The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting In Dallas, on June 10, 2025. An increasingly loud contingent supports the Trump administration’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times) By ELIZABETH DIAS and SHANNON SIMS When federal agents descended on Louisiana this month to pursue their aggressive deportation campaign, a group of Roman Catholic priests privately brought the Eucharist to the homes of immigrants too worried to step outside. Bu

Venezuelans and Venezuelan Americans celebrate the news of the capture by U.S. forces of President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. For many, the removal of the Venezuelan leader Maduro has not eased uncertainty about their immigration status in the United States. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times) By JAZMINE ULLOA Alejandro Marcano Santelli fled his home country in 2009 after receiving death threats because of his work for a news outlet that opposed th

A flu vaccine is prepared in Mountain Lakes, N.J., Sept. 16, 2025. Federal health officials on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines recommended for American children, reducing the number of diseases prevented by routine shots to 11 from 17. (Laila Stevens/The New York Times) By APOORVA MANDAVILLI Federal health officials on Monday announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines recommended for American children, reducing the number

President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela takes part in a civic military march in Caracas on Nov. 25, 2025. Maduro is expected to face charges in the Southern District of New York, where prosecutors had targeted him for years, the U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, announced on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times) By JONAH E. BROMWICH, WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and BENJAMIN WEISER Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela captured in a military raid on Caracas

President Donald Trump at the White House on Dec. 16, 2025. In a call with The New York Times, Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant” but did not address whether he had consulted Congress. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) By ANTON TROIANOVSKI While he was out of office, President Donald Trump mused about what would have happened if the United States had taken control of Venezuela. “We would have gotten all that oil,” he said in a speech at the North Caroli

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the immigrant who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador in March, speaks to supporters as he arrives for his immigration check-in, in Baltimore on Aug. 25, 2025. The release of several emails raised serious questions about whether the Justice Department had misled a judge in telling him that local prosecutors had acted alone in charging Abrego Garcia. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By Alan Feuer Federal prosecutors in Nashville, Tennessee

Afghan refugees arrivie at Dulles International Airport outside of Washington on Aug. 24, 2021. The Trump administration has also taken steps to end programs that extend temporary protections to Afghan citizens. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By Megan Mineiro and Adam Sella Back in 2021, as Kabul fell to the Taliban following the chaotic U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, Republicans in Congress were among the loudest voices in Washington arguing that the United S

The old City Hall subway station in lower Mangattan on April 10, 2019. The station, which has been out of commission since 1945, is famous for its arches. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) By JEFFERY C. MAYS As hundreds of thousands of people amass in Times Square for the annual New Year’s Eve ball drop, a much smaller gathering of historical importance will begin underground at a long-abandoned subway station. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be sworn into office at the old