Job Gains Disguise Weakness Beyond Service Industries

The unemployment rate rose in September as more people looked for jobs, according to data delayed by the government shutdown.Read More
The A.I. Boom Has Found Another Gear. Why Can’t People Shake Their Worries?

It is a time of superlatives in the tech industry, with historic profits, stock prices and deal prices. It’s enough to make some people very nervous.Read More
Judge Temporarily Blocks Deployment of National Guard in Washington

Judge Jia M. Cobb found that the presence of more than 2,000 National Guard troops, many from out of state, was most likely unlawful. She paused the order from taking effect until Dec. 11.Read More
Trump Calling Reporter ‘Piggy’ Was ‘Frankness,’ White House Says

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, addressed for the first time a schoolyard insult that President Trump lobbed at a Bloomberg News reporter last week.Read More
Local Officials Say Border Patrol Has Ended Its Operation in Charlotte, N.C.

The operation, which led to more than 370 arrests, had put a purple state firmly at the center of one of the Trump administration’s most visible immigration strategies.Read More
Appeals Court Blocks Release of Hundreds of Chicago-Area Immigration Detainees

The order temporarily halts a federal judge’s call to release several hundred people arrested during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Illinois.Read More
Officials Move to Drop Case Against Drivers in Chicago Immigration Clash

Two motorists had been charged with crimes in connection to an incident in Chicago in October. Federal authorities had shot and injured one of the drivers.Read More
Senate Democrats Investigate Kennedy Center Deals With Trump Allies

Under Richard Grenell, the performing arts center has given steep discounts to CPAC and FIFA, signed contracts with administration associates and spent lavishly on friends.Read More
Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling

The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production.Read More
Justice Dept. Appears to Be Examining Potential Leaks in Schiff Inquiry

A subpoena issued by the F.B.I. suggests the Justice Department may be seeking to identify officials who might have shared information about the inquiry into Senator Adam Schiff in an unauthorized way.Read More