Trump backs off flavored vape ban amid backlash
Fears that job losses and angry vapers might hurt his reelection prospects drove the decision, officials say.
Trump says he will ‘strongly consider’ testifying in writing
The president's tweet comes after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that he could appear before the committee and "speak all the truth that he wants if he wants."
Mueller grand-jury material needed, Congress tells court
A federal appeals court is set to consider whether the Justice Department must immediately release secret grand-jury materials.
A police officer points a gun at protesters trying to escape Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Monday. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)
A protester is detained by riot police while attempting to leave the university on Monday. (Reuters)
Police surround a protester trying to leave the campus amid clashes with authorities. (Reuters)
Police detain a protester who was injured while trying to leave the campus Monday. (Reuters)
Hong Kong protesters make last stand as police close in on besieged university
Protesters who tried to leave the campus were forced back by police using tear gas and rubber bullets. Authorities made dozens of arrests and by mid-afternoon they appeared poised to swoop into the campus once again.
Campaign 2020Back-to-back losses in key governors’ races send additional warning to Trump and GOP ahead of 2020
The president’s involvement in Kentucky and Louisiana was intended to demonstrate political strength, but the strategy failed.
While President Barack Obama — whom immigrant advocates at one point called the “deporter in chief” — deported 1.18 million people during his first three years in office, President Trump has deported fewer than 800,000.
Angel Angon Quiroz speaks with fellow students at M.S. 447, the Math & Science Exploratory School, in Brooklyn. (Yana Paskova for The Post)
Integration’s New Frontier
New York City, with more than 1 million students, is by far the nation’s largest school district — and one of its most segregated. Now the city is becoming a laboratory of experimentation, examining whether it’s possible to tackle the stratification that courses through urban districts.
Government documents leaked to the New York Times revealed Chinese plans to detain millions of ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region.
NFL Week 11
Perspective For decades, the local football team was the toast of the town. Now it’s an afterthought.
They were the subject of an investigation that started with Henderson State University's chief of police.
Special Report
The most remote emergency room: Life and death in rural America
These physicians, often hundreds of miles away, work out of cubicles instead of exam rooms.
From the Magazine
The trials of life after prison: Short fiction from Mitchell Jackson
"One morning you roll out of a tiny bunk in some decrepit asbestos-filled building bordered by razor wire, and your 20s, where’d they go?"
In Case You Missed It
Stuck with an annoying airline seatmate? Here’s what you can do about it.
The first rule is don’t lose your cool. That can only make matters worse.
