During the day, Elisa Hategan would do interviews with the press and speak about being proud of her European heritage in front of crowds. But by night, she and her fellow white supremacists would talk about how to gather weapons and how to prepare for combat to “take Canada back.” Hategan is a former white […]

Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | RadioPublic | Stitcher Why is socialism having a moment in America right now — and is it the future of the political left? This week on “The Argument,” Michelle Goldberg talks with Bhaskar Sunkara, the editor of […]

Actor Rob Lowe shared one of the most traumatic experiences of his life during a recent interview with The Daily Telegraph, but you’ll probably struggle to guess exactly what it entailed. It wasn’t the 1988 sex tape scandal which nearly spelled the end of his career. It wasn’t the devastating drink and drug problem that […]

What the hell is it going to take, Democrats?! What evidence and impetus would compel you to do the job the Constitution, patriotism and morality dictate? What is it going to take to make you initiate an impeachment inquiry? Your slow walking of this issue and your specious arguments about political calculations are pushing you […]

To the Editor: Re “Doctors Who Risk Their Lives” (editorial, May 26): In your acknowledgment of the 10th anniversary of the murder of Dr. George Tiller, you rightly point to his courage in the face of relentless attacks by his opponents. But there is another element of Dr. Tiller’s legacy that bears mention. In the […]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Atvos Agroindustrial Participacoes SA, the sugar and ethanol unit of Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht SA, is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection this week, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The filing will occur after a Brazilian court agreed to freeze cash held by Atvos at the […]

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning, We’re covering an apparent divide between President Trump and his national security adviser, a rare string of tornadoes, and the unusual things that New Yorkers take on the subway. A disconnect on foreign policy President Trump split from his national security adviser, John […]

Having read Lorraine Courtney’s piece on the elections (‘We should have given Fine Gael bloody nose over inept handling of housing crisis’, Irish Independent, May 27), one felt like apologising for having the temerity to vote on issues other than those which Ms Courtney dictates we should have. Indeed, perhaps it hasn’t crossed her mind […]

LONDON — Nigel Farage is the British crisis in human form. His party, the unambiguously named Brexit Party, which is hardly a party and didn’t exist six months ago, won nearly a third of the British vote in the recent European Parliament elections, putting it in first place and driving the shattered Conservative Party into […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Multiple parties have been given access to the books of British Steel before a deadline for formal expressions of interest in early June, the office handling the liquidation of the company said on Tuesday. “Good progress is being made in identifying potential buyers for British Steel,” the Official Receiver said. “Multiple parties […]