Trump Is Expected to Relax Tax Rules on Churches Endorsing Political Candidates

Several administration officials said the president would mark the National Day of Prayer on Thursday by issuing an executive order easing the risk of religious groups losing their tax-exempt status.

2 Fatal Police Shootings Yield 2 Different Results

By RICHARD FAUSSET and ALAN BLINDER May 3, 2017 BATON ROUGE, La. — A day after the Justice Department extracted a guilty plea from a South Carolina police officer who fatally shot a black man in the back, a federal prosecutor here explained...

A Little-Noticed Target in the House Health Bill: Special Education

A provision of the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would sharply cut Medicaid funds for special education programs across the country.

Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady and Says Slow Growth Was Likely to Be ‘Transitory’

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM May 3, 2017 • The Federal Reserve did not change its benchmark interest rate at its May meeting. As was widely expected, the Fed left the rate in a range between 0.75 percent and 1 percent. • Officials are not worried about...

James Comey Says Keeping Quiet on Clinton Emails Would Have Been ‘Catastrophic’

By ADAM GOLDMAN May 3, 2017 WASHINGTON — James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, on Wednesday sharply defended his rationale for notifying Congress about new emails related to the Hillary Clinton investigation less than two weeks before Election Day,...