Father Brendan Busse, a pastor at Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles, on Nov. 24, 2025. As the Trump administration has dramatically increased the number of people held in federal immigration detention facilities, detainees’ access to medical care, sufficient food, basic hygiene and legal counsel have all come under scrutiny. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times) By RUTH GRAHAM As the Trump administration has dramatically increased the number of people held in federal immigratio

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington about the failed indictment against him for his fall video about illegal military orders, Feb. 11, 2026. Democrats have overwhelmingly opposed President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran without seeking congressional approval — but in significant if subtle ways, the attacks have magnified fissures in the party over the country’s national security interests and America’s use of military fo

President Donald Trump after he delivered remarks on energy policies at the Port of Corpus Christie in Corpus Christie, Texas, on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS  In his first public event since his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump on Friday recounted a political trap he set for Democrats. In what was billed as an energy policy speech in Corpus Christi, Texas, Trump described how Democrats refused to stand up during

Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 13, 2025. Landsman said in an interview that the strikes on Iran had been “a long time coming” after the authoritarian Iranian government killed thousands, according to aid groups, in a crackdown on protesters this winter. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By TIM BALK President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran pushed a new, unpredictable issue to the forefront of American politics just as the midterms were getti

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside of the White House in Washington, on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. A decade after propelling himself to the highest office by promising to focus on “America first,” President Trump has become increasingly willing to assert power overseas. (Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times) By PETER BAKER When he first ran for president in 2016, Donald Trump disavowed the military adventurism of recent years, declaring that “regime change is a pro

Barry Pollack, left, the attorney representing Nicolás Maduro, the ousted president of Venezuela, departs a federal courthouse in Manhattan, Jan. 5, 2026. A lawyer for Maduro, who was seized from his country by U.S. forces last month and charged with federal crimes, says the Trump administration is blocking the Venezuelan government from paying Maduro’s legal fees. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times) By JONAH E. BROMWICH A lawyer for Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader who w

By CHRIS CAMERON Trump administration officials announced earlier this week that the federal government would withhold $259 million in Medicaid funds to Minnesota, the latest effort by the federal government to pull funding from Democratic-led states as President Donald Trump rails against a major welfare fraud scandal there. Federal judges have blocked most of the Trump administration’s efforts to claw back funds from states including Minnesota, New York, California, Illinoi

A group of Middle Eastern and Asian migrants deported by the U.S. government at a shelter in Panama City, March 11, 2025. A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, found that the Trump administration’s policy of summarily deporting immigrants to so-called third countries — nations other than their countries of origin — is unlawful. (Nathalia Angarita/The New York Times) By MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ A federal judge in Boston earlier this week found that the Trump admini