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On Monday, President Trump said of the Panama Canal, “We’re taking it back.” The letter from Panama cited articles of the U.N. charter that prohibit member states from using threats and force. Read full article

The interim appointments, two in New York and one in Washington, signaled a break from past practice that reflects the importance of frontline prosecutors to the administration’s plans. Read full article

Jennifer Medina, a political reporter who lives in Los Angeles, writes about a reporting trip that took her to both the Palisades and Eaton fire zones. Read full article

The first woman to lead a branch of the armed forces was relieved of command within 24 hours of President Trump’s inauguration. Read full article

On Tuesday, President Claudia Sheinbaum responded point by point to President Trump’s executive orders on migration, trade and other issues. Read full article

Marco Rubio told State Department employees that changes under President Trump “are not meant to be destructive, they’re not meant to be punitive.” Read full article

During her Senate confirmation hearing, President Trump’s pick for ambassador to the United Nations said she was willing to leverage U.S. contributions to force changes in pursuit of his “America First” agenda. Read full article

The lawsuit to block the president’s executive order is the first salvo in what is likely to be a long-running legal fight over immigration policy. Read full article

Republicans are defined today more by a single man than perhaps either party has been in decades, even as the clock starts ticking on Donald Trump’s tenure. Read full article

The court instructed an appeals court to reconsider whether lurid evidence tainted the trial of Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row. Read full article