A reported chemical attack on a Damascus suburb seems to raise the political and military stakes as President Trump charts the United States’ future in Syria. President Trump denounced the attack that killed at least 42 people and that left hundreds with “symptoms indicative of exposure to a chemical agent,” according to aid groups. The president laid blame for the attack partly on President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, the first time since his election he has criticized the Russian leader by name on Twitter. Facebook plans to begin notifying users on Monday who were affected by Cambridge Analytica’s data collection. The Times has already spoken with some people whose data was taken. As Facebook reels from a privacy scandal, some of its most popular users are lashing out over declining traffic, policy changes and financial complaints. Facebook just promised to offer its users around the world the same privacy controls required under a new European data protection law. What does that mean? And can the company deliver? Invoking the specter of President Trump’s impeachment has become a fund-raising and get-out-the-vote tactic for Republicans. Democratic leaders see the issue as a trap. The lawmaker, Representative Ralph Norman, put his gun on a table during a meeting with constituents to show that firearms were not dangerous. Mr. Bolton takes over as the president’s third national security adviser Monday. In a world of carrot-and-stick diplomacy, Mr. Bolton is a stick man: “I don’t do carrots.” The gesture appeared to confirm that Kim Jong-un intends to participate in an unheard-of meeting with President Trump about his nuclear program. President Trump tweeted that he and President Xi Jinping of China will “always be friends, no matter what happens with our dispute on trade.” The Algerian government thinks so. After penalizing emigration, it’s now trying to make it a religious crime. Greece and Turkey have been exchanging insults and threats in recent weeks, recalling conflicts from a shared and bloody history. Trump’s Fox fixation isn’t benign or inconsequential — because, like him, the network has an aversion to the truth. How to understand the man who may be the most significant supporting player of the Trump era, as he prepares to barnstorm the country on a book tour. It’s human nature to want to tame wild animals, but nothing in nature wants to be a pet. Lawmakers around the country are treating judges who rule against them like any other politician. That’s bad for everyone. Why are there so many Williamson-type debacles? Because media orgs want to hire a species that doesn’t exist. I have spent a lifetime in education. Now I am dying. There are a few things I want to get off my chest. Christian Sewing, who has spent most of his career at the German bank, will replace John Cryan. Mr. Cryan was criticized for moving too slowly to cut costs. His Five Star Movement limits its members’ terms in office, complicating Italy’s search for a government. But the party has bent its own rules before. As tensions ease in North Korea’s capital, some 400 runners from more than 40 countries and territories compete in its annual race. The state said the city’s water supply now met federal standards for safe levels of lead, but city officials were concerned, noting that lead pipes are still in service. The sex assault charges and the complainant are the same, but much about Mr. Cosby’s second trial will be different. Reed, 27, had never won a major before, and he had never finished in the top 20 at the Masters. Todd Brassner lived alone amid a collection of 100 vintage electric guitars and artwork by Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, Jack Kerouac and others. The Playboy Club was, for years, a glamorous escape within reach of the city. But over the years, it eroded into squalor. Tina Fey’s adaptation of her 2004 screenplay about high school cliques comes to Broadway with wit, fetch and a surplus of songs. A test drive shows the allure of the company’s mass-market electric car and limitations of its Autopilot system. More Recent Articles |
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