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New Trump Deportation Rules Allow Far More Expulsions

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and RON NIXON

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Mexicans deported from the U.S. walked to a repatriation center in Tijuana in June 2016.

The rules authorize expelling undocumented immigrants who have committed even minor offenses, and they make it easier to immediately deport people.

A group demonstrating in support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in New York earlier this month. The Trump administration is expected to end a policy that broadened school bathroom access for transgender students.

Trump Appears Set to Reverse Protections for Transgender Students

By ERIC LICHTBLAU

The administration signaled an imminent announcement as to whether transgender students should be able to use the bathroom of their choice.

Pictured in Iraq, from left: Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster in April 2005; General Jim Mattis in March 2003; General John F. Kelly in September 2008.

3 Generals Bound by Iraq Will Guide Trump on Security

By PETER BAKER and ERIC SCHMITT

H. R. McMaster will join Jim Mattis and John F. Kelly at the table in the Situation Room, steering a new president through the crosscurrents of a stormy world.

The Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to hear an appeal by a convicted murderer in Alabama, but Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, dissented.

Supreme Court Rejects Alabama Death Row Inmate’s Appeal

By ADAM LIPTAK

The inmate, Thomas D. Arthur, had challenged the use of a chemical in the state’s lethal injection protocol, saying it could cause excruciating pain.

Maria Guadalupe Guereca, right, visited the grave of Sergio Hernández Guereca, her son, in Juárez, Mexico, last week.

Justices Weigh Agent’s Cross-Border Shooting of Mexican Teenager

By ADAM LIPTAK

The Supreme Court considered whether the parents of the 15-year-old boy, killed in Mexico by a border guard in the United States, may sue in American courts.

In First, Trump Condemns Rise in Anti-Semitism, Calling It ‘Horrible’

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS

The president made the comments after he was criticized for failing to denounce the rise in anti-Jewish threats and actions since his inauguration.

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At Town Halls, Doses of Fury and a Bottle of Tums

By TRIP GABRIEL, THOMAS KAPLAN, LIZETTE ALVAREZ and EMMARIE HUETTEMAN

Some Republican legislators encountered boos and hostile questions. One attendee gave a senator some antacids because he was “going to need them.”

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump this month at the White House. Ms. Trump converted to Judaism before marrying Mr. Kushner.

Ivanka Trump Calls for Tolerance After Threats on Jewish Centers

By MAGGIE HABERMAN and NIRAJ CHOKSHI

Ms. Trump, a convert to Judaism, posted a Twitter message calling for “religious tolerance” after 11 separate bomb scares were called into Jewish community centers around the country.

President Trump at a news conference Thursday. “I have nothing to do with Russia,” he told reporters. “To the best of my knowledge, no person that I deal with does.”

Contradicting Trump on Russia: Russian Officials

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG

President Trump has insisted his campaign had no contact with Russian officials — denials that stand at odds with the utterances of Russian officials themselves.

The Upshot

There are not many abandoned steel mills in Irvine, Calif., where a Republican representative, Mimi Walters, is expected to run for re-election in a district carried by Hillary Clinton.

Democrats’ Best Bet for House Control Is Following the Sun

By NATE COHN

The voters who decided the last election might not decide the next. The road to a Democratic House starts in Orange County in California.

Discarded cigarettes at a U.S. Tobacco manufacturing plant in Timberlake, N.C. The U.S. Tobacco co-op is made up of about 700 tobacco farmers who pool their crops and share the profits.

A.T.F. Filled Secret Bank Account With Millions From Shadowy Cigarette Sales

By MATT APUZZO

An off-the-books operation, meant to finance undercover work, is the subject of a lawsuit that has been kept nearly entirely sealed for years.

Bill Maher, Faulted for Booking Milo Yiannopoulos, Takes Credit for His Fall

By DAVE ITZKOFF

In an interview, Mr. Maher spoke about having the right-wing personality on his show “Real Time,” and why he will continue to seek out provocative conservative guests.

An exam room at the Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center in Austin, Tex.

Judge Blocks Medicaid Cuts to Planned Parenthood in Texas

By CHRISTOPHER MELE

The judge ruled that the state did not support claims that the organization violated medical or ethical standards related to abortion procedures.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained a suspect in Los Angeles this month.

Major Elements of Trump’s New Immigration Policies

By NICHOLAS KULISH, VIVIAN YEE, CAITLIN DICKERSON, LIZ ROBBINS, FERNANDA SANTOS and JENNIFER MEDINA

The Trump administration has significantly hardened the country’s policies regarding illegal immigration.

President Trump leaving the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va., on Saturday, his first full day in office.

Grand Plans vs. Reality: White House Veterans Recall Their First 100 Days

By JEREMY W. PETERS

Don’t Ask, don’t Tell.” Bombing Iraq. Somali pirates. Top officials from the Clinton, Bush and Obama White Houses recall how nothing goes exactly as planned.