Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, put on a public display of bonhomie, waving aside reports of a disintegrating relationship. President Trump’s assertion belied a long record of meetings his predecessor, Barack Obama, held with the families of killed service members, as well as calls and letters. President Trump, during a news conference, touched on topics as wide-ranging as disaster relief, the special counsel and assault allegations. As a congressman, Tom Marino, the president’s choice to lead the drug policy office, championed legislation to undercut enforcement efforts against the drug industry. Writers from across the political spectrum on the continuing rifts inside the Republican Party. Government troops seize a crucial city and oil fields from separatists who have been pressing for an independent state in northern Iraq. Three weeks after the Kurds voted for independence, Iraqi forces overtook the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk and its valuable oil fields on Monday. The Kurdish vote for independence in Iraq is the latest geopolitical crisis to affect a market already weighing the impact of possible new sanctions on Iran. It censors online expression, but it has also taken a hard line against fake news, hacking and deception. While the world is fixated on its nuclear missiles, North Korea has also developed a cyberattack program that is stealing millions and unleashing havoc. Three weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, people across the island, especially those in remote areas, are improvising ways to stay alive. As she leads a nonprofit’s aid effort, Lymaris Albors channels the anguish stirred by Hurricane Maria into delivering help to her homeland. By backing out of international commitments, he is ceding the future to the powers he claims to be protecting Americans from. If the goal can be achieved by hiring a group of 12 white male employees, you can guess who will remain left out. The movie business is corrupt and depraved. The Republican Party under Trump is worse. Politics can devolve into a fight between people who believe society is moving upward and those who think all is broken. Republicans on taxes: the most dishonest selling job in U.S. political history. The Netanyahu government is trying to balance domestic demands with international opposition to new construction in the occupied territories. Even in a country accustomed to pervasive violence, the double truck bombings that killed hundreds in Mogadishu on Saturday were a shock. Ahmad Khan Rahimi was convicted of carrying out a two-day bombing spree in New York and New Jersey in September 2016. The worst damage occurred on West 23rd Street. The police in Hollywood, Fla., released 911 calls from a nursing home under investigation after some of its residents died in the post-hurricane heat. With women in the entertainment industry leading the discussion, talk of sexual harassment floods social media. Mr. Kurz, who began in politics as a teenager, is on track to become the world’s youngest head of government. Even as the fires still burn, public health officials and environmental cleanup experts are starting to think about the next chapter of the disaster. Airbus made no financial commitment to the joint venture to make and sell Bombardier’s CSeries airliner, which could be assembled in the United States, avoiding import duties. As Australia votes on same-sex marriage, a party honors gay, transgender and intersex people who helped pave the way for rights and recognition. The queen of hip-hop has fought her way to the top of the music industry — and never made compromises. The Obamas have chosen Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald: one established artist, one on her way. A new thriller, “To Kill the President,” has readers calling the author Nostradamus. Uniformity may be the rule, but there are signs that personal expression has not been entirely crushed. Seen and heard, the fireball is a stunning breakthrough into kilonovas, bursts of energy believed to produce metals like gold and uranium in the universe. Ride-hailing services have changed how people get around, and there is some evidence they are making traffic problems worse. Fish can get depressed, just like you, and that could make them a good model organism for studying depression in people. More Recent Articles |
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