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Today — 31 May 2026NYT | Top Stories

Trump Administration Sees Striking Exodus of Legal Talent

The departure of more than 10,000 federal lawyers has left some agencies without sufficient staff and has boosted the ranks of state attorneys general offices and advocacy groups.

© Rachel Woolf for The New York Times

Phil Weiser, the Colorado attorney general, with some of the 22 lawyers from across the federal government that he has hired since May of last year.
Yesterday — 30 May 2026NYT | Top Stories

Judge Tosses Citizenship Law Aimed at New Voters in New Hampshire

The judge said the 2024 law “constitutes an unjustifiable burden on the right to vote,” and that new voters should be able to prove their citizenship with a sworn affidavit.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

People cast their ballots in Lancaster, N.H., in 2024.
Before yesterdayNYT | Top Stories

New York Wants to Restrict ICE Enforcement. ICE Has Other Ideas.

New York leaders changed state immigration laws to hold federal agents accountable for their deportation tactics, but their efforts will face opposition from the Trump administration.

© Todd Heisler/The New York Times

New legislation adopted by New York State lawmakers bars federal immigration agents from wearing masks, as they did last year at a staging area in Lower Manhattan.

Treasury Prepares to Make Trump the Face of a New $250 Bill

29 May 2026 at 05:35
Treasury Secretary Bessent backed the idea, which would require legislation allowing a living person to appear on currency.

© Kent Nishimura/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he supported the idea of putting President Trump’s portrait on a new $250 bill.

What’s Inside New York’s $269 Billion Budget: Second-Home Tax, Restrictions on ICE and More

29 May 2026 at 01:56
Gov. Kathy Hochul used the state budget as a vehicle for policy initiatives, including a new second-home tax and a push to make the state less hospitable to immigration agents.

© Cindy Schultz for The New York Times

Gov. Kathy Hochul insisted on making climate goals easier to reach as part of the budget deal.

Genetic Scores are Booming. But Will Anti-Discrimination Laws Cover Your DNA?

As predictive medicine advances, legal scholars warn that decades-old federal guidelines could set up a potential clash between your genes and your job.

© Biophoto Associates/Science Source

A scanning electron micrograph of human chromosomes. Polygenic risk scoring, increasingly popular in personal medicine, uses an individual’s genome to estimate that person’s likelihood of developing a specific disease.
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