Billy Strayhorn Archive Acquired by Library of Congress
The 18,000-item collection sheds light on one of jazz’s greatest composers, best known as Duke Ellington’s right-hand man.
California Today: California Today: New Life in the Ashes of the Camp Fire
Thursday: Babies born as the Camp Fire raged, the legality of using tear gas over a border and learning about Los Angeles through letters
Your (New) Thursday Briefing
G-20, Yemen, Nancy Pelosi
A Farmer’s Tough Choices in Coping With the Trade War
From planning to harvest, the grain belt’s rhythms and prospects have been disrupted by the government’s tariff battle with China.
The ‘Green Dimension’: Inside the Lives of California’s Marijuana Trimmers
Each autumn, young people flock to Northern California to find temporary work pruning cannabis bound for the state’s legal dispensaries, or black markets as far away as the East Coast.
The Art of Saying You Are Not NOT Running for President
Dozens of possible 2020 Democratic candidates are mulling, weighing, considering, wondering. Here is a guide to how they are communicating a desire to run without announcing it outright.
You Don’t Want French Fries With That
Fries are unhealthy but undeniably tasty, so if you do indulge, here is some expert advice.
After a Hiatus, China Accelerates Cyberspying Efforts to Obtain U.S. Technology
China’s practice of breaking into American computers has become a core grievance of the Trump administration as leaders of the two nations prepare to meet.
On Politics: Pelosi Secures Nomination for Speaker but Needs Votes to Clinch
House Democrats nominated Nancy Pelosi to be speaker, but 32 Democrats voted no. She will need to win some of them over for the final vote in January.
Trump Administration Is Set to Ban Bump Stock Devices on Guns
An administration official said on Wednesday evening that the formal ban on the devices would be introduced in the coming days to weeks.
The Democratic Caucus Nominated Its Leadership. Here’s What It Means.
Nancy Pelosi is one step closer to reclaiming the speaker’s gavel, and the strikingly diverse freshman class weighed in for the first time.
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