In a discussion at The New York Times, the president-elect was less adamant on prosecuting Hillary Clinton, the use of waterboarding and climate change. Times reporters, editors and columnists were tweeting throughout the meeting with Mr. Trump. Here’s what they said. “Lock her up”? The president-elect signaled that he would prefer to move on rather than pursue inquiries into Mrs. Clinton’s email use and the Clinton Foundation. The president-elect suggested that the retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson could be his housing secretary and spoke at length to a Democrat, Michelle Rhee, about education. Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota has been steadily adding endorsements, but some advisers to President Obama are urging others to enter the race. The president-elect’s push-pull approach to the news media was on display in his responses to questions about the First Amendment and Breitbart News. Questions are being raised about whether Mr. Trump is exploiting the high profile of the presidency to conduct what could be seen as a promotional tour for the Trump Organization. Conservative news outlets are busy cataloging the reactions of aggrieved celebrities who are inadvertently energizing the opposition. The Donald J. Trump Foundation acknowledged on its 2015 tax form that it had used money or assets for a “disqualified person,” or one of the organization’s central people. The choice of the former neurosurgeon suggested that Mr. Trump was seeking diversity in an administration that has started off predominantly white and male. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Mr. Obama is on pace to be the first president since Lyndon B. Johnson to leave office with a federal prison population smaller than the one he inherited. The social network, blocked in China since 2009, has developed software to keep posts from appearing in users’ news feeds in specific geographic areas, current and former employees said. A study published Tuesday found that some babies who did not have unusually small heads when they were born still presented microcephaly months later. The Zika scare in Latin America has prompted a recent surge in awareness and monitoring of the virus in Asia. Richard White, a lifelong resident of Standing Rock, talks about his relationship to the land and the water, and his fear for their future. After dinner but before leftovers, some movie suggestions for the holiday weekend. “Allied” is not so much a work of art as a triumph of craft, possibly the purest and most relaxed demonstration of the director Robert Zemeckis’s mastery. The holdup is the latest in a series of robberies targeting wealthy tourists and famous visitors in and around the French capital. The operative, who was previously known only by the nom de guerre Abu Souleymane, is Abdelilah Himich, a 27-year-old from Morocco, the State Department said. A federal judge in Texas issued an injunction, arguing that the Obama administration had exceeded its authority by raising the income limit so significantly. At least five students in Tennessee had died and another 12 were still hospitalized, the authorities said, and the bus driver was charged with vehicular homicide. Arena, who has won five M.L.S. titles and five N.C.A.A. titles, will lead the Americans for the balance of this World Cup cycle after having coached them in the 2002 and 2006 Cups. Attending the theater before 1850 or so in the United States was far more akin to attending a football game today than to attending contemporary theater. As legal use of marijuana spreads, it has raised questions in the workplace, such as about drug tests and insurance coverage for medical use. Cleaner waters and an abundance of fish have attracted at least one humpback whale to the river waters off Manhattan this month. As more cities impose tax on sugary drinks, a vow from some soft drink producers to reduce calories 20 percent in 10 years advances ever so slightly. The higher the fat content of the milk they drank, the lower the children’s B.M.I. and the higher their vitamin D levels. After shopping for sake and snacks, the “Gilmore Girls” star shares sushi, and a love of Japanese culture, with her half sister. We’ve heard about its power to help us empathize with others. But what if, instead, it’s just cocooning us with our friends? Leroy Bracey’s eyesight has slowly deteriorated over the years, but the 49-year-old, who is now homeless, continues to seek employment and daily spiritual encouragement. More Recent Articles |
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