SO MANY OF America’s troubles are intractable. Hyper-partisanship and the culture wars can make reducing gun violence or obesity seem hopeless. But mass incarceration is different. There is ample evidence that America’s states can lock fewer people up and still preserve public safety. Just look at Minnesota, which bangs up people at half the rate…
Sheryl Sandberg will tell the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday that Facebook was “too slow to spot” Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and “too slow to act,” according to an opening statement the Facebook chief operating officer released Tuesday. Sandberg is scheduled to appear before the lawmakers as a representative of Facebook…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Congress negotiators on Thursday moved to put off until after the Nov. 6 elections decisions on future funding for President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar southwest border wall, as lawmakers advanced legislation funding many other government programs. Different generations of the U.S. border wall with Mexico are seen from the United States in…
CAIRO — No one can say Melania Trump, the first lady, doesn’t understand the power of an image. Standing in front of one of the best known but most enigmatic monuments of the ancient world, the Great Sphinx, Mrs. Trump — one of the most mysterious first ladies in modern times — agreed to take…
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on Monday took her first concrete steps to move away from political life, saying she would give up leadership of her conservative party while vowing to finish out her term as chancellor until 2021. Ms. Merkel made her announcement, in a meeting of conservative leaders, after two disastrous…
Image copyright Getty Images The UK government has accused Russia's military intelligence service of being behind four high-profile cyber-attacks.The National Cyber Security Centre says targets included firms in Russia and Ukraine; the US Democratic Party; and a small TV network in the UK.A Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman described the accusation as a "rich fantasy of…
Dr. Blasey’s lawyers have also asked for outside witnesses, including two trauma experts and the former F.B.I. agent who administered a polygraph examination to Dr. Blasey, the person familiar with the call said. Republicans have denied those requests, but Democrats say they will find a way to publicize those witnesses’ views. Dr. Blasey “has agreed…
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will on Monday say that 95 percent of Britain’s Brexit deal has been agreed but repeat her opposition to a European Union proposal for the Irish border, a major stumbling block, as criticism within her party grows. FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves a news conference…
The US Senate has voted 51-49 in favor of invoking cloture on the confirmation of the embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, meaning the final floor vote on his confirmation could occur as soon as Saturday night after no more than 30 hours of floor debate. Heading into the vote, all eyes were on crucial…
THE one thing that people of all political persuasions agree on about Jeremy Corbyn is that he is an anti-establishment radical. Tories mock him as a professional protester who wants to take Britain back to the era of three-day weeks and wildcat strikes. Corbynites praise him for sticking to his pure Labour principles, whatever the…
