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President Trump visited Paradise, Calif., with Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom and Mayor Jody Jones. The town was consumed by the Camp Fire, the most destructive fire in state history.

Trump Blames Forest Management For Wildfires Again During California Visit

The president traveled to areas impacted by the fires in California, including the town of Paradise, which was virtually destroyed.

In the alleged scheme, Medicare beneficiaries were offered, at no cost to them, genetic testing to estimate their cancer risk.

U.S. Justice Department Charges 35 People In Fraudulent Genetic Testing Scheme

Doctors, lab technicians and telemarketers from around the U.S. were among those arrested in the investigation of a scheme that the DOJ alleges defrauded seniors and Medicare.

U.S. Geological Survey ecologist Todd Esque holds a tortoise shell in the Mojave Desert, south of Las Vegas, in this undated photo.

Climate Change, And Our Response To It, Is Making Life Hard For Desert Tortoises

Few species are equipped to handle a hot and dry climate better than the desert tortoise. But with climate change making their home hotter and drier, and energy projects meant to limit carbon emissions springing up in the desert, the tortoises are being hit with a one-two punch.

Muneer Subaihani at the airport in Baghdad on Tuesday, waiting to board the first of his flights back to the United States.

Iraqi Has Returned To U.S. After ICE Deported Him Against Court Orders

Muneer Subaihani says immigration agents told him he would be in jail for life if he didn't agree to be deported to Iraq. On Tuesday, in a rare event, he was admitted back into the U.S.

The Old Post Office building's clock tower. The Trump International Hotel is also located in the Old Post Office. During the current government shutdown, the clock tower, which is run by the National Park Service, has remained open even as other parks have closed, again raising questions about the intermingling of President Trump's business interests with the federal government.

Shutdown Shutters Many D.C. Tourist Attractions — But Not The One In Trump's Hotel

Unlike other National Park Service properties, the clock tower above the Trump International Hotel is open and staffed by park rangers. Government officials insist the arrangement is aboveboard.

James Mark (center) inside his restaurant Big King, along with cooks (from left) Oscar Lange, Emily Joslyn, Peter Kachmarsky and JC Kuvaszko. Mark employs fewer than 50 people so isn't required to provide health benefits. But it helps with staff retention, he says, and is the right thing to do.

A Top Restaurateur Thinks Single-Payer Health Care Could Boost His Bottom Line

Offering health benefits can help elite restaurants hire and keep ace employees. But owners would rather focus on great food, they say, than drown in administrative costs. Is single-payer the answer?

Joichi Ito stepped down as director of the M.I.T. Media Lab on Saturday after a New Yorker article alleged the lab concealed its ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

M.I.T. Media Lab Director Steps Down Over Financial Ties To Jeffrey Epstein

Joichi Ito's resignation comes a day after an article in The New Yorker reported the lab concealed its relationship with Epstein, who helped solicit millions in donations from other wealthy donors.

Marchers carry an LGBTQ pride flag during the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City in June. The Senate bill would require the Census Bureau to protect all sexual orientation and gender identity information it collects.

Senate Bill To Require Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Data By 2030 Census

A group of Democrats says the data could help more LGBTQ people get access to social services and strengthen civil rights protections. Some privacy experts worry the data could be used against people.

Demonstrators rally in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's efforts to add to 2020 census forms a citizenship question, which has since been blocked by the courts.

Blocked Citizenship Question Not Likely To Lower Census Response, Bureau Finds

Months after courts blocked the question from appearing on 2020 census forms, the Census Bureau released early findings from a national experiment testing public reaction to the controversial inquiry.

Protesters march through Midtown Manhattan on Monday as they rally against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Is 8 Enough? The Consequences Of The Supreme Court Starting 1 Justice Short

The Supreme Court begins a new term with just eight justices, as the fight over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination continues. And for the first time in over 30 years, the court is left without a swing vote.

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