Democratic Governors Promise Accountability After Alex Pretti Killing

The chin-out rhetoric of Democratic governors about holding Trump administration officials responsible for violence in their cities may be more political than practicable.Mourners laid candles under posters of Renee Good and Alex Pretti Wednesday night near the site in Minneapolis where Mr. Pretti w

D David W. Chen

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

Man Accused of Squirting Ilhan Omar with Vinegar Is Charged With Assault

Ms. Omar was sprayed with liquid from a syringe as she spoke at a town hall and called for the resignation of Kristi Noem, who leads the Homeland Security Department.Anthony J. Kazmierczak was accused of squirting Representative Ilhan Omar with a substance during a town hall in Minneapolis.

M Mitch Smith and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs

Trump Warns Iran With Military Muscle, but Risks a Regional War

Iran’s Islamic Republic, weakened by airstrikes in June and huge popular unrest, warns that it will strike back hard if attacked by the United States. This time, Iran may mean it.Smoke from an explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes in Tehran in June. President Trump has shown that he likes military

S Steven Erlanger

European Union Labels Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a Terrorist Group

The move, which comes after the killing of protesters, brings the European Union in line with the United States and Canada.A photo verified by The New York Times shows a screen grab from social media of bodies in body bags outside a morgue in Tehran after days of protests, earlier this month.

J Jeanna Smialek

She Protested a Book Ban. Oklahoma Revoked Her Teacher’s License.

Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom.When Oklahoma passed laws that pressured teachers to remove books on race, gender and sexuality from their classrooms, Summer Boismier

D Dana Goldstein and Nick Oxford

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan Will Run for California Governor in 2026

Matt Mahan, a moderate Democrat who serves as mayor of San Jose, Calif., is entering the crowded race for California governor.Matt Mahan, the mayor of San Jose, Calif., has focused on reducing homelessness and crime. He has avoided attacking President Trump.

L Laurel Rosenhall

Amy Klobuchar Announces Run for Minnesota Governor

The Democratic senator, who signaled her bid after Gov. Tim Walz said he wouldn’t run again, talked about moving past political divides in a video announcement.Senator Amy Klobuchar’s campaign will test how Democrats can harness the deep anger over ICE’s tactics among their base without losing moder

L Lisa Lerer

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

Parents Navigate a Fracturing Vaccine Landscape

Rattled by the C.D.C.’s actions and the spread of measles, some parents are scrambling to figure out how to best protect their children.Sabrina and Cameron Scully, parents to a 2-month-old in Denver, said it was unsettling to have the federal vaccine guidelines change so abruptly. “How do you know w

M Maggie Astor

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

Amazon and Google Eat Into Nvidia’s A.I. Chip Supremacy

The rivals made billions of dollars in the business over the past year, showing other companies that Nvidia isn’t the only game in town.Google’s chips for artificial intelligence are increasingly being used by companies other than Google.

C Cade Metz

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

Girls Sue Saint Ann’s School and Former Teacher Over Sex Crimes

Winston Nguyen, a former teacher at Saint Ann’s School who pleaded guilty to a felony charge last year, is accused in the lawsuit of soliciting naked photos of students and sharing them online.The lawsuit against Winston Nguyen, a former teacher at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn Heights, also names

K Katherine Rosman