Rhode Island Man Who Fled 2005 Rape Trial Is Arrested in New York
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:23:07 +0000 Ronald L. Fischer vanished just before he was convicted. After more than 20 years on the run, he was arrested on a sailboat in the East River, the authorities said.: How Trump Is Using Federal Agencies to Target Elections
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:05:07 +0000 Nick Corasaniti, a Politics reporter, explains how the Trump administration is deploying federal agencies to investigate and reshape electoral processes under state jurisdiction.: U.S. Forest Service Employees Are Freed After 15-Hour Hostage Ordeal
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:31:04 +0000 The authorities said a man and his son held two employees at gunpoint in a trailer at Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California.: Mourning One Tragedy at Sea, a Family Is Devastated by Another
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:42:34 +0000 The Boisas went out on the San Francisco Bay to spread the ashes of one of their own. Then a wave toppled their boat.: AIPAC Closes Donor Portal to Democrats Who Voted to End Aid to Israel
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:33:57 +0000 The pro-Israel lobbying group appeared to be punishing Democrats it had endorsed for re-election after they voted in favor of an amendment that would have cut off U.S. aid to Israel.: South Carolina Man Who Fired Rifle to Scare a Black Neighbor Gets 9 Years
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:46:33 +0000 The man, Jonathan Andrew Felkel, fired a rifle and shouted a racial slur at the victim, whom he targeted because of his race, law enforcement officials said.: Paul Pelosi Charged With Hit-and-Run in Napa Valley Crash
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:14:18 +0000 Mr. Pelosi, the 86-year-old husband of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, crashed into a parked Tesla near his home among the vineyards this month.: Billionaires Prepare $87 Million Ad Campaign to Block California Wealth Tax
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:02:03 +0000 A coalition backed by the Google co-founder Sergey Brin and wealthy tech investors is trying to neutralize a proposed one-time tax on the state’s richest residents.: Trump Endorses Graham for Senate, Scrambling South Carolina Primary
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:50:44 +0000 Senator Darline Graham had been seen as a caretaker for her brother’s seat after his sudden death. Now she has the president’s nod in what was shaping up to be a crowded fight to succeed Lindsey Graham.: Who Really Has the 2026 Midterms Cash Edge?
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:31:37 +0000 The fund-raising race is tighter than it seems.: Trump Pursues a Deeper Bond With China’s Leader, Despite Hostile Speech
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:29:41 +0000 Chinese officials appear to think that President Trump’s accusations that China interfered in the 2020 U.S. elections were driven by domestic politics, not foreign policy.: Sara Rodriguez, Lieutenant Governor, Quits Wisconsin Governor’s Race
Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:17:10 +0000 One establishment candidate dropped out and another rejoined the race amid worries from some moderate Democrats that a democratic socialist might win the primary.: Trump’s Election Claims and SAVE Act Push Find Muted Response From G.O.P. Lawmakers
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:53:40 +0000 Most G.O.P. lawmakers had little to say about the president’s claims of election vulnerabilities, and he did not appear to move the needle on the voting restriction bill he championed.: Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:34:54 +0000 Markwayne Mullin reiterated the president’s false claims about voting security while escalating the administration’s legally questionable attempts to control state elections.: Man Sought in Minnesota Fraud Case Returned From Somalia
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:18:15 +0000 Abdikerm Eidleh, whom the authorities sought for nearly four years, faces charges in the state’s sprawling social services fraud case, which has drawn the Trump administration’s attention.: Mullin Vows to Keep Up Immigration Arrests Even After ICE Shootings
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:16:55 +0000 The homeland security secretary made clear that he would seek to deliver on President Trump’s push for mass deportations.: Deadly Texas Floods Ebb, but Danger Remains: ‘You Could Hear the Water’
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:50:19 +0000 At least two people died as waters rose rapidly across the Texas Hill Country, the same area of the state that saw catastrophic flooding last year.: Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:25:27 +0000 Like his predecessors, President Trump has struggled to turn battlefield successes into long-term victories.: Remains of California Millionaire Who Vanished 45 Years Ago Are Identified
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:46:57 +0000 A con man was convicted in the 1983 murder of Thelma Gaston, 80, but her remains were only just identified thanks to advanced DNA testing.: Trump Brings Full Weight of Government to Bolster False Election Claims
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:39:31 +0000 Intelligence agencies provided the White House with a trove of declassified documents that President Trump cited on Thursday as evidence of election vulnerabilities.: Judges Ask Congress for Power to Fix Crumbling Courthouses
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:45:12 +0000 Undrinkable water. Leaks. Mold. Federal courthouses need billions of dollars in repairs, and judges say the General Services Administration is a bad landlord.: Here’s the latest.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:40:59 +0000: Trump Promised Proof of Election Tampering. His Document Release Fell Far Short.
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:32:39 +0000 In the end, the documentary evidence that President Trump claimed would prove his case appeared bound to disappoint those who expected bombshell revelations.: How ICE’s Traffic Stops Led to Fatal Confrontations
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:42:54 +0000 ICE has been trying to continue its mass deportations without drawing headlines. Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs explains how two fatal shootings at traffic stops raise the question of whether the Trump administration can continue its campaign without deadly consequences.: In One of Houston’s Oldest Latino Barrios, Mourning After ICE Shooting Mixed With Fear and Anger
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:33:58 +0000 After a federal agent killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the grief and anger in Magnolia Park has been less visible, but no less intense.: Republicans in North Carolina Try to Reduce Early Voting on Sundays and on Campuses
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:04:24 +0000 Voting-rights activists said the changes are a blatant attempt by G.O.P. leaders to make it harder for Black voters and students, who tend to vote for Democrats, to cast ballots this fall.: To Win Their Races, Black Politicians Confront a New Landscape
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:06:37 +0000 With the Voting Rights Act weakened, Black representation will depend less on Black voters and more on broad, multiracial appeal or on ideological outsider campaigns.