Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. A new accuser and fresh evidence confronted Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh before a make-or-break hearing with a woman who says the Supreme Court nominee assaulted her. Ms. Swetnick says Judge Kavanaugh attended parties in high school where women were inappropriately touched and “gang raped.” The claims, denied by the judge, could not be independently verified. Republicans and Democrats are setting different standards by which to judge Thursday’s hearing, with the former framing it as a legal proceeding and the latter as a job interview. Uniting the complaints of sexual impropriety that have threatened to upend Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation is a theme of binge drinking. The president said his own experience with claims of sexual misconduct makes him more skeptical of the accusations threatening to derail his Supreme Court nominee. The president said he does not want to fire the deputy attorney general, who is said to have discussed secretly recording him to expose the chaos in the administration. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the third time this year and signaled it was on track to raise them again in December. The Trump administration is prepared to release text of its trade agreement with Mexico, throwing the future of the trilateral Nafta pact into uncertainty. Changes to welfare benefits and funding cuts are driving the working poor into crisis — and reversing a long-term decline in the childhood poverty rate. Mr. Corbyn, speaking at a party conference, outlined a “radical plan to rebuild and transform” Britain. The party remains split on Brexit. Approaching the Kavanaugh collision. Rarely has society’s tendency to sympathize with powerful men been so thoroughly on display. The integrity of the Supreme Court is at stake. These accusations don’t paint Brett Kavanaugh as just a cad, but as a lascivious predator. The president’s speeches before the United Nations foreshadowed his intention to ignore our greatest threats and to stoke fresh conflict needlessly. The United States supplies bombs and other support for the war that’s killed civilians and is creating famine. We shouldn’t allow the questions raised about the nominee in his first hearing to be submerged by the onrushing tide of scandal. Why aren’t outbreaks in poor countries treated the same way as those in rich ones? Two poets with disabilities enter a landscape where they can be at home, and free. Why revisiting the political scandals of the 1990s should temper partisanship today. Once a leader in protecting the region’s vast forests, Brazil is now moving in the opposite direction. Mary Gabriel moves from exalted art criticism to the seamiest gossip in her gratifying and generous group portrait of Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler. Everyone is worried about the power of big technology companies. Apple alone has managed to turn the fears into an argument for its own business model. Speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session, he reversed the position he took a year ago that the North had to disarm rapidly. Inmates typically double up at the Pennsylvania state prison holding Mr. Cosby, but officials have isolated him in a single cell near the infirmary. The new report offers the first comprehensive tally of the scale of devastation in a largely forgotten war. Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay and Peru have urged the International Criminal Court to investigate abuses in Venezuela. Here’s what that means. Kiah Morris, a Democrat, resigned from her seat in the State House of Representatives one month after she ended her re-election campaign over harassment and threats. Electric companies across the mainland have received tax bills from Puerto Rican cities demanding millions of dollars in payments. Nike’s ad campaign featuring Kaepernick has been a sensation since it began this month. But a year ago, the company was ready to cut him loose. The Supreme Court said the Aadhaar fingerprint ID system is legal, but restricted it to government benefits and banned companies from using it. Gerardo Adan Cazarez Valenzuela took a plane to Washington, then drove south to California, and later to Mexico. He was arrested there in 2011, and is now facing a new charge in the U.S. If you’ve ever wanted to take a luxurious trip to a picturesque seaside destination, here are more than a few high-end options that come without high-end prices. Space junk from rockets launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia ends up in the remote Mezensky District, where residents repurpose it for hunting sleds, tools and boats. Banksy, Gus Van Sant, Martin Mull and “Hook” — the eclectic collection of Robin and Marsha Williams goes on the auction block at Sotheby’s. More Recent Articles |
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