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She recalls talking with Rosalynn Carter during 1976 visit to Lancaster [I Know a Story column]
Editor’s note: According to LNP archives, former first Lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Nov. 19, visited Lancaster on April 16, 1976, to open Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign headquarters on West King Street.
Shutdown, Jobs, Markets: Your Friday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The shutdown won’t end soon. In a contentious meeting at the White House, President Trump and congressional leaders failed to break a deadlock that has kept the government partially shut down for nearly two weeks. Mr. Trump threatened to keep agencies closed for “months or even years” unless Congress approved money for his proposed wall on the southern border. Above, in the Rose Garden after the meeting.
Congress, Espionage, China Economy: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. Democrats took control of the House of Representatives and elected Nancy Pelosi as speaker, returning divided government to Washington. The power shift came amid a partial government shutdown, with President Trump’s insistence on a wall on the Mexican border running headlong into newly energized Democratic opposition.
Shutdown, Nancy Pelosi, Apple: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. No deal. With the partial government shutdown now in its 12th day — and with Democrats taking control of the House on Thursday — President Trump invited congressional leaders from both parties to a gathering in the Situation Room billed as a border security briefing. The meeting yielded no agreement.
Shutdown, Elizabeth Warren, Happy New Year: Your Monday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The ninth day of the federal government’s partial shutdown brought us no closer to an end to the impasse that has affected 800,000 federal workers and shuttered parts of nine cabinet-level departments.
Shutdown, E.P.A., Syria: Your Friday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. President Trump threatened to close the southern border and cut off aid to countries in Central America if Congress refuses to fund a wall. The president’s threats came on the seventh day of a partial shutdown that has affected up to 800,000 government workers. Congress is not scheduled to take up the debate until after the new year.
Shutdown, Markets, Facebook: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
By Jean Rutter and Elijah Walker Dec. 27, 2018 (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The partial shutdown of the federal government will run into the new year. Outgoing House Republicans informed lawmakers there will be no votes Friday or Monday, and no relief for the 800,000 federal workers who are either furloughed or working without pay.
Iraq, Markets, Environment: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. President Trump made a surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq. It was his first visit to troops stationed abroad in a combat zone. The trip, shrouded in secrecy, came in the midst of a partial government shutdown and less than a week after Mr. Trump announced plans to withdraw all troops from Syria and about half of those stationed in Afghanistan.
Shutdown, Mattis, Markets: Your Friday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. The Evening Briefing is taking a couple of days off next week. We’ll return on Wednesday. Now, back to the news. Here’s the latest. Image 1. What’s going on in Washington? Senators and White House officials were scrambling to cut a deal to avert a partial government shutdown as a midnight deadline approached.
Shutdown, Syria, Opioids: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. A deal to avert a U.S. government shutdown was teetering after President Trump, above, told House Republican leaders he would not sign a stopgap spending bill to keep funds flowing past midnight Friday if it did not include border-wall funding.
Syria, Facebook, Interest Rates: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. President Trump ordered a rapid withdrawal of all 2,000 U.S. ground troops from Syria, declaring the four-year American-led war against the Islamic State largely won, officials said. “We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency,” the president said in a Twitter post.
Michael Flynn, Shutdown, China Trade: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. “Arguably, you sold your country out.” With a scathing rebuke, a federal judge postponed the sentencing of Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser.
Russian Meddling, Markets, Opioids: Your Monday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. Russian efforts to sway the 2016 U.S. election included an extraordinary effort to target black Americans and suppress turnout among Democratic voters, according to a new report commissioned by the Senate. The report also argued that the Russian presence on Instagram had been underestimated and might have been as effective or more effective than its Facebook efforts.
Michael Flynn, China Trade, Wisconsin: Your Friday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. The special counsel’s office rejected a suggestion from Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, that he had been tricked into lying to F.B.I. agents investigating Russia’s election interference and ties to Trump associates.
Emissions, Yemen, Michael Cohen: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. A covert social media drive. A letter quietly circulated around Congress. A partnership with a secretive organization financed by millions of corporate dollars. Energy industry giants and conservative groups have joined forces to aggressively push President Trump’s rollback of fuel efficiency rules for cars, our climate reporter found. Above, a refinery in Detroit.
Cohen Sentencing, Brexit, China Trade: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison, in part for his role in a scheme during the 2016 campaign to buy the silence of two women who said they had affairs with Mr. Trump. Prosecutors also announced they had struck a deal with the tabloid publisher American Media Inc., which played an important role in keeping those women silent.
Immigration, China Trade, Arctic Warming: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. President Trump vowed to block full funding for the government if Democrats refused to finance his border wall, in an unusual televised public sparring in the Oval Office, above. The testy back-and-forth with the Democratic congressional leaders, Representative Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer, raised fresh concerns that the two sides might not reach an agreement on spending bills by a Dec.
Spying Apps, Brexit, Markets: Your Monday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. Wanted: A new White House chief of staff. The hunt is on after President Trump announced over the weekend that John Kelly, above, would leave at the end of the year — and Nick Ayers, the president’s first choice to replace him, declined the job. Mr. Ayers, the chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, said on Sunday that he, too, was leaving the administration.
Manafort, China Trade, William Barr: Your Friday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. Federal prosecutors accused Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, of lying to them about his contacts with Trump administration officials and other matters.
Huawei, France Protests, Mascot Mayhem: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. The arrest of a top technology executive at the Chinese telecom giant Huawei threatened to upend a fragile trade truce with the U.S. — and put the Trump administration’s national security and trade policies on a collision course. Huawei’s chief financial officer, the daughter of the company’s founder, was arrested in Canada.
Bush Funeral, Emissions, Facebook: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. Five living presidents, plus family, friends and dignitaries from around the world, gathered in Washington National Cathedral, above, for a memorial service to honor George Bush, the 41st president. In a eulogy for his father, former President George W. Bush remembered him as an imperfect, but beloved man who bestowed wisdom.
Khashoggi, Bush Funeral, France Protests: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. “This is conduct that none of us in America would approve of in any way” That’s Senator Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama, reacting to a classified briefing by Gina Haspel, the C.I.A. director, about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. The session left senators more certain than ever that Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, ordered the journalist’s death.
Trade, Alaska, George Bush: Your Monday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. Both President Trump and President Xi Jinping touted a U.S.-China trade war truce, announced during the G-20 meeting in Buenos Aires, as a win for their countries. But no agreement beyond their official statements exists, and deep divisions remain. The news drove up stocks on Wall Street.
G-20, Marriott, Immigration: Your Friday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. President Trump is with world leaders in Buenos Aires for a two-day meeting of the Group of 20 industrialized countries. Above, the president with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. At the top of Mr. Trump’s agenda: signing a new North American trade pact this morning with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, after 14 months of acrimonious negotiations.
Michael Cohen, G-20, Yemen: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, admitted that he had continued negotiating a deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow well into the 2016 presidential campaign, far later than previously known. The revelation came at a surprise federal court hearing in Manhattan, in which he pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the timing of the negotiations and the president’s involvement.
Pelosi, Yemen, Les Moonves: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. House Democrats began to choose their leaders and rules for the next Congress, which begins in January. Representative Nancy Pelosi, above, easily won the Democratic nomination to be speaker of the House — but 32 Democrats voted no. She will need to win over some of those defectors for the final floor vote on Jan. 3, and that could be enough time for a serious challenger to emerge.
Paul Manafort, Immigration, Stephen Hillenburg: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. President Trump lobbed familiar accusations about Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation the day after prosecutors asserted that Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, had violated his plea agreement by repeatedly lying to them. In a court filing, prosecutors said that Mr. Manafort’s “crimes and lies” had nullified the promises made to him in the deal.
Climate Change, Immigration, Mars Landing: Your Monday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. A road map for change. A major scientific report on climate issued by 13 federal agencies over the holiday weekend says the U.S. will have to spend billions to protect against the effects of global warming.
Immigration, Brexit, Turkey Trots: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. Chief Justice John Roberts defended the independence of the judiciary after President Trump criticized a ruling by a federal judge. “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” wrote Chief Justice Roberts, left, rebuking the president.
Justice Department, Wildfire Victims, Markets: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. President Trump wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute Hillary Clinton and James Comey in April, our journalists learned, but the White House counsel warned him the move could lead to impeachment.
California Wildfires, Nancy Pelosi, China: Your Monday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. California is suffering through the worst wildfires the state has seen — as well as drought, extreme heat waves and poor air quality. It’s an example of simultaneous disasters that increasingly could be the fallout from climate change, scientists say.
Assange, Wildfires, Disney: Your Friday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. The Justice Department secretly filed criminal charges against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, our reporters learned. The move could have implications both for Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election — and for press freedoms.
California Wildfires, Brexit, Yellowstone: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. What started the California wildfires? Investigators are searching charred rubble left by the deadly Camp Fire for clues. The fire caused at least 56 deaths, with hundreds more missing, and destroyed more than 10,000 homes and businesses. But the search has been slowed by the ferocity of the blaze. Above, Paradise, Calif.
Wildfires, Brexit, ‘Toxic’: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. President Trump gave his support to legislation that could begin a major overhaul of the U.S. criminal justice system, lowering mandatory minimum sentences for some nonviolent drug offenses and directing money to anti-recidivism programs.
California Wildfires, Amazon, Midterms: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image 1. California wildfires are still blazing out of control, and the death toll has risen to at least 44. The Camp Fire in Northern California, blamed for at least 42 deaths, is now the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state’s history. The sheriff’s office in Paradise, a retirement community wiped out by the fire, said that more than 200 residents were unaccounted for.
California Wildfires, Elections, Nafta: Your Monday Evening Briefing
1. Powerful wildfires raged in Northern and Southern California, pushed by strong winds. The deadly Camp Fire in the north, the state’s most destructive wildfire in modern history, was blamed for at least 29 deaths and the destruction of the town of Paradise. Above, a trailer park was leveled. The Woolsey Fire, west of Los Angeles, has killed two and charred 90,000 acres around Malibu and Thousand Oaks. Forecasters predicted continuing winds, no rain and low humidity, which could worsen conditions.
Wildfires, Thousand Oaks, Elections: Your Friday Evening Briefing
1. Deadly late-season wildfires burned out of control in Northern and Southern California, killing at least five and forcing thousands of people from their homes. The bodies of five people were found “in vehicles that were overcome” by the fire in Paradise, Calif., above, a retirement community of 27,000 people, officials said. In Southern California, at least 75 homes were destroyed in and around Thousand Oaks, the city already grieving from the deadly nightclub shooting earlier this week. 2.
California Shooting, Elections, Matthew Whitaker: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
1. Investigators were searching for clues to why a former Marine armed with a .45-caliber handgun opened fire at a crowded California dance hall on Wednesday night, killing 12 people. He was identified as Ian David Long, 28. He died after being confronted by police officers, including a 29-year veteran of the local sheriff’s office, Sgt. Ron Helus, who numbered among the dead. Above, an investigator interviewing a witness.
Sessions, Election Results, Amazon: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
1. The realignment of power in Congress. Voter fury toward President Trump lifted Democrats into control of the House of Representatives, ending two years of single-party dominance. Some districts hit by retaliatory tariffs switched to Democratic candidates from Republican incumbents. See what the blue wave looked like. Republicans held their Senate majority and gained at least two seats. Voter turnout was unusually high — we’re still gathering the data on that.
Election Day, Amazon, Iraq Graves: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing (Published 2018)
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. Image Credit...Holly Pickett for The New York Times 1. Our first order of business: Election results. Democrats were on track to capture control of the House of Representatives, while Republicans were positioned to add to their majority in the Senate. As expected, Democrats won a series of governors races, flipping seats in Illinois and Michigan.
U.S. Ballots, Wisconsin Mystery, Late Night: Your Monday Evening Briefing
1. Election Day is in sight. Control of Congress is at stake. The outcome is anything but clear. At the polls across the U.S., voters will choose thousands of of congressional, state and local officials. All 435 House seats are in play. In the Senate, 33 of 100 seats have races. Thirty-six states will elect governors. And thousands more state and municipal offices and local initiatives are on the ballots. We’re all over it.
Jobs, Midterms, Asylum: Your Friday Evening Briefing
1. The U.S. added 250,000 jobs in October. The monthly jobs report was full of good news, even as the stock market has swerved down recently. Unemployment stayed at 3.7 percent. That’s the lowest level since 1969. And we got another sign of accelerating wage growth: Average earnings increased, and are up 3.1 percent over the past year. Above, construction in San Francisco. This is the best time for the American labor market in decades. So how long can it last?
Immigration, Evangelicals, Roger Stone: Your Evening Briefing
1. Five days to the midterms, our political team has more coverage than you can shake a ballot at. We’ll run through the highlights. “And you get a vote! And you get a vote! And you get a vote!” That was Oprah Winfrey, joining in a crowd chant as she campaigned with Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s Democratic candidate for governor, in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. She leads our daily Tip Sheet on the races.
Midterms, Markets, Pittsburgh: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing (Published 2018)
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Pittsburgh, Midterms, Whitey Bulger: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
1. President Trump visited Pittsburgh as the first funerals began for the 11 victims of Saturday’s synagogue massacre. Above, a service for David and Cecil Rosenthal. Many officials and residents made clear his visit was not welcome. About 1,000 protesters gathered holding signs criticizing Mr. Trump’s divisive language with slogans like “Words matter.” Below, outside the Tree of Life synagogue where the shooting took place.
Synagogue Gunman, Midterms, Merkel: Your Monday Evening Briefing
1. The man accused of killing 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue appeared in federal court. Above, tributes outside the synagogue. Robert Bowers faces 29 federal criminal charges, in addition to state charges. Federal authorities said they intended to pursue the death penalty. As the country grieved, it also reckoned with hatred. Saturday’s attack did not come out of nowhere, experts said: anti-Semitic incidents have been on the rise in the U.S. and Europe.
Pipe Bomb Arrest, Yemen, Midterms: Your Friday Evening Briefing
1. A man was arrested and charged in a weeklong pipe bomb campaign targeting critics of President Trump. Federal authorities identified the suspect as Cesar Sayoc Jr., a 56-year-old Florida man who is an outspoken supporter of Mr. Trump. Records show that he has a long criminal history and ties to New York. Here’s what we know about him. Above, an F.B.I. agent examining a van in Plantation, Fla.
Explosives, Google, Midterms: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
1. The investigation into pipe bombs sent to CNN and several prominent critics of President Trump is shifting to southern Florida. The authorities believe that a number of the explosive devices were mailed from the area, our reporters learned. In all, 10 packages have been discovered since Monday, all bearing the return address of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democratic congresswoman from Florida and former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
Explosives, Midterms, Markets: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
1. Pipe bombs were sent to several prominent Democrats and to CNN’s New York offices, above, prompting an evacuation. Investigators are looking for links and trying to determine whether a bomber is going after political figures vilified by the right wing. New York’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, called the Manhattan episode “an act of terror.” Other devices were addressed to former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, among others.
Turkey, Midterms, Migrant Caravan: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
1. The president of Turkey raised the stakes in the crisis with Saudi Arabia, calling the death of Jamal Khashoggi a “premeditated murder” and asking the Saudi government to hand over suspects in the case. In a speech to members of his party in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, above, confirmed many brutal details of the killing, but also showed deference to the Saudi king.
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