News in Brief Appeals Court Hears Arguments on Trump’s Travel Ban The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments today on Trump's second executive order banning immigrants from six-majority Muslim countries. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief Trump to Sign Executive Order on Religious Freedom President Donald Trump is expected to sign a controversial executive order on Thursday. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief Taking Stock of Racial Progress During Obama’s Presidency A new report from the National Urban League takes score of how African Americans and Hispanics fared under Obama, and offers a look at what’s to come. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief In the Trump Era, More Americans Are Stressed Out by Political Discussions at Work A new survey finds political debate in the workplace negatively affects more Americans today than it did before the November election. Tom Jacobs
Environment The Upside-Down World of the Climate March At the Climate March and Samantha Bee’s fake White House Correspondents' Dinner, we saw a topsy-turvy portrait of D.C. in disarray. Lucia Graves
News in Brief The Politics of Questioning the Civil War, According to One Historian Trump’s remarks reflect an unease with contemporary racial issues, says a history professor. Nick Hagar
News in Brief Homeland Security Is Set to Hire a Former Director of an Anti-Immigration Group Julie Kirchner has previously advocated harsh restrictions on immigrants. Now her job is to provide them assistance. Marcelo Rochabrun & Jessica Huseman
News in Brief A Look at the #ResistLA Immigration Rally Thousands gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Monday to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Morgan Baskin
News in Brief Politics Isn’t Easy and the Country Shouldn’t Be Run Like a Business Those giving President Donald Trump a poor 100-day performance review are generally looking past his largest accomplishment: he has helped to explode three of American politics’ most pernicious myths. Seth Masket
Economics The House Passes a Temporary Spending Bill The House of Representatives passed a temporary spending bill to fund the government for another week. Dwyer Gunn