United States Politics and Government

• From ‘Hamilton’ to Issa Rae to Philip Glass: Here’s a List of Kennedy Center Cancellations - More than two dozen musicians, dancers, theater companies and other creative groups have pulled out of performing at the Kennedy Center since President Trump returned to the White House.
• Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Ending TPS for Haitians - The ruling pauses the Trump administration’s plan to end a program that has allowed more than 350,000 people from Haiti to remain in the United States.
• Justice Dept. Sidelines Ed Martin as Chief of Weaponization Group - The move represents a consolidation of the authority of the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, in bringing Mr. Martin’s operation inside his office.
• Immigration Officers in Minneapolis Will Wear Body Cameras, Noem Says - The change comes as the federal government has provided accounts of fatal shootings that have sometimes conflicted with local officials and witness videos.
• Deal to Reopen Government Is Imperiled in the House - Some hard-line House Republicans have balked at the agreement Senate Democrats struck with President Trump to fund the government, complicating its path to enactment.
• Clintons Capitulate on House Epstein Inquiry, Agreeing to Testify - Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the ex-secretary of state, agreed to depositions they had long resisted days before the House was to vote to hold them in contempt.
• Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance - The Trump administration has lowered the bar for a deal with the university, backtracking on its insistence on a $200 million payment to the government, The New York Times has learned.
• Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections - The comments, made on a conservative podcast, follow a string of moves from his administration to try to exert more control over American elections.
• Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects - The court ruled that construction can restart on a wind farm off the coast of New York State. The Trump administration had ordered work to stop in December.
• Gabbard Arranges Trump Call With FBI Agents After Georgia Election Center Search - The phone conversation was arranged by the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, who met with the agents a day after the search for reasons that remain unclear, The New York Times has learned.