House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol on Jan. 22, 2026. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, Johnson promised that the House is “going to do its job” to get the spending deal passed. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By CARL HULSE Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and minority leader, knew things were moving in his direction in the spending showdown last Wednesday afternoon when he got a surprise phone call in his Capitol office suite. I

By MICHAEL CROWLEY Venezuela’s interim government has agreed to submit a monthly “budget” to the Trump administration, which will release money from an account funded by the country’s oil sales and initially managed by Qatar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. But the plan drew sharp questions from skeptical Democrats, and Rubio conceded that it was “novel” and hastily designed. The role of Qatar — a Middle Eastern country thousands of miles from Venezuela wh

Masked federal immigration agents carrying tear gas canisters turn away after attempting to gain entry to a home in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) By MITCH SMITH, CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS, ALAN FEUER and CARL HULSE Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis on Thursday urged leaders from other American cities to take a firm stand against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign, warning them that “if we do not speak

Members of an FBI Evidence Response Team cordon off the building as they execute a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Atlanta, which houses the county elections office, and where votes are counted on election night, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. The search escalates the administration’s efforts to investigate a jurisdiction that President Donald Trump has continued to criticize over his defeat in the state. (Nicole Craine/The New York Time

A man is held back after attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during a town hall in Minneapolis, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. The man rushed the lectern and appeared to spray Omar with a strong-smelling liquid before he was tackled by security. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) By REIS THEBAULT, LAUREN McCARTHY and ASHLEY AHN During a town hall with Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minneapoli

By MIHIR ZAVERI and DANA RUBINSTEIN A fuller picture emerged Wednesday of the victims of the severe weather continuing to afflict New York City, with city officials revealing that one man was found dead just steps from a Bronx hospital and that exposure to the cold played a role in seven of the 10 deaths. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who announced those initial findings, said that six of the 10 were known to the city’s Department of Homeless Services. It was not clear if they had li

ICE agents as they detain a man outside his home in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. President Donald Trump promised a “very honorable and honest investigation” into the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis amid a growing furor over the shooting that prompted him to shake up leadership of the immigration crackdown there. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) By REIS THEBAULT, NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS and CHRIS CAMERON The two federal agents who ope

A pro-immigration demonstration outside a fundraiser in Miami for Gov. Ron DeSantis at the onset of his 2024 presidential campaign, on May 24, 2023. Ileana Garcia, a Republican state senator in Florida, is hoping the White House reconsiders its harsh immigration enforcement tactics. “I do think that he will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller,” she said. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times) By PATRICIA MAZZEI The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown over the pa