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 curious person’s guide to the laws that keep the air clean and the water pure
A new essay anthology captures the power of city parks.
The economic effects could be minor; the cultural ones, more profound.
On Tuesday, the state's electorate will decide an issue first brought to prominence by Theodore Roosevelt nearly a century ago.
How animal displays have shaped, and been shaped by, humans’ relationship with the natural world: an Object Lesson
It’s an idea with a long history.
Demonstrations in nearly 100 cities will follow Officer Darren Wilson's grand jury announcement.