Despite a deadlock over funding for the agency, lawmakers left town and left Democratic and White House negotiators to try to work out a deal in their absence.Congress left Washington for a weeklong recess despite not reaching a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Far from the national spotlight, towns like Cornelius, Ore., and Coon Rapids, Minn., are dealing with President Trump’s expanding mass deportation effort, and the effects can be acute.In Cornelius, Ore., population 14,763, town leaders declared a state of emergency and asked the governor for money t
The number of children in immigration detention has spiked since last year. Families describe poor conditions and little education.
Plus, your Friday news quiz.The number of children being detained by ICE has spiked since last year. Families describe poor conditions and little education.
The Consumer Price Index fell in January to 2.4 percent from 2.7 percent a month
After a year of just 181,000 new jobs, January’s 131,000 increase in the U.S. workforce was surprisingly positive. Ben Casselman, The New York Times’ chief economic correspondent, explains the numbers.
President Trump’s effort to get Kevin M. Warsh confirmed as the next Federal Reserve chair has been complicated by a criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell.The comments by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent underscore the urgency the Trump administration is feeling as it looks to replace the Fed
The search continues in the documents for ironclad criminal conduct, but the story of a sexual predator given a free ride by the ruling class has already emerged.Redacted documents showing email chains from Jeffrey Epstein released by the Justice Department.
Kathryn Ruemmler, a former top Obama administration lawyer, is out at Goldman Sachs after emails showed a friendship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein spanning many years.Kathryn Ruemmler, the general counsel at Goldman Sachs, in 2014. She said Thursday that her responsibility “is to put Goldman
The dump of millions of documents has fueled a new wave of speculation, A.I.-generated hoaxes and foreign disinformation.New emails and documents about Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who owned Little Saint James Island, above, have spawned a wave of new conspiracy theories and hoaxes.
Two dozen journalists. A pile of pages that would reach the top of the Empire State Building. And an effort to find the next revelation in a sprawling case.A photo of Jeffrey Epstein with other faces redacted by the Justice Department.
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As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests.Antigovernment protesters blocked a road last month in Tehran. Iran is using facial recognition and phone data to track and det
The painted portrait from President Trump’s first term was completed more than four years ago, but never unveiled. Now he wants the National Portrait Gallery to commission a new one.
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.The maker of Meta’s smart glasses said it sold more than seven million pairs last year.
From Schwerner and Goodman to Good and Pretti, white people putting themselves in harm’s way has helped galvanize Americans for justice.Demonstrators in Greenville, Miss., in 1964 after the disappearance of three civil rights workers, who were later found dead.
It is unclear what the Trump administration is prepared to do if it does not get the concessions it wants from Kyiv on issues like territory and elections.An artillery unit of the Ukrainian Army preparing to fire at Russian positions near Pokrovsk, Ukraine, in December.
In a war where drones are synonymous with destruction, some are also used to drop care packages to Ukraine’s frontline soldiers.Fruit and sweets being packed for soldiers on the front line.
Step inside the sprawling factory in California where the largest fleet replacement in Amtrak’s 55-year history is coming together piece by piece.
The suspect in the British Columbia shooting had long been posting about mental health problems, substance abuse and a fascination with weapons and online violence.The family home where the authorities say Jesse Van Rootselaar killed her mother, Jennifer Jacobs, and her brother, Emmett Jacobs.
The attack at a secondary school and a private residence in the small, remote community in British Columbia has left families stunned and grief-stricken.
Construction on the new Portal North Bridge is expected to disrupt commutes into Manhattan on NJ Transit, PATH and Amtrak trains beginning on Sunday.The new Portal North Bridge in Kearny, N.J., is replacing a 116-year-old swing bridge that often gets stuck when it is opened to allow ships to pass.
What happens when the people building a new technology don’t want to use it?
The journalist Anand Giridharadas examines the power and influence that Jeffrey Epstein brokered, and which the latest batch of Epstein files puts on display.
