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In a closed-door meeting with the vice president, Republicans vented about a White House plan for Argentine beef they said would hurt ranchers in their states. Read full article

President Trump’s military campaign has killed at least 57 people in the waters off Central and South America. The strikes have been widely criticized as illegal. Read full article

An inquiry by Joe Kent, who leads the National Counterterrorism Center, is said to have alarmed Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director. Read full article

Three Republican senators whose votes would be needed to advance Amer Ghalib’s nomination said they would oppose him, all but assuring it would stall. Read full article

The victims, who ranged in age from 6 to 18, had been dead for a long time when sheriff’s deputies in Zebulon, N.C., found them on Monday night, the authorities said. Read full article

The mayoral candidate has said his education was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how colleges steep students in leftist dogma. Read full article

The speaker said he did not see a path to amending the Constitution to allow the president to seek a third term, but that it was fun to pretend he could to inflame Democrats. Read full article

Controllers have urged air passengers to contact their representatives to end the shutdown. The transportation secretary also warned of consequences for travel, though he said the system remained safe. Read full article

The bar group’s ethics committee says firms that make a deal with the government may need to get waivers from clients with opposing interests. Read full article

Dr. Hatfill said he was pushed out by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s chief of staff, who fired him when he refused to resign. Read full article