A federal judge ordered the agency to reconsider its firings of employees who had been assigned to diversity recruiting. Read full article

The president’s comments deflect attention from other controversies. And they freeze the field of potential successors who might steal the spotlight from a lame duck. Read full article

Congressional aides of both parties believe that the nominee for U.S. attorney, Ed Martin, appears to have a solid chance of squeaking through on a party-line vote. Read full article

Trump’s supporters are clashing over the true goal of forthcoming global tariffs: raising revenue, or lowering foreign trade barriers? Read full article

Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, accused Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas of slow-walking a special election to hold the Republicans’ slim majority steady. Read full article

A military plane ferried 17 more people accused of being gang members to a prison in El Salvador. The White House said it was acting under a different legal authority than the one a judge blocked with a temporary order. Read full article

Alabama, Texas and New Mexico warned that the seeds, which apparently came from China, could sprout into invasive plants, officials said. Read full article

The administration has already canceled hundreds of millions in federal grants and contracts at Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania. Read full article