Vue lecture

Where Does Trump’s Effort to Restrict Mail Voting Stand?

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to continue with plans to curtail mail-in voting, but the fast-moving, high-stakes legal fight continues.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

President Trump has long made unfounded claims that mail voting is fraudulent and corrupt, even as he has cast his own ballots by mail in multiple elections.
  •  

California Cancels Talks With Paramount Over Warner Bros. Merger

The attorney general of California, one of 12 states suing to block the $111 billion deal, accused Paramount of leaking and misrepresenting earlier settlement discussions.

© Daniel Cole/Reuters

California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, announced last month that he and 11 other state attorneys general would sue to block Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
  •  

Penn State Fraternity Members Are Charged in Cocaine Trafficking Case

More than a dozen current and former students from two fraternities were part of an operation that involved packaging drugs at fraternity houses, the authorities said.

© Paul Weaver/Sipa USA, via Associated Press

Administrators at Pennsylvania State University said that they are investigating the current and former students who were charged in trafficking cocaine.
  •  

Minnesota Sues Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Over His Refusal to Extradite ICE Agent

A federal agent facing assault charges in Minnesota has been jailed in Texas since May. Gov. Greg Abbott has not granted an extradition request.

© Christopher Lee for The New York Times

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas at an event in Kerrville in July.
  •  

Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General

The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Attorney General Todd Blanche has said President Trump has never asked him to do something illegal.
  •  

A Fight Over Abortion and Surrogacy Ends With a Baby Born in Texas

The baby, who was born Wednesday with a severe heart defect, drew the attention of anti-abortion activists and the Texas attorney general after the intended parents wanted the surrogate mother to have an abortion.

© McKenna West

A pregnant McKenna West, who has been the face of a surrogate dispute spanning three states.
  •  
❌