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Today — 22 December 2024Main stream

Trump Appoints ‘The Apprentice’ Producer as Special Envoy to Britain

22 December 2024 at 09:03
Mark Burnett and President-elect Donald J. Trump had a long and successful collaboration that made Mr. Trump a household name.

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Mark Burnett, the producer of “The Apprentice,” with President Donald J. Trump in 2017.
Yesterday — 21 December 2024Main stream

In Late Push, Senate Democrats Narrowly Top Trump on Judicial Confirmations

21 December 2024 at 08:20
With the vote, the Senate approved its 235th lifetime judge of President Biden’s tenure, besting his predecessor by a single judgeship.

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Democrats wrapped up an effort to fill as many vacancies as possible on the bench before turning the majority over to Senate Republicans on Jan. 3.

Trump Moves to Replace Officials Whom New Presidents Traditionally Leave Alone

21 December 2024 at 03:19
Congress devised some positions to stay on during changes in administrations. But Donald Trump has declared his intent to replace at least three.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump has said he will make Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist and F.B.I. critic, the bureau’s new director.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Tisch Shakes Up N.Y.P.D. Staff and Orders 500 Officers Back to Key Roles

20 December 2024 at 10:03
Commissioner Jessica Tisch is replacing the Police Department’s head of communications, who had clashed with reporters, and sending many officers back to patrol.

© Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced five new Police Department appointments on Thursday, including the replacement of a communications official who had sparred with the news media.

Putin Glosses Over Russian Setbacks, Including Syria

20 December 2024 at 00:51
The Russian president, in a marathon annual news conference, said that he had not yet met with Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian leader who fled to Moscow, but that he planned to.

© Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at his year-end news conference in Moscow, which has become an annual ritual.

Who Is Friedrich Merz of Germany?

19 December 2024 at 02:04
If polls are correct, Olaf Scholz’s successor could be the 69-year-old leader of the Christian Democratic Union. He is offering to get the German economic engine humming again.

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Friedrich Merz, right, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union, addressing Germany’s lower house of Parliament ahead of a no-confidence vote against Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, on Monday.

Chad Chronister Withdraws as Trump’s Pick to Lead DEA

4 December 2024 at 08:07
The announcement by Chad Chronister, a Florida sheriff with virtually no experience in the kinds of complex international investigations the agency handles, comes just three days after his selection.

Drought in the Northeast: The Causes and Consequences

4 December 2024 at 02:58
Readers discuss what one calls a “boom-or-bust precipitation cycle.” Also: Pete Hegseth’s mother’s accusation; what opera needs; Elon Musk and Mars.
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