Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The White House released a proposed budget that is largely irrelevant, given Congress passed a spending bill last week that outlines priorities. Largely a political statement, the $4.4 trillion budget request includes a host of cuts across domestic programs while increasing the deficit over the next decade. Writers from across the political spectrum on the large deficits in the recently passed federal spending plan and on President Trump’s budget. The White House turnover rate in the first year of Donald J. Trump’s presidency has been 34 percent. That’s a modern record. More than a year after joining the White House as a senior adviser, the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is among those without a permanent security clearance. Mark Mazzetti, our Washington investigations editor, answers readers’ questions about the Russia inquiry. The president’s $200 billion plan recasts the federal government as a minority stakeholder in the nation’s new infrastructure projects. Lawmakers will try to assemble immigration legislation that can garner 60 votes as the Senate undertakes an exceedingly rare open-ended debate. Retirements and reversals in gerrymandering give Democrats a clearer path to a majority. Caused by a fiery collision in the East China Sea, the spill has created an environmental disaster that has tested China’s ability to lead. This Barack Obama Is No Mr. Nice Guy. Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of the former president contradicts the impression he often made in office of being detached. The former president and first lady and the two artists saw eye to eye — except for some negotiating points (like his gray hair and those ears). For years, the discipline was considered irrelevant. So why is it making a comeback now? Dozens of states around the country have vaguely written statutes in place that could be letting police officers get away with sexual assault. The island’s power and water utilities require wholesale rebuilding to achieve resilience against the next big storm. There are problems in the background check system that need fixing. But even then, there are better ways to prevent mass shootings. His infrastructure “plan” is an obvious scam. But why didn’t he offer something legit? Israel and Iran avoided a huge confrontation on Saturday. Next time we might not be so lucky. The president may have learned from Nixon and his Saturday Night Massacre that purges are best done slowly. The G.O.P. killed the Obamacare mandate. Automatic enrollment into insurance plans is a good way to replace it. Lingering questions about his memo hang over how he runs the House Intelligence Committee. The North Korean leader sent a military band and honor guard to greet Kim Yo-jong when she returned from her “charm offensive” in South Korea. A lawsuit filed by an employee of Mr. Cohen’s company, Point72, alleges that senior employees discriminate against women. The firm denies the allegations. Terrill Thomas was left in a cell without water for seven days in 2016, and a supervisor then repeatedly lied about the events that led to Mr. Thomas’s death, prosecutors said. Brothers of Italy says the Egyptian Museum in Turin is “discriminating against Italians” by offering a two-for-one discount for Arabic speakers. The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce said that its president and chief executive, Javier Palomarez, would step aside immediately. Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor worked for the city’s elite Gun Trace Task Force, whose members stole cash and resold looted narcotics. Other officers had pleaded guilty. Hotel rooms provided by FEMA have been a rare source of stability amid the turmoil brought by Hurricane Maria. But Puerto Rican families worry about what comes next. Since 1982, between 3 and 10 percent of water systems in the United States have been in violation of federal health standards each year. Rural areas are especially struggling. Moscow takes up a proposal to change the name of an alley near the U.S. Embassy to 1 North American Dead End, after Washington renames a block for a slain Russian dissident. Carlos Rafael, who ruled New Bedford’s fishing of cod and haddock, was caught lying about his catches. Now the piers have grown quiet. Prabal Gurung addresses #MeToo, and Pyer Moss pays homage to black cowboys and their part in the history of the West. Yes, you have to put in the hours, but just as important is putting in the right type of hours. In “Asymmetry,” Lisa Halliday weaves the tale of a May-December love affair into the account of an Iraqi-American economist detained at Heathrow. The 30-year-old N.B.A. rookie from Serbia is producing plenty of highlights as a Los Angeles Clipper. But stacks of beef for breakfast? No way, he says. Why are so many people agreeing to an expensive procedure — and putting themselves at risk — for a placebo effect? More Recent Articles |
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