Inside Trump’s Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling HimA Times examination revealed the extent of President Trump’s sustained, secretive assault on the machinery of federal law enforcement.Mr. Trump’s efforts have exposed him to accusations of obstruction of justice in the inquiry by the special counsel.1508 comments
Ivor Prickett for The New York TimesTwo Americans Married ISIS Militants. Now They Want to Come Home.Held in a refugee camp in Syria, the two women said they were deeply sorry for joining the Islamic State and asked for forgiveness.“How do you go from burning a passport to crying yourself to sleep because you have so much deep regret?” said one of the women.
Jim Wilson/The New York TimesTrump Administration Wants California to Pay Back $2.5 Billion for High-Speed RailThe demand comes a day after California filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s emergency declaration over a border wall.Gov. Gavin Newsom said last week that he was scaling back the project, which officials said would cost $77 billion.
We examined the opposition to the project, and the questions about how to pay for it, in July.1021 comments
Erin Schaff for The New York TimesHouse Opens Inquiry Into Proposed U.S. Nuclear Venture in Saudi ArabiaWhite House officials pushed the venture over repeated legal and ethical warnings, a report from House Democrats said.The inquiry comes amid lawmakers’ anger over the Trump administration’s reluctance to punish the Saudis for the journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing.333 comments
Laetitia Vancon for The New York TimesWould You Die for Europe? A Binational Battalion Offers an AnswerA German-led tank battalion with Dutch soldiers gives a glimpse of what a “real European army” may look like one day, though the obstacles are huge.The idea has new urgency because of the U.S. threat to withdraw the Continent’s security guarantee if it does not spend more on its defense.
Danny Kim for The New York TimesKarl Lagerfeld, Designer Who Defined Luxury Fashion, DiesMr. Lagerfeld was the most prolific designer of the 20th and 21st centuries.He achieved an unparalleled level of fame and created a new kind of designer: the shape-shifter.233 comments
Wakil Kohsar/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesMariam Safi and Muqaddesa YourishWhat Is Wrong With Afghanistan’s Peace ProcessA hasty American withdrawal will jeopardize hard-won gains such as constitutional rights, citizens’ rights and democratic institutions.
Luba LukovaThe Editorial BoardElection Fraud the G.O.P. Won’t Stress AboutNorth Carolina officials present evidence a Republican operative stole a House race.137 comments
Bianca BagnarelliThe Case for Covering Your Ears in Noisy TimesTwo new books explore the benefits of tuning out, which has been a trait of American DNA.Book Review33 comments
Daniel Krieger for The New York TimesServing All That Nouvelle Cuisine Couldn’t KillBistro Pierre Lapin, a very nostalgic restaurant, celebrates cream sauces, frogs’ legs and other retro delights, Pete Wells writes.Food40 comments
Lives Shaped by Study Abroad, and by WarThe three people at the center of American talks with the Taliban — the Afghan president, the U.S. envoy and the Taliban’s chief negotiator — were scholarship students in the 1970s.Asia Pacific