Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has imbued U.S. military actions with a Christian moral underpinning that suggests they are divinely sanctioned.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has framed U.S. military actions as bigger than politics or U.S. foreign policy.

G Greg Jaffe and Elizabeth Dias

Trump Officials Bypass Congress to Sell Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan

Some of the proposed sales, valued at more than $23 billion, were under review, while others were never sent to Congress. The administration is pushing them through without congressional approval.Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that “an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale” of

M Megan Mineiro and Edward Wong

Deferring to Trump, G.O.P. Lawmakers Resist a Public Accounting on Iran

Nearly three weeks into a war that polls show is unpopular, top Republicans have yet to call administration officials to testify about it, arguing that hearings would put divisions on display.Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at an Oval Office meeting on Thur

M Megan Mineiro

Mullin Said to Have Credited the King of Jordan for a Helicopter Rescue

The homeland security nominee brought up a mysterious trip in mid-2016 at a confirmation hearing. He visited Jordan that August, congressional records show.Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma has a history of suggesting that he has firsthand familiarity with overseas war-zone operations, despite ha

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Chuck Norris, Action Star of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ Dies at 86

He channeled his martial arts skills into heroic roles in films like “The Delta Force” and “Missing in Action” and in the long-running TV series “Walker, Texas Ranger.”Chuck Norris in 1995 as Cordell Walker on “Walker, Texas Ranger.” The series aired on CBS from 1993 to 2001.

C Clyde Haberman

How a Civil Rights Icon Used His Power to Abuse Girls and Women

For five years, our reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes followed allegations that the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez had sexually abused girls and women at all levels of the United Farm Workers movement. Manny Fernandez takes us inside their investigation.

M Manny Fernandez, Sarah Hurtes, Mimi Dwyer, Christina Shaman, Thomas Vollkommer, Jon Miller, James Surdam, Nikolay Nikolov, Rafaela Balster, Chris Orr, Pedro Garcia and Rolando Garcia

Presidents Who Honored Cesar Chavez Have Yet to React to Abuse Allegations

Bill Clinton gave Mr. Chavez the nation’s highest civilian honor. Barack Obama made Cesar Chavez Day a federal holiday. Joe Biden displayed a bronze bust of Mr. Chavez. So far, all have been quiet.Joseph R. Biden Jr. not only put the bust of Mr. Chavez in the Oval Office, but also gave it a place of

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He Spent Five Years in Solitary. He Came Out a Jailhouse Lawyer.

Obsessed with proving his innocence, Quentin Lewis devoted years in isolation to learning the law. Now he is taking on his captors in prison tribunals.Quentin Lewis had decades added to his sentence while in prison for armed robbery after he was accused of participating in a fight that killed anothe

C Corey Kilgannon and Lauren Petracca

Aid Ship Departs for Cuba as Island Grapples With a Fuel Blockade

The “Nuestra América” humanitarian convoy plans to deliver more than 20 tons of critical supplies to Cuba. Some Cuban exiles view it with suspicion.People watching the sunset in Havana on Monday during a blackout.

E Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Paul Antoine Matos

A Meatpacking Strike in Colorado Is Another Stress to Trump’s Economy

The walkout at the JBS plant in Greeley, Colo., comes as beef prices have soared, cattle supplies have plunged and immigration sweeps have stressed the labor supply.Carmelo Garcia and other workers participated in the JBS meatpacking strike outside the JBS plant in Greeley, Colo. on Wednesday.

J Jack Healy and Daniel Brenner

NYC Marks First Ramadan Under Mayor Zohran Mamdani

Many New Yorkers said Ramadan felt especially poignant this year under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who used his own observance of the holiday to model the diversity of Muslim life in the city.An iftar meal in the Kensington neighborhood of Brooklyn.

M Maya King

Alexander Brothers Are Said to Seek Trump Pardons for Sex Trafficking

People representing the three brothers have reached out to a lobbyist and an influential Jewish group that have supported clemency for others. There are no signs the White House is considering a pardon.President Trump has used his clemency power to reward allies and people with the resources to enli

D Debra Kamin and Kenneth P. Vogel

CBS News Radio, Onetime Home of Murrow, Will End Amid Layoffs

Bari Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News, announced layoffs on Friday that affected more than 60 employees. The network is owned by the technology heir David Ellison.The cuts are expected to affect several dozen journalists and crew members at numerous shows.

M Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin

What the ‘Project Hail Mary’ Directors Learned From a Firing

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, best known for animations like the “Spider-Verse” films, took lessons from “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” a project from which they were dismissed.Phil Lord, left, and Christopher Miller. “It was almost contrarian to make a movie that’s so affirming about a topic that i

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