U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike, according to the ongoing military investigation, which undercuts President Trump’s assertion that Iran could be to blame.

J Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Tyler Pager, Malachy Browne and Helene Cooper

How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War

In the lead-up to the U.S.-Israeli attack, President Trump downplayed the risks to the energy markets as a short-term concern that should not overshadow the mission to decapitate the Iranian regime.In response to Iranian threats, commercial shipping has come to a standstill in the Gulf, and oil pric

M Mark Mazzetti, Tyler Pager and Edward Wong

Republicans Concede They Need to Pivot on Immigration Before Midterms

In public comments and private meetings at a House G.O.P. retreat, top officials allowed that President Trump’s immigration crackdown had hurt the party and that they needed a course correction on the issue.Federal agents making an arrest in Minneapolis in January. Speaker Mike Johnson told Republic

M Michael Gold

ICE Lawyer Who Told Judge She Was Overwhelmed Is Running for Congress

Julie T. Le, a former government lawyer, described in stark terms how overstretched the legal system had become during the administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. Now, she said, she hopes to fix the “system’s failures” by running for Congress.Residents of Minneapolis using their phones

E Ernesto Londoño

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to End Protections for Haitian Immigrants

The administration has also sought to end deportation protections for other immigrant groups, including Syrians.A detention center in San Diego. The Trump administration’s filing Wednesday is the second such emergency petition pending before the court dealing with whether it can end the protected st

A Abbie VanSickle and Miriam Jordan

Trump Documents Missing in Epstein Files Highlight DOJ’s Missteps

In late July, an F.B.I. agent asked colleagues to get started on a sensitive task relating to Jeffrey Epstein, listing the names of 14 prominent men, with President Trump at the top.A video showing Donald J. Trump with Jeffrey Epstein was displayed during Attorney General Pam Bondi’s testimony at a

S Steve Eder and Devlin Barrett

At Least 2 Killed as Tornadoes Hit Illinois and Indiana

At least two people were killed and several were injured in the severe storm on Tuesday that heavily damaged areas of Illinois and Indiana.A destroyed home in Aroma Park, Ill., part of Kankakee County, on Wednesday.

R Robert Chiarito, Sonia A. Rao and Nazaneen Ghaffar