Michael Kratsios, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, in Washington, on Jan. 14, 2026. President Donald Trump’s science adviser told lawmakers on Wednesday, July 22, that the Trump administration intended to drastically overhaul the country’s approach to scientific research, including by shifting research funding away from universities toward individual researchers and private companies. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By CHRISTOPHER FLAVELL

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters in New York, July 7, 2026. Mamdani on Tuesday, July 21, challenged the federal government to execute an international law arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel while acknowledging that New York City did not have “independent legal authority” to do so during the prime minister’s expected visit to the city in September. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) By LIAM STACK Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday night chal

Matthew Stone outside his home in Kerrville, Texas, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Cameron Hamilton defended FEMA last year when President Donald Trump talked about eliminating it. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times) By SCOTT DANCE When Cameron Hamilton took the helm of the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, he wasn’t an obvious choice: He had worked in emergency situations in combat zones and on the U.S.-Mexico border but ha

By NAZANEEN GHAFFAR Tropical Storm Bertha formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday evening, and forecasters warned that the system was likely to bring heavy rain to states throughout the region this week. Tropical storm watches were in effect along the Gulf Coast as the system churned nearby. Forecasters said the storm was expected to continue moving slowly toward the northwest over the next day or two, before gradually turning west. The center of the system could then move nea

Federal agents try to pull an unidentified man from a vehicle to arrest him on a street in Minneapolis, Jan. 11, 2025. A federal judge on Monday, July 20, 2026, dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit challenging state and local policies in Minnesota that limit cooperation with immigration officials. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By MITCH SMITH Before the Trump administration sent thousands of immigration agents to Minnesota last year, it sued over rules that strictl

The Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Oct. 31, 2025. The Pentagon on Monday, July 20, released the names of two U.S. service members who were killed in Jordan when Iran launched missiles at a military base there. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By JACEY FORTIN, RUTH GRAHAM, MAIA SPOTO and SEAN KEENAN One soldier finished high school in Texas last year and joined the Army right after graduation. Another lived in Hawaii and served as an air defense artillery officer. Both were mou

Troy Jackson attends a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Scarborough, Maine, July 14, 2026. Over the weekend Jackson’s supporters swept the county meetings to select delegates to the state convention, where it appears the former state lawmaker will be named the new Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maine. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times) By BAYLISS WAGNER, SYDNEY CROMWELL and TIM BALK A process to choose a new Democratic no

Crime scene tape near the vehicle of Renee Good after she was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026. In a sharp departure from past practice, FBI gents will no longer run investigations that could generate evidence against immigration agents, according to people familiar with the matter. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By DEVLIN BARRETT and HAMED ALEAZIZ Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer inves

An impromptu memorial for Joan Sebastián Guerrero at the intersection where he was fatally shot Monday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Biddeford, Maine, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. The agent told his former wife that he was the person who fatally shot Guerrero and defended his actions to her, the ex-wife said. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times) By JENNA RUSSELL, POOJA SALHOTRA and JACEY FORTIN A federal immigration agent told his former wife that h

Project Clydesdale, a data center under construction in Tulsa, Okla., on June 19, 2026. The data center boom has roiled communities across the country, but on Native land, a Big Tech push for quick approvals has pitted the need for development against a history of exploitation. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times) By DAVID W. CHEN Since its casino closed in 2017, the Caddo Nation, an hour west of Oklahoma City, has struggled, so some Caddo leaders see only hope in the data cente