A man casts an absentee ballot in Hernando, Miss., Oct. 24, 2025. The Supreme Court on Monday, June 29, upheld Mississippi’s grace period for late-arriving mail-in ballots, rejecting a push by the Trump administration to invalidate a state law. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times) By EMILY DAVIES and NICK CORASANITI President Donald Trump’s wide-reaching campaign to change election laws suffered another setback earlier this week, when the Supreme Court blocked a crucial pa

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, June 18, 2026. The Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed allegations that Gallego engaged in sexual misconduct and violated campaign finance laws, after an investigation prompted by a complaint from a Republican congresswoman. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By BAYLISS WAGNER and KELLEN BROWNING Super Bowl tickets worth $37,500. Flights to Puerto Rico, Nantucket, St. Barths and Mi

Members of the National TPS Alliance hold a rally in Pasadena, Calif., on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, ahead of the Supreme Court ruling on legal protections under Temporary Protected Status. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times) By MIRIAM JORDAN Haitians who arrived in Springfield, Ohio, by the thousands in recent years revived a city that had been in decline for decades. They worked in manufacturing, distribution and the service sector, easing labor shortages and fueling economic

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the Iran war’s loudest Republican critic in the House, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 3, 2026. Bitter foreign policy debates over Israel and Iran are fracturing the Democratic and Republican parties, creating powerful wedge issues that could reshape Congress and the 2028 presidential election. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By PATRICIA MAZZEI and ANTON TROIANOVSKI Bitter foreign policy debates over Israel and Iran are

Rep. Julia Letlow won the Republican primary runoff for Senate in Louisiana, NBC News projects, defeating state Treasurer John Fleming in another victory for President Donald Trump’s slate of preferred candidates. /NBC News. By TIM BALK and EMILY DAVIES Rep. Julia Letlow rode President Donald Trump’s endorsement to victory in a Republican primary runoff election in Louisiana on Saturday, according to The Associated Press, taking a major step toward replacing Sen. Bill Cassidy

The Colorado Supreme Court building in Denver, Dec. 19, 2023. The Democrats behind a 2028 redistricting push in Colorado have grown increasingly concerned that the state Supreme Court’s delay in ruling on the validity of their ballot measures could endanger the effort. (Stephen Speranza/The New York Times) By NICK CORASANITI The Democrats behind a 2028 redistricting push in Colorado have grown increasingly concerned that the state Supreme Court’s delay in ruling on the validi

From left, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez greet supporters as they canvass for Democratic primary voters in Brooklyn, June 23, 2026. In the New York election results, more evidence of eroding support for Israel; if the shift in public opinion continues, it could reshape one of the United States’ closest alliances. (Bing Guan/The New York Times) By ANTON TROIANOVSKI and JENNIFER MEDINA At two separate victory parties after the Democratic House prima

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain an immigrant from Guatemala outside a court hearing in lower Manhattan on July 22, 2025. A federal judge in California issued an order on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, blocking immigration agents nationwide from making arrests inside immigration courts. The decision halts what had been one of the most aggressive aspects of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) By JAZMINE ULLOA and LUIS FERR

Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, right, is joined by Mayor Zohran Mamdani at her primary night watch party in Brooklyn, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Valdez, a Democratic socialist and close ally of Mamdani, won the Democratic nomination for an open House seat in Brooklyn and Queens on Tuesday. (Bing Guan/The New York Times) By NICHOLAS FANDOS Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his allies swept a series of congressional primaries in New York City on Tuesday in a remarkable show of strength fo

A view from the Washington Monument of the Lincoln Memorial and workers continuing to mitigate the algae blooms that have overrun the Reflecting Pool in Washington, June 21, 2026. President Donald Trump said the blooms of green algae and the peeling polyurethane had nothing to do with the rushed $16.4 million makeover he had ordered. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By LUKE BROADWATER and MAXINE JOSELOW President Donald Trump knows one thing for sure about the sorry state of t