How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis

Our reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later was our Kabul bureau chief, looks at the battlefield technology used for an immigration arrest at a home in Minneapolis.

T Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Leila Medina and Coleman Lowndes

Trump and Schumer Move Toward Possible Deal to Avert a Shutdown

The president and the top Senate Democrat were discussing an agreement to split off homeland security funding from a broader spending package and negotiate new limits on immigration agents.Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, at the Capitol on Wednesday.

C Carl Hulse

U.K.’s Starmer Meets Xi Jinping in Beijing as Ties Warm

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain is seeking to promote economic ties for growth, offering China’s leader, Xi Jinping, a way to court one of America’s allies.Chinese and British delegations participating in a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing on Thu

D David Pierson

F.B.I. Agents Search Georgia Election Center

F.B.I. agents searched a Fulton County, Ga., election center for ballots from 2020, escalating an investigation of a heavily Democratic jurisdiction the president has criticized over his defeat.Votes are counted in November 2024 at the election hub and operations center in Fulton County in Union Cit

D Devlin Barrett, Richard Fausset and Nick Corasaniti

Another Top Kennedy Center Official Resigns

Kevin Couch, who was announced as senior vice president of artistic programming less than two weeks ago, is the latest to leave since President Trump took control of the center last year.The exterior of The Kennedy Center this month.

A Ashley Ahn

Rubio Says Venezuela Will Submit Monthly Budget to White House

Democrats sharply questioned the plan, including the role of Qatar in managing an account funded by the sale of Venezuelan oil.Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations during a hearing to examine U.S. policy towards Venezuela.

M Michael Crowley

The Journey of a Group of Cuban Deportees Stuck at Guantánamo

The tale illustrates how inefficient the ICE operation has been in the year since President Trump ordered the base to prepare for up to 30,000 “criminal aliens.”An upper tier at Camp 6 detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2019. It is a former prison for Al Qaeda suspects, which now houses do

C Carol Rosenberg

Netanyahu Vows to Cut Israel’s Reliance on U.S. Military Aid

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed some soldiers’ deaths in the Gaza war on a lack of ammunition caused by a pause in American weapon deliveries during President Biden’s term.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the funeral in Meitar, Israel, on Wednesday of a hostage, Ran Gvili, whose rem

I Isabel Kershner

3 Things to Know About the Next Winter Storm

It’s not likely to be as widespread as the last storm, but it could be unwelcome to people still facing piles of snow. Here’s what we know so far.

N Nazaneen Ghaffar and Erin McCann

TPS Expiration Under Trump Hits Haitian Workers in Critical Health Care Roles

Haitians are a vital source of employees for health care providers in many communities. The Trump administration is removing legal status next month for 330,000 of them.Vilbrun Dorsainvil said he fled Haiti in 2021 after he was threatened for speaking out about the government. He settled in Springfi

M Miriam Jordan

A State Senate Race in Texas Offers Republicans a Warning

A State Senate runoff on Saturday in the Fort Worth suburbs will preview whether a backlash against conservative social policies will give Democrats a chance to gain.Fort Worth is in Texas’ Ninth District, which will hold a runoff election for the Texas Senate on Jan. 31.

J J. David Goodman