The discussion on China marked a shift toward a harder line on the challenges and threats it represents, especially among foreign ministers from previously more ambivalent countries, like Italy, Belgium, Spain and Portugal, some of whom called for less talk and more action to build a China strategy. Areas of concern included investment screening to…
Month: November 2022
House Moves to Avert a Rail Strike
WASHINGTON — The House moved toward approving legislation on Wednesday to avert a nationwide rail strike by imposing a labor agreement between rail companies and their workers, as lawmakers rushed to shield the economy from the threat of a holiday-season work stoppage and prevent a disruption in shipping across the country. Acting quickly the day…
Cigars, Colleges, Booze and Blitzes: Investigating the Sports Betting Boom
So we started to dig through his campaign contributions and found six donations, all on the same day for the maximum amount allowed under Kansas law, from companies that a prominent Kansas real estate developer owned. This same real estate developer, Robb Heineman, later confirmed to The Times that he had pushed for the stadium…
Melody Miller, Trusted Aide to the Kennedys, Dies at 77
There are Kennedy family loyalists, and then there was Melody Miller. As a college intern, she helped Jacqueline Kennedy handle the unending bags of condolence letters and gifts that poured in after the assassination of her husband, President John F. Kennedy, in 1963. Five years later, as an aide to Robert F. Kennedy, she was…
McCarthy Condemns Nick Fuentes, Stopping Short of Faulting Trump
WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the Republican leader, on Tuesday disavowed one of the country’s most prominent young white supremacists, but declined to criticize former President Donald J. Trump directly for dining with the man last week at his private club in Florida. Mr. McCarthy had been silent for days on Mr. Trump’s…
Trump’s Jewish Allies Denounce Dinner With Kanye West and Nick Fuentes
For much of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, Jewish Republicans rationalized away the bigoted fringe of Mr. Trump’s coalition, arguing that the unsavory supporters in his midst and the antisemitic tropes he deployed paled in comparison with the staunchly pro-Israel policies of his administration. But last week, Mr. Trump dined at his Palm Beach palace, Mar-a-Lago,…
Representative Donald McEachin, Virginia Democrat, Dies
WASHINGTON — Representative A. Donald McEachin, Democrat of Virginia, died on Monday after a battle with colorectal cancer, his office said. “Valiantly, for years now, we have watched him fight and triumph over the secondary effects of his colorectal cancer from 2013,” Tara Rountree, the chief of staff for Mr. McEachin, said in a statement…
Supreme Court Defends Alito After Breach Allegation
The Supreme Court on Monday defended Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. against allegations that a former anti-abortion leader had been tipped off in 2014 to a landmark contraception ruling written by the justice. The court also sidestepped questions from lawmakers about whether the claim would be investigated further. The New York Times reported this month…
Biden Helped Democrats Avert a ’22 Disaster. What About ’24?
Expecting a cataclysmic midterm election, many Democrats had been bracing for an end-of-year reckoning with whether President Biden, who once declared himself a “bridge” to a new generation, should give way to a new 2024 standard-bearer. But the stronger-than-expected Democratic showing has taken the pressure off. And Donald J. Trump’s decision to announce a run…
News Outlets Urge U.S. to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange
WASHINGTON — The New York Times and four European news organizations called on the United States government on Monday to drop its charges against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, for obtaining and publishing classified diplomatic and military secrets. In a joint open letter, The Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and El País said…