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Iran War Showcases Strength of South Korean Defense Sector

Missile interceptors made by the South Korean firm LIG Nex1 are said to be performing well, at a small fraction of the cost of U.S. interceptors.

© Chris Jung/NurPhoto, via Associated Press

Cheongung-II, a South Korean air defense system, on display last year. The country’s defense companies are rapidly taking on new business, as U.S. firms struggle to keep pace with demand from multiple conflicts.

Iran War Showcases Strength of South Korean Defense Sector

Missile interceptors made by the South Korean firm LIG Nex1 are said to be performing well, at a small fraction of the cost of U.S. interceptors.

© Chris Jung/NurPhoto, via Associated Press

Cheongung-II, a South Korean air defense system, on display last year. The country’s defense companies are rapidly taking on new business, as U.S. firms struggle to keep pace with demand from multiple conflicts.

Texas Man Charged With Manslaughter in Connection With Cold Case

Prosecutors in Galveston County say that in the 1980s, a man killed a teenager and helped hide the remains of a woman, two of the dozens of bodies found on land known as the Texas Killing Fields.

© Buster Dean/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press

Tim Miller, father of the victim Laura Miller, hugging his wife, Georgeann, in 1998 as they looked at one of the billboards seeking information to help solve killings in the Houston area.

The Artemis II Toilet Had a Problem

The Universal Waste Management System aboard the Orion capsule is an innovation in deep space toiletry (it seems to be fixed now).

© Cassandra Klos for The New York Times

An Orion training module, an exact replica of the spacecraft that will take astronauts around the moon, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. A compartment in the floor houses the only bathroom on board.

Senate and House Republicans Strike Deal to End DHS Shutdown

A bill to reopen the department, which the House G.O.P. rejected on Friday, could be approved as early as Thursday. It was a sharp turnaround by the lawmakers and President Trump.

© Vincent Alban/The New York Times

The resurrected plan would omit money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, the agencies carrying out President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Republicans said those agencies’ employees would continue to be paid out of funds that were pushed through Congress last year.

Judge Finds Border Officials Violated Previous Order on Warrantless Arrests

A federal judge in California ordered agents to thoroughly document any future stops in an area spanning 34 counties.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

A day laborer in Bakersfield, Calif., in January. A federal judge found on Wednesday that border officials appeared to have violated her earlier order when agents carried out an immigration sweep last year in a Home Depot parking lot in Sacramento.

D.H.S. Inspector General Inquiry Focuses in Part on Corey Lewandowski

The investigation comes as administration officials have fielded complaints about how Kristi Noem’s top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, dealt with companies seeking federal contracts.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Kristi Noem, the former homeland security secretary, during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing this year.

Lawsuits Are the New Trump Tactic in the Fight to Overhaul Education

Trump officials have faced dozens of lawsuits over their aggressive efforts to force change in universities and school districts. Now Trump lawyers are taking schools to court.

© Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times

The University of Pennsylvania’s campus in Philadelphia. The Trump administration won in court this week after suing Penn to obtain lists of Jewish staff for an antisemitism investigation.

Trump Has Discussed Firing Attorney General Pam Bondi

President Trump has not made a final decision, but he has floated the idea of replacing Ms. Bondi with Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Among President Trump’s top complaints about Attorney General Pam Bondi is her handling of the Epstein files, which has become a political liability for the president among his supporters.

Immigrant Families Are Cautiously Hopeful Over Supreme Court Birthright Citizenship Case

As the high court heard arguments on whether to limit birthright citizenship, many people pondered what the decision could mean for future generations.

© via the Andreote family

Maria and Francisco Andreote are Brazilian microbiologists conducting research at Penn State. Their daughter, Laura, 4, was born in the United States just before the birthright citizenship case landed in the Supreme Court.

Trump Initially Laid Out Five Goals for the Iran War. Here’s Where They Stand.

The United States and Israel have done significant damage to Iran’s military capabilities. But Iran still fires missiles, has nuclear material and coordinates with militias in the region.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

A new mural in Valiasr Square in Tehran on Wednesday. A large number of Iran’s ballistic missiles and launchers remain undamaged after a month of airstrikes by the United States and Israel.
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