How Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas

For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.Judge Reed O’Connor in 2018. He has built a reputation as a conservative stalwart and became the chief judge of the Northern District of Texas las

Z Zach Montague and Mattathias Schwartz

Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE

Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.A plane carrying deportees from the United States at the international airport outside of Monrovia, th

E Emmanuel Akinwotu, Pranav Baskar, Genevieve Glatsky and Hamed Aleaziz

Postal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From Voting By Mail

A judge temporarily blocked the agency from refusing to deliver ballots in noncompliant states, which could disproportionately affect Democrats and many battleground elections.Stacked ballots in a processing center in City of Industry, Calif.

R Reid J. Epstein

Ed Markey Defends Transgender Athletes in Massachusetts Senate Race

Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has emerged as a vocal defender of transgender rights as he tries to fend off a primary challenge from Representative Seth Moulton.“Trans athletes should be able to play,” Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts said in an interview this past week with The New York Time

R Reid J. Epstein

This Governor Could Lose His Primary. A Bridge May Be to Blame.

The closure of a crucial Rhode Island bridge for safety reasons in 2023, and the traffic nightmare that followed, have dogged Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary.Gov. Dan McKee, a Democrat seeking a second term in Rhode Island, is facing a close and heated primary showdown against Helena Foulke

J Jenna Russell

Pilgrims to Flood-Stricken Nepal Sought the Divine at Sacred Mountain

For many, the trek to Mount Kailash on the border of Nepal and Tibet is a once-in-a-lifetime trip to find spiritual awakening.Many religious pilgrims head to the Nepal region to visit Mount Kailash on the border of Nepal and Tibet. Floodwaters ravaged the area, leaving thousands unaccounted for and

L Lauren McGaughy, Georgia Gee and Sejal Govindarao

See Nepali Rescue Workers Testing Aid Delivery by Drone

Some survivors of the deadly flood and landslide have no access to food. Officials and volunteers are testing how drones can help.Volunteers and police officers packing relief supplies for delivery by drone in Devighat, Nepal, on Saturday.

A Atul Loke and Anupreeta Das

How Marlon James Confronted ‘the Story I Was Not Allowed to Live’

With “The Disappearers,” the Booker Prize-winning author has written his most personal novel yet.“I don’t go to novels to be safe,” Marlon James said. “I go to novels to be titillated, to be scared, to be educated, to be frightened — honestly, to be appalled.”

M MJ Franklin

Who Will Rule the 2026 U.S. Open?

The players, the rivalries and the dramas to follow at this year’s tournament.

N Natalie Kitroeff, Alex Barron, Tina Antolini, Lena Richards, Wendy Dorr, Rowan Niemisto, Dahlia Haddad, Dan Powell and Marion Lozano

Tennis’s Lost Shot

As the U.S. Open kicks off, we’re exploring a tennis technique that has quietly gone extinct.

A Adam B. Kushner

Long Lines for Gas in Iran Show War and U.S. Blockade Squeezing Supply

The government is struggling to meet a shortfall in fuel and is wary that higher prices at the pump could stir unrest.A gas station in Tehran on Tuesday. Officials are urging people to clamp down on fuel use as they deal with a shortfall.

S Shirin Hakim, Leily Nikounazar and Yeganeh Torbati