To Boost Military Budget, Trump Targets Popular Programs at Home

Amid the war with Iran, the president has proposed to scale back some of the very programs meant to ease families’ financial burdens.For President Trump, the renewed debate over federal spending arrives at a perilous political and economic moment.

T Tony Romm and Annie Karni

Only Trump Knows Why Bondi Was Fired as Attorney General, Blanche Says

In his first news conference since being elevated to acting attorney general, Todd Blanche said that “nobody has any idea” what led to Pam Bondi’s dismissal other than President Trump.Todd Blanche, now the acting attorney general, and Pam Bondi, who was dismissed from the role by President Trump, at

D Devlin Barrett

In Phoenix, Turning Point and Jane Fonda fight for control of a utility.

The Salt River Project is little known beyond Arizona, but Tuesday’s elections at the giant public utility have brought in heavy hitters and tested Turning Point after Charlie Kirk.A sign directing voters outside the headquarters of Salt River Project in Tempe, Ariz., last month.

R Reis Thebault

Newlywed Wife of U.S. Soldier Released From Immigration Detention

The couple had gone to the husband’s Army base to complete paperwork so they could move in together. But within hours that plan derailed, and New York Times reporting about the case quickly spread.Staff Sgt. Matthew Blank and his wife, Annie Ramos, after she was released from immigration detention i

M Miriam Jordan

Venezuelan Doctor Detained in Texas After Losing Job to Visa Freeze

The Venezuelan doctor, who was forced out of his hospital job by a federal visa pause, was detained by Border Patrol on Monday.“I am a physician in a federally recognized medically underserved area. In an area like this, missing even a resident physician like me, is a lot,” Ezequiel Veliz said. “Tha

M Miriam Jordan

Leader of University of Wisconsin System Is Fired by the Board

Jay O. Rothman’s departure brought an end to a four-year stint as leader of the university system following a public struggle for power.Jay O. Rothman, as president of the Wisconsin university system, at a University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting in Madison last fall.

A Alan Blinder and Stephanie Saul

At Broadway’s ‘Rocky Horror Show,’ Fan Participation Is Tricky

The new musical is trying to calibrate just how much to rein in the audience participation that longtime fans are used to.Naomi Lafont, in face paint inspired by a dance scene in the film version, is one of may audience members dressing up for the new Broadway revival of “The Rocky Horror Show.”

R Rachel Sherman and Graham Dickie