President Donald Trump announced he is nominating D.C. Circuit Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, using a prime-time television address on Monday that will kick off a contentious battle in Washington over the replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy and the future of the court.

Father Michael Pfleger led protestors up the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago.

Few of the refugees are interested in returning to Iraq. “Return to what?” asks one Chaldean-Assyrian refugee. He says that “Iraq is a Frankenstein, not a state” because of the persistent ethnic and sectarian divisions.

The heavy hand of Beijing in political and economic affairs has more people in Hong Kong exploring the possibility of escape.

The C.D.C. reports a 25 percent spike between 1999 and 2016 in the frequency of suicide across the country.

Two Notre Dame lawyers describe Kennedy as a jurist who consistently ruled in favor of personal liberty and free speech.