Hundreds of federal workers — many of them in critical health and national security jobs — have been brought back, sometimes within days of their initial firings.
Former president Donald J. Trump has attempted to distance himself from Project 2025, the conservative policy initiative. But well over half of its contributors have worked for him, and many of its policies overlap with his.
New research shows that the Black-white opportunity gap closed by about 30 percent for people born poor. It’s also harder for poor whites to climb into the middle class.