During the contentious meeting, the president made his case for a border wall and rejected Democrats’ proposals for reopening the government while the two sides ironed out their differences. Ms. Pelosi is poised to become House speaker again Thursday, solidifying her status as the highest-ranking and most powerful elected woman in the history of American politics. A guide to what’s running and what’s not while Congress and President Trump negotiate over government funding. Complaints of sexual harassment and pay disparity by former campaign staffers, which have gone unaddressed by the Vermont senator, could hinder a second presidential run. Several Republicans assailed Mr. Romney, including the party leader who is also his niece. One Republican official urged colleagues to change party rules to ensure Mr. Trump’s renomination in 2020. “What’s he done for me? How has he done in Afghanistan? Not too good,” Mr. Trump said of his former defense secretary. “I’m not happy with what he’s done in Afghanistan, and I shouldn’t be happy.” A surprise announcement added to concerns about the ability of American tech giants to navigate an increasingly uncertain economy and a trade war with China. The automaker said sales of the Model 3 sedan increased 13 percent over the previous quarter, but the price cut could signal softening demand. Europe’s central bank took control of troubled Banca Carige, an unprecedented step to manage risk as Italy’s political and economic woes continue. At a Wednesday news conference, scientists will announce some of the results from the flyby of the most distant object ever visited. Parents in Indiana are demanding the clean-up of a toxic site and questioning environmental rollbacks that could prevent future chemical disasters like the one they face. Driven by fear of persecution and economic mismanagement, the exodus threatens to reorder the society permanently and set Turkey back decades. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Let us help you start your day. Just look to California to see what President Trump’s strident anti-immigration policies could do to the national Republican Party. I moved to Europe because I couldn’t afford to be a cancer patient in America. I’d rather have been able to stay home. About 800,000 federal employees, and the citizens who depend on them, are being hurt for an empty political stunt. Only Washington and Beijing, working together, can slow climate change and the spread of nuclear weapons. The notion that limiting women’s reproduction can cure societal ills has a long, scary history. In modern-day “re-education” prisons, Beijing is forcing ethnic Uighurs to forsake their religion. Why don’t Muslim governments rise up in anger? Love, political change, a pennant: Readers respond with their hopes for 2019, for both themselves and for the world. When an Israeli soldier killed Rouzan al-Najjar, Palestinians called her an innocent martyr. Israel portrayed her as a threat. The truth is more complicated. What Rami Malek tries — and fails — to capture in “Bohemian Rhapsody” is the same elusive quality Lady Gaga gets right in “A Star Is Born.” At Allbirds and Birkenstock in SoHo, the Critical Shopper embarks, skeptically, on a search for styling footwear. One year after marijuana legalization California sales are down, tax revenues are well below forecasts and the black market thrives. Whalesca Castillo was imprisoned twice for providing silicone injections. Now she is charged with manslaughter after a woman she treated died. Greece awarded the men citizenship for their actions in July, when a fast-moving wildfire engulfed a seaside village near Athens. Britain’s Foreign Office brought home 82 women from forced marriages over two years, then billed them as much as $1,000 for their return. He and his wife, Toni Tennille, were one of the most successful hit-making combinations of the 1970s. Their “Love Will Keep Us Together” went to No. 1. The president relishes showing off the “beautiful” and “interesting” letters he receives from a man he once threatened with annihilation: North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un. Too few recruits are signing up from cities like Chicago and Seattle, so the Army is trying to frame enlistment as a patriotic detour. As a candidate, President Jair Bolsonaro compared indigenous communities living in isolated areas to animals in zoos. Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content, where even a photo of an empty chair could cause big trouble. Make 2019 the year you actually do all the things you want to do. We asked the experts and checked the journals for the most useful tips you can take to heart. The Chinese photographer Li Zhensheng has been on a decades-long mission to make his country remember the Cultural Revolution. When he died in 2016, the singer left behind hundreds of notebooks that have yielded material for a new miscellany, “The Flame.” Mr. Einstein first gained fame in the 1970s by playing an accident-prone daredevil. He later had a recurring role on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Americans are rediscovering the appeals of cutting through complexity and acting with zealous, unswerving righteousness. But certainty has its dangers. More Recent Articles |
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