The Battle Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller Near His Virginia Home

Criminal inquiries pit the Miller family’s safety concerns against the First Amendment rights of an activist in Northern Virginia critical of the administration.Stephen Miller, President Trump’s deputy chief of staff, is a driving force behind the Trump administration’s decision-making on immigratio

D Devlin Barrett

Prosecutors Urge Judge to Rebuff Comey’s Bid to Dismiss Case

The filing appeared to be an effort to construct a narrative that James B. Comey had leaked information to the news media without actually tying such assertions to the claims made in the indictment against him.James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, has argued that the charges he is facing shoul

A Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage

Trump Endorses Cuomo for NYC Mayor and Attacks Mamdani Before Election

The president wrote that if Zohran Mamdani were to win, it would be “highly unlikely” that the city would receive federal funding beyond a bare minimum.President Trump urged New Yorkers to vote for Andrew Cuomo on Monday, saying “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no ch

D Dana Rubinstein and Michael Gold

Which Celebrities Are Endorsing Mamdani or Cuomo in the NYC Mayoral Race?

As the end nears in the mayoral race, some famous people have let their endorsements be known.In the race to be the next mayor of New York City, Andrew Cuomo was endorsed by, among others, the filmmaker Woody Allen, while Zohran Mamdani was endorsed by a large group of actors and actresses.

A Alisha Haridasani Gupta

G.O.P. Figures Seek Distance From Tucker Carlson, Denouncing Antisemitism

Prominent Republicans rejected the views of Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist, though some refrained from directly criticizing Tucker Carlson for interviewing him.“I choose to stand with Israel, and I choose to stand with America,” said Senator Ted Cruz, whose grievances with Mr. Carlson are not new

A Annie Karni

With Acquisition, Kimberly-Clark Bets That Tylenol Can Weather the Storm

The consumer products giant reached a $40 billion deal to buy Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, despite a barrage of unproven claims from President Trump and others that use of the pain reliever during pregnancy can cause autism.Kimberly-Clark is gambling that it can outlast the Trump administration’s T

R Rebecca Robbins and Lauren Hirsch

ICE Altercation With Protester in Colorado Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back

At the Durango, Colo., police chief’s request, Colorado law enforcement will investigate whether a federal agent broke the law when he appeared to put a protester in a chokehold.When Durango’s police chief, Brice Current, saw a video of a protester put in a chokehold, he said, “It appeared to be an

J Jack Healy

California Man Shot by ICE Was Not Trying to Run Over Agent, Lawyers Say

A Southern California man charged with assault of a federal officer was asking agents to leave an area where school children wait for the bus, according to his lawyers.A U.S. citizen was shot and wounded in his car by a federal agent during an immigration enforcement operation last week in Ontario,

S Soumya Karlamangla

Diane Ladd, Oscar-Nominated Actress and Mother of Laura Dern, Dies at 89

She was a three-time Oscar contender playing strikingly different characters, in one case starring alongside her daughter and fellow nominee, Laura Dern.Diane Ladd in the mid-1960s. In movies like “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “Wild at Heart,” her characters ranged from sympathetic to ruthle

A Anita Gates

A Celebrated French Writer Loved Russia. War Forced a Reckoning.

Emmanuel Carrère’s best sellers on Russia grew out of a deep affection. Since Moscow invaded Ukraine, he has traveled to the war-torn country to rethink his views.Emmanuel Carrère, one of the most celebrated nonfiction writers in France, once had a deep love for Russia.

C Constant Méheut

Halloween Becomes Another Target of the Kremlin’s Culture Wars

The Russian authorities canceled a festival in St. Petersburg, branding it “Satanist,” as part of a larger assault on anything viewed as a Western influence.Police officers speaking to a man in costume at the Nekro Comic Con festival dedicated to Halloween in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Saturday.

V Valerie Hopkins

‘The Boat,’ Despised Floating Jail Near Rikers, Heads for the Scrap Heap

The jail barge, officially called the Vernon C. Bain Center, was a relic of the crack cocaine era. It was notorious even among Rikers Island’s many troubled lockups.On Monday, former detainees and their loved ones turned out to watch the decommissioned Vernon C. Bain Center jail barge as it was towe

C Corey Kilgannon