National Geographic was founded in 1888 with a mission to inspire curiosity in our readers and help them better understand the world around them. That mission continues today, through the eyes and ...

Katharine Lee Bates, a professor of English at Wellesley College, had a chestnut-eyed collie named Hamlet and a green parrot named Polonius. She taught Shakespeare, and she wrote poetry. She loved to ...

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Corrections & Clarifications: In an earlier version of this story, the Congressional Budget Office projection of how many Americans will lose health insurance was not correct. President Donald Trump’s ...

President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is fueling a renaissance in American business competitiveness. Thanks to the landmark bill’s tax reforms — including full expensing for new domestic ...

In the classic Schoolhouse Rock song “I’m Just a Bill,” the bill laments the prospect of waiting with other bills, hoping to become a law. But President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” didn’t have ...

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. Much like Daniel Boulud’s new (showier) Flatiron ...

The 'Big, Beautiful Bill' is massively unpopular, Trump debates deporting Musk, July 4 protests, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter.

One of the most controversial provisions of the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” was stripped from the legislation overnight as Senate Republicans rushed to pass the hodgepodge tax and spending package.