The administration’s decision to rally around Ronny L. Jackson’s nomination to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs came as the president’s doctor was besieged by accusations that he improperly dispensed drugs, created a hostile workplace and became intoxicated on duty.
The White House physician’s nomination was already facing scrutiny from veterans groups and lawmakers who questioned his management experience. Then came the accusations of professional misconduct on several fronts.
Justices will review whether the president’s travel ban is a necessary step to protect the country from terrorism or an illegal and unconstitutional fulfillment of campaign promises to ban Muslim immigrants.
Trump’s First State Dinner
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The night was a success for the Trumps as much as for the Macrons — two couples that, according to the French president’s own toast, have disrupted the establishment.
From cheek kisses to shoulder rubs, the unusual friendship between the U.S. and French leaders was on display.
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U.S. District Judge John D. Bates called the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program “virtually unexplained” and therefore “unlawful.” However, he stayed his ruling for 90 days to give the government a chance to respond.
Debbie Lesko, a former state lawmaker, defeated Hiral Tipirneni, a Democratic physician making her first run for office. Republicans, rattled by the loss last month in a special election for a congressional seat in Pennsylvania, welcomed the results.
The findings — that black students faced greater rates of suspension, expulsion and arrest than their white classmates — come as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is considering curbing her department’s role in investigating racial disparities in discipline.
Names and dates of lynching victims are inscribed on steel monuments at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. (Ricky Carioti/The Post)
Museum Review
As clearsighted, uncompromising and architecturally effective as any American design since Maya Lin’s 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice is one of the most powerful and effective new memorials created in a generation.
Movie Review
This chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe takes you to a place that most superhero movies don’t — and where you may not want to go.
A few years before Jennifer Hart drove her wife and their adopted children off a cliff, Oregon officials closed an investigation into the children's care because it found "insufficient evidence."
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