ICE Killing in Houston Puts Focus on Surge in Immigration Arrests

The shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo occurred as immigration enforcement has ramped up across the country, with thousands being arrested daily.Representative Sylvia Garcia spoke during a news conference on the case of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston on Friday.

J Jazmine Ulloa, Hamed Aleaziz and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.Piping plovers need undisturbed beaches to nest and raise their young.

C Catrin Einhorn and Maxine Joselow

Trump Says Negotiations With Iran Will Continue as U.S. Ramps Up Strikes

U.S. forces hit more than 170 targets, including air defense systems, drone and missile storage sites, and military speedboats.The funeral procession in Tehran on Thursday for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former leader, who was killed in February during U.S. and Israeli military strikes on his cou

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Remains Absent, a Void at the Top of the Regime

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei did not appear at his father’s funeral this week, fueling speculation about his physical condition and leaving a power vacuum in a divided country.A pro-government demonstration in Tehran in May, with a banner showing Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

Y Yeganeh Torbati

Shippers Face Deepening Dilemma as U.S. and Iran Vie for Control of the Strait

Companies desperately want to get their ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, but face mounting risks. “Things are becoming uglier by the minute,” one executive said.Ships anchored off Oman’s coast near the Strait of Hormuz. Ship operators in the area are eager to resume normal business but fac

P Peter Eavis, Jenny Gross and Eric Schmitt

Maine Democrats Eyeing Late July Convention to Pick Platner Replacement

With plans still being finalized, officials are discussing a convention some time during the weekend of July 25-26 and are weighing options for choosing delegates.Augusta, the state’s capital, is, along with Bangor, one of the possible locations of the Maine Democratic Party’s convention in late Jul

R Reid J. Epstein and Tim Balk

Why Some Women in Maine Are Mourning the End of Graham Platner’s Campaign

They believe the accuser, but they also grieve the demise of a campaign that promised that politics could be different — and they blame those who failed to find a less flawed candidate.Democrats at every level of the party assumed that women who had supported Mr. Platner would be thrilled that he wa

E Emily Davies

Trump Is Promoting ‘Freedom Fuel’ for $3.47 a Gallon. Who’s Behind It?

The president has praised a network of 25 recently rebranded gas stations in the Philadelphia region that have been selling gas for considerably less than the national average.A former Valero station is one in a chain of 25 newly branded Freedom Fuel gas stations in the Philadelphia region, promoted

A Audra D. S. Burch and Mark Bonamo

An Aging Assassin Was Caught by ICE. Will the U.S. Deport Him?

He helped plot a car bombing in Washington that killed two people in 1976. Fifty years later, old government secrets could decide his fate.Armando Fernandez Larios in 2003. For years, the U.S. government regarded Mr. Fernandez as a helpful Cold War ally of sorts, even as its relationship with Chile

J Julian E. Barnes

The Work of Helping A.I. Destroy Work

Start-ups are paying white-collar professionals to teach their jobs to artificial intelligence models. It’s a bonanza. It’s bleak. Where will it end?

L Lora Kelley