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Trump Ban Leaves 12-Year-Old Girl Facing Return to War-Torn Yemen
by Justin Elliott Ahmed Ali spent Sunday at a hotel near Djibouti’s International Airport, anxiously checking CNN on his phone to see if the Trump administration would allow him to fly to the United...
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Trump’s Executive Order Strands Brooklyn Doctor in Sudan
by Charles Ornstein On Saturday morning, Dr. Kamal Fadlalla traveled more than two hours from his family’s home in Wad Madani, Sudan, to the country’s capital of Khartoum to board a flight back to the...
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How Jeff Sessions Helped Kill Equitable School Funding in Alabama
by Ryan Gabrielson In the early 1990s, children across Alabama’s large rural stretches still attended faltering public schools, some with exposed wiring and rainwater leaking into classrooms. The...
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DeVos’ Code Words for Creationism Offshoot Raise Concerns About ‘Junk Science’
by Annie Waldman At a confirmation hearing earlier this month, Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s pick for education secretary, responded to a question about whether she would promote “junk science” by...
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Trump’s Travel Ban Is Wreaking Havoc on Families, Especially Those With Valid...
by Charles Ornstein , Terry Parris Jr. and Marcelo Rochabrun President Donald Trump’s travel ban has torn apart Dr. Abubaker Hassan’s family. A few months ago, his wife, Sara Hamad, took their infant...
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Federal Court May Decide If Employers Can Reject Older Job Seekers to Protect...
by Peter Gosselin BOSTON — Texas Roadhouse is a nationwide chain of steakhouses with a casual vibe, a partner in country singer Willie Nelson and, according to federal officials, a history of labeling...
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HHS Nominee Tom Price Targeted Panel That Urged Fewer Cancer Screenings
by Marshall Allen This story was co-published with NPR’s Shots blog. If the last few years are any guide, one group that may find itself in the crosshairs of Rep. Tom Price, President Trump’s pick to...
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After NY Cop Salutes Violence Against Anti-Trump Protester, His Online Post...
by Patrick G. Lee A video posted on Jan. 22 by a pro-Trump Facebook page shows a physical altercation between anti-Trump protesters and a passerby in Washington, D.C. The pedestrian punches a...
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Cleveland Clinic Medical Trainee Sues to Come Back to U.S.
by Charles Ornstein A Cleveland Clinic doctor barred from entering the United States over the weekend by President Donald Trump’s travel ban is suing the president and his administration, seeking a...
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A New State Department Order to Revoke Visas Could Have Far-Reaching Effects
by Justin Elliott The Trump travel ban could have far wider effects than previously understood for foreigners who waited years as State Department officials reviewed their immigrant visa applications....
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Reader Questions Answered on Trump’s Travel Ban
by Jessica Huseman On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order barring refugees and immigrants from seven majority Muslim countries from entering the country for 120 days. In the hours...
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Will Trump’s Ban Cause Foreign-Born Doctors to Look Elsewhere?
by Marshall Allen Get sick in Toledo, Ohio, and chances are good you’ll be treated by a doctor born in another country. If you have allergies, stomach issues or neurological problems, the chances are...
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Ivanka Trump Also Promised to Resign From Family Business, And Hasn’t Filed...
by Derek Kravitz and Al Shaw When Donald Trump promised in early January to hand over control of his businesses before becoming president, Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, pledged to do the same thing. “I...
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Can the Democrats Be as Stubborn as Mitch McConnell?
by Alec MacGillis This story was co-published with The New York Times Sunday Review. In laying the groundwork recently for President Trump’s nomination for the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell, the...
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The Breakthrough: What American Journalists Can Learn From Reporting Under Putin
by Annie Waldman .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia slowly relinquished state control on the media and...
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Claims of ‘Homosexual Agenda’ Help Kill Hate Crimes Laws in 5 States
by A.C. Thompson and Patrick G. Lee Last year, lawmakers in South Carolina introduced legislation that would have increased the standard penalties for anyone who assaults, intimidates or threatens...
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Despite Judge’s Order, a Cleveland Clinic Doctor Still Can’t Come Back to U.S.
by Charles Ornstein Joyous homecomings and family reunions broke out at airports across the country after a federal judge in Washington state blocked the implementation of President Donald Trump’s...
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After Officials Sign Off, Cleveland Clinic Doctor Secretly Returns Home
by Charles Ornstein In a clandestine mission that had the makings of a hostage rescue, the Cleveland Clinic and its lawyers arranged for medical resident Suha Abushamma to fly back to the United...
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When the Government Really Did Fear a Bowling Green Massacre — From a White...
by A.C. Thompson This story was co-published with The New York Times. The year was 2012. The place was Bowling Green, Ohio. A federal raid had uncovered what the authorities feared were the makings of...
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Labor Department Hire Could Presage Collision Between Trump and Construction...
by Justin Elliott Last month, President Donald Trump hosted the chiefs of several building trades unions at the White House in a meeting notable for how friendly it was given that they had endorsed...
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