‘Everyone Deserves an Equal Chance to Get Into College’: Readers React

Readers debated race-based admissions policies after The New York Times reported that the Department of Justice may take on affirmative action in college admissions.

Trump budget director backs off demand to tie debt ceiling increase to spending cuts

Two significant Trump administration economic policy debates — one on the federal debt ceiling, the other on plans for tax reform — have been settled. On the debt limit, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney says the entire administration now wants...