A gas pipeline under construction near Amarillo, Texas, on Nov. 10, 2025. The Trump administration on Jan. 13 moved to limit the ability of states to block the construction of oil pipelines, coal export terminals and other energy projects that could pollute local waterways. (Paul Ratje/The New York Times) By SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA President Donald Trump has the authority to restart an oil pipeline project off the Santa Barbara, California, coast by invoking the Defense Production

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a news conference outside of Gracie Mansion in New York, on Monday, March 9, 2026. In the days after a homemade bomb laced with metal was hurled into a highly charged protest near his official residence in Manhattan, Mayor Mamdani did not turn to his typical means of communication. (Graham Dickie/The New York Times) By KYLE BAGENSTOSE and JOHN LELAND Details slowly started to emerge Monday about the two young men charged over the weekend w

A plume of smoke rises to the sky from an oil storage facility that was targeted in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2026. Health experts warn of long-term respiratory and neurological risks as smoke from burning oil spreads across the region. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By LILY BOYCE and RUTH IGIELNIK In the days after President Donald Trump launched U.S. forces in an attack against Iran, support for the strikes is far lower than what it has been at the beginnings of previous

Travelers wait in long security lines at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, on Sunday, March 8, 2026. Travelers at airports in Houston and New Orleans were greeted with hours of long waits early Sunday as the airports struggled to adequately staff security lines. (Steven Kenny/The New York Times) By BILLY WITZ and SHANNON SIMS Travelers at airports in Houston and New Orleans were greeted with hours of long waits early Sunday as the airports struggled to adequately staff sec

Federal agents outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Fairburn, Ga., Jan. 28, 2026. Facing the possibility of big losses for Republicans in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump has reiterated his unfounded assertions of electoral fraud. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) By NICK CORASANITI and RICHARD FAUSSET Facing the possibility of big losses for Republicans in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump has reiterated his unfounded asser

A man cries as he sits on his bed at the Annunciation House, a migrant shelter, in El Paso, Texas, on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. The D.C. Circuit ruled against the Trump administration, ensuring Haitians can remain in the United States and keep working while the underlying lawsuit proceeds. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/The New York Times) By MIRIAM JORDAN A federal appeals court late last week upheld a lower court’s ruling that the Trump administration had unlawfully terminated Temporary

Service members carry the remains of six American service members killed in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, during the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By SHAWN McCREESH The bodies of the first American service members killed in President Donald Trump’s war with Iran returned to the United States at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday afternoon. Their families were waiting for them there.

By LUKE BROADWATER The National Capital Planning Commission on Thursday delayed its final vote on President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom amid a deluge of negative comments from the public. The board, which is led by Trump allies, had been expected to vote to approve the project Thursday. But Stephen Staudigl, a spokesperson for the panel, said in a statement that the timing would be pushed back “given the large amount of public input on the project

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 11, 2026. President Donald Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, March 5, and announced plans to replace her with Sen. Mullin. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By MAGGIE HABERMAN, HAMED ALEAZIZ, MICHAEL C. BENDER and MICHAEL GOLD President Donald Trump fired his embattled homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, on Thursday and announced plans to replace her with

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters after a vote on a war powers measure on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. Republicans on Wednesday blocked a measure that would limit President Trump’s power to continue waging war against Iran without congressional authorization, turning back a bid by Democrats to insist that Congress weigh in on a sweeping and open-ended military campaign. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By ROBERT JIMISON Re