Justice Dept. Struggles to Respond to Trump’s Suit Against IRS

Officials at the department and the White House are in the middle of a messy and complicated debate over how to respond to President Trump’s lawsuit demanding $10 billion from the I.R.S.President Trump filed a lawsuit demanding at least $10 billion from the I.R.S.

A Andrew Duehren and Alan Feuer

Trump Seeks to Redefine ‘Regime Change’ in Iran War

President Trump and his aides have made contradictory statements on whether the United States and Israel have transformed the Iranian government through violence.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during his news conference on Tuesday that “this new regime, because regime change has occurred, shoul

E Edward Wong

Backdoor Funding of Homeland Security Agency Could Weaken Congress Anew

An emerging Republican plan to skirt a Democratic filibuster and fund an entire department without congressional appropriations would be the latest example of surrendering power to the White House.Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis in early January. Using the complex budget process known as reconci

C Carl Hulse

Who Is Getting Paid During the Department of Homeland Security Shutdown?

At least 120,000 law enforcement officers who work for the agency have continued to collect paychecks throughout the funding lapse. But tens of thousands of workers have gone without pay.A T.S.A. agent checks passengers at the security checkpoint at Pittsburgh International Airport on Monday.

M Madeleine Ngo

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit That Challenged Ban on Endorsements by Churches

Conservatives had expected a victory in the case after the I.R.S. agreed to a settlement that allowed churches to voice support for candidates.A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 70-year-old ban on political activity by churches.

D David A. Fahrenthold and Elizabeth Dias

Cesar Chavez Was a Voice for Mexican Americans Like Me. Now, We Grieve.

The United Farm Workers co-founder had been celebrated as an exemplar of civil rights. Then, a Times investigation found extensive evidence of his abuse of women.A mural dedicated to Cesar Chavez, among others, was covered in San Juan, Texas, after allegations that the United Farm Workers co-founder

A Ana Ley

How Cesar Chavez Abused His Power

The civil rights icon had a history of sexually abusing women and girls, which the Times reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes spent five years uncovering. They spoke to “The Daily” about their investigation, and one woman affected shares her story.Cesar Chavez speaks to farmworkers and other u

N Natalie Kitroeff

At the National Archives, the Declaration Gets More Company

The Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment have been added to the Archives’s rotunda, the first permanent changes there in nearly 75 years.Visitors looked at the original copy of the 19th Amendment this week. The document was recently added to the permanent display in the rotunda at the Na

J Jennifer Schuessler

Tugboat Captain Is Charged in Miami Beach Crash That Killed 3 Children

Six people, including a camp counselor, were thrown into the water on July 28 when their sailboat was struck by a barge that was being pushed by a tugboat, the authorities said.An aerial view of Biscayne Bay surrounding Hibiscus Island in Miami Beach, where a barge struck a sailboat in July, killing

J Johnny Diaz and Mark Walker