The three Democrats removed from the commission said they were targeted for voting to stop imports of poorly made lithium-ion batteries and objecting to staffing cuts. Read full article

The president’s stated opposition to cutting the program has put Republicans laboring to enact his domestic agenda in a bind. Read full article

David Steiner, who also served as president and chief executive officer of Waste Management Inc., is expected to start in July. Read full article

The long-awaited hearing on whether Lyle and Erik Menendez should be eligible for release will take place May 13 and 14 in Los Angeles. Read full article

Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values than the president’s America First approach. Read full article

Retiring at just 69 after two decades on the Supreme Court, the justice left a legacy of case-by-case judging, intellectual rigor and a complete lack of pretension. Read full article

The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, had published an essay about the war in Gaza. Immigration agents arrested her and sent her to a Louisiana detention center to await deportation proceedings. Read full article

Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, has made clear that pre-emptive interest rate cuts are not appropriate for the moment. Read full article

The planned development outside of Dallas, organized by members of a local mosque, has drawn intense scrutiny from Republicans. Read full article