Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The announcement came as uncertainty spread throughout the government about what the president had agreed to. The president seems set on testing the limits of his ability to move past a controversy without consequences. Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, said the Justice Department would crack down on foreign agents who sought to manipulate the American political process. The revisions have wide-reaching implications, including for how the federal government would protect species from climate change. In an interview with CNBC, the president said he was “not thrilled” about recent interest rate increases, upending longstanding protocol to avoid comments on monetary policy. The administration moved to avoid an embarrassing defeat for Ryan W. Bounds for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after Tim Scott, the Senate’s only black Republican, said he would oppose the nomination. Asked about the kind of content Facebook keeps up and the kind it removes, company executives from Mark Zuckerberg on down have been comically tripped up in their responses. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is mostly restricted by law from promoting its content in the United States except on request. The automaker became the No. 1 exporter of American-made cars, transforming Spartanburg. Now it is weighing the impact of an escalation of the trade fight. Auto companies lined up to protest potential tariffs on $351 billion in automobiles and parts at a hearing in Washington on Thursday. As part of the effort, companies and trade unions have committed to funding nearly four million slots for apprenticeships, retraining and continuing education programs over the next five years. Critics say that by giving a special status to Jews — and downgrading the status of the Arabic language — the legislation diminishes non-Jewish citizens. European and American officials need to find more effective ways to ensure competition in industries dominated by a handful of big players. Lawmakers must keep the American people informed of the current danger, writes a Republican congressman from Texas. Countless studies show it’s the healthiest way to eat. But too few people actually follow it. Remembering teen angst and an album’s journey as “Another Brick in the Wall” takes the stage in Cincinnati. For one thing, it’s not Trump country. Most struggling whites I know here live a life of quiet desperation, mad at their white bosses, not resentful toward their co-workers or neighbors of color. Sometimes, it pays off to sweat the small stuff. Voter purges are a growing threat that may imperil the right to vote for millions of Americans in November. Human progress isn’t a one-way process. We can go backward as well as forward. Majority-black cities, like my hometown near Pittsburgh, want to be part of the tech revival. Companies should do more to include them. Charlotte’s Democratic mayor will, too. The president’s men must answer to higher duties. The exhibition “Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948-1980” is exactly what the Museum of Modern Art should be doing right now. Horror stories about children guilty of murderous misdeeds are perennially popular. Ruth Franklin considers what the genre tells parents about their own fears. A black sarcophagus found in a pit in Alexandria, Egypt, last week was opened on Thursday after much speculation over who, or what, was inside. Although the character embodied by Robin Williams was largely a fictional construct, Mr. Cronauer’s signature wake-up line was real. Ibraheem Musaibli, who is from Michigan, is being held in Syria. So is an Indiana woman whose husband died fighting for ISIS. The U.S. is bringing them home. A federal judge has dismissed a suit brought by the city that would have forced fossil fuel companies to pay for some costs of climate change. Latinos make up California’s largest ethnic group, but they are underrepresented in the state’s universities. Step forward the University of California, Merced. A 60-year-old has told the police that Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, a family friend who baptized him, molested him beginning when he was a minor. European Union countries are hiring thousands of staff, buying drones and preparing for huge delays as they gird for a worst-case scenario. City officials confirmed the Con Ed pipe was lined with asbestos. They warned people caught in debris to bag their clothes and take showers. A neighborhood cleanup could last days. You know that “letting go” is probably the healthiest move, but wanting revenge is often much more appealing. But why? Women have been behind the camera since movies were invented, but their work has often been ignored. A BAMcinématek series helps set the record straight. “In Search Of,” which is having its premiere on History, reboots the paranormal docu-series Mr. Nimoy hosted from 1977-82. This Elmhurst, Queens, spot’s signature dish, a giant bun filled with chicken curry, is found on a menu largely devoted to Thai and Chinese classics. David Streitfeld has covered technology for years for The Times. He thinks the Luddites are misunderstood. More Recent Articles |
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