Three federal judges were considering a lower court’s ruling that allowed previously barred travelers and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries to enter the country. The suspension of commando operations in Yemen is a setback for President Trump, who says he wants to take a more aggressive approach against Islamic militants. Ms. Warren was accused of impugning a peer when she condemned Senator Jeff Sessions’s nomination for attorney general while reading a letter from Coretta Scott King on the Senate floor. The Brotherhood, with millions of followers, is the oldest Islamist group in the Middle East, and designating it as a terrorist group would roil the region. Here is the Trump administration’s list of what it calls underreported terrorist attacks. The Times covered most of the attacks cited, many with multiple articles. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Tuesday: Introducing Senator Kamala Harris’s California deputy, rising political fervor in Silicon Valley, and a move to free tuition at City College of San Francisco. Betsy DeVos had one of the most contentious confirmations in history. Calls inundated the Capitol, disrupting the Senate’s voice mail system. But, in a historic tiebreaking vote, Ms. DeVos became the next education secretary. The vote on Tuesday was believed to be the first in Senate history in which the vice president was called in to break a tie on a cabinet nomination. The speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, said Mr. Trump should not address Parliament, but other Conservative lawmakers disagreed. The lawsuit says a Daily Mail article on claims that a modeling agency Mrs. Trump once worked for was also an escort service had deprived her of a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” But the executive, John F. Kelly, told lawmakers he expected the administration to win a court challenge to the measure. Mr. Trump’s behavior has proved “what we have been saying for more than 30 years,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said. Great Bear Lake in Canada is the first Unesco Biosphere Reserve led by an indigenous community. They guard it as if it were the last hope for humanity. They may have a point. The pipeline, which has been the focus of protests for months, is set to run under the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s reservation in North Dakota. A group of senior Republican figures, led by James A. Baker III, says that taxing carbon emissions is the fairest way to address a warming climate. A new railway line from Djibouti to Ethiopia has showcased China’s effort to extend its influence, with aid and expertise, throughout Africa. “It’s about forcing us to confront the aesthetic of loss,” a professor says of a film oeuvre that captures colonial-era buildings before they are razed. Masked urban explorers are creating a video archive of Hong Kong’s abandoned sites from the colonial era, which are at risk of being demolished. Efforts to add stalls gain speed as the theater industry awakens to the frustration women face at intermission and to a growing expectation of comfort. The former president, accused of spending more than the legal limit on his 2012 campaign, was expected to appeal. Joseph Schreiber told detectives that he set fire to the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, where the Pulse nightclub gunman had prayed. Rebecca Blumenstein, deputy editor in chief of The Journal, will be a deputy managing editor and one of the highest-ranking women at The New York Times. South Korea's special prosecutor has indicted a former culture minister and a former top aide to President Park Geun-hye on charges of abuse of power, coercion and perjury, a spokesman said. A recent Times story about undocumented students at a California university included detailed, and unnecessary, information about where they live on campus. In a half-century career that spanned film, TV and theater, Mr. McCowen’s greatest triumphs were on the stage. But movie audiences knew him as well. Hundreds of athletes have called for sports authorities to act on evidence of widespread cheating by Russians at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He played Captain Apollo, a fighter pilot, in the original 1970s television series and later a political leader, Tom Zarek, in a reboot of the series in 2004. The sponsors of the National Magazine Awards said the magazine had found “new ways to engage audiences and continue its practice of fearless journalism.” Marissa Alexander, 36, had been convicted of aggravated assault in a 2010 shooting involving her former husband. She has been released from prison and house confinement and has turned to advocacy. A new study offers insight into what the next generation of voters thinks about First Amendment rights. Reports of human trafficking have risen yearly since 2007 — a sign awareness may be growing. A team of airline workers has battled the problem for several years. Known as “the Grammy man,” John Billings has played a role in fashioning each trophy for four decades. Often upstaged by the major categories, these short films offer a wide-ranging tour of world cinema. Mr. Oliver, whose “Last Week Tonight” begins its fourth season on Sunday, discusses his trans-Atlantic outlook on Trump and the new administration. Rayshell Byers is in college, Daniel Byers is a cook, Curtis Byers has a love of science, and their mother, Lynette, still keeps an eye on all three. More Recent Articles |
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