He was a foremost authority on the president, tracing his career in unvarnished accounts from his time as California governor through his years in the White House.

David Ellison is cozying up to Trump in his effort to save Hollywood. It’s a risky strategy for our democracy.

The authorities accused “some foreign media” of smearing the government’s response to a fire at a high-rise complex, saying: “Do not say you have not been warned.”

The push to close the offices appears to contradict a federal judge’s order from April, which required Trump officials to resume operations at V.O.A.

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A correspondent for Reuters, he became a global symbol of China’s isolation and of the anti-foreigner hysteria spawned by its Cultural Revolution.