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Christopher Wray, the F.B.I.’s director, told Congress last December that the bureau purchased the phone hacking tool Pegasus for research and development purposes....Read More

Both sides are expected to pause operations. But heavy snows and freezing temperatures could make it difficult for the poorly equipped Russian army to regroup....Read More

The Customs and Border Protection commissioner, Chris Magnus, has refused to step down, exposing conflicts at the Homeland Security Department over how to manage a high number of illegal border crossings....Read More

They may still win the House. But an underwhelming showing has the G.O.P. wrestling with what went wrong: Was it bad candidates, a bad message or Donald J. Trump?...Read More

Senator Mark Kelly, a Democrat, holds an edge in his bid for re-election, but the race for governor appears to be a true tossup, even as several Republican candidates sow doubts about the results....Read More

The men, who first met as vice presidents, plan to hold face-to-face talks for the first time as national leaders, and at a time when animus defines U.S.-China relations....Read More

Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, defeated Mark Finchem, who had begun casting unfounded doubts on this year’s elections as it appeared that he might lose....Read More

The political world is diving into a runoff between Senator Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker that will reveal the extent of Democrats’ unexpected traction in the midterm races....Read More

Members of both parties were poring over the ongoing counts in search of clues to the final outcome....Read More

A judge added $473 million in fees to the award Mr. Jones must pay in a Connecticut case and ordered him not to move his personal assets outside the United States....Read More