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The killing of the right-wing activist deepened lawmakers’ fears of violence directed against them, and the toxic discourse that has fed such threats.

Already, a series of missteps by Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, in recent months have invited worries that he has eroded public confidence in the agency.

The government filed an emergency request after a lower court prevented the president from firing Ms. Cook as the case proceeds.

Mr. Kirk was among the faithful who had helped Mr. Trump build a comeback after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol made him a political outcast. Mr. Trump …

The 77-year-old former banker, who lives in Toronto, said he was “shocked” by the speed at which his photograph spread online.

Though it failed, Mr. Schumer’s proposal brought the contentious debate over the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files to the Senate, which has largely avoided it.

The interim order came after a decision in June on medical care for transgender youths and as the justices prepare to hear arguments on transgender athletes.

Behind the scenes, major pharmaceutical companies and Trump-tied billionaires are furiously lobbying in opposite directions over proposed anti-China measures.

The administration is proposing a return to a 1990s-era policy that kept most drug ads off TV. That could dent the revenues of drugmakers and major networks.

President Trump made the short trek from the White House to Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab to show that his federal crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital …