At Trump’s Direction, Federal Agencies Are Abandoning Discrimination Cases

President Trump has tried to scale back anti-discrimination regulations that date back decades. Federal agencies have heeded his call.Kenni Miller joined a class-action lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, but the case was later dropped by the Trump administration.

E Erica L. Green and Niko Gallogly

Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations

Critics say the administration is weakening public safety. Proponents say regulations would be where they were before President Joseph R. Biden took office.A gun show in Phoenix last January. New rules include ending the so-called gun show loophole, which required background checks for guns shows an

A Aishvarya Kavi

Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin

A report from a cryptocurrency analytics firm details how those who bought the Trump memecoin have fared, with most retail investors having lost money while sophisticated traders did better.Protesters outside Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., ahead of a private dinner for investors in Presi

E Eric Lipton and David Yaffe-Bellany

America Marks Its 250th Birthday With Storms, Sweat and Fire

Independence Day celebrations were canceled nationwide and the Brooklyn Bridge briefly caught fire. Yet Americans still found countless ways to celebrate.Fireworks erupt over the National Mall in Washington to cap off the day’s events — and extend into the next.

C Campbell Robertson

In Fourth of July Speech, Trump Celebrates America and Derides Foes

A centerpiece address for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration devoted time to American history, but had all the hallmarks of a Trump rally.President Trump shared the stage with flags that he described with historical stories during his speech on the National Mall.

S Shawn McCreesh

Democrats Clash With Trump, as Political Tensions Rise on America’s 250th

Gavin Newsom and Wes Moore, potential 2028 contenders, cast President Trump’s record as a betrayal of American ideals, while the president disparaged their party as extreme.Gov. Gavin Newsom of California in Sacramento in January. Mr. Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, has been a vocal

T Tim Balk

The Revenge of the Philosophy Majors

A.I. labs are hiring contrarian, chin-stroking, finger-steepling sages. Who’s underemployed now?Clockwise from top left: David Chalmers, Dillon Plunkett, Rosie Campbell and Robert Long.

B Benjamin Wallace

Far From Kyiv and Moscow, Soldiers Stalk Ruins and Evade Drones on the Front

Ukraine’s military has denied a Kremlin claim to have taken a city in the eastern Donetsk region, saying its troops are holding out against infiltrating Russians.A Ukrainian serviceman between the frontline towns of Druzhkivka and Kostiantynivka, in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, last month.

C Carlotta Gall and Stanislav Kozliuk