JoAnna Mendoza, a retired U.S. Marine, who is running for Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, in front of a mural at the Eloy Veteran Center in Eloy, Ariz., on June 16, 2026. Mendoza, a Democrat challenging Representative Juan Ciscomani in a tossup district, is leaning into her painful and unique life story to appeal to voters. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) By ANNIE KARNI JoAnna Mendoza, the Democrat running to represent a southern Arizona congressional district

A family carries food, water, fuel, and other supplies back to their home along the Guadalupe River after devastating flooding in Ingram, Texas, July 5, 2025. Staffing cuts have reduced the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s workforce by about 20% over the past year and a half. (Jordan Vonderhaar/The New York Times) By SCOTT DANCE President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Cameron Hamilton, acknowledged earlier this week that sharp st

A sensor buoy in the Pacific, beyond San Francisco Bay, on Sept. 19, 2022. The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems, bowing to a bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill, the New York Times reported on June 18, 2026. (Dexter Hake/The New York Times) By MAXINE JOSELOW The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring sy

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson speaks at a campaign event in Jefferson, Ga., April 29, 2026. Jackson, a billionaire health care executive and newcomer to politics, defeated President Donald Trump’s chosen candidate in Tuesday’s runoff to secure the Republican nomination for the Georgia governor’s race, The Associated Press said. (Dustin Chambers/The New York Times) By PATRICIA MAZZEI President Donald Trump’s chosen candidates swept three Republican Senate primar

The U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washignton, Nov. 13, 2025. The Trump administration announced on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, plans to move programs for disabled students into the Health and Human Services Department and the enforcement of civil rights laws in schools to the Justice Department, in the White House’s most aggressive move yet to dismantle the Education Department. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By MICHAEL C. BENDER and DAVID GOLDSTEIN The Trump admini

The runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California, Dec. 5, 2024. A B-52 bomber crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Monday, June 15, 2026, Air Force officials said in a statement. The condition of the pilot and any other crew members was unknown. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times) By SHAWN HUBLER, JILL COWAN and JOHN ISMAY Eight crew members were confirmed dead after a B-52 bomber crashed explosively at Edwards Air Force Base in California during a routine test

Sheriff’s deputies in Laramie County, Wyo., detain a man after a traffic stop on May 12, 2026. The sheriff’s department in the county has an agreement with the federal government to perform immigration arrests. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) By ALLISON McCANN Early on a Tuesday morning last month, the sky still black, a group of deputies from the Laramie County sheriff’s office set out to patrol two major interstates that cross their corner of southeast Wyoming. Over the c

The University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, on Feb. 2, 2024. Indictments on federal conspiracy charges against eight pro-Palestinian activists with ties to the University of Michigan were unsealed in June 2026. (Nic Antaya/The New York Times) By MITCH SMITH For much of Friday afternoon, the four defendants sat in orange jumpsuits, their hands cuffed in front of their waists, as a judge weighed a federal prosecutor’s request to keep them locked up before trial. That prosec

President Donald Trump sits between first lady Melania Trump and Dana White, the president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, as he looks up at Diego Lopes after Lopes won his match against Steve Garcia during “UFC Freedom 250,” a UFC event hosted by President Trump for his 80th birthday on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Sunday, June 14, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By SHAWN McCREESH President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday UFC stunt

In an image provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, an artistic interpretation of a 2022 incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, reported near Colorado Springs. The flying spud, or what looked like one, was sighted by an Army intelligence officer and four members of his unit from Fort Carson, according to documents that were among a new tranche of UFO files released by the Trump administration on June 12, 2026. (U.S. Department of Defense