U.S. Suspends Nuclear Arms Control Treaty With Russia
The Trump administration said on Friday it was suspending one of the last major nuclear arms control treaties with Russia, following five years of heated conversations between the two powers that failed to resolve a long-running American accusation that Moscow is violating the Reagan-era agreement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/us/politics/trump-inf-nuclear-treaty.html
The Trump administration said on Friday it was suspending one of the last major nuclear arms control treaties with Russia, following five years of heated conversations between the two powers that failed to resolve a long-running American accusation that Moscow is violating the Reagan-era agreement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/us/politics/trump-inf-nuclear-treaty.html
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U.S. Suspends Nuclear Arms Control Treaty With Russia (Published 2019)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged a risk of a new arms race after the suspension of a 1987 treaty banning the deployment of intermediate-range missiles.
El Chapo Convicted in Trial That Revealed Drug Cartel’s Brutality and Corruption
The Mexican crime lord known as El Chapo was convicted on Tuesday after a three-month drug trial in New York that exposed the inner workings of his sprawling cartel, which over decades shipped tons of drugs into the United States and plagued Mexico with relentless bloodshed and corruption.
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The Mexican crime lord known as El Chapo was convicted on Tuesday after a three-month drug trial in New York that exposed the inner workings of his sprawling cartel, which over decades shipped tons of drugs into the United States and plagued Mexico with relentless bloodshed and corruption.
https://nyti.ms/2UTgR8v
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El Chapo Found Guilty on All Counts; Faces Life in Prison (Published 2019)
After decades evading the police, the drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera was convicted in a drug conspiracy trial and faces a life sentence in an American prison.
Trump Declares a National Emergency, and Provokes a Constitutional Clash
President Trump declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico on Friday in order to access billions of dollars that Congress refused to give him to build a wall there, transforming a highly charged policy dispute into a confrontation over the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/politics/national-emergency-trump.html
President Trump declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico on Friday in order to access billions of dollars that Congress refused to give him to build a wall there, transforming a highly charged policy dispute into a confrontation over the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/politics/national-emergency-trump.html
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Trump Declares a National Emergency, and Provokes a Constitutional Clash
The president’s decision incited instant condemnation from Democrats, who called it an unconstitutional abuse of his authority and vowed to overturn it with Republican support.
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Trump Withdraws U.S. Forces From Syria, Declaring ‘We Have Won Against ISIS’ President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 American troops from Syria, bringing a sudden end to a military campaign that largely vanquished the Islamic State but ceding…
White House Says 200 Troops Will Stay in Syria, Retreating From a Full Withdrawal
The White House said on Thursday that it plans to leave about 200 American troops in Syria, signaling a partial retreat from President Trump’s announcement in December that he would withdraw all 2,000 forces after what he described as a victory over the Islamic State.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/world/middleeast/us-troops-syria-.html
The White House said on Thursday that it plans to leave about 200 American troops in Syria, signaling a partial retreat from President Trump’s announcement in December that he would withdraw all 2,000 forces after what he described as a victory over the Islamic State.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/world/middleeast/us-troops-syria-.html
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200 U.S. Troops to Stay in Syria, White House Says
The move was a concession to allies and Pentagon officials who argued that a complete withdrawal risked returning key areas to the Islamic State.
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Michael Cohen, Trump’s Ex-Lawyer Who Implicated Him in Hush-Money Scandal, Sentenced to 3 Years Michael D. Cohen, the former lawyer for President Trump, was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday morning for his role in a hush-money scandal that…
Michael Cohen Accuses Trump of Expansive Pattern of Lies and Criminality
President Trump’s longtime lawyer and fixer accused him on Wednesday of an expansive pattern of lies and criminality, offering a damning portrayal of life inside the president’s orbit where he said advisers sacrificed integrity for proximity to power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/us/politics/michael-cohen-trump.html
President Trump’s longtime lawyer and fixer accused him on Wednesday of an expansive pattern of lies and criminality, offering a damning portrayal of life inside the president’s orbit where he said advisers sacrificed integrity for proximity to power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/us/politics/michael-cohen-trump.html
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Michael Cohen Accuses Trump of Expansive Pattern of Lies and Criminality (Published 2019)
Mr. Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, said he had lied to Congress to protect President Trump. “I am not protecting Mr. Trump anymore,” Mr. Cohen said.
Trump’s Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse Over North Korean Sanctions
President Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, abruptly ended their second summit meeting on Thursday after talks collapsed with the two leaders failing to agree on any steps toward nuclear disarmament or measures to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/world/asia/trump-kim-vietnam-summit.html
President Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, abruptly ended their second summit meeting on Thursday after talks collapsed with the two leaders failing to agree on any steps toward nuclear disarmament or measures to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/world/asia/trump-kim-vietnam-summit.html
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Trump’s Talks With Kim Jong-un Collapse, and Both Sides Point Fingers (Published 2019)
President Trump said “sometimes you have to walk,” asserting that the talks with North Korea failed because the country was not prepared to do more to end its weapons programs.
Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel Prime Minister Faces Corruption Charges
Israel's attorney general intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges.
Mr Netanyahu faces possible charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three cases.
The prime minister is alleged to have accepted gifts from wealthy businessmen and dispensed favours to try to get more positive press coverage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-47399539
Israel's attorney general intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges.
Mr Netanyahu faces possible charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three cases.
The prime minister is alleged to have accepted gifts from wealthy businessmen and dispensed favours to try to get more positive press coverage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-47399539
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Israel PM faces corruption charges
The attorney general intends to indict Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges.
H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic
For just the second time since the global epidemic began, a patient appears to have been cured of infection with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, scientists reported on Tuesday.
The news comes nearly 12 years to the day after the first patient known to be cured, a feat that researchers have long tried, and failed, to duplicate. The surprise success now confirms that a cure for H.I.V. infection is possible, if difficult, researchers said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/health/aids-cure-london-patient.html
For just the second time since the global epidemic began, a patient appears to have been cured of infection with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, scientists reported on Tuesday.
The news comes nearly 12 years to the day after the first patient known to be cured, a feat that researchers have long tried, and failed, to duplicate. The surprise success now confirms that a cure for H.I.V. infection is possible, if difficult, researchers said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/health/aids-cure-london-patient.html
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H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic (Published 2019)
Scientists have long tried to duplicate the procedure that led to the first long-term remission 12 years ago. With the so-called London patient, they seem to have succeeded.
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Paul Manafort, Trump’s Former Campaign Chairman, Guilty of 8 Counts ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, was convicted on Tuesday in his financial fraud trial, bringing a dramatic end to a politically charged case that…
Paul Manafort Is Sentenced to Less Than 4 Years in 1 of 2 Cases Against Him
Paul Manafort, the political consultant and Trump presidential campaign chairman whose lucrative work in Ukraine and ties to well-connected Russians made him a target of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, was sentenced to 47 months in prison on Thursday in the financial fraud case that left his grand lifestyle and power-broker reputation in ruins.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/politics/paul-manafort-sentencing.html
Paul Manafort, the political consultant and Trump presidential campaign chairman whose lucrative work in Ukraine and ties to well-connected Russians made him a target of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, was sentenced to 47 months in prison on Thursday in the financial fraud case that left his grand lifestyle and power-broker reputation in ruins.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/politics/paul-manafort-sentencing.html
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Paul Manafort Is Sentenced to Less Than 4 Years in 1 of 2 Cases Against Him (Published 2019)
President Trump’s former campaign chairman was handed a prison term that was substantially less than federal sentencing guidelines.
Ethiopian Airlines Flight Crashes Near Addis Ababa, Killing All Onboard
An Ethiopian Airlines flight carrying at least 150 people crashed early Sunday shortly after departing from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, en route to Nairobi, Kenya, the airline said, killing everyone onboard.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/10/world/africa/ethiopian-airlines-plane-crash.html?2
An Ethiopian Airlines flight carrying at least 150 people crashed early Sunday shortly after departing from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, en route to Nairobi, Kenya, the airline said, killing everyone onboard.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/10/world/africa/ethiopian-airlines-plane-crash.html?2
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Ethiopian Airlines Plane Is the 2nd Boeing Max 8 to Crash in Months
The flight that killed all 157 people on board was en route from the Ethiopian capital to Nairobi, Kenya. It lost contact six minutes after take off, the airline said.
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Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Is Crushed by Parliament, Sending Britain Into Uncharted Waters Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday suffered a humiliating defeat over her plan to withdraw Britain from the European Union, thrusting the country further into political…
Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Fails Again in Parliament, Sowing Confusion
Britain’s Parliament on Tuesday soundly defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to exit the European Union, a 391 to 242 vote that is likely to delay Brexit and could derail it entirely. It is a devastating blow to Mrs. May that threatens her hold on power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/world/europe/brexit-vote.html?2
Britain’s Parliament on Tuesday soundly defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to exit the European Union, a 391 to 242 vote that is likely to delay Brexit and could derail it entirely. It is a devastating blow to Mrs. May that threatens her hold on power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/world/europe/brexit-vote.html?2
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The Brexit Plan Failed Again: What Happened, and What’s Next?
The 391 to 242 vote left Britain in limbo, without a clear way forward on Brexit, and threatens Prime Minister May’s hold on power.
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Ethiopian Airlines Flight Crashes Near Addis Ababa, Killing All Onboard An Ethiopian Airlines flight carrying at least 150 people crashed early Sunday shortly after departing from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, en route to Nairobi, Kenya, the airline…
Boeing 737 Max 8 Jets Are Grounded Nearly Everywhere
Roughly two-thirds of the 737 Max 8 aircraft in the world have been pulled from use by airlines and aviation regulators after the model crashed twice in just five months. An estimated 6,000 of the 8,600 flights that use the plane in a typical week of travel were affected, according to an analysis based on data from Flightradar24, a flight tracking service.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/11/world/boeing-737-max-which-airlines.html
Roughly two-thirds of the 737 Max 8 aircraft in the world have been pulled from use by airlines and aviation regulators after the model crashed twice in just five months. An estimated 6,000 of the 8,600 flights that use the plane in a typical week of travel were affected, according to an analysis based on data from Flightradar24, a flight tracking service.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/11/world/boeing-737-max-which-airlines.html
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From 8,600 Flights to Zero: Grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8
China was the first major country to ground the jets. The U.S. was last.
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Paul Manafort Is Sentenced to Less Than 4 Years in 1 of 2 Cases Against Him Paul Manafort, the political consultant and Trump presidential campaign chairman whose lucrative work in Ukraine and ties to well-connected Russians made him a target of the special…
Paul Manafort Is Sentenced to 3.5 More Years in Prison
Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman who was sentenced last week to nearly four years in prison, was ordered on Wednesday to serve an additional three and a half years for conspiracy, closing out the special counsel’s highest-profile prosecution.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/us/politics/paul-manafort-sentencing.amp.html?2
Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman who was sentenced last week to nearly four years in prison, was ordered on Wednesday to serve an additional three and a half years for conspiracy, closing out the special counsel’s highest-profile prosecution.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/us/politics/paul-manafort-sentencing.amp.html?2
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Paul Manafort’s Prison Sentence Is Nearly Doubled to 7½ Years
President Trump’s former campaign chairman’s total prison sentence is now 7½ years after a second judge ruled in one of the special counsel’s highest-profile cases.
New York Charges Paul Manafort With 16 Crimes
Paul J. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, has been charged in New York with mortgage fraud and more than a dozen other state felonies, the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., said Wednesday, an effort to ensure he will still face prison time if Mr. Trump pardons him for his federal crimes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/nyregion/manafort-indictment.amp.html
Paul J. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, has been charged in New York with mortgage fraud and more than a dozen other state felonies, the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., said Wednesday, an effort to ensure he will still face prison time if Mr. Trump pardons him for his federal crimes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/nyregion/manafort-indictment.amp.html
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New York Charges Manafort With 16 Crimes. If He’s Convicted, Trump Can’t Pardon Him.
The charges are part of an effort to ensure he will still face prison time if President Trump pardons him for his federal crimes.
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Boeing 737 Max 8 Jets Are Grounded Nearly Everywhere Roughly two-thirds of the 737 Max 8 aircraft in the world have been pulled from use by airlines and aviation regulators after the model crashed twice in just five months. An estimated 6,000 of the 8,600…
U.S. Grounds Boeing Planes, After Days of Pressure
After days of mounting pressure, the United States grounded Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft on Wednesday, reversing an earlier decision in which American regulators said the planes could keep flying after a deadly crash in Ethiopia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/business/canada-737-max.amp.html?4
After days of mounting pressure, the United States grounded Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft on Wednesday, reversing an earlier decision in which American regulators said the planes could keep flying after a deadly crash in Ethiopia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/business/canada-737-max.amp.html?4
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Boeing Planes Are Grounded in U.S. After Days of Pressure
The American agency was the last major holdout as other countries grounded or banned Max planes from their airspace after the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash this weekend.
Christchurch shootings: 49 dead in New Zealand mosque attacks
Forty-nine people have been killed and 48 wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the nation's deadliest attack.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described it as a terrorist attack and one of New Zealand's "darkest days".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-asia-47578798?4
Forty-nine people have been killed and 48 wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the nation's deadliest attack.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described it as a terrorist attack and one of New Zealand's "darkest days".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-asia-47578798?4
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Christchurch shootings: 49 dead in New Zealand mosque attacks
PM Jacinda Ardern condemns the "terrorist attack" in Christchurch, which was live-streamed by a gunman espousing far right, anti-immigrant views.
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Trump Declares a National Emergency, and Provokes a Constitutional Clash President Trump declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico on Friday in order to access billions of dollars that Congress refused to give him to build a wall there, transforming…
Trump Issues First Veto After Congress Rejects Border Emergency
President Trump on Friday issued the first veto of his presidency, rejecting legislation that opposed his declaration of a national emergency to fund a wall along the southern border. The bill blocking Mr. Trump’s emergency declaration had attracted significant Republican support in Congress.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/us/politics/trump-veto.amp.html
President Trump on Friday issued the first veto of his presidency, rejecting legislation that opposed his declaration of a national emergency to fund a wall along the southern border. The bill blocking Mr. Trump’s emergency declaration had attracted significant Republican support in Congress.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/us/politics/trump-veto.amp.html
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Trump Issues First Veto After Congress Rejects Border Emergency
The veto will send the legislation back to Congress, which most likely doesn’t have enough votes for an override, meaning the declaration of an emergency at the Mexican border will remain in effect.
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Mueller Delivers Report on Trump-Russia Investigation to Attorney General
The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has delivered a report on his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election to Attorney General William P. Barr, according to the Justice Department, bringing to a close an investigation that has consumed the nation and cast a shadow over President Trump for nearly two years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/politics/mueller-report-release.amp.html?2
The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has delivered a report on his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election to Attorney General William P. Barr, according to the Justice Department, bringing to a close an investigation that has consumed the nation and cast a shadow over President Trump for nearly two years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/politics/mueller-report-release.amp.html?2
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Mueller Delivers Report on Trump-Russia Investigation to Attorney General
Now the attorney general must decide how much of the report — one of the most highly anticipated documents in Washington in a generation — to make public.
Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Conspiracy, but Stops Short of Exonerating President on Obstruction
The investigation led by Robert S. Mueller III found no evidence that President Trump or any of his aides coordinated with the Russian government’s 2016 election interference, according to a summary of the special counsel’s key findings made public on Sunday by Attorney General William P. Barr.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/24/us/politics/mueller-report-summary.amp.html?4
The investigation led by Robert S. Mueller III found no evidence that President Trump or any of his aides coordinated with the Russian government’s 2016 election interference, according to a summary of the special counsel’s key findings made public on Sunday by Attorney General William P. Barr.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/24/us/politics/mueller-report-summary.amp.html?4
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Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Conspiracy, but Stops Short of Exonerating President on Obstruction
The attorney general released the main findings of the closely watched investigation into Russia’s election interference and whether Trump associates conspired.
Some on Mueller’s Team Say Report Was More Damaging Than Barr Revealed
Some of Robert S. Mueller III’s investigators have told associates that Attorney General William P. Barr failed to adequately portray the findings of their inquiry and that they were more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr indicated, according to government officials and others familiar with their simmering frustrations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/politics/william-barr-mueller-report.amp.html
Some of Robert S. Mueller III’s investigators have told associates that Attorney General William P. Barr failed to adequately portray the findings of their inquiry and that they were more troubling for President Trump than Mr. Barr indicated, according to government officials and others familiar with their simmering frustrations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/politics/william-barr-mueller-report.amp.html
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Some on Mueller’s Team Say Report Was More Damaging Than Barr Revealed
Members of the special counsel’s team have told associates that their findings are more troubling for President Trump than the attorney general indicated.
Black Hole Picture Revealed for the First Time
Astronomers announced on Wednesday that at last they had seen the unseeable: a black hole, a cosmic abyss so deep and dense that not even light can escape it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/science/black-hole-picture.amp.html?2
Astronomers announced on Wednesday that at last they had seen the unseeable: a black hole, a cosmic abyss so deep and dense that not even light can escape it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/science/black-hole-picture.amp.html?2
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Darkness Visible, Finally: Astronomers Capture First Ever Image of a Black Hole
Astronomers at last have captured a picture of one of the most secretive entities in the cosmos.