Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. An Op-Ed column by an unnamed senior administration official added to the impression left by Bob Woodward’s book of aides seeking to thwart a president’s “reckless decisions.” I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. It’s rare for The New York Times to grant an Op-Ed writer anonymity, but the piece, by a senior administration official, “deserved an airing,” an editor said. On his first full day of questioning, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, would not say whether a president could be subpoenaed or pardon himself. Judge Brett Kavanaugh faced questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee under oath about his legal opinions on major issues. Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh spent a long day answering — and often failing to answer — questions about some of the most pressing issues that could reach the Supreme Court in the years ahead. Here’s a look at three of them. The poisoning of a former Russian spy led to a landmark test of an investigative technique Britain has pioneered: accumulating mounds of visual data and sifting through it. The police said they had tracked in detail the movement of the suspects, who have been charged in the poisoning of a former spy. Republicans and Democrats sparred over censorship on social media, as the Justice Department said it would examine whether the services were purposely “stifling the free exchange of ideas.” House and Senate hearings into the influence of Facebook and Twitter attracted the Infowars provocateur Alex Jones, who nearly got into a scuffle with Marco Rubio. While criticism of Nike came from the White House and consumers, the company is doubling down, buying time on NBC’s telecast on Thursday. Ms. Pressley’s victory was both a political upset and a jolt to a city perpetually grappling with its own reputation for provincialism, particularly on matters of race. Prosecutors issued subpoenas for elections officials to turn a huge number of records over to immigration authorities by Sept. 25. The pairing of Cynthia Nixon and Jumaane Williams in New York, opposing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, may not be as odd as it seems. Want to fix subways and housing laws? Vote to fix state politics. Patients might not care about this fight between hospitals and insurers. But they should. Sheryl Sandberg’s testimony to Congress revealed that fraudulent pages are being created as fast as the social network can delete them. Don’t let the revolving door hit you on the way out. He needs to explain why he followed right-wing conspiracy theories about the White House aide’s suicide. The death of the storied alternative weekly isn’t just the end of a newspaper. It’s the end of New York as the lodestar for new and uncomfortable ideas. The government convicts two Reuters journalists in a cruel and clumsy cover up of its own crimes. Brett Kavanaugh knows firsthand that affirmative action works and he uses it to hire female law clerks. But he opposes it as policy. Trump has torn through some establishment restraints on his conduct, but his weakness is still the major story of his presidency. What’s the difference between a reboot and a revival — and can either ever be as good as the original? S. E. Hinton’s 1967 coming-of-age novel credited teenagers with a rich interior life. Here, a tribute to the book that created young adult fiction as we know it today. Over the course of one month, three separate stories from our International desk — reported on the ground in Iraq, Thailand and South Africa — helped lead to immediate reforms. Adults 21 and older are not exempt from a new policy under which beer, wine and malt beverages will still be allowed. Fraternities have until Sept. 1, 2019, to comply. A text message on Wednesday asked for volunteers to ‘transport undocumented immigrants to polling booths.’ Republican and Democratic states clash in oral arguments over whether the health law is unconstitutional now that Congress has eliminated the tax penalty for not having insurance. The Silicon Valley startup is expected to shutter its operations after it failed to deliver revolutionary lab-testing amid allegations of fraud. Mr. Lawford turned his struggle with addiction into a career speaking and writing about his recovery and public health. A new contemporary art museum vindicates the Finnish capital’s decision to turn down a proposal to build a Guggenheim branch there. It’s parasites all the way down. More Recent Articles |
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