shriver, help
Dr. Anthony Fauci had refused to answer questions at a hearing last week, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Republicans argued he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.The vote once again exposed the sharp partisan divisions around Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who served for n
The case is unique, legal scholars say, because of the tension between the Fifth Amendment and the reach of a presidential pardon. The potential consequences could be grave.Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, at a Senate Homeland Security
The Kentucky Republican has been absent from Congress for nearly two months after a health episode. He said he would continue recovering from home.Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Capitol Hill earlier this year. Mr. McConnell was hospitalized in June after falling unconscious in his home.
One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism.After a closer than expected election night, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won his primary contest against a more moderate candidate.
The candidates are seeking to win over voters with competing proposals on tax, housing and health care that are aimed at lowering household costs.James Talarico, left, and Ken Paxton laid out competing economic plans at events in the Dallas area this week.
The Trump administration is sending back record numbers of Vietnamese, Laotians and Hmong. Many came to the United States as young war refugees and later committed crimes.
Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses.
The Rhine conveys vessels and cargo that power European industry. Record low water levels are disrupting supply chains, adding costs and presenting fresh risks to growth.The wreck of a fishing boat that sunk in 1996 is one of several long-submerged relics exposed by low water levels.
The day before the World Cup final, key FIFA figures faced a stunning demand to sign off on a multibillion-dollar privatization project.Spain’s players celebrate winning the World Cup. UEFA, European soccer’s governing body, led the opposition to the plan.
Monster Wolf and Pochi are among the robots deployed to scare away bears and transport cherry blossoms in a northern region where many farmers are in their 70s or older.
The Iranian-backed militia said it had targeted the armed forces in two resource-rich provinces, as escalating violence in Yemen imperils a fragile truce.Yemeni soldiers in Marib, Yemen, in 2024.
The indictment was a rare case in which the Israeli authorities pressed charges against an Israeli in the killing of a Palestinian.Khalil Hathaleen with pictures of his brother in Umm al-Khair in November.
For an audience that grew to more than a million followers, she challenged assumptions about how people with serious illnesses should look and live.Sydney Towle in 2025. Diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer of the bile ducts, she turned her new life as a young woman with cancer into cont
Sydney Towle’s videos have drawn an enormous audience on TikTok, where her followers praise and support her. On Reddit, an army of skeptics was determined to paint her as a fraud.Sydney Towle at a cancer fund-raiser in Manhattan in March, with friends from college.
The incident, one of thousands of times that school officers in Texas have used physical force in recent years, underscores long-held concerns about policing in schools.Judson High School in Converse, Texas.
Americans have been taken with scams for years. Now, the word is being used for any system that ends with somebody profiting at their expense.
What exactly is the project of the insurgent left all about?
And what society can do to help a struggling generation.
As a detective with the N.Y.P.D., he helped prosecute violent crimes under federal law. At the U.S. attorney’s office, he was involved in high-profile exonerations.John O’Malley in 2014. “No one was more responsible for cleaning up the streets of New York, or at least the Bronx — more than you can p
