Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. This week has illustrated why Republicans put up with the chaos: As President Trump raged, his party moved toward an ideological shift in the Supreme Court that will last for decades. The former president offered a stinging indictment of his successor, sometimes by name, accusing him and his Republican supporters of practicing a “politics of fear and resentment.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo took 195 trips on taxpayer-funded state aircraft last year, far more than governors in California, Texas and other large states. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, President Trump called the issue a matter of national security. Prosecutors said an investigation by the Justice Department would be inappropriate. President Trump said he has never used terms like “mentally retarded” or “dumb Southerner,” as he is quoted in Bob Woodward’s new book. But the record shows he has. In an interview, the former campaign adviser said he lied to the F.B.I. to distance himself and the Trump team from “what was probably an illegal action.” The Infowars founder and Trump backer is as much marketer as ideological warrior, selling products to assuage the fears he is so expert at stoking. Fans of Infowars don’t just buy in to the conspiracy theories peddled by Alex Jones, they actually buy. Mr. Jones has amassed a fortune by pitching health products and weapons components as antidotes to the frightening worldview he broadcasts. The elimination leaves Mr. Jones with a dearth of avenues to reach a mainstream audience. The largely positive Labor Department report hinted that tariffs could be starting to take a toll on manufacturing jobs. The head of accounting departed weeks after he arrived, and the company’s chief held forth in a webcast punctuated by his apparent puffs on a joint. In an interview, Mr. Ma said it was “the beginning of an era” for him and that he planned to focus on philanthropy in education. Four days of Supreme Court confirmation hearings ended Friday the way they began: With fierce partisan divisions over Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh. We have received lots of questions from our readers about abortion, classified documents and other issues raised during the confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The Times’s Supreme Court reporter, Adam Liptak, provides some answers. Judge Kavanaugh’s use of the term in his confirmation hearing resurrected a controversial phrase. While Honest Abe rolls in his grave … A perfect nominee for a president with no clear relation to the truth. Employers shouldn’t push out people with early-onset dementia. We still have a lot to offer. Kevin McCarthy, the House majority leader, says the author of an Op-Ed about resistance within the administration is a “subversive” who should be “exposed and fired.” Ask your candidate, "When did you last vote with the other side?" He may be a wandering plague ship of a man, but journalists should talk to him. They’re not restraining Trump. They’re making him more powerful. President Trump’s contempt for the Constitution confirms the harshest charges leveled in recent accounts of his off-the-rails presidency. Direct talks between America and the insurgents would be the best way to start diplomacy that might end the war in Afghanistan. Sometimes kids have an important point to make, and a unique way of doing it. Juan Martín del Potro advanced to his first Grand Slam final since 2009, and will play Novak Djokovic, who defeated Kei Nishikori in the second semifinal on Friday. The officer told the police that she shot Botham Shem Jean, 26, after mistaking his apartment for her own and believing he was an intruder. Thousands of people could have their misdemeanor warrants and low-level convictions vacated under new initiatives in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Employees at a Marseille McDonald’s said selling it to a Middle Eastern food operator was a risk to their jobs and their neighborhood. For now, a court has agreed. Steve Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, has formed a new group to help populists gain influence in Europe. Now Italy’s interior minister is part of it. The musician, who released five albums, began his career as a mischievous party-starter but turned toward darker themes. In an acerbic order, a federal judge said 32 counties with Puerto Rican populations were obligated to provide Spanish-language sample ballots. A former Marine recounts how the Corps’ unwillingness to believe that he was the victim of male-on-male sexual assault left him blaming himself. Flen, a town with a history of immigration, is following the trend in much of the country, where the far right is expected to win a fifth of the vote. Mr. Key talks about transforming into an action figure for Shane Black’s “The Predator,” life beyond “Key & Peele” and why he doesn’t miss what he had. Airports in Shanghai, Rome, New York and other major cities, often designed before global warming was fully understood, face a threat from rising seas and extreme weather. More Recent Articles |
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