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Trump Officials Ramp Up Investigations Into Voter Registration Groups

The Trump administration is investigating nonprofits that it says may be recruiting noncitizens for voter registration, documents show, even though noncitizen voting in the United States is rare.

© Will Warasila for The New York Times

With control of Congress and the future of President Trump’s agenda at stake, Democrats are concerned that false claims about rampant illegal voting could be used by Republicans to challenge the results of the midterms.
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Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records

Two men were mistakenly arrested in the Bronx by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Gary R. Brown, a federal judge, condemned the agency’s actions.

© Todd Heisler/The New York Times

Immigration arrests have swept across the New York region as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown.
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Facing Backlash, Trump Says His Super PAC Will Pay for Taxpayer-Funded Ads

The president said that his PAC, MAGA, Inc., would pay for TV ads promoting him that had been paid for with taxpayer money.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Trump reversed course and said that his super PAC would pay for ads promoting him, which had been paid for with public funds.
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Chicago Woman Shot by Border Patrol Agent Sues Federal Government

The lawsuit is the latest in a widening push from people who claim they were harmed by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and now want justice.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in Chicago last year.
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Kristi Noem’s Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left

The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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How Trump’s Deportation Policies Have Rocked a South Florida House Race

Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.

© Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

Representative María Elvira Salazar ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration’s deportation policies, angering the president and possibly emboldening other Republicans around the country.
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Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Trump Officials Over Minnesota Killing

The fatal shooting of Ms. Good set off protests during the Trump administration’s immigration operation early this year in Minnesota.

© Tim Evans/Reuters

Becca Good, partner of Renee Good, at a news conference on Thursday announcing the filing of federal civil rights lawsuits after Renee Good was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross.
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New Facility at Louisiana Airport to Hold Immigrant Children and Families

The site in Alexandria, La., a major expansion of the Trump administration’s busiest deportation hub, will streamline and accelerate removals.

© Brent McDonald/The New York Times

Alexandria International Airport in Rapides Parish, La.
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Justice Dept. Tries to Rebuke Federal Judges for Speaking to The Times

Judge Patrick J. Schiltz had warned that the administration’s actions “created a grave threat to the rule of law.” The attorney general accused him of “obvious bias.”

© Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times

Judge Patrick Schiltz said he was “acting well within the ethical rules that apply to federal judges in speaking to The New York Times.”
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