By JONAH E. BROMWICH The federal judge presiding over the case of Nicolás Maduro last week set a June 2027 trial date for the captured Venezuelan leader, introducing some deadlines into a high-profile case that has proceeded slowly. The judge, Alvin Hellerstein, set the June 1 trial date after prosecutors and lawyers for Maduro said Tuesday evening that they had agreed to it, ahead of a Wednesday court appearance. Like all trial dates set far in advance, the schedule is tenta

The campus of Howard University in Washington on March 28, 2025. More than 500 incoming Howard University freshmen learned weeks before move-in that the school had canceled their enrollment. The school said that it dismissed the students whose accounts showed that they had not met enrollment and financial requirements by a deadline of July 10, 2026. (Maansi Srivastava/The New York Times) By MARK WALKER and EMMETT LINDNER More than 500 incoming Howard University freshmen learn

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, July 21, 2026. Republican leaders muscled through resistance in their own ranks to approve the budget blueprint, but its prospects were far dimmer in the Senate. (Alex Kent/The New York Times) By CATIE EDMONDSON House Republicans on Wednesday won narrow approval of their $95 billion budget plan to fund the war with Iran and impose new election restrictions President Donald

By JUDSON JONES and AMY GRAFF Fausto is a hurricane spinning in the open waters of the Eastern Pacific and may graze past Hawaii early this coming week. On Saturday, satellite imagery showed a classic pinwheel cloud pattern spinning toward Hawaii with a visible eye. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said that Fausto had gone through a process indicating that it was strengthening, though it was about to enter a less hospitable, drier environment, so they believe it

Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.) speaks to reporters after the House passed an Iran war powers resolution on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. The House on July 23 voted a second time to direct President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran or seek explicit authorization to continue it, with Barrett and three other Republicans joining Democrats in the 214-208 vote. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By ROBERT JIMISON The House on Thursday voted a second time to

Michael Kratsios, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, in Washington, on Jan. 14, 2026. President Donald Trump’s science adviser told lawmakers on Wednesday, July 22, that the Trump administration intended to drastically overhaul the country’s approach to scientific research, including by shifting research funding away from universities toward individual researchers and private companies. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By CHRISTOPHER FLAVELL

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters in New York, July 7, 2026. Mamdani on Tuesday, July 21, challenged the federal government to execute an international law arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel while acknowledging that New York City did not have “independent legal authority” to do so during the prime minister’s expected visit to the city in September. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) By LIAM STACK Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday night chal

Matthew Stone outside his home in Kerrville, Texas, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Cameron Hamilton defended FEMA last year when President Donald Trump talked about eliminating it. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times) By SCOTT DANCE When Cameron Hamilton took the helm of the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, he wasn’t an obvious choice: He had worked in emergency situations in combat zones and on the U.S.-Mexico border but ha

By NAZANEEN GHAFFAR Tropical Storm Bertha formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday evening, and forecasters warned that the system was likely to bring heavy rain to states throughout the region this week. Tropical storm watches were in effect along the Gulf Coast as the system churned nearby. Forecasters said the storm was expected to continue moving slowly toward the northwest over the next day or two, before gradually turning west. The center of the system could then move nea

Federal agents try to pull an unidentified man from a vehicle to arrest him on a street in Minneapolis, Jan. 11, 2025. A federal judge on Monday, July 20, 2026, dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit challenging state and local policies in Minnesota that limit cooperation with immigration officials. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By MITCH SMITH Before the Trump administration sent thousands of immigration agents to Minnesota last year, it sued over rules that strictl