Last weekend, Mohammad bin Salman, the young crown prince of Saudi Arabia, converted Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton into a jail. Salman, whose father appointed him crown prince in June, has vowed to end some of the kingdom’s old ways. He was instrumental Read More …
If there was any lingering doubt that a tiny clique of fossil-fuel barons has captured America’s energy and environmental policies, it was dispelled last week, when the Trump Administration withdrew from the Paris climate accord. Surveys showed that a majority of Americans Read More …
After seven years and four months, the Republican quest to repeal Obamacare has taken on vampiric qualities. A number of times since March, it has appeared to be dead, but each time it has resurrected itself. The latest occasion came Read More …
As Donald Trump has been busy telling everyone, these are happy days in the stock market. On Wednesday—the day before the thirtieth anniversary of “Black Monday,” October 19, 1987, when prices on Wall Street crashed—the Dow Jones Industrials Average closed Read More …
On Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced that Robert Mueller, a former director of the F.B.I., had been appointed as the special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into Russian meddling in last year’s election. The appointment follows the uproar Read More …
On Friday afternoon, hours before the government was due to shut down, the President invited Chuck Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader, to the White House for a cheeseburger. Over lunch in a small study next to the Oval Office, the Read More …
Click:dance costume costumes Over the summer, anticipation over what the Education Department might do about campus sexual assault heightened as the Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, held high-profile meetings with groups advocating for the interests of universities, sexual-assault victims, and accused Read More …
Soccer, for me, has always represented a coming together: of geography, of bodies, of language. It is, arguably, the most universal game, and it unites moods and sensibilities. A player glides along the pitch keeping the ball close—a precious jewel Read More …
On Wednesday, at around the time that news outlets were reporting that President Donald Trump had decided to pull America out of the Paris climate accord, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was at the Berlin airport, greeting Premier Li Keqiang, of Read More …
On Monday night, during what turned out to be a loss against the Boston Celtics, the Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton jumped, unsuspected, into a passing lane and, after securing the ball, threw it ahead to his superstar teammate, Giannis Read More …