When President Trump arrives in France on Monday just hours after taking in a series of cage fights outside the White House, U.S. allies will watch to see whether he approaches the annual Group of 7 summit there as an opportunity for collaboration or yet another brawl. Mr. Trump’s positions on trade, the war in…
President Trump said on Saturday that he would nominate James M. McDonald to be the next U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, again choosing one of his personal lawyers for one of the nation’s most powerful legal positions. Mr. Trump praised Mr. McDonald, pointing to his extensive credentials. He is “a former…
Chris Murphy, the Democratic senator from Connecticut, offered the graduates of Wesleyan University wise counsel in his commencement speech a few weeks back. “You are about to step out into a world that prizes efficiency and the annihilation of drift and friction above all else,” he said. “Our entire economy is built on rewarding companies…
The last time the leaders of the world’s richest countries gathered in Évian-les-Bains, France, in June 2003, the United States had just invaded Iraq over the strident objections of France and Germany. President George W. Bush got chilly handshakes, but he and the other leaders worked to maintain the veneer of like-minded countries uniting to…
“Somebody at 80 years old just doesn’t have the physical stamina, the mental stamina for that office,” said Rahm Emanuel, a prominent Democrat who is interested in running for president in 2028, and who has called for a mandatory retirement age of 75 for many top federal positions. Mr. Emanuel, who served as a chief…
In a hastily assembled Ebola treatment center in Rwampara, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dr. Papys Lame and his colleagues rehydrate patients who arrive in paroxysms of diarrhea and vomiting, transfuse those who bleed uncontrollably from their noses and mouths, and provide oxygen for those in respiratory distress. They monitor patients’ hearts and blood pressure, and…
Democrats are arguing and criticizing and buzzing about candidates like Jon Ossoff, James Talarico and Graham Platner. What about Republicans? The Texas Senate primary drew some attention, and angst. Anyone else? Anywhere in the country? Benjamin Domenech, opinion editor of The Daily Wire and the writer of the newsletter The Transom, assessed some of the…
John Healey’s resignation as defence secretary on Thursday morning was genuinely shocking. Mr Healey is not just a veteran minister, but a Labour loyalist who previously served both Tony Blair and Jeremy Corbyn. In an interview in March, he observed that he didn’t toil to rebuild confidence in Labour “just to see that wasted with…
Turner goes full-on drill sergeant for one scene as a dog-trainer, her forearms covered with scratches. Marley the irrepressible yellow labrador retriever knocks her to the ground and gives her a more vigorous humping than any co-star since William Hurt in Body Heat. A late-career chance to bare her claws again … Turner (right) and…
Hopes were fading on Wednesday for a breakthrough in Congress to salvage a warrantless surveillance law before its expiration this weekend, after President Trump dug in on naming a close ally who has alienated members of both parties to a top intelligence post. Unless lawmakers act by midnight on Friday, the law, known as Section…
