Mahmoud Khalil Hurtles Toward Potential Deportation as U.S. Speeds Case

A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges.Mahmoud Khalil, who became the face of President Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters, is facing possible expulsion from the United States.

J Jonah E. Bromwich and Nicholas Nehamas

Trump Plans to Fire F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary

Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, at the White House last year.

C Christina Jewett and Maggie Haberman

U.F.O. Files Released by U.S. Shed Light on What the Government Knows

The Pentagon on Friday released online what it called “new, never-before-seen” files, dating back decades, related to unidentified flying objects.An image of a U.F.O. resembling a football-shaped body near Japan that the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reported.

M Michael Levenson

Republicans Are Building an Advantage in Redistricting. How Much?

Where things stands in the race for House control after recent court rulings.State Senator Charlane Oliver had a banner pulled from her hands as the Tennessee General Assembly gave approval to a congressional map intended to eliminate the state’s lone Democratic-held district.

N Nate Cohn

Virginia Court Strikes Down Redistricted Voting Map in a Huge Blow to Democrats

The decision is a major victory for Republicans, wiping away a measure approved by voters to allow Democrats to gain as many as four House seats in the midterms.The ruling from the Virginia Supreme Court leaves Democrats at a disadvantage in the country’s redistricting fight.

C Campbell Robertson, Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein

Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Allow it to Use New Voting Map

State officials urged the justices to allow them to jettison Alabama’s congressional district map, citing the Supreme Court’s recent decision that dealt a blow to the Voting Rights Act.State representatives voting on a redistricting bill during a special session of the Alabama Legislature on Wednesd

A Abbie VanSickle and Emily Cochrane

David Attenborough, a Voice of Nature, Turns 100

Pictures and striking scenes from the making of perhaps the world’s most celebrated naturalist.Mr. Attenborough enrolled at the University of Cambridge in 1945, where he studied natural sciences, including geology and zoology.

J Jonathan Wolfe

How China’s Leader Lost Faith in His Generals

Xi Jinping spent 13 years building a military to rival that of the United States. But the stronger the Chinese forces grew, the less he trusted the generals he had handpicked to run them.China’s leader, Xi Jinping, during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in 2025 in Beijing.

C Chris Buckley

China’s Exports and Imports Set Records in April Amid High Energy Costs

The country’s exports surged and its trade surplus with the United States widened ahead of President Trump’s scheduled visit next week to Beijing.At the Beijing auto show in April, which featured hundreds of electric cars. Chinese electric vehicles are being exported in record numbers.

K Keith Bradsher

Oil Slick Is Detected Off Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf

The slick, captured in satellite images near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, has raised concerns about the condition of Iran’s oil infrastructure.An image from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite showing a slick off Kharg Island on Wednesday.

S Sanam Mahoozi, Mira Rojanasakul and Hiroko Tabuchi

Norovirus Outbreak Sickens 115 on Cruise Ship

More than 100 passengers and 13 crew members on the Caribbean Princess reported being ill, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The Caribbean Princess left Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on April 28 and is expected to return to Florida on Monday.

J John S.W. MacDonald