The review is being pushed by President Trump’s chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon and his son-on-law, Jared Kushner, and would be led by Stephen A. Feinberg, a billionaire private equity executive Soon after, President Trump said on Twitter that Crimea had been taken by Russia during the Obama administration, asking if his predecessor had been too soft. Mr. Puzder, a prominent fast-food executive, faced doubts from several Republican senators amid attacks on his business record and personal life. President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel discussed an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord and other issues during a joint news conference on Wednesday. The president, in talks with Israel’s prime minister, said the U.S. would no longer insist on a two-state solution for a peace accord. The possible end of a 50-year-old United States policy was raised by a White House official ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. David M. Friedman, President Trump’s nominee as envoy to Israel, has close ties to a religious settlement deep in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. President Trump once embraced the revealing of Hillary Clinton’s emails. But from the White House, he — like others before him — is calling for an end to government leaks. After the resignation of his national security adviser, Mr. Trump is seen by talk radio hosts and listeners as the victim of leaks and Washington insiders. A punishing news cycle is stirring a feeling in newsrooms around the country: These are monumental times. The secretary of state has skipped major events, and he is visiting Germany, his first foreign trip in office, with a bare-bones entourage as hiring for his staff lags. The defense secretary said the United States could “moderate its commitment” to NATO if members did not increase military spending. As the Trump administration works to repeal the Affordable Care Act, it is moving to prevent a collapse of the public marketplaces in 2018. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Employees faced enormous pressure from management ahead of the vote, which was widely viewed as an early test of labor’s strength in the Trump era. The half brother of North Korea’s leader, reportedly poisoned in a Malaysian airport, had lived a playboy’s life but never stopped looking over his shoulder. The news media reported that the police were also looking for four male suspects, suggesting that the plot was more involved than initially indicated. Jeanette Vizguerra, unsure of her chances in the new Trump administration, prepared her young children for the possibility of separation on Wednesday. A study of the use of opioid painkillers found that patients who had encountered a “high-intensity” prescribing doctor in the emergency room were more likely to become long-term users. The acclaimed choreographers Michelle Dorrance and Nicholas Van Young team up to create a new dance piece for the Guggenheim Museum’s rotunda. See the percussive dance from above and below. The man suing the network for Andrea Tantaros said a federal inquiry may be examining whether it paid settlement claims in salaries to avoid reporting them. For the first time since 2007, more than 40,000 were killed in crashes last year, a safety group estimated, pointing to lax law enforcement as a factor. Though the vote was not the final approval for the agreement, it was a success for the accord, which aims to cut many tariffs and open up the services sector. After the revelations of huge data breaches, the new terms would cut the price for Yahoo’s core internet business by close to $300 million, a person with knowledge of the matter said. What do the clothes shown on men and women who shared the same runway at New York Fashion Week say about gender and fashion in 2017? At the Tory Burch show, the Broadway actors Amber Gray and Lucas Steele meet a fan in Anna Wintour. Less than six months after the Games ended, many sites have been abandoned, despite government promises to leave “no white elephants” behind. Chicago will begin the season as the defending World Series champion for the first time 1909, but winning back-to-back titles, which the Cubs did in 1907 and 1908, is more difficult today. A cluster of cases of leptospirosis, which is associated with filth, has left one resident dead and two others severely ill in the Grand Concourse neighborhood. The matter of Sgt. Maurice McCabe, who was falsely accused of child sexual abuse, has roiled the highest ranks of the government and been likened to the case of New York City’s Detective Frank Serpico. Independent shops have become magnets for a growing movement, with some taking a protest role beyond deciding what titles to display. The number of anti-Muslim groups grew the most, almost tripling to 101 in 2016 from 34 in 2015, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The gold-encrusted dress Beyoncé wore when she performed at the Grammys was the first outfit to carry the Peter Dundas label. Many users thought articles on sites resembling city newspapers’ or HealthCare.gov were real exposés or scoops, like “Trump and Putin Spotted at Swiss Resort.” Gov. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, an ethnic Chinese Christian who has been charged with blasphemy, appeared to have received the most votes but not enough to win outright. After captivating critics in ‘The Girlfriend Experience,’ the actress is becoming famous her own way. The tabloids are for the rest of her family. The director recalls putting together a version of “Grease” when he was a teenager in Kenya. The actor, nominated for “Fences,” discusses bringing more of August Wilson’s work to the screen. And he finds a path to social progress. More Recent Articles |
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