With the appointment of Boris Johnson as UK prime minister, at the head of a cabinet dominated by extreme Brexiteers, our worst fears have been realised. If we didn’t know before, we now know that we are on the rocky road to a really rough Brexit. To paraphrase that macabre ditty from MASH, “Brexit will […]

The Chinese government says the Hong Kong demonstrators are radicals using “conduct close to terrorism” to wrest their home back into the Western camp. But terrorists and zealots rarely apologize for violence or promise to learn from their mistakes. No, the protesters in Hong Kong are not the small band of pro-Western troublemakers who Beijing […]

To the Editor: Re “Times Demotes an Editor Over Tweets About Race and Politics” (news article, Aug. 14): The Times has buried the lead once again. The social media offenses of Jonathan Weisman pale in comparison to the tepid approach that The Times has taken to describe the regressive, racist presidential tweets and policies traumatizing […]

Tragedy struck a family of five Monday after a rockslide hit their car in Glacier National Park, Mont., killing a 14-year-old girl who was a passenger. The Utah-based family was driving on Montana’s scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road around 7 p.m. local time when the rockfall happened near the road’s east tunnel. Debris hit the top of […]

Imagine you had an entire commercial flight to yourself. No lineups, no sweaty people, no fights for the armrest, no toddlers kicking your seat and no squealing babies two rows back. The flight attendants know you by name, the pilots welcome you into the cockpit and you have free rein of the entire plane, from […]

The recent Democratic primary debates in Detroit made at least one thing clear: The party exclusively responsible for passing the Affordable Care Act is now waging political warfare over whether to reform it or eliminate it. Senator Bernie Sanders was loud but not lonely in advocating “Medicare for all,” which would supplant the A.C.A. with […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Axel Springer (SPRGn.DE) is on the lookout for acquisition opportunities, CEO Mathias Doepfner said on Wednesday, adding the German publisher did not feel constrained even though a buyout of its minority shareholders has yet to close. U.S. private equity investor KKR (KKR.N) has won acceptances to buy 27.8% of shares in Springer, […]

If the British media is anywhere close to the truth, we ought to be afraid. Very afraid. And this seems to be what British Prime Minister Boris Johnson requires of us just now. According to the UK ‘Sun’, Mr Johnson is banking on Brussels blinking at the last minute in order to prevent Ireland being […]

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The fight over coal-burning power plants isn’t over. A coalition of 29 states and cities sued to block the Trump administration from weakening Obama-era restrictions on the plants. The suit argues that the Environmental Protection Agency’s rollback will extend […]

I was glad to see the stock market get a boost from the news that Chinese and U.S. trade negotiators were talking again and that President Trump blinked a bit and pulled some of his planned tariffs. But don’t be fooled. Trump and President Xi Jinping of China are still locked in a cage match […]