The president’s push to prevent states from certifying electors and get legislators to override voters’ will eclipses even the bitter 1876 election as an audacious use of brute political force. Despite Republican efforts to undermine the process, state officials say they fully expect to meet their upcoming deadlines. Choosing his words carefully, the president-elect stepped up his criticism of President Trump and warned that the delayed transition sent “a horrible message about who we are as a country.” The Treasury Department asked the Federal Reserve to return unused funds, downsizing the next secretary’s ability to restart the economic support. Inquiries into the president and his businesses, one criminal and one civil, are now looking at tax deductions taken on consulting fees. Some of the payments appear to have gone to Ivanka Trump. Even as the White House downplays the coronavirus threat, health officials warned against traditional gatherings with those from outside the immediate household. As schools close again, frustrated and angry parents say the decision does not make the city safer. In an effort to complete his consolidation of power, Nicolás Maduro is cracking down on the leftist activists who once supported him, but have begun to speak up against his administration’s corruption and cronyism. Prosecutors declined to pursue many of the cases because they concluded the protesters were exercising their basic civil rights. With coronavirus cases raging across the U.S., holiday food shopping just got more complicated. We asked the experts for advice. This small-scale feast packs in the classics with less clean up and no stress. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. As several areas in the U.S. start to reimpose coronavirus restrictions, we look at some landmark figures that illuminate the depth of the recession and the prospects for recovery. Well, many reasons. But Harvard economist Raj Chetty says that’s the age at which America’s “Einsteins” are identified — and lost. The president’s actions are disgraceful and damaging to our democracy. Without federal help, states have no good choices. But is keeping students home the worst one to make first? The economic outlook is probably brighter than you think. With relatively low virus rates, the city faces a dilemma over a return to in-person instruction. In a new interview, he tells us how to survive the coming months, and confesses how stunned he is when people still insist the virus is “fake news.” The art of making connection even in a time of dislocation. None of our grandchildren will be at our table for Thanksgiving or Christmas. But the pandemic winter still leaves room for the imagination. Despite President Trump’s message, the evidence shows no signs of fraud. A succession of Trump policies reflected the administration’s spite and heartlessness. Scrolling through real estate listings in far-flung destinations is a way to visualize an alternate life, whether you’re trying to move or not. With ‘Mank,’ America’s most famously exacting director tackles the movie he’s been waiting his entire career to make. The autobiographical novel, about the lonely gay son of an alcoholic mother in 1980s Scotland, was one of four debut books in this year’s shortlist. Johnny Dwight Whited admitted that he shot Christopher Alvin Dailey in the head on April 26, 1995, in Decatur, Ala., the authorities said. Adre Jordan Baroz, who goes by the nickname Psycho, faces charges of homicide, assault and kidnapping, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. The charges against Alexander Sittenfeld, a mayoral hopeful, stunned local political leaders and reinforced what federal prosecutors have called a “culture of corruption” that has undermined trust in City Hall. Lombardy has been overwhelmed by the pandemic, in part because of a poorly executed medical privatization program. The president’s daughter-in-law is said to be considering a Senate run in her native state of North Carolina. Infection rates are rising in the United States and parts of Europe are back in lockdown. Yet the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, said the Games would take measures to go on. The addition of psilocybin mushrooms to a bill decriminalizing marijuana possession threw a monkey wrench into New Jersey’s legalization effort. Parents are agonizing over whether to enroll their kids in organized indoor sports. A project announced this week and funded by the European Union will catalog and recreate the scents of Europe from the 16th century to the early 20th century. The shocking Romanian documentary “Collective” revisits a 2015 fire that killed scores of people and brought down the government. Given a chance, many varieties, once scorned or dismissed, have proven they can shine. Why constrain our thinking about them by creating hierarchies? Hairdressers weigh in on Rudy Giuliani’s drip problem. The prime minister wants to show that Britain remains a vital ally. On climate change and military spending, he is promising major steps that will be welcomed by the president-elect. More Recent Articles |
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