U.S. to Allow Some Asylum Seekers Rejected Under Trump to Reopen Cases

The move could provide tens of thousands of people enrolled in a program that sent applicants to wait in Mexico a way to return to the United States to pursue their claims again.…

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Officers in Death of Black Man Restrained in Jail

The death of Marvin Scott III, who died after being pepper-sprayed and placed in a spit hood, prompted weeks of protests in front of the jail in Collin County, Texas.…

Over 150 Texas Hospital Workers Are Fired or Resign Over Covid Vaccine Mandate

The hospital employees had been suspended for two weeks for not getting vaccinated by the hospital’s deadline earlier this month.…

Military Suicides for Post-9/11 Veterans Are High, Study Warns

An estimated 30,177 of those who served after the 9/11 terrorist attacks died by suicide, compared with 7,057 killed in war operations.…

Democrats Vow to Redouble Voting Push: ‘Today Is the Starter Pistol’

Even as the party’s sweeping elections bill was blocked in the Senate, Democrats and civil rights groups reaffirmed their resolve to fight for voting protections in Congress.…

For the People Act Poised to Hit Filibuster in Senate

President Biden had urged the Senate to pass the bill and “send it to my desk.”…

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

A surge in Africa, and pandemic silver linings.…

Texas’s governor calls a special session, renewing effort to pass G.O.P. voting restrictions bill.

University of Washington Police Officers File Racism Claims

Police officers at the University of Washington in Seattle, regarded as one of the nation’s most progressive cities, said they were the target of racist insults and harassment.…

Senate Confirms Kiran Ahuja to Lead Office of Personnel Management

Ms. Ahuja returns to the personnel agency where she served as chief of staff during the final two years of the Obama administration.…

The White House will publicly acknowledge the U.S. is likely to miss Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal.

President Biden had set a goal of having 70 percent of adults at least partially vaccinated by the Fourth of July.…

How We Talk About Race and Gender

The way some Americans talk about these issues is changing. We want to hear what you think about these changes.…

Senate Committee Holds Hearing on D.C. Statehood

Senator Tom Carper, Democrat of Delaware, pushed for the Homeland Security Committee to hold the hearing, just the second on the topic in the chamber’s history.…

Why the Hollywood Elite Are Giving to Los Angeles Schools

Tuesday: A group including George Clooney is set to start a film and television school in the city’s public school district.…

Appeals Court Blocks Ruling That Overturned California’s Assault Weapons Ban

The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit leaves the three-decade-old ban in place while litigation continues.…

California Plans Rent Forgiveness Using Federal Stimulus Surplus

The state is poised to embark on an ambitious, complex effort to cover the unpaid rent of low-income renters who struggled during the pandemic.…

Many Parts of the U.S. Needed Persuading to Get Vaccinated. Not South Texas.

In the Rio Grande Valley, it is people’s exposure to death and disease, not offers of free beer or million-dollar prizes, that is driving vaccine rates higher.…

A Truckload of Evidence: 42,000 Pounds of Pistachios Are Stolen in California

A man who worked for a trucking contractor was charged with stealing 21 tons of nuts from a pistachio grower, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office said.…

Consuewella Africa, 67, Dies; Lost Two Daughters in MOVE Siege

One of the girls’ remains from a 1985 police attack are believed to have ended up in a cardboard box for use in a university forensics course, provoking outrage.…

Why Do Some Catholic Bishops Want to Deny Joe Biden Communion?

Here is what is at the root of efforts by conservative U.S. bishops to prohibit the country’s second Catholic president from receiving communion.…

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

Our Southeast Asia bureau chief breaks down the region’s pandemic reality.…

Being ‘Always On’ Has Reached Its Limits. For Parents, It’s Time to Reset.

What crisis-acquired habits should working parents break? Daisy Dowling author of “Workparent” weighs in.…

In 11 U.S. States, Vaccinations Lag Among Older Americans

One in five in that age group, mostly in the South, haven’t received a single dose, increasing the risk of virus outbreaks there.…

In N.C.A.A. Case, Supreme Court Backs Payments to Student-Athletes

The N.C.A.A. argued that the payments were a threat to amateurism and that barring them did not violate the antitrust laws.…

What to Know About California’s Digital Vaccine Cards

Monday: State officials have said the card is not a vaccine passport. So what is it?…

Summer Solstice Brings a Day of the Sun Working Overtime

For those in the Northern Hemisphere, the astronomical beginning of summer brought more hours of daylight than during any other day of the year.…

What It's Like to Work in 115 Degree Weather in Phoenix

Phoenix is facing a double heat and housing crisis that is falling hardest on people who have to suffer the sun.…

Bipartisan Infrastructure Talks Collide With Democrats’ Goal to Tax the Rich

Many Democrats see the push for an infrastructure package as an opportunity to raise taxes on rich individuals and corporations. But resistance is coming from multiple directions.…