Justice Anthony M. Kennedy occupied a place at the court’s ideological center for his entire tenure, with his vote often the crucial one in closely divided cases. Despite President Trump’s rocky tenure, his opportunity to reshape the Supreme Court may allow him to go down in history as an unusually influential president. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s retirement throws the volatile issue of a Supreme Court confirmation to the Senate, and Democrats have little power to stop it. The president has said he intends to choose his next Supreme Court nominee from a list he began compiling during the 2016 campaign. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. The court ruled that government workers cannot be required to pay for collective bargaining, which could cost public unions tens of millions of dollars. The ruling could cost public-sector unions more than a million members. But the ones who stay could make labor more powerful. Teachers’ unions could lose up to a third of their members and funding as a result of the Supreme Court ruling, labor experts say. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has been a waitress, a community activist and a campaign organizer for Bernie Sanders. Now she is a political rock star. The Bronx native spoke about her campaign’s mission a day after she shook up the Democratic Party with her defeat of Representative Joseph Crowley. No one factor caused Mr. Crowley’s loss. Demographics, generational change and an aggressive grass-roots campaign by his opponent all were factors. The World Cup will depart Volgograd on Thursday after a final first-round game in this city along the Volga River. What will remain are all the echoes of the past. South Korea stunned Germany with a 2-0 victory on Wednesday, knocking the defending champion out of the World Cup. Two widely viewed videos show one reporter being kissed and grabbed, and another reporter dodging a man’s advances. The gathering has worried some European allies, who fear it could overshadow a NATO summit meeting and President Trump’s visit to Britain in mid-July. Journals have long been a way for The Times’s foreign correspondents to bring readers with them as they explore a distant land. But they have needed a reboot, our international editor writes. Strengthening America’s other democratic institutions has never been more important. He provided a crucial fifth vote to the court’s conservative wing, but he sometimes voted against it, especially on abortion. The Supreme Court’s decision imperils public-sector unions. Whether they survive will be up to them. Our politics are cracking up over the density divide. Public employee unions have too much influence in some states. The Supreme Court’s ruling will take them down a peg. My father, Fred Korematsu, would have been upset that the court overturned his case only to uphold President Trump’s travel ban. The illusion of security, purchased at an exorbitant cost to America’s moral reputation. With cars being banished from the drives, New Yorkers get to taste an urban oasis that’s closer to nature. The Supreme Court ruling weakens public unions, which have been crucial defenders of rights for queer people. The founder of an exclusive dating app is stepping forward for the first time. His next project? Making our society more ideal. The economical actor has burned brightly in all his films, from “The Usual Suspects” to “The Last Jedi.” Now, with an action franchise and a mini-series, he’s learning to linger. “Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America,” by Alissa Quart, is a timely book about the increasing number of people who feel profound economic vulnerability. At a rally in North Dakota, the president celebrated an indisputable political trophy as he tries to drum up support for Republicans before the midterm elections. The lawyer said she was trying to follow her client, an undocumented 3-year-old boy, into an agency building in Kansas City, Mo., to reunite him with his mother before they were deported. Firefighters sought military help to fight a blaze across seven miles of countryside on the edge of one of England’s most populous urban areas. Seismologists say shaking from earthquakes in some West Coast cities will be much stronger than previously thought. Divided House Republicans failed to pass legislation to protect the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers, fund a border wall and make significant changes to legal immigration. The bill to pre-empt taxes is part of a wider industry effort to skip cities and go straight to the states. His son Michael called him “a managerial genius,” but his abusive behavior alienated Michael, Janet and the rest of his children. The ethics lawyer on Watergate, whether Al Franken was treated fairly and the most unethical person in the Trump administration. The monthlong men’s wear season, with stops in Florence, Milan and Paris, may not be hanging together thematically. But in terms of moments, it has provided some doozies. With smartphones, everything digital has been managed through screens. Now that all of our visual capacity has been captured, the tech giants are starting to build a less eyes-only world. Infection rates declined despite a rise in unprotected sex, suggesting widespread use of the drug may mitigate the effects of riskier behavior. More Recent Articles |
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