The consequences of the dossier, put together by a former British spy named Christopher Steele, are incalculable and will play out long past Inauguration Day. Whatever did or did not happen in Donald J. Trump’s Moscow hotel suite in 2013, Russia has a long record of collecting compromising material on those it perceives as enemies. What led to reports of supposed Russian plans to try to blackmail the president-elect? There are far more questions than answers. Known in Congress as an unrelenting partisan, Representative Pompeo is wading into an extraordinary breach between the president-elect and the intelligence agency. “As far as hacking, I think it was Russia,” the president-elect said in a news conference, though he avoided questions about whether his team had contact with Russia during the campaign. Pushback on a leaked intelligence report, sharp words for CNN and a new appointee for the Department of Veterans Affairs. President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday in New York held a news conference for the first time in six months. He called BuzzFeed “garbage” and shouted at a CNN reporter, and the two outlets argued with each other over publishing unverified claims about him. Mr. Trump will hand his business empire to a trust controlled by his oldest sons, a move the director of the Office of Government Ethics said was not enough. The former chief executive of Exxon Mobil found himself on the defensive over his reluctance to declare that some dictators were violators of human rights. In a strong indication that his main priority remains choosing an unwavering conservative, he thanked leaders of two leading conservative groups for their help vetting candidates. Ms. Chao, the nominee for transportation secretary, sailed through her hearing, offering remarkably few specifics but many promises of cooperation. If confirmed, Dr. David J. Shulkin will be the first secretary to lead the department who is not a veteran, though he has helped lead several private health care systems. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Wednesday: A daredevil breaks his feet, Los Angeles wins the George Lucas museum, and Xavier Becerra pledges to be a muscular attorney general. Backed by President Obama, Mr. Holder will lead the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, a group aimed at breaking the Republican Party’s grip on the congressional map. The officials charged in the case include a former head of development of the Volkswagen brand and the head of engine development. The Teleférico in La Paz is one of the longest aerial cable car systems in the world. It transports 60,000 passengers on average each day. Mr. Roof, the white supremacist who killed nine black people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, faced the relatives of his victims. The team appears set to leave San Diego — for the city where it began play in 1960 — and to share a new $2.6 billion stadium with the Rams. The tiny country assumed the six-month rotating presidency of a 28-nation bloc that is facing enormous strain. Abdul Ali Shamsi, the Kandahar deputy governor, was among 11 killed in a bombing seemingly tailored to shake the faith in government he had sought to restore. Freezing conditions in Europe threaten thousands of refugees and migrants. Four deaths have been attributed to the weather in the last week, according to the United Nations migration agency. Snow, freezing rain and flooding threatened tens of thousands of people, many of them living in tents and other flimsy shelters without heat. About 280,000 new asylum seekers arrived in 2016, down from the 890,000 migrants in 2015, the interior minister said, as the rate of rejected asylum seekers went up. Although the government did not confirm the ban, media reports said vendors and merchants received notice of the prohibition on the full-body veil. A blizzard, the heaviest snowfall since 2009, was just what the city needed as it struggles with anxiety amid terrorism and political instability. A strong blizzard brought the heaviest snowfall since 2009 to the Turkish city of Istanbul in the last week. In the reservation marketplace Airbnb, the designation Superhost is rare and offers some advantages. Here are some ways to achieve it. Hundreds will travel to the capital Saturday to make their voices heard on immigration issues, before what they fear may be a harsher regime takes hold. In countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, the expansion was seen as an opportunity for smaller federations to play on the world stage someday. The Met on Wednesday morning informed its staff that it will push back plans for a southwest wing dedicated to Modern and contemporary art. The country began turning off FM broadcasting on Wednesday, a move to digital that has some people worried about the consequences. After analyzing more than 1,500 hyolith fossils, researchers concluded they are most closely related to present-day brachiopods, not mollusks. The peatlands, covering an area the size of New York State, contain billions of tons of stored carbon but are vulnerable to warming and development. The “Eight-Year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression” will now be the “14-Year War,” with the starting date moved back to 1931, the government said. Life in Egypt can be confounding and exasperating, and then suddenly filled with delight. That contrast pretty much summed up our Nile River cruise. New research shows they shared many behaviors that we long believed to be uniquely human. Why did science get them so wrong? Daisy Goodwin, the PBS show’s creator, says the queen’s story is “so modern that it still frightens people: a young woman in power.” Benita Rudolph, a Neediest Cases beneficiary, arrived in New York years ago to join a musical production. She now plans to become a practical nurse. More Recent Articles |
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