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District Lines Are Shifting Fast in the South. Voters Are Rattled.

Republican officials are jubilant, some voters are confused and concerned, and civil rights activists are gearing up for the fight of a generation.

© Wes Frazer for The New York Times

Earlier this month, people from all over the United States came to Selma, Ala., to march for voters’ rights, beginning at Tabernacle Baptist Church and ending on the far side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

C.I.A. Officer Arrested With Gold Once Worked With No. 2 Pentagon Official

David Rush, a longtime C.I.A. officer, appears to have first had contact with Stephen A. Feinberg during President Trump’s first term. Some officials said the two men were not close.

© Tom Brenner for The New York Times

The C.I.A. officer arrested last week with more than $40 million in gold bars in his home had previously worked with Stephen A. Feinberg, now the deputy secretary of defense.

Trump Squeezes Immigrants by Cutting Them Off From Jobs, Health Care and Housing

The methodically planned strategy is intended to pressure noncitizens, including many with legal status, to leave the United States.

© Salwan Georges for The New York Times

A man and child exited the Annandale Immigration Court last May in Annandale, Va. The Trump administration is pressuring immigrants to leave the country voluntarily by squeezing them financially.

A Clean Energy PAC Helped Beat Chip Roy, and Now It Has New Targets

A PAC representing wind and solar energy interests spent $1.1 million to boost the Republican primary opponent of Chip Roy, an opponent of renewables. Now they are trying to save a Republican ally in Iowa.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

A group of renewable energy investors paid for this projection on the side of the Energy Department building in Washington gloating over Representative Chip Roy’s defeat in a Republican primary for Texas attorney general.

Kennedy Center Must Remove Trump’s Name From Building, Judge Orders

In an incensed social media post, President Trump suggested that the ruling might prompt him to cast the center aside after more than a year at its helm.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

“Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,” Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the Federal District Court in Washington wrote in a ruling on Friday.

Among Mamdani’s Priorities, Economic Development Seems Low on the List

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not filled the vacant role of president of the Economic Development Corporation, deepening concern over his attention to the New York City economy.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team has considered at least 10 people as they look to hire a president of the city’s Economic Development Corporation.

Iran’s Hard-Liners Try to Derail Potential Deal With the U.S.

A political fight is playing out in Iran, where the small but loud faction of hard-liners has used rallies, state media and private and public statements to try to undermine negotiations.

© Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York Times

A billboard of the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a ceremony in Tehran on Sunday.
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