Paulette Jiles, a horse-riding poet and historical novelist who evoked the grit and grandeur of the American West in “News of the World,” died at 82. A fossil of a young carnivorous dinosaur fetched over $30 million at Sotheby’s. The auction house had estimated its value at $4 million to $6 million.

Nearly two thirds of the DOJ unit defending key Trump cases in court have quit or are leaving their jobs, new analysis shows.

The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.