The refugees, many of them from Somalia, had passed security screenings before coming to the United States. The Trump administration has vowed to “re-examine thousands of refugee cases.”
Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.
Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, has clashed with his party’s activist wing. His response to ICE has won him new respect at home and new foes in Washington.
The testimony, part of the derailed Georgia election interference case, makes clear how dismissive some senior Republicans were of claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
It is unclear what possible crime might involve Senator Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, who has warned in dire terms about the dissolution of American democracy.
Its security forces have brutally defended the Islamic Republic, but the protests show that many Iranians consider it stagnant and ideologically hollow.
Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, organizations that work on tech issues said.
Amid a near-total communications blackout, witness footage trickling out of Iran paints a picture of how the country’s largest uprising in decades spread — and turned deadly.
China’s surplus reached $1.19 trillion last year, a 20 percent increase from 2024, as Beijing kept the currency weak and pursued self-reliance to replace imports.
To assuage cost-weary voters and combat inflation, the president has resorted to a mix of threats and punishments, targeting companies and policymakers alike.
China banned the burning of coal for heat around Beijing, but natural gas subsidies have run out, leaving many villagers vulnerable in dangerously cold weather.
The couple escalated their battle with Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, who said he would move to hold them in contempt of Congress.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City returned to the State Capitol for the first time since taking office, underscoring the shifting political winds since his victory.
In her address on Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York focused on affordability, while pushing for nuclear power and new restrictions on religious protests.
Midori Valdivia would head the Taxi and Limousine Commission, overseeing more than 115,000 for-hire vehicles. The mayor said drivers deserved a “forceful champion.”
The railway authorities said there were almost 200 people on the train when the accident happened in Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeast of Bangkok. Dozens were injured.
Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand.
As Secretary of State, the President’s onetime foe now offers him lavish displays of public praise—and will execute his agenda in Venezuela and around the globe.
He once defied the G.O.P. by blasting military interventions. But what looked like anti-interventionism is really a preference for power freed from the pretense of principle.
A onetime adviser to Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney argues that the U.S. has been “too cautious” in its use of force since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A political scientist explains how the Venezuelan President ran the country, why he was so unpopular, and, after his seizure by the Trump Administration, who might take over.
Silicon Valley envisions artificial intelligence ushering in an era of economic plenty. But what if the benefits are largely confined to corporations and investors that own the technology itself?
The Pittsburgh Steelers gambled on the forty-two-year-old, one of the N.F.L.’s most polarizing players, to try to end their playoff disappointments. Will it pay off?
A streamer’s investigation of fraud in Minnesota garnered millions of views. His content was questionable, but his methods will likely inspire scores of imitators.
Jésus Armas, a prominent opposition leader, has been in prison in Caracas for the past year. With the country in turmoil, his mother worries about his fate.
By forcibly bringing the ousted President and his wife into jurisdiction of U.S. federal courts, Trump will now have to accept that at least two Venezuelans deserve the basic right to due process.
One neighborhood in New York has elected so many democratic socialists—including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani—that people have started calling it “the People’s Republic.”