Hamas Responds to U.S. Cease-Fire Proposal for Gaza

The group did not say whether it had accepted or rejected the deal to halt fighting for at least two months and ensure the release of some of the remaining hostages.Read More
A Federal List of Immigrant ‘Sanctuaries’ Nets Trump Allies and Foes Alike

Cities and counties that have strongly backed the administration’s immigration crackdown nonetheless found themselves on a lengthy list of locales being warned to change their policies.Read More
N.Y.P.D. Is Helping Federal Agents Investigate Migrants. Should It?

A Palestinian woman accused of overstaying her visa has been detained in Texas. Her case has raised questions about whether the police should cooperate with the Trump administration.Read More
Fact-Checking Elon Musk and Trump’s Oval Office Press Conference

An Oval Office news conference signaled an end to a remarkable period of upheaval across the federal bureaucracy, supervised by Mr. Musk and his cost-cutting initiative.Read More
Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order

A federal appeals panel ordered officials not to deport a 31-year-old to El Salvador. Minutes later, it happened anyway. The government blamed “administrative errors.”Read More
Blow to Biden-era Program Plunges Migrants Into Further Uncertainty

A Supreme Court ruling on Friday ended temporary humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of people. But it is unclear how quickly many could be deported.Read More
ACLU Presses to Stop Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act in Court Brief

It was an opening salvo in what is likely to be the decisive legal battle over the president’s attempts to employ the rarely used wartime law as a centerpiece of his aggressive deportation agenda.Read More
A Golden Key and a Black Eye: Elon Musk Exits Washington

Mr. Musk, who says he will devote more time to his private companies, never came close to achieving his goal of cutting $1 trillion from the federal budget.Read More
World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts

With the welcome mat withdrawn for promising researchers from around the world, America is at risk of losing its longstanding pre-eminence in the sciences.Read More
How Trump Denying Visas to Chinese Students Could Backfire on the US

Protecting the borders from espionage is essential. It’s something else to deny students because they are Chinese and hope to pursue a STEM degree in the United States.Read More