By ANNA GRIFFIN Federal prosecutors will try to make the case this week that three activists who protested immigration enforcement last summer crossed the line from political dissent into criminal conspiracy — a legal theory that prompted the top federal prosecutor in eastern Washington to resign rather than sign off on the charges. The trial is likely to be a closely watched test of the Trump administration’s push to prioritize immigration protest cases and the strategy of u

Attendees watch a pre-recorded video of President Donald Trump at Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving, in Washington on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Thousands of people gathered on the National Mall on Sunday for a daylong rally blending Christian prayer and political fervor, a gathering President Trump had touted as an opportunity to “rededicate America as one nation under God.” (Alex Kent/The New York Times) By ELIZABETH DIAS and RUTH GRAHAM Thousan

By POOJA SALHOTRA Catholic clergy members have secured the right to visit a Chicago-area immigration processing center to provide daily ministry and pastoral support to detainees, according to an agreement reached last week between a religious nonprofit group and the Trump administration. The deal comes about six months after several Roman Catholic clergy members in an Illinois-based Catholic advocacy group, the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, filed a lawsuit a

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) during Senate hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 22, 2026. Cassidy on Saturday lost his Republican primary and the chance to seek a third term. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By TIM BALK Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection in 2021, will depart Congress next year, after losing a Republican primary in which Trump lined up squarely against him. Cas

An aerial view of the Isle de Jean Charles, La., in an area of fragmented land once spanning thousands of acres that has been reduced to roughly just 320 acres by coastal erosion due to rising gulf waters, April 14, 2026. The residents of Isle de Jean Charles found safety after moving to higher ground, but some feel their experience has been more of a cautionary tale than a model for climate migration. (Wayan Barre/The New York Times) By SCOTT DANCE The community known as the

President Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, his Homeland Security secretary, tour the detention camp billed by the state of Florida as Alligator Alcatraz, at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Fla., July 1, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By PATRICIA MAZZEI and HAMED ALEAZIZ Florida intends to shut down a high-profile immigration detention center that it opened last summer in the Everglades, according to a federal official and three people familiar

The Dock Street Dam on the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pa., on April 17, 2026. The majority of U.S. dams were built decades ago to create swimming and fishing holes or reservoirs for water supplies, among other uses. (Andrew Mangum/The New York Times) By CARA BUCKLEY Even though the two dams spanning the river in Bedford, Pennsylvania, were old, troublesome and functionally useless, locals just couldn’t quit them. The dams were built for swimming and fishing, but so much

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, testify before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By MEGAN MINEIRO A top Pentagon official testified earlier this week that the cost of the war with Iran had risen to around $29 billion, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused repeatedly to tell members of Congre

Dr. Marty Makary, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, speaks during a news conference in Washington, April 22, 2025. Makary resigned on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, according to an administration official, after weeks of pressure and rumors that President Donald Trump was planning to fire him. (Al Drago/The New York Times) By CHRISTINA JEWETT Dr. Marty Makary, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, resigned Tuesday, after weeks of pressure and rumor

Eileen Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, California (Wikipedia) By POOJA SALHOTRA Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, California, resigned Monday after federal prosecutors announced they had charged her with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government. She will plead guilty to the charge, according to a plea deal unsealed the same day. The felony charge comes with a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison. The court document outlined Wang’s efforts, beginning