Law Firm to Pay $4.6 Million in Case Tied to Manafort and Ukraine
The Justice Department investigation stemmed from work that the law firm Skadden Arps did with Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman.
At Los Angeles Teachers’ Strike, a Rallying Cry: More Funding, Fewer Charters
The teachers’ union is highlighting what it sees as the growing problem of charter schools, saying that they siphon off students and money from traditional public schools.
Washington Memo: Washington as Unruly Sandbox: Squabbles, Antics and Tantrums
As the shutdown drags on, Trump-like behavior proliferates. The president “does generally force people to play down to his level,’’ says a biographer.
Bulletin Board: Why The Times Published a Disturbing Photo of Dead Bodies After an Attack in Nairobi
Including a graphic photo, particularly of a dead body, is never an easy decision. Our director of photography and our National editor give insight into how and when we make these tough calls.
Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Apologizes for Anti-Gay Past
Ms. Gabbard once highlighted her work with her father, an anti-gay activist and politician in Hawaii, but on Thursday she said her views had changed.
On Politics With Lisa Lerer: Nancy Pelosi’s Political Flex
In the On Politics newsletter, Nancy Pelosi has been showing her political muscle, provoking the president, penalizing the politicians who crossed her and rewarding those who stayed loyal.
F.D.A. Panel Splits on Whether to Approve New Diabetes Drug
The advisory committee voted 8-8 on approving the drug, to be called Zynquista, which would be the first oral medication for people with Type 1 diabetes.
In New Jersey, the Minimum Wage Is Set to Rise to $15 an Hour
An agreement that would raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would place New Jersey among the most progressive states on a so-called living wage, joining California and Massachusetts.
Pelosi Presses Case to Delay State of the Union Address
The House speaker also hinted that Democrats would promote their own proposals for border security in the coming days.
136 House Republicans Join Democrats in Vote Against Russia Sanctions Relief
The vote to enforce sanctions on an oligarch’s companies was an overwhelming show of disapproval of Trump administration policy, but it was mostly symbolic because a similar Senate measure had failed.
3 Officers Acquitted of Covering Up for Colleague in Laquan McDonald Killing
Along with the three officers, the broad concept of a police “code of silence” was on trial in Chicago.
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