Melania Trump credits Barron Trump with helping his father win
In her first interview since her husband won the presidential election, former and future first lady Melania Trump said Friday that their son, Barron, had played an important role in President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, advising him to appear with media personalities popular with younger voters.
South Korea’s leader survives impeachment vote after his power grab
South Korean lawmakers’ attempt to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol ended in failure on Saturday night, prolonging the political upheaval and uncertainty that has roiled the country since his short-lived imposition of martial law this past week.
Nation and world news — at a glance— for December 8
Want a job in the Trump administration? Be prepared for the loyalty test.
Dodgers’ use of deferred deals masks reality of their advantage
LOS ANGELES — To Andrew Friedman, president of baseball operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers, complaints about the $1 billion in salary deferrals given out by the team’s owners are “kind of a lazy narrative.”
Opposition grows to South Korea’s president as he faces impeachment
SEOUL, South Korea — President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea grew increasingly isolated Friday, after the head of his ruling party came out in support of impeaching the president and the country’s military said it would not follow any orders to reimpose martial law.
Nation and world news — at a glance — for November 7
US milk to be tested for bird flu virus
TikTok faces US Ban after losing bid to overturn new law
TikTok is one step closer to disappearing in the United States after a panel of federal judges Friday unanimously upheld a new law that could lead to the banning of the popular Chinese-owned video app by mid-January.
Job growth rebounds with a gain of 227,000 in November
Job creation bounced back in November after disruptions from storms and a major strike, reinforcing a picture of modest employment expansion over the past several months.
Canada moves to protect Arctic from threats by Russia and China
OTTAWA, Ontario — Citing growing interest by China and Russia in the Arctic as global warming makes the region more accessible, Canada on Friday said it would focus on building stronger alliances with other nations in the region, particularly the United States.
An arctic hamlet is sinking into the thawing permafrost
TUKTOYAKTUK, Canada — On the shore of Lake Tiktalik in Canada’s Western Arctic, the thawing permafrost had set off two huge landslides into the water, leaving yawning craters on the tundra. These “thaw slumps” measured several hundred feet wide and just as deep.
World’s oldest known wild bird lays an egg at 74
The world’s oldest known wild bird, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is expected to welcome another baby chick in the coming months, astonishing scientists who have been tracking her since the Eisenhower administration.
Torrent of hate for health insurance industry follows CEO’s killing
The fatal shooting Wednesday of a top UnitedHealthcare executive, Brian Thompson, on a New York City sidewalk has unleashed a torrent of morbid glee from patients and others who say they have had negative experiences with health insurance companies at some of the hardest times of their lives.
NASA Missions to Return to the Moon Delayed Until 2026 and 2027
WASHINGTON — NASA on Thursday postponed a mission to send four astronauts around the moon and back to Earth until April 2026.
Images of unmasked suspect emerge as police track CEO’s killer
NEW YORK — Security-camera images of a man wearing a hooded jacket and an easy smile. A fake ID. A cellphone found on a Manhattan sidewalk. Bullets marked with the words “deny” and “delay.”
SCOTUS Inclined to uphold Tenn. law denying transgender care
Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready Wednesday to uphold a Tennessee law denying transition care to transgender youth, with some of them saying that judgments about contested scientific evidence should be made by legislatures rather than judges.
South Korea’s turmoil is the latest threat to a three-way Pacific alliance
TOKYO — When President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea visited the White House last year, he charmed the Washington establishment by singing Don McLean’s “American Pie.” When he flew to Tokyo to usher in a new era of conciliation with Japan, it was a genial visit, with the prime minister treating Yoon to “omurice,” a Japanese dish the South Korean leader likes.
Kash Patel has plan to remake the FBI into a tool of Trump
“Fire the top ranks of the FBI.” Encourage Congress to demand testimony exposing “every single bit of filth and corruption” at the agency, and withhold its funding “until the documents come in.” Prosecute leakers and journalists. Replace the national security workforce with “people who won’t undermine the president’s agenda.”
In Angola, Biden warns that slavery’s history should not be erased
LUANDA, Angola — When American presidents visit another country, they typically like to highlight the positive history they share. But as the first leader of the United States to visit Angola, President Joe Biden opted instead to focus on the most bitter chapter that connects the United States and this giant southern African nation.
How do you like that filibuster now?
As Republicans prepare to take control of both chambers of Congress and the presidency, Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative West Virginia Democrat turned independent, has a question for his former Democratic teammates: “How do you like that filibuster now?”
The lake-effect snowstorm enveloping the Northeast and Midwest: What we know
Lake-effect snow blowing in from the Great Lakes has blanketed parts of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, stranding hundreds of vehicles on roads and snarling post-Thanksgiving travel.
