A D.H.S. Shutdown Looms. Bruised Minnesotans Urge Their Parties to Dig In.

Congressional Democrats say they will approve no money for the Department of Homeland Security without guardrails on immigration agents. Their voters in Minnesota are demanding no less.Read More
Hundreds of Children Are in ICE Detention

The number of children being detained has spiked since last year. Families describe poor conditions and little education.Read More
Beyond the Big Cities, ICE Is Rattling Small-Town and Exurban America

Far from the national spotlight, towns like Cornelius, Ore., and Coon Rapids, Minn., are dealing with President Trump’s expanding mass deportation effort, and the effects can be acute.Read More
Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters

As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing antigovernment demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests.Read More
A Surge of Children in ICE Detention, and Meta’s Plans for Facial Recognition

Plus, your Friday news quiz.Read More
Conspiracy Theories Only Flourish With More Epstein Evidence

The dump of millions of documents has fueled a new wave of speculation, A.I.-generated hoaxes and foreign disinformation.Read More
DHS Shutdown Nears as Immigration Enforcement Talks Stall

Senate Democrats refused to move ahead with a spending bill needed to keep the Department of Homeland Security running because it lacked limits they have demanded on federal immigration agents.Read More
How The Times Is Digging Into Millions of Pages of Epstein Files

Two dozen journalists. A pile of pages that would reach the top of the Empire State Building. And an effort to find the next revelation in a sprawling case.Read More
Ex-Leader of Norway Charged With Corruption Linked to Epstein

Thorbjorn Jagland, who briefly led Norway in the 1990s, had been protected by diplomatic immunity that came with his work with the Council of Europe, but that privilege was waived.Read More
Prosecutor Seeks Dismissal of Charges Against Man Shot by ICE

The top federal prosecutor in Minnesota asked a judge to drop charges against the immigrant who was shot by an ICE agent, saying new evidence was “materially inconsistent” with what officials had claimed.Read More