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A FEMA funding freeze illustrates the extraordinary power of Elon Musk and DOGE, who have made claims of undue benefits for undocumented immigrants and spurred swift action by federal officials.

The burial chamber most likely belonged to a ruler in a line of kings once lost to history, researchers said. “It’s a new chapter in investigating this dynasty,” one noted.

Volunteer “puppy raisers” are chipping away at a shortage of service dogs, one short-term adoption at a time.

States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.

A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.

President Trump said there was “a lot of talk about” creating a compensation fund because they had lost wages and other opportunities because they were prosecuted for storming the Capitol.

People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system.

Democrats denounced the country’s top intelligence officials for “sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior” for discussing secret military plans in a group chat.

Some Republican lawmakers have called for an investigation, but most have shied away from criticizing the Trump administration.

After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent infection.

A few G.O.P. lawmakers said they would look into the breach, but party leaders largely tempered their criticism of the Trump administration.

The disclosure of battle plans on a chat app created a new predicament for the defense secretary.

We need the two superpowers to get serious about devising a regulatory and technological framework that keeps A.I. under human control.

European universities have begun recruiting researchers who lost their jobs in the administration’s cost-cutting efforts, or are anxious over perceived threats to academic freedom.

Hamdan Ballal said he was struck as he guarded his home during an attack by settlers. The Israeli authorities said he had been detained on suspicion of throwing stones, which he denied.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who disclosed war plans in a Signal group with a journalist, condemned Mrs. Clinton’s actions in November 2016.

A defense secretary intentionally using a civilian app to share sensitive war plans without noticing a journalist was in the chat would be egregious.

The Netflix hit has touched off debates about smartphone use by children and, in Britain, fed into calls for a social media ban.

The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.

President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.

Judge Maryanne Trump Barry ruled that the law invoked against Mr. Khalil violated the Constitution by giving unfettered discretion to the secretary of state.

The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by President Trump and Elon Musk’s allies and employees who hold government positions. Supporters say he has the best technology.