As an employee with the N.S.A., he claimed he was exposed to a direct-energy device that led to a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease at the age of 45.

Amazon paid Melania Trump’s production company $40 million for the film and $35 million to promote it, a sum that critics said was an effort to curry favor with the administration.

There is rising anxiety among Americans that the presence of an armed federal force in cities is actively making life less safe for people who live there.