Top ICE Lawyer in Minnesota Departs as Immigration Lawsuits Overwhelm Courts

Jim Stolley, the chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, has left as government prosecutors grapple with a crush of cases.Demonstrators at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in January in Minneapolis. Government lawyers have failed to respond in a timely manne

E Ernesto Londoño and Hamed Aleaziz

Binance Gives Trump Family’s Crypto Firm a Leg Up

Ties between the exchange and the president’s company, World Liberty Financial, have only strengthened since the president pardoned Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao.Binance has offered a series of marketing promotions to encourage its customers to buy World Liberty Financial’s stablecoin.

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Fake Post, Which Looked to Be Trump’s on Truth Social, Spreads Widely

The post appeared to describe the president’s rationale for deleting a racist video about the Obamas that he had shared.The spread of the fake post appeared to be aided in part by the confusion surrounding how President Trump came to post the original racist video and why it was taken down.

S Stuart A. Thompson

Trump Reverts to Diplomacy With Iran, but the Road Is Narrow

Iran is skilled at prolonging negotiations over its nuclear program, and seems to be hoping President Trump is out for a quick win, rather than a prolonged regional war.Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, center, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, with Oman’s foreign minister

S Steven Erlanger

Mexican Cartels Overwhelm Police With Ammunition Made for the U.S. Military

Drug syndicates have used .50-caliber ammunition, produced at a plant owned by the U.S. Army and then smuggled across the border, in attacks on Mexican civilians and police.Four police officers, two civilians and 19 cartel members died during a 2019 gun battle in the Mexican town of Villa Unión.

B Ben Dooley, Isabella Cota and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

A Super Bowl in Silicon Valley Filled With Valley Billionaires

A who’s who of celebrities will join them. Just a little over 25 percent of the seats for the game will be for regular fans, with the cheapest ticket now selling for more than $4,000.The Super Bowl in Silicon Valley “is tech billionaires who got picked last in gym class paying $50,000 to pretend the

K Ken Belson and Mike Isaac

The 2026 Super Bowl Ads (So Far), Ranked

Here is our critic’s survey of this year’s Super Bowl commercials, from best to worst to A.I.George Clooney pitches Grubhub in one of two Super Bowl ads directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

M Mike Hale

What to Know About the Cold Snap in NYC This Weekend

Cold-weary New Yorkers will get hit by another blast of frigid weather. Here’s what to expect, and what the city is doing to protect the vulnerable.A biting wind is expected to whip through New York City on Saturday night, creating wind chills of 15 to 25 degrees below zero.

T Taylor Robinson

What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link

A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East.Pedestrians walked the snow-covered streets of Jersey City, N.J., during last month’s winter storm. Some scientists say there is a link betwe

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After Merging xAI and SpaceX, Elon Musk Hopes He Can Win Over Wall Street

The billionaire’s decision to merge his A.I. start-up with his rocket company will test investors’ interest in giant combinations of unalike businesses.SpaceX’s launchpad near Brownsville, Texas. In addition to rockets and satellites, Elon Musk’s company now includes artificial intelligence and soci

K Kate Conger and Jack Ewing

Pelosi to Endorse Jack Schlossberg, Again Backing a Kennedy for Congress

The former speaker, a prodigious fund-raiser and shrewd campaign strategist, seldom intervenes in primaries but has made an exception for a Kennedy before.Nancy Pelosi, left, accepts the 2019 Profile in Courage Award from Jack Schlossberg and his mother, former Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, at the Jo

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New York Grants Pregnant Workers Paid Leave. How Many Know That?

The state is the first in the United States to require paid leave for prenatal care. While some women are using the time off for medical appointments, others don’t know that it’s available.Melecia Martinez, who lives in Brooklyn, used 20 hours of paid prenatal leave before her daughter was born last

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