An American flag flies at half-staff outside of the Capitol after the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who died on Saturday, in Washington, on Monday, July 13, 2026. Still shaken from the sudden death of Graham, Senate Republicans returned to Washington on Monday and were immediately forced to confront the policy and political complications caused by his absence. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By MICHAEL GOLD and CARL HULSE Still shaken from the sudden death of Sen.

By ED SHANAHAN and JONAH E. BROMWICH President Donald Trump has paid writer E. Jean Carroll $5.6 million he owed her after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing her in a New York City department store in the 1990s and then defaming her, federal court records show. The money, which had been held in escrow while Trump appealed the jury’s 2023 award, was disbursed to Carroll last week, according to a note added Tuesday to the online court docket in the case. The payment c

Family members embrace next to a makeshift memorial for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at the location where he was shot by an ICE agent in Houston, July 8, 2026. The Trump administration has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to halt most vehicle stops while carrying out operations across the country, according to people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to speak publicly about the directive. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times) By MADELEINE NGO, HAME

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks at the BMW manufacturing facility in Spartanburg, S.C., June 30, 2026. Graham likely died on Saturday night, July 11, 2026, from a tear in his aorta, officials said, hours after returning to the United States from Ukraine and months before he was to face re-election. (Will Crooks/The New York Times) By OLIVIA DÍAZ Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., likely died on Saturday from a tear in his aorta, officials said, hours after returning to the Unit

A group of federal immigration officers walk through O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on March 23, 2026. A federal immigration agent shot and killed an individual in a vehicle on Monday in the coastal city of Biddeford, Maine, according to the state attorney general’s office. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times) By JACEY FORTIN, HEATHER BEASLEY DOYLE and MIRIAM JORDAN A federal immigration agent shot and killed an individual in a vehicle on Monday in the coastal cit

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 11, 2026. Graham, a South Carolina Republican who served in the State Legislature and the House of Representatives before being elected to the Senate four times, has died, his office announced early Sunday, July 12. He was 71. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By ROBERT JIMISON, ZACHARY WOOLFE and AMELIA NIERENBERG Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and a onetime opponent turned stalwart ally of

A makeshift memorial for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican immigrant who was shot by ICE agents, at the site of the incident in Houston on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Salgado Araujo had been living in Houston for 35 years, and his sons recalled their father’s love of soccer and said they would “continue to keep fighting for him.” (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times) By EDGAR SANDOVAL On Saturday morning, Ronaldo Salgado glanced, his smile bittersweet, at a photo of hi

FBI agents walk outside of the Fulton County elections office in Atlanta, Jan. 28, 2026. A federal judge in Atlanta cast serious doubts on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, on the Justice Department’s efforts to reinvestigate President Trump’s false claims that he was cheated out of victory in the 2020 election, saying that the five-year statute of limitations for any possible crimes arising from the race had “long expired.” (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) By ALAN FEUER A federal jud

Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for the Senate, campaigns in Sabattus, Maine, April 29, 2026. Platner, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine and a onetime star of the progressive movement, suspended his campaign on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, under intense pressure from all corners of his party after a woman accused him of rape. (Sophie Park/The New York Times) By TIM BALK Graham Platner’s announcement that he was suspending his Senate run in Maine has plunged Democr

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, then a Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign stop in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Jan. 20, 2024. An appellate court has struck down parts of a Florida law that restrict the teaching of ideas related to race, sexism and unconscious bias in college classrooms. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) By VIMAL PATEL An appellate court earlier this week struck down parts of a Florida law that restrict the teaching of ideas related to race, sexism