People gather along the downtown waterfront in Portland, Ore. to protest recent shootings involving federal ICE agents across the country, on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. Mounting outrage over an ICE agent’s killing of a woman in Minneapolis manifested this weekend in a series of planned nationwide demonstrations. (Jordan Gale/The New York Times) By CHRIS HIPPENSTEEL Mounting outrage over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s killing of a woman in Minneapolis spilled int

Demonstrators gather in protest of the immigration crackdown by Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. A federal immigration agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times) By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS, MITCH SMITH and JACEY FORTIN A top state law enforcement official

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a news conference with Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), left, and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), right, on a Venezuela war powers resolution at the Capitol in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. The Senate on Thursday agreed to debate a war powers resolution aimed at curbing President Trump’s use of military force in Venezuela, with five Republicans joining Democrats in a rare bipartisan rebuke of the White House. (Kenny Holston/The

A FEMA search and rescue worker in Swannanoa, N.C., after Hurricane Helene, Oct. 6, 2024. Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisors are advising their staff to prepare for the elimination of 1,000 jobs this month as part of changes that Kristi Noem, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is overseeing at the agency, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times) By SCOTT DANCE Federal Emergency Management A

Members of the Border Patrol Tactical Unit shove a man to the ground as federal agents try to leave the scene of a shooting involving a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. A federal immigration officer shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Wednesday during an enforcement operation, the Department of Homeland Security said. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) BY JULIE BOSMAN, MITCH SMITH and DAN SIMMONS A federal officer shot and ki

The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting In Dallas, on June 10, 2025. An increasingly loud contingent supports the Trump administration’s efforts to deport illegal immigrants. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times) By ELIZABETH DIAS and SHANNON SIMS When federal agents descended on Louisiana this month to pursue their aggressive deportation campaign, a group of Roman Catholic priests privately brought the Eucharist to the homes of immigrants too worried to step outside. Bu

Venezuelans and Venezuelan Americans celebrate the news of the capture by U.S. forces of President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. For many, the removal of the Venezuelan leader Maduro has not eased uncertainty about their immigration status in the United States. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times) By JAZMINE ULLOA Alejandro Marcano Santelli fled his home country in 2009 after receiving death threats because of his work for a news outlet that opposed th

A flu vaccine is prepared in Mountain Lakes, N.J., Sept. 16, 2025. Federal health officials on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines recommended for American children, reducing the number of diseases prevented by routine shots to 11 from 17. (Laila Stevens/The New York Times) By APOORVA MANDAVILLI Federal health officials on Monday announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines recommended for American children, reducing the number

President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela takes part in a civic military march in Caracas on Nov. 25, 2025. Maduro is expected to face charges in the Southern District of New York, where prosecutors had targeted him for years, the U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, announced on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times) By JONAH E. BROMWICH, WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and BENJAMIN WEISER Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela captured in a military raid on Caracas

President Donald Trump at the White House on Dec. 16, 2025. In a call with The New York Times, Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant” but did not address whether he had consulted Congress. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) By ANTON TROIANOVSKI While he was out of office, President Donald Trump mused about what would have happened if the United States had taken control of Venezuela. “We would have gotten all that oil,” he said in a speech at the North Caroli