Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. Some of the president’s advisers said they were surprised by the assertion that he reimbursed a lawyer who paid hush money to a porn actress who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump. Whether called lies or misstatements, President Trump’s history of falsehoods has been extensively documented, but the string of factual distortions unveiled this week could come back to haunt him. A statement by Rudolph W. Giuliani on “Hannity” was the latest agita-inducing moment for President Trump to have played out on his favorite network. Rudolph W. Giuliani is a loose-lipped, confrontational and supremely confident friend of President Trump’s. But did he do him any favors on Fox News this week? The disclosure that President Trump reimbursed his lawyer Michael D. Cohen for a $130,000 payment to a porn star has raised questions about campaign finance laws. Here’s a primer. A reduction, which Defense Department officials worry would weaken the American alliance with the South, wouldn’t be intended to be a bargaining chip in talks with Kim Jong-un, officials said. Democrats have their eye on flipping a congressional seat in a district near Seattle, in a state that has more at stake in a trade war than any other. Missteps, confusion and a bureaucratic reshuffling on the Chinese side could lessen the already long odds that talks this week will soothe trade tensions between China and the United States. A bumbling revelation about the Stormy Daniels payoff. As Mexico’s election approaches, false stories are circulating on social networks. The story Giuliani told Sean Hannity is messy and convoluted and falls apart when you spell it out. What looks like a big giveaway to wealthy stockholders is, in fact, exactly that. With secrecy and deception, America’s role in a horrific conflict grows. Progressives are set to run into significant growing pains. Doing so will worsen the consequences of climate change. He could use his power over a new mass medium to unite the country. Instead, he uses it to divide us. In 1918, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips published “American Negro Slavery,” which framed slavery as a labor agreement between masters and happy slaves — facile thinking that persists today. Speaker Paul D. Ryan reinstated the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy as the House chaplain on Thursday after Father Conroy rescinded his forced resignation. Chuck Plunkett, who wrote an editorial last month that called the newspaper’s hedge fund owners “vulture capitalists,” said he resigned after another critical editorial he wrote was not allowed to run. A lawsuit filed by Hubert Neumann, whose family owns a world-class art collection, claims that Sotheby’s has grossly undervalued the painting. A contentious conference call with analysts after Tesla’s earnings announcement sent shares of the electric-car maker sharply lower. Before genealogy websites helped crack the “Golden State Killer” case, a similar technique was used to solve a decades-old cold case in New Hampshire. A shortage of workers is changing the equation that many restaurants have long relied on. The ecologist flew to Switzerland to end his life, saying his quality of life had deteriorated badly. His case has renewed a debate about assisted suicide. Though no injection sites exist yet in the United States, the endorsement of the strategy by New York may give the movement behind it special impetus. A fascinating show on pre-Columbian art promises an unabashed celebration of splendor, but it also puts to rest some popular misconceptions. Twenty-five years after “Exile in Guyville,” the architect of a landmark statement of ’90s rock reflects on women and the music industry, then and now. We’ve picked out the best 10-foot charging cable. Here’s why you’ll love your own. With his art rooted in poetry and history, Adam Pendleton has work in major museums, collectors’ homes — and flying over the Frieze fair. How Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second woman named to the Supreme Court and the first justice to become a pop-culture phenomenon. In “Dancing Bears,” the Polish journalist Witold Szablowski uses the stories of liberated circus animals to illuminate various nations’ uncertain paths to democracy. People who work out even once a week or for as little as 10 minutes a day tend to be more cheerful than those who never exercise. More Recent Articles |
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