President Donald Trump takes the stage to deliver remarks at the General Motors Proving Ground in Milford, Mich., July 27, 2026. The sanctions legislation that moved forward in the Senate this week goes beyond enacting new financial restrictions on Russia and Iran. It would also give Trump broad new powers to impose tariffs on imports from some of the world’s largest economies. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By ALAN RAPPEPORT The sanctions legislation that moved forward in t

An undated photo of a custom photo book made for Chantal Rojas by Lauren and Scott Cahr, who hired her to care for their children. Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country. (via The New York Times) By HAMED ALEAZIZ and MIRIAM JORDAN The Trump administration has begun arresting foreign citizens with expired U.S. visas as they travel through airports, i

From center to right: President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Eric Trump as the coffin of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is brought into the Washington National Cathedral in Washington on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Graham, the Trump opponent turned outspoken ally who died at 71 this month, was to be honored with two days of funeral services this week. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By KAROUN DEMIRJIAN, CHRIS CAMERON, PETER BAKER and D

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS Florida took the rare step of executing two men within five hours of each other Tuesday, part of a dramatic rise in the carrying out of capital punishments during Gov. Ron DeSantis’ second term. The men died by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in north-central Florida after the Supreme Court declined to halt their executions. Each had been convicted of murder in the 1980s. James Duckett, 68, a former police officer who was convicted of sexu

Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, with his attorney, David Schertler, left, as he prepares for the start of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Dr. Anthony Fauci refused Wednesday to answer questions from a Senate committee investigating the origins of COVID-19, accu

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), aided by two staff members, makes his way to a Senate Republican luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 12, 2026. McConnell, who has been hospitalized for six weeks, said on Monday, July 27, that he would not be returning to the Senate this week as lawmakers work toward their August recess. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By CARL HULSE Sen. Mitch McConnell, the former Republican leader from Kentucky, who has been hospitalized for six weeks

An undated photo provided by AirSea Heritage Foundation and Deep Sea Vision shows the nose section of the Clipper Endeavor with the visible PAA logo in the Atlantic Ocean. The wreckage has been located off the coast of Puerto Rico. (AirSea Heritage Foundation and Deep Sea Vision via The New York Times) By NEIL VIGDOR The flight lasted less than nine minutes, the right two engines losing power in quick succession as the Douglas DC-4 made its initial climb from San Juan, Puerto

By YAN ZHUANG and ISHANI DESAI A chaotic shooting in Seattle’s downtown arts and entertainment venue left three people dead Sunday and four others wounded, including a toddler, authorities said, after at least two people sprayed gunfire during a food festival in the shadow of the Space Needle. Officers took one suspect into custody, Assistant Chief Tyrone Davis of the Seattle Police Department said at a news conference late Sunday, and they were searching for another that he

Firefighters from the Ventura County Fire Department battling the Park Fire near Lomo, Calif., in July 30, 2024. The 2024 fire in Northern California was one of the state’s largest wildfires ever. The man faces a prison sentence of 25 years to life. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times) By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS A 44-year-old man was convicted late last week of pushing his flaming car into a gully after it had gotten stuck, setting off one of California’s largest-ever wildfire

Signs calling on Senator Susan Collins to retire are handed out during the Democratic Convention to select a U.S. Senate nominee to replace Graham Platner in Bangor, Maine on July 25, 2026. (Sophie Park/The New York Times) By REID J. EPSTEIN and JESS BIDGOOD Democrats in Maine have reset a Senate race seen as critical to their party’s chances of retaking the chamber after an improvised scramble to swap out a damaged candidate, Graham Platner, for a new one, Troy Jackson, afte