The New York Times

The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. reflects the president’s insistence that the military’s leadership is too mired in diversity issues and has lost sight of its combat role. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-fires-cq-brown-pentagon.html

The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/execution-firing-squad-south-carolina.html Author : Eduardo Medina

Many Black Americans were frustrated by the Trump administration’s targeting of D.E.I. programs. But others embraced the speed at which he moved. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/black-voters-trump.html Author : J. David Goodman, Audra D. S. Burch,

The World Anti-Doping Agency withdrew a defamation lawsuit and an ethics case against American officials critical of its handling of failed tests by members of China’s Olympic swimming squad. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/wada-anti-doping-suit.html Author :

European officials were not sure what to make of the secretary of state’s measured assessment of Washington’s apparent pivot toward Moscow. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/us/politics/rubio-russia-europe.html Author : Michael Schwirtz and Adam Entous Publish date :