How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis

Our reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later was our Kabul bureau chief, looks at the battlefield technology used for an immigration arrest at a home in Minneapolis.

T Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Leila Medina and Coleman Lowndes

Justice Dept. Playbook in Minnesota: Investigate Foes, Protect Allies

The Trump Justice Department has often cast aside normal procedures intended to seek accountability in favor of pushing prosecutors and the F.B.I. to focus on critics of the immigration crackdown.Attorney General Pam Bondi and her chief deputy, Todd Blanche, have so far resisted authorizing traditio

A Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush

F.B.I. Agents Search Georgia Election Center

F.B.I. agents searched a Fulton County, Ga., election center for ballots from 2020, escalating an investigation of a heavily Democratic jurisdiction the president has criticized over his defeat.Votes are counted in November 2024 at the election hub and operations center in Fulton County in Union Cit

D Devlin Barrett, Richard Fausset and Nick Corasaniti

Another Top Kennedy Center Official Resigns

Kevin Couch, who was announced as senior vice president of artistic programming less than two weeks ago, is the latest to leave since President Trump took control of the center last year.The exterior of The Kennedy Center this month.

A Ashley Ahn

U.K.’s Starmer Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as Ties Warm

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain is seeking to promote economic ties for growth, offering China’s leader, Xi Jinping, a way to court one of America’s allies.Chinese and British delegations participating in a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing on Thu

D David Pierson

Trump Warns Iran With Military Muscle, but Risks a Regional War

Iran’s Islamic Republic, weakened by airstrikes in June and huge popular unrest, warns that it will strike back hard if attacked by the United States. This time, Iran may mean it.Smoke from an explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes in Tehran in June. President Trump has shown that he likes military

S Steven Erlanger

European Union Labels Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a Terrorist Group

The move, which comes after the killing of protesters, brings the European Union in line with the United States and Canada.A photo verified by The New York Times shows a screen grab from social media of bodies in body bags outside a morgue in Tehran after days of protests, earlier this month.

J Jeanna Smialek

Girls Sue Saint Ann’s School and Former Teacher Over Sex Crimes

Winston Nguyen, a former teacher at Saint Ann’s School who pleaded guilty to a felony charge last year, is accused in the lawsuit of soliciting naked photos of students and sharing them online.The lawsuit against Winston Nguyen, a former teacher at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights, also names

K Katherine Rosman

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan Will Run for California Governor in 2026

Matt Mahan, a moderate Democrat who serves as mayor of San Jose, Calif., is entering the crowded race for California governor.Matt Mahan, the mayor of San Jose, Calif., has focused on reducing homelessness and crime. He has avoided attacking President Trump.

L Laurel Rosenhall

Amy Klobuchar Announces Run for Minnesota Governor

The Democratic senator, who signaled her bid after Gov. Tim Walz said he wouldn’t run again, talked about moving past political divides in a video announcement.Senator Amy Klobuchar’s campaign will test how Democrats can harness the deep anger over ICE’s tactics among their base without losing moder

L Lisa Lerer

A State Senate Race in Texas Offers Republicans a Warning

A State Senate runoff on Saturday in the Fort Worth suburbs will preview whether a backlash against conservative social policies will give Democrats a chance to gain.Fort Worth is in Texas’ Ninth District, which will hold a runoff election for the Texas Senate on Jan. 31.

J J. David Goodman

The Journey of a Group of Cuban Deportees Stuck at Guantánamo

The tale illustrates how inefficient the ICE operation has been in the year since President Trump ordered the base to prepare for up to 30,000 “criminal aliens.”An upper tier at Camp 6 detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2019. It is a former prison for Al Qaeda suspects, which now houses do

C Carol Rosenberg

Netanyahu Vows to Cut Israel’s Reliance on U.S. Military Aid

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed some soldiers’ deaths in the Gaza war on a lack of ammunition caused by a pause in American weapon deliveries during President Biden’s term.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the funeral in Meitar, Israel, on Wednesday of a hostage, Ran Gvili, whose rem

I Isabel Kershner

3 Things to Know About the Next Winter Storm

It’s not likely to be as widespread as the last storm, but it could be unwelcome to people still facing piles of snow. Here’s what we know so far.

N Nazaneen Ghaffar and Erin McCann