What We Know About the El Paso Airspace Shutdown

The Trump administration blamed the disruptive halt on a cartel drone incursion, but others have disputed that explanation.The shutdown at the airport in El Paso was lifted in less than eight hours, but not before disrupting travelers and businesses.

D Daniel Victor, Karoun Demirjian, Luke Broadwater and Edgar Sandoval

Easing Unemployment Supports Fed Extending Pause on Rate Cuts

January’s jobs data, released on Wednesday, bolstered expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady for longer than previously expected.The unemployment rate has become a focal point for the Federal Reserve, led by Jerome H. Powell, as it assesses the health of the labor mark

C Colby Smith

Federal Debt to Hit Record Levels, Budget Office Warns

President Trump has reshaped the country’s economic policies, but the outlook for the budget remains dire.The federal debt is expected to grow under President Trump, the Congressional Budget Office said in its latest forecast.

A Andrew Duehren

Homeland Security Hires Labor Dept. Aide Whose Posts Raised Alarms

A young aide behind social posts that echoed white supremacist messaging will help run social media for the much larger Homeland Security Department.Peyton Rollins, a new social media director at the Department of Homeland Security, has claimed credit for a huge banner with President Trump’s visage

E Evan Gorelick

U.S. Brings Dozens of Foreign Military Chiefs to Washington

The rare gathering focused on the Western Hemisphere underscored potential implications of the Trump administration’s “Donroe Doctrine.”Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, convened the meeting in Washington.

E Eric Schmitt and John Ismay

Iran Commemorates Revolution, With U.S. Warships Lurking Off the Coast

The authoritarian clerical regime in Tehran came to power in 1979. Today, it presides over a country that is deeply polarized and under threat of an American attack.A gathering near Azadi Tower in Tehran on Wednesday, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the shah.

E Erika Solomon

OpenAI’s Biggest Challenge Is Turning Its A.I. Into a Cash Machine

The maker of ChatGPT hopes to triple its revenue in the coming year because it is planning to spend tens of billions of dollars. The clock is ticking.OpenAI’s offices in San Francisco. The start-up’s fast expansion means it has to quickly find new ways to make money.

C Cade Metz and Mike Isaac

How Hate Groups Are Using Online Games to Recruit Kids

Fringe movements are using games and other online platforms to draw growing numbers of children to their causes, new data and dozens of interviews show.Extremists are now using video games like Roblox to recruit new followers.

P Pranav Baskar

Donald Trump, Pagan King

The president is returning to an ancient world, before morality mattered and when human actions were governed only by power.

L Leighton Woodhouse

Paging Dr. Chatbot

We look at when you can trust A.I. with your health, and when you can’t.

S Sam Sifton

Across the South, Residents Grieve for Thousands of Storm-Ravaged Trees

The ice that fell during last month’s storm was unsparing: It decimated magnolias, oaks and other species in wealthy suburban enclaves, rural communities and urban parks.Multiple large trees in the Circle at the University of Mississippi were cut down following damage from the ice storm in Oxford, M

E Emily Cochrane and Brad Vest