- Trump Moves Ahead With F-35 Jet Sales to Saudi Arabia Despite Intelligence Concerns
- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:32:18 +0000
U.S. intelligence agencies have warned in internal reports that China could acquire or steal U.S. warplane technology if F-35 jets are sent to Saudi Arabia.
- Immigration Officer Found Guilty of Sexually Assaulting and Robbing Women
- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:26:04 +0000
The officer, a Customs and Border Protection agent at a Chicago airport, was accused of assaulting and threatening four women, all of Chinese descent, at hotel rooms in 2022.
- Former Institute of Peace Workers Warn Trump May Push to Engrave Name on Building
- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:26:05 +0000
As part of a lawsuit, the workers have asked a federal court to stop any plans to engrave the building with President Trump’s name.
- S.U.V. Driver Charged With Murder in Los Angeles Bus Crash
- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:51:36 +0000
Prosecutors said the driver was impaired by drugs and ran a red light before ramming a city bus on Tuesday. Two people died. Compounding the tragedy, a news helicopter also crashed.
- Jury Reaches Mixed Verdict in Death of Reporter Covering Super Bowl
- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:11:44 +0000
The Telemundo reporter, Adan Manzano, was found in his hotel room just before the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans.
- Alabama Executes Inmate After Supreme Court Blocked Last Attempt
- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:34:22 +0000
Jeffery Lee had raised concerns about use of nitrogen gas and the legacy of an abandoned practice that allowed judges to override juries on death sentences.
- Virginia Attorney General: D.H.S. Likely Broke State Law in Voter Fraud Investigation
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:50:37 +0000
The department has pulled hundreds of agents from their regular duties to find noncitizens on the voter rolls, despite decades of evidence that widespread voter fraud is exceptionally rare in the United States.
- Blanche’s Political Campaigning Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate
- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:06:06 +0000
The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department.
- Trump Wants Putin to End the War. He May Offer Russia Business Deals First.
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:20:14 +0000
A new sanctions bill is meant to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine. But President Trump is doubling down on a different approach: offering enticements to Russia.
- Montana Ballot Measure Would Strike at Political ‘Dark Money’
- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:25:20 +0000
A measure aimed at stemming the tide of corporate money in politics will be on the November ballot. Opponents say it violates a high court ruling.
- Man Who Attacked Ilhan Omar Sentenced to 14 Months After Plea Deal
- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:32:01 +0000
Anthony J. Kazmierczak sprayed vinegar at Ms. Omar while she was speaking at a Minneapolis town hall in January. He pleaded guilty to assault in May.
- Yosemite Wildfire Grows to Nearly 1,200 Acres
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:33:34 +0000
The blaze has forced trail closures and reduced air quality in sections of the California national park.
- Hasan Piker’s Comments Create Headaches for Abdul El-Sayed
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:34:41 +0000
Under pressure, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan this week rejected Hasan Piker’s argument that the U.S. has caused more terror than Al Qaeda.
- ICE Agent Charged in Shooting Appears In Court in Minnesota
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:50:15 +0000
Christian Castro, the agent charged in the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in January, faces felony charges in state and federal courts. He was released from jail a day after his arrest.
- The Public Charge Rule: How Trump’s Green Card Policy Could Affect Immigrant Families
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:39:26 +0000
The policy, set to take effect Friday, would give immigration officers broader authority to deny permanent residency to people using public benefits.
- At Gettysburg, a Reporter Captured a Nation’s Loss, and His Own
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:34:24 +0000
Samuel Wilkeson Jr. filed a report for The Times from the battlefield. Then he went looking for a Union officer, his son.
- Trump Air Force One Photos Fuel Kennedy Center Demolition Speculation
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:10:26 +0000
Images captured through the windows of Air Force One showed President Trump reviewing a poster with the title “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED.”
- White House Pulls Nomination of Lance Schroyer, Ally of Markwayne Mullin, for ICE Director
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:08:50 +0000
President Trump nominated Lance Schroyer, a former law enforcement officer from Oklahoma, less than three months ago.
- Jon Kyl, Senator Known for His Skills Behind the Scenes, Dies at 84
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:34:48 +0000
The Arizona politician rose to the second-highest position in the Republican-held Senate caucus thanks to his policy smarts and deft political sensibilities.
- Are Trump’s Official Papers His Personal Property?
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:04:12 +0000
The administration argues that presidential papers are like those of Supreme Court justices.
- G.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad Criticizing the Immigration Crackdown
- Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:02:45 +0000
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters.
- Afghan Sentenced to 20 Years After Mixed Verdict in 2021 Kabul Attack Case
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:54:29 +0000
A jury had split on whether Mohammad Sharifullah was to blame in a deadly bombing but found him guilty of aiding the terrorist group ISIS-K.
- For a Border Tribe, Trump’s Wall Is a Betrayal: ‘They Want to Erase Us’
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:54:35 +0000
An escalating confrontation on Native land southwest of Tucson threatens to upend decades of uneasy cooperation between the Tohono O’odham Nation and the United States.
- Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling.
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:23:25 +0000
The party is putting up a costly defense of states and districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. And in places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it’s too late.
- Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed’s Senate Bid
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:12:40 +0000
The public petition comes after other Michigan Jews registered their discontent with Abdul El-Sayed, the state’s Democratic Senate nominee.
- Stung by Voting Rights Decision, Many Black Southerners Plan for November
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:32:16 +0000
Black Democratic candidates for governor, the Senate and the House are hoping that attacks on Black representation will motivate more voters.
- Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:48 +0000
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
- State Department Extends Visa Ban on Abbas, Other Palestinian Officials
- Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:24:20 +0000
The move would prevent Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of two governing Palestinian groups, from traveling to the United States next week for the United Nations General Assembly.