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What You Need to Know About Installing Plug-In Solar Panels

By: Ivan Penn and Claire Brown β€”
You can now buy panels that plug into electrical outlets, but there are some important safety issues to consider when picking and installing a system.

Plug-in solar panels are as large as windows, and in Germany they are often installed on balconies.

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Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards

By: Ivan Penn and Claire Brown β€”
Ten U.S. states have legalized systems that can be plugged into standard wall outlets. The technology typically does not require permits or electricians.

Alex Ottoboni with his balcony solar panel at his condo in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections

By: Scott Dance β€”
The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

A delivery in Wilmington, N.C., this month. Heat is linked to hundreds of workplace deaths each year, but labor groups say the true toll is unknown because heat-related illnesses are not properly tracked or reported.

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Supreme Court Permits Lawsuits Over U.S. Assets Seized by Cuba in 1960

By: Ann E. Marimow β€”
The Trump administration backed lawsuits brought by the Havana Docks Corporation that would allow the U.S.-owned entity to get compensation for property confiscated by Fidel Castro’s regime.

Cuban revolutionaries taking over the Havana Docks Corporation facilities in 1960.

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Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Falun Gong Lawsuit Against Cisco

By: Abbie VanSickle β€”
The court’s decision could have broader implications for lawsuits seeking to hold companies liable for international human rights abuses.

Members of Falun Gong during a protest meditation in Manhattan in 2024. The Chinese government has banned the group.

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Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Roundup Weedkiller Case

By: Abbie VanSickle β€”
The case could help determine the future of thousands of lawsuits against the maker of a popular herbicide over claims that it causes cancer.

Bayer, the German conglomerate that acquired the maker of Roundup in 2018, argued that federal rules requiring herbicide safety labeling should bar people from filing state-level claims that accuse companies of failing to warn consumers of dangers.

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House Vote Sets Up Clash With the Senate on D.H.S. Funding, Prolonging Shutdown

By: Carl Hulse, Megan Mineiro and Robert Jimison β€”
Republicans revolted over a Senate measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security and passed a rival bill, dimming the chances of a quick end to the crisis crippling airports.

Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, center, with other members of the House Freedom Caucus at the Capitol on Friday.

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I.C.C. Judges Denounce Effect of Trump’s Sanctions

By: Marlise Simons β€”
President Trump’s retaliation against top officials at the International Criminal Court has shut them out of American services and made even routine daily tasks a challenge.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague. U.S. sanctions come at a time when the court is investigating claims of atrocities in Afghanistan, Libya, Myanmar, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela, as well as Gaza.

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GOP Seeks Some Distance From Trump as Midterm Election Year Opens

By: Carl Hulse β€”
The vote to open a war powers debate, a pair of attempted veto overrides and a split on health care suggested a greater appetite among Republicans to challenge the president.

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Trump Vetoes 2 Bills, Drawing Accusations of Retaliation

By: Tyler Pager β€”
The president said he blocked the bills to save taxpayers’ money. But he has grievances against a tribe in Florida and officials in Colorado.

President Trump’s two vetoes were the first of his second term.

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ICE Must Allow Lawmakers to Inspect Detention Centers, Judge Rules

By: Zach Montague and Michael Gold β€”
Judge Jia M. Cobb wrote that two policies announced in June appeared to unlawfully bar members of Congress from making unannounced visits at immigration detention facilities.

Federal agents outside Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark in June. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has curbed access to its detention centers and required seven days’ notice for lawmakers seeking entry.

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How the Rhinelander Trial Scandalized the Jazz Age

By: Laura Wexler β€”
Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was one of the most scandalous trials of the Jazz Age. 100 years later, it reads as a tragedy about the country’s original sin.

Alice Rhinelander, center, with her sisters in the courtroom during the annulment trial.

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Trump Has Put the Military in an Impossible Situation

By: David French β€”
Who should take responsibility for the president’s undeclared war in the Caribbean?

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With SΓ©bastien Lecornu’s Resignation, France Faces Increasing Turmoil

By: Roger Cohen β€”
The record-fast collapse of yet another government confronts President Emmanuel Macron and his country with an intensifying crisis.

Prime Minister SΓ©bastien Lecornu of France in Paris on Monday after making the announcement that he had resigned, just a day after naming his government.

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Marine Park in Ontario Warns It May Euthanize Beluga Whales Without Cash Infusion

By: Vjosa Isai β€”
The government has barred Marineland from shipping its whales to an aquarium in China so the park is threatening to put the whales down.

Beluga whales swimming in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, in 2023.

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Shutdown Politics Has Republicans Singing Government’s Praises

By: Carl Hulse β€”
As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

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Can Conversion Therapy Be Banned? Supreme Court Will Decide on Colorado Law.

By: Ann E. Marimow β€”
Colorado and more than 20 other states restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of clients under age 18.

Kaley Chiles in her office in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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The Real Stakes of the Shutdown

By: The Editorial Board β€”
President Trump is seeking to deprive millions of Americans of their health insurance. Senate Democrats are refusing to acquiesce.

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