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Marquee Writers Push for Negotiations, but Their Clout May Not Matter
Some showrunners, eager for progress in the Hollywood strike, want the Writers Guild of America to meet with studios. How much sway they still have is in question.
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Apple lodges confidentiality protest on Day 2 of Google antitrust trial
At issue was whether the Justice Department had revealed sensitive business information in violation of an agreement on confidentiality.
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McCarthy, struggling to govern, throws impeachment chum into the waters
The House speaker, continuously blocked from legislating by his far-right flank, now prefers to talk about his newly launched impeachment inquiry into President Biden’s family.
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House punts on Pentagon bill, an ominous sign as shutdown looms
The usually noncontroversial step became tied up in a broader GOP debate that threatens to derail negotiations over the budget.
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Mitt Romney’s startling but familiar concession: The demagogues have won
Mitt Romney’s retirement comments hark back to another Mormon Republican’s six years ago.
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7 skeptical Republicans to watch on impeaching Biden
Kevin McCarthy can spare about five votes to impeach Biden. And there’s plenty of evidence that it could be close.
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Romney to Retire, Calling for a ‘New Generation’ Beyond Biden and Trump
The Utah Republican and 2012 G.O.P. presidential nominee, 76, said he would step aside to make way for younger leaders and strongly suggested that the president and former president should, too.
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McCarthy Reversal on Impeachment Inquiry Reflects Pressure From the Right
The speaker, who formerly argued that the House must vote before opening an impeachment inquiry, changed his tune this week, a decision that could have consequences for the investigation.
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He Was a Hillary Clinton Cheerleader. Now He Calls Democrats a Threat.
Peter Daou, a former Democratic activist, is running Cornel West’s third-party campaign. He talked to The New York Times about how he came to view the two-party system as a bigger problem than Donald J. Trump.
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Why Are So Many Millennials Going to Mongolia?
In an era of Instagram tourism, some young people are searching for less curated travel experiences. So they’re flocking to the open spaces of this East Asian nation.