Alexandria Gomez, who co-founded the Phillips Community Free Store in 2020 after the death of George Floyd, near her home in Minneapolis, May 8, 2026. During the federal immigration enforcement surge, she helped raise rent money for impacted families. (Caroline Yang/The New York Times) By CARI SPENCER When Kate Eubank showed up to Minneapolis City Hall in January to advocate a statewide eviction moratorium, she thought of a 5-year-old boy at her daughter’s school. Eubank had

Kevin Stull, right, fills out his ballot as Bryan Diaz waits to give a haircut at Ana’s Hair Salon, which was acting as a polling place, on primary election day in San Francisco, on June 2, 2026. Voters rejected more local taxes than usual in the June election, a sign that they are feeling the pinch from rising costs. (Minh Connors/The New York Times) By SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA Californians say they can’t afford housing. They find gas prices too high. And when they were asked at t

JoAnna Mendoza, a retired U.S. Marine, who is running for Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, in front of a mural at the Eloy Veteran Center in Eloy, Ariz., on June 16, 2026. Mendoza, a Democrat challenging Representative Juan Ciscomani in a tossup district, is leaning into her painful and unique life story to appeal to voters. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) By ANNIE KARNI JoAnna Mendoza, the Democrat running to represent a southern Arizona congressional district

A family carries food, water, fuel, and other supplies back to their home along the Guadalupe River after devastating flooding in Ingram, Texas, July 5, 2025. Staffing cuts have reduced the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s workforce by about 20% over the past year and a half. (Jordan Vonderhaar/The New York Times) By SCOTT DANCE President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Cameron Hamilton, acknowledged earlier this week that sharp st

A sensor buoy in the Pacific, beyond San Francisco Bay, on Sept. 19, 2022. The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems, bowing to a bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill, the New York Times reported on June 18, 2026. (Dexter Hake/The New York Times) By MAXINE JOSELOW The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring sy

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson speaks at a campaign event in Jefferson, Ga., April 29, 2026. Jackson, a billionaire health care executive and newcomer to politics, defeated President Donald Trump’s chosen candidate in Tuesday’s runoff to secure the Republican nomination for the Georgia governor’s race, The Associated Press said. (Dustin Chambers/The New York Times) By PATRICIA MAZZEI President Donald Trump’s chosen candidates swept three Republican Senate primar

The U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washignton, Nov. 13, 2025. The Trump administration announced on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, plans to move programs for disabled students into the Health and Human Services Department and the enforcement of civil rights laws in schools to the Justice Department, in the White House’s most aggressive move yet to dismantle the Education Department. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By MICHAEL C. BENDER and DAVID GOLDSTEIN The Trump admini

The runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California, Dec. 5, 2024. A B-52 bomber crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Monday, June 15, 2026, Air Force officials said in a statement. The condition of the pilot and any other crew members was unknown. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times) By SHAWN HUBLER, JILL COWAN and JOHN ISMAY Eight crew members were confirmed dead after a B-52 bomber crashed explosively at Edwards Air Force Base in California during a routine test

Sheriff’s deputies in Laramie County, Wyo., detain a man after a traffic stop on May 12, 2026. The sheriff’s department in the county has an agreement with the federal government to perform immigration arrests. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) By ALLISON McCANN Early on a Tuesday morning last month, the sky still black, a group of deputies from the Laramie County sheriff’s office set out to patrol two major interstates that cross their corner of southeast Wyoming. Over the c

The University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, on Feb. 2, 2024. Indictments on federal conspiracy charges against eight pro-Palestinian activists with ties to the University of Michigan were unsealed in June 2026. (Nic Antaya/The New York Times) By MITCH SMITH For much of Friday afternoon, the four defendants sat in orange jumpsuits, their hands cuffed in front of their waists, as a judge weighed a federal prosecutor’s request to keep them locked up before trial. That prosec