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

For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump

A new organization blessed by the president is raising money for events and projects that will put a Trumpian spin on the nation’s semiquincentennial.Freedom 250’s events for the country’s semiquincentennial will feature a traveling “Freedom Truck” show, which included the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife a

K Kenneth P. Vogel, Lisa Friedman and David A. Fahrenthold

Epstein Files Reveal Scope of Ghislaine Maxwell’s Role in Clinton Circle

Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime companion helped advise on the kickoff of the Clinton Global Initiative and arranged for $1 million in funding for it, emails show.A photograph released by the Justice Department showing former President Bill Clinton with Ghislaine Maxwell. Newly released emails show Ms. M

D Danny Hakim

Why the N.F.L. Booked Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl Halftime Show

League executives may be nervous about the Latin superstar’s outspoken stance on immigration, but their priority is attracting popular halftime performers.Bad Bunny performing in Mexico City in December. The choice of Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime performer was, from a musical standpoint, an

K Ken Belson

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.

M Mike Hale

7 Days, No Suspects: The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie

The mother of the “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie has not been heard from since an evening of dinner and games with family members.Investigators searched Nancy Guthrie’s home near Tucson on Friday.

R Reis Thebault and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Extreme Cold Persists in the Northeast With Record-Setting Temperatures

Punishing winds have combined with low temperatures to produce dangerously cold conditions across the Northeast. Forecasters say, though, that relief is on the horizon.Pedestrians in Brooklyn on Saturday. An extreme cold warning was in effect on Saturday and part of Sunday in New York as punishing w

A Adeel Hassan and Nazaneen Ghaffar

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi Wins Snap Election in a Landslide

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a sweeping mandate from voters for her economic agenda and tough stances on immigration and China.Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan received a resounding mandate for her economic policies and tough stance on immigration and China after snap elections on Sunday.

J Javier C. Hernández, River Akira Davis, Kiuko Notoya and Hisako Ueno

Portugal Votes for President, With Leftist Set to Beat Surging Far Right

Exit polls predicted a comfortable victory for António José Seguro, but a nationalist’s presence in the runoff showed that Portugal is not immune to Europe’s rising nationalist tide.António José Seguro, who has wide establishment support, campaigning for president in Porto, Portugal, on Friday.

J Jason Horowitz

4 Dead in Mushroom Poisoning Outbreak in California

State health officials discouraged foraging this year, saying that toxic mushrooms can easily be confused with safe ones to eat.Complications from death cap mushroom poisoning can include liver and kidney failure and seizures.

A Amanda Holpuch