Although Stephen K. Bannon lost as often as he won in White House debates, his departure could tip the balance on trade, climate, China and Afghanistan. A guide to reporting by The New York Times about the former White House chief strategist and the news he generated during his 366 days working for President Trump. The White House said the president and first lady would not participate this year, “to allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction.” Stephen Schwarzman of Blackstone is among President Trump’s most reliable Wall Street allies. His Washington profile helped nail a big deal in Saudi Arabia. It was a week of turmoil, but it seemed to prove an immutable rule of the Trump presidency: People see what they want to see, even if others see something very different. C.E.O.s are speaking out on social and political issues in sometimes startling ways, recasting the role business plays in the national debate. Travel along the coast of Northwest Puerto Rico, where vendors and bartenders use machetes, ice picks and delicate herbs to create their drinks. The event was one of three police shootings on Friday night. Officers were also wounded in confrontations in Jacksonville, Fl., and Fairchance, Pa. The suspect, who was shot after the attack, is an 18-year-old Moroccan. Four others have been arrested, and an international warrant is out for a sixth suspect. The Constituent Assembly granted itself wide powers to write and pass all legislation, a move that essentially nullified the opposition-led legislature. Demonstrators poured into the nation’s streets and parks over the weekend to denounce white supremacy and Nazism, one week after clashes between far-right demonstrators and counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., turned deadly. Virginia’s gubernatorial campaign was already set to be the highest profile race of the fall. Then came the Charlottesville violence and President Trump’s response. The neo-Nazis, who gathered to observe the 30th anniversary of the death of Rudolph Hess, were outnumbered by counterprotesters, who blocked their attempt to reach the prison where Hess died. Spain has a reputation as one of Europe’s most dogged counterterrorism operators, and officials are struggling to answer how a group of youths carried out a deadly attack. Spain hasn’t been in ISIS’ crosshairs as much as France and Britain, but it has been as a through-point for ISIS recruits and target of its propaganda for years. The authorities believe that Younes Abouyaaqoub may have been the driver of the van that mowed down people in Las Ramblas. In her last days in India, the Times bureau chief wrestles with a murder covered up in plain sight, and with what she was leaving behind. Parliament is set to pass the nation’s first law penalizing discrimination and violence against transgender people, a surprising victory in a deeply conservative nation. About 80 people, including Frank Serpico, gathered in Brooklyn to show solidarity for the former San Francisco 49ers player who refused to stand during the national anthem. Mr. Thompson, whose productions were nominated for 20 Tony Awards and won six, helped mount hits like “The Book of Mormon.” “He elevated me,” said Patti LuPone. The posters were unveiled this past week amid tensions over the country’s nuclear program. Pressure from conservative clerics forced Ms. Saeed to move, but not cancel, a concert that was to be staged at Ghazi Stadium in Kabul, a place made notorious by the Taliban’s executions of women. The police shot and killed the assailant in the Russian city of Surgut, said the authorities, who gave no initial indication of a terrorism connection. Farhad Nouri, 10, originally from Afghanistan, has won acclaim for his artwork, but he spends his days dreaming of asylum for him and his family. More Recent Articles |
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