Vacation’s Over: Obama Returns to Public Life Next Week

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR April 21, 2017 WASHINGTON — Barack Obama’s extended post-presidential vacation is about to end. After spending weeks in French Polynesia — including time on the yacht of the movie mogul David Geffen along with Bruce...

From N.F.L. Owners to Florida Retirees, a Who’s Who of Inaugural Donors

By NICHOLAS FANDOS and RACHEL SHOREY April 20, 2017 WASHINGTON — Blue-chip American companies, kings of “dark money,” titans of professional football and even a Florida retirement community. They all contributed to Donald J....

After Georgia’s Close Race, Montana Democrats Demand Party’s Attention

By JONATHAN MARTIN April 19, 2017 BOZEMAN, Mont. — Rob Quist surveyed his audience last week at an annual powwow of Montana’s Native American tribes, a kaleidoscope of feathers, moccasins and beads, before turning his thoughts to a very different...

Supreme Court Weighs State Aid to Church Programs

By ADAM LIPTAK April 19, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed ready to chip away at the wall separating church and state on Wednesday, with several justices suggesting that states must sometimes provide aid to religious groups. The case concerned...

Retired Miners Lament Trump’s Silence on Imperiled Health Plan

Coal company bankruptcies have left coverage for retirees, many with chronic ailments, in federal hands. Unless Congress acts this month, benefits will end.

Health Insurers Make Case for Subsidies, but Get Little Assurance From Administration

By REED ABELSON April 18, 2017 Health insurers pressed Trump administration officials on Tuesday to continue billions of dollars in subsidies for low-income people buying plans under the federal health care law, but left with nothing that would dissipate the...