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A new campaign will try to persuade New Yorkers to trash their trash.

The U.S. is slashing funding for scientific research, after decades of deep investment. Here’s some of what those taxpayer dollars created.

Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Kristen Soltis Anderson, a contributing Opinion writer and Republican pollster, and Nate Silver, the author of “On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything” and the …

House Republicans have proposed adding work requirements to Medicaid, the health insurance program serving tens of millions of low-income Americans. Their plan, unveiled Sunday, would, with a few exceptions, strip coverage from childless adults who …

For more than 100 days, congressional Republicans tolerated many extreme actions by the Trump administration and its supporters. Last week, however, one member of the House decided to take a stand. The issue was a House amendment to the Republican …

More from our inbox: Trump’s Contempt for Ethical BoundariesCredit…Photo illustration by Balarama Heller for The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “How to Survive the Trump Years With Your Spirit Intact,” by David Brooks (column, May 2): Mr. Brooks …

We knew it was coming. Ahead of the first round of Romania’s presidential elections on May 4, it was obvious what would happen. This was, after all, practically a rerun of an election held last November that was won by a far-right candidate, Calin …

He wrote some of the most enduring musical theater numbers of his era and earned three Tony Awards, a Grammy and an Emmy.

The university says that a student’s remarks condemning “genocide” were not approved and that he “violated the commitment he made to comply with our rules.”

The rock called Maka Lahi is important in the mythology of the people of Tonga, and scientists have worked out part of its origin story.