Ignoring Republican protests, President Obama will assert his executive authority to order a broad overhaul of the immigration system, including a plan to give work permits to millions, officials said.
A classroom in Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School in Bena, Minn., is housed in what was originally a pole barn.
Officials are working to improve congressionally funded schools in 23 states after decades of neglect have left reservations with decaying facilities where students struggle to meet academic standards and teacher turnover is high.
The deaths of 22 dogs in June at a boarding business in Gilbert, Ariz., remain a big story, with a senator’s son indicted and people still mourning their pets.
The European Space Agency lander is sitting in a skewed position on the comet’s surface, compromising some aspects of the $1.75 billion Rosetta mission.
How to feed, help and handle the ever-present homeless population in a state that draws an outsized share of the dispossessed is a growing debate.
Faced with declining budgets, the Army has had to cut its force, and, for reasons the Army has not explained, the largest group of officers being pushed out — nearly one in five — began as enlisted soldiers.
The landmark agreement to cut greenhouse gas pollution is a bet by President Obama that the environment will be a winning cause for Democrats.
The United States and China should both be able to meet the stated goals by aggressively pursuing policies that are largely underway, analysts said.
Five detectives responsible for investigating sex crimes followed up on only 14 percent of reported cases in three years, a city audit has concluded.
The computer model identifies a range of factors related to suicide that could allow doctors to follow high-risk soldiers closely and take preventive measures.
People are doubtful about the safety of their personal information online or on cellphones. Yet it does not necessarily change their behavior, according to a new poll.
The state is counting on collecting slightly more personal income tax this year than last. But it is not on track to do so.
Senator Mark Begich narrowly lost his re-election bid to Dan Sullivan after a count of absentee ballots.
It was unclear whether the changes marked the start of a shift toward better news on the economics of higher education or just a temporary pause in more worrisome trends.
The denouement of Election Day continued to play out as the House and the Senate scheduled dueling votes to try to influence the outcome of the unresolved Louisiana Senate race.
Congressional Republicans have plans to transform Medicare and Medicaid and to cut taxes for high earners, measures once out of reach with Democrats controlling the Senate.
For incoming House freshmen, going to Congress is like going to college, with orientation on the dos and don’ts of Capitol Hill and a tough search for housing.
Black and Democratic lawmakers in Alabama said the state Legislature relied too heavily on race in 2012 by maintaining high concentrations of black voters in some districts.
The justices, with Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissenting, lifted a temporary stay that had been issued on Monday.
The surviving pilot of the SpaceShip Two crash told investigators he did not know that the co-pilot had unlocked two movable parts at the back of the craft.
The acting State Department legal adviser told a United Nations panel that monitors torture that the United States had used cruel treatment after the Sept. 11 attacks.
As the rate of new infections has slowed, American and Liberian officials are debating whether to shift money that was planned for the centers into other programs to combat future outbreaks.
Would the F.B.I.’s smear campaign against Martin Luther King Jr. work today?
The U.S. may deport two former generals who were in power during El Salvador’s civil war in the 1980s, when the killings of four churchwomen captured American attention.
A complete guide to the bankruptcy of Detroit and the city’s journey of rebuilding.
New York Times journalists would like to hear from current, former and new residents of Detroit about their experiences living in the city.
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A year after it was fully in place, the Affordable Care Act has largely succeeded in delivering on President Obama’s main promises, even as it fell short in some ways and gave birth to a new and powerful conservative movement.
For the past year, The New York Times has asked readers to share their experiences purchasing and using health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Here is a selection of their stories.
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The Times would like to hear from Americans who have signed up for health care under the Affordable Care Act.
The Supreme Court’s decision to take up the Affordable Care Act again raises a question: Is it a court? Or a collection of politicians in robes?
The science of global warming is too important to trivialize.
