Negotiators were closing in on a deal that could spend around $1.75 trillion, but lawmakers were still haggling over critical disagreements on the sprawling social policy bill. The U.S. is one of six countries with no national paid leave. The Democrats have cut their plan to four weeks, which would still make it an outlier. Democrats are homing in on unrealized capital gains raises as a way to help fund their social spending bill. Likes and shares made the social media site what it is. Now, company documents show, it’s struggling to deal with their effects. A look at a month of scrutiny and struggles for the social-networking giant. Daniel Darling was at the center of a media storm over the summer. He hopes to lead a more civil discussion at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas. “In our hearts, I think people don’t quite agree with this notion of a booster dose,” said one leading vaccine expert. Civilian and military leaders were supposed to share power after a popular uprising in 2019 overthrew a decades-long dictatorship. On Monday the military detained the civilian prime minister. The order, to be fulfilled between now and the end of next year, is a sign of the growing momentum in the shift toward electric cars. Two Times journalists drive the length of Israel to discover what it means to be Israeli today. They meet a kaleidoscope of people, searching for belonging but far apart on how to find it. Court papers did not specify what kind of ammunition detectives recovered from a movie set where the actor had fatally shot a cinematographer with a gun he was told did not contain live rounds. New technology, a few iPads and a quick tutorial can help anyone act like a pilot. Dealing with air traffic control is another matter. Kati Marton’s biography charts Merkel’s childhood in East Germany, her slow entrance into politics and her four terms as the leader of her country. Nearly everything about how Americans “care” for their lawns is deadly, but these machines exist in a category of environmental hell all their own. Democrats’ plans aren’t “Marxism.” They’re as American as apple pie. A “moral calm” is holding parents back from vaccinating their kids. The roots of this special relationship stretch back to the Cold War. It’s a story of bravery, blood bonds and, of course, betrayal. To restore stability in Haiti, the government must get the gangs under control. International actors also have an important role to play. By enabling resistance to lawful taxation, Republicans are undermining democracy. Readers discuss the fatal shooting on a movie set. Also: How disabled people should be treated; exhaustion after Trump. What does it mean now that cryptocurrency has joined proper society? The politics of compromise are all happening on one side of the aisle. The congressman discusses the future of his party and why he’s teaming up with Democrats on a bipartisan effort that could break up big tech. With new appointments, the president has a chance to overhaul the stale culture of central banking. Why is the president so reluctant to say unequivocally that we must protect voting rights at all costs, even at the expense of the filibuster? Evergrande, a property giant, is teetering on the edge of collapse. Here’s what its troubles might reveal about a country that prides itself on stability and control. He bid up the price of medallions and borrowed against them. When their value plummeted, immigrant cabbies were left deep in debt. A police officer was among those injured at Boise Towne Square in Idaho, and a suspect was critically injured in a shootout with the police. Blue Origin says it will team up with Sierra Space, Boeing and other companies to build an outpost that could help replace the International Space Station. For years, some of the victims of John Wayne Gacy had gone unidentified. DNA and expanding genealogical databases allowed officials to identify a victim this month. The move by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi theoretically rolls back sweeping powers the government wielded in the name of fighting terrorism, but critics called it a cosmetic change. A group of former emergency dispatchers suing Lehigh County, Pa., in federal court said that operators routinely refused to use a translation service. The county disputes the allegations. Eitan Biran, the 6-year-old survivor of a cable car accident in Italy, should live there with his aunt, not his grandfather in Israel, ruled a judge in Tel Aviv. The woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison after a court found that she joined the Islamic State and enslaved a Yazidi mother and child, whom she left to die in the summer heat of Iraq in 2015. A reader asks: Is there a cardiovascular difference between eating a pint of ice cream in one sitting versus eating it over a week? It’s not always easy to tell if you have heart disease or have had a heart attack. Few things yield texture and flavor — as well as connection — as affectingly as this kitchen tool, Yewande Komolafe writes. Antonio Pappano is back for Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” at a turning point in his career. More Recent Articles |
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