Right-wing influencers embraced extremist views and Facebook rewarded them. Illustration by Yoshi SodeokaCredit… Supported by By Stuart A. Thompson and Charlie Warzel Mr. Thompson is a writer and editor in Opinion. Mr. Warzel is Opinion’s writer-at-large. Dominick McGee didn’t enter the Capitol during the siege on Jan. 6. He was on the grounds when the […]

Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up. Good morning. Donald Trump has become the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. Even during a scandal, a president’s own party members usually defend him. Decades later, people tend to forget how overwhelming the partisan support was and exaggerate the degree of conscience among […]

More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Visiting Texas Border, Trump Seeks Respite but Finds Divisions” (news article, Jan. 13): Instead of visiting the wall, President Trump should visit and look into the eyes of the children who were pulled from their parents’ arms at the border and remain separated from them by his […]

(Reuters) – Silver Lake said on Wednesday it had raised about $20 billion for its buyout fund, Silver Lake Partners VI, as the technology-focused private equity firm looks to focus on large-scale investments. Silver Lake, which manages about $75 billion in combined assets under management and committed capital, has recently invested in major names, including […]

Op-Docs “As a child, I thought that it was a bad thing to be born a woman, because that body clearly limited your liberties.” Video by Camila Kater Ms. Kater is a filmmaker. From youth to old age, a woman’s body is viewed as something to regulate, comment on and critique — what’s personal becomes […]

The renminbi is booming. By Melina Delkic Good morning. We’re covering China’s currency boom, a disappointment for farmers in India and Spain’s biggest snowfall in 50 years. Why China’s currency is booming China’s currency, known as the yuan or the renminbi, has reached its strongest level in more than two years against the dollar and […]

We will never forget the events of Jan. 6. Our democratic institutions were assaulted. Lives were lost. The very foundations of our nation were shaken ─ but not broken. All responsible parties, including President Trump, must face justice. Yet, the manner in which President Trump and others are held accountable is a difficult question that […]

President Trump’s efforts to remain in office in defiance of democracy cannot be allowed to go unanswered, lest they invite more lawlessness from this president or those who follow. The attack on the Capitol on Wednesday was not a spontaneous eruption of violence. It was the culmination of a campaign waged by the president of […]

Trump’s second impeachment. By Melina Delkic Good morning. We’re covering charges against President Trump, a step toward mass vaccinations in Indonesia and young fishing enthusiasts in Paris. An impeachment charge against Trump Democrats in the House of Representatives initiated an effort to impeach President Trump for inciting a mob that attacked the Capitol last week. […]

Since his resounding defeat in the presidential election in November, Donald Trump has done everything but concede to the democratic will of the American people. He unleashed an avalanche of lies and baseless claims of fraud — conspiracy theories that filled his supporters with a delusional belief that the election had been stolen from him. […]