Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The president said he would promote more competition among pharmaceutical companies, but didn’t call for Medicare to directly negotiate lower prices or consumers to be able to import low-cost drugs. The drug industry won some key victories, even if it did not escape entirely unscathed. Trump’s fury at his homeland security secretary was part of his belief that the administration is moving too slowly to make good on his 2016 campaign promises. The statistics arm of the Justice Department has also proposed that it stop collecting data about sexual orientation and gender identity from participants in a crime survey. Friends and admirers of Senator John McCain condemned an assistant to President Trump who said the senator did not matter because “he’s dying anyway.” In a companywide memo, Randall Stephenson also said the company’s head of lobbying would retire. The lawyer said Mr. Cohen told him in 2013 that if his client, Donald J. Trump, were to run for governor and win, he would help bring the accusations to light. In Iraq, the United States is training and sharing intelligence with former members of Iranian-backed militias that once fought and killed Americans. Mr. Silver, the former State Assembly speaker, had his initial conviction overturned last year, but a new jury arrived at the same verdict. A weekly take on news, trends, culture and whatever else is on the mind of our gender editor, Jessica Bennett. New York’s Special Victims Division hasn’t gotten far in its plea for a bigger staff. Everyone hates a tormentor. But too few do anything about it. Savings on gasoline that would have resulted from better fuel economy will be lost, and consumers will be paying the bill. The departing head of Planned Parenthood takes a victory lap. Richard Grenell steps on a few toes to press for a better deal with Iran. "I’m so sorry,” the radiologist said. Then panic. John McCain is not just plotting the details of his own funeral, but living it. And he’s giving us a very public tutorial in dignity and defiance. Moms can be so annoying. But where would we be without them? She has the integrity and experience to stand up to a post-truth White House. The president has directed his administration to negotiate with California over a proposed rollback of fuel economy and tailpipe emissions standards. Anti-American protests across Iran were punctuated by warnings from hard-line clerics that no foreigners could be trusted. Mary Fallin, a Republican, called current gun laws in Oklahoma “appropriate and minimal.” A majority of the Republican-controlled Legislature disagreed. The E.P.A. chief dined with Cardinal George Pell, who was later charged with assault. But the agency is said to have omitted the cardinal from official schedules. President Trump wants to maintain sanctions until the North disarms. But on the ground, China’s more phased approach is already carrying the day. The waitresses were labeled defectors, but now some say they were taken to South Korea against their will, leaving intelligence officials on the defensive. A proposal to move a waterfront monument depicting the horrors Polish soldiers faced in World War II touched off an international debate. How the “SpongeBob” costume designer used found objects — and yes, sequins — to dress an eye-popping array of singing, dancing sea creatures. Ms. Union, the star of “Breaking In,” talks about getting her second wind, the end of “Being Mary Jane,” and those who would criticize Bill Cosby’s accusers. With “On Chesil Beach,” the sixth of his novels to be made into a film, the writer played a surprisingly key role in the creative process. The auction at Christie’s shows just how much tastes in “trophy” art have changed since David and Peggy Rockefeller started their collection. The 8-year-old heroine of Zulema Renee Summerfield’s “Every Other Weekend” struggles to make sense of traumas both outside her home and within it. A study shows the unpredictability of human behavior and the implication for medicine. More Recent Articles |
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