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Daniel Lurie, the San Francisco mayor, relied on powerful tech executives and his own low-key approach to help his liberal city escape a rush of federal agents. Read full article

The New York attorney general, indicted by President Trump’s handpicked prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, is expected to plead not guilty in her arraignment on Friday. Read full article

Thousands missed their first paychecks this week, with no end in sight to the government shutdown that began on Oct. 1. Read full article

Prosecutors say Jonathan Rinderknecht deliberately set a fire in January that led to one of the most destructive blazes in California history. If convicted, he would face up to 45 years in prison. Read full article

Sam O’Hara was playing the “Imperial March” theme from the movie while protesting the deployment of National Guard troops in the capital when he was handcuffed by city police officers. Read full article

A Justice Department lawyer made the claim in response to a challenge to the administration’s use of the base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold detainees designated for deportation. Read full article

Mr. Bovino, a Border Patrol leader, appeared to use tear gas during a confrontation with residents on Thursday. Plaintiffs in a suit over federal tactics say that violated a court order. Read full article

The long-range B-1 bombers can carry up to 75,000 pounds of guided and unguided munitions, the largest nonnuclear payload of any aircraft in the Air Force arsenal. Read full article

President Harry S. Truman consulted Congress, architects and a fine arts commission on everything from construction plans to fabric samples. President Trump is taking a different approach. Read full article

The president said he would bypass Congress rather than ask for approval for his military campaign against drug traffickers, even as he said it would expand from sea to land. Read full article