Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation
A federal grand jury is looking at partnerships that gave major tech companies broad access to Facebook users’ information.
New Rule for Transgender Troops: Stick to Your Birth Sex, or Leave
The Pentagon says it will stop allowing transgender troops to transition while in uniform, or to serve in other than their biological sex. Critics call the policy an unconstitutional ban in disguise.
G.O.P.’s Attempt to Avoid Emergency Showdown With Trump Is Scuttled, by Trump
Senator Mike Lee of Utah hoped that a bill to block future emergency declarations would give Republicans cover to allow President Trump’s current declaration. Mr. Trump didn’t buy it.
In Rebuke to Trump, Senate Votes Again to End Aid to Saudi War in Yemen
The Senate voted to halt U.S. military assistance for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, defying President Trump again for his defense of the kingdom after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
Senate Confirms Neomi Rao to Replace Brett Kavanaugh on Key Appeals Court
Ms. Rao, who heads a White House office on regulatory affairs, was confirmed, 53-46, for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals in Washington.
Prosecutors Seek Records on Cohen’s ‘Back Channel’ With Giuliani
“Sleep well tonight, you have friends in high places,” a lawyer told Michael Cohen after speaking on his behalf with Rudolph Giuliani, the president’s lawyer.
State Dept. Accuses China of Rights Abuses Not Seen ‘Since the 1930s’
This year’s State Department report on human rights abuses also never directly confronts intelligence that the Saudi crown prince was responsible for the death of Jamal Khashoggi.
Sidney Verba, Innovative Scholar of Democracies, Dies at 86
His pioneering research compared civic participation and democracy in five countries. In a parallel career, he headed, and digitized, Harvard’s library.
Overlooked No More: Isabella Goodwin, New York City’s First Female Police Detective
Goodwin, a police matron overseeing female inmates, earned her detective shield for going undercover as a scrubwoman to expose a bank robber.
Trump’s World Bank Nominee Tries to Distance Himself From the President
Climate change and China are political hurdles for David Malpass, who is trying to assure other nations that he will not simply serve as a proxy for President Trump.
Trilobites: What Makes a Waterfall? Maybe It Forms Itself
An experiment with a river built in a lab suggests that geological histories around the world may need to be rewritten.
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