Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a bilateral meeting between President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Nov. 18, 2025. The suggestion that Hegseth or his officials targeted shipwrecked survivors has been galvanizing because that would apparently be a war crime even if one accepts Trump officials’ broader argument for the strike campaign. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By CHARLIE

A section of Logan International Airport that contains passenger gates for commercial airliners, in Boston, Sept. 1, 2021. A 19-year-old college student was about to board a flight to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving when she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and deported to Honduras two days later, her father and lawyer said. (Cody O’Loughlin/The New York Times) By AMANDA HOLPUCH and ANNIE CORREAL A 19-year-old college student was about to board

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) during an event of the 75th anniversary of NATO, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute in Washington, July 9, 2024. Top Republicans have joined Democrats in demanding answers about the escalating military campaign the Trump administration says is aimed at targeting drug traffickers. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By MICHAEL GOLD A top Republican and Democrats in Congress suggested earlier this week that U.S. military officials might

Customs and Border Protection agents check the documents of migrants at the Paso Del Norte International Bridge in El Paso, Texas, Jan 20, 2025. The Trump administration paused asylum applications filed by migrants inside the United States, the latest change to come out of the government’s review of the immigration system in the wake of a shooting of two National Guard members. (Paul Ratje/The New York Times) By HAMED ALEAZIZ and EDWARD WONG The United States late last week p

President Donald Trump participates in a video call with military service members from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 27, 2025. President Trump and his top aides have said that drug cartels present one of the most pressing dangers to the United States, and have promised to eradicate them from the Western Hemisphere. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By TYLER PAGER President Donald Trump and his top aides have said that drug cartels present on

A view of Shell’s deepwater oil platform Appomattox from an approaching helicopter, off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, April 11, 2024. The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) By MAXINE JOSELOW The environmental rollbacks came one after the next last week, potentially affecting everything from the survival of rare whal

Protestors gather at the entrance to the Federal Bulding to denounce ICE detentions in Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. President Trump thinks it is a sign of strength to send in troops to deal with protesters in Los Angeles. (Daniel Terna/The New York Times) By JESÚS JIMÉNEZ For about four hours, they described the toll of federal raids on Southern California. They spoke of masked agents tackling immigrants in the country illegally and U.S. citizens, of being denied food,

A restaurant in Doral, Fla., a heavily Venezuelan city outside Miami, on Nov. 22, 2025. Venezuelans’ ties to South Florida date back decades, but their numbers grew significantly during the Chávez era and again after Nicolás Maduro came into power. (Saúl Martínez/The New York Times) By PATRICIA MAZZEI Anxious uncertainty hangs over Venezuelan Americans such as Liz Rebecca Alarcón of Doral, Florida, a heavily Venezuelan city outside Miami. Routine conversations at the grocery