Nine Skiers Still Missing After Lake Tahoe Avalanche
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:12:24 +0000 The avalanche struck a guided backcountry skiing group near Truckee, Calif., near the end of a multiday trip, officials said. Six skiers have been rescued.: An Architect of Virginia’s Redistricting Will Run for a New Seat Himself
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:05:01 +0000 Dan Helmer, a Democratic state lawmaker, played a key role in putting redrawn congressional maps before state voters.: Democrats Plan to Counter Trump’s State of the Union Speech With Rally
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:17:24 +0000 The House Democratic leader has asked rank-and-file members to sit quietly at the speech or skip it altogether, wary of creating a distraction.: What to Know About How Redistricting Is Different in the U.S.
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:18:28 +0000 In the battle for Congress, redistricting has become all the rage in America. Here’s how other nations handle this issue differently.: How Jesse Jackson Took King’s Civil Rights Movement to Company Doorsteps
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:00:12 +0000 Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national movement for economic and social justice.: HUD opens discrimination investigation into a Muslim development in Texas.
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:21:04 +0000 A project, including homes and a mosque, has drawn attacks from Republican Texas officials. The Justice Department closed a similar inquiry into the development last year.: Boneless Wings Are Still Wings, Judge Rules
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:53:51 +0000 A Chicago man filed a lawsuit in 2023 against Buffalo Wild Wings, arguing that it had engaged in false advertising of its boneless wings. A judge said the claim “has no meat on its bones.”: House Plans to Vote on Air Safety Bill After Report on Deadly D.C. Crash
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:03:25 +0000 Lawmakers could vote as early as next week on legislation aimed at avoiding another collision like the one that killed 67 people near Reagan National Airport last year.: How a Stray Quote of Jesse Jackson’s Led to a Rupture Between Black and Jewish Voters
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:47:23 +0000 The candidate’s reference to New York as “Hymietown” helped tank his 1984 presidential campaign and eroded a longstanding alliance.: To One Chicago Resident, Jesse Jackson Was Simply a Friendly Neighbor
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:34:54 +0000 At the Jackson home in Chicago, people paid quiet tributes to a man they said was groundbreaking but also ‘very grounded.’: Jesse Jackson’s Death Arrives at a Crucial Moment for Black Political Power
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:21:50 +0000 There are more Black senators than ever before, but a major Supreme Court ruling could reduce Black representation in the House.: In Memphis, mourning for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who kept coming back.
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:52:41 +0000: Jesse Jackson’s Hometown Remembers Him as a ‘Superstar’
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:37:53 +0000 Mr. Jackson often spoke about Greenville, S.C., in his speeches, returning home several times to fight for change — and for a slice of his favorite banana cream pie.: Trump Bets on Diplomacy Without Diplomats
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:12:45 +0000 President Trump’s most trusted envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are at the center of the Iran and Ukraine negotiations.: Jesse Jackson Changed Chicago. And It Changed Him.
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 22:40:22 +0000 Mr. Jackson, who spent much of his life in the city, died at his home there on Tuesday. “He ushered in new politics in Chicago,” one longtime organizer said.: Police Arrest Man Who Ran Toward the Capitol With a Loaded Gun
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:32:41 +0000 The 18-year-old arrested was wearing a tactical vest and carrying additional rounds of ammunition, the Capitol Police said. Congress was not in session, and no one was hurt.: U.S. Indicts Captain of an Oil Tanker the Coast Guard Chased for Weeks
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:47:04 +0000 The charges include falsely flying a Guyanese flag and failing to obey a Coast Guard order to halt the ship for boarding by U.S. forces.: White House Shrugs Off Lutnick’s Epstein Ties
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:32:13 +0000 Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has acknowledged traveling to Jeffrey Epstein’s island and meeting him on another occasion.: The president of the National Urban League recalls his long friendship with Jackson.
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:02:01 +0000: House Republican Faces Backlash to Islamophobic Post Suggesting He Prefers Dogs to Muslims
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:01:28 +0000 Representative Randy Fine had responded to a Palestinian organizer by saying that “the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.”: California Wealth Tax Opponents Intensify Efforts Before Bernie Sanders Visit
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:49:28 +0000 The opponents’ latest moves include online ads tied to Gov. Gavin Newsom, a crypto-related push to raise money and competing ballot measures.: White House Rejects Democrats’ Offer for Deal to Reopen D.H.S.
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:07:22 +0000 With Congress in a weeklong recess, there was little sign of progress toward a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.: Republicans Reach Deal With Democrats in N.C. Voter Rolls Case
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:34:49 +0000 The agreement, which still must be approved by a judge, would end a lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee that challenged the state’s handling of its voter registration list.: Republicans, Braced for Losses, Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:50:33 +0000 Legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote was only the beginning as the G.O.P. presses to sharply limit voting in line with President Trump’s false claims of widespread fraud.: N.B.A. All-Star Game’s Map of France Leaves Something Out: 800 Years
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:51:14 +0000 Introducing the French player Victor Wembanyama was a map that hearkened back to the Capetian realm of the 12th century.: Jackson’s ‘Keep Hope Alive’ Speech in 1988 Was a Call for Social Justice and Unity
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:37:15 +0000 Though he didn’t win the Democratic nomination for president in either year, Jesse Jackson’s moving speeches at the conventions called on the party to care more about the marginalized.: U.S. Kills 11 in Boat Strikes in Pacific and Caribbean
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:36:48 +0000 It was the first time in the campaign against people the United States accuses of drug smuggling at sea that American forces blew up boats on both sides of the Panama Canal in the same day.: Tricia McLaughlin, Forceful Defender of Trump’s Immigration Agenda, Is Leaving DHS
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:39:38 +0000 Ms. McLaughlin was one of the most prominent voices in the administration defending President Trump’s mass deportation campaign.: Mourners remember Jackson outside his organization’s Chicago headquarters.
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:47:52 +0000: Al Sharpton, Bernice King and Trump Among Tributes to Jesse Jackson
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:23:29 +0000 In states including South Carolina, where Mr. Jackson was born, and Illinois, officials also ordered flags to be flown at half-staff.: Ed Crane, Libertarian and Cato Institute Co-Founder, Dies
Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:10:47 +0000 Starting with $500,000 in seed money from Charles Koch, Mr. Crane made the Cato Institute the nation’s pre-eminent libertarian think tank.