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Donald Trump’s extraordinary character and outrageous behaviour “threaten the world’s health, economic security and social fabric” and were shaped by his “high-functioning sociopath” father during childhood, according to a bombshell book written by the president’s niece. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary Trump will be […] More
Move comes amid continued protests over racism and policing Brookings scholar: ‘This is the big domino to fall’ A protester at Town Field Park in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, on Friday. Photograph: Chuck Nacke/Rex/Shutterstock The Associated Press has changed its influential writing style guide to capitalize the “b” in the term Black when referring […] More
Kayleigh McEnany said president ‘likes to have countervailing viewpoints’ amid fallout over ex-national security adviser’s book The Room Where It Happened, by former national security adviser John Bolton. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP As a federal judge considered the Trump administration’s attempt to block a book by John Bolton which has held the president up to global […] More
James Bennet’s resignation comes after backlash on a comment piece written by a GOP senator called for using military force on protesters The New York Times announced on Sunday that James Bennet, editorial page director since May 2016, had resigned. Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP A senior editor at the New York Times has resigned amid a […] More
The New York Times’ decision to run an op-ed from the Republican senator Tom Cotton titled “Send in the troops” is drawing widespread criticism, including from Times staff. In the piece, Cotton called for the use of US military troops to quell civil unrest, and indicated the president would be justified in doing so under […] More
Twitter says it won’t delete tweets in which the president spreads lie that Joe Scarborough was involved in Lori Klausutis’s death MSNBC’s Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough. Photograph: Patrick Lewis/StarPix for The Paley Center for Media/REX/Shutterstock The husband of a woman whose 2001 death Donald Trump has repeatedly used for a political smear has demanded […] More
Who is Kayleigh McEnany – and why is she saying nice things about Donald Trump? The White House press secretary has made a confident start in a notoriously difficult role. Those who know her say the media and opponents underestimate her at their peril Kayleigh McEnany responds to a question from the news media during […] More
The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has four essential rules for successful punditry: Those maxims have consistently made Krugman the most intelligent and the most useful New York Times pundit, at least since Frank Rich wrote his final must-read column 11 years ago. A new collection of Krugman’s pieces, therefore, is a timely reminder […] More
