Susan Hutson, the sheriff of Orleans Parish, faces 30 counts, and the jail’s chief financial officer was also indicted.

The comments came after the German chancellor said that Iran has “humiliated” the United States.

A school transfer disrupted two brothers’ visas, their lawyer said, leaving them vulnerable to arrest and unsettling their Mississippi school community.

The defense secretary said at a House hearing that President Barack Obama had fired 197 generals, a figure that the Pentagon previously acknowledged was false.

Jurors found the man guilty of conspiracy to support the terrorist group that took credit for a horrific bombing, but deadlocked on whether he was responsible for the attack itself.

President Trump wants Americans going into space to be a part of his legacy, even as he has proposed cutting NASA’s education, research and diversity programs.

The state’s Republican governor said he would call a special session in 21 days to address the state’s judicial maps.

Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta reported more than $130 billion in quarterly capital expenditures on Wednesday as they build A.I. data centers. There’s more to come.

Ford Motor said it expected the federal government to refund $1.3 billion the company paid in tariffs that were later struck down by the Supreme Court.

The federal law had been a “game changer” for Latino voters, but Wednesday’s ruling could weaken Asian Americans’ political power in the state.

Several voting rights groups have said that they plan to challenge the map in court once Gov. Ron DeSantis signs it into law.

The initial public offering of Mr. Ackman’s new fund, Pershing Square USA, raised $5 billion.

Iran war is fueling inflation and slowing growth around the world, according to a new report.

The comments came after the German chancellor said that Iran has “humiliated” the United States.

The musclebound character he developed as a toy designer for Mattel gave rise to the Masters of the Universe franchise and helped define the machismo of the 1980s.

The United Arab Emirates is walking away from OPEC this May. The New York Times’ energy reporter, Rebecca Elliott, breaks down how the war with Iran provided the perfect opening for the U.A.E. to go solo.

Footage of the incident shared this week by a school district in Mississippi shows a group of students working together to avert disaster on a highway.

Republicans put down a right-wing revolt to push the measure through the House, but it faces changes in the Senate that could delay its final passage past a Friday expiration.

In the second day of a trial pitting Mr. Musk against OpenAI, he said he was misled by the company’s chief executive, Sam Altman. But OpenAI’s lawyer said evidence showed the opposite.

Iran has threatened to start charging a toll for passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Even if it never happens, the idea could unsettle global shipping.

Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta reported more than $130 billion in quarterly capital expenditures on Wednesday as they build A.I. data centers. There’s more to come.

Previous truces have broken down amid competing accusations of violations, and it is not clear that Ukraine will agree to Moscow’s terms.

Prosecutors, in a significant retreat, said they would abandon conspiracy counts against activists, including a former congressional candidate, and refile with misdemeanors.

Jerome H. Powell cited lingering legal threats against him and the Federal Reserve in explaining his decision to remain at the central bank.

A crisis pregnancy group had asked the justices to allow it to sue in federal court over a demand for donor information by New Jersey officials.

Their appearance seemed at odds with the chief justice’s oft-stated message that the court he leads avoids even the appearance of political splits.

During his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since the war began, the defense secretary lashed out at lawmakers in both parties who have questioned the conflict.

The new map could give Republicans as many as four new seats in the state’s 28-member delegation, which already has 20 Republicans.

The map would eliminate as many as four Democratic-held districts, including one that is heavily Puerto Rican. Republicans expressed confidence in the map’s legality.

The changes are in keeping with the administration’s pledge to cut back on gun restrictions.

There were at least 10 American billionaires, six Fox News hosts, assorted presidential pals, no Democratic politicians and not so many British.

House Republicans toiled to pass major measures as lawmakers scramble to fund homeland security, extend spy powers and deliver a farm bill.

Investigators said the man’s transient lifestyle and social isolation made his intentions hard to track before shootings that killed two Brown students and an M.I.T. professor.

Leaders and activists said a Supreme Court ruling had the potential to unravel decades of work toward giving Black Americans fair representation.

Both parties are now scrambling to adjust to a new voting rights landscape.

The state faces a tight window to redraw its congressional maps.

New Jersey, where Mikie Sherrill is governor, is one of only a few states to try to bar federal immigration agents from wearing masks.

Beijing’s insistence that Meta unwind its deal with a Chinese A.I. start-up escalates the geopolitical fight over advanced tech.

A new prosecution memo details the preparations made in the days and weeks before the assault on the White House correspondents’ dinner.

It was Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first public appearance before Congress since Operation Epic Fury began in late February.

Democrats had earned a slight advantage with a victory in Virginia last week, but now a Supreme Court decision and Florida’s move to pass a new map are set to help Republicans.

Prosecutors accused Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, of a yearslong scheme to protect the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel in exchange for bribes and votes.

The 1965 law was mean to address fundamental inequities in American life, and was one of the signal accomplishments of the civil rights movement.

The indictment against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, focused on a social media post that the Justice Department deemed a threat to the president.

He transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden into an international research hub and laid out the existential threats posed by deforestation and unchecked development.

Here’s a look at some key events that led to and followed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.