How Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas

For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.Judge Reed O’Connor in 2018. He has built a reputation as a conservative stalwart and became the chief judge of the Northern District of Texas las

Z Zach Montague and Mattathias Schwartz

Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE

Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.A plane carrying deportees from the United States at the international airport outside of Monrovia, th

E Emmanuel Akinwotu, Pranav Baskar, Genevieve Glatsky and Hamed Aleaziz

Postal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From Voting by Mail

A judge temporarily blocked the agency from implementing a strict new rule governing mail voting. The policy could disproportionately affect Democrats and many battleground elections.Stacked ballots in a processing center in City of Industry, Calif.

R Reid J. Epstein

Ed Markey Defends Transgender Athletes in Massachusetts Senate Race

Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has emerged as a vocal defender of transgender rights as he tries to fend off a primary challenge from Representative Seth Moulton.“Trans athletes should be able to play,” Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts said in an interview this past week with The New York Time

R Reid J. Epstein

This Governor Could Lose His Primary. A Bridge May Be to Blame.

The closure of a crucial Rhode Island bridge for safety reasons in 2023, and the traffic nightmare that followed, have dogged Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary.Gov. Dan McKee, a Democrat seeking a second term in Rhode Island, is facing a close and heated primary showdown against Helena Foulke

J Jenna Russell

Why the United States Can’t Quit Its Wars

The country’s longest war came to an end exactly five years ago. Today it offers lessons for policymakers seeking to avoid an endless war in Iran.A U.S. military helicopter over Kabul, Afghanistan, in May 2021.

G Greg Jaffe

Before Nepal’s Floods, Hindu Pilgrims Sought the Divine at Mount Kailash

For many, the trek to Mount Kailash on the border of Nepal and Tibet is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to find spiritual awakening.Many religious pilgrims head to the Nepal region to visit Mount Kailash on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Floodwaters ravaged the area, leaving thousands unaccounted for and

L Lauren McGaughy, Georgia Gee and Sejal Govindarao

See Nepali Rescue Workers Testing Aid Delivery by Drone

Some survivors of the deadly flood and landslide have no access to food. Officials and volunteers are testing how drones can help.Volunteers and police officers packing relief supplies for delivery by drone in Devighat, Nepal, on Saturday.

A Atul Loke and Anupreeta Das

How Marlon James Confronted ‘the Story I Was Not Allowed to Live’

With “The Disappearers,” the Booker Prize-winning author has written his most personal novel yet.“I don’t go to novels to be safe,” Marlon James said. “I go to novels to be titillated, to be scared, to be educated, to be frightened — honestly, to be appalled.”

M MJ Franklin

Tennis’s Lost Shot

As the U.S. Open kicks off, we’re exploring a tennis technique that has quietly gone extinct.

A Adam B. Kushner

Ferry Carrying Hundreds of Passengers Capsizes Off Coast of Cyprus

Local authorities said 267 people were aboard the catamaran-type vessel when it began taking on water shortly after its departure from Kyrenia.Passengers arrived on shore in northern Cyprus after being rescued when their ferry capsized off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday.

L Leo Sands and Ben Hubbard