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The move paves the way for a possible military escalation against drug traffickers or the government of Nicolás Maduro. Read full article

Parents are standing guard at schools. Some restaurants have stopped delivering food or simply closed. “Every single person who looks brown is scared,” a lawyer said. Read full article

President Trump made major inroads with Latino voters last year. Whether they stick with Republicans in the midterms is a crucial question. Read full article

The Trump administration is ratcheting up pressure on Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, while attacking boats in the Caribbean Sea. Read full article

The episode initially raised concerns because it happened near a synagogue, but the police say it was unrelated to antisemitism. Read full article

It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist. A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues. Read full article

The vandalism did not appear to have been politically motivated, according to the Washington State Patrol, which said that a suspect was in custody. Read full article

As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching. Read full article

President Trump’s attempts to politicize the military have become more overt as he makes the case for having troops at his disposal in American cities. Read full article

The judge expressed exasperation at government lawyers’ failure to answer “basic questions” or produce evidence during what she called a “topsy-turvy, inside-out day.” Read full article