A masked federal agent guards a gate at an ICE facility from protesters trying to blockade it, in Newark, N.J., June 12, 2025. The Trump administration on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, sued New Jersey’s governor and attorney general over a state law that bars law enforcement officers, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, from wearing masks while on duty. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) By TRACEY TULLY The Trump administration sued New Jersey’s governor and a

Former FBI Director James Comey appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington on June 8, 2017, weeks after he was fired by President Donald Trump. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By AISHVARYA KAVI James Comey, the former FBI director, made his first court appearance Wednesday after being charged over a photograph of seashells he had posted on social media that the Justice Department branded a serious threat to President Donald Trump. Comey, a longtime critic

From left, Queen Camilla and King Charles III of the United Kingdom, with President Donald Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, during a state dinner in the White House in Washington on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Six members of the Supreme Court were invited to the dinner, alongside top administration officials, billionaires and Republican lawmakers. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By SHAWN McCREESH King Charles III demonstrated what seemed to be a master class in Trump

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, center, attends the first round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., April 9, 2026. DeSantis has proposed a congressional map that could result in up to four new Republican-leaning seats. Some in the party fear it could backfire. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By PATRICIA MAZZEI and NICK CORASANITI Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida proposed a redraw of the state’s congressional districts earlier this week that

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, right, greet King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom at the White House in Washington, on Monday, April 27, 2026. Presidents use state visits to show off all that is appealing about American culture, but the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner has cast a shadow over the visit. (Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times) By KATIE ROGERS and MICHAEL D. SHEAR When King Charles III and Queen Camilla of

Weapons taken from the suspect are displayed as Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, speaks alongsideTodd Blanche, the acting attorney general, and FBI Director Kash Patel, third from left, during a news conference on the White House correspondents’ dinner attack at the Department of Justice in Washington, on Monday, April 27, 2026. The defendant, Cole Tomas Allen, faces two counts of federal gun crimes and one of attempting to assassinate President

Catherine D’Amato, the president and chief executive of the Greater Boston Food Bank, looks up a shelves of food at the facility in Boston, on April 22, 2026. Legislation and regulatory tweaks enacted over the past year have altered who is eligible, what recipients can buy and how much some receive in benefits, among other changes. (Sophie Park/The New York Times) By LINDA QIU President Donald Trump and his top officials have cast a sharp decrease in the number of food stamp

By DEVLIN BARRETT and NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS The Trump administration said late last week that it would allow firing squads and readopt lethal injection as part of a broader push to revive the death penalty. In an accompanying report, Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said that decisions by President Joe Biden to pull back on capital punishment “inflicted untold damage on victims of crime, and, ultimately, to the rule of law itself.” The Justice Department, he said

By JONAH E. BROMWICH The U.S. government late last week conceded that the Venezuelan government could pay for Nicolás Maduro’s defense lawyers, an issue that had been hanging over the case for weeks. In a letter filed in Manhattan federal court, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, said that the Treasury Department had issued amended licenses that would allow defense lawyers for Maduro, the former president of Venezuela, and his wife, Cilia F

President Donald Trump briefs reporters at the White House after shots were fired during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Trump was rushed from the stage but was unharmed. (Salwan Georges/The New York Times) By LUKE BROADWATER, MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, SHAWN McCREESH, TYLER PAGER, DEVLIN BARRETT and MAGGIE HABERMAN President Donald Trump said Sunday that the gunman who stormed a security perimet