By ALEXANDRA E. PETRI A Michigan gas station clerk helped save a 16-year-old girl who entered his store and mouthed the word “help” after a man had kidnapped her at gunpoint on her way to school last week, authorities said. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday charged the suspect, Donald James Joseph Arthur Fields, 48, of Hamtramck, Michigan, with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, one count of kidnapping, one count of possession of a firearm by a

Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 15, 2025. Chavez-DeRemer, President Trump’s embattled labor secretary, stepped down on Monday, April 20, 2026, as multiple scandals and investigations closed in on her. (Al Drago/The New York Times) By REBECCA DAVIS O’BRIEN Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s embattled labor secretary, stepped down earlier this week as multiple scandals and investigations closed in on her. “Labor Sec

A FedEx driver makes a delivery in Miami Beach, Fla., April 28, 2025. The Trump administration is set to take its first steps toward returning more than $166 billion collected from tariffs that were struck down in February. (Scott Mcintyre/The New York Times) By TONY ROMM and ANA SWANSON When President Donald Trump unveiled his sprawling global tariffs last spring, he boasted that they would generate windfall profits and “make America wealthy again.” But after suffering a sig

Cpl. Chris Bordelon of the Shreveport Police Department speaks during a news conference in Shreveport, La., on Sunday, April 19, 2026, in a photo provided by the Shreveport Police Department. Eight children were killed in a domestic violence shooting spree that spanned at least three locations in Shreveport on Sunday morning, the authorities said. (Shreveport Police Department via The New York Times) By EDUARDO MEDINA, CHRISTINA MORALES and JOHNNY DÍAZ Eight children were kil

An attendee holds a campaign sign for Chaz Molder, the mayor of Columbia and a Democratic House candidate, during the town’s annual Mule Day celebrations in Columbia, Tenn., April 11, 2026. Molder, a small-town mayor and turkey hunter with a penchant for retail politics, is one of several Democrats hoping that a focus on kitchen-table issues can reverse their party’s fortunes in places like rural Tennessee. (Brad J. Vest/The New York Times) By EMILY COCHRANE and REID J. EPSTE

By JODI KANTOR and ADAM LIPTAK The New York Times is publishing seven confidential memos that were exchanged among the justices of the Supreme Court over five days in the winter of 2016. They tell a pivotal story. The memos show how the justices stumbled into a new way of conducting their work in major cases on presidential power, short-circuiting long-standing procedures meant to ensure careful consideration and reasoned opinions. In the papers, the justices debate taking an

Former CIA Director John Brennan testifies at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on possible Russian interference in the 2016 election, in Washington, May 23, 2017. U.S. installs a Donald Trump loyalist to lead “grand conspiracy” case into Trump foes; a former lawyer for Trump’s campaign, Joseph diGenova, is said to be planning to split time between Miami and Fort Pierce, where a grand jury overseen by a Trump-favored judge sits. (Al Drago/The New York Times) By CHARLIE S

The Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn., July 27, 2023. American colleges and universities bear significant responsibility for plunging public trust in higher education, a Yale University committee suggested in a report released on Wednesday. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times) By ALAN BLINDER U.S. colleges and universities bear significant responsibility for plunging public trust in higher education, a Yale University committee suggested in a report released

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, on Friday, March 28, 2025. Sotomayor issued a rare public apology on Wednesday, April 15, for criticizing a Supreme Court colleague, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in surprisingly personal terms during a public appearance last week. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By ANN E. MARIMOW Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a rare public apology earlier this week for criticizing a Supreme

Pope Francis walks to a plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport after a visit to New York, Sept. 26, 2015. Unlike his predecessor, Pope Leo XIV enjoys growing support from a broad swath of conservative Catholics. (Sam Hodgson/The New York Times) By LISA LERER and REID J. EPSTEIN President Donald Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV are causing fresh headaches for Republicans, who are counting on the votes of Catholics to maintain control of Congress in this year’s midterm e