Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. The president said the new pact will help United States companies and workers. But the deal’s importance may have less to do with its details than the signal it sends. Changes for automakers, dairy farmers, labor unions and large corporations headline the renegotiated U.S.M.C.A., which is poised to replace Nafta. Although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau praised the agreement as a win for Canada, economists painted a more complex picture of some of its potential impact. The White House authorized the new directive after a Democratic outcry, but the bureau must finish its investigation by Friday. As the F.B.I. pursues Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s past, Democrats seeking to derail his nomination are using his performance before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week as a new avenue of attack. Entire neighborhoods have been devastated in and around Palu. Part of the damage is the effect of liquefaction, which causes soil to lose its ability to support structures. A year ago, Regina Harris and Billy Bob Mason were among those who fled the concert in panic as bullets rained down. Monday, they were back, surrounded by survivors. As he explores a possible 2020 presidential run, the former vice president finds that his role in Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearings 27 years ago is complicating his plans. Some places lift children out of poverty. Others trap them there. Now cities are trying to do something about the difference. Given his blatant partisanship and personal animosity toward liberals, how could he be an effective member of the Supreme Court? Beto O’Rourke offers hope in dark times. Trumpism is all about the fear of losing traditional privilege. The new deal undermines investor certainty and makes disputes between the United States and Mexico more likely. He’s shown us that he’s up for a fight, but can he rule dispassionately? Changing the rules on public assistance for immigrants punishes anyone who needs a little help getting back on their feet. Despite limitations and partisan attacks, the bureau can find out a lot about the Kavanaugh accusations in a week. An Army veteran responded to readers’ comments about the lessons he learned deploying in Afghanistan and Iraq after losing his brother in 9/11. The administration created this crisis. A clever competition at a Citi Bike docking station, learning something interesting from a sidewalk vendor and more reader tales from this week’s Metropolitan Diary. The president, in Tennessee to rally for Republican candidates in the midterms, took aim at three Democrats who could challenge him in 2020. The 25-year-old Bronx rapper turned herself in to the police to face charges she ordered members of her entourage to assault two women at a strip club. Prosecutors have not only kept the names of those who will testify secret, but they have placed those witnesses under round-the-clock protection. The executive told Memorial Sloan Kettering’s staff that the hospital had not done enough to limit the industry conflicts of its chief medical officer, who has resigned. The first lady could help an isolated U.S. show a more inclusive face to the world — if her husband can keep from generating too many headlines back home. Groups of new vehicles are being detected in unexplained locations across the country. Evidence being posted online has raised questions about production, logistics, quality and even demand. Antonio Delgado, a Democrat making his first run for office, is challenging Representative John Faso in a key battleground race in New York. The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Vinod Khosla, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist whose belief in property rights outweighed his affinity for a state access law. The photographer Mark Makela documented Mr. Cosby’s nearly three-year journey to prison. Introducing and explaining contemporary classical music is essential work. Nightcap, a new series by the New York Philharmonic, is a good start. More Recent Articles |
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