A year of political pressure and partial disclosures preceded the release of long-sought records on Jeffrey Epstein.

American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.

Many of the Justice Department documents were heavily redacted, and President Trump’s name was rarely mentioned. The White House also sought to make political hay of the release of photos of Bill Clinton.

Newly released files show how Maria Farmer, who worked for Mr. Epstein in the 1990s, had urged the F.B.I. to investigate him. The case went nowhere for years.

The secretary of state held a marathon news conference, offering little news but more respect for reporters than most others in the Trump administration.

Several victims said they were frustrated by the heavy redactions of photos and documents that the Justice Department released on Friday.

The bill, which lawmakers passed in June, will be modified to more closely match a similar law in California, at Big Tech’s urging.

The leading Republican candidate for Ohio governor is calling out his party for rising intolerance, including against Indian American immigrants and their children, like him.

There’s no getting around this if we want to avoid the deficit cliff ahead.

The examination confirmed that the suspect had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His body was found late Thursday in a storage unit in New Hampshire.

The Kennedy Center installed President Trump’s name on the facade of the arts center, which had been designated as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy.

The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift.

Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term.

The parents of the suspect in the Brown and M.I.T. killings had not seen or heard from him since he left Portugal to enroll at a graduate program at Brown more than two decades ago.

Emergency authorities across the region urged people to stay home, and a utility company cut off power to 100,000 of its customers near Denver.

A Reddit user provided information that helped identify Claudio Manuel Neves Valente as the suspect not only in the campus shooting but also in the murder of an M.I.T. professor.

The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”

Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, a Marine general with expansive experience in special operations and the Middle East, would take over after the abrupt departure of the previous commander.

Hundreds of people had rallied for the family in New York City after they were separated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in November.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he did not know about the antisemitic posts and would not have hired the woman who made them if he had.

The bill, which would ensure that every train has a conductor and a driver, as most now do, was supported by the transit workers’ union and opposed by many transit advocates.

Starting on Feb. 1, Rome will charge tourists a fee to go down into the basin of the famed 18th-century fountain. Not every one is happy (except Romans, who won’t have to pay).

At a demonstration of devices designed to replace turnstiles, one rider got hit in the neck, and another sneaked through without paying.

In a previously undisclosed partnership, the Transportation Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are sharing data to identify passengers on upcoming flights whom ICE can arrest. Our reporter Hamed Aleaziz, who learned of this partnership, describes what to know about it and the ICE arrests that have followed.

Passengers on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains could face $8 fines if they keep waiting until after the train leaves to activate their mobile tickets.

Our writers and photographers were on the ground to find out what makes the destinations on our annual list rise above the rest.

What’s the real cost of motherhood? Here’s what our readers said.