In the United States, pilots undergo a criminal history check as well as a threat assessment to see if they have ever been flagged as a “person of interest” in federal law enforcement databases.

Todd Blanche speaking at the Capitol last month.

Migrants returning back to Morocco. Last week, between 50,000 and 60,000 people entered Ceuta, a small Spanish exclave in North Africa that shares a border with Morocco.

Paul Weiss’s offices in Washington.

A delivery in Wilmington, N.C., this month. Heat is linked to hundreds of workplace deaths each year, but labor groups say the true toll is unknown because heat-related illnesses are not properly tracked or reported.

Spanish police officers and soldiers escorting migrants to the border, after mass crossings of migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco, in Ceuta, Spain, on Saturday.

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during a cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday.

John Galliano is considered by many in the fashion world to be one of the most influential living designers. But he became a household name after a video of him making antisemitic comments at a Paris bar became international news in 2011.

Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, at the Capitol this week.

Todd Blanche, according to current and former officials, understands that coping with President Trump’s demands, rages and U-turns is the price to pay for rising in his orbit.

A Spanish soldier keeping watch on Friday at the Spanish-Moroccan border.

President Donald Trump points to attendees after delivering an address to the nation from the East Room on Thursday night.

A group of people prayed together at a memorial for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston on Saturday.