One of the two, Vanderbilt University, signaled it had reservations.

Controllers have already received one reduced check, because the shutdown began in the middle of a pay period. The next pay date, Oct. 28, will be the first fully missed paycheck.

The United States hopes to become less dependent on China by increasing access to mineral-rich countries. Rare earth metals are vital to an array of modern industries.

It’s not a presidential election year, or even the midterms, but races this fall will offer a sense of voters’ moods in the first year of the new Trump administration.

The Trump administration strategy is to try to keep Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel from resuming an all-out assault against Hamas, U.S. officials said.

Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, and Lockheed Martin are among the contractors that may compete with Elon Musk’s company in the race back to the lunar surface.

Motions by lawyers for the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, sought to dismiss the case in a two-front assault.

The president had pledged that construction wouldn’t “interfere with the current building,” a promise that always seemed unrealistic given the grand scale of the plans.

President Trump’s plan to import red meat runs counter to his philosophy of increasing domestic production, and has angered cattle ranchers in the United States.

The remarks by Representative Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican, align with efforts by the president and G.O.P. leaders to portray the political left as un-American.

The Second Amendment case tests a federal law used to convict Hunter Biden that bars drug users and addicts from possessing guns.

China’s escalating curbs on the critical minerals has given Australia, a longstanding U.S. ally, the opportunity to reposition itself to a transactional president.

Representative Adam Smith said the Trump administration had failed to provide a legal rationale for killing rather than arresting drug trafficking suspects.

Portland, Ore., is well known for its dense laws on land use. Now, under pressure from its liberal residents, the city is using those restrictions against immigrant detention.

President Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have been reshaping the way the U.S. military works. David Sanger, who covers the White House and national security for The New York Times, explains how Trump has been using the military lately.

Such a move could increase the already high tension between the president and California officials

The mishap, during an anniversary celebration for the Marine Corps attended by the vice president and defense secretary, underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday’s event at Camp Pendleton.

It was the seventh known strike in President Trump’s military campaign of attacking, rather than arresting, those suspected of running drugs in the Caribbean.

The feuding reflected rising tensions in Latin America over U.S. attacks in the Caribbean. President Trump’s administration had already slashed aid to Colombia this year.

The U.S. president threatened to withdraw aid to Colombia after that country’s leader, Gustavo Petro, accused the United States of murdering a fisherman in a Caribbean strike last week.