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Trump Said to Offer National Security Role to General Flynn

  • President-elect Donald J. Trump has offered the post of national security adviser to Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, a retired intelligence officer.
  • General Flynn, 57, believes Islamist militancy poses an existential threat on a global scale. It was not clear if he had accepted the position.

The Golden Gate Bridge under construction. The bridge was completed in 1937, in the Great Depression, during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Credit Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Trump’s Biggest Test: Can He Build Something That Inspires Awe?

The right public works projects can send a message of inclusion and pride. If Mr. Trump is ready to take a cue from F.D.R., here are some places to start.

Obama Assails Spread of Fake News on Social Media

In his strongest public comments since the election, President Obama criticized the spread of fake news and said that Mr. Trump would not remain in office for long if he failed to take the job seriously.






After Veronica Lopez was fatally shot on the Chicago lakefront, her mother, Diana Mercado, and other relatives visited her grave in August, a few weeks before she would have turned 16. Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

A Mother Tried to Escape Gangs. Bullets Found Her Daughter.

A barrage of gang-related violence struck close to 15-year-old Veronica Lopez in the last year of her life and followed her onto Lake Shore Drive.


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The Channel Masters of New York Harbor

For more than 300 years, members of the Sandy Hook Pilots Association have been helping ships navigate the confines of the busiest port on the East Coast.

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Superheroes Are for Everyone

Gene Luen Yang, cartoonist and MacArthur fellow, on DC vs. Marvel, feeling like an outsider and what he’s going to do with all that “genius” grant money.

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1942 All Over Again?

Donald Trump’s campaign vow to register Muslims is a frightening echo of the shameful treatment of Japanese-American citizens during World War II.

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