Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 Rioters
President Donald J. Trump, in one of his first official acts, issued a sweeping grant of clemency on Monday to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with…
In Dueling Pardons, an Intensified Fight Over the Meaning of Jan. 6
The dueling pardons issued Monday by the outgoing and incoming presidents were the latest and perhaps clearest reminders of how Donald J. Trump’s efforts to rewrite the history of the…
A Determined Trump Vows Not to be Thwarted at Home or Abroad
“Nothing will stand in our way.” With that six-word vow, President Trump described how he planned to make his second term in office differ from his first. Now, after a…
Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for Fauci and Jan 6 riot committee
President Joe Biden has pre-emptively pardoned a number of people including Covid response chief Anthony Fauci and the members of the January 6 riot investigation, to prevent “unjustified… politically motivated…
Biden Issues Pre-Emptive Pardons to Guard Against Trump’s Reprisals
President Biden moved on Monday to guard some of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s most high-profile adversaries against a promised campaign of “retribution” by issuing pre-emptive pardons that would make it…
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, ‘Footloose’ Choreographer, Dies at 78
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, a Tony Award-nominated choreographer and director whose colorfully varied career included commissions for New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater as well as Broadway musicals including “Swing!”…
Sick Prisoners in New York Were Granted Parole but Remain Behind Bars
When the letter arrived at Westil Gonzalez’s prison cell saying that he had been granted parole, he couldn’t read it. Over the 33 years he had been locked up for…
Behind the Scenes at Davos
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, commonly referred to as Davos, welcomes more than 3,000 global leaders from business, politics and civil society every January in the namesake Swiss city.…
Could the Oscars Be This Cool?
I sometimes feel like I’m making Oscar predictions from a defensive crouch, already anticipating what the academy might get wrong. Still, hope springs eternal. Over the last few years, the…
Opinion | It’s Trump’s Messy, Dangerous World Now
We live in an increasingly dangerous and threatening world. There are more flashpoints in today’s global geopolitics than we have seen in decades, presenting a generational challenge to the incoming…