Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri at his home near Washington on Thursday. His release from jail was a rare concession by China after President Trump raised his case.

James Blair, a deputy chief of staff, is taking over President Trump’s outside political operation and its $300 million-plus budget, Mr. Trump announced on Friday.

Melania Trump before speaking in the Grand Foyer of the White House on Thursday.

Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence and has recently been moved to a minimum-security facility.

Harvard has been trying to resolve its differences with the federal government. It also has issues with its students.

The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show was set to go back on air tonight.

Mayor Eric Adams and officials of his administration said New York City has become safer under his leadership.

The federal judges for the Southern District of New York are to vote on whether to name Jay Clayton, interim U.S. attorney for the district, to remain in the post.

Jack Posobiec and several other conservative influencers were offered a preview of the Epstein files in February, hours before they were released publicly by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“Squid Game,” with Lee Jung-jae, was shut out of this year’s Emmy nominations.

Top academics in the Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Department at Columbia University, including Professors Timothy Mitchell and Gil Hochberg, the department’s chair, say the school is committed to the program’s autonomy.

Elon Musk boarding Air Force One in March.

Coleman Hughes in Queens, N.Y., on Tuesday. Mr. Hughes has emerged as something of a rarity in the tense national conversation over how race should factor into public policy.

Randy Roedema was convicted in October of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault.

Rosalynn Carter lay in repose at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta on Monday.