Dred Scott decision, legal case (1857) in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled (7–2) that a slave who had resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled to his freedom, that African Amer...

Conservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from ruling

Self-published articles from a longtime ally are showing up in the vulnerable Pennsylvania Republican’s attack ads.

Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.

The defense secretary is expected to announce that the number of top officers will be reduced by as much as 20 percent, officials said.

Another prosecutor in the case against federal agents who investigated Donald Trump has quit.

Trump is following one of the Republican Party’s long-standing traditions: burning the economy to the ground.