The New York Times

1. Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace

   The F.A.A., citing “a grave risk of fatalities” from a new technology being used on the Mexican border, got caught in a stalemate with the Pentagon, which deemed the weapon “necessary.”

2. Trump Erased the Endangerment Finding. Here Come the Lawsuits.

   The battle is expected to reach the Supreme Court, which is far more conservative today than it was when the measure was established.

3. T.S.A. Workers Brace for Another Shutdown They Didn’t Cause

   As Congress leaves town without funding their department, airport security officers wonder, “How many more times am I going to be able to do this?”

4. New U.S. Boat Strike Kills 3 in the Caribbean

   The attacks since early November had specifically targeted suspected drug smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean.

5. How ICE Failed to Justify the Shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis

   The collapse of the Trump administration’s version of events in the case was only the most recent instance in which officials gave an account of a shooting that was later contradicted.