The president again chooses confrontation over conciliation. His caustic approach to politics echoes through the rest of the political food chain. Conspiratorial thinking has always been with us — the grassy knoll, the moon landing, the Freemasons. But it has been turbocharged in the Trump era. The announcement, part of a flurry of initiatives from the White House ahead of the midterms, came after a government study found that Medicare is paying 80 percent more than other nations for drugs. But the president confirmed a crucial vulnerability — that he uses a cellphone to make calls. No cellphone, government issued or not, is secure. The announcement that the dissident writer’s death may have been planned was the latest shift in the kingdom’s official account of what happened. The killing of Jamal Khashoggi may be scaring away the foreign partners Saudi Arabia needs to overhaul its economy. Empty seats at a high-profile conference reflect the danger. Officials now say that new evidence indicates the dissident journalist’s killing was “premeditated,” a conclusion most of the world reached some time ago. The internet giant paid Mr. Rubin $90 million and praised him, while keeping silent about a misconduct claim. The host’s standing at the network appeared shaky even before she made incendiary remarks on Tuesday. Her recent apologies have not won her much support. The NBC host’s comments about blackface, like her history at Fox News, reflected the assumptions of people used to seeing themselves as the default. Mike Espy, former President Clinton’s agriculture secretary, could emerge as the top vote-getter in Mississippi’s Senate race on Election Day, but the runoff will be the hard part. History has shown certain themes repeat themselves when control of a chamber of Congress switches, including a lot of talk by everyone about doing things differently. Abuse allegations against Keith Ellison have shifted the attorney general’s race in favor of Doug Wardlow, a little known Republican lawyer. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. President Trump says he plans to withdraw from a nonproliferation treaty that I signed with Ronald Reagan. It’s just the latest victim in the militarization of world affairs. Mohammed bin Salman is the latest in a long line of “courageous modernizers” who turned out to be vicious dictators. Why do people keep falling for it? This is the time to expand, not abandon, an important nuclear weapons agreement with Russia. If he remembers his campaign promises. And cares enough to stick with them. Our problem isn’t “incivility.” It’s right-wing violence. How love of country nourishes a life. The complexity is more than cultural. It’s biological, too. Why is Beijing suddenly justifying a practice it had adamantly denied? It’s not “Nebraska Nice,” but it is necessary. Hate is how Republicans change the subject from policy. In a world of B.S. artists — and in a country led by one — Honnold is modeling something else, a kind of radical truthfulness. I’m a baby boomer. Our parents spoiled us by building a better world than they had. Somewhere down the road, we stopped promising our own children the same. They are examples of stochastic terrorism — individually random, but these days, statistically predictable. Mary Shelley’s creation is the rare story to pass from literature into common myth, inspiring a seemingly endless stream of adaptations. Before their deaths on World War I battlefields, the painters Franz Marc and August Macke helped open the door to abstraction. The police are investigating the motive for the attack, in which they say Gregory Bush, who is white, fatally shot two black people. Larysa Switlyk’s Instagram image of the carcass with the words “fun hunt!!” drew condemnation on social media, including from the mother of the Scottish tennis star Andy Murray. They know President Trump has vowed to block them yet they press on. “We prefer to die on the American border than die in Honduras from hunger,” one said. Facing a lawsuit accusing it of rejecting Asian-American applicants because of supposed low personality scores, the university clarified that quieter students ought to be accepted too. The mayor is weighing whether to fire his investigations commissioner, but an inquiry into the administration may complicate his decision. Their farm threatened by a modernization drive, four specimens of a rare breed of swine need a new home. A Rockefeller scion may save them. If you’re in college, at work or somewhere in between, we’re here to help. From San Francisco to Bhutan, hoteliers are opening new properties that offer everything from on-site fashion shows to wellness spas to a prayer pavilion. Casey Gerald’s memoir, “There Will Be No Miracles Here,” recounts a life breaking through enormous barriers while never forgetting his roots. More Recent Articles |
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