In a contentious meeting at the Capitol, Senate Republicans told senior White House officials that they are prepared to resist tariffs on Mexico if President Trump pushes forward. The prospect of a Britain overly dependent on the United States divided politicians and added to the grievances of anti-Trump protesters in London. Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chairman, said the central bank was “closely monitoring” trade and “as always, we will act as appropriate” to sustain the expansion. Scot Peterson, a former Broward County sheriff’s deputy, faces charges of neglect of a child, culpable negligence and perjury, the authorities said. Mr. Peterson did not enter the building and he directed law enforcement to stay away, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Gov. Ralph Northam called a special legislative session to address gun violence after a gunman killed 12 people on Friday at the municipal center in Virginia Beach. A debate has emerged over whether federal law enforcement has enough tools to fight racially motivated mass shootings and other attacks. Even former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has embraced the goals of the Green New Deal, showing just how far the Democratic field has moved on climate change. The market for master’s degrees behaves in strange and erratic ways, new data reveals. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. This week, thrillers, travel writing and more recommendations for the season. On this week’s Modern Love podcast, the “Perpetual Grace, LTD” actress reads an essay about the relative nature of luck. Our legislators need to return to lawmaking and help our political culture escape poisonous polarization. Suddenly regulators’ guns are blazing, but it looks thoughtless and is likely to prove pointless. They and the rest of the world will regret the result if their reprisals over trade issues keep escalating. When it comes to coal, President Trump seems to care more about politics than free-market principles. The American president has lost his ability to shock and awe, but not for lack of trying. What the strange war over “David French-ism” says about the right. An official’s vague accusation could undermine the Nuclear Test Ban agreement. Ever since the 1969 riots on the streets outside New York City’s Stonewall Inn, L.G.B.T.Q. communities have gathered there to express their joy, their anger, their pain and their power. Sometimes it’s worth pausing to ask the simplest questions. The Senate ratified the 19th Amendment a century ago. What took so long? Before there was a Western civilization, there was Islamic civilization. The crowds have moved on, but Una Pizza Napoletana has only improved, becoming one of the most enjoyable pizzerias in New York. The House voted Tuesday to give 2.5 million young undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship, a defiant gesture as President Trump pushes a crackdown on migrants. A bipartisan group of senators will try to force votes rebuking the White House’s decision to circumvent Congress to sell munitions to Saudi Arabia. Mr. Manafort was indicted on state charges, which prosecutors brought to ensure he would go to prison if pardoned by President Trump. High-profile inmates are often held in protective custody. Customers with Chase credit cards received notifications informing them their rights to sue would end unless they opted out, in writing, by Aug. 7. A complaint filed by the California attorney general’s office accuses Naasón Joaquín García, 50, of raping a child, among more than a dozen other crimes. House Democrats signaled willingness to renew negotiations over access to the full Mueller report and its evidence, but rejected a call to pre-emptively cancel the vote on the attorney general. In 2016, Princess Cruise Lines agreed to pay $40 million for illegal dumping. But that didn’t stop Carnival, its parent company, from polluting again. It’s O.K., we all have a problem with them. Self-confidence is just one element in a triad of things that make up our overall “confidence.” Here’s what you can do to boost yours. The authorities in China have moved quickly to censor the cartoonist, Badiucao, whose work uses bold — and critics say sometimes vulgar — imagery. Cathy Marston, known for ambitious narrative works, brings her adaptation of Brontë’s novel to American Ballet Theater. Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. The Oscar-winning actress shows a new side in this scene, narrated by the director Tate Taylor. As genetic testing becomes more widespread, parents are finding that sperm used in artificial insemination did not come from the donors they chose. On their migrations north, famished birds stop to feast on eggs laid by horseshoe crabs. But the crabs were overfished, and conservationists say that some bird species may not recover. What if sleep were considered a continuous infusion of a medication that helped patients heal faster? Stumbling blind into the age of diversity. More Recent Articles |
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