A federal appeals court on Thursday said that it would not block the Justice Department from releasing a report by the special counsel Jack Smith about the two now-closed investigations…
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. received a call on his cellphone Tuesday. It was President-elect Donald J. Trump, calling from Florida. Hours later, Mr. Trump’s legal team would ask Justice…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I am now going to take a nap. Enjoy! Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Theodore Roosevelt National Park – Upper Talkington…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied President-elect Donald J. Trump’s emergency bid to halt his criminal sentencing in New York, all but ensuring it would proceed as planned on…
Western economists and financiers have so regularly predicted a crash or zombification outcome to China’s spectacular run of growth that it’s too easy to dismiss stories about deflation risk as…
Lebanon’s fractured Parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock on Thursday to choose a new president, a critical step toward bringing stability to a country attempting to recover from…
Getty Images Deadly wildfires have devastated parts of the city of Los Angeles and the wider county, destroying many homes and businesses, as well as schools and places of worship.…
Matteo Rocca and Ronan Dunphy peered into the gloom on the second floor of the 12th-century palazzo in Genoa, Italy. This had once been the grandest part of the seven-story…
Much of the heart of Hollywood is blanketed in thick smoke. You can barely see the tops of the towering palm trees that line streets here. It is utter chaos…
Out-of-control wildfires are ripping across parts of Los Angeles, leading to at least five deaths, burning down hundreds of buildings, and prompting more than 130,000 people to flee their homes…