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40,000 years of visual media in one surprising White House photograph
The president is making a late push to win funding for his border wall in a must-pass spending bill. But it’s not clear how badly he—or Republicans—want to fight.
The Affordable Care Act was behind the last lapse in federal funding in 2013, and Democrats threaten revenge if Republicans try to jam through their repeal bill before a spending agreement is reached.
A new essay anthology captures the power of city parks.
A curious person’s guide to the laws that keep the air clean and the water pure
The economic effects could be minor; the cultural ones, more profound.