Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. President Trump named John R. Bolton, a hard-line former American ambassador to the United Nations, to replace Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster. If President Trump wanted a national security adviser who would match his confrontational approach to the world, then Mr. Bolton fits the bill. The lawyer, John Dowd, was said to have left over a disagreement with President Trump about whether Mr. Trump should agree to be interviewed by the special counsel. President Trump said he will impose tariffs on about $60 billion worth of Chinese imports. Major indexes fell by more than 2 percent Thursday as investors began to take seriously the prospects of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Using exclusive surveillance footage obtained from MGM Resorts, we pieced together the last days of Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas gunman. He plays video poker, laughs with hotel staff and hauls bag after bag of weapons into his suite. With hundreds of March for Our Lives demonstrations planned for Saturday, high school students say this is a moment of political awakening for their generation. Ke’Shon Newman’s brother was shot nine times on Chicago’s South Side, where gun violence is a daily threat. Now, Ke’Shon is heading to Washington to march with high school students from Parkland, Fla. We didn’t think so. In politics, too, training and knowledge matter. Hasn’t Trump taught us that? He’s right to accuse it of stealing American technology, but has no idea how to fix the problem. An antitrust challenge to AT&T’s merger with Time Warner is the last chance to stop pay-television bills from getting any higher. How much does identity shape opinion? Think first before you retweet that bit of fake news. Doug Ford’s rise to power in Ontario signals the Conservative brand is now principally a marker of contempt for political order itself. Years before the bomb attacks, I felt fear and isolation even in this progressive haven. East Austin residents say their progressive city has a blind spot when it comes to race. In a lengthy television interview, Ms. McDougal said she was hurt when the president offered her money after sex, but added that they ended up in love. The proposed sale, which is bound to be questioned by Congress, came hours after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Pentagon leaders to discuss the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen. Facing withering criticism from a Senate subcommittee, the secretary of housing and urban development followed the advice of his aides, who in recent days have urged him to apologize for the purchase. In opening statements of government’s case to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger, the two sides offered starkly different visions of the TV industry. Stephon Clark was shot dead by officers searching for a man who had been breaking windows. They said they thought he was armed, but no weapon was found. With the National Assembly firmly in his pocket, France’s president has had almost unchecked authority to carry out his agenda. The bombs planted by a 23-year-old white man have raised lingering questions about race, geography and class in one of Texas’ most liberal cities. The No. 11 Ramblers and Sister Jean continued their unlikely run with a narrow victory over the seventh-seeded Wolf Pack. A Long Island restaurateur testified that Bill de Blasio not only knew of the illegal scheme; he said that the mayor encouraged it. The neurotic stage musical adaptation of the animated blockbuster raises questions about how Disney transforms its biggest hits. The Youth Army, a recent Kremlin creation, is designed to imprint nationalist fervor, but critics doubt Russia needs a militaristic league for the young. After a dozen years, Vanessa Haydon Trump says she is leaving the first family. A typical American funeral usually involves a few hallmarks we’ve come to expect. But how necessary are those embellishments? Welcome to the dollhouse, sideshow, morgue, cabinet of wonders and art-thriller that is “Like Life” at the Met Breuer. This film about Roxanne Shante has an intimate indie vibe nicely suited to its subject: rap stardom in the days before hip-hop culture went global. Known as “Ata,” the six-inch-long skeleton was discovered in Chile and may have had genetic mutations causing a bone disorder never before documented. More Recent Articles |
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