At a Senate hearing, Representative Tom Price set lofty goals for replacing the health law but did not say how he would achieve them. Tom Price, the health and human services pick, Scott Pruitt, chosen to lead the E.P.A., and others faced aggressive questioning at hearings but avoided major stumbles. The Obama administration has written 275 briefing papers for the incoming administration, but doesn’t know whether the material has been read. The president-elect credits his running mate, but also jabs at Republicans and critics alike, and talks about “merit-based” immigration. President Obama addressed a wide range of issues, including Chelsea Manning and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during his last meeting with the White House press corps. The president invited in artists and sought others out, from novelists to rappers to musicians to actors. Cameron Harris, a recent college graduate, pulled six million people into his bogus story about the discovery of fraudulent ballots for Hillary Clinton. Current and former Rockettes find themselves in a new spotlight as they take sides over the inauguration, breaking with the solidarity that defines the troupe. March officials are being criticized for including abortion rights language in the official platform, alienating women who consider themselves feminists but oppose the procedure. Mr. Perdue, Georgia’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction, had spoken with President-elect Donald J. Trump about trade deals’ effects on American producers. The school choice advocate seemed unfamiliar with basic terms and policies, including the federal law for students with disabilities. Mr. Perry had believed that, as energy secretary, he would be a global ambassador for oil and gas. In reality, he would be overseeing nuclear weapons. The disclosure that the nominee, Mick Mulvaney, failed to pay more than $15,000 in payroll taxes for a babysitter raised questions about his nomination. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Navient made serious mistakes at every step of the loan collection process, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a lawsuit. Power brokers are in the Swiss Alps to discuss how to make globalization more lucrative, but there is no appetite for redistributing wealth or empowering workers. A justice rejected a request to issue a warrant for Jay Y. Lee, but the de facto Samsung chief can still be indicted if a special prosecutor decides to pursue bribery allegations. Björn Höcke, a star in the Alternative for Germany party, has found growing success challenging national regret over the Holocaust and the country’s Nazi crimes. President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines unleashed a brutal antidrug campaign that has killed thousands of people since he took office last June. Andrew Glazer of The New York Times takes us inside the grim reality in Manila. “We expect records to continue to be broken,” says a top climate scientist. These four graphics help illustrate the trend. Ian Schrager, a Studio 54 owner convicted in 1980 of tax evasion, might seem to be in little need of presidential intercession. He agrees, to a point. The Army intelligence analyst convicted in a 2010 leak of security documents is set to be freed this May instead of in 2045. Alexis K. Manigo is trying to balance her ties to the woman who raised her, now charged with kidnapping, and to her birthparents. There were conflicting accounts about events in Umm al-Hiran, a Negev village where homes were slated for demolition. A frightening nationwide hoax targeting Jewish facilities continued with more than two dozen threats at centers in 17 states. The collaborative missions against Islamic State positions serve to expand the two countries’ budding military cooperation Netflix added a record 7.05 million streaming members in the three months that ended Dec. 31, beating its forecast of 5.2 million new members for the quarter. The number killed in an errant bombing by a Nigerian military fighter jet on Tuesday included at least nine aid workers, humanitarian groups said Wednesday. The dispute with Sony/ATV, over an obscure aspect of copyright law, involves dozens of songs he wrote with John Lennon. A total of six, said to be a record for an inauguration, will each have 60 to 90 seconds to offer a reading or lead a prayer. The work, an adaptation of Chekhov’s first play written by Ms. Blanchett’s husband, Andrew Upton, last week grossed just over $1 million. The agency posted more than 930,000 documents online, including research on spiritualist healers in Mexico and reports on U.F.O.s. Raines was selected for Cooperstown in his final appearance on the writers’ ballot. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, still tainted by scandal, fell short again. Samantha Power, the ambassador to the United Nations, is known for advocating diplomacy to prevent atrocities, but poor timing has hampered efforts to avert a catastrophe. Mr. Bush was in stable condition at Houston Methodist Hospital on Wednesday after doctors cleared his airway, his spokesman said. His wife, Barbara, was also admitted. The chant is on a new track, called “Tiny Hands,” the singer created for the women’s march in Washington after Donald Trump’s inauguration. The original cast of the hit show, its director and its creators will all return for a 10-episode run during the 2017-18 season. The football league has denied that it asked the singer not to discuss politics ahead of her performance at the Super Bowl. Mr. Trump will be sworn in on Lincoln’s Bible, which was also used by one other president: Barack Obama. On this week’s Modern Love Podcast, the “Star Trek” actor reads Craig Bridger’s story of a pre-wedding perfectionist freakout — by the groom. Joanna Acevedo, 22, had to quit boxing and postpone her dreams to care for her daughter, who was born with a rare condition that has affected her eyesight. More Recent Articles |
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