Paul Manafort and a former business associate, Rick Gates, were indicted. A foreign-policy early adviser to President Trump pleaded guilty, admitting he was told about “thousands” of Clinton emails. President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has been charged with tax fraud and money laundering. But this isn’t Mr. Manafort’s first public scandal. “He could have kept running campaigns for the Yanukovychs of the world, and nobody would have cared,” said Hector T. Hoyos, one of Mr. Manafort’s friends and partners. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. The adviser, George Papadopoulos, has pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. about that conversation, according to documents unsealed Monday. Mr. Papadopoulos, an adviser to the Trump campaign, pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about his conversations with people linked to the Russian government. The gravity of the threat may yet tempt the president to short-circuit the investigation by firing the special counsel or pardoning Paul Manafort or others. The Podesta Group and another firm with which it had worked, Mercury Public Affairs, were referenced — though not by name — in Monday’s indictments. Monday brought a dizzying series of developments in the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Here’s a look at the day’s news, and what it might mean. Jerome H. Powell, a Federal Reserve governor, would replace Janet L. Yellen, whose term expires early next year, two people familiar with the plans said. The strongly worded ruling noted that the Trump administration’s justification for the ban was suspect and likely unconstitutional. Previously undisclosed accounts broaden the time frame of claims. “We’ll drag you through the mud by your hair,” one woman said a lawyer for the producer told her. The actor Anthony Rapp said he was 14 when Mr. Spacey laid down on top of him. Mr. Spacey said he had no recollection and then disclosed that he is gay. Netflix said the show would end after its sixth season. That came shortly after Kevin Spacey was accused of making a sexual advance toward a 14-year-old boy in the 1980s. Robert Mueller III makes his move and goes to the heart of Donald Trump’s campaign. Republicans are demonstrating a striking degree of hypocrisy because of partisanship and “fake news.” Robert Mueller hands a gangster administration its first indictments. For all of the talk about collusion with Russia, the adviser’s guilty plea is by far the most damning evidence of it. Republicans will do anything to cut taxes on the rich — and it won’t even make the rich happy To fix politics, care more about other things. Raunchy talk can pave the way for something more sinister. Yet such talk is celebrated in many chef memoirs. The president and his allies say it’s old news. They’re wrong. The indictments of Paul Manafort and Rick Gates leave Republicans in Congress no choice but to ask tough questions of the president and his aides. The report comes as F.B.I. agents are reportedly looking into a $300 million disaster recovery deal involving a small Montana firm. A judge says he will consider the president’s criticisms when setting the punishment. “I made a horrible mistake,” Sgt. Bergdahl told the court. Newly elevated to Mao-like status, China’s president held court before wealthy and influential executives from his country and the United States. Carles Puigdemont, the deposed Catalan leader, arrived amid speculation that he may seek asylum or try to form a government in exile The man is the second suspect to be apprehended in the 2012 assault and will be brought to Washington to face criminal charges. An array of modern techniques is being used to try to solve one of history’s most famous cold case files. For one student, it began with a painkiller snorted in a friend’s basement. For another, it was speed, pushed by the boy in the next locker. Both dams and overtourism threaten the Omo Valley. But a sustainable travel initiative offers an intimate experience with local peoples. An exhibition at the Pompidou Center in Metz shows that Japanese art is a lot more complicated than Westerners sometimes believe. Mark Hamill has always embraced his “Star Wars” legacy, but when he was invited back for “The Force Awakens” and “The Last Jedi,” he hesitated: “I was just really scared.” The singer doesn’t have to say a thing to loom over the culture. More Recent Articles |
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