Indiana Senate Republicans Reject Trump’s Redistricting Effort

Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied the president’s wishes, voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress.Legislators at the Indiana Statehouse on Thursday as discussion over a proposed political map was underway.

M Mitch Smith

Republicans Undercut Johnson, Circumventing Him to Force Votes

The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.Speaker Mike Johnson’s hold on his razor-thin majority has become increasingly slippery, as rank-and-file Republicans flo

M Michael Gold

Key Takeaways After Indiana Lawmakers Defy Trump’s Redistricting Push

President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.Republican members of the Indiana Senate voted on Thursday to reject an effort led by President Trump to pass a congressional

N Nick Corasaniti and Mitch Smith

A Grand Jury Again Resists Trump’s Push to Reindict Letitia James

It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign.Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, and President Trump have clashed for years, in part because of the civil suit she brought against him, his company and his family members.

J Jonah E. Bromwich, Devlin Barrett and Glenn Thrush

Kristi Noem Testifies Before House Panel Amid Immigration Crackdown

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has overseen President Trump’s immigration policy, including efforts to detain more immigrants and pause visa applications.Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, faced a panel of lawmakers at a time when the federal government is stepping up its i

M Madeleine Ngo

Trump Moves to Stop States From Regulating AI With a New Executive Order

The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.President Trump, who has said it’s important for America to dominate in the race to develop A.I., has said that the various state A.I. laws have created a confusing

C Cecilia Kang

Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?

A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.OpenAI’s newest technology comes after Google claimed it had topped its young competitor.

C Cade Metz and Mike Isaac

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Machado Says U.S. Helped Her Leave Venezuela

María Corina Machado reappeared on the global stage as the Trump administration ramped up its pressure campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.María Corina Machado at a news conference in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday after spending more than a year in hiding.

A Anatoly Kurmanaev and Henrik Pryser Libell

Bessent Accelerates Regulation Overhaul to Jumpstart Growth

The Treasury Secretary unveiled changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ease “overregulation.”Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued that financial stability was best achieved through faster economic growth, which he said was constrained by unnecessary regulations.

A Alan Rappeport and Colby Smith

The Hollywood Studio Tour Has Become a Lot of Nothing

It’s hard to make a movie studio tour exciting when movies aren’t made there anymore. “A vibe of tiredness, like the end of something,” one guest said.Paramount’s Bronson Gate. David Ellison, the studio’s new owner, has said he will reinvest in the lot and release up to 20 films annually.

B Brooks Barnes and Ricardo Nagaoka

100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise

Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents, urging them to seek higher ground.City employees in Mt. Vernon, Wash., inspected a flood wall as the Skagit River continued to rise on Thursday.

A Anna Griffin, Amy Graff and Drew Atkins

America Is Entering Its Third Civil War

Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”

T Thomas L. Friedman