Judge Stalls Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment

The judge’s decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey.A federal judge temporarily blocked the Justice Department from using evidence in its efforts to seek a new indictment again

A Alan Feuer

4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record

A New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigration showed that they created an opening for a more aggressive Trump administration agenda.Customs and Border Protection agents taking migrants to be processed at a detention center in Jacumba, Calif., in 2023.

C Christopher Flavelle

The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory

In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.Dr. Li-Meng Yan spoke in 2021 at a summit in Anchorage, Alaska, on early outpatient treatment for th

K Katie J.M. Baker

Your Gift Dilemmas, Solved

An expert from Wirecutter helps Morning readers with their trickiest holiday gift searches.

H Hannah Morrill

Benin Coup Attempt to Oust Talon Has Been Foiled, Interior Minister Says

The country’s interior minister said the situation was under control after a “small group of soldiers launched a mutiny,” but the president had yet to make a public statement.Soldiers patrolled in front of Benin’s radio and television offices in Cotonou on Sunday after an apparent coup attempt.

A Amelia Nierenberg and Saikou Jammeh