A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident who the Trump administration has claimed is a national security threat, is in immigration detention in Louisiana.

There were protests, arrests, the departure of the school’s president. Then, a new administration arrived in Washington.

The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.

President Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power.

Since the inauguration, billionaires who funded climate action over the last decade have avoided criticizing Trump’s climate policies.

President Trump’s pause on aid, and the gutting of the primary aid agency, could jeopardize the health of more than 20 million people worldwide, including 500,000 children, experts say.

A spokeswoman for the agency said the change was “common practice.” Others said it injects partisanship into jobs that have always been neutral.

A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to create an “effective and efficient” federal work force.

The pause affects billions of dollars and is delaying home repairs, factory construction and other projects, many in states that voted Republican.

Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, scientists say.

Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...

Dong Yuyu’s conviction on espionage charges shows how the space for independent thought and open discussion in China has narrowed since Xi Jinping took power in 2012.

There is a straight line from homeless schoolchildren to Donald Trump’s election victory.

Documents leaked from an industry group show how plastics companies are pushing back against a “tide of anti-plastic sentiment.”

Breaking with past practice, President-elect Donald J. Trump has not agreed to disclose the donors paying for his planning effort or to limit their contributions.