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Hot off the presses: President Trump's budget proposal for fiscal year 2021. The election year proposals are unlikely to gain traction in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.

Trump Again Proposes Slashing Foreign Aid In Budget

President Trump proposed steep cuts to foreign aid and other programs in his budget for fiscal year 2021. The blueprint is expected to be declared dead on arrival in Congress.

The Reading Life with Michael Zapata

This week on The Reading Life: Susan talks with former New Orleanian, novelist Michael Zapata, whose impressive debut novel is “The Lost Book of Adana...

Attorney General William Barr and top law enforcement officials announced what they called a huge cyberattack on Monday at the Justice Department.

Chinese Hackers Charged In Alleged Cyber-Theft Of 145 Million Americans' Data

The credit agency Equifax was compromised by a cyberattack that permitted China's military to steal names, Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information.

Michael Pollan gave up caffeine entirely for three months while working on his audiobook, <em>Caffeine</em>. "I recommend it," he says of his time without the drug. "I had some great sleeps." But he didn't realize that a temporary "loss of confidence" and lack of focus were withdrawal symptoms.

Michael Pollan Explains Caffeine Cravings (And Why You Don't Have To Quit)

When Pollan decided to write about caffeine, he gave it up — cold turkey. "I just couldn't focus," he says. "I was irritable. I lost confidence." Caffeine reshapes the brain in surprising ways.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's designated successor, says she will quit her role as head of the Germany's strongest party in summer and won't stand for the chancellorship.

Merkel's Succession Plan Falls Apart As Her Protégée Bows Out

"I regard this decision with great respect, though I greatly regret it," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced that she won't run for chancellor.

Text To Quit: A New Way To Help Black Smokers Give Up Cigarettes

As vaping news makes headlines, black smokers in Cleveland still struggle to quit cigarettes.

Jazz Guitarist Jeff Parker Crosses Musical Genres On 'Suite For Max Brown'

Parker's breezy new album, which mixes live music with vintage synthesizers, draws on R&B, early hip-hop, droning electronica, jazz-funk, Afropop and flailing '60s-rock solos.

Investigators uncover the remains of civil rights volunteers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney under thick red clay of an earthen dam near Philadelphia, Mississippi in July of 1964. The volunteers, all in their 20s, died at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan while working to register black voters during the Freedom Summer civil rights campaign.

‘Race Against Time:’ Is It Too Late To Solve Civil Rights Era Cases?

A 1988 movie called "Mississippi Burning" did more for unsolved civil rights murders than anyone could have expected when it sparked the curiosity of journalist Jerry Mitchell.

Gabriel Rico's <em>Nimble and sinister tricks (To be preserved with out scandal and corruption) I</em>, 2018. The work is made of glass, brass and different objects.

An Art Critic Was Mocking A $20,000 Work She Didn't Like — Then It Shattered

The sculpture by Mexican artist Gabriel Rico included a large pane of glass with objects suspended within. How it suddenly broke into pieces on Saturday is a matter of fervent disagreement.

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald (dressed in red and black) celebrates with party supporters Sunday after receiving poll results in Dublin.

3 Big Takeaways From Sinn Fein's Stunning Surge In Ireland

The party's impressive election showing outpaced the country's two major parties and forced a political reckoning. So how did Sinn Fein shed its IRA-linked baggage and become the party of the young?

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