A policy of turning back many asylum seekers at the border was rescinded in 2021, but the Justice Department wants the flexibility to reinstate it as a tool for border control.
He was the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. But as he begins a retirement that was not entirely voluntary, the Border Patrol leader says he did not go far enough.
The federal government has refused to provide even basic information about the three shootings during an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, including two that were fatal.
The agreement is part of President Trump’s efforts to find governments willing to accept people who have been detained in the United States.
Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger looks at President Trump’s trouble handling retaliatory attacks by Iran that have largely choked off the Strait of Hormuz.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sees a “historic opportunity” to remake the region, according to people briefed by U.S. officials on the conversations.
Intentionally targeting the country’s energy infrastructure could constitute a war crime under international law.
The health secretary has canceled or postponed three meetings of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which shapes health care coverage for Americans.
A reassessment of damaged 3,500-year-old statuary adds to evidence that Queen Hatshepsut wasn’t the villain that scholars long took her to be.
He mastered the world of the “Epstein Class” to build great museums. Now he’s confronting the cost.
The debate would have featured six candidates, all white. The inclusion of a low-polling mayor drew scrutiny in particular.
Parties normally hold conventions every four years to nominate presidential candidates, but Republicans hope to hold one this year in the face of midterm headwinds.
The Republican congressman from Kentucky is a die-hard libertarian who has centered his campaign on his willingness to buck the president. It has bought him the most expensive primary in the country.
The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.
Moscow may be challenging President Trump’s effort to choke Cuba’s economy. China also has suspected listening posts on the island.
Artificial intelligence could reshape work, but for now a low-hire, low-fire labor market is the main impediment for young people seeking employment.
The Small Business Administration lent $378 billion to keep businesses afloat. Getting paid back is proving difficult.
A new satellite could transform how water is studied worldwide. But to help unlock its capabilities, scientists first needed to take critical measurements on a mountaintop.
Audience reactions are a staple of standup specials. But they’re a strange device when you take a closer look.
“Who won the 2020 election?” is the question that Trump’s nominees to the federal bench each refuse to answer in the same exact way.
Candidates in safe districts are under no pressure to moderate in order to win.
Attacks on schools and property in several countries have Jewish communities on edge, amid suspicions that Iran is behind the violence.
To much ado, the secretary of state took the stand against David Rivera, a former congressman accused of secretly lobbying on behalf of the Venezuelan government.
The agency’s leader said the plans and timelines for the coming decade aimed to make Americans “start believing again” in the mission of space exploration.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had led one of Italy’s most stable postwar governments. Now she’s under pressure after failing to convince Italians to back a judicial overhaul.