A Key Spying Power Is Expiring. Will Foreign Surveillance Go Dark?
Top officials and some lawmakers say letting a powerful spying authority expire on Saturday will leave the United States dangerously blind. …
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Justifications for His Makeover of Washington
President Trump has made false or exaggerated claims of a Civil War-era push for a triumphal arch, hundreds of millions spent on repairs on …
This Billionaire Running for Governor Is Fighting the I.R.S.
Rick Jackson, a billionaire, wants to be Georgia’s next governor. But the I.R.S. has questioned how his low-budget movies turned into tax …
To Defeat Democrats, Texas Governor Embraces the Hard Right
After years of keeping his distance, Gov. Greg Abbott is set to address Texas Republicans’ activist-led convention as hard-line conservati…
Ticket Prices Make the World Cup Feel Like an Event for High Society
The opening game in Mexico City took place amid weeks of protests from groups including teachers’ unions complaining about pay and pension…
Ohio City Worker Union Complains That Goats Are Eating Its Lunch
A union in Columbus made a formal complaint after the city farmed out brush-clearing duties at a wastewater plant. The competitors? Goats.
Sheriffs in Maryland Challenge State Limits on Cooperation With ICE
A lawsuit by a group of 17 county law enforcement officers is another front in the Trump-era fight over local police’s role in immigration…
A Texas City Welcomed Diversity. Now a Mayor’s Race Is Pulling It Apart.
A runoff in the Dallas suburb of Frisco is testing whether anti-Muslim rhetoric, prominent in G.O.P. primaries this year, can win over a bro…
Excitement and Frustration Mix as the World Cup Comes to America
Astronomical ticket prices, soaring security costs and concern over traffic and transit snarls is mixed with pride in host cities and excite…
It’s Time to Worry About Ticks in the City
Think ticks are limited to rural areas and the wilderness? Think again.
ICE Wants Local Police to Enforce Immigration Law. These Officers Signed Up.
The Trump administration has enlisted hundreds of state and local law enforcement agencies to support its mass deportation campaign.