Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency,” President Trump said in a statement. “When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind.” The highly unusual lawsuit says the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, was given an overly broad mandate and needs to be reined in. The president’s 17 posts on Tuesday can be read as an outline of his agenda but also a glimpse at the challenges he faces this year. The Trump administration doesn’t oppose diplomatic talks on the Korean Peninsula but worries the North will try to drive a wedge between the United States and South Korea. The return of the hotline, suspended nearly two years ago, could lead to direct dialogue between the two Koreas after years of hair-trigger tensions. A powerful winter storm dealt a chilly blow to the Southeastern United States Wednesday as residents of the Northeast prepared for windy, whiteout conditions and potential power failures. Bomb cyclones have been referred to as “winter hurricanes.” Our science reporter explains how they really work. Heating-oil providers are working overtime and power generators are switching from natural gas to coal and petroleum as bitter temperatures grip much of the country. The president signed an order to end the White House commission even though he said there was “substantial evidence of voter fraud,” which experts say is rare. It could be the sharp urban-rural divide, worries about a breakdown in authority or scars from the 2009 uprising. But whatever the cause, residents of the capital are sitting this one out. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s accusation resonates for many Iranians, whose country has long been subject to foreign interference. It built the city. Now, no matter the cost — at least $100 billion — the city must rebuild it to survive. In his State of the State speech, the governor touched on the idea of extending mass transit to southern Brooklyn, which would then be redeveloped. Like an adult trying to converse while a child is having a tantrum, South Korea tries to resume engagement with the North as Mr. Trump tweets. It’s great that progressive prosecutors are against incarceration, but alternative punishments shouldn’t cause people to go broke. Kim Jong-un’s offer to hold talks is an opportunity for the United States and South Korea to forge a common strategy in confronting the North. The notoriously secretive branch of government should respond better to sexual misconduct allegations. With the Republican law seeming to target Democratic states for pain, governors are trying to avoid the damage. In the post-#MeToo landscape, men want to know how to help. O.K., fine. Start with everything. Even conservatives used to reach across the aisle. Today, they’re too scared to try. If it is, Germans can’t decide what comes after. Called Meltdown, the first and most urgent flaw affects nearly all microprocessors made by Intel. The second, Spectre, affects most other chips. The scene of the accident is a notorious stretch of road known as the Devil’s Curve that has been the site of at least 20 accidents since 1990. The streaming music giant filed a confidential registration with the S.E.C. in late December, with the intention of listing its shares in the first quarter of the year. Production of the electric-car maker’s mass-market offering was far below forecasts in the fourth quarter. The report sent the company’s shares lower. The Mormon Church’s system for choosing a leader to succeed Thomas S. Monson is built to prevent power struggles and politicking, but it also precludes any fresh blood at the top. Both countries have floated plans to create homegrown virtual currencies that would put them outside the global financial and banking system. A growing number of Chinese pharmaceutical companies are trying to break into the United States, seeking regulatory approval to offer their treatments for cancer and other ailments. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, facing re-election and speculation about his political future, offered a stark assessment of the state’s challenges — and some of his own. Once derided as a bourgeois excess, the saxophone is making a comeback in China. And one northern village is delighted to be playing its part. No work I have ever done has brought me as much joy and hope, or changed my outlook on life as profoundly. Will the industry learn from this moment of reckoning or will it be business as usual? Our chief critics see small signs of hope. In the 1980s, Mr. Glass was a champion bodybuilder. Now he helps sculpt celebrities and bodybuilders at the Gold’s Gym in Venice, Calif. A unique chronicle written from the Gulag emerged after 70 years, requiring dogged detective work to unearth the author’s identity. The blogger-turned-actress lives in Brooklyn and is drawn to artwork about young women. Can we teach a computer to predict when it’s time to say goodbye? The star of a man once renowned as the prototype of a genius inventor has faded. But his reputation is having a revival, and his creations still resonate. Studies point to a simple reason, the prices, not to the amount of care. And lowering prices would upset a lot of people in the health industry. More Recent Articles |
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