U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.The negotiations about the Lukoil deal show that personal business interests in President Trump’

A Anton Troianovski and Eric Lipton

Trump, Putin, Ukraine and an Oil Deal: 5 Takeaways

A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign policy.Cars waited to refuel at a Lukoil fuel station amid fuel shortages in August.

E Eric Lipton and Anton Troianovski

How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race

Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.Representative María Elvira Salazar ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration’s deportation policies, angering

P Patricia Mazzei

Tennessee Prison Chief Was Hired Despite a Trail of Troubled Executions

The failed execution of Christa Pike has prompted new scrutiny of Frank Strada, who resigned as the state’s top prison official on Saturday, and his past role overseeing executions in Arizona.Frank Strada speaking at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville after an execution in August.

E Eduardo Medina, Jack Healy and Emily Cochrane

D.A. in Cornell Rape Inquiry Declined to Review Additional Evidence

Records show that campus police officers informed Tompkins County prosecutors that they had conducted additional interviews beyond taking a statement from the woman who said she was raped.The Cornell University Police Department gathered additional evidence in its investigation into allegations that

M Michael Rothfeld and Hurubie Meko

American High School Students Are Selling Guns Bound for Cartels

Drawn by money and status, teenagers in Arizona are buying, stealing and selling weapons destined for criminal groups in Mexico.Two teenage American weapons traffickers — who provide weapons to Mexico’s deadly drug cartels — practice shooting at targets in the desert outside of Phoenix, Ariz.

P Paulina Villegas and Adriana Zehbrauskas

What We Learned About American Teenagers Supplying Guns to Cartels

Our reporting revealed how Mexican criminal groups are relying on teenagers and young adults in border states like Arizona to help supply their weapons.Two teenage American weapons traffickers known as El Flaco, left, and Chuy, in the desert outside Phoenix, where they shot rifles.

P Paulina Villegas

Omani Co-Pilot on FlyDubai Flight Is Said to Have Extremist Views

It was unclear what background checks had been carried out before he was allowed to fly to Israel.A FlyDubai aircraft that returned passengers who had been aboard Flight 1073, at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

J Julian E. Barnes, Aaron Boxerman and Jane Bradley