He became an advocate of a woman’s right to choose and once said, “It is always tragic when politics takes the most vulnerable hostage — in this case, women.”

Though the two neighbors declared a cease-fire this month, a crucial water-sharing treaty remains at risk.

For 20 years, Carol Hui has served waffles, raised her children and embraced the small town of Kennett, Mo. Her detention and pending deportation to Hong Kong has hit the community hard.

Are millennials’ fears of failing their children outweighing their desire to have them?

Qian Xuesen was a Chinese rocket scientist whose work was central to American military power. His exile had world-altering effects.

The journalists, who worked at New Hampshire Public Radio, had investigated claims of sexual misconduct against him.

With the welcome mat withdrawn for promising researchers from around the world, America is at risk of losing its longstanding pre-eminence in the sciences.

His decimation of U.S.A.I.D. has had fatal consequences.

The new blueprint shows that a vast array of education, health, housing and labor programs would be hit, including aid for college and cancer research.

Aid began to trickle into the territory this week. But there is never enough.

Protecting the borders from espionage is essential. It’s something else to deny students because they are Chinese and hope to pursue a STEM degree in the United States.

Many thousands of children are dying because of cuts in American humanitarian aid, and denials by Elon Musk and Marco Rubio don’t change that reality.

Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian museum for more than 12 years, has tried to bring in more contemporary artists.

An Oval Office news conference signaled an end to a remarkable period of upheaval across the federal bureaucracy, supervised by Mr. Musk and his cost-cutting initiative.