Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, is seen being detained in a photo released by Columbia Heights Public Schools officials that prompted anger in the Twin Cities. The boy, who was detained by federal agents while wearing a Spider-Man backpack and a blue bunny hat, is back home in Minnesota, a statement from his school district said Sunday. (Columbia Heights Public Schools via The New York Times) By ANUSHKA PATIL Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who was detained by federal agents while we

Sand dunes covered by snow on a beach in Avon, N.C., on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. The weeklong paralysis from a winter storm across the South, especially in hard-hit Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, has given way to weariness, anger and fear about how much longer thousands will be struggling to stay warm and fed without power. (Daniel Pullen/The New York Times) By EMILY COCHRANE The flurries, for a brief time, fell again Sunday. The snow landed on piles of jagged branches an

Leon Black, chairman and chief executive of Apollo Global Management, at a benefit gala for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Dec. 8, 2016. Materials released by the Justice Department revealed that leading business and political figures had enduring relationships with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. (Rebecca Smeyne/The New York Times) By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE They said they didn’t really know Jeffrey Epstein that well. They were disgusted by him right off the

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol on Jan. 22, 2026. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, Johnson promised that the House is “going to do its job” to get the spending deal passed. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By CARL HULSE Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and minority leader, knew things were moving in his direction in the spending showdown last Wednesday afternoon when he got a surprise phone call in his Capitol office suite. I

By MICHAEL CROWLEY Venezuela’s interim government has agreed to submit a monthly “budget” to the Trump administration, which will release money from an account funded by the country’s oil sales and initially managed by Qatar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. But the plan drew sharp questions from skeptical Democrats, and Rubio conceded that it was “novel” and hastily designed. The role of Qatar — a Middle Eastern country thousands of miles from Venezuela wh

Masked federal immigration agents carrying tear gas canisters turn away after attempting to gain entry to a home in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) By MITCH SMITH, CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS, ALAN FEUER and CARL HULSE Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis on Thursday urged leaders from other American cities to take a firm stand against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign, warning them that “if we do not speak

Members of an FBI Evidence Response Team cordon off the building as they execute a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Atlanta, which houses the county elections office, and where votes are counted on election night, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. The search escalates the administration’s efforts to investigate a jurisdiction that President Donald Trump has continued to criticize over his defeat in the state. (Nicole Craine/The New York Time

A man is held back after attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during a town hall in Minneapolis, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. The man rushed the lectern and appeared to spray Omar with a strong-smelling liquid before he was tackled by security. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) By REIS THEBAULT, LAUREN McCARTHY and ASHLEY AHN During a town hall with Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minneapoli