WASHINGTON — Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready Wednesday to uphold a Tennessee law denying transition care to transgender youth, with some of them saying that judgments about contested scientific evidence should be made by legislatures rather than judges.

TOKYO — When President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea visited the White House last year, he charmed the Washington establishment by singing Don McLean’s “American Pie.” When he flew to Tokyo to usher in a new era of conciliation with Japan, it was a genial visit, with the prime minister treating Yoon to “omurice,” a Japanese dish the South Korean leader likes.

As a nature-loving physical therapist in Boulder, Colorado, Colin O’Banion shops at farmers markets, grows organic squash in his backyard and thought he could never vote for Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden issued a full and unconditional pardon of his son Hunter on Sunday night, using the power of his office to wave aside years of legal troubles, including a federal conviction for illegally buying a gun.

SAN FRANCISCO — They call it “the Blob.”

Zackory Kirk, an influencer based in Atlanta who goes by the name The Zactivist and has more than 220,000 followers on Instagram, TikTok and other platforms, has been churning out mostly progressive content for more than four years.

Shoppers are heading into the Black Friday weekend unsure how wide to open their wallets, retailers say, with many still feeling the squeeze of inflation and also worried that tariffs could make things even more expensive if they wait too long to buy.

Drug company executives had hoped that a second Trump administration would be staffed by friendly health policy officials who would reduce regulation and help their industry boom.

WASHINGTON — These are frenzied times for the nascent Department of Government Efficiency.