The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth defects.

Goldman Sachs will drop a demand that corporate boards of directors include women and members of minority groups as financial firms backpedal from D.E.I. promises.

If, according to the president, so many people in the United States are the wrong kind, who makes up the right kind?

President Trump’s executive order is altering scientific exploration across a broad swath of fields, even beyond government agencies, researchers say.

The government space agency has vocally promoted diversity and inclusion for decades, even during the first Trump administration.

Vague federal directives have led to frantic action, and perhaps overreaction, before a Friday deadline.

There is no evidence that diversity efforts played a role in the crash, and his statements disregarded his own administration’s hiring policies.

In a briefing that recalled his most extreme first term remarks, President Trump said without any evidence that diversity initiatives caused the midair collision.

President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.

The new defense secretary’s goals run counter to the military’s apolitical tradition and efforts to build a force that mirrors America.

Through a flurry of orders, the new president quickly began driving the country in a different direction on many contentious issues.

The removal of a portrait of Gen. Mark A. Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from a Pentagon hallway was among the president’s early actions.

The administration will take steps to roll back federal support for racial equity and protections for transgender people.

Despite assurances from the rebels-turned-leaders, members of some religious groups worry what life will be like for them in a post-Assad Syria.

After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are just beginning.

The Bay Area politician, known for her antiwar position and breaking barriers in Congress, just left the House after more than two decades.

Is liberalism actually dead this time?

At a shelter in the Flushing area of New York, Hui Muslims who fled oppression in China are concerned about the president-elect’s vows to tighten asylum policy.

Finding the remnants of the old dictatorship and bringing them to justice has emerged as a top priority for the new administration in Syria.