Scientists Question Major Hydroxychloroquine Study
More than 100 scientists and clinicians have questioned the authenticity of a massive hospital database that was the basis for an influential study published last […]
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In Hong Kong, Anxiety and Defiance Over Trump’s Move to Cut Ties
HONG KONG — Hong Kong officials reacted with a mix of anxiety, resignation and defiance to President Trump’s announcement that the United States would end […]
While Twitter Confronts Trump, Zuckerberg Keeps Facebook Out of It
SAN FRANCISCO — Earlier this week, as Twitter executives waded into a confrontation with President Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, took a very […]
Twitter Had Been Drawing a Line for Months When Trump Crossed It
OAKLAND, Calif. — Jack Dorsey was up late Thursday at his home in San Francisco talking online with his executives when their conversation was interrupted: […]
Supreme Court, in 5-4 Decision, Rejects Church’s Challenge to Shutdown Order
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday turned away a request from a church in California to block enforcement of state restrictions on attendance at […]
Trump’s Decision to Leave the W.H.O. Will Benefit China
President Trump’s recent decision to terminate America’s role in the World Health Organization will have devastating effects on global health, and it will benefit the […]
George Floyd Updates: Minneapolis Is Under Curfew as Protests Continue Nationwide
Here’s what you need to know: ImageA protester wiped a tear from another during a demonstration in Minneapolis on Friday.Credit…Victor J. Blue for The New […]
Blaming China for Pandemic, Trump Says U.S. Will Leave the W.H.O.
After spending weeks accusing the World Health Organization of helping the Chinese government cover up the early days of the coronavirus epidemic in China, President […]
Flynn Discussed Sanctions at Length With Russian Diplomat, Transcripts Show
WASHINGTON — The former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn discussed sanctions at length with a Russian diplomat in late 2016, according to transcripts declassified […]
George Floyd’s Death, Protests, Coronavirus: America Is a Tinderbox
The last two and a half months in America have felt like the opening montage in a dystopian film about a nation come undone. First […]
‘The Pain Is Too Intense’: Joe Biden Challenges White Americans
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., addressing a nation on edge, challenged white Americans on Friday to fully confront the enduring inequities […]
A Justice Dept. Skeptical of Police Abuse Cases Vows to Investigate Floyd Death
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr on Friday labeled the images of the death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis whom a […]
‘The Pain Is Too Intense’: Biden Challenges White Americans
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., addressing a nation on edge, challenged white Americans on Friday to fully confront the enduring inequities […]
Over Veterans’ Protests, Trump Vetoes Measure to Block Student Loan Rules
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday vetoed a bipartisan resolution to overturn new regulations that significantly tighten access to federal student loan forgiveness, siding with […]
Officer Derek Chauvin Charged With Murder: Live Updates
Video Videographers for The Times captured the scene outside the Third Precinct in Minneapolis as peaceful demonstrations over the death of George Floyd turned violent, […]
President Trump Is a Doughnut
In a much-loved children’s story, “The Doughnuts” by Robert McCloskey, a boy, Homer Price, is left alone in his Uncle Ulysses’ luncheonette, where a newfangled […]
Trump Moves to Strip Hong Kong of Special U.S. Relationship
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Friday that his administration would end almost all aspects of the American government’s special relationship with Hong Kong, including on […]
Congress Calls State Dept. Officials for Interviews in Expanded Pompeo Inquiry
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress announced on Friday that three committees were calling top State Department officials to be formally interviewed in an expanding […]
A Trump vs. Twitter Week
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. If I went back in time to […]
Pompeo Releases Letter Clearing Him of Violating Law With Kansas Trips
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday released a letter written four months ago from an independent federal investigative agency that said he […]
U.S. Accuses Russian Military Hackers of Attack on Email Servers
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency publicly accused Russian government hackers of targeting email servers around the world in an unusual announcement on Thursday, showing […]
Trump’s Looting Remarks on Twitter Escalate Crisis in Minneapolis
President Trump on Friday threatened to send the National Guard to Minneapolis unless the city’s Democratic mayor brought the violent protests touched off by the […]
Scientists Question Validity of Major Hydroxychloroquine Study
More than 100 scientists and clinicians have questioned the authenticity of a massive hospital database that was the basis for an influential study published last […]
How Trump’s Tweets Cause Collateral Damage for Families Already in Pain
In the 19 years since a faulty heart valve caused Lori Klausutis to faint and fatally hit her head on a desk, her family has […]
Trump Attacks Minneapolis Mayor Over Protests
President Trump on Friday threatened to send the National Guard to Minneapolis unless the city’s Democratic mayor brought the violent protests touched off by the […]
Twitter Places Warning on Trump Minneapolis Tweet, Saying It Glorified Violence
ImagePresident Trump signing an executive order that will punish Facebook, Google and Twitter for the way they police content online, on Thursday.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York […]
Live George Floyd Protest Updates: Trump, Frey and
Here’s what you need to know: Video Demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd boiled over late Thursday night. Protests broke out after a video […]
Fight Over G.O.P. Convention Escalates in North Carolina
Republicans planning their party’s convention on Thursday gave North Carolina’s governor a deadline of June 3 to approve safety measures to prevent the spread of […]
Border Wall Land Grabs Accelerate as Owners Shelter From Pandemic
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is accelerating efforts to seize private property for President Trump’s border wall, taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to survey […]
The President Versus the Mods
As a teen in the early 2000s, I spent a lot of time on online message boards. They were funny, chaotic places where my fellow […]
Why Is Trump Leaving Us to Grieve on Our Own?
More than a hundred thousand lives have been lost to the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, and while individuals and families have certainly grieved […]
Twitters Warns that Trump Tweet Could Spur Violence
ImagePresident Trump signing an executive order that will punish Facebook, Google and Twitter for the way they police content online, on Thursday.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York […]
Mourning Alone
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Trump’s Order Targeting Social Media Sites, Explained
Much of the president’s order consists of complaints about social media companies and their efforts to flag or remove content deemed inappropriate. Here is an […]
Why President Trump’s Order on Social Media Could Harm Him
WASHINGTON — President Trump, who built his political career on the power of a flame-throwing Twitter account, has now gone to war with Twitter, angered […]
On the Economics of Not Dying
America is now engaged in a vast, dangerous experiment. Although social distancing has limited the spread of the coronavirus, it is far from contained. Yet […]
If We Had a Real Leader
This week I had a conversation that left a mark. It was with Mary Louise Kelly and E.J. Dionne on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and […]
Does a Crisis Spur Political Unity? Not This Pandemic
It was not so long ago that the conventional wisdom in Washington was that a genuine crisis like the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks had the […]
Trump Signs Executive Order on Social Media, Claiming to Protect ‘Free Speech’
President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to empower federal regulators to crack down on social media companies like Twitter and Facebook and potentially […]
F.B.I. Once Investigated Trump Campaign Adviser’s Ties to Egypt
WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and the special counsel’s office investigated whether a former Trump campaign adviser secretly worked for the Egyptian government to influence the […]
Seven: ‘Where We Go One’
Note: This episode contains strong language. It began as a conspiracy theory planted on a fringe corner of the internet. It swept through social media […]
Trump’s Proposed Order on Social Media Could Harm One Person in Particular: Trump
WASHINGTON — President Trump, who built his political career on the power of a flame-throwing Twitter account, has now gone to war with Twitter, angered […]
Trump Said, ‘I Have the Best Words.’ Now They’re Hers.
Donald Trump has some ideas about fighting the coronavirus. “We hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light,” the […]
North Koreans Accused of Laundering $2.5 Billion for Nuclear Program
WASHINGTON — North Korean and Chinese nationals are operating a multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme to help fund North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, the Justice Department […]
Defying Trump, Twitter Doubles Down on Labeling Tweets
OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter on Thursday added new fact-checking labels to hundreds of tweets, even as the Trump administration prepared an executive order to curtail […]
House Pulls Surveillance Measure After Trump Tells Republicans to Vote No
House Democratic leaders on Thursday withdrew legislation that would revive expired F.B.I. tools to investigate terrorism and espionage and add privacy protections for Americans, after […]
They Predicted ‘The Crisis of 2020’ … in 1991. So How Does This End?
They called it the Crisis of 2020 — an unspecified calamity that “could rival the gravest trials our ancestors have known” and serve as “the […]
Get Republicans to Vote Against Trump? This Group Will Spend $10 Million to Try
But the collective voice of former cabinet officials and top aides to Republican presidents denouncing their party’s nominee did little to move the needle with […]
Get Republicans to Vote Against Trump? This Group Will Spend $10 Million to Try
But the collective voice of former cabinet officials and top aides to Republican presidents denouncing their party’s nominee did little to move the needle with […]
Biden’s Testing Strategy Sets Up a Clear Contrast With Trump on the Coronavirus
WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has proposed harnessing the broad powers of the federal government to step up coronavirus testing, with a public-private board […]