Six Prosecutors Quit Over DOJ Push to Investigate Renee Good’s Widow

Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.Joseph H. Thompson, a federal prosecutor, has led the prosecution of fraud i

E Ernesto Londoño

Trump Administration Will End Deportation Protections for Somalis

The temporary protections, which are meant to help migrants who cannot safely return to their countries, are expected to expire for Somalis on March 17.Women leaving a mosque in Bloomington, Minn. Minnesota has the largest Somali population in the United States.

M Madeleine Ngo

Supreme Court Appears Inclined to Allow States to Bar Transgender Athletes

The outcome of a pair of cases on Tuesday could affect laws in 27 states that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.Becky Pepper-Jackson, who sued to join her middle school’s girls’ cross-country team when she was 11, asserted that her state’s statute violates Title

A Ann E. Marimow

In a Risky Gambit, Trump Tries Brute Force to Lower Prices

To assuage cost-weary voters and combat inflation, the president has resorted to a mix of threats and punishments, targeting companies and policymakers alike.There is seemingly no lever that President Trump appears unwilling to pull, as he looks to ease the economic strains on voters now anxious abo

T Tony Romm

Blowback Builds Over Criminal Investigation of Powell

Trump allies fear that the inquiry into the Fed chair could complicate the process of replacing him this year.Global economic leaders have expressed concern about the credibility of the world’s most important economic institution after the Justice Department’s announcement of an investigation into t

A Alan Rappeport, Colby Smith, Glenn Thrush and Tyler Pager

In Secret Testimony, Republicans Derided Trump’s Stolen Election Claims

The testimony, part of the derailed Georgia election interference case, makes clear how dismissive some senior Republicans were of claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.Transcripts of secret grand jury testimony indicate that President Trump’s efforts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 pre

R Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim

Bill and Hillary Clinton Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry

The couple escalated their battle with Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, who said he would move to hold them in contempt of Congress.Representative James R. Comer has repeatedly threatened to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt if they failed to appear for

A Annie Karni

As Iran’s Government Tries to Quell Protests, Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge

As many as 3,000 feared dead as witnesses describe government forces firing on unarmed protesters.An image taken from social media and verified by The New York Times shows people looking for relatives as bodies piled up outside Tehran’s forensics laboratory on Sunday.

E Erika Solomon, Farnaz Fassihi, Sanam Mahoozi and Sanjana Varghese

A Timeline of Protests in Iran

Amid a near-total communications blackout, witness footage trickling out of Iran paints a picture of how the country’s largest uprising in decades spread — and turned deadly.

M Monika Cvorak and Sanjana Varghese

Trump Urges Antigovernment Protesters in Iran to ‘Take Over’

“HELP IS ON ITS WAY,” President Trump said on social media. He has threatened to intervene militarily on behalf of the protesters if Iran uses lethal force.A burned-out building in Tehran on Saturday. Iran is experiencing the most expansive protests in years against its authoritarian rulers.

A Abdi Latif Dahir and Leily Nikounazar

Camping on a Glacier? Watch Your Step

Experienced Antarctica guides tell Raymond Zhong, our climate reporter, how they set up camp on the Thwaites Glacier so scientists can measure how fast it’s melting. The biggest safety concern? Crevasses.

R Raymond Zhong, Chang W. Lee, Christina Thornell, Leila Medina and David Seekamp

Scott Adams, Creator of the Satirical ‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip, Dies at 68

His chronicles of a corporate cubicle dweller was widely distributed until racist comments on his podcast led newspapers to cut their ties with him.Scott Adams in 2014 in his home office in Pleasanton, Calif. For more than 30 years, his comic strip, “Dilbert,” chronicled the absurdities of the high-

R Richard Sandomir

‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss’s Bumpy Revamp at CBS

Her reimagining of “CBS Evening News” is under heavy scrutiny, and even became a punchline on her own network on Sunday at the Golden Globes.The Manhattan studios of CBS, where Bari Weiss has been making changes at “CBS Evening News” since becoming editor in chief in October.

M Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin

Echoing Mamdani, Hochul Offers Plan for a More Affordable New York

In her State of the State address, Gov. Kathy Hochul adopted some of the affordability message of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. She also took aim at federal immigration officials.The address came at a critical time for Gov. Kathy Hochul, who must navigate shifting and complex political winds in New York.

G Grace Ashford and Benjamin Oreskes

A Governor’s Legacy: Fewer Shootings, Free College and Covid Deaths

After eight years as governor of New Jersey, Philip D. Murphy, a former ambassador to Germany and Goldman Sachs executive, is leaving office. Mikie Sherrill will be sworn in on Jan. 20.In Gov. Philip D. Murphy’s eight years in office, he had many wins, but also several crises that made headlines.

T Tracey Tully

China’s ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ Thinks Time Is on His Side

He Jiankui spent three years in prison after creating gene-edited babies. Now back at work, he sees a greater opening for researchers who push boundaries.He Jiankui, a researcher in gene editing, at his home in Beijing. He argues that his only crime was being ahead of his time in a world not yet rea

A Andrew Higgins