New York Times

The Republican chairman and senior Democrat on the Armed Services Committee said on Friday that the Pentagon had not handed over information about the attacks despite repeated requests.

The South Carolina congresswoman went on an extended shouting and cursing “tirade,” according to a police incident report, after security agents who were supposed to escort her failed to meet her as planned.

Republicans hold 10 of the state’s 15 seats in the House. The new map improves the party’s odds of picking up two more in next year’s midterm elections.

States, cities and nonprofits had sued to spare millions of low-income Americans from losing benefits starting on Saturday, after the Trump administration said it would not fund them.

Critics included some Indian Americans, who said the remarks did not respect the religious decisions of Usha Vance, who grew up in a Hindu household.

More SNAP recipients live in Democratic districts. But the program touches every corner of the country.

He’s not on the ballot, but the results could carry hints about the future of his movement.

The Pentagon said one person survived a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Pacific, but after searching for days, Mexican officials are about to give up.

Insufficient numbers of air traffic controllers, a byproduct of the government shutdown, were affecting travel hubs across the country, as the head of the workers’ union called on politicians to reopen the government with no conditions.

New programs cannot turn out the numbers needed to make up for the controller shortfall. But they hope to have a higher success rate than the Federal Aviation Agency’s official academy.

Proponents say voters are motivated by stopping President Trump. Republicans have already begun pointing fingers over lackluster fund-raising and coordination.

Outnumbered and facing vast stakes, Justices Kagan and Jackson are split over the best approach: investing in diplomacy inside the court or sounding the alarm outside.

The Texas attorney general has escalated the pace of high-profile legal actions, raising concern that his Senate campaign is influencing his law enforcement work.

It’s a very effective costume.

The Senate majority leader is unwilling to pursue the “nuclear option” to blow past a Democratic filibuster and reopen the government.

Senators opposed the president’s plan to import beef from Argentina and voted three times this week to end his power to enforce sweeping tariffs.

NASA’s chief, Sean Duffy, set the record straight after Kim Kardashian repeated the conspiracy theory that the 1969 moon landing had been faked.

The president said it was time for G.O.P. leaders to get rid of the longstanding rule that means most Senate legislation needs 60 votes to pass.

President Trump traveled to Asia to be a statesman, a showman and a traveling salesman, depending on the audience.

The F.A.A. warned that a lack of certified air traffic controllers in Orlando could cause delays throughout the East Coast.

President Trump, who did not wear a costume, and the first lady handed out candy at the annual Halloween celebration at the White House.