The president’s friend had been convicted of impeding a congressional inquiry that threatened Mr. Trump. In several states where the virus has surged in recent weeks, the death toll is edging up. That may end a long period in which the national toll has steadily declined. The decision to only reopen New York City’s public schools part time in September illustrates the looming threat to businesses. The measured response by Scotland’s leader, Nicola Sturgeon, is a marked contrast to the freewheeling approach of Prime Minister Boris Johnson — and appears to be working. The rate of positive test results released by a few leagues seems higher than that of the general population. But there are explanations for that. A briefing packet for federal emergency response teams details the steps schools should take to reopen safely. President Trump has repeatedly ridiculed Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s fitness to be president. Mr. Biden’s campaign has called it a smear that has backfired. The social network has been under intense pressure for allowing misinformation and hate speech to spread on its site. The event was set to be held in Portsmouth, N.H., on Saturday. The campaign delayed it amid ongoing concerns about President Trump attracting only small crowds at his events. A longtime champion of women’s rights, Park Won-soon was accused by his secretary of sexual harassment. He is presumed to have killed himself. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. In a stunning defeat for the president, the Supreme Court ruled against his claims that he was immune to an examination of his finances. The Supreme Court said President Trump couldn’t block a request for his financial records by prosecutors in New York. Is this the end of Trump? What about schools? Officials need to think outside the school building. He cannot hold on to such enormous power and avoid responsibility when things get tough. The public’s interest in access to Donald Trump’s or any president’s tax filings depends on strong reform legislation from Congress. His threat to democracy is nothing to laugh at. You want a coronavirus test? How about next month? Why does the president want to open everything up? It’s not because it’s safe to do so. A reader calls on the infectious disease expert to speak up and to resign from the president’s task force. The president might sabotage parents’ best hopes for getting their kids back to school. The pandemic could shape the world, much as World War II and the Great Depression did. Patrick Cashin spent two decades as the official M.T.A. photographer. From the bridges to the tunnels, he showed us some of his most stunning images. Five critics wade into the controversies (like its treatment of slavery) and examine the performances (especially Lin-Manuel Miranda’s) five years after the show debuted. These 20 bottles — found online from 11 different countries, including some unexpected regions — offer values and pleasures in a summer unlike any other. TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been under scrutiny as a potential national security threat. A lower-court judge swiftly scheduled a hearing for next week on the Manhattan prosecutor’s demand to see President Trump’s financial records. The Trump administration said it would impose 25 percent tariffs on some French goods but will delay collection of the levies. Andres Guardado was killed in Southern California last month. His family said he was working as a security guard for an auto body shop the day he was shot. The People’s Action Party, which has never been out of power, won yet again, but by a narrower margin than usual. The opposition had sought to deny it “a blank check.” Much of Mississippi galvanized around the effort to remove the state flag. Residents now want to seize on the momentum created by the triumph. Some officials say that a joint American-Israeli strategy is evolving — some might argue regressing — to a series of short-of-war clandestine strikes. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is denying huge batches of relief requests from students whose schools defrauded them. Even those who aren’t denied are getting very little — or sometimes nothing. The decision by a federal appeals court protects about 700 bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from being hunted. A third of states have strict measures in place for visitors, from mandatory testing to quarantine requirements. Scientists helping to update the latest edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans are taking a harder stance on alcohol. Turkish soccer, hobbled by fallen giants and rife with conspiracy theories, can no longer match Europe’s powerhouses. Fixing its problems will require the one trait no one seems to have. A cartoonist gets down to the crux of what makes putting pen to paper so difficult. More Recent Articles |
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