Month: July 2022
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The Fake Electors Scheme, Explained
The brazen plan to create false slates of electors pledged to former President Donald J. Trump in seven swing states…
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Your Thursday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering a possible prisoner swap between the U.S. and Russia, and another rate increase by the Fed.…
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The Hunt Is On for ‘War Trophies’ in Ukraine
KYIV — When Ihor Sumliennyi, a young environmental activist, arrived at the site of a recent missile strike, the rubble…
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Needing a Bat, the Yankees Trade for Andrew Benintendi
After weeks of speculation, Andrew Benintendi is heading to the Bronx. The Yankees acquired Benintendi, a left fielder, from Kansas…
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China’s Domestic Troubles Will Hang Over Biden-Xi Call
WASHINGTON — When President Biden gets on a call with President Xi Jinping of China on Thursday to try to…
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Federal Reserve Makes Another Supersized Rate Increase to Tame Inflation
The Federal Reserve continued its campaign of rapid interest rate increases on Wednesday, pushing up borrowing costs at the fastest…
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Why Do LIV Golfers Struggle to Explain Why They Left the PGA Tour?
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Last month, Justin Thomas, the world’s seventh-ranked men’s golfer, summed up the feelings of PGA Tour players…
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Ukraine hits a key bridge in Kherson as Russia steps up missile strikes across the south.
Explosions lit up the sky over the southern city of Kherson overnight, and as dawn broke on Wednesday it was…
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Your Thursday Briefing: U.S. Senate Passes Semiconductor Bill
We’re covering the U.S. Senate’s passage of a major industrial policy bill and Japan’s difficulties handling its monkey population. A…
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A Marauding Monkey Was Killed in Japan. Others Will Take Its Place.
TOKYO — The authorities in a western Japanese city said on Wednesday that they had killed a monkey they believe…
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