Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion

Agencies are gripped with uncertainty about how to implement the blizzard of new policies as workers frantically try to assess the impact on their lives.

The Search for Lessons in Trump’s Return on Martin Luther King Day

The dual celebrations of a second Trump inauguration and the civil rights leader’s birth raise profound questions about Black leadership and progress toward the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream.

Biden to Spend a Last Day as President in Charleston

President Biden will spend his final full day in office in Charleston, S.C., where five years ago he revived his flailing campaign.

Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences

The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, will be the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president.

Barbara Lee, a Progressive Pillar of the House, Is Running for Oakland Mayor

The Bay Area politician, known for her antiwar position and breaking barriers in Congress, just left the House after more than two decades.