White House Denies Violating Judge’s Order in Deporting Venezuelans

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, also asserted that the federal courts “have no jurisdiction” over President Trump’s conduct of foreign affairs or his power to expel foreign enemies.A photo provided by El Salvador’s Presidency Press Office shows police officers escorting Venezuelan

D Devlin Barrett, Annie Correal and William K. Rashbaum

With Deportations, Trump Steps Closer to Showdown With Judicial Branch

“Oopsie … Too late,” El Salvador’s president said, mocking a court order that deportation flights to his country turn back to the United States. Top administration officials thanked him.Judge James E. Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to cease its use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as a pr

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U.S. to Withdraw From Group Investigating Responsibility for Ukraine Invasion

The decision is the latest indication of the Trump administration’s move away from holding President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia accountable for crimes committed against Ukrainians.The U.S. decision to withdraw from the International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukra

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Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Domestic Worker Abuse in Saudi Arabia

Housekeepers from East Africa suffer beatings, starvation and sexual assault in Saudi Arabia. Here’s what else we learned about the cross-border trade in domestic workers.From left: Mary Nsiimenta says her boss locked her on a rooftop; Winfridah Kwamboka never made it back home; Faridah Nassanga say

J Justin Scheck and Abdi Latif Dahir

As Trump Dismantles Voice of America, Some Broadcasts Are Replaced With Music

President Trump’s executive order on Friday calling for the dismantling of the federal agency that oversees the broadcaster is part of a wider campaign to weaken the news media.The Voice of America studio in Washington. On Saturday, hundreds of journalists and other employees at the organization’s h

D David Enrich

A Clubby Washington Tradition Carries On Uncomfortably Without Trump

President Trump and most members of his administration steered clear of the annual Gridiron Club dinner on Saturday, where politicians and the press usually toast and lightly roast one another.President Trump attended the Gridiron Club dinner in 2018 during his first term but skipped it on Saturday.

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Netanyahu Moves to Fire Israel’s Domestic Intelligence Chief

The Israeli prime minister’s effort to remove the Shin Bet chief is raising concerns about whether he was seeking to undermine the agency’s independence.Ronen Bar, the Shin Bet director, at a memorial in Jerusalem in October.

A Adam Rasgon and Natan Odenheimer

NASA Schedules Quick Return of Astronauts in SpaceX Capsule

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the astronauts who had an unexpectedly long stay in orbit, are set to head back to Earth just two days after a replacement crew docked at the space station.Astronauts greeting each other after a SpaceX capsule docked with the International Space Station on Sunday. Bu

A Ali Watkins and Kenneth Chang

Children Try to Cheer Pope Francis During His Hospital Stay

The release of the photo a month into his treatment came after dozens of young people gathered under the pontiff’s windows to offer wishes for a quick recovery.In this picture released by the Vatican Press Office, Pope Francis sits inside his chapel at the Gemelli hospital in Rome on Sunday, where h

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Slick Watts, N.B.A. Fan Favorite and Headband Pioneer, Dies at 73

An undrafted, 6-foot-1 point guard with patchy hair, he made an enduring fashion statement and became seen as the ultimate Seattle SuperSonic.Slick Watts in 1976 in his signature headband. In the 1975-76 season, he became the first player to lead the N.B.A. in both assists and steals.

A Alex Traub

When Brands Need a Wild Shoe, They Hire This Man

Shoes with teeth. Shoes with soles at right angles. Shoes made from two shoes. Shintaro Yamamoto is the footwear Dr. Frankenstein behind them all.For the shoes with metallic teeth that Shintaro Yamamoto designed for the Japanese label Doublet, he hand-stitched the upper “jaw” so that it stayed open.

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