Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, appeared to endorse the plan as a way to pay for a wall on the Mexican border, but then backtracked. A proposal put forth by the White House on Thursday at first sounded like a big tariff on Mexican imports, but the reality is less drastic. The cancellation of his trip to the United States ended months of diplomacy for a leader caught between his people and an unpredictable, and at times hostile, American president. A plan to revamp corporate taxes by making importers pay, but not exporters, could be costly for retailers and many industries, as well as consumers. Tucked into the president’s executive order on building a wall along the border with Mexico is language that widens officials’ authority to deport undocumented immigrants. Republicans’ longstanding opposition to federal spending, along with other party orthodoxy, is being cast aside to support President Trump Choosing to answer a question no one asked, declaring oneself “a policy guy” and stroking the chin of a puppy: ways to shrug off questions about the president. President Trump asked a congressional Republican retreat in Philadelphia where his C.I.A. director was, raising questions about his understanding of the agency’s independence. Mr. Bannon, one of President Trump's top advisers, gave a scathing assessment of the news media, calling it “the opposition party.” The White House is drafting a presidential directive seeking an aggressive plan that could include American artillery and attack helicopters in action in Syria. Two fights loom in Washington for social conservatives: an effort in Congress to eliminate Planned Parenthood’s federal funding and the choice of a Supreme Court nominee who opposes abortion. This year’s anti-abortion march in Washington – the 44th annual March for Life — was expected to be a celebratory event at which abortion foes could savor a few wins. President Trump asked why someone from the agency had shared someone else’s Twitter post giving an unflattering comparison of his inaugural crowd. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Even with President Trump’s blessing for the project, blocked by his predecessor, it still faces changing energy markets and environmental protests. The political tide might seem unfavorable for electric cars and solar panels, but the new president may see them as part of a job-producing future. The president, Adama Barrow, had fled to neighboring Senegal more than a week earlier after Yahya Jammeh, his defeated predecessor, refused to cede power. The world’s biggest annual human migration is underway as hundreds of millions of Chinese leave the cities to return to their hometowns for the Spring Festival. Tens of millions are traveling from industrial regions to their hometowns to celebrate. The holiday rush is not a tranquil experience, but it has become more orderly. No need to settle for plain steamed vegetables when you can brighten them with garlic, red pepper and lemon, or enrich them with butter or cheese. The police chief in LaGrange, Ga., who is white, says he will apologize for the death of a young black man by a white mob in 1940. Human stem cells could be implanted in an early pig embryo, making a chimera with human organs suitable for transplant. It would be tempting to say the sisters’ meeting in the Australian Open might be their last in a Grand Slam tournament final, but they have upended conventional wisdom before. He plays a rogue who strikes it rich, a thrill complicated by the corruptions of wealth, treachery and the schemer’s own fecklessness. “Mary lived in a studio apartment with a pullout sofa bed, and not coincidentally so did I,” Jane Pauley writes of Ms. Moore’s most famous character. Ms. Moore was best known as the spunky professional Mary Richards on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and as Laura Petrie, the wife of a comedy writer, on “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” The police are seeking the arrest of Mr. Batista, an oil and mining magnate, in connection with bribes paid to the former governor of Rio de Janeiro. While other tech companies rise and fall with consumer tastes, Google’s parent has been consistent in generating huge earnings. Insulted members of the Texas Muslim community are responding to a survey sent out by a state representative, who said it was designed to expose “radical Islamic terrorism.” Esteban Santiago, 26, faces 22 federal counts, none terrorism-related, in a shooting spree this month that left five people dead and six others wounded. In this Mint Theater production — written by Miles Malleson in 1933 but only now having its world premiere — a couple weigh the merits of polyamory. The president called the writer “terrible” and described the show as “failing” and “not funny” in an interview with Sean Hannity. A passenger faces hate crime charges after he kicked an airline worker in a head scarf at Kennedy and told her, “Trump is here now,” officials said. Documents that are part of a continuing investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board also revealed the train’s operator tested positive for marijuana. Scientists have been chasing solid metallic hydrogen for decades. The latest claim, published in the journal Science, draws debate. The surprise departure of Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt raises questions about the company’s willingness to change after the diesel deception scandal. A tweetstorm with more “awws” than “aghs” started with the birth of a seal pup at the Smithsonian. A landfill that is attracting birds that endanger aviation is a symbol of dysfunction to many in Lebanon. The clock run by a group of scientists now stands at two and a half minutes before midnight, which symbolically represents the end of days. The actor and performance artist was charged with misdemeanor assault and harassment, and was ordered to appear in court in April. Fueled by a new wave of young local and foreign artists, the state is becoming an increasingly relevant center for contemporary art. More Recent Articles |
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