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The potential 2028 presidential candidates showcased a Democratic midterm strategy that would assail G.O.P. votes in favor of cutting Medicaid and allowing health care subsidies to expire.
The president urged Representative Julia Letlow of Louisiana to run against Mr. Cassidy, in a move that is likely to further complicate his relationship with Senate Republicans.
There were a few surprises, and subtle regional digs, as Democratic state parties angled for early spots on the next presidential primary calendar. The New York Times reviewed their applications.
The restaurant, Dooky Chase’s, is a New Orleans fixture with deep ties to the civil rights movement. Authorities say it wasn’t deliberately targeted.
The Space Launch System and Orion capsule are being transported to the launchpad before an astronaut mission that could launch as soon as Feb. 6.
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Construction can continue on an $11.2 billion project off the coast of Virginia, said to be 70 percent complete.
Abnormally blustery temperatures this weekend could usher in snowy weather across the East. Exactly where remains uncertain, but even the Deep South is on alert.
A vote by the state senate on Friday could send an amendment to voters that, if approved, would allow the legislature to gerrymander the state.
The University of Arkansas withdrew a job offer to a legal scholar after state officials learned that she had signed a legal brief concerning transgender athletes, lawmakers said.
Many proposals have been introduced, but there is little consensus among governors, Congress members and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.
A corporal in St. Johns County had responded to what he thought would be a straightforward call about an animal on the loose. Nearly an hour later, he was putting handcuffs on an emu named Tina.
An emu named Tina escaped from a farm in Florida last Friday. Body camera footage captured a sheriff’s office corporal chasing the large bird and eventually putting it in handcuffs.
Juliana Peres Magalhães wrapped up testimony on Wednesday in the case against Brendan Banfield, her former lover, who is accused of killing his wife and another man.
In a report Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board said fractures that appeared to have led the left engine to separate from the plane’s wing had occurred at least four other times.
The case, escalating the interstate battle over abortion, is the second time Louisiana has criminally charged out-of-state doctors with sending abortion pills to Louisiana residents.
In decades of correspondence, the author gave her friend, JoBeth McDaniel, a mix of opinions, advice on writing and insight into the impact of the Civil Rights movement.
The Supreme Court heard two cases from West Virginia and Idaho on Tuesday. Both concerned barring the participation of transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports teams.
A bystander captured the misadventure in a video that drew widespread attention online. Lifeguards and a snorkeler helped rescue the man.
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Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand.
A paraglider was rescued by lifeguards after crashing 500 feet into the Atlantic Ocean off Florida on Friday.
The testimony, part of the derailed Georgia election interference case, makes clear how dismissive some senior Republicans were of claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
In an aggressively worded filing, Lindsey Halligan accused a judge of having a fundamental misunderstanding of the order that determined she had been unlawfully appointed.
Senator John Kennedy, a garrulous rank-and-file Republican from Louisiana, has struck a nerve with a new book that provides an insider account of Congress and its dysfunction.
One sued to join her middle school girls’ cross-country team in West Virginia and the other to join the women’s track and cross-country teams at her university in Idaho.
The outcome of a pair of cases on Tuesday could affect laws in 27 states that prohibit transgender girls from joining girls’ and women’s sports teams.
The suspect, Stephen Spencer Pittman, was turned in by his father, who said his son had laughed as he confessed to the fire that damaged the synagogue, investigators said.
Robert K. McBride had been serving as the top deputy to Lindsey Halligan, who has continued to act as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
At least a dozen others were hospitalized after violence erupted at Washington State Prison in Davisboro, officials said.
Does Iowa deserve another shot? Is South Carolina too red? New Hampshire too white? Nevada too far-flung? Democrats are starting their calendar from scratch, and there’s a lot to consider.
An ancient classic is canceled in Texas.
As the race to gerrymander House districts narrows to a few states, Democrats are trying to go on offense. But a Supreme Court ruling could give Republicans a major edge.
A suspect is in custody and has been charged with arson for setting the Saturday morning fire. It’s not the first time the Beth Israel house of worship has been attacked.
A suspect was in custody and charged with arson for setting the Saturday morning fire. It’s not the first time the Beth Israel house of worship has been attacked.
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In a social media post, the Clay County sheriff said that “multiple innocent lives were lost” and that one person was in custody.
The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.
He helped take down the Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega and the Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
Three men targeted a jewelry store in Cape Coral, Fla., according to a federal criminal complaint against the man accused of being the getaway driver. Two others have yet to be identified.
Her activism began as a teenager in 1963, when she heard the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. It set her on a path to nonviolent protest.
The New York attorney general’s longtime hairdresser has come under scrutiny as the Justice Department’s efforts to charge Ms. James on other fronts falter.
Austin Peay State University in Tennessee also reinstated Darren Michael, a tenured acting professor whose post about Mr. Kirk’s killing inflamed conservatives.
Most Republicans are on board with Trump’s aggression. Not Thomas Massie.
The region, which has long wielded influence on issues involving Latin America and the Caribbean, has now cemented a role as a global power player.
A 1920 cottage in Nashville, a contemporary condo in Kansas City and a 1950s bungalow in Orlando.
From neighborhood diners, to Michelin-starred restaurants loyalty has its privileges.
The election on March 10, or a runoff in April, will determine who serves out the remainder of Ms. Greene’s term after her unexpected resignation from Congress.
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Companies like Kairos Energy are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.
Our list for the new year features an eclipse, a revolution and a tiger reserve. What’s on yours?
La caída de Nicolás Maduro ha despertado celebraciones y sueños de retorno entre venezolanos del sur de Florida, muchos de los cuales huyeron de la represión y el colapso económico.
The American seizure of Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, has instilled hope for change among some immigrants.
Democrats want to regain control of the chamber, and they have recruited some top candidates. But they are facing a tough map.
In Doral, Fla., where some 40 percent of people are of Venezuelan origin, music blared in celebration early on Saturday.
Federal prosecutors say two female service members are facing fraud charges after having accepted thousands of dollars for the marriages.
A magistrate judge said he was concerned that the defendant, Brian Cole Jr., had continued after Jan. 6, 2021, to purchase components similar to those prosecutors said he had used to make pipe bombs.
The 18-year-old, radicalized online, was planning a New Year’s Eve attack in a Charlotte suburb, officials said.
The U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday that it halted its hourslong search for a 77-year-old woman who went overboard from a Holland America Line cruise ship near Cuba.
Cómo la congresista por Georgia pasó de ser la mayor aliada del presidente a ser su más notoria crítica republicana.
The troops had an almost nonexistent presence in two of the cities, Portland and Chicago, because of court fights to their deployment.
Dozens of protesters had been indicted after the state attorney general said that their movement amounted to a violent criminal enterprise.
The president said he blocked the bills to save taxpayers’ money. But he has grievances against a tribe in Florida and officials in Colorado.
Rafael Quero Silva se enfrenta a una demanda interpuesta por personas que afirman que supervisó abusos como oficial militar en Venezuela. Pero podría ser deportado antes de la audiencia del caso.
Rafael Quero Silva faces a lawsuit brought by five people who say he oversaw their abuse and mistreatment as a military officer in Venezuela. But he could be deported before the case is heard.
A retired widower married Sara Jane Moore, who shot at President Ford in 1975. It tore his family apart.
An inmate says that no one wanted to listen when he tried repeatedly to confess to a crime at a facility known for violence.
The crackdown and detentions swept from one coast to the other: day laborers in Los Angeles, a flower seller in Chicago, immigrants in New York courtrooms.
Installed as an outsider, he engineered a comeback, shifting the company’s focus from a waning mainframe computer business toward consulting and services.
Readers react to Mitt Romney’s call to raise taxes on the wealthy. Also: the moral bankruptcy revealed by the Epstein files.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine brings a revised 20-point peace proposal, as well as doubts about whether Russia is serious about pursuing peace.
At the state school, gender studies is out. ‘The Odyssey’ is required reading. A Charlie Kirk statue is coming. Has one ideological bubble replaced another?
Ms. Lee, a party host in Atlanta, died from multiple cardiac arrests brought on by the flu, according to a social media post.
The grand jury received testimony that the man had acted to defend his son, who had faced bullying before the shooting, a local prosecutor said.
An Afrikaner flew to the United States expecting protection. Instead, he has spent months locked up in Georgia alongside hundreds of other immigrants.
Daniel DiDonato, 19, has loved elections since he was in fourth grade. He also loves maps.
Alain Rodriguez Colina, who was injured when a cargo plane crashed into his Kentucky workplace more than a month ago, died on Christmas Day.
A single ticket drawn Wednesday night won the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever.
El USS Ford lleva seis meses desplegado, ahora en el Caribe, como parte de la campaña de presión del presidente Trump sobre Venezuela.
The U.S.S. Ford has been deployed for six months, now in the Caribbean as part of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Venezuela. Maintenance woes and strains on sailors will likely mount.
An 1850 rowhouse in Savannah, a 1970s house in Topanga, and a home in a converted stable in Washington.
A neighborhood-focused culture, a sophisticated dining scene and a distancing from its Confederate past define the city today.
The Trump administration had sought to require states to account for population losses tied to deportations in order to receive emergency preparedness grants.
After nearly two weeks in detention, José Gonzalez, the popular host of an upscale restaurant, returns home.
The troops will join an existing wave of Border Patrol agents, months after Gov. Jeff Landry first suggested that the National Guard could help tamp down on crime in Louisiana.
Mr. Sasse, a former senator from Nebraska, announced that he had received a diagnosis last week for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
At a funeral in Alabama, the Brown University student was mourned as a gifted musician and protective sister who was committed to her faith.
Mr. Landry, the governor of Louisiana, is a fierce supporter of the president. But his experience in international relations isn’t extensive.
The request, addressed to the top federal judge in Miami, sought to block a U.S. attorney from pursuing a politically charged inquiry before Judge Aileen Cannon, who has repeatedly decided in President Trump’s favor.
The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details. The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.
President Trump, who has long said he wants to “get” the semiautonomous Danish territory, tapped Louisiana’s governor for the new position. Officials in Greenland and Denmark expressed outrage.
At least four of the 37 men whose sentences were commuted last year could face the death penalty at the state level after a push from the Trump administration.
The D.S.A. is still small. But as economic inequality keeps burning, Democratic Socialists are attracting intense interest and getting elected to office.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans in rural and urban areas alike could see their votes rejected if the court decides that ballots must arrive by Election Day.
The transcripts and photos were part of Department of Justice files arising from investigations into the disgraced financier and his former girlfriend.
Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Cottle and David French convene to discuss the year that was.
A body in the woods. A girl who had a crush on a boy. And a confession that led to the arrest of two teenagers on murder charges.
El presidente ha intentado minimizar su amistad, pero documentos y entrevistas revelan una relación intensa y complicada. Perseguir mujeres era un juego de ego y dominio.
The selection of Scott Beardsley by the G.O.P.-appointed board comes after the previous president resigned under pressure from the Trump administration. A new Democratic-appointed board could try to overturn the choice.
Un usuario proporcionó información que conduciría a un gran avance no solo en la búsqueda del atacante del campus, sino también del sospechoso del asesinato de un profesor del MIT.
Naples, Fla., and Milwaukee are quite different, but have one thing in common: They are home to regional theaters that are thriving.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
Many Americans bought their first houses when mortgage rates dipped to record lows. Some are ready to move but feel locked in by their low rates.
Three other rhesus monkeys were still on the loose as of Wednesday after the truck carrying them rolled over on a highway in Mississippi, law enforcement officials said.
As residents’ electricity prices have increased, nearly one out of five customers of the leading utility company in the state is behind on monthly bills.
Angus MacLachlan’s yearslong effort to get his latest independent film into theaters was complicated by a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis.
A gunman who believed the Covid-19 vaccine had made him ill fired at the agency’s Atlanta offices, killing a police officer and rattling the public health community.
The shooting in Atlanta, which killed a police officer, followed the spread of false information around Covid vaccines and animosity directed at the agency, public health workers say.
Politicians used to care how much students learn. Now, to find a defense of educational excellence, we have to look beyond politics.
Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say the president’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work from makeshift spaces where sensitive conversations can be overheard.
El fármaco se ha convertido en una especie de símbolo de resistencia a lo que algunos en el movimiento MAGA describen como una élite corrupta.
Five years after the pandemic began, interest in the anti-parasitic drug is rising again as right-wing influencers promote it — and spread misinformation about it.
“Vaccines should be treated with nuance, recognizing differences between seasonal vaccines and childhood immunizations,” Dr. Ralph L. Abraham, the state’s surgeon general, wrote in a memo.
With little post-pandemic recovery, experts wonder if screen time and school absence are among the causes.
The city was seeing glimmers of optimism for what the new year might bring before the horrendous attack on the French Quarter.
The preparers filed for pandemic-related tax credits on behalf of ineligible clients and then netted hefty filing fees, officials said.
Voters in the Virginia suburbs shifted toward Trump. Some said they were still frustrated by pandemic closures and fights over gender, race and testing in schools.
Facebook Marketplace, a platform often used for furniture and electronics, is an increasingly popular place to buy and sell home-cooked meals.
The Mark Robinson story is yet another case of self-declared morality being at variance with actual behavior.
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The woman, 29, was struck by her own vehicle after the suspects began driving away, the police said.
The government provided $69.5 billion in relief funds to help keep transit on track during Covid-19. But many rail and bus systems are now facing layoffs and cutbacks.
The footprint of gun violence in the U.S. has expanded, as shootings worsened in already suffering neighborhoods and killings spread to new places during the pandemic years.
Assessing the academic skills of elementary and middle school students matters more than ever.
Federal health officials and other experts have repeatedly sought to counter erroneous comments about the vaccines by Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general.
The great Medicaid unwinding of 2023 is doing real damage.
Art fairs managed to survive the downturn brought about by the Covid pandemic and are on the rise again — a trend expected to continue in the coming year.
Mississippi has long had high childhood immunization rates, but a federal judge has ordered the state to allow parents to opt out on religious grounds.
The Florida governor has so far found little success in getting his criticism of the Trump administration’s Covid-19 policies to stick, but that has not stopped him from trying.
The 17 employees from the Broward Sheriff’s Office in Fort Lauderdale were accused, in separate cases, of falsifying paperwork to collect money from two relief programs.
Benefits extended earlier in the coronavirus pandemic have been rolled back. But many older Americans are not taking advantage of the aid still available.
The C.D.C. on Tuesday recommended at least one dose of the updated Covid-19 vaccines for most Americans six months and older.