Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser

People familiar with the episode said the use of the technology was not coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said.The Federal Aviation Administration’s decision Tuesday night to

K Karoun Demirjian, Eric Schmitt, Kate Kelly, Hamed Aleaziz and Luke Broadwater

Lawmakers Question Bondi Over Justice Dept. Under Her Watch

Her appearance came as the Justice Department was under scrutiny over the Epstein files, its approach toward the shootings in Minneapolis and its move to prosecute six lawmakers.Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat, appearing on a screen behind Ms. Bondi during the hearing on Wednes

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Casey Wasserman Will Stay as Head of 2028 Olympics Despite Epstein Ties, Organizers Say

Casey Wasserman exchanged flirtatious messages over 20 years ago with Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime companion of Jeffrey Epstein. The 2028 board said its review found no other indiscretions related to Mr. Epstein.Organizers for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles stood by their chairman, Casey Wasserma

J Jesus Jiménez, Shawn Hubler and Laurel Rosenhall

U.S. Attorney Chosen to Replace Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House

Federal judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration’s nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.John Sarcone III, pictured, had been appointed U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York by

J Jonah E. Bromwich

House Votes to Cancel Trump’s Canada Tariffs

Six Republicans joined nearly all Democrats to end the national emergency President Donald Trump had declared to impose tariffs on imports from Canada.Trucks crossing the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Canada, with Detroit.

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Olympic Figure Skaters Are on Thin Ice Over Music Copyright Rules

Several athletes have found themselves caught up in controversies over musical choices before and during one of the biggest competitions of their careers.The Canadian ice dancing pair Zachary Lagha and Marjorie Lajoie performing on Saturday in Milan.

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Gallup Will No Longer Track Presidential Approval Ratings

The monthly poll has been used to measure presidential performance for almost nine decades.Gallup’s decision comes as President Trump has escalated his threats against the press, and has sued several news media organizations, including at least one pollster, over the last several years.

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Eyeing the Midterms, Kennedy Pivots Toward Food and Away From Vaccines

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who focused heavily on vaccine policy in 2025, will spend this year talking up healthy eating.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the boxer Mike Tyson and Brooke Rollins, the agriculture secretary, at an event on Wednesday promoting Mr. Kennedy’s healthy e

S Sheryl Gay Stolberg

House Passes Strict Voter ID Bill, Amplifying Trump’s Claims of Fraud

The measure had no path forward in the Senate, where Democrats are all but certain to block it and Republicans have said they will not try to skirt filibuster rules to ram it through.The strict voter identification measure would require proof of American citizenship to vote and allow the Department

A Annie Karni

Trump Says He Will Now Invite Democrats to Governors’ Meeting

Even as he reversed course on excluding Democrats, the president repeatedly attacked a Republican governor who had planned to oversee the meeting.President Trump denied that he had ever sought to exclude Democrats from the meeting.

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Why Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance Is Breaking Through the Noise

A vulnerable victim, an unknown perpetrator and a recognizable celebrity are all factors in a case that has captivated the public.Elements of Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping case have set it apart, including the universality, and relatability, of the victim: an elderly mother in peril.

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Bud Cort, Who Starred in 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77

The role, one of his first, made him a household name and a film idol of the anti-establishment 1970s. But it also limited his growth as an actor.Bud Cort as the teenager Harold Chasen who falls in love with a 79-year-old woman in Hal Ashby’s movie “Harold and Maude,” from 1971. Panned at first, it

C Clay Risen

Trump Is Best at Cashing In on the Presidency

New disclosures underscore that the White House is enveloped in a culture of corruption with no precedent in American history.President Donald Trump leaves the Abu Dhabi International Airport in May.

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Donald Trump, Pagan King

The president is returning to an ancient world, before morality mattered and when human actions were governed only by power.

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