Trump, Arraigned on Election Charges, Pleads Not Guilty
Former President Donald J. Trump appeared in federal court in Washington on Thursday for the first time to face charges that he conspired to remain in office despite his 2020…
Appeals Court Allows Biden’s Asylum Restrictions to Continue for Now
A federal appeals court said on Thursday that the Biden administration can continue enforcing its tough asylum policy on the southern border for at least several more weeks, while government…
AP Psychology in Florida Is ‘Effectively Banned,’ College Board Says
The College Board announced on Thursday that Florida school districts should no longer offer Advanced Placement Psychology, one of the most popular A.P. courses, the latest skirmish in its battle…
Texas A&M Agrees to $1 Million Settlement With Journalism Professor
Texas A&M University acknowledged on Thursday that top university officials, fearing criticism from conservatives, had made “significant mistakes” in their failed effort to hire a prominent Black professor to run…
The Next Affirmative Action Battle May Be at West Point
Students for Fair Admissions, fresh off its Supreme Court victory gutting affirmative action in college admissions, is preparing for another potential lawsuit. The group is soliciting possible plaintiffs — applicants…
Satchmo’s Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong Center Amplifies An Artist’s Vision
You can find anything in Queens. And yet for decades, the Louis Armstrong House Museum has been a well-kept secret on a quiet street in Corona. The longtime residence of…
Opinion | The Promise of Prison Music
But violent crime had been on the rise, reaching a peak in 1991, and political rhetoric turned away from rehabilitation to punishment. For wardens running bigger and fuller prisons, letting…
Russia’s Pro-War Bloggers Are Suddenly Sniping Among Themselves
Russia’s famously outspoken pro-war bloggers have begun turning on one another. Since the onset of the war, the bloggers’ close ties to the military have allowed them to become invaluable…
Opinion | One Sentence Does Not Define a Curriculum
The idea behind the disproportionate response to this one passage seems to have been that any statement that recalls the way slavery was presented to America’s children until the 1960s…
Opinion | What’s the Matter With Miami?
For a couple of years after the pandemic struck, there was considerable buzz to the effect that much of the financial industry might leave New York for Miami. After all,…
Winter Heat Wave Grips Chile, Argentina and Other South American Countries
Residents of Buenos Aires were wearing shorts and fanning themselves as they struggled to cope with unusual heat on Tuesday. By Thursday, they were back in the jackets and scarves…
Giuliani Maligns Jews and Women in Audio Recordings Filed in Lawsuit
Already identified as a co-conspirator in the latest indictment of Donald J. Trump, Rudolph W. Giuliani faced further embarrassment this week when a woman suing him for sexual assault and…
Georgia Missionary Spends $30 Million Meant for Bibles on Gambling and Gold
To Amish and Mennonite communities in Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Jason Gerald Shenk was a devout missionary spreading the word of God overseas. With their financial help, he would…
Manhattan D.A. Investigates Mayor Adams’s Circle of Support
The Manhattan district attorney’s office is prosecuting two criminal cases that come uncomfortably close to Mayor Eric Adams, bringing unwanted attention to the administration and raising questions about Mr. Adams’s…