In a raw news conference on Thursday, President Trump dismissed reports about contacts between his advisers and Russia and said his administration was not chaotic. President Trump took issue with reports of an administration in turmoil, saying his team was running like a “fine-tuned machine.” In a free-for-all news conference, the president took aim at enemies old and new: journalists, judges and secret-sharing Judases. The president made several questionable statements at an hourlong White House news conference. President Trump announced a new nominee for labor secretary and answered questions from reporters at the White House on Thursday. The Russian vessel has been plying the Eastern Seaboard, but a Coast Guard official said it was not unusual, and there was no cause for alarm. Robert Harward’s decision reflected the continuing upheaval in the White House, which has been rocked by controversy and personnel troubles. The president chose Mr. Acosta, a former assistant attorney general for civil rights, to replace Andrew F. Puzder as his nominee for labor secretary. Employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are calling their senators to try to defeat Scott Pruitt’s confirmation to run the agency. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The new secretary of state, who has yet to give a news conference, was in Germany to meet foreign ministers from other Group of 20 countries. The defense secretary’s remarks at a NATO meeting came amid a flurry of mixed messages on the outlook for an improved American-Russian relationship. The Republican plan includes tax credits to help people buy insurance that would vary by age, not income, and incentives to establish savings accounts to pay medical expenses. It is unusual for a president to direct the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into his opponents, or to talk publicly about doing so. The Justice Department said that it would not fight for the travel ban and that Mr. Trump would replace it with a “substantially revised executive order.” A mesmerizing look inside the beehives and pollination operation of a third-generation commercial beekeeper as he ships his bees across California for almond season. Bret Adee, a beekeeper on an industrial scale, is central to American agriculture, and “colony collapse” has proved to be a severe test. Palestinians and Israelis look to the future after President Trump seemingly overturned decades of American policy centered on the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent and former Jerusalem bureau chief for The Times, on the relationship between President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. Nikki R. Haley’s remarks seemed intended to dispel confusion over whether the United States is committed to states for Israelis and Palestinians. The president challenged the ‘one China’ policy, then backed down. Seasoned peacemakers predicted a similar cycle for his stand on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. David Friedman, who wrote an op-ed in which he compared liberal American Jews to Jews who aided the Nazis, told a Senate panel he would be “respectful and measured” if confirmed. A florist who refused to sell flowers for a same-sex wedding cannot claim religious belief as a defense under the state’s anti-discrimination laws. In the New York region and around the country, many workers and business owners chose to not work as part of a protest of the Trump administration’s policies toward immigrants. With Europe facing critical elections, fears of Russian meddling are high. Many officials say the first test comes in March in the Netherlands. The last show of New York Fashion Week was a merchandising bonanza — if a little depressing. A Venezuelan drug trafficker in 2010 bragged about his connection to Tareck El Aissami, the vice president the U.S. has called a drug “kingpin.” The Justice Department moved Thursday to join a whistle-blower suit in California that claims the insurer improperly collected vast sums by claiming people under its care were sicker than they were. Haisam Omar Sakhanh, who traveled to Sweden in 2013 and applied for asylum, was convicted of violating international law. The arrest of Mr. Lee, Samsung’s de facto leader, is a dramatic turn in South Korea’s struggle to end collusive ties between the government and conglomerates. The Canadian leader, who spoke partly in French, celebrated the ratification of a trade deal between Canada and the European Union. The contest, a European institution that is scheduled to take place in Ukraine this year, appears to be in jeopardy after the organizing team quit en masse amid allegations of corruption. Jakson Follmann, who lost his right leg in a crash that killed most of his Chapecoense teammates, is starting to walk again as his old team has resumed play. The police said two men got into an argument with Revis after one filmed him with a cellphone camera. Witnesses told police the men were knocked unconscious. A promotion tactic for “A Cure for Wellness,” which set up false news sites that put out articles that were widely shared, fell flat, as did the film’s projected ticket sales. Ms. Bareilles, who composed the music and wrote the lyrics to the hit show, will succeed Jessie Mueller in the lead role on March 31. Joyce Carol Oates tackles America’s abortion war in her new novel, “A Book of American Martyrs,” about the killing of a doctor and its aftermath. More Recent Articles |
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