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L.A.’s Private Firefighters, and U.S. Childhood Vaccination Rates Fall
Plus, remembering a civil rights Freedom Rider.Jan. 13 - Top stories -
The Surprising Grief of Having Your Home Survive a Wildfire
For people whose homes are spared in a wildfire while their neighbors lose everything, the road ahead can be isolating, plagued by feelings of guilt and shame.Jan. 11 - Top stories -
F.B.I. Briefs Top Senators on Armed Services Panel About Hegseth
The committee’s Republican chairman and its top Democrat were briefed on F.B.I. findings into Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick. Democrats questioned whether there were gaps.Jan. 11 - Top stories -
The California Wildfires Are the Latest Disaster Supercharged by Climate Change
Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, scientists say.Jan. 11 - Top stories -
Los Angeles Is Starring in an All-Too-Real Disaster Story
A reporter, an L.A. native, has watched movies and TV destroy her hometown for years, but nothing can prepare someone for seeing real devastation.Jan. 11 - Top stories -
L.A. Utilities’ Decisions to Keep Power On Are Scrutinized
Energy experts said the decision by utility companies serving the area not to turn off many power lines during high winds had likely increased the risk of fires.Jan. 10 - Top stories -
The Memories That Burn, Too
Shawn Hubler, who covers California from Sacramento, details the personal, psychological toll of the wildfires.Jan. 10 - Top stories -
Supreme Court Rebuke of Trump on Sentencing Shows Its Divisions
Two Republican appointees, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett, joined the court’s three liberals in ordering the president-elect to face sentencing on Friday.Jan. 9 - Top stories -
Supreme Court Denies Trump’s Bid to Avoid Sentencing in Hush-Money Case
After the court declined in a 5-to-4 decision to block Donald J. Trump’s criminal sentencing, he is scheduled to face a New York judge on Friday morning.Jan. 9 - Top stories -
100,000 Flee Los Angeles Wildfires, and Trump’s Last-Minute Supreme Court Ask
Plus, don’t eat your Christmas tree.Jan. 9 - Top stories -
Who Is Hussain Sajwani, the Developer Behind Trump’s $20 Billion Data Center Pledge?
Hussain Sajwani, the founder and chairman of DAMAC Properties of Dubai, built the first Trump-branded golf course in the Middle East a decade ago.Jan. 8 - Top stories -
What Are the Santa Ana Winds That Are Helping to Fuel the Palisades Fire?
The winds are common in California in the colder months, but they can sometimes help spread dangerous wildfires.Jan. 7 - Top stories -
Fact-Checking Trump’s Press Conference at Mar-a-Lago
The president-elect made inaccurate claims about his predecessor’s energy policies and repeated familiar falsehoods on a number of topics.Jan. 7 - Top stories -
Educators Prepare for ICE Agents at the Schoolhouse Door
Across the country, educators described widespread anxiety about President-elect Donald J. Trump’s promises to deport immigrants and what it could mean for their students.Jan. 7 - Top stories -
Dana White, U.F.C. Head, Joins Meta’s Board
Mr. White, a close ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump, further strengthens the social media giant’s connections with the incoming administration.Jan. 6 - Top stories -
How Canada’s Voters Turned on Justin Trudeau
Canada’s prime minister gained global renown 10 years ago for his unabashedly progressive politics. But at home, voters turned sour on him long ago.Jan. 6 - Top stories -
‘A Day of Love’: How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6
The president-elect and his allies have spent four years reinventing the Capitol attack — spreading conspiracy theories and weaving a tale of martyrdom to their ultimate political gain.Jan. 5 - Top stories -
Trump Has Reeled in More Than $200 Million Since Election Day
The president-elect has boasted about the donations for his inauguration, library and political activities from those seeking favor or perhaps in some cases, atonement.Jan. 4 - Top stories -
New Orleans Attacker Had Transmitter to Set Off Explosives, F.B.I. Says
Bomb-making materials were found at a short-term rental house, and the authorities said they had recovered a transmitter intended to set off explosives on the city’s famous Bourbon Street.Jan. 3 - Top stories -
Mike Johnson Re-elected as House Speaker After Chaotic Vote
Mike Johnson persuaded enough holdouts on the right to keep his post, but the vote reflected the steep challenge he faces in governing a slim and fractious majority.Jan. 3 - Top stories -
New Orleans Attack ‘Inspired by ISIS’, and a Cybertruck Explosion in Las Vegas
Plus, a breathalyzer test for marijuana?Jan. 2 - Top stories -
New Orleans Attacker Evaded a Security System Under Repair
Bollards that normally protect pedestrians from vehicles were to be replaced as part of the city’s preparations for the Super Bowl next month. The attacker drove his pickup around a police vehicle ...Jan. 1 - Top stories -
At Least 10 Killed After Vehicle Drives Into Crowd in New Orleans
At least 30 more were injured after a vehicle drove into a large crowd on Bourbon Street early Wednesday, the city said.Jan. 1 - Top stories -
Resignation Push Deepens Worries About Effect on Government Services
The Trump administration’s effort to get federal workers to leave their posts could lead to an exodus of experienced employees, some warned.12h - Top stories -
Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze: Who Was Behind It and How Did It Unfold?
The order that froze trillions of dollars of federal grants and loans was published without vetting by key officials in the White House.15h - Top stories -
Caroline Kennedy’s Video Exposes the Fight Over a Fading Family Legacy
Caroline Kennedy stepped out of the shadows and onto social media to assail her cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on the eve of his Senate hearing.21h - Top stories -
Schools Rattled as Trump Administration Demands Scrutiny of Education Programs
The Trump administration sought to pause federal dollars to some grantees as it tries to uproot policies like diversity, equity and inclusion. Schools and universities worried important programs ...1d - Top stories -
Tulsi Gabbard Briefly Subject to Special Scrutiny Last Year After Vatican Meeting
Ms. Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was briefly subject to special scrutiny on airline flights last year, but not, officials say, for the partisan reasons ...1d - Top stories -
White House Budget Office Orders Pause in All Federal Loans and Grants
The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.2d - Top stories -
How Does DeepSeek’s A.I. Chatbot Compare to ChatGPT and Other Competitors?
The chatbot from China appears to perform a number of tasks as well as its American competitors do, but it censors topics such as Tiananmen Square.2d - Top stories -
Trump Administration Begins Immigration Arrests in Chicago
The number of arrests there was uncertain. Illinois officials, including the governor, said they had not been given advance notice.3d - Top stories -
Trump Tests the Boundaries of the Presidency
Even more than in his first term, President Trump has mounted a fundamental challenge to the norms and expectations of what a president can and should do.3d - Top stories -
Kristi Noem Is Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary
The former South Dakota governor now leads the agency that runs the nation’s immigration system.4d - Top stories -
Appeals Court Upholds Injunction on Iowa’s State-Level Immigration Enforcement Law
A lower court had blocked the Republican-backed law that made it a state crime to enter Iowa after being deported or denied entry to the United States.5d - Top stories -
Trump Vows to Declassify Files on Assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK
President Trump told security agencies to develop plans to make public all documents related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.6d - Top stories -
How Republicans Will Try to Pay for Trump’s Agenda, and a New A.D.H.D. Study
Plus, an A.I. judge at the X Games.Jan. 23 - Top stories -
Congress Clears Laken Riley Act to Deport Immigrants Accused of Crimes
Final approval by the House sent the legislation, which requires the detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants charged with crimes, to President Trump’s desk.Jan. 22 - Top stories -
Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy,’ and Hegseth Faces New Accusations
Plus, snow on Florida’s beaches.Jan. 22 - Top stories -
Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 Rioters
The extraordinary pardons and commutations extended to those who committed both violent and nonviolent crimes on Jan. 6, including assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy.Jan. 21 - Top stories -
For Trump, a Vindication for the Man and His Movement
Donald John Trump took the oath of office again during a ceremony in the Capitol, promising a new “golden age of America” four years after he was evicted by voters.Jan. 21 - Top stories