Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The indictment does not allege collusion but reveals in painstaking detail how Russians posed as American activists to boost Mr. Trump’s campaign. Using American bank accounts, drivers’ licenses and disposable phones, about 80 Russians worked to disparage Hillary Clinton, promote Donald Trump and sow discord. By laying out in excruciating detail the evidence of Russian meddling spanning the last four years, the special counsel instantly created a new political reality for President Trump. A secretive oligarch often called “Putin’s cook,” he is one of 13 Russians the special counsel charged on Friday for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. A California man illegally provided hundreds of bank account numbers to a Russian social media operation, the special counsel revealed. The information should have been assessed and forwarded to the F.B.I. field office, the agency said. After the Florida shooting, schools are re-evaluating their security, and some have shut down in response to ominous phone calls or social media posts. Second by second, lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were transformed, broken and stolen. When a gunman killed 17 students this week at Stoneman Douglas High in Florida, the first response of many classmates was not to grieve in silence, but to speak out. Some of the 17 people who died in the shooting had tried to spare others during the chaos. Among the dead: a teacher, a coach, a dancer and a trombonist. “It’s very sad something like that could happen,” a solemn Mr. Trump told reporters afterward. The Commerce Department said foreign metals posed a threat to national security, setting the stage for President Trump to consider stiff tariffs. John F. Kelly suggested that there were serious shortcomings with the system for vetting officials with access to the country’s most closely guarded secrets. Robert Mueller’s latest indictments show how real the threat to U.S. elections is. When will the White House acknowledge it? The indictments of 13 Russians for interfering in the 2016 election are a wakeup call for all Americans. A plea from four American couples whose children were brutally slain in Syria: Try the murderers, but don’t make them martyrs by executing them. Marco Rubio and Ivanka Trump have endorsed a plan that gets us started. The simple plan for the N.R.A's servants to follow if they want to avoid doing anything about gun violence. Every vote to protect Dreamers like me failed on Thursday, and I am relieved. A triumphant movie confirms what we knew all along: We’re cool. Blue-collar America needs storytellers. Storytellers need money. Weir, the NBC figure skating announcer, brought 13 suitcases to South Korea (his broadcast partner, Tara Lipinski, brought nine). So many shoes. Oh, and the jackets! “Everything has meaning,” he said. “It isn’t just a sparkly jacket.” The Swiss Olympic delegation, which did not identify the athletes or their sport, said they were sequestered and no longer had symptoms. Ms. McDougal, a former Playboy model, explained how a tabloid paid for her story of a nine-month affair that allegedly began in 2006, only to never publish it. After legislative efforts collapsed Thursday in the Senate, lawmakers in the House and Senate struggled for a path forward to protect the “Dreamers.” A runaway poodle on the tracks snarled the F line for over an hour. With a go-for-broke style, Mr. Bridwell conquered countless peaks, many in Yosemite, where he led the 1970s climbers known as the Stonemasters. When products are labeled natural, the court challenges begin, raising questions about whether labeling is really misleading or simply fodder for a lawsuit. A skit in the annual Lunar New Year gala, which is broadcast live to millions, aimed to accentuate African ties. But many found the portrayals offensive. A reporter who spent a decade covering Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaigns talks about her adjustment to book leave and finding the “foreign land where writers live.” “Cycles of My Being,” written for the tenor Lawrence Brownlee by Tyshawn Sorey and Terrance Hayes, grapples with hope and hate. The eight-part series is unusual in mainstream TV-making in having a cast of international actors in major roles, often speaking in their own languages. A reader sold his business and, at 55, no longer needs to work. But now he feels adrift and wonders whether to get back into the work force. And if so, how? Laura Benanti, the cabaret performer and Broadway star, keeps a low profile in her Harlem neighborhood. To give this homey dish a certain elegance, use frozen puff pastry and turn it into fetching, flaky hand pies. Indiana Woodward, a soloist at City Ballet, is making her debut as Juliet — a dream role. Times readers said the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama were unconventional, not unlike the former first couple, while others felt it didn’t capture their spirit. More Recent Articles |
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