Parliament’s long-anticipated vote on a plan to withdraw from the European Union went down to a stinging defeat for the prime minister. What’s next is unclear. The outsized defeat of Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan in Parliament may signal the end of Britain’s “elective dictatorship” and the start of a more gridlock-prone system. The White House doubled its estimate of the shutdown’s drag on growth, and other economists warned a long stalemate could push the economy into a contraction. As the White House tries to get the government functioning, President Trump invited Democrats to the White House, hoping to find cracks. They rejected his lunch date. A key global temperature report isn’t coming out this week because of missing data, and some long-term research projects are at risk. While some Republicans suggested the Iowa congressman’s views were new to them, Mr. King has a long and documented history of denigrating racial minorities. The unusually secretive way the president has handled these meetings has left his own administration guessing what happened and piqued the interest of investigators. Eleven Senate Republicans defied their leadership and the Trump administration in a clash over removing sanctions on companies controlled by a Kremlin ally. William P. Barr, a once and likely future attorney general, testified at his confirmation hearing at a time of constitutional tumult. Critics had accused the Trump administration of trying to turn the census into a tool to advance Republican political fortunes. A filing in a Massachusetts lawsuit contains dozens of internal Purdue Pharma documents suggesting the family was far more involved than the company has long contended. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. All the debate has come up against a stubborn fact: Brexit is damaging to the British national interest. After a historic Brexit vote, the country requires a miracle of statesmanship. Too bad it has Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn. The Iowa Republican has been objectionable for years, but his party has historically been unwilling to do anything about its extremists. Towns like Estes Park, Colo., wonder how long they can survive the shutdown. It’s time for the state to end the system that leaves defendants in the dark about the evidence against them. Our institutions give us strength. Fortunately, people with civic courage are working to protect them. How not to do social change. So now the party abhors bigotry? How convenient. It’s been a very long two weeks. By any reasonable metric, “mass” immigration is a myth. The reality is that America desperately needs to pick up the pace of immigration for its economic health. How her outsize presence — and that “Hello, Dolly!” cast album — helped entice a burgeoning theater critic to New York. Two male penguins are raising a baby whose gender is unknown. At Jonathan Benno’s new restaurant, it’s as if the past 15 years in food never happened. This might not be such a bad thing. Appearing on Stephen Colbert’s show, Ms. Gillibrand said she was forming an exploratory committee, becoming the latest candidate in what is expected to be a large Democratic primary. The company backtracked hours after an outcry at news it had given the conspiracy theorist a channel that could reach 27 million users. Andrea Orcel, Europe’s most famous investment banker, was poised to become the new chief executive of Santander. But the bank refused to pay him compensation earned at his previous post. The Shabab group, which has ties to Al Qaeda, struck a luxury hotel and an office complex in Kenya’s capital. Alex Cifuentes Villa, an ally of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the drug trafficker known as El Chapo, said Enrique Peña Nieto had initially asked for $250 million. Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat re-elected in November, presented an aggressively progressive platform promising to make New York a leader among liberal states. Despite all the speculation, it’s not a landing zone for aliens. Scientists say the ice disks are an unusual but entirely natural phenomenon. I wanted to face childbirth with an athlete’s strength, confidence and determination. So I turned to sports psychology for advice. The remote Margaret River region has beauty, vineyards and an annual food and wine festival called the Gourmet Escape that is increasingly putting it on the map. Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. She explored the obstacles confronting women seeking their place in the world as well as her own privileged but unsettled life under the sway of daunting parents. Pediatric pain specialists believe that reducing the pain associated with needles can lead to better health care. More Recent Articles |
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