The U.S. Capitol in Washington, on March 19, 2026. Senate Republicans tried and failed on Saturday, March 21, to attach a measure targeting transgender athletes to the restrictive voter ID bill they are seeking to push through Congress, resurfacing an issue aimed at putting Democrats on the defensive ahead of midterm elections the GOP is at risk of losing. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By MICHAEL GOLD Senate Republicans tried and failed Saturday to attach a measure targe

A flooded neighborhood in the Mokuleia area of Waialua, on Oahu, Hawaii, on Friday, March 21, 2026. As conditions improved on the Hawaiian island Saturday afternoon, officials lifted evacuation orders on the North Shore and thousands of Oahu residents began returning to their homes. Some 5,500 people had been evacuated. (Claire Wilcox/The New York Times) By ORLANDO MAYORQUÍN Emily McLaughlin had lived long enough in Waialua, Hawaii, on the North Shore of Oahu, to become inur

By JACEY FORTIN He was a champion of the civil rights movement and a hero to many Latinos. On memorials across the United States, his name was chiseled in stone, and his likeness cast in bronze. Today, he is a pariah. On Wednesday, a New York Times investigation revealed that Cesar Chavez, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union, sexually abused women and girls, including the union’s co-founder, Dolores Huerta. In the days since, cities, states and schools have sought to

Travelers walk through Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., Jan. 27, 2026. Tom Homan, the White House border czar, confirmed Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will be deployed to U.S. airports Monday, casting the operation largely as an effort to ease long lines that have caused frustration among travelers. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By ERICA L. GREEN and GABE CASTRO-ROOT Tom Homan, the White House border czar, confirmed Sunday that Immig

A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos displayed at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 10, 2026. The Trump administration is continuing its push to deport Liam Conejos Ramos, the 5-year-old boy whose detention became a defining image of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By MIRIAM JORDAN The Trump administration is continuing its push to deport Liam Conejos Ramos, the 5-year-old boy whose detention became

By SCOTT DANCE The Federal Emergency Management Agency said earlier this weekit would relaunch a canceled grant program that had helped states invest billions of dollars in projects that made local communities more resilient to floods, fires and other disasters. The announcement came days before a deadline imposed by a federal judge who ruled in December that the Trump administration’s decision to end the program, known as Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, or

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee in Washington on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Mullin said Wednesday that if confirmed, he would “absolutely” revoke a policy that has dramatically slowed the flow of federal disaster aid under the current secretary, Kristi Noem. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By SCOTT DANCE Sen.

Cesar Chavez, center, joins with United Farm Workers while demonstrating in New York, Oct. 10, 1969. An investigation by The New York Times found extensive evidence that the United Farm Workers co-founder groomed and sexually abused girls who worked in the movement. (John Sotomayor/The New York Times) By SARAH HURTES and MANNY FERNÁNDEZ Every year, thousands gather to celebrate Cesar Chavez, the labor leader who rose from the poverty of Arizona’s lettuce fields to build one o

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters before a Senate briefing on the ongoing conflict with Iran, at the Capitol in Washington, March 3, 2026. Many Cubans in Florida have sought regime change for decades; they fear that President Trump’s talks with Cuba will not lead to wholesale political transformation. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By PATRICIA MAZZEI The musician Willy Chirino was singing a protest song at a gala hosted by Cuban American lawyers in Miami last

Rep. Nellie Pou (D-N.J.) speaks as an aide holds a photo of Leqaa Kordia during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 10, 2026. Kordia, who took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University in 2024, has been released from a federal detention center in Texas, where she had been held for more than a year. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By MARIA CRAMER A New Jersey woman who took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at