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A Delta Air Lines pilot announced on a trip from New York to Paris that there was an extra passenger. The airline said it was working with the authorities to investigate the flight.

By John Yoon

Big Tom is a beloved landmark in his Minnesota hometown. Across the Midwest, small places take pride in having the largest of just about anything.

By Mitch Smith and Graham Dickie

The injunction is the second time that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sided with Texas in a yearlong dispute over barbed wire around the city of Eagle Pass.

By Mattathias Schwartz

The president-elect has long been critical of Mr. Zuckerberg’s social media platforms, saying they censor conservative viewpoints.

By Mike Isaac, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman and Theodore Schleifer

The state is one of at least a dozen states to set restrictions on bathrooms for transgender students at public schools.

By Amy Harmon

The discussion between President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico and the president-elect came after Mr. Trump threatened tariffs unless Mexican authorities stopped migrants and drugs from coming across the border.

By Simon Romero

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s selections to run the nation’s health agencies are alarming infectious disease experts.

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

They would have been worth nearly $18 million if they were genuine, making it the largest counterfeit instrument seizure in history, officials said.

By Adeel Hassan

“Buckle up and pack a lunch, because it’s going to be four years of this,” the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania said.

By Jess Bidgood

Many of the victims were the West Virginia pastor’s relatives, the police said, including five nieces who filed a complaint against him in 2004.

By Billy Witz

A member of one of the U.S. Army’s all-Black regiments, formed after the Civil War, he trained West Point cadets in horsemanship during World War II.

By Trip Gabriel

Derek Tran, a consumer rights lawyer and Army veteran, defeated Representative Michelle Steel, a Republican two-term incumbent, flipping a seat in Orange County, Calif.

By Amy Qin

The retired Army lieutenant general could play a key role in any negotiations to end the yearslong war between the countries.

By Michael Crowley

The so-called Department of Government Efficiency, with Elon Musk as co-leader, has advantages that past budget-cutters did not, but laws and court challenges can still make change slow and difficult.

By David A. Fahrenthold, Alan Rappeport, Theodore Schleifer and Annie Karni

A Trump transition team spokeswoman said law enforcement officials had “acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted.”

By Devlin Barrett and Maggie Haberman

The suit was brought by Ray Epps, who was falsely characterized by Tucker Carlson and others as being a government agent who instigated the violence at the Capitol.

By Alan Feuer

The agriculture and nutrition measure was last updated in 2018 and originally expired two years ago. Farmers fear the Trump administration’s priorities will eclipse theirs next year.

By Maya C. Miller

The party’s donor class is still wrestling with Donald Trump’s victory, worried about retribution and sluggish liberal energy. Some rich Democrats are even pondering leaving the country.

By Theodore Schleifer

Even as President Biden brokers a cease-fire in Lebanon, President-elect Donald J. Trump is running his own foreign policy without waiting to be sworn in.

By Peter Baker

A new state law grants the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control the authority to auction off impounded alcohol.

By Alexandra E. Petri

Bad weather threatens roads over the holiday, but airports have had little trouble on Wednesday.

By Hank Sanders and Alexandra E. Petri

As the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya would oversee the world’s premier medical research agency, with a $48 billion budget and 27 separate institutes and centers.

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Mr. Hassett defended Donald Trump’s tax cuts and trade policies in his first administration but has also acknowledged that tariffs can weaken economic growth.

By Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Alan Rappeport and Ana Swanson

The Romers, of Scarsdale, N.Y., disappeared from a Georgia hotel. Divers who seek to solve cold cases found a vehicle similar to theirs in a pond. They also found bones.

By Annie Correal

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s team will have some formal briefings with outgoing staff members, but it has so far refused to allow the F.B.I. to do security clearances for transition members.

By Michael D. Shear

The special counsel will leave behind a complex legacy, having amassed considerable evidence against Donald J. Trump but having lost key legal battles that could constrain future investigators.

By Devlin Barrett, Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer

Many of the prime minister’s political opponents were as critical of him as about the president-elect’s plan, which would adversely affect Canada’s economy.

By Ian Austen

The suspect, an animal-rights activist, was sought in connection to the bombings of two San Francisco-area businesses in 2003.

By Adeel Hassan

Arrests for illegal crossings from Canada spiked in the last fiscal year, but remain a fraction of the number of those from Mexico.

By Hamed Aleaziz and Matina Stevis-Gridneff

The president-elect’s threat to hit Canada, Mexico and China with new tariffs is already rocking business and diplomatic relationships and could topple the trade pacts he signed in his first term.

By Ana Swanson