Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The head-spinning diplomatic reversal came as President Trump welcomed North Korea’s former intelligence chief to a rare meeting at the White House. North Korea might not be tempted by promises of economic assistance, fearing dependence on aid from Washington — or anyone else. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said China’s placement of advanced equipment and missiles in the Spratly Island chain was a flagrant show of military power. With the monthly job-creation streak continuing to set records, the data shed light both on the rebound from the recession and on what’s left to be desired. A tweet “looking forward” to a Labor Department report an hour before its release drew swift condemnation. The report showed strong job growth. The economy is in a sweet spot, with steady growth and broad improvement in the labor market. As the European Union faces a potential trade war with the United States, its resolve is likely to be tested by differing interests within the bloc. A populist, euroskeptic government in Italy and a new minority government in Spain feed European drift in the face of a new challenge from President Trump. The president’s steep levies on Canadian steel could bring further disruption and job losses to an already hard-hit industry, prompting some to question Canada’s relation with its ally. Diane Greene, the head of Google’s Cloud business, is said to have told employees that it was backing away from the A.I. work with the military. While voters get ready for California’s primary on June 5, Silicon Valley’s tech community — which had been politically outspoken — has tried to stay largely under the radar. Presidential power has long been viewed as an antidote for the Justice Department’s backlog of clemency applications. But President Trump could be making the system less just, advocates warn. The president has pardoned political allies and prominent figures whom he said were treated unfairly by prosecutors. The Times’s Supreme Court reporter, Adam Liptak, looks at how this compares with the actions of previous presidents. Mr. D’Souza presented himself as a victim of selective justice, hounded by Mr. Obama’s attorney general among others, because he made a movie sharply critical of Mr. Obama. When it comes to racial episodes, the most jarring difference between President Trump and President Obama is the divergence in the way the two men have chosen to handle them. Around the country, record numbers of candidates are seeking House seats. In one Massachusetts district, the candidates can’t all fit on a stage. From the Rocky Mountain West to Texas and to California, Republican backers of an immigration petition are making life tough on Speaker Paul D. Ryan. They bake. They blog. They have babies to perpetuate the survival of their race. They’re tradwives. A proposal would roll back the Volcker Rule and let banks do more to determine their own risk. What could possibly go wrong? The anti-Europeans won. Let them fail from the inside, not rail from the outside. The soul of the 31st president can rest easy. He is no longer the worst Republican ever. Congress can take a small step toward reasserting itself by refusing to fund this particular folly. After a long week, we’re thinking about where we can rest our heads. The president instructed Energy Secretary Rick Perry to “prepare immediate steps” to stop the closing of unprofitable plants around the country. The vote on the resolution, which the United States called unfair to Israel, offered insight into America’s isolation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Adm. Karl L. Schultz said the military service will hold steady in its growing role in homeland security priorities like immigration and disaster relief. The coalition of the Five Star Movement and the anti-immigrant League has European leaders worried about the alliance’s anti-euro tendencies and threats to crack down on migration. In a report released a month late, the Defense Department didn’t list any civilian casualties in Somalia, a finding at odds with the claims of nongovernmental organizations and local officials. Nineteen of the last 23 winners have been of South Asian descent. We asked a filmmaker about the phenomenon. Medical investigators will need to overcome the rural region’s extreme logistical hurdles to reconstruct transmission chains, vaccinate contacts and halt the spread. Coming on the heels of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, it fueled a general sense that the normal rules and constants of politics could no longer be counted on. President Trump used Twitter to endorse Representative Dan Donovan, who faces a challenge from Michael Grimm, a felon and local favorite who formerly held the seat. Michael Sitrick built his career on helping the rich and powerful deflect damaging headlines. There was no spinning this. John Doyle’s Tony Award-winning style lends itself to working across racial boundaries, and breathing new life into a largely forgotten classic featuring an all-black cast. Credit experts often recommend a freeze as a way to protect personal information from fraud and identity theft. A personal pan pizza recipe from Anthony Falco of Roberta’s should be high on your list, as should Dolester Miles’s lemon meringue tart and coconut pecan cake. In a Hollywood reluctant to give women second chances, Ms. Silverstone has rebounded from an early stumble, and is now starring in “American Woman.” Big-screen clichés have come full circle — now they’re invigorating new transgressive gay comedies. The earliest populations in the Americas would not mingle again for thousands of years. Why they separated is still a mystery. More Recent Articles |
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