Brookings Institution Report: Over 100,000 Family Separations in Trump Crackdown

The Brookings Institution suggests that federal statistics are an undercount because immigrant parents are not being asked about or not disclosing their American children.Children have been separated from their parents, according to a new report, as the Trump administration continues its deportation

M Miriam Jordan and Jeff Adelson

How a Funding Pause Derailed an Artificial Heart for Babies

James Antaki’s efforts to develop a baby’s heart were close to success when his federal funding was cut off. The grants were eventually restored; rebuilding what was lost wasn’t so easy.James Antaki, a biomedical engineer at Cornell. He had been developing an artificial heart for young children. Rou

S Simar Bajaj

A Crack in the Polling Floor Puts Trump in New Territory

A 37 percent approval rating in a new Times/Siena poll suggests the G.O.P. is facing a big midterm problem despite recent redistricting gains.President Trump’s approval rating is his lowest recorded in a Times/Siena survey.

N Nate Cohn

In Closed-Door Talks, U.S. Demands a Major Role in Greenland

Greenlandic officials worry about the direction of the negotiations aimed at defusing President Trump’s threats to seize their island. But they have little leverage.Ilulisaat, Greenland, a town where a Chinese state company nearly won a contract to build an airport in 2018. After U.S. officials pres

J Jeffrey Gettleman, Maya Tekeli, Anton Troianovski and Eric Schmitt

Trump’s Taiwan Gambit is Already a Gift to China

President Trump’s open willingness to hold up a $14 billion Taiwan arms package is a win for Beijing. Now China could be weighing how to keep the weapons on ice for as long as it can.President Trump with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing, on Thursday.

C Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien

How the Music of ‘Schmigadoon!’ Echoes Broadway’s Past

The composer Cinco Paul discusses the clever references to classic musicals everywhere you look (and hear) in his new Broadway show.“Schmigadoon!,” a musical satire adapted from the 2021 AppleTV+ series, is now playing at the Nederlander Theater in Manhattan.

A Alexis Soloski

Catastrophe Is Emerging in the World’s Most Vulnerable Places

The humanitarian relief system, decimated by cuts, faces a grave challenge as the Middle East war causes soaring costs for food, fuel and fertilizer.Muslima Ibrahim Mohamed, 38, holds her 2-day-old son, Noor Mohamed.

P Peter S. Goodman and Finbarr O’Reilly

Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.

New research sheds light on how mediocre employees help would-be authoritarians maintain power.Argentine security forces seizing a young man in 1982 in Buenos Aires during the Dirty War.

A Amanda Taub

Gun Found in Mangione’s Backpack Can be Used as Evidence, Judge Says

The ruling was a partial victory for prosecutors in the murder trial of Luigi Mangione. A state judge ruled out some other evidence.Luigi Mangione’s lawyers have argued that the evidence found in his backpack when he was arrested was obtained illegally and cannot be used at trial.

H Hurubie Meko and Anusha Bayya

What to Know About the Latest Ebola Outbreak

The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency after about 80 people died from the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo.A motorcycle taxi driver at a hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday.

E Ephrat Livni

The Fighting Never Ends

We look at what happens when countries say they’re going to stop shooting at each other.The site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs this month.

S Sam Sifton

Children’s Mental Health Visits Have Shot Up, Research Shows

Doctor’s visits for children’s anxiety rose by more than 250 percent over 10 years, according to a study of nearly two million children.Visits were counted as mental health visits if a diagnostic code was included in the claim, either because the child or the family raised the issue or because the c

E Ellen Barry