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Terrell Anderson, the former head of a unit charged with assessing candidates, has been transferred. He has been praised as an innovative officer.
Trump Claimed a Video Showed ‘Burial Sites’ of White Farmers. It Didn’t.
During a meeting with South Africa’s president, President Trump played the video as evidence of racial persecution. A Times analysis found he misrepresented the contents of the video.
Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation
President Trump showed a video and leafed through printouts of what he said was evidence of racial persecution of white South Africans. The country’s president tried to correct the record.
Trump Says the U.S. Is Close to Brokering a Congo-Rwanda Peace Deal
After decades of conflict between two African countries, President Trump and an adviser said the two sides, with U.S. help, had created an agreement that was now being finalized.
David Lazer, Executive Who Joined the World of Muppets, Dies at 89
At IBM, he hired a young Jim Henson to make humorous corporate films using his puppet creations. Mr. Henson later hired Mr. Lazer to help run his company.
How a Water Conservation Idea Won Over Oklahoma Farmers
Haunted by memories of the Dust Bowl, Oklahoma farmers have adopted conservation practices that have helped to revive about 100 streams.
Judge Finds Trump Administration Violated Court Order With Deportation Flight to South Sudan
Lawyers for some of the eight migrants deported Tuesday said they were told they were being sent to South Sudan. People familiar with the plane said it had landed for now in Djibouti.
Chicago Suburb Plans to Acquire Pope Leo XIV’s Childhood Home
The village of Dolton, Ill., has stepped in to buy the modest house where Pope Leo XIV spent some of his childhood. It may also use eminent domain.
Republican Bill Could Set Off Global Tax Fight
Retaliatory taxes on foreign companies operating in the U.S. could open the door for a broader economic conflict.
Trump’s Firings of Rights Watchdog Board Members Were Illegal, Judge Rules
A federal court ruled that President Trump’s removals were illegal and arbitrary and ordered two board members reinstated.