PHOENIX — The political fortunes of Katie Hobbs, the Arizona secretary of state, have risen unlike any other Democrat in the country in the tumultuous aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Now running for governor, she has emerged as a high-profile defender
The coronavirus pandemic is receding. The economy is gradually climbing back. And according to recent surveys, a wide majority of Americans is feeling optimistic about the future. On Thursday, the Consumer Comfort Index, a polling measure of Americans’ confidence in the economy,
Several faculty members at the private, coed Thacher School in California sexually abused and harassed students or engaged in inappropriate relationships with them, according to a report released by the school, which detailed allegations that went back to the 1980s. In one
As dense plumes of wildfire smoke thickened the air in Salem, Ore., last September, residents could barely see down the street, the morning sky glowed an ominous shade of orange and the Air Quality Index soared to almost 500, the worst reading
What might have been For all of the United States’ success with its vaccine rollout, about 100,000 people have died since February, when the rollout was underway. Many more were infected, hospitalized and are living with long-term problems. My colleagues at The
On Thursday, President Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, a federal holiday. The measure was passed in the House and Senate with bipartisan support.
On Thursday, President Biden signs legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday after the House voted to make June 19 the national day to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.
When the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, a day after the Senate rushed the measure through unanimously, 14 House members, all Republicans, voted against the proposal. President Biden signed the measure into law on
On Thursday, President Biden signs legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday after the House voted to make June 19 the national day to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.
WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act on Thursday survived a third major challenge as the Supreme Court turned aside the latest effort by Republicans to kill the health care law. The law, President Barack Obama’s defining domestic legacy, has been the subject
There is much to celebrate about America’s vaccine rollout. The government bet big on vaccines, committing to buying millions of doses even before a vaccine was approved. Now, about 44 percent of the United States population has been fully vaccinated, far more
