During a meeting with South Africa’s president, President Trump played the video as evidence of racial persecution. A Times analysis found he misrepresented the contents of the video. Read full article

The Justice Department ended efforts to push for reform in Minneapolis, Louisville and several other cities. But does federal involvement make a difference in policing? Read full article

The Trump administration announced the withdrawal of the plan just days before the five-year anniversary of George Floyd’s killing. Read full article

President Trump’s efforts to downsize the government threaten essential functions that Americans have come to rely on before, during and after natural disasters. Read full article

Mayor Cara Spencer placed the city’s emergency manager on administrative leave pending an investigation into the failure to warn residents. Read full article

John Eligon, Johannesburg bureau chief, recounts what he witnessed in the Oval Office when President Trump confronted the visiting President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa with an elaborate presentation attempting to falsely prove a “genocide” against white Afrikaners. Read full article

A Maryland man’s deportation to El Salvador set off a fierce debate among officials in three cabinet agencies, despite agreement there had been a mistake. Read full article

After decades of conflict between two African countries, President Trump and an adviser said the two sides, with U.S. help, had created an agreement that was now being finalized. Read full article

In a letter to the Justice Department, the senators raised concern that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s approval allowed the president to skirt constitutional, ethical and legal limits to such a large foreign gift. Read full article