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1. Facing Pressure, Trump Officials Reject Claims They’re Softening on Immigration

   Fri, 08 May 2026 21:42:11 -0000

   Immigration hard-liners have grown frustrated with the level of deportations and the Department of Homeland Security’s attempts, under its new secretary, to stay under the radar.

2. Mahmoud Khalil Hurtles Toward Potential Deportation as U.S. Speeds Case

   Fri, 08 May 2026 19:40:49 -0000

   A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges.

3. Trump Administration Wants to Strip 12 Immigrants of U.S. Citizenship

   Fri, 08 May 2026 23:26:57 -0000

   The targeted Americans are accused of misdeeds that can qualify them to lose citizenship, but denaturalization has rarely been invoked in the past.

4. Trump Plans to Fire F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary

   Fri, 08 May 2026 23:08:09 -0000

   Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.

5. U.F.O. Files Released by U.S. Shed Light on What the Government Knows

   Sat, 09 May 2026 01:43:24 -0000

   The Pentagon on Friday released online what it called “new, never-before-seen” files, dating back decades, related to unidentified flying objects.

6. U.S. Conducts Third Boat Strike in 5 Days, Killing 2 and Leaving a Survivor

   Sat, 09 May 2026 01:45:52 -0000

   Of the 57 attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against boats accused of drug trafficking, there have rarely been survivors.

7. Trump Gave Out a No-Bid Contract to Turn D.C.’s Reflecting Pool Blue

   Fri, 08 May 2026 23:21:06 -0000

   President Trump handpicked a firm he said had worked on his swimming pool to repair the iconic site near the Lincoln Memorial.

8. Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Allow it to Use New Voting Map

   Fri, 08 May 2026 22:40:30 -0000

   State officials urged the justices to allow them to jettison Alabama’s congressional district map, citing the Supreme Court’s recent decision that dealt a blow to the Voting Rights Act.

9. Why the Trump-Xi Summit Matters, Even if Little Seems to Come of It

   Sat, 09 May 2026 04:01:19 -0000

   The war in Iran, trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan are expected to be on the agenda. But expectations are modest.

10. China’s Exports and Imports Set Records in April Amid High Energy Costs

    Sat, 09 May 2026 06:19:55 -0000

    The country’s exports surged and its trade surplus with the United States widened ahead of President Trump’s scheduled visit next week to Beijing.

11. U.S. Targets Iran’s Missile and Drone Program With Sanctions

    Fri, 08 May 2026 23:14:10 -0000

    The new measures are focused on Chinese companies that supply Iran’s military with materials to make drones.