United States Politics and Government

• Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’ as His Edge on the Economy Slips - President Trump is growing frustrated as Americans struggle with higher prices and pessimism over the state of the economy.
• New ICE Operation Is Said to Target Somali Migrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul - The move comes as President Trump has attacked Somalis with increasingly inflammatory rhetoric in recent days.
• Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon - Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of flooding the United States with cocaine and had been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
• The Election That Has Republicans on Edge, and How One College Student Was Deported - Plus, Ozempic for cats?
• Olivia Nuzzi Isn’t Telling All - Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t seem to recognize that her collaboration with Robert Kennedy was a grave professional betrayal.
• After Trump’s M.R.I. Claim, His Doctor’s Memo Offers Little Clarity - While the president said he had a M.R.I. exam, a physician’s memo released by the White House was less specific.
• As Trump Deepens Immigration Crackdown, Exceptions Disappear for Afghans and Others - President Trump’s latest changes to the immigration system affect communities that traditionally have been considered special cases.
• Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants - The new measures represent some of the most significant changes to immigration policy since President Trump returned to the White House.
• Hegseth Ordered Lethal Boat Strike but Not the Killing of Survivors, Officials Say - Amid talk of war crimes, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean are facing intensifying scrutiny.
• For ‘No Tax on Tips,’ the I.R.S. Gets Intimate - The Trump administration wants to exclude earnings from “pornographic activity” from a new tax break for tips. Will the I.R.S. know it when it sees it?