Over the last few months, University of California officials have boasted that they have admitted the most racially diverse class ever to their sprawling system. They have managed to do this, they say, despite a 28-year-old state ban on considering race in college admissions, known as Proposition 209. But a lawsuit filed on Monday by…

Joseph Lynskey had never spent much time in a firehouse and was not sure what to expect. But he certainly had not anticipated being greeted at the door by the commissioner of the New York Fire Department and a long line of firefighters and lieutenants waiting to shake his hand. “I’m Joe,” he said to…

The head of “60 Minutes” told the show’s staff on Monday that he would not apologize as part of any prospective settlement in a lawsuit brought by President Trump against their network, CBS, according to people with knowledge of the remarks. The comments by Bill Owens, the executive producer who oversees the long-running news program,…

A coalition of immigrant advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union, sued the Trump administration in federal court in Washington on Monday, arguing that President Trump’s order shutting the United States’ southern border to asylum seekers was unlawful. The lawsuit is the first challenge to President Trump’s broad efforts to close the border in an…

Soon after taking over, they created a crisis by shutting down huge segments of federal government spending, though they restarted at least some payments after a judge slapped them with a court order. Late Friday, Elon Musk seized control of the Treasury Department’s payment system, which disburses trillions of dollars and houses sensitive data about…

As divers and salvage crews begin pulling parts and pieces of an American Airlines regional commuter jet and an Army helicopter from the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport in Virginia after the crash last week, investigators will start looking for clues as to how the disaster, which claimed 67 lives, happened. One of the…

A federal judge said on Monday that she intended to temporarily block the Trump administration from imposing a sweeping freeze on trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, adding to the pushback against an effort by the White House’s Office and Management and Budget. The statement by the judge, Loren L. AliKhan of the…

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York signed a bill on Monday intended to give the state’s health care providers an extra layer of protection to shield them from prosecution in states that ban abortion. The newly signed law comes days after a New York doctor was indicted in Louisiana for prescribing and sending abortion pills…

President Trump’s decision to impose hefty tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China included a little-noticed but significant change to how online purchases will be taxed when they enter the United States. One provision of Mr. Trump’s executive order will increase costs for more than 80 percent of U.S. e-commerce imports. The decision could shift the…

Parts of Northern California that saw up to half a foot of rain last weekend are bracing for more this week as a series of powerful storms up and down the West Coast threatens to bring scattered flooding, mudslides and debris flows in the lower elevations and heavy snow in the mountains. Parts of Southern…