The Justice Department ended a deal that had helped fund a solution to the sewage crisis in rural Alabama. “Almost like we are starting all over again,” one activist said.
A doctor and senator who voted to confirm Robert Kennedy still was snubbed by Trump in the Republican primary in Louisiana.
A conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has gripped the party after Friday’s ruling in the state.
A court ruling that struck down an election map swiftly ended some Democratic House candidacies and pushed others into much tougher races.
Those injured were taken to area hospitals, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. Emergency crews responded Saturday near the Haulover Sandbar, north of Miami Beach.
Virginians must fight back against its Supreme Court in the name of popular sovereignty.
Republicans are charging ahead in the nation’s redistricting race, and showing new bullishness after months of growing midterm fears.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger had initially been skeptical of the push for new maps, but as the state’s leading Democrat she had a political stake in its fate.
Rita Collins had a dream for her retirement: bringing books and people together all over the country. Behind the wheel of a van she’s making it happen.
Where things stands in the race for House control after recent court rulings.
More than 100 passengers and 13 crew members on the Caribbean Princess reported being ill, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A lawsuit, filed in federal court, argues that the new map is unconstitutional because it was approved too close to the August primaries.
The ruling was a major lift to the G.O.P. efforts to build a structural advantage through redistricting.
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The decision is a major victory for Republicans, wiping away a measure approved by voters to allow Democrats to gain as many as four House seats in the midterms.
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Known as a playboy, the media mogul gave his paramours and three ex-wives plenty of stories to tell. He also managed to stay friendly with many of them.
A recent Supreme Court ruling makes it much harder to argue that a map illegally dilutes Black voting power. Tennessee has since broken up a predominantly Black district.
The Florida Python Challenge brings out a fascinating cast of characters, all captured by the director Xander Robin’s camera.
La última vez que se propuso una venta, la idea suscitó objeciones de los gobiernos estadounidense y francés, así como de la UNESCO y otras instituciones culturales.
Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee signed a new congressional map into law on Thursday that slices up Memphis to scatter Black voters into neighboring districts, a move intended to eliminate the state’s last Democratic House seat.
After a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Republicans carved up a majority-Black Memphis seat as the national redistricting wars continue.
Residentes en Georgia, California y Arizona son vigilados tras estar a bordo del crucero en el que se produjo un brote mortal del virus. Ninguno ha mostrado síntomas, según las autoridades.
Mayor Vi Lyles did not fully explain why she would leave office early, saying only that she wanted to spend more time with family.
Protesters denounced a redistricting effort led by Tennessee Republicans that would slice up Memphis, a majority-Black city, and Shelby County into three districts. The new congressional map would threaten Democrats’ hold on their lone remaining seat in the state.
Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms left behind a trail of damage in Mississippi Wednesday night, injuring at least 17 people, state officials said.
The immigrant detention center in the Everglades, which Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating.
School phone bans aren’t magic. We still need them.
The media mogul, who died this week, amassed roughly two million acres and revived entire ecosystems.
The city where he planted his empire came to embody his ambitions and his confidence. Mr. Turner died on Wednesday at 87.
Here are ways Florida’s advanced high school history program, which students can use for college credit, differs from other curriculums.
A world-class art museum and an impressive network of cycling trails continue to expand in this northwest Arkansas town.
Across the country, police and city officials are trying to crack down on sometimes violent youth gatherings, but the teens themselves say they need some way to socialize and blow off steam.
State officials were assessing the damage from a storm that ripped through the region overnight. At least four people suffered minor injuries.
The ruling is the latest in a saga driven by President Trump’s desire for redemption in the state, which he lost in 2020. The county is likely to appeal.
People in at least three states are being monitored after being on the ship. None have shown symptoms, officials said.
In articles and books, he wrote about the rapid racial, political and economic changes that transformed his state — and the South as a whole.
The influencer, whose real name is Braden Eric Peters, fired 12 shots at the gator from an airboat in the Florida Everglades.
Two people familiar with the case said the search of a Democratic lawmaker’s office was related to a Biden-era investigation of possible corruption and bribery related to marijuana businesses.
Based in Charleston, S.C., Garden & Gun recently moved to a restored landmark on Magazine Street, of all places.
The General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state’s lone Democratic district.
The last time a sale was proposed, the idea drew objections from the U.S. and French governments, and from UNESCO and other cultural institutions.
Shipping, taxes, competition and environmental regulations all play a part in the cost of gasoline. That can lead to stark differences in pump prices.
A 1920s house in Gainesville, Fla., an 18th-century farmhouse in North Stonington, Conn., and a Queen Anne Revival in Grand Junction, Colo.
The Trump family won’t profit from branded merchandise sold at the airport. But it will have control over any biographical material presented about President Trump there.
The officer, who was in Miami for an event President Trump was attending over the weekend, was seen masturbating in the hallway, the police said.
The Justice Department again appears to be using the investigative power of the federal government to rehash debunked claims that Democrats stole the 2020 election.
Calvin Duncan arrived for his first day as the newly elected criminal court clerk, a job the state wants to eliminate. Then a federal court intervened.
A series of Republican contests will test his grip on the party.
Internal Interior Department documents show parks are imposing sweeping changes like expanding areas where firearms can by used and allowing game to be cleaned in restrooms.
Local governments are trying to create housing that is permanently affordable by investing directly in construction. They are rewriting how housing programs have traditionally operated.
“Es un luchador que se ha enfrentado a todos los retos de su vida con una fortaleza inquebrantable, y está luchando con ese mismo nivel de fortaleza”, dijo un portavoz.
The Key Biscayne property has views of the Miami skyline. In London, a mansion sold for $358 million, and in Monaco a penthouse sold for $550 million.
Chatham Park, a master-planned community in Pittsboro, N.C., is expected to expand the town to 60,000 people when completed.
Unusual opioids are infiltrating street drugs. Knoxville’s top forensic doctor is on the front lines, pressing to quickly identify the most lethal.
A spokesman for the former mayor of New York City said Mr. Giuliani was critical but stable.
He captured one of the most wrenching moments of the civil rights struggle: the agony of James Meredith after he was shot on a Mississippi highway.
Each new attack, like the London stabbings last week, brings a heightened sense of caution to an already wary population.
Scott Colom, a state prosecutor, is running against Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican who denied him a seat on the federal bench. In a tough year for the G.O.P., Democrats see hope for his long-shot bid.
The first lady of Kentucky talks hat dos and don’ts, the best way to walk across a horse track and balancing personal and political style.
The comments came one day after Mr. Trump flatly rejected the proposal. He later clarified he was only briefed on the “concept of the deal.”
On the first day of early voting, some glimpses of voter bewilderment came into focus, part of a dizzying scramble playing out days after a major Supreme Court ruling.
The budget carrier abruptly canceled flights early on Saturday, leaving passengers to rush to make other plans. “Even if they go back into business, never again,” one traveler said.
The Fifth Circuit court’s ruling, which is being appealed, reinstates a requirement that patients visit a health care provider in person to obtain mifepristone, upending abortion access in the United States.
Namely, immigrant detention centers and data centers.
The candidate in Kentucky, Nate Morris, said he would be joining the Trump administration. He met with the president a day before his announcement.
The winner will serve out the rest of Representative David Scott’s seat in Congress after the longtime lawmaker’s death last month.
Republican-led legislatures in Tennessee and Alabama will reconvene in the coming days. Unlike in Tennessee, however, a new map in Alabama will require Supreme Court action.
La petrolera estatal venezolana contrató a la consultora de David Rivera por 50 millones de dólares para influir en miembros del Congreso y de la Casa Blanca.
Calvin Duncan had been exonerated and elected as criminal court clerk in New Orleans. Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated the role as part of an effort to reshape the city’s judicial system.
A former University of South Florida student has been charged in the murders of Nahida Bristy and Zamil Limon, doctoral students who were reported missing last month.
Gov. Kay Ivey said a map that would give Republicans an additional House seat cannot be enacted without Supreme Court action, but she wants to be ready if that happens.
Republican commentators have argued, incorrectly, that political violence is largely a left-wing problem. Liberals have countered by citing the threats made against former President Obama.
Legal challenges are mounting over the decision to suspend the state’s May House primary after a Supreme Court ruling found that the congressional map was unconstitutional.
The nation’s state-run oil company hired David Rivera’s consulting firm for $50 million to influence members of Congress and the White House.
Our politics reporter Nick Corasaniti explains how Florida redrew its congressional district maps to create four more Republican-leaning House seats.
Two employees at a bank in Berea, Ky., were shot and killed.
Locals say rising ticket prices and a late start time for the Oaks race on Friday are hurting residents and restaurants. “The only thing I see is greed,” one steakhouse owner said.
Republicans sliced Nashville into three G.O.P.-leaning congressional districts in 2022. After the Supreme Court decision on voting rights, Memphis could be next.
Funcionarios de American Airlines, del condado de Miami-Dade, del gobierno de EE. UU. y del gobierno venezolano celebraron el paso más reciente en el restablecimiento de los lazos entre ambos países.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla had a ceremonial farewell at the White House before attending a block party in Front Royal, Va.
President Trump banned commercial flights to Venezuela during his first term, but the flights are the latest step in re-establishing ties between the two countries.
American Airlines 3599, the first nonstop flight between the United States and Venezuela since 2019, departed Miami for Caracas on Thursday. President Trump had banned direct commercial and cargo flights between the two countries during his first term.
The brothers from the Republic of Congo were released on Thursday after the school community appealed to local Republican politicians, their lawyer said.
The expected flood of new congressional maps is likely to produce fewer competitive districts, fewer ways for voters to hold elected officials accountable and more polarized politics.
The passage of the landmark law in 1965 helped increase Black representation, especially in the South, according to a Times analysis.
Black Democrats in the South already face steep challenges when seeking political office. But the Supreme Court’s ruling could be felt for a generation.
It was not immediately clear whether Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, would postpone the May 16 primary election for House races after the court ruled the state’s congressional districts unconstitutional.
Mr. Coe, who wrote “Take This Job and Shove It” and other hits, was a transgressive exponent of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s and ’80s.
The court struck down Louisiana’s voting map, a decision that could make it harder for lawmakers to create majority-minority districts.
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Veterans of the civil rights movement and others said the Supreme Court decision felt like a bleak end to decades of gains in Black representation in the region.
States are responding to a rise in high-profile squatting cases, in luxury homes and public housing alike.
Benjamin Hale’s book “Cave Mountain” connects the brief disappearance of his cousin in 2001 to a grisly true-crime story in 1978.
Susan Hutson, the sheriff of Orleans Parish, faces 30 counts, and the jail’s chief financial officer was also indicted.
A school transfer disrupted two brothers’ visas, their lawyer said, leaving them vulnerable to arrest and unsettling their Mississippi school community.
Surveillance video shows a group of middle school students in southern Mississippi taking control of a school bus on a highway after their driver blacked out from an asthma attack.
Footage of the incident shared this week by a school district in Mississippi shows a group of students working together to avert disaster on a highway.
Both parties are now scrambling to adjust to a new voting rights landscape.
The state’s Republican governor said he would call a special session in 21 days to address the state’s judicial maps.
Several voting rights groups have said that they plan to challenge the map in court once Gov. Ron DeSantis signs it into law.
Democrats had earned a slight advantage with a victory in Virginia last week, but now a Supreme Court decision and Florida’s move to pass a new map are set to help Republicans.
The new map could give Republicans as many as four new seats in the state’s 28-member delegation, which already has 20 Republicans.
The map would eliminate as many as four Democratic-held districts, including one that is heavily Puerto Rican. Republicans expressed confidence in the map’s legality.
From a barbecue at Camp David to a college football game, the British monarch has experienced many American traditions over decades of visiting the United States.
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Rom Reddy has pushed to protect his beachfront mansion in South Carolina from what he calls “government overreach.” The fight, he said, inspired his political awakening.
The collapse of the talks could pave the way for another spirits company, Sazerac, to open negotiations with Brown-Forman.
The Justice Department has secured a new indictment of James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, after an attempted prosecution spurred by President Trump last year ended in failure. The new case stems from a social media post showing seashells on a beach that the Trump administration characterized as a threat against the president.
The House speaker cited concerns about “children being in school without measles and mumps and polio and chickenpox vaccines that have been working for decades.”
The decision reversed a lower-court ruling last year that temporarily blocked the deployment.
Jessie Askew Jr. was sentenced to life without parole for a clumsy armed robbery with an unloaded gun. The man who sent him away was determined to bring him back home.
Writers toil daily to engineer perfect country songs. Shane McAnally, Brandy Clark and Josh Osborne are among the finest — and the most disruptive.
The Republican-controlled Legislature is meeting in Tallahassee this week to vote on the map, which would apply for the 2026 midterms if passed.
Oral arguments on Monday morning lasted about an hour. It was not clear how justices would rule.
The remains have not yet been identified, but a former University of South Florida student has been charged in connection with the murders of Nahida Bristy and Zamil Limon.
All eyes are on Florida and Virginia, where a special session and courtroom proceedings set for this week factor into the battle for the House in the midterms.
Lizzo bought the home four years ago. Jeff Green, the N.B.A. star, also sold a mansion in Miami, and Jesse McCartney listed one in L.A.
Revenge-based criminal cases against the president’s enemies have not come to fruition. That’s where the U.S. attorneys come in.
A new book by Jayne Anne Phillips, a Pulitzer-winning novelist, recalling her childhood is a bittersweet triumph.
President Trump posted surveillance footage of Nilufa Easmin’s brutal killing by another immigrant to advance his agenda. Behind the rhetoric was a more nuanced story.
It was the largest outbreak in recent U.S. history.
Even a Times reporter qualified for the event, which caused outrage last year for providing access to President Trump in exchange for investment in one of his family’s crypto ventures.
All four Black House Republicans are retiring after this year, a reflection of the striking and persistent lack of diversity in the G.O.P. ranks of Congress.
The Republican supermajority in the Tennessee General Assembly approved a series of immigrations bills, crafted in coordination with the White House.
Homicides and assaults have declined in many cities, but programs credited with helping keep the peace are losing federal support.
In her first interview since being deported, Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, the French widow of a former G.I., recounted her experience in ICE detention.
The University of South Florida students were reported missing last week. A roommate of the student whose body was found was charged in connection with his disappearance.
Two large wildfires in southeast Georgia had destroyed more than 120 structures and scorched tens of thousands of acres of drought-stricken land, according to state officials. The fires were among dozens that have been burning in the state.
Fires fueled by drought have burned tens of thousands of acres in southern Georgia and northern Florida, where officials said one blaze was blamed for the death of a volunteer firefighter.
Many of the deaths were attributed to a lack of heat at an unauthorized warehouse that Sloth World was using, officials said.
A top Nashville musician, he played for Bob Dylan and on “Oh, Pretty Woman” and “Jolene,” and was in the country-rock groups Area Code 615 and Barefoot Jerry.
In paint, bricolage and collage, she explored the history of art, ideas and the human species.
An austere lifestyle allowed her to make epic collages and Joseph Cornell-like contraptions that told stories about art history and her place in — and outside — it.
The Shreveport, La., slaying of eight children was an example of what experts call family annihilation.
Two recent fatal shootings underscore the need to encourage the use of an assessment tool.
In these books, an emperor, an officer and an orphan look for anything that resembles a clear victory in the fog of war.
Christopher Gillum had targeted a large festival there, the authorities said. He was arrested on Wednesday in a Florida hotel room before he could carry out his plans.
The smoke has spread to nearby states. Here’s how to track its path and its effect on nearby air quality.
The chief of the Baton Rouge Police Department said during a brief news conference on Thursday that the shooting appeared “targeted.”
The Memphis police chief said a chance discovery led investigators to more than a dozen bones belonging to three children between the ages of 3 and 7.
Calvin Duncan, who became a lawyer and an advocate for incarcerated people, was recently elected criminal court clerk in New Orleans. Lawmakers are racing to eliminate the role.
Track the latest polls in the Mississippi U.S. Senate election.
In the onetime Confederate capital, history is being told with newfound clarity.
Northern Virginia carried the measure to victory even as turnout in Democratic areas lagged and nearly all of the state shifted right from last year’s governor’s race.
The prediction market said the candidates violated new rules. The platform and its competitors face growing scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators over how political betting is policed.
The mothballs, which are toxic to wildlife, appeared on St. Pete Beach this week, according to the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Officials are investigating the episode.
Police had recovered fingerprints after the murders in 1993, which took place while the victims’ child was in the next room. But they identified William Antonio Solis as a suspect only last year.