What’s Behind Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship With Canada Canada is one of the United States’ largest trading partners, but President Trump wants to either take it or leave it.

Musk’s Cost-Saving Claims Are Wrong in So Many Ways We found huge errors in the “wall of receipts” for Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, where the group lists what it has saved by canceling federal contracts. After The New York Times and other news organizations pointed out the errors, the team quietly removed all five of the largest savings it originally claimed. But Dav…

DOGE Claims Credit for Killing Contracts That Were Already Dead Elon Musk’s group claimed credit for canceling procurement agreements that had been completed years earlier, the latest in a string of public errors on its site.

Trump Relaxes Limits on Counterterrorism Strikes Outside Conventional War Zones The president has rescinded a Biden-era system that required high-level approval for certain drone strikes and commando raids, reverting to a more permissive system.

New Lawsuit Challenges Legality of Trump’s Sending Migrants to Guantánamo The new case, which for now is asking for a court to block the transfer of 10 men to the offshore base, is the first to directly challenge the policy.

Francis Collins Retires From N.I.H., Saying Colleagues ‘Deserve the Utmost Respect’ Dr. Collins, a renowned geneticist, ran the National Institutes of Health for 12 years. His parting statement offered a pointed, if veiled, message to the Trump administration.

‘Why Don’t You Wear a Suit?’: A Right-Wing News Outlet With Coveted Access Questions Zelensky After the White House began to handpick pool reporters, Brian Glenn of the conservative Real America’s Voice network got to be front and center for the Ukrainian president’s visit.

Pentagon Sending Combat Forces to the Border in Line With Trump Directive The troop mobilization indicates that President Trump is breaking with recent presidents’ practice of limiting deployments along the U.S.-Mexico border mostly to small numbers of active-duty soldiers and reservists.

Honduras Moves to Extradite Man Accused of Killing Iowa Woman In his 2016 campaign, President Trump seized on the death of Sarah Root, who police said was killed by an undocumented immigrant suspected of driving drunk.

Being a New Man in the Trump Era The election seemed to mark a backlash to changing gender roles. But Trump-voting men say that’s not necessarily what they want, a survey and interviews suggest.

How Johnson, Who Put His Job at Risk to Save Ukraine Aid, Flipped for Trump Many Republicans have made a reversal on Russia and Ukraine, falling in line behind President Trump. No turnabout has been more striking than that of the Republican speaker.

The Democratic Party Reconsiders a Huge, Vulnerable Database of Voter Information The party’s storehouse of everything it knows about American voters required an extraordinary intervention to keep it running, people involved said. A meltdown could have crippled its campaigns nationwide.

‘The Interview’: Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight The Massachusetts leader, whose influence goes well beyond her state, discusses how the Democratic Party can pick its battles and rebuild its brand.

Cuts to National Weather Service Leave Forecasters Reeling “Lives are being put in danger,” one meteorologist warned, as some experts feared the cuts will harm public safety.

Musk and Republican Lawmakers Pressure Judges with Impeachment Threats Democrats say the calls to remove judges who block Trump administration initiatives amount to intimidation. Some senior Republicans were also skeptical of the effort.

Homeland Security Officials Push I.R.S. for 700,000 Immigrants’ Addresses The tax collector has so far denied the request because of concerns it violates taxpayer privacy laws.

Intelligence Officials Continue Chat Messages Inquiry Officials confirmed that the N.S.A. managed a system that had been used for sexually explicit chats and L.G.B.T.Q. discussions. An order to fire dozens after the chats were revealed drew scrutiny amid a military purge of transgender soldiers.

In Showdown With Zelensky, Trump Takes Offense on Putin’s Behalf Never in the past few decades at least has an American president engaged in such an angry, scathing attack on a visiting foreign leader in the Oval Office.

Judge Appears Skeptical of Claims That Musk Isn’t Driving DOGE The judge prodded government lawyers for additional clarity on Elon Musk’s role in a case that directly challenges the constitutionality of his operation and his part in the rapid reshaping of government.

Several Lawsuits Target the Lack of Transparency in Elon Musk’s DOGE The lack of transparency surrounding the so-called Department of Government Efficiency is emerging as a target in the courts.