The Army Made a Blind Black Soldier a Surrogate for Robert E. Lee
For more than a century, this Black soldier from Virginia was remembered by nearly no one. Then this year, someone at the Pentagon found a use for him. Source: Original News
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The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
An investigation by The Times found the administration’s change in enforcement benefited the industry, including companies that had ties to the president. Source: Original News
How The Times Analyzed the S.E.C.’s Cryptocurrency Enforcement
The New York Times set out to understand — and quantify — just how much things had changed within the agency after President Trump resumed office. Source: Original News
The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint
The Treasury Department unveiled new coins celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. They failed to include planned designs featuring abolition, women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement. Source: Original News
Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday
While the decision did not remove the National Guard troops from the president’s control, it blocked him from using them in the nation’s second-largest city. Source: Original News
University of Maryland President Cleared of Plagiarism
The claims last year by a conservative publication against Darryll J. Pines prompted a yearlong investigation and an extensive review of his published works. Source: Original News
Trump’s ‘Pardon’ of Tina Peters Rejected by Colorado Officials
The president’s stated intention to pardon Tina Peters, jailed for tampering with election machines in 2020, has set off a legal fight over the extent of Mr. Trump’s pardon powers. Source: Original News
Reader Mailbag: A Pause on Gerrymanders, and a Risk in Primaries
Indiana Republicans reject redrawn maps, and battle lines have been drawn among Democrats in Texas. Source: Original News
Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library
His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million — not nearly enough for a traditional presidential library. Source: Original News
Colorado Officials Reject Trump’s ‘Pardon’ of a Convicted Election Denier
The president’s stated intention to pardon Tina Peters, jailed for tampering with election machines in 2020, has set off a legal fight over the extent of Mr. Trump’s pardon powers. Source: Original News