How Wesley Hunt of Texas Is Working in Plain Sight With Outside Groups
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:32:09 +0000 Exchanges between two X accounts appear to offer a vivid example of how campaigns may sidestep campaign-finance law to share strategic information.: In Texas, Paxton Has Led Efforts to Spread False Claims About Elections
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:56:59 +0000 The Texas attorney general is vying for the Republican nomination for Senate in Tuesday’s primary.: U.S. Ability to Determine What Comes Next in Iran Might Be Limited
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:27:29 +0000 Questions remain about how much effort the Trump administration will put into changing the Iranian government.: Only 21% of Americans Support the United States Initiating an Attack on Iran
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:08:59 +0000 The public’s appetite for a U.S. attack on Iran was low before President Trump and Israel took action on Saturday.: Fact-Checking Trump’s Justifications for Attacking Iran
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:34:37 +0000 The president made unsupported and exaggerated claims in a speech announcing the attack on Iran.: Hegseth Cuts Ties With Yale, Georgetown and Other Top Universities
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:10:02 +0000 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was banning attendance at Yale, Princeton, Brown and other elite colleges and think tanks, accusing them of indoctrinating service members with liberal ideologies.: Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:15:51 +0000 A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him. Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.: Congress Faces War Powers Votes in Wake of Iran Strikes
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:25:18 +0000 Following the attack, Democrats and a few Republicans escalated their calls for swift votes on whether to curb the president’s power to continue using force against Iran without explicit authorization.: For Trump, the Iran Attack Is the Ultimate War of Choice
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:27:24 +0000 There was no immediate threat from Iran. But the president saw a chance to push a weakened government over the edge, and is betting he can spark a popular uprising.: Pentagon Watchdog Stalls Proposal to Review Targeting in Trump’s Boat Strikes
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:01:29 +0000 A new inspector general delayed a decision on whether to approve the project and is said to have raised its potential political ramifications, in a test of the watchdog system in President Trump’s second term.: How the ICE Raids Turned Minnesota Politics Upside Down
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:17:58 +0000 Several top state and federal offices are up for grabs amid a period of crisis with few if any precedents in the state’s history.: In the Northwest, Polyamory Finds Something New: Legal Protection
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:01:09 +0000 From big cities like Seattle and Portland, Ore., to small ones like Astoria, Ore., proponents of “nontraditional” romantic relationships are making headway in getting legal recognition.: Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:00:43 +0000 Former F.B.I. officials say Mr. Patel beefed up field office staffing near his girlfriend in Nashville and ordered a team to ferry her on errands and to events.: Could the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision Affect the Midterms?
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:00:12 +0000 The court is set to decide a major case that could scramble the country’s congressional maps. One crucial factor for this year’s elections is when the ruling lands.: Former U.S. Air Force Officer Is Accused of Training Chinese Military Pilots
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:26:08 +0000 The former officer traveled to China to train pilots of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force without approval from the State Department, the Justice Department said.: Man Convicted of Forging Threats Against Trump Gets 16.5 Years in Prison
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:14:43 +0000 A Wisconsin man was found guilty of impersonating an undocumented immigrant in handwritten letters that threatened to kill the president in an effort to get the immigrant deported.: Scouts Will Abandon D.E.I. Policies Under Agreement With Pentagon, Hegseth Says
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:16:11 +0000 Scouting America said it had staved off a demand from the Pentagon to ban girls from the organization and change its name back to Boy Scouts of America.: Radiohead Demands That ICE Remove Its Song From a Social Media Video
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:03:57 +0000 The band condemned the Trump administration for using the song “Let Down” in a post showing victims of violent crimes that federal officials said had been committed by illegal immigrants.: ‘We Got to Win the Midterms’: Trump Takes His State of the Union Message on the Road
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:11:36 +0000 During a visit to Texas, President Trump made clear that he would be driving home his depiction of Democrats as out of step ahead of the elections in November.: Taiwan Arms Sale Approved by Congress Is Delayed as Trump Plans Visit to Beijing
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:47:30 +0000 The package worth billions of dollars and endorsed by lawmakers is stalled at the State Department as the U.S. and China plan an April summit.: North Carolina Primary Elections: What to Know, How to Vote, ID Rules and More
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:51:49 +0000 Marquee primary contests will determine the major-party nominees for an open U.S. Senate seat. The real action could unfold lower down the ballot.: L.A.U.S.D. Chief Alberto Carvalho Is Placed on Leave Following F.B.I. Raid
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:34:22 +0000 Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, was placed on paid leave after F.B.I. agents raided his home and district office this week.: What Readers Are Saying About the Upcoming Texas Primary Elections
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:42:53 +0000 Our readers in the state offer a window into the current center of the political universe.: Near the White House, Hundreds of High School Students Protest ICE
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:56:16 +0000 The demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial was the latest in a string of school walkouts across the country, which have resulted in arrests and condemnation from some officials, and plaudits from others.: Student Remains in Honduras After ICE Vows to Deport Her Again
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:11:20 +0000 Any Lucia López Belloza was deported by mistake. A judge ordered her return by Friday. When the Trump administration sent a plane, she decided not to get on.: Fewer Detectives Will Hunt for Nancy Guthrie, Signaling a New Phase
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:50:40 +0000 After a month with little visible progress, the sheriff in Pima County, Ariz., is sending some deputies back to their regular units.: An Update: Did a Brooklyn Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine?
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:07:30 +0000 On Friday, the state approved a settlement that included a $3,000 fine but no acknowledgment of guilt for a tree poisoning that riled people in scenic Rockport, Maine.: 30 More Indicted in Cities Church Protest Against ICE in St. Paul
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:50:26 +0000 The newly indicted people join nine others, including Don Lemon, in facing charges in connection to a protest of President Trump’s immigration crackdown during a worship service.: War Court Prosecutor Asks Panel to Overturn Torture Finding in 9/11 Case
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:19:14 +0000 An appeals court heard a government effort to resurrect the 2007 interrogations of a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay.: Henrietta Lacks’s Family Settles Suit With Novartis Over Use of Her Cells
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:47:10 +0000 Ms. Lacks’s family accused Novartis of profiting from her cells, which were taken from her without her consent in 1951, when she was dying of cervical cancer.