Air Canada Pilots Killed in LaGuardia Crash Were Early in Flying Careers

The pilots were identified as Antoine Forest, 30, and Mackenzie Gunther. They were the only two fatalities in the plane’s collision with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.The wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet after it collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday.

P Pranav Baskar, Vjosa Isai, Hurubie Meko and Norimitsu Onishi

Why President Trump Has a Big Oil Problem

Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger looks at President Trump’s trouble handling retaliatory attacks by Iran that have largely choked off the Strait of Hormuz.

D David E. Sanger, Coleman Lowndes, Laura Salaberry, Nikolay Nikolov, Rafaela Balster, Alexandra Ostasiewicz and Whitney Shefte

Saudi Leader Is Said to Push Trump to Continue Iran War in Recent Calls

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sees a “historic opportunity” to remake the region, according to people briefed by U.S. officials on the conversations.President Trump hosted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the White House last year.

J Julian E. Barnes, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt

Supreme Court Seems Open to Trump Request to Block Asylum Seekers at Border

A policy of turning back many asylum seekers at the border was rescinded in 2021, but the Justice Department wants the flexibility to reinstate it as a tool for border control.Migrants approved for asylum appointments with Customs and Border Protection lined up for permission to travel to the U.S. i

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Gregory Bovino’s Final Days: Harsh Words and Few Regrets

He was the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. But as he begins a retirement that was not entirely voluntary, the Border Patrol leader says he did not go far enough.Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino is retiring this week.

K Katie J.M. Baker and Hamed Aleaziz

Costa Rica Agrees to Take Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration

The agreement is part of President Trump’s efforts to find governments willing to accept people who have been detained in the United States.Then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with President Rodrigo Chaves Robles of Costa Rica during a news conference last year in San José, Costa Rica.

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Key Adviser Quits Federal Vaccine Panel

Dr. Robert Malone, vice chair of the committee, was appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after a purge of the previous advisers.Dr. Robert Malone, the vice chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, during a meeting at the C.D.C. in Atlanta in December.

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Senate Democrats Urge Kennedy to Stop Hindering Key Health Panel

The health secretary has canceled or postponed three meetings of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which shapes health care coverage for Americans.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. preparing for a TV interview following the State of the Union address at the Capitol last month.

D Dani Blum and Maggie Astor

N.C. Senator Phil Berger Officially Just Lost to Sam Page

Phil Berger had money, power and an endorsement from President Trump. But his critics had a long list of resentments and, on Tuesday, he lost by a mere 23 votes.Phil Berger is the country’s longest-serving active State Senate leader.

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California Governor Debate Canceled After Criticism Over Lack of Diversity

The debate would have featured six candidates, all white. The inclusion of a low-polling mayor drew scrutiny in particular.An earlier governor debate in San Francisco featured seven candidates, including the four entrants who were going to be excluded from a debate in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

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Newsom Says He Regrets Remarks Comparing Israel to ‘Apartheid State’

The California governor suggested that he had meant to refer to Israel’s potential future direction, not its current policies. “I revere the state of Israel,” he said.Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has long been a supporter of Israel, but he has stepped up his criticism of its government more recen

J Jennifer Medina

The U.S. Military Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp in Ecuador. It Was a Dairy Farm.

The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.The remains of a dairy cattle farm in San Martín that was burned and bombed by the Ecuadorean military.

L Luis Ferré-Sadurní, José María León Cabrera, Annie Correal, Eric Schmitt and Federico Rios

Russian Oil Shipment Puts Focus on Kremlin Spy Outpost in Cuba

Moscow may be challenging President Trump’s effort to choke Cuba’s economy. China also has suspected listening posts on the island.Mr. Trump has spoken of using his economic leverage to mount a “friendly takeover” of Cuba and is pressing for the ouster of its president, Miguel Díaz-Canel.

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College Graduates Are Facing the Grimmest Job Market in Years

Artificial intelligence could reshape work, but for now a low-hire, low-fire labor market is the main impediment for young people seeking employment.“I was hoping that at this stage, I would have something lined up,” said Erin Torres, who has been searching for a job for months.

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Covid Relief Loans Are Haunting Small Businesses

The Small Business Administration lent $378 billion to keep businesses afloat. Getting paid back is proving difficult.Chris Towns, a blueberry farmer in Alma, Ga., took out hundreds of thousands in federal loans during the pandemic.

L Lydia DePillis