Border Wall, Illinois, Colin Kaepernick: Your Friday Evening Briefing
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
A gunman opened fire inside an industrial complex in Aurora, Ill., on Friday. Five people were killed, and others, including five police officers, were injured.
The league said it reached a confidentiality agreement barring it and Kaepernick from discussing the terms of the settlement.
The company, long accustomed to deferential treatment from localities, badly misjudged how it would be received in the city, according to dozens of interviews.
Being overwhelmed is no excuse. It’s hard to be good at your job if you’re bad at responding to people.
The president spoke less glowingly of his onetime supporter Ann Coulter and revived his “fake news” mantra in a reply to Jim Acosta of CNN.
To justify redirecting federal funds to a wall, the president made a litany of assertions about crime, drugs and other issues on the southern border. Nearly all were misleading, exaggerated or false.
A trial judge had ruled against the Trump administration in January, saying Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s stated reason for adding the question was not his real one.
New Yorkers who expected better bought into the myth that tech companies are more than just self-interested businesses.
The president decides that fulfilling a campaign promise is more important than respecting the separation of powers.
President Trump has set a course to deliver on a core promise to his supporters, a border wall with Mexico. But the path he chose, declaring a national emergency, is perilous.
The region has its act together and knows what it is doing, officials said.
The president’s decision diverts money from military construction projects, bypassing Congress but triggering a clash over the constitutional balance of power.
Don’t count on big changes. But the heated debates in Congress and on the 2020 campaign trail give clues about legislation to come.
New data on women’s uncertainty over motherhood may reshape how doctors and policymakers think about family planning.
President Trump’s last-minute tantrum nearly derailed a deal to avert another government shutdown, and forced the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, to accept an emergency declaration.
When it comes to congressional end runs, lawmakers warn President Trump that what goes around comes around.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called for a snap general election on April 28, opening a new chapter of political uncertainty in Spanish politics.
The social media company is in discussions with regulators over claims that it violated a 2011 consent decree regarding user privacy.
Hours after Smollett appeared on “Good Morning America” and expressed anger about the attack, the Chicago Police Department said it was interrogating two men.
Congress has tools to override the president’s declaration, but opponents most likely do not have the votes to overcome a veto.
Many residents of Long Island City wonder whether “grandstanding politicians” and people with no roots in the community sabotaged a good thing.
Declaring a national emergency over a border wall lets the president avoid another damaging shutdown while not surrendering. But it could do long-term damage, experts say.
The president gained four pounds since last year, pushing his body mass index into the obese category, but the White House physician otherwise declared him in “very good health.”