President Trump has so far maintained the strategy of training and supporting indigenous forces to fight their own wars instead of deploying large American forces to far-flung hot spots. The Senate, the House and the F.B.I. are conducting investigations into Russia’s election meddling, all with different agendas. After the president’s latest attack on American intelligence agencies, questions resurfaced on whether they invade privacy and could undermine democracy. As Judge Neil M. Gorsuch prepares for his Supreme Court hearing, he may take a page from the playbook of some who went before him. Will Democrats try to block Judge Neil M. Gorsuch’s confirmation or hold their fire for a later vacancy? Either way, he seems headed for the Supreme Court. The senators will face pressure to vindicate their parties’ views both of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch’s worthiness to join the Supreme Court and of the process leading him there. In the modern era, everyone from Dean Acheson to John Kerry has found that superpower diplomacy abhors a news vacuum, which the new secretary of state seems to want. The episode, which occurred while President Trump was at his Florida estate, came just days after another intruder roamed the White House grounds while Mr. Trump was inside. After President Trump criticized his predecessor for golfing, the administration has provided few details about the time Mr. Trump spends at his clubs. William A. Ackman was on his way to being a legend of Wall Street — until one of his biggest wagers went very wrong. A wave of nationalist victories, including Donald Trump’s, has made Europe’s most extreme right-wing parties more hopeful about their future. Fearing deportation, Jeanette Vizguerra has been living in a church basement in Denver for the last month. Watch a 360° video of her children and grandchildren visiting her in her sanctuary. Playing the second half without their leading scorer, the Fighting Irish advanced to the round of 16 after being pushed to overtime. With prose that was savagely funny, deceptively simple and poorly imitated, Mr. Breslin created his own distinct rhythm in the hurly-burly music of newspapers. The musician, who helped set the blueprint for rock ’n’ roll, has died at age 90. Listen to the tracks that best showcase his signature guitar playing and original lyrics. With songs like “Roll Over Beethoven” and “Johnny B. Goode,” Mr. Berry, who died on Saturday, created a sound and style that made him the genre’s first true superstar. We all face financial trade-offs. Needs over wants. Faith over financial facts. A dozen people from around the country share their stories. People make money trade-offs: spend now or later, needs over wants. Some have been forced to see clearly how they spend, but everyone should take a cold look. A fund created by the United Nations to help Haiti combat cholera, a disease introduced by peacekeepers in 2010, has little money. It is supposed to have $400 million. Jeff Jones, the company’s president of ride sharing, had been seen as a possible successor to the chief executive, Travis Kalanick. Brian McClendon, who headed mapping, is also leaving. Mr. Schulz became the leader of Germany’s Social Democrats in a unanimous vote at a special convention. His best-received lines came at President Trump’s expense. A judge in Munich authorized investigators to seize documents from Matthias Müller, Volkswagen’s chief executive; Rupert Stadler, Audi’s chief; and dozens of others. Golovkin was awarded a narrow, but unanimous, verdict as the capacity crowd, which had been wildly pro-Golovkin early, booed the call. Octave Durham, convicted of stealing two of the painter’s works from a museum, describes the heist in detail just as the works return to public view. The focus is back on tennis a year after an official shook the BNP Paribas Open with his remarks that female players owed their status to the men’s game. More Recent Articles |
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