Mahmoud Khalil Hurtles Toward Potential Deportation as U.S. Speeds Case

A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges.Mahmoud Khalil, who became the face of President Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters, is facing possible expulsion from the United States.

J Jonah E. Bromwich and Nicholas Nehamas

U.F.O. Files Released by U.S. Shed Light on What the Government Knows

The Pentagon on Friday released online what it called “new, never-before-seen” files, dating back decades, related to unidentified flying objects.An image of a U.F.O. resembling a football-shaped body near Japan that the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reported.

M Michael Levenson

ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment

The network’s argument, made to the F.C.C., is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a television network toward the Trump administration.The filing on Friday was registered on behalf of a single ABC station in Houston and involved a minor regulatory dispute over the talk show “The View,” which r

J Jim Rutenberg and John Koblin

Virginia Court Strikes Down Redistricted Voting Map in a Huge Blow to Democrats

The decision is a major victory for Republicans, wiping away a measure approved by voters to allow Democrats to gain as many as four House seats in the midterms.The ruling from the Virginia Supreme Court leaves Democrats at a disadvantage in the country’s redistricting fight.

C Campbell Robertson, Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein

Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Allow it to Use New Voting Map

State officials urged the justices to allow them to jettison Alabama’s congressional district map, citing the Supreme Court’s recent decision that dealt a blow to the Voting Rights Act.State representatives voting on a redistricting bill during a special session of the Alabama Legislature on Wednesd

A Abbie VanSickle and Emily Cochrane

David Attenborough, a Voice of Nature, Turns 100

Pictures and striking scenes from the making of perhaps the world’s most celebrated naturalist.Mr. Attenborough enrolled at the University of Cambridge in 1945, where he studied natural sciences, including geology and zoology.

J Jonathan Wolfe

Oil Slick Is Detected Off Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf

The slick, captured in satellite images near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, has raised concerns about the condition of Iran’s oil infrastructure.An image from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite showing a slick off Kharg Island on Wednesday.

S Sanam Mahoozi, Mira Rojanasakul and Hiroko Tabuchi

How Prepared Are We for A.I. Layoffs?

Our chief economics correspondent, Ben Casselman, describes how A.I.-related layoffs are testing the resilience of the government’s safety net programs.

B Ben Casselman, Nour Idriss, Nikolay Nikolov, Stephanie Swart and Rafaela Balster

Norovirus Outbreak Sickens 115 on Cruise Ship

More than 100 passengers and 13 crew members on the Caribbean Princess reported being ill, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The Caribbean Princess left Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on April 28 and is expected to return to Florida on Monday.

J John S.W. MacDonald