Trump’s National Security Firings Come as He Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses

The firing of the head of the National Security Agency was only the latest move that has eroded the country’s fortifications against cyberattacks, especially those targeting elections.The National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md., in 2020. President Trump fired the head of the agency on Thu

D David E. Sanger and Nick Corasaniti

Firing of National Security Agency Chief Rattles Lawmakers

Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who was also the head of U.S. Cyber Command, was one of several national security officials fired on the advice of a conspiracy theorist.Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, director of the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command, testifying before a House committee last month.

J Julian E. Barnes

The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It

As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said.The head of the National Archives, which has been described as “the custodian of Americ

T Tiffany Hsu

Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country

Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they view as attacks on democracy.The crowds stretched for nearly 20 blocks in Manhattan.

S Shaila Dewan

Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out

The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed league, has sponsored a tournament at the Trump family’s Miami golf resort four times.

E Eric Lipton, Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Netanyahu Will Meet Trump in Washington in a Sign of Their Strong Ties

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s expected visit, his second since January, underscores how the Israeli leader has seen his diplomatic standing in Washington shift since President Trump’s return to powerPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Budapest on Friday, where he met with Hungary’s

Z Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Aaron Boxerman

Rivers in Central U.S. Swell Rapidly as Storm Inundates Region

The rising water levels have prompted rescues and road closures. The storm, which has killed at least 15 people, doesn’t show signs of letting up.Construction crews on Saturday worked to create temporary gravel roads to get to a flooded subdivision in Bowling Green, Ky.

M Mitch Smith, Isabelle Taft, Rachel Nostrant and Amy Graff

Former Aides to Ken Paxton Win $6.6 Million in Whistle-Blower Case

A judge found that four whistle-blowers who accused Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, of corruption and reported him to the F.B.I. were unjustly fired.The four whistle-blowers from the Texas attorney general’s office attending the final day of the impeachment trial of Ken Paxton in September 2

S Simon J. Levien

U.K. Labour Lawmaker Suspended From Party After Arrest

Dan Norris, a lawmaker who won a seat in Parliament last year, was swiftly suspended from Britain’s governing party.Dan Norris, a member of the Labour Party, speaking at the University of Bath in July in England.

S Stephen Castle

A Killer’s Archive Is Offered for $80,000. Who Should Profit?

Albert Jones’s 11 books describe life in prison. His victims’ relatives say his family should not benefit from a sale of his story.Ben Kinmont, right, in blue shirt, deals mainly in antiquarian volumes, but also modern books concerned with “gastronomy and economic precarity.”

C Corey Kilgannon