Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The bill would cut corporate taxes to 20 percent while delivering more modest savings for middle-class families, but it would not affect 401(k) plans, as many feared. Your workplace retirement savings account lives, for now. So does a pretty big mortgage interest deduction. But plenty will change in the coming weeks. Economists are still parsing the details of the G.O.P. tax plan, but even some ardent supporters say expectations about heady growth and job gains are exaggerated. The typical family would get a break from the Republican tax plan, but millions could experience tax increases. In a note he left behind and in a cellphone photo album, the Manhattan attack suspect Sayfullo Saipov points to the depths of his radicalization by ISIS. Sayfullo Saipov is the suspect in the New York terror attack that left eight dead. He has been in the United States for seven years but is from Uzbekistan. That has put a spotlight on this little-known country in Central Asia. The statement was issued in the group’s weekly newsletter and described the suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, 29, as a “soldier of the Caliphate.” Court documents show an aide trumpeted his Russian connections in front of Donald J. Trump during the campaign, the first concrete evidence Mr. Trump was told of Russian ties. Mr. Mercer has been a leader of Renaissance Technologies and is a benefactor of the former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon. Mr. Clovis’s name was tied to a former Trump campaign adviser who had pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. over his contacts with Russian officials. President Trump breaks with precedent by picking Jerome H. Powell, a Republican on the Federal Reserve’s board, instead of reappointing Janet Yellen. Jerome H. Powell will come to the chairman’s job at the Federal Reserve with a wide-ranging résumé. One thing he lacks: an economics degree. What did prosecutors learn about Mayor Bill de Blasio’s fund-raising activities, before deciding against charges? A major donor offered a glimpse. A sexual harassment scandal in Britain’s Conservative Party could have major reverberations. The president is a thoroughly modern man-child and his supporters can’t get enough of his act. America can’t afford to turn its back on a chance to portray itself as a tolerant nation. The perils of using a word that sounds like a legal term but isn’t. The House Republicans’ proposal will primarily benefit corporations and rich families, and send the budget deficit soaring. With Russian meddling making headlines, it’s trendy to bash social media companies. Instead, we should look in the mirror. Men don’t just wake up one day and become sexual harassers or attackers. The House tax legislation is the end result of seven years of phoniness. The president ignored both hard-line conservatives and populists and selected a sound nominee to be the next Fed chief. “It’s not a place for children,” my mother said firmly. And my God, was she right! Amid a presidency that has seemed, at times, to be conducted primarily in 140-character pieces, it was a seismic event when a Twitter worker deactivated the account. The police are still looking for a motive in the shooting, in which Scott Allen Ostrem, described by an acquaintance as “just really rude,” killed three. Water and electricity have been cut off to a Papua New Guinea detainee camp, but hundreds of asylum seekers are refusing to let Australia move them. The e-commerce giant posted strong results for its most recent quarter but still faces challenges that include growing outside of its core business. Not long ago, social media features were a must-have for any tech company. But the Russian disinformation campaign has put them in an unflattering light. Federal prosecutors are examining whether fraud was involved when money Harvey Weinstein helped raise at a charity auction went to a theater that had put on one of his productions. A white supremacist gathering last weekend became a test of resolve for a mosque catering to refugees and a church still reeling from a fatal shooting. The island votes for new leadership on Sunday in a ballot that has become a testing ground, especially on the right, before national elections next year. The Rams’ Johnny Hekker dominates his position like no other. He is already being called the best to ever punt in the N.F.L., but he thinks he can be better. For steady and reliable income, small investors are increasingly looking to buy parking spaces in cities where parking is limited and pricey. The Year of Atwood continues, as Sarah Polley’s adaptation finds in the past what “The Handmaid’s Tale” foresaw in the future. Ayad Akhtar, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Disgraced,” explores the shady side of 1980s Wall Street in an economics lesson of a play. The question hovers over a weeklong festival in Pingyao: Can you create and showcase independent films in a country that frowns on independence, much less dissent? Mr. Abrams was known both for his diverse, unclassifiable music and for helping to found a long-running Chicago-based musicians’ collective. With a sham treatment, British researchers found that a common and often costly cardiac procedure does not relieve discomfort. The scientists who identified the Tapanuli orangutan said there are only about 800 left, making them the most endangered of all great ape species. More Recent Articles |
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