Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Speaker Paul D. Ryan took the helm to heal a fractured Republican Party. He will leave in January with fault lines still visible, this time drawn by President Trump. Mr. Ryan’s retirement could make it easier for Democrats to win control of the House, Republicans say. The speaker had raised more than $54 million for the 2018 elections. Mr. Ryan’s decision not to run again stunned his constituents. But they also said it made sense, given the chaos of Washington: “They just yell at each other.” A federal inquiry is examining the relationship between a tabloid company, President Trump and his lawyer Michael D. Cohen, whose office was raided by the F.B.I. The warrant also sought evidence of whether the lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, tried to suppress damaging information on the president before the election. A strike in response to a suspected chemical attack comes with perils that worry military planners and diplomats, and a fresh intervention in a combustible region could bring unintended consequences. An attack on a Damascus suburb has drawn the threat of a retaliatory missile strike from President Trump. What really happened there? Using a tool that Facebook offers its users, our columnist found out more than he wanted to know about the social network, the ad industry and himself. Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee pressed Facebook’s chief executive on data privacy, security and political bias on the social media platform. The biggest obstacle to regulating Facebook is not Congress’s lack of digital expertise. It’s a lack of political will. The 24-page report tells how Eric Greitens, before he was governor, made unwanted sexual advances toward his former mistress. Mr. Greitens says he is the victim of a witch hunt. For his entire career, Paul Ryan has been the wunderkind who couldn’t deliver. Trump’s absence at the coming gathering in Lima, Peru, reduces the expectations that the United States and Latin America can find a common ground. Trump should consider how the United States exports its own deadly products. How the departing House speaker handles President Trump will define his legacy. It’s not too late for him to step up. This is about America being a nation of citizens equal before the law. The fight over choice is happening in the states. Israel should know that journalists have a right to work, and people have a right to demonstrate peacefully, without being shot. In a letter to Chilean bishops, the pontiff also invited victims to meet with him in Rome and summoned the country’s bishops to the Vatican to discuss clerical sex abuse. A furor erupted over reports of misconduct by Jean-Claude Arnault, a cultural figure with close ties to the Swedish Academy, which awards the prize. The disclosure to People magazine marks one of the first instances in which a celebrity of Ms. Carey’s stature has acknowledged mental health issues. Mujey Dumbuya, 16, had been expected to testify at the man’s trial this month, but went missing in January and was later discovered dead. The miniature bats are partly intended to be symbolic, the superintendent said, to convey that fighting back is an option when faced with a shooter. On Texas’ border with Mexico, armed troops in combat fatigues watched the frontier with binoculars, trying both to stand out and blend in. An environmental group says it will spend millions to launch a satellite that could help fight climate change by identifying methane leaks with pinpoint accuracy. When Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency head, decided to refashion the agency’s souvenir medallion, he proposed deleting the E.P.A. logo and adding symbols more reflective of himself. A rights group documented 45 cases of prisoners who were coerced into making confessions to serve as warnings to those who would challenge the state. More and more customers are playing the immersive games called escape rooms, making the market for these small businesses increasingly competitive. What’s in a line? Everything, from Twombly’s love of language to his passion for nature. A survey of his postwar work emphasizes his singularity. In “Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion,” Michelle Dean considers 10 writers whose formidable talents earned them respect and enmity. For more than two decades, Hallmark has directly addressed black customers with its Mahogany collection, whose cards speak to a shared history. “Pelléas et Mélisande” brought Claude Debussy instant fame in 1902 and foreshadowed the work of Bartok, Berg and other 20th-century composers. It’s less a shopping experience than a way of mainlining late capitalism. Dwayne Johnson stars in this adaptation of a 1980s arcade game. But will he get a bonus round if he can save Chicago from a giant gorilla named George? In a new study, researchers single out a blog run by a Canadian zoologist as a primary source of dubious information about the status of polar bears. National Academy of Medicine was asked to tighten ethics rules following the strange case of a member accused of plagiarism and false claims of top scientific honors. The question of whether the benefit from viewing a da Vinci is different from enjoying a visit to Pornhub or McDonalds is dividing psychologists and neuroscientists. More Recent Articles |
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