What to Know About the Court Cases Challenging Trump’s Immigration Agenda

The Trump administration is on course for a potential constitutional clash with the judiciary branch, which has issued several rulings countering executive orders.The Supreme Court announced it would hear oral arguments on May 15 about President Trump’s request to lift a nationwide pause on his exec

A Alan Feuer and Abbie VanSickle

At Least 2 Killed and 6 Injured in Florida State University Shooting

The police identified the gunman as a 20-year-old student who is the son of a Leon County sheriff’s deputy. Neither of the slain victims was a student at the university.Students and members of the community leaving flowers outside the taped off perimeter on Florida State University’s campus on Thurs

A Adeel Hassan, Valerie Crowder and Thomas Fuller

Trump Administration Says It Will Take Over Renovation of Penn Station

The head of the federal Department of Transportation promised on Thursday to take away control of the project from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.New York’s Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan is one of the busiest transit hubs in the nation.

S Stefanos Chen and Patrick McGeehan

Harvard’s Stand Against Trump Is Helping It Raise More Money

The Trump administration said it would take $2.2 billion in research funds from the school. Some small donors are doing their best to make up for the shortfall.Some Harvard alumni contributed to the school as a way to show their support for the university’s more forceful response to the federal gove

V Vimal Patel

Pride and Dread in Harvard Yard as Trump Wars With the University

Students on Thursday protested the president’s attacks on Harvard, but at town hall meetings, defiance mixed with uncertainty as faculty members examined the toll of the White House’s actions.Their university is under attack from President Trump, but Harvard students still hurried to class and touri

J Jenna Russell and Miles J. Herszenhorn

After Harvard, Liberal Donors and Groups Fear New Scrutiny From Trump

Some worried liberal donors and the nonprofit groups they support are getting “legal teams on speed dial, crisis plans dusted off, reserves lined up.”The Trump administration has indicated that it might try to pull Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, in response to the school’s defiance of a lis

T Theodore Schleifer and Lisa Friedman

School Vouchers Won in Texas. Next Up, the Nation.

Choice laws have now passed in every major Republican state. Congress and President Trump are now aiming at blue states that have resisted vouchers for decades.The Texas House passed a bill that would create a pathway toward universal eligibility for school vouchers.

D Dana Goldstein and Sarah Mervosh

Canada’s Election Debate: Highlights

Prime Minister Mark Carney was repeatedly the target of his opponents. President Trump’s threats on Canada loomed over the debate.Canada’s political leaders at the election debate in Montreal on Thursday.

I Ian Austen

Canada Election 2025: What to Know

Canada’s federal election is on April 28. Here’s how it works.The prime minister of Canada is not required to be a member of Parliament. Mark Carney, a former central banker, took the position after Liberal Party members elected him as their leader last month. He is now running in his first election

I Ian Austen

Elaine Wynn, Who Built Wynn Resorts Empire in Las Vegas, Dies at 82

She and Steve Wynn were known as the king and queen of Las Vegas. After their divorce, Ms. Wynn became a force in her own right.Elaine Wynn in an undated photo. “Elaine was an equal partner in the success of Wynn Resorts,” the lawyer Mary Boies said. “Steve was the money, and Elaine did the design a

P Penelope Green

Measles Outbreaks in Canada and Mexico Bring Grim Prognosis

Surges in Mennonite communities near the U.S. border may complicate containment efforts, experts say.A measles testing site in Seminole, Texas, in February. The outbreak that began in Texas is showing no signs of slowing. Cases have appeared in Ontario, Canada, and Chihuahua, Mexico.

T Teddy Rosenbluth

Overlooked No More: Ethel Lina White, Master of Suspense Who Inspired Hitchcock

A powerhouse of the genre, she published around 100 short stories and 17 novels, one of which was adapted into the acclaimed film “The Lady Vanishes.”Ethel Lina White in an undated photograph. She eschewed fame, telling one reporter: “I was not born. I have never been educated and have no tastes or

S Sarah Weinman

Ukraine and U.S. Sign Agreement in Lead-Up to Full Minerals Deal

The signed memorandum of understanding was thin on details, and the White House did not comment. But President Trump has said he expects to sign a minerals deal with Kyiv soon.Mining ilmenite in the central region of Kirovohrad, Ukraine, earlier this year. President Trump has said he expects the Uni

A Andrew E. Kramer

Judge Delays a Resentencing Hearing for the Menendez Brothers

The proceedings were pushed back for three weeks over the issue of whether a key report on Erik and Lyle Menendez was admissible.The Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, where Erik and Lyle Menendez are serving their sentences.

T Tim Arango and Matt Stevens

Columbia Activists Are Being Detained. Protesters Demand Answers.

Demonstrators rallied on Columbia’s campus and marched in Manhattan, three days after Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by immigration officials after arriving for a U.S. citizenship appointment.Protesters at Columbia University on Thursday called for answers about the detention of two organizers of pro-P

A Anvee Bhutani and Kaja Andric