Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

The F.A.A., citing “a grave risk of fatalities” from a new technology being used on the Mexican border, got caught in a stalemate with the Pentagon, which deemed the weapon “necessary.”Steve Feinberg, center, the deputy secretary of defense, during a meeting at the Pentagon in July.

K Karoun Demirjian, Kate Kelly, Eric Schmitt and Tyler Pager

T.S.A. Workers Brace for Another Shutdown They Didn’t Cause

As Congress leaves town without funding their department, airport security officers wonder, “How many more times am I going to be able to do this?”The shutdown is especially hard for T.S.A. employees this time around, because many are just recovering from the financial strain they suffered during la

E Eileen Sullivan and Christine Chung

New U.S. Boat Strike Kills 3 in the Caribbean

The attacks since early November had specifically targeted suspected drug smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean.This image from a video provided by the U.S. military shows what it says was a kinetic strike on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea.

C Carol Rosenberg

How ICE Failed to Justify the Shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis

The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.Federal agents, law enforcement and protesters clashed after an immigration agent shot Julio C. Sosa-Celis in Minnea

M Mitch Smith and Hamed Aleaziz

Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts

The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immig

S Sheera Frenkel and Mike Isaac

Sick Detainees Describe Poor Care at CoreCivic ICE Facilities

Problems at detention centers operated by CoreCivic extend far beyond recent measles outbreaks.Amalia, a young girl who became dangerously ill at a CoreCivic detention center, with her parents after she was released last week.

K Katie Thomas, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Melena Ryzik

Navalny Was Poisoned With Frog Toxin, European Governments Say

The toxin was found in the body of the Russian dissident Aleksei A. Navalny, who died in prison two years ago, five governments said, challenging Russia’s official account.Aleksei A. Navalny in his office in Moscow in 2014. He was President Vladimir V. Putin’s most prominent political opponent when

A Anton Troianovski, Nataliya Vasilyeva and Lynsey Chutel

Thousands Rally for Iran Regime Change in Cities Around the World

Demonstrators opposed to the Iranian government gathered near the Munich Security Conference and in other European cities. Another round of U.S.-Iran talks is expected on Tuesday.Protesters held up flags of Iran from before the revolution at a Saturday demonstration organized on the sidelines of the

S Sanam Mahoozi, Jonathan Wolfe and Abdi Latif Dahir

Their Secret to a Happy Marriage? A Translation App

He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator.David Duda and Hong Liang at their home in New Haven, Conn. Mr. Duda and Ms. Liang met in Xian, China, in the fall of 2019.

K Kashmir Hill and Oliver Farshi

The Pay-to-Play Patriotism of 2026

As the United States prepares to turn 250, the Trump administration is turning the celebration into a pay-to-play spectacle where even a speaking role on the National Mall is up for sale.

K Kathleen Kingsbury

Open Road

On Valentine’s Day, consider the ways in which we’re sticking to established paths — and the places where we yearn to deviate.

M Melissa Kirsch

Harris Sold Email List to D.N.C., Then Paid Off 2024 Debts

The national party, which is nearly $100 million behind its G.O.P. counterpart, bought the list for $6.5 million.Kamala Harris raised $6.5 million by selling her email list of millions of supporters to the Democratic National Committee.

S Shane Goldmacher

How Peter Biar Ajak, a Sudanese Peace Activist, Was Caught Plotting a Coup

Peter Biar Ajak, a democracy advocate, was convicted of conspiring to buy and export weapons for a revolt in South Sudan.Peter Biar Ajak after returning to the United States in 2020. A federal court in Arizona sentenced him to prison last week after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate U.S. we

E Ephrat Livni