Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. A day after President Donald Trump said he did not want a compromise, Republicans were exploring breaking off ICE funding so the rest of the Department of Homeland Security could reopen. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By MICHAEL GOLD Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump threw cold water on their efforts to cut a deal to reopen the Department o

By EMILY COCHRANE and ERICA L. GREEN A visit by President Donald Trump earlier this week revealed how torn Memphis, Tennessee, was over becoming a test case for his administration’s aggressive approach to urban crime. Hundreds gathered outside a Memphis shopping plaza to protest Trump’s arrival in the city, where federal agents have been working for months with Tennessee Highway Patrol officers and local police to make thousands of arrests and seize drugs and guns. Trump firs

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. In choosing Mullin, who has warm relationships across the Capitol and the political aisle, President Trump was reverting to a bygone tradition. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By MICHAEL GOLD Facing a phalanx of fellow senators who he

A passenger plane passes the wreckage of a fire truck and an Air Canada Express jet that collided on a runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. More delays were expected at the airport on Tuesday after the fatal collision forced the closure of a runway that officials say may not reopen for days. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) By LIAM STACK, ASHLEY SOUTHALL, KAROUN DEMIRJIAN and NATE SCHWEBER The preliminary investigation into the deadly runway c

By JACEY FORTIN, HAMED ALEAZIZ and GABE CASTRO-ROOT Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were deployed at airports across the United States on Monday, but their presence did not initially appear to ease the pain of many travelers. Between 100 and 150 ICE officers were sent to the airports to assist Transportation Security Administration agents, according to a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because that person was not authorized to discuss the

A damaged Air Canada Express plane after a collision at LaGuardia Airport in Queens early Monday, March 23, 2026. Around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, an Air Canada Regional Express jet collided with a Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle while landing at LaGuardia Airport in Queens. (Dakota Santiago/The New York Times) By ALI WATKINS and CHRISTINE HAUSER An Air Canada regional jet collided with a fire truck on a runway as the plane was landing at LaGuardia Airport

People sort through ballots at the Ballot Processing Center during a statewide special election in California on Nov. 4, 2025. The Republican National Committee wants to toss ballots arriving after Election Day. Critics say thousands of votes — a majority cast by Democrats — are at stake. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times) By ABBIE VANSICKLE The Supreme Court on Monday appeared poised to reject Mississippi’s mail-in ballot law, a decision that could upend mail-in voting throu

By ERIK WEMPLE A group representing journalists who cover the Defense Department is seeking the immediate restoration of press access for its members after a federal judge ruled late last week that key parts of the department’s media policy were unconstitutional. “Our clients and the public face ongoing, irreparable harm,” David Schulz, counsel for the group, the Pentagon Press Association, wrote in a letter, “so long as the experienced military reporters of the P.P.A. are ex

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