Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. House Republicans are planning to release their tax bill next week, and the budget measure will allow the overhaul to pass Congress without any Democratic votes. For all the talk of the White House chief of staff as a moderating force, Mr. Kelly has strong feelings about patriotism and immigration that mirror those of his boss. Senator Lindsey Graham, once the target of President Trump’s barbs, is suddenly his cheerleader, even as other like-minded Republicans recoil from Mr. Trump. The long-promised directive fulfills a vow but falls short of the national emergency declaration President Trump had pledged. The New York Times has been covering the opioid epidemic — from when it started bubbling up in towns around the United States years ago to now, as it decimates communities and families. New details have changed the timeline to the attack as Pentagon officials investigate the ambush that left four Americans and five Nigeriens dead. President Trump ordered the long-awaited release of more than 2,800 documents that investigators, historians and conspiracy theorists hope hold more clues to what happened on Nov. 22, 1963. The New York Times chief film critic A.O. Scott analyzes how movies such as Oliver Stone’s “J.F.K.” helped fuel America’s interest in conspiracies. The federal government released thousands of documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. In selling economic changes to a dubious public, President Emmanuel Macron is promising expanded unemployment benefits and revamped training programs. Bold expressions of L.G.B.T. pride frighten regimes accustomed to being guardians not just of “national security” but also of our sexuality. The president still hasn’t grasped what’s needed to combat the problem. Like with the Bolsheviks’ takeover of Russia, we are witnessing a clash of political, moral, economic and social ideologies all rolled into one. Tax cuts: They’re not just for American plutocrats More than one-third of American homes are in what firefighters call the “wildland urban interface,” where they risk burning in wildfires. Giving a computer program responsibility over sentences doesn’t eliminate bias. Conservative intellectuals abased themselves for the sake of normalizing Trump. The proposed deal, which could be worth more than $60 billion, would accelerate the health care industry’s transformation. Harvey Weinstein sued the studio he had co-founded, saying he needs access to records and emails to defend himself against accusations of misconduct against women. A troll account linked to Moscow shows how easily social media fanned the flames of outrage. Unlike other tech giants, Twitter could have a harder time dealing with the fallout. Some are heading to Washington to explain their role in the 2016 election. Others are facing regulatory scrutiny. Consumers don’t seem to care. A constitutional convention could go a long way to addressing the dysfunction in Albany, but not everyone is in favor of having one. The president’s campaign promise of a wall all along the border has yet to be financed and would involve taking property from hundreds of private landowners. The accusations against Mr. Halperin, among the most prominent political journalists in the country, were made by former colleagues from his time as political director at ABC News. The murder trial of a 16-year-old, described by his mother as gender fluid, has become part of the wider national debate over gender identity. A city better known for pandas has become an unlikely outpost of a genre rooted in African-American culture. George Clooney stays off camera to direct Matt Damon and Julianne Moore in a caustic comedy about the good old American days of fear, hate and rage. Welcome to the latest edition of the Smarter Living newsletter. We’ve come a long way in learning about the tech we buy, but these misconceptions persist — and may cost us money. On an album recorded in her native Texas, the country music veteran demonstrates what she’s learned from her mainstream tenure while casting off its restraints. A powerful Clive Owen is the best thing about the didactic revival of David Henry Hwang’s breakthrough look at sexual delusion and East-West relations. In less than three years as director of Dia, Jessica Morgan has made gender rebalancing of artists a priority, creating an all-female curatorial team. From Hollywood’s Black Dahlia case to killing sprees in 1950s London and 19th-century Paris, new books probe the grisly worst of human nature. A Stanford neuropathologist will be looking for physical abnormalities in Stephen Paddock’s brain, although the examination is unlikely to answer the mystery of the mass killing. The 6,000-year-old Aitape skull, found in Papua New Guinea in 1929, was excavated from sediments that contain telltale signs of ocean water left behind by a tsunami. More Recent Articles |
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