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Gov. Jeff Landry’s request to the Trump administration highlights how Republican-led states are embracing the president’s push to use the Guard to crack down on crime. Read full article

In 1957, facing down white mobs, he became the first Black student to graduate from a public high school in the South under a court mandate. Read full article

A judge, Zia M. Faruqui, said that what appeared to be a kind of grand jury forum shopping seemed to have broken “decades-long norms and the rule of law.” Read full article

President Trump’s posting of a deepfake video mocking and insulting the top two Democrats in Congress underscored the lack of progress toward any deal to extend funding. Read full article

Senior officers, summoned from around the world, are entrusted to manage complex military operations. They got a lecture on fitness and grooming standards. Read full article

Meanwhile, previously secret passages in court filings over grand jury fights in two cases against the president have been revealed. Read full article

“There are two n-words, and you can’t use either of them,” the president said, after saying the word nuclear was not one to “throw around.” Read full article

Mr. Schweikert’s entry into a competitive Republican primary for governor means his battleground House seat will be open, giving Democrats a prime opportunity. Read full article

The U.S. generals and admirals summoned from around the world had been given little information about the planned event. Read full article

A house painter who had been in the United States for two decades had been critically injured in Dallas by a gunman who the government said was aiming at federal law enforcement officers. Read full article