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A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological conditions.

Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.

Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.

Every year for nearly two decades, the small city of Rock Port has been producing more electricity from wind energy than it needs.

Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.

For Earth Day, we asked the experts. They shared advice on how to be the best planetary citizen possible.

The cancellations, set to apply to pending and active grants, also affect research into “forever chemicals” contaminating the food supply.

The draft executive order to be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.

In an overnight ruling blocking the Trump administration from deporting a group of Venezuelans, the justices ignored some of their protocols.

Thousands of demonstrators rallied at hundreds of events on Saturday to speak out against the president’s handling of immigration, civil liberties, job cuts and many other issues.

The two sides set an agenda for additional negotiations in the coming days, which could include technical details on uranium enrichment.

An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

“You have to laugh to keep from crying,” one Republican pollster said about recent comments by the billionaires on the stock market, retirement funds and Social Security.

In an open letter, prominent Republicans criticized President Trump for using his power to punish two former administration officials who criticized him.

Senator Chris Van Hollen said that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia,who was deported and incarcerated in El Salvador, reported having been transferred after weeks in a maximum-security prison.

Lisa Murkowski, a longtime senator from Alaska and an independent voice in an increasingly tribal party, has been the rare Republican on Capitol Hill willing to criticize President Trump’s actions.

The president’s threat to fire Jerome Powell is more than a personal spat. It’s a direct challenge to the economic foundation that has helped America prosper.

We followed the route of Revere’s famous midnight ride. Along the way we spoke to many Americans who felt a sense of wonder about that April night.