A damaged Air Canada Express plane after a collision at LaGuardia Airport in Queens early Monday, March 23, 2026. Around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, an Air Canada Regional Express jet collided with a Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle while landing at LaGuardia Airport in Queens. (Dakota Santiago/The New York Times) By ALI WATKINS and CHRISTINE HAUSER An Air Canada regional jet collided with a fire truck on a runway as the plane was landing at LaGuardia Airport

People sort through ballots at the Ballot Processing Center during a statewide special election in California on Nov. 4, 2025. The Republican National Committee wants to toss ballots arriving after Election Day. Critics say thousands of votes — a majority cast by Democrats — are at stake. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times) By ABBIE VANSICKLE The Supreme Court on Monday appeared poised to reject Mississippi’s mail-in ballot law, a decision that could upend mail-in voting throu

By ERIK WEMPLE A group representing journalists who cover the Defense Department is seeking the immediate restoration of press access for its members after a federal judge ruled late last week that key parts of the department’s media policy were unconstitutional. “Our clients and the public face ongoing, irreparable harm,” David Schulz, counsel for the group, the Pentagon Press Association, wrote in a letter, “so long as the experienced military reporters of the P.P.A. are ex

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, on March 19, 2026. Senate Republicans tried and failed on Saturday, March 21, to attach a measure targeting transgender athletes to the restrictive voter ID bill they are seeking to push through Congress, resurfacing an issue aimed at putting Democrats on the defensive ahead of midterm elections the GOP is at risk of losing. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By MICHAEL GOLD Senate Republicans tried and failed Saturday to attach a measure targe

A flooded neighborhood in the Mokuleia area of Waialua, on Oahu, Hawaii, on Friday, March 21, 2026. As conditions improved on the Hawaiian island Saturday afternoon, officials lifted evacuation orders on the North Shore and thousands of Oahu residents began returning to their homes. Some 5,500 people had been evacuated. (Claire Wilcox/The New York Times) By ORLANDO MAYORQUÍN Emily McLaughlin had lived long enough in Waialua, Hawaii, on the North Shore of Oahu, to become inur

By JACEY FORTIN He was a champion of the civil rights movement and a hero to many Latinos. On memorials across the United States, his name was chiseled in stone, and his likeness cast in bronze. Today, he is a pariah. On Wednesday, a New York Times investigation revealed that Cesar Chavez, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union, sexually abused women and girls, including the union’s co-founder, Dolores Huerta. In the days since, cities, states and schools have sought to

Travelers walk through Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., Jan. 27, 2026. Tom Homan, the White House border czar, confirmed Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will be deployed to U.S. airports Monday, casting the operation largely as an effort to ease long lines that have caused frustration among travelers. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By ERICA L. GREEN and GABE CASTRO-ROOT Tom Homan, the White House border czar, confirmed Sunday that Immig

A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos displayed at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 10, 2026. The Trump administration is continuing its push to deport Liam Conejos Ramos, the 5-year-old boy whose detention became a defining image of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By MIRIAM JORDAN The Trump administration is continuing its push to deport Liam Conejos Ramos, the 5-year-old boy whose detention became

By SCOTT DANCE The Federal Emergency Management Agency said earlier this weekit would relaunch a canceled grant program that had helped states invest billions of dollars in projects that made local communities more resilient to floods, fires and other disasters. The announcement came days before a deadline imposed by a federal judge who ruled in December that the Trump administration’s decision to end the program, known as Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, or

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee in Washington on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Mullin said Wednesday that if confirmed, he would “absolutely” revoke a policy that has dramatically slowed the flow of federal disaster aid under the current secretary, Kristi Noem. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By SCOTT DANCE Sen.