Somalis Fled Civil War and Built a Community. Now They Are a Target.

A fraud scandal has made the Somali community in Minnesota a focus of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.In recent months, foot traffic and sales at Somali owned businesses in and around Karmel Mall have sharply declined following recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations

J Jazmine Ulloa, Campbell Robertson and Jamie Kelter Davis

Who Was Renee Good, the Woman Killed by an ICE Agent in Minneapolis?

Ms. Good, 37, was a poet and a mother who grew up in Colorado. Her wife said the couple had “stopped to support our neighbors” when Ms. Good was shot.Protests took place in cities and towns across the country following the killing of Renee Good.

N Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Ann Hinga Klein and Dan Simmons

Trump Shakes up Latin American Politics

The U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro has divided the region. But every nation wants to avoid being next.Government supporters calling for the release of Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, last week.

J Jack Nicas and Ana Ionova

Smithsonian Removes Label Noting Trump Impeachments

When the National Portrait Gallery replaced a portrait of President Trump this week, it took down a biography of his first term.An earlier photograph of President Trump that hung at the National Portrait Gallery included lengthy wall text.

G Graham Bowley, Robin Pogrebin and Derrick Bryson Taylor

Bob Weir Was the Dead’s Invisible Thread

The songwriter, guitarist and singer, who died at 78, animated the Grateful Dead from within.From left: Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, Brent Mydland and Jerry Garcia.

J Jon Pareles

Bob Weir: 10 Essential Songs

The guitarist, singer and songwriter, who died at 78, cut his own path among his elders in the Grateful Dead, and beyond.Bob Weir sang on “Truckin’,” one of the Grateful Dead’s defining tracks.

D David Browne

An Education Success Story

We bring you some good news about schools in a place you might not expect.Summeral Newman, the literacy coach at Hazlehurst Elementary School in Mississippi.

S Sarah Mervosh

Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax

More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.Peter Thiel donated $3 million to a committee opposing California’s proposed wealth tax, according to a new disclosure.

T Theodore Schleifer and Ryan Mac

Where Does Candidate Mamdani End and Mayor Mamdani Begin?

In his first week as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani tried to bridge the political theater of his campaign with the much harder work of governing.Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently held a news conference for content creators at City Hall.

E Eliza Shapiro

New York Seeks Ban on A.I.-Generated Images of Candidates

Last year, the Cuomo campaign released a video created by artificial intelligence that depicted Zohran Mamdani eating rice with his hands. Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to ban such tactics.Gov. Kathy Hochul is also seeking to outlaw the deliberate dissemination of false information about elections, includ

B Benjamin Oreskes