No sitting American president has ever met a North Korean leader, and the meeting with Kim Jong-un would be a breathtaking gamble. The president raises levies on foreign steel and aluminum in hopes of reviving fading domestic industries. But imports from Mexico and Canada will be spared for now. Eleven countries signed a slimmed-down version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership as they try to counter Washington’s new protectionism. Exceptions for Canada and Mexico suggest that it’s a tactic to renegotiate Nafta. The actress’s case, seeking to break an agreement to keep silent about an alleged affair with the president, could lead to his having to testify in a deposition. The campaign’s Florida staff unwittingly engaged with the trolls. “Nobody reasonably would have asked — or even thought to ask — ‘Are you sure you’re not with Russia?’” an aide said. Seven Twitter users filed suit after they were blocked by President Trump’s account. At a hearing on Thursday, the main topic was the nature of Twitter. Companies and law enforcement agencies in California carefully tread between federal laws devised to catch undocumented workers and new state laws meant to protect them. The Syrian leader’s push for a military victory has put the Kremlin in a corner, unable either to risk a withdrawal or to craft the political settlement that would cement its gains in the region. Talking is better than bombing, but a summit is not the way to begin. Across the Continent, the European Union has shattered the old politics. Ready for some dialogue? The U.S. needs an alternative to a free-trade system that has hollowed out the factory towns that once made America great. The left should welcome an America that confidently competes around the world. We could be on the way back to the bad old days of corrupt tariff policy. Trump likes that. A campaign of atrocities long inflicted by the Burmese military has sent 680,000 people fleeing slaughter, rape and razed villages in recent months. The tariffs he announced last week will not do what he says they will. Evangelicals who see the president as a successor to an ancient Persian king, Cyrus, are part of an old American tradition. Younger generations have a different understanding of what’s wrong with society and how to fix it. They diffuse farther, faster and more broadly than the truth does. Mr. Obama does not intend to use the shows to respond to President Trump or conservative critics. He and his wife Michelle have talked about shows that highlight inspirational stories. There was a keen awareness of a sense of urgency and a shift on issues of gender parity, women’s treatment in the workplace and sexual dynamics. The president has undermined the Affordable Care Act, but it “remains the law,” the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said. But she encouraged the state to keep trying. Plans for a concert in Saudi Arabia by an Egyptian love crooner seemed like another bold move in the kingdom. Then fans saw the fine print. Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, said doctors and hospitals should disclose costs to patients before they were treated. If the Democrats win a special House race in Pennsylvania’s 18th District, the alarm bells will be audible across the country. The acquittal in the case of Saifullah Khan showed how the consent standards that have been adopted at colleges may differ from those that prevail off-campus. The Israeli leader trumpeted his achievements in English and played the victim in Hebrew, but the visit had an inescapable valedictory cast. He’s been a Commodore, a solo superstar, a parent to children in the public eye. Now the man who made it from Motown to memes will dole out tough love on TV. Mr. Vadukul departed from depicting rappers as street toughs, taking a cinematic, sometimes surreal approach with subjects like Eminem and Dr. Dre. Unsubscribing from unwanted physical mail is almost as easy as unsubscribing from email spam. Wendell Steavenson, who felt intrusive when talking to victims of horrific attacks, found freedom in writing her novel, “Paris Metro.” In one of Roosevelt’s annual addresses, he articulated the Four Freedoms and later asked artists to express their vision of them. The new smartphone is packed with gimmicky new features like a personal emoji creator. Don’t be surprised if getting used to those emoji takes what a Samsung executive called “an adjustment period.” Ian Austen, a correspondent in Canada for The New York Times, chronicles the ups and downs of the country’s high-tech industry. More Recent Articles |
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