Activists and protesters with the National Center for Transgender Equality rally in front of the White House in Washington, after the Department of Education and the Justice Department announce it…
Gavin Grimm, 17, a transgender student seen at home in Gloucester, Virginia, sued the Gloucester County School Board after it prohibited him from the using the boys’ restroom at school.Nikki…
Ties between the countries have plunged since Trump took office a month ago, punctuated by Trump’s insistence that Mexico pay for a border wall and other demands on illegal immigration…
Emails detail efforts to weaken emissions rules
An unmanned Russian cargo ship lifted off on a supply mission to the International Space Station from the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.Russian Space Agency Roscosmos via Associated…
Police in Sweden said Tuesday they were investigating riots that broke out overnight in the predominantly immigrant Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby after officers arrested a suspect on drug charges.Christine Olsson/TT…
The Trump administration is working on new guidelines to help schools determine policies on how to handle transgender students’ requests to use bathrooms in accordance with their gender identities.Elaine Thompson/Associated…
Man who killed wounded Palestinian gets 18 months
Immigrants with any arrest will be top priority under new rules
Flowers are placed by a portrait of the late Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin outside the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow.Ivan Sekretarev/Associated Press Vitaly Churkin, who died…
Refurbishing of Jefferson’s home will portray evidence of his slave mistress
Panda cub Bao Bao left the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington on Tuesday for a flight to China, where she will be joining a panda breeding program.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press…
President Donald Trump said the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington is “a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance and hatred in…
Mattis visits, says he wants ‘good situational awareness’
Thousands across country voice their displeasure
People carry posters during a rally in Times Square in New York City in support of Muslim Americans and to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.Andres Kudacki/Associated Press A senior…
“I want to be among my friends and among the people,” Trump told a cheering crowd packed into an airport hangar in central Florida, praising his “truly great movement.” Trump…
‘Word pedometers’ used to increase vocabulary
Liberals seek leader from their party
The issue gained attention recently after at least three travelers, including a Canadian journalist, spoke out publicly about their experiences. The episodes have gained notice amid an outcry over President…
Speaking on a panel about combating terrorism at the Munich Security Conference, Kelly said Trump’s original order was designed as a “temporary pause” to allow him to “see where our…
DeVosdu1-i-syn The move is unusual for the Education Department, which typically has a team of civil servants guarding the secretary, and for the marshals, law enforcement officers who are generally…
President uses speech to renew attack on media
