Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. President Trump’s head-spinning moves on national security, the budget and trade left Washington reeling and a bewildered sense of resignation in the West Wing. The former Senate Democratic leader plans to pull up stakes in the capital, saying that his “life’s not the Senate any more.” The president said he signed the bill, which he denigrated as “crazy,” because it increased military spending. He also complained that it failed to address immigration issues and a border wall. President Trump said that American troops would receive the largest pay raise in a decade and that Democrats fought against a solution for Dreamers. Neither claim is true. The political action committee founded by John Bolton hired Cambridge Analytica specifically to develop psychological profiles of voters — and it knew the firm was using Facebook data. The company harvested data from 50 million Facebook users to develop psychological profiles on behalf of political campaigns, including that of President Trump. In advanced industries like chip development, the rivals are vying for dominance in a fight that is as much about national security as economic might. In announcing tariffs on Chinese goods, President Trump bypassed the body founded 23 years ago to keep the peace in global commerce. The two-pronged trade offensive aimed at China, and China’s initial response, may be only the start of a complex, escalating economic battle. Company documents obtained by The New York Times show Uber was becoming more aggressive with its autonomous car research, even as the technology faltered. The neurotic stage musical adaptation of the animated blockbuster raises questions about how Disney transforms its biggest hits. In as many as a dozen states, schools have already taken advantage of laws that allow employees to carry guns. Ohio is one of them. There is a misguided panic about youth gangs. It’s always nice to think about a different president. A never-ending scandal disguised as an everlasting hope. He was feared for twisting intelligence to back his bellicosity and for trying to remove anyone who objected. It was jarring to find a group of survivors — my former classmates — as divided as our country. As Trump surrounds himself with hawks, Macron may be a bulwark against disaster. The moves come amid rising public pressure on the Trump administration to find ways to curb gun violence after a mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. Officials said Kevin and Amy Sharp and their two children were found in a condominium on the Yucatán Peninsula. The specific cause of death was not known. Mr. Musk deleted the Facebook pages of two of his companies, SpaceX and Tesla. He and the Facebook C.E.O., Mark Zuckerberg, have, er, not always gotten along. A large scale federal survey has documented the continuing rise in severe obesity, which increases the risks for heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. A former student at the Emma Willard School has spent $14,000 on signs accusing a teacher of misconduct, and pushing for change in New York’s statute of limitations. Federal marshals described how they located and took down the suspect of a weekslong bombing campaign in Austin. While filming Edward Norton’s adaptation of the novel “Motherless Brooklyn,” the crew smelled smoke. A fire had erupted in the basement. Neil Gaiman’s “Coraline” has been transformed into an opera in London, with music by Mark-Anthony Turnage. It goes to some genuinely disturbing places. Bill Hader’s daring HBO debut about a disillusioned hit man makes crime drama and showbiz comedy into a killer combo. Her prescient new novel, “The Female Persuasion,” resonates in the #MeToo moment. Is the timing also right to make her a household name? More Recent Articles |
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