E.P.A. Promised ‘a New Day’ for the Agriculture Industry, Documents Reveal

By ERIC LIPTON and RONI CARYN RABIN August 18, 2017 WASHINGTON — In the weeks before the Environmental Protection Agency decided to reject its own scientists’ advice to ban a potentially harmful pesticide, Scott Pruitt, the...

‘We Can’t Just Pull Out Our Gun’: Border Patrol Alters Training

By RON NIXON August 18, 2017 ARTESIA, N.M. — In a classroom on the campus of the Border Patrol Academy here at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Andrew Andrade, an instructor, is guiding a group of future Border Patrol agents through an...

Right and Left on Removal of Confederate Statues

Writers from across the political spectrum consider the debate over whether statues of Confederate heroes should be torn down.

James Murdoch Pledges $1 Million to Anti-Defamation League as Trump Protest

Mr. Murdoch, the son of a frequent ally of President Trump’s, gave a candid statement, via email, against the white supremacist sentiment that swept through Virginia last weekend.

Text of James Murdoch’s Email Condemning Trump’s Response to Charlottesville

An email sent Thursday by Mr. Murdoch, the chief executive of 21st Century Fox, on President Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend.