The special counsel detailed his accusations that the former campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied to investigators. William Barr, a skeptic of the Russia investigation, was attorney general in the first Bush administration. His nomination comes at a turbulent time for the president. After Mr. Tillerson said that President Trump regularly pressed for action that would violate the law, the president fired back on Twitter. A senior officer who escaped punishment for the ambush that killed four American soldiers will be reprimanded. A junior officer’s reprimand is rescinded. Mr. Fields drove to Virginia from Ohio and plowed his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters at a white nationalist rally in 2017. Ms. Meng, the daughter of Huawei’s secretive founder, Ren Zhengfei, had stressed transparency at the company. She is now accused of hiding Huawei’s dealings in Iran. The detention of a Chinese tech executive poses a challenge for President Xi Jinping, who faces pressure to both retaliate and resolve the trade war with America. In a Canadian courtroom, authorities revealed details of the charges facing Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei official whose arrest has shaken U.S.-China relations. After a difficult week for the stock market and rising trade tensions, the November jobs report provided evidence that the economy remains strong. The organization and nonmember oil-producing countries, chiefly Russia, reached a deal to reduce worldwide oil production by 1.2 million barrels a day — more than had been expected. Major stock indexes dropped again Friday, in Wall Street’s third decline this week. Investors remained gripped by uncertainty about how much the American economy could slow next year. In some ways, the planet's worst mass extinction — 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period — may parallel climate change today. Distrust between the two biggest greenhouse gas emitters threatens to slow global action on climate change precisely at a time when the risks of climate catastrophe are rising. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Sentencing memos reveal damning evidence about collusion and campaign finance violations. The Senate has a long list of questions for President Trump’s latest nominee. They’re piling up like so many political snowdrifts. Good jokes highlight the ridiculous. Trump’s jokes merely ridicule. Was it bad? I am sorry. But I don’t want to hear about it yet. In holding people accountable for their old views — even ones they realized were wrong and apologized for — we are setting standards that nobody can meet. Columbia students didn’t like my joke and they had the right to cut my mic. But we all should have gotten the chance to stick it out. Tech executives worry China will turn to tit-for-tat arrests of Americans in response to the detention of Meng Wanzhou. And the worries don’t stop there. G.M. is the latest example of a company getting incentives based on empty promises. American Jews have nothing to fear from the new congressional critics of Israel. As the stage adaptation of the landmark film opens on Broadway, Howard Beale’s uniting anger seems almost innocent and endearing. The prime minister of Israel is being investigated for corruption. His cabinet is crumbling. And he’s not going anywhere. Some of our best ideas are in the rearview mirror. Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis used to hang with Warhol. Now, she hosts Stephen K. Bannon and the bishops opposed to Pope Francis in her 500-room palace. The Russian opera diva, who makes her Carnegie Hall solo recital debut on Sunday, goes above and beyond, both onstage and on Instagram. The offering, which is expected to be one of the biggest ever, puts the ride-hailing service neck and neck with its rival Lyft in a race to the public markets. Experts accused Michel Sidibé, the agency’s chief, of having an autocratic style leading to “ethical blindness” on harassment and the abuse of power. An instrument aboard the spacecraft for measuring the shaking of marsquakes picked up vibrations in the air. Information about investigations and his conviction for domestic assault was not sent to the authorities as required, allowing him to pass firearms background checks, a report said. Frank M. Gilliam Jr. pledged to be the mayor who helped usher the city into a “new era.” Then came a visit from the F.B.I. and the familiar accusations of corruption. The woman to succeed Angela Merkel in Germany is much like her. That is Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer’s greatest strength and her greatest weakness. The Trump family has tightened its embrace of Ms. Conway as her husband, George, a prominent conservative lawyer, has attacked the president. 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