WASHINGTON – The increase in the number of children from low-income families who are receiving federal disability benefits for speech and language disorders over the past decade parallels the rise in ...

John Scott was rarely spoken of in his family after he was placed in an institution. After a half-century, his youngest brother set out to learn who he was and what happened to him. John Scott had a ...

A close annotation of the references, applause lines and barbs in Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s address to his supporters. By John Leland Todd Heisler for The New York Times In his victory speech on ...

Seven months after it was approved by the Board of Regents, a University of Minnesota resolution on institutional speech that was implemented amid campus turmoil over the war in Gaza continues to draw ...

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sparked debate Wednesday after she invoked the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) during oral arguments to illustrate how the government can remedy ...

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday compared efforts to draw congressional districts along racial lines to the way disabled people were granted easier access to buildings ...

The Trump administration is enthusiastically abusing its power to intimidate anyone who criticizes its policies, and to silence those who won't fall in line. Now, using a long-standing government ...

A July 2025 order does “encourage” civil commitment of individuals with mental illness who "pose risks to themselves or the public or are living on the streets and cannot care for themselves in ...