Redistricting talks in Florida got off to a slow start on Thursday, as state lawmakers grapple with political and legal questions amid internal power struggles.

Texas officials had asked the court to allow the state to use the new maps in the midterm elections, part of a push by President Trump to gain a partisan advantage.

Minnesota’s governor said the president’s xenophobic remarks were dangerous as the state continued to face fiscal questions about a fraud scandal.

President Trump pardoned the former Honduran president, who had been convicted for drug trafficking. Midence Oqueli Martinez Turcios, a former congressman, got nearly 22 years.

The Trump administration’s deportation agenda is reverberating beyond immigrant communities as agents begin fanning out around New Orleans.

Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.

The Netherlands and Slovenia also said they would not take part in next year’s contest, meant to be its celebratory 70th edition.

His plans for the library have been slow to take shape, but he has invited potential donors to a holiday reception in Washington this month.

The inspector general concluded that the defense secretary violated the Pentagon’s instructions on using a private electronic device to share sensitive information.

Many of the year’s best series seemed to be in conversation with one another, including “Severance,” “The Pitt,” “Andor,” “Pluribus,” “The Lowdown” and others.

The Trump administration, which crippled Russia’s oil sales to India with sanctions, will be watching Mr. Putin’s talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

As President Emmanuel Macron of France visited China, its leader, Xi Jinping, said his country would play a constructive role in ending the fighting.