Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors

Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperate need.The Justice Department lost about 8 percent of its work force between November 2024 and November

G Glenn Thrush, Alan Feuer, Mimi Dwyer, Ernesto Londoño and Michael S. Schmidt

Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military

Drug syndicates have used .50-caliber ammunition, produced at a plant owned by the U.S. Army and then smuggled across the border, in attacks on Mexican civilians and police.Four police officers, two civilians and 19 cartel members died during a 2019 gun battle in the Mexican town of Villa Unión.

B Ben Dooley, Isabella Cota and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

Olympics Officials Signal Sanctions on Russia in Sports May End

In Milan this week, Olympics officials signaled a willingness to ease years of restrictions imposed on the country over its state-backed doping program and invasion of Ukraine.Athletes competing for the Russian Olympic Committee in the men’s ice hockey gold medal match at the 2022 Winter Olympics in

I Ivan Nechepurenko and Tariq Panja

Super Bowl Halftime Is the World’s Biggest Stage. He Designs It.

From Prince’s giant symbol to Kendrick Lamar’s streetlamps, the set production designer Bruce Rodgers “makes the impossible possible.”“People are hungry for spectacle and excitement and things they can talk about the next day,” said Bruce Rodgers, who works with the N.F.L. and artists to design the

E Emmanuel Morgan

The 2026 Super Bowl Ads (So Far), Ranked

Here is our critic’s survey of this year’s Super Bowl commercials, from best to worst to A.I.George Clooney pitches Grubhub in one of two Super Bowl ads directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

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Vanity Fair

Behind the scenes at the Westminster Dog Show, the entrants were affectionate. Or at least they acted like it.

M Melissa Kirsch

What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link

A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.Pedestrians walked the snow-covered streets of Jersey City, N.J., during last month’s winter storm. Some scientists say there is a link betwe

E Eric Niiler

Authorities Investigate a New Message in Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Case

The F.BI. and local law enforcement gave no details about the note, which came on the sixth day of the search for Ms. Guthrie, the mother of the “Today” host Savannah Guthrie.A sign of solidarity from neighbors at Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson.

R Reis Thebault, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and John Yoon