Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. In his inaugural speech, the new Fed chairman tried to focus on the strength of the economy even as a spiraling tariff battle with China spooked investors. Victory could be difficult to verify, much less achieve, as the U.S. protests Beijing’s effort to retool Chinese industries for the 21st century. The basic story of a strong labor market remains intact, but a disappointing report is a sign that the U.S. is not in some extraordinary boom. John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, wants President Trump to fire his Environmental Protection Agency administrator, but the president is resisting. Mike Pompeo is President Trump’s pick to be the next secretary of state, and John R. Bolton is the choice for national security adviser. Civil rights groups are concerned. The ousted national security adviser, who departed the White House on Friday, broke with President Trump on Syria and Russia, but sought to hold the line for his commander in chief. As Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, prepares to testify before Congress, the company also said it supported the proposed Honest Ads Act. The Trump administration, carrying out sanctions pressed by Congress for election interference, announced new penalties against Russia’s richest men. The Saudi heir to the throne has been on an extraordinary tour of the United States, seeking investment and trying to change perceptions of the opaque, conservative kingdom. State officials said that 250 troops would be sent to the border as part of President Trump’s mobilization of the military there. The directive does not, on its own, toughen immigration policy, but it is a symbolic move by the president to solve a problem that he has complained Congress will not. The president’s rhetoric suggests he’s moving America toward a trade war with China. But what will he actually do? Can the Labour Party that welcomed my family have changed so much? I’m not sure. President Trump’s new national security adviser mislabels a preventive attack plan, which would be illegal, as a more permissible pre-emptive strike. Trump’s inability to find legal representation is only the latest sign that elites don’t support him. By withdrawing from Syria, he is abdicating America’s role in achieving peace in the region. Human beings aren’t designed to eat processed foods like these. His fallibility makes him appealing after all those years of perfection. Fascism poses a more serious threat now than at any time since the end of World War II. Other than military spending, President Trump got virtually nothing from the appropriations bill. Not even for his new border wall. Representative Blake Farenthold of Texas, who settled a sexual harassment case with $84,000 in taxpayer funds, abruptly resigned from Congress on Friday. More than a month after the network pulled a charged episode of his show, the producer is looking to leave for Netflix, people familiar with negotiations said. Mr. Akaka, a 36-year veteran of Capitol Hill, fought for the belated recognition of Asian-American servicemen in World War II. The White House announced on Friday that for the second year in a row, President Trump will skip the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. Subway riders have been overcompensating for delays, leading to a conundrum when the trains are on time: The subway’s been making people early. Prime Minister Viktor Orban embodies a generation of politicians in Central and Eastern Europe who came of age at the end of the Cold War. Congress created a fix-it fund for borrowers in the public service loan forgiveness plan. Many categories of educators, lawyers and others are ineligible. The trial in Dublin that convicted Myles Joyce, who spoke only Irish, was conducted in English. He protested his innocence until the moment he was executed. The country’s mild new prosperity has rekindled an interest in the 1980s, when the Japanese economy truly boomed and a sense of ascendance fueled spenders. Ms. Jacobson of “Broad City” talks about her dramatic turn in “6 Balloons,” a harrowing look at addiction, and being a woman in the comedy boys’ club. Rent, reuse, don’t be picky, go big and you could even do it yourself. You might save thousands. In a spate of recent incidents, experts have questioned the authenticity of works said to have been painted by the Russian masters of the period. In “Never Remember,” Masha Gessen and Misha Friedman insist on the horrors of a Stalinist system that Russians today would rather deny or even praise. More Recent Articles |
Post a Comment