Fulton County filed a motion in federal court demanding the return of ballots and other 2020 election materials that F.B.I. agents seized last week. The motion was filed under seal, county spokeswoman Jessica Corbitt said, and also seeks the unsealing of the affidavit used to obtain the search

Federal immigration enforcement actions and a deadly school shooting disrupted the school year in parts of Minnesota and Maine, bringing threats, lockdowns and a heightened law enforcement presence around schools. Families — especially immigrants and nonwhite parents — described fear about routine activities and about children being detained or witnessing arrests, and

Veterans and veteran organisations have warned the government’s plan to sell more than 60 defence properties will take at least a decade and cost billions, urging caution to avoid repeating the problems of past divestment drives. A multi-year review recommended 68 sites for disposal, with the sales expected to

Two investigative journalists, Liu Hu and Wu Yingjiao, were detained this week after publishing an article alleging corruption by a local official in Pujiang County in Sichuan Province. Police in Chengdu said a 50-year-old man surnamed Liu and a 34-year-old man surnamed Wu had been detained on suspicion of "

Yair Golan, a former general and leader of the left-wing Democrats, is the most prominent Jewish party leader still arguing for a two-state solution, which he presents as a pragmatic security imperative he calls a “cruel truth.” He has positioned his party as an alternative to centrist rivals and to