Here’s what you need to know to start your day. James B. Comey, in portraying President Trump as a danger to the nation, is mounting a remarkable public assault on a sitting president — who fires back. Mr. Comey, the former F.B.I. director fired by President Trump in 2017, appeared in an hourlong interview on ABC Sunday night. Here is some of what he had to say. The strikes were calibrated to keep the West from being dragged further into war. That left Assad in power and Syria in its painful status quo. Nikki Haley, the ambassador to the United Nations, said Russian companies that have supported Syria’s chemical weapons will be targeted on Monday. The conflict in Syria has demonstrated a larger truth: While it is easy to blow up its chemical facilities, it is also relatively simple for the Assad government to reconstitute them elsewhere. The office of the United States attorney for the Southern District, which is overseeing the Michael Cohen investigation, is known for nonpartisanship. Mrs. Bush, 92, the popular wife and mother of presidents, “will instead focus on comfort care,” according to a statement. Before setting himself on fire in a Brooklyn park, David S. Buckel sent an email to a man he had mentored, one clue among several as friends and family tried to make sense of the act. Iran’s elite Quds Force is trying to use Syria as a base to pressure Israel. Israel is not going to stand for it. Forgive me if I don’t rise in applause simply because Comey’s revelations are agitating Trump. The budget numbers of the past four decades reveal a clear pattern. But many journalists and experts are afraid to acknowledge it. For each dollar spent on reducing childhood poverty, the United States would save at least $7, research shows. An egg farm in Hyde County, N.C., is the likely source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 22 people. Eggs from the farm may have reached nine states, officials said. Maurice R. Greenberg wants to curb the Martin Act, the regulation that led to his ouster at A.I.G., as well as other state securities rules. A video of two African-American men being arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks for suspicion of trespassing drew quick outrage. The company’s chief executive called it “reprehensible.” The men who walked free in Belfast lost playing contracts, but the woman who accused them, along with her supporters, has been the target of vitriol. Mr. Ermey, who was nicknamed the Gunny, earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as foulmouthed Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in the 1987 film. A fight is brewing in Kansas City over whether choosing a boulevard on the mainly black East Side to name for Martin Luther King Jr. would honor his legacy or reinforce the segregation he fought. With Dropbox and Spotify successfully going public, tech investors believe that a bonanza of initial public offerings is finally about to arrive. The New York Times asked a handful of interested parties how to restore the luster of New York basketball. And get it started in Brooklyn. In a performance that reinvented the festival set, the pop star commanded the stage for nearly two hours, teaching history and sweating the details. Contrary to what Roseanne told Dan, maybe we’re not all caught up, says network sitcom writer Kelvin Yu. Ms. Ayres had little patience for people seeking the meaning of her bold, colorful works. “I wish they’d just look. It’s visual.” More Recent Articles |
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