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Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.

Report on Justice Thomas' trips renews calls for a Supreme Court code of ethics

A ProPublica investigation found the justice accepted luxury trips from a major GOP donor. The story is renewing Democrats' push for a code of ethics for justices of the Supreme Court.

A JetBlue Airways Airbus A320 (left) passes a Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 as it taxis on the runway on July 7, 2022, at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Biden administration wants to block JetBlue from buying Spirit, saying the deal would reduce competition and hurt travelers.

DOJ sues to block JetBlue-Spirit merger, saying it will curb competition

The Biden administration sued on Tuesday to block the $3.8 billion purchase, saying the deal would reduce competition and drive up air fares for consumers.

Kwame Brathwaite, Sikolo Brathwaite wearing a headpiece designed by Carolee Prince, African Jazz-Art Society & Studios (AJASS), Harlem, ca. 1968; from <em>Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful</em> (Aperture, 2019)

'Black is Beautiful' photographer Kwame Brathwaite has died at 85

Kwame Brathwaite spent some six decades chronicling Black life, culture and activism. He's credited with helping found the "Black is Beautiful" movement.

Tucker Carlson speaks at a political event on August 7, 2021 in Esztergom, Hungary. Carlson, who was fired from Fox News last month, announced he is taking his show to Twitter.

Tucker Carlson says he'll take his show to Twitter

The fired Fox News host announced he is bringing his show to Twitter, owned by Elon Musk, "soon." His lawyers reportedly have sent threatening letters to Fox to let him out of his contract.

Piles of coal sit at a coal export terminal in the Curtis Bay neighborhood of Baltimore, Md. The area is one of the most polluted in the state and is one of hundreds of communities in the U.S. that grapple with disproportionate air pollution.

A new satellite could help clean up the air in America's most polluted neighborhoods

A new satellite will take continuous measurements of air pollution in the U.S. That has scientists, and residents, warily optimistic about undoing decades of injustice.

Designer Mary Quant, one of the leading lights of the British fashion scene in the 1960s, having her hair cut by Vidal Sassoon in 1964.

Mary Quant, fashion designer who styled the Swinging Sixties, dies at 93

Quant made playful clothes for young modern women they could wear to work and "run to the bus in." Her London shop was an epicenter of youth culture that popularized hot pants and miniskirts.

In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov participates in the Raisina Dialogue conference on the sideline of the G-20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi on Friday.

Russia's foreign minister gets laughed at over Ukraine remarks at a global conference

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia was not the aggressor in the Ukraine war, but that his country was simply trying to defend itself, to which the crowd laughed and groaned.

FILE - President Joe Biden walks along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso Texas, Jan. 8, 2023. The Biden administration has requested 1,500 troops for the U.S.-Mexico border amid an expected migrant surge following the end of pandemic-era restrictions.

Biden would veto House GOP bill on border enforcement

The White House says President Joe Biden would veto a House GOP bill that aims to restrict asylum, build more border wall and cut a program that allows migrants a chance to stay in the U.S. lawfully.

Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday.

What Trump's arraignment means for his 2024 election bid

Fresh off a historic arraignment, former President Donald Trump is still very much running to regain office in 2024. This is the lay of the land for the weeks and months ahead.

U.S. Secretary Janet Yellen leaves a meeting at the Department of the Treasury on April 21. She warns that economic chaos will ensue if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling in the coming weeks.

Yellen warns of 'calamity' unless Congress raises the debt limit. What's the holdup?

The treasury secretary warns that the U.S. could default on its debt by June 1, with disastrous economic consequences. GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson explains why Republicans insist on adding conditions.

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