Sky Roberts, brother of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, speaks as his wife, Amanda Roberts, holds a photo of Virginia at a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the Capitol in Washington, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. The House was expected to vote overwhelmingly on Tuesday to demand that the Justice Department release all files related to its investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an a

A great egret flies over the marsh on Johns Island, S.C., July 25, 2025. The Trump administration proposed on Monday, Nov. 17, to significantly limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit pollution in wetlands, rivers and other bodies of water across the country. (Madeline Gray/The New York Times) By MAXINE JOSELOW The Trump administration proposed earlier this week to significantly limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit pollution in

By SCOTT DANCE and MAXINE JOSELOW David Richardson has resigned as acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, injecting even greater uncertainty into the Trump administration’s plans to overhaul the federal role in disaster response. Karen Evans, a senior political appointee at FEMA who earlier this year led an overhaul of the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, will take over as acting FEMA administrator Dec. 1, according to the Ho

Passengers at Reagan National Airport in Washington on Nov. 7, 2025, the first day of reduced operations at 40 airports around the country. The leaders of the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration announced on Sunday, Nov. 16, they were ending flight restrictions at 40 airports that were imposed just over a week ago during the government shutdown, citing improved staffing levels among air traffic controllers. (Andrew Leyden/The New York Times) B

Rev. Alex Santora delivers a homily about immigration and Christianity at the Church of Our Lady of Grace and St. Joseph in Hoboken, N.J., on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. Immigration was on the minds of priests and parishioners following a letter from the nation’s Catholic bishops decrying how immigrants are being treated. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) By MARK BONAMO, DAVE PHILIPPS and POOJA SALHOTRA The Rev. Alex Santora ascended to the pulpit of the Church of Our Lady of Gr

Protesters march through downtown Charlotte in response to immigration enforcement activity by ICE agents in Charlotte, N.C., Nov. 15, 2025. Federal agents began fanning out across immigrant enclaves in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday and arresting people, expanding the Trump administration’s crackdown to another Democrat-led city. (Jesse Barber/The New York Times) By EDUARDO MEDINA and BERNARD MOKAM Federal agents began fanning out across immigrant enclaves in Charlotte, North

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By ERICA L. GREEN, GLENN THRUSH and ALAN FEUER When a trove of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails were made public this week, Donald Trump’s name was all over them. But on Friday, when Trump demanded that the Justice Department investigate a list of powerful men mentioned in the emails, his own name was nowhere to be seen — he had singled out only Democ

Volunteers distribute groceries to Bronx residents at the Throggs Neck Community Alliance food pantry in the Bronx on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. For the poorest Americans, the expected end to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history has done little to quell their doubt and anxiety, leaving their faith shaken in the food stamp program and in the reliability of the federal government to serve as a social safety net. (Marco Postigo Storel/The New York Times) By TONY

A pedestrian listens to a news conference held by House Democrats outside the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By KAROUN DEMIRJIAN and EILEEN SULLIVAN For the first time in more than 40 days, Washington was set to open for business Thursday, although some federal services would be slow to return and thousands of government employees were left unsure of when they might receive their missing paychecks. The longest federal shu

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks to reporters alongside White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during a briefing at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By MICHAEL GOLD House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Donald Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Trump knew