Attorney General Mark Herring, like Gov. Ralph Northam, said he dressed in blackface years ago. And a woman came forward to describe being sexually assaulted by the lieutenant governor. White former students say some of the offensive images were once acceptable, but their black classmates recall racially divided times when their presence was invisible. The woman, Vanessa C. Tyson, said that in 2004 Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax forced her to perform oral sex. Casting socialism as a threat could become the kind of rhetorical touchstone of President Trump’s re-election campaign that sounding the alarm about “criminal illegal aliens” was in 2016. Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Trump’s demand that the House drop its investigations “an all-out threat,” but defiantly said Democrats would not be cowed. Democrats avoided any outbursts or walkouts that could have presented a bad image, but their silence as Republicans clapped repeatedly spoke volumes. In this week’s newsletter: House committees held their first hearings in years on global warming, but the question is whether any climate legislation will have a real shot. As the former Texas congressman weighs a run for president, his rebel-in-moderation youth offers revealing parallels to his search for direction now. Mr. O’Rourke, considering a run for president, took to the road to find answers. And he wrote quite a bit about it. A stream of families and fighters, many of them hungry or injured, are surrendering on a rocky patch of desert in southeastern Syria. Julie Yip-Williams’s memoir, “The Unwinding of the Miracle,” written before her death at 42 last year, is an exquisitely moving exhortation to the living. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. Who’s champion of the race to the bottom? Caracas’s options are to oust Maduro and join its democratic neighbors, or risk becoming a protectorate of Russia, Cuba and China. Our boring neighbor is a moral leader of the free world. What books were in Plato’s library and why is everyone getting wasted there? A radical idea is gaining adherents on the left. It’s the perfect way to blunt tech-driven inequality. She represents a repudiation of the idea that Democrats must downplay “identity” to appeal to the country at large. The government has given a lot of money to major telecommunications companies without much regulatory accountability. The president lied about abortion in the State of the Union. His populist attacks on the priorities of the “ruling class” have set off a maelstrom. If Trump betrays his most loyal supporters, he’ll deserve his fate. Why would any multinational corporation pay the new 21 percent rate when it could use the new “global minimum” loophole to pay half of that? The president and the religious right are spreading falsehoods about abortion laws to inflame their base. And this is just one of many fictitious alter egos to emerge. It’s that time again. In advance of the well-dressed onslaught, a few things to look for during fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan and Paris. In “Midnight in Chernobyl,” the journalist Adam Higginbotham reconstructs the disaster from the ground up, recounting the prelude to it as well as its aftermath. The Justice Department is investigating a plea deal negotiated by President Trump’s labor secretary in 2007, when he was a top federal prosecutor in Miami. The new emojis and variants, which emphasize inclusivity, are expected to come out later this year, the organization that sets standards for emoji compatibility announced. After one woman accused Óscar Arias Sánchez of sexual assault, three others have come forward with their own allegations. Authorities in China have ordered an emergency recall of more than 12,000 units of a blood plasma product, potentially the latest scandal to undermine public trust in the nation’s health care system. Small-scale protests underscore the challenges that the slowdown poses to China’s top leader, who has aggressively promoted the “Chinese dream” of greater wealth and a fairer society. The delivery app’s practice of counting tips toward guaranteed minimum payments for its contract workers drew accusations of wage theft. Pope Francis’ acknowledgment of the problem came after decades of allegations and seeming Vatican inaction, and arrived at a time of heightened awareness of sexual abuse in the #MeToo era. A new five-year policy offers $100 billion for infrastructure to stimulate growth — a shift from a focus on consumer spending. The company has given Alfonso Cuarón’s film a significant theatrical release, but the industry has its doubts about the streaming service’s intentions. The intricate plot, about a wedding upended by a kidnapping, revolves around the destructive power of unspoken grudges and half-buried memories. A strategy of bringing in players with something to prove has made the Nets a team of low-wattage players finding their footing and becoming stars. After the death of its namesake co-founder, Mr. Joyce made the chain an inescapable part of Canadian life. More Recent Articles |
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