Trump makes over the Rose Garden, Mar-a-Lago style Trump has swapped out the grass in the Rose Garden with stone, turning what had been a lawn into a patio that bears a striking resemblance to one at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Tamara Keith
The National Guard has been deployed to enforce the law before. What's different now? The National Guard has been deployed many times historically. Experts say the president's decision to deploy the Guard as a blanket response to crime in D.C. is a departure from its intended mission. Alana Wise
Trump isn't the first U.S. president to seek to strengthen ties with Putin President Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. Trump has long said that his relationship with Putin will help him strike a deal. Don Gonyea
Who made these knotted records during the Inca Empire? Inca society kept records by encoding information into knotted cords called khipu. A new analysis of hair woven into these cords suggests this record-keeping was practiced by commoners as well as elites. Nell Greenfieldboyce
D.C. has been under tighter federal control before. Here's what it looked like Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times the city has been under tighter federal control. Rachel Treisman
Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable. Chloe Veltman
An ancient archaeological site meets conspiracy theories — and Joe Rogan In the hills of southeastern Turkey lies a site so ancient, it's turning our understanding of civilization on its head and leading to conspiracy theories. Rebecca Rosman
From Hiroshima to Hope: Marking 80 years since the atomic bombings Hundreds gathered at Seattle’s Green Lake Wednesday evening to honor the more than 200,000 victims of the United States’ atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago. Megan Farmer
Confederate statue toppled during Black Lives Matter protests will be reinstalled The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020. It is the only statue of a Confederate general in Washington, D.C. Jennifer Vanasco
Remember running the mile in school? The Presidential Fitness Test is coming back The Cold War-era test was a staple of school gyms for half a century before the Obama administration replaced it. Trump says his focus on childhood fitness is for both physical and patriotic reasons. Rachel Treisman
