The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite

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.

R Robert Draper

Goldman Sachs General Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler Resigns Over Epstein Ties

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

R Rob Copeland, Maureen Farrell, Lauren Hirsch and Duy Nguyen

Conspiracy Theories Only Flourish With More Epstein Evidence

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.

T Tiffany Hsu and Steven Lee Myers

How The Times Is Digging Into Millions of Pages of Epstein Files

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.

P Patrick Healy, Steve Eder, Andrew Chavez, Kirsten Danis and Dylan Freedman

Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters

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

A Adam Satariano, Paul Mozur and Farnaz Fassihi

Beyond the Big Cities, ICE Is Rattling Small-Town and Exurban America

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

A Anna Griffin and Chelsia Rose Marcius

Hundreds of Children Are in ICE Detention

The number of children being detained has spiked since last year. Families describe poor conditions and little education.

M Miriam Jordan, Sarah Mervosh and Allison McCann

A D.H.S. Shutdown Looms. Bruised Minnesotans Urge Their Parties to Dig In.

Congressional Democrats say they will approve no money for the Department of Homeland Security without guardrails on immigration agents. Their voters in Minnesota are demanding no less.The surge of immigration agents may be receding in Minneapolis, but protesters in the city want Democrats to hold f

P Pooja Salhotra

Restaurants Say ICE Presence Imperils Business

In several cities where immigrants are being detained, owners say they’re struggling to stay open as fear keeps customers and workers from leaving home.The dining room at Suya Joint, a Nigerian restaurant in Boston, one of many places that say they have lost business since ICE stepped up immigration

P Priya Krishna

The Transformative Power of the White ‘Race Traitor’

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.

N Nikole Hannah-Jones

Canada School Shooter’s Online Life Showed Interest in Violent Extremism

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.

M Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Aric Toler, Pranav Baskar, Malachy Browne, Amy Harmon and Vjosa Isai

New Jersey Bridge Project Could Snarl Rail Traffic for a Month

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.

S Stefanos Chen

Another Government Shutdown? Here’s What Travelers Should Know.

It was not immediately clear whether passengers would face delays at airport security checkpoints in the coming days if a government shutdown does occur.Employees of the Transportation Security Administration, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, must work without pay during a shutd

G Gabe Castro-Root

N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal

Hundreds of people attended a rally on Thursday to re-raise the flag, setting up a defiant response to the Trump administration’s assault on diversity initiatives.Days after the Pride flag was removed from the Stonewall National Monument in Manhattan, federal employees raised an American flag in its

L Liam Stack and Olivia Bensimon