Mr. Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, said he had lied to Congress to protect President Trump. “I am not protecting Mr. Trump anymore,” Mr. Cohen said. Michael Cohen's words were blunt, salacious and verged on ad hominem. But his appearance put old facts in a new light, with a named accuser testifying under threat of perjury outlining a vivid bill of particulars against the president of the United States. In congressional testimony, the president’s former personal lawyer traced the lifelong myth-making practice that created the brand of Donald J. Trump, self-made billionaire. The bond, as Michael D. Cohen and associates described it, was a mix of father and son, lawyer and client, and the blind loyalty of henchman to crime boss. Representative Mark Meadows had a HUD official, Lynne Patton, stand silently behind him, drawing scorn from Democrats, one of whom accused him of using “a black woman as a prop.” The president’s former lawyer, speaking to Congress, also implicated Donald Jr. and the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer in an arrangement to pay off Stormy Daniels. How does it feel on the streets of Hanoi during the second summit meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un? These images give a taste. Hostilities grow with a second day of airstrikes and the first planes downed. Other countries call for the nuclear-armed rivals to show restraint. The crossing where two Long Island Rail Road trains slammed into a vehicle, killing three people, had been considered dangerous and was supposed to be eliminated. L. McCrae Dowless Jr., whose illicit voter-turnout effort led the state to order a new election, has been indicted over his work in a previous election. No one had spotted a new painting by the Dutch master for four decades — until the scion of a storied Amsterdam family found two. Exhibitions around the world to commemorate the anniversary are celebrating the painter as one of art’s great rebels. But it wasn’t always so. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. He said working for Donald Trump was “intoxicating.” We’re all feeling hung over. What they left out of their questioning of Michael Cohen says more about the degradation of my former party than anything they said. They’ve got better things to do in Dripping Springs. Amy Klobuchar needs to make amends for her behavior. The Israeli prime minister enters into an alliance with a radical right-wing party to save his political career. Nixon was bad, but nothing compared to Michael Cohen’s portrayal of “gangster” Trump. Republicans can attack his credibility, but his charges are specific, persuasive and backed by strong evidence. Fifty years ago, the band recorded the most entrancing version of its most hypnotic composition. Ranked-choice voting in the mayoral election would have significantly smoothed the decision-making process for overwhelmed voters. Social media has been taken over by warmongers in the nuclear-armed neighbors. Nicolás Maduro stole my television crew’s cameras and expelled me from the country, all because he was afraid of an interview. Gaspar Noé has had to make his peace with the reaction to his newest film, “Climax.” Then again, it’s the first of his movies with a happy part. A nuisance or a great way to earn income? In “Nervous States,” William Davies says profound uncertainty and heightened alertness have encouraged us to approach politics as a matter of instinct rather than rationality. Making a rare admission of a mistake, the special counsel’s office filed a memo in federal court revising its account of the evidence it used in asserting that Paul Manafort breached his plea deal. A surprise ruling accuses several Fox executives of a “pattern of deceit” in how they divvied up the profits for a crime show that lasted 12 seasons. Mr. O’Rourke said he would make an announcement “soon.” There has been much speculation about his possible entrance into the 2020 race. With the rapper out on bond after he was charged with overstaying his visa, his legal team is underscoring the political dimension to his plight while fighting to keep him in the United States. Jody Wilson-Raybould said she was pressured to end a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. The opposition called for Mr. Trudeau’s resignation. With an election campaign in full swing, Israel’s attorney general, Avichai Mandelblit, must decide whether to charge his former patron, Prime Benjamin Netanyahu. When they want a bite, locals head to their favorite bacarò for cicchetti, the Italian version of tapas. Here are seven of the best places to find them. An Oscar weekend to remember: These two and their guests got a live performance of “King of My Heart” at their engagement party. The Georgia rapper’s new album elevates mumbling to an art form as he blurs and bends words in fever dreams of excess and bravado. Mr. Churchill took part in the daring breakout from a Nazi prison camp in 1944 that inspired the 1963 film starring Steve McQueen. Seeing the world while holding down a full-time job sounds too good to be true, but with the right planning, equipment and support, it can be done. A few minutes of brief, intense exercise may be as effective, or more effective, for incinerating body fat than walking, jogging, swimming or cycling for lengthier periods. More Recent Articles |
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