Texas Panel Files Articles of Impeachment Against Attorney General Ken Paxton
Follow our live updates for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment proceedings. A Republican-led committee of the Texas House of Representatives recommended on Thursday that...
Texas Attorney General Paxton Is Temporarily Suspended After Impeachment Vote
Lawmakers in the Texas House voted on Saturday to impeach Ken Paxton, the state’s Republican attorney general, temporarily removing him from office over charges that...
Fixer-Uppers With Waterfront Views: The U.S. Is Unloading Lighthouses
Since Congress passed a law authorizing the government to transfer ownership of lighthouses in 2000, more than 150 have been conveyed to new owners, including...
Ken Paxton Fighting for Conservative Causes Has Helped Him Survive Legal Woes
The impeachment process began after Mr. Paxton and his former aides said in February that they had reached a $3.3 million settlement in their suit,...
Judge Temporarily Blocks South Carolina Abortion Ban
The News A South Carolina judge on Friday temporarily blocked a new law restricting abortion access after six weeks of pregnancy. The order came just...
Sedition Sentence for Oath Keepers’ Stewart Rhodes Marks Moment of Accountability
A few hours after Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers militia, was sentenced on Thursday to 18 years in prison for his role...
Winnie the Pooh ‘Run, Hide, Fight’ Book Draws Parents’ Ire
The school district in Dallas has drawn backlash from parents after giving elementary school students a Winnie the Pooh-themed book that teaches children how to...
How Ron DeSantis Uses Power in Florida
Few knew what to expect from Ron DeSantis when he was first elected Florida governor in 2018 as a little-known congressman. He had barely eked...
A Brief History of Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest for travel in the United States and the unofficial start of summer; a day for cookouts, beach trips...
Can You Guess These 10 Words From the Scripps Spelling Bee?
In music, this type of “leaning” grace note clashes with the melody just enough to create dissonance, then sweet resolution. It is famous for its...
F.B.I. Documents Detail 1983 Assassination Threat Against Queen Elizabeth II
A trove of documents released this week by the F.B.I. reveal details about an assassination threat against Queen Elizabeth II before a trip that she...
The Common App Will Now Hide a Student’s Race and Ethnicity
Each year, the million or so students applying to college through the Common App are given the option to check a box, disclosing whether they...
How Seditious Conspiracy Is Different From Insurrection and Treason
At the heart of the case against Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers leader who was sentenced on Thursday to the longest prison term yet in...
DeSantis Campaign Says It Raised $8.2 Million in First 24 Hours
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida raised $8.2 million in his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, his campaign said on Thursday, a huge sum...