Who Is the Trump-Appointed Judge Who Blocked the White House Media Ban?

Judge Timothy J. Kelly had worked as counsel for Senator Charles E. Grassley, who called him a “very talented attorney” in 2017.Judge Timothy J. Kelly on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to restore White House access to journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.

M Mattathias Schwartz

From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle

It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.Despite its claims, the Trump administration has not yet offered evidence of a single instance of a noncitizen on Nevada’s voter rolls.

N Nick Corasaniti

South Asians Face Surging Racism in America

Social media posts, including from the Department of Homeland Security and a Texas Republican candidate, have helped stir fear among people of South Asian heritage.Bo French, a Republican running for statewide office in Texas, made a post that drew backlash from many South Asians who saw it as racis

A Amy Qin

Bernadine Bluntly’s Brand Was Tradwife. Then She Got Divorced.

What happens when a trad influencer leaves her husband, questions her beliefs, stops selling anti-feminism T-shirts — and still needs to make a living online?Bernadine Bluntly once argued the tradwife’s cause with passionate intensity. Yet privately, she said, she was considering leaving her marriag

A Amanda Hess

Carney’s Big Challenge: Time

As he tries to break Canada’s dependence on the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he knows Canadians will feel pain from the trade war.Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at The New York Times headquarters on Wednesday.

M Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Sydney Ember

Canada Goose Is Ensnared in Trump’s Tariff War With Canada

The United States is a key market for brands that manufacture jackets and parkas in Canada, such as Canada Goose and Moose Knuckles.Canadian coats have become a coveted luxury item, with prices for Canada Goose parkas, for example, starting above $1,000.

K Kim Bhasin

Haiti Turns to Roger Stone To Lobby Trump Administration

The Haitian government hired Mr. Stone, a confidant of President Trump, weeks after hundreds of thousands of Haitians lost deportation protection. The contract is worth nearly $800,000, a document shows.The political operative Roger J. Stone Jr. has secured a lucrative contract to lobby the Trump ad

D David C. Adams

American Bar Association Fights to Keep Power to Vet Law Schools

Losing its accreditation ability would be a blow to the nation’s largest association of lawyers and another example of how the Trump administration is reshaping higher education.The Trump administration could strip the American Bar Association of its role in accrediting law schools in the United Sta

M Michael C. Bender

Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space

Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.A technician in a clean room at the Planet Labs office inspects the solar panels and wires of a Google-commissioned satellite before a vibration test m

K Kate Conger and Cade Metz

Senate Defeats Bid to Direct Trump to End Iran War or Seek Approval

The vote came as a growing number of Republicans has broken from President Trump on the conflict, reflecting voters’ concerns ahead of midterm elections.Mourners at the Iranian school that was hit by strikes on the first day of the United States’ war with Iran.

R Robert Jimison