Mr. Mnuchin, a longtime Trump acquaintance, is a former Goldman Sachs partner who has worked in hedge funds and Hollywood finance and has no government experience. Reversing a plan the president-elect had assailed, the company will keep roughly half of the 2,000 manufacturing jobs in Indiana that it was to shift to Mexico. The proposal, advanced by the president-elect via Twitter, appears to be in conflict with an array of Supreme Court precedents. News organizations grapple with covering a commander in chief who uses his Twitter account as a bully pulpit and propaganda weapon. Ms. Pelosi, who is expected to win re-election as House minority leader, has become a stand-in for complaints that Democrats have failed to court working-class voters. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. China is reopening mines amid worries about power supplies, demonstrating how difficult it will be to wean its giant economy from coal dependence. If the president-elect keeps nuclear plants going and maintains momentum for wind, solar, and shale energy, the United States could outdo its Paris pledges. Immigration concerns and the election of Donald J. Trump in the United States are seen as giving Norbert Hofer an even chance to win the largely ceremonial role in voting on Sunday. A student who ran over people with a car and used a knife on the campus in Columbus was reported to have spoken about a sleeper cell. Leaflets dropped over the besieged city warned inhabitants, “If you don’t leave these areas quickly you will be annihilated.” According to an official inquiry, the American-led attacks in September were conducted under the “good-faith belief” that the targets were Islamic State militants. Float above the St. Nicholas National Shrine, at the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, as a cross is installed on the dome. The tragedy came just as fans across Brazil had been reveling in Chapecoense’s performance, helping to unite much of the country behind the team’s sudden emergence as a regional contender. Few survivors have been found among the 77 on the chartered flight taking the team to a game in Medellín. The crash came as fans across Brazil had been reveling in the team’s performance. The crash of a plane carrying the Brazilian soccer club Chapecoense to a game in Colombia is one of several similar accidents stretching back decades. Atlético Nacional, a Colombian team, asked Copa Sudamericana organizers to award the trophy to Chapecoense, a Brazilian club that lost most of its players in a plane crash. For decades, the United States and Britain’s vision of democracy and freedom defined the postwar world. What will happen in an age of Donald Trump and Nigel Farage? New research tries to spot the collapse of liberal democracies before they happen, and it suggests that Western democracy may be seriously ill. The Food and Drug Administration has approved large-scale clinical trials to study MDMA, the illegal party drug better known as Ecstasy, as treatment for PTSD patients. Michael T. Slager, who was fired after killing an unarmed black man in North Charleston, S.C., said “total fear” consumed him before the shooting. Benjamin J. Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, will join the top American diplomat in Cuba at the funeral, an official said, citing the countries’ “complicated” relationship. A group called Veterans Stand for Standing Rock planned a nonviolent intervention to defend demonstrators from the police, organizers said. Three people died and 14 were injured as high winds and a drought fueled wildfires in East Tennessee. She made paintings of serene subtlety. He is known for his explosive music. Martin, the artist, inspired Mr. Zorn, the composer, and now their work will be paired. Cespedes’s $27.5 million average annual salary would be the highest in Mets history, and the second-highest for any position player in baseball. This may be the ultimate book nerd’s fantasy, but it’s also hard work. We talked to some Brooklyn experts. Mr. Wilmore, whose late show was canceled in August, is to develop scripted material for ABC, and will work with network executives in recruiting talent. The house that once trailed behind Sotheby’s and Christie’s is now primed to compete with them, hiring their experts and offering more guarantees at sales. The woman, Anna Yocca, who was first arrested a year ago, pleaded not guilty on Monday to new charges, which include attempted criminal abortion. Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, who goes by the name Zunar, is under investigation for producing cartoons that purportedly defamed Prime Minister Najib Razak. But on Tuesday, the National Board of Review gave its seal of approval to “Manchester by the Sea.” Is there a rivalry brewing? About two-thirds of the shallow-water coral on the reef’s previously pristine, 430-mile northern stretch was dead, researchers reported. I was a lapsed downhill skier. Then I moved to Europe and discovered that the Alps were all I needed to reclaim my passion for the slopes. From media pundits to tech companies, more and more people are preaching empathy — as long as it serves their own interests. Kevai Jones, who became pregnant and dropped out of school, hopes to earn a high school equivalency diploma and eventually a college degree. More Recent Articles |
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