The Justice Department, Pentagon and intelligence agencies were the three areas of government that proved to be the most stubborn obstacles to Mr. Trump in his first term.
Processed foods are in the cross hairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but battling major companies could collide with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s corporate-friendly goals.
India promised to burn its trash mountains and safely turn them into electricity. But a New York Times investigation found hazardous levels of toxic substances around homes, playgrounds and schools.
The president-elect has vowed to end a program that allows thousands of people from troubled nations to stay in the United States.
Whether the Senate would confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic who has unorthodox views about medicine, is an open question.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s cabinet picks show that he prizes loyalty over experience and is fueled by retribution.
The president-elect’s choice of combative loyalists who could have trouble being confirmed has raised constitutional questions about executive power and the Senate’s prerogatives.
The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.
Disinhibition will be the order of the day in Donald Trump’s America. By Erin Maglaque
In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification. Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.
“A Veil of Silence: Women and Sound in Renaissance Italy” by Julia Rombough
In his new book, the philosopher Charles Taylor looks at modern poetry as a unique record of spiritual experience in a secular age.
“Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment” by Charles Taylor
By Adam Tooze
‘Being the party of normality has its appeal, but it reinforces precisely the wrong instinct. The polycrisis that is unfolding demands not a return to the status quo but urgent, progressive answers both at home and abroad. To formulate and articulate those, the Democrats need politicians, not algorithms. They need personalities capable of responding to the profound questions facing contemporary America.’
James Meek
‘Would the army as a whole rise up against a government that made territorial concessions to Russia? Perhaps. But the more widely the recruiters spread their net, the more the army reflects a society that is starting to talk openly, if bitterly, about swapping land for peace.’
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason de León
President Biden and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s brief public display of civility was followed by a two-hour meeting behind closed doors.
The Florida congressman, a polarizing figure on Capitol Hill, could give President-elect Donald J. Trump an ally at the top of the Justice Department who would not resist his directives.
The institutionalist South Dakotan emerged victorious over a right-wing, MAGA-backed challenge from Senator Rick Scott of Florida.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to announce the revised program on Thursday with the aim of putting it in place before Donald Trump takes office.
Times Literary Supplement (November 13, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Books of the Year’ – TLS writers choose their favourites…
A cellist is haunted by the history of her instrument By Norma Clarke
Frank Auerbach and his visions of north London By Rod Mengham
A spectacular production of Offenbach’s opéra fantastique By Paul Griffiths
Many Democrats failed to turn out to vote at the rate they did in 2020 when they ousted Donald Trump, according to an analysis of election data.
The United States is the biggest trading partner for the European Union and Britain, whose economies could be at risk from the president-elect’s policies.
Nine of the 16 races that will determine which party controls the House of Representatives are in California. No state takes longer to tally votes.
The character Marce the Recycler has created an enthusiastic dedication to proper waste separation among her devoted fans.
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