White House Restores Access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico

A judge ordered President Trump to reverse his ban on three media outlets, but it took several hours for them to get back in. The White House TV pool remains suspended.President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China walk past the media after Mr. Trump gave Mr. Xi a tour of the Helipad and Marine O

M Michael M. Grynbaum

Who Is the Trump-Appointed Judge Who Blocked the White House Media Ban?

Judge Timothy J. Kelly had worked as counsel for Senator Charles E. Grassley, who called him a “very talented attorney” in 2017.Judge Timothy J. Kelly on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to restore White House access to journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.

M Mattathias Schwartz

As Trump Hosts State Dinner Honoring Xi, See the Menu

The White House said that the three-course menu, including sea bass and bok choy, featured American ingredients with a “subtle Chinese influence.”President Trump is hosting a state dinner for President Xi Jinping of China on Thursday evening.

L Leo Sands

Mamdani Accuses Netanyahu of Spreading ‘Baseless Lies’ After U.N. Speech

The Israeli prime minister accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of Israel, of antisemitism. The mayor has become a political foil for the prime minister.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel took aim at Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York during his address to the United Nations Gene

L Liam Stack

In Alaska, Rowdy Members of Congress Are a Tradition

Revelations about the conduct of former Representative Mary Peltola may not faze voters who have long elected abrasive and sometimes violent figures to represent them.Mary Peltola drew criticism from Republicans who suggested that revelations this week about her conduct toward staff showed her unfit

C Carl Hulse and Adam Sella

Republicans in Red-State Races Are Starting to Break From Trump

Our national political correspondent, Shane Goldmacher, explains how a growing number of Republican candidates in key battleground states are making calculated decisions to distance themselves from President Trump and his policies.

S Shane Goldmacher, Paul Abowd, Jon Miller, Nikolay Nikolov, Edward Vega and Gabriel Blanco

South Asians Face Surging Racism in America

Social media posts, including from the Department of Homeland Security and a Texas Republican candidate, have helped stir fear among people of South Asian heritage.Bo French, a Republican running for statewide office in Texas, made a post that drew backlash from many South Asians who saw it as racis

A Amy Qin

Florida Charges 20 People with Voter Fraud

Most cases involved noncitizens who registered to vote, attesting that they were U.S. citizens, state officials said.Earlier this year, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed into a law requiring people registering to vote show proof of U.S. citizenship.

D David Ovalle

Bernadine Bluntly’s Brand Was Tradwife. Then She Got Divorced.

What happens when a trad influencer leaves her husband, questions her beliefs, stops selling anti-feminism T-shirts — and still needs to make a living online?Bernadine Bluntly once argued the tradwife’s cause with passionate intensity. Yet privately, she said, she was considering leaving her marriag

A Amanda Hess

Haiti Turns to Roger Stone To Lobby Trump Administration

The Haitian government hired Mr. Stone, a confidant of President Trump, weeks after hundreds of thousands of Haitians lost deportation protection. The contract is worth nearly $800,000, a document shows.The political operative Roger J. Stone Jr. has secured a lucrative contract to lobby the Trump ad

D David C. Adams

Massachusetts Is Investigating Gambling Companies’ Use of A.I.

In response to a New York Times report on DraftKings, the state’s gaming commission said it would evaluate how each company deployed the technology.A DraftKings advertisement in Boston. The chair of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission said it would look into how betting companies in the state were u

J Jenny Vrentas, Alex Klavens and Walt Bogdanich

Bob Pettit, N.B.A. Great for the Hawks, Dies at 93

A prolific scorer and rebounder, in 1958 he delivered one of the most remarkable performances in playoff history.Bob Pettit was named Most Valuable Player of the N.B.A. All-Star Game in 1958.

R Richard Goldstein