As Congress barreled toward a government shutdown Thursday evening, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Californian who has led House Democrats for 15 years, gathered her troops to urge them to vote no on a spending bill that would keep the government open.
When the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, decided to send a large delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea this month, the world feared he might steal the show.
Sending astronauts back to the moon is one of the top space priorities of President Donald Trump. But his administration wants to accomplish that without giving NASA additional money, and it won’t occur until after he leaves office, even if he wins re-election.
Or maybe it was all an ironic commentary on the perception that he was prioritizing parties over profits? That would be awfully self-referential.
The team behind “Black Panther,” the film featuring the first black superhero to appear in mainstream comics, is facing allegations by a British-Liberian artist that her work was used without permission in Kendrick Lamar’s just-released music video for “All the Stars,” a song from the movie’s soundtrack.
The fire sale of the Weinstein Co. hit a last-minute snag Sunday, when Eric Schneiderman, New York’s attorney general, filed a lawsuit against the studio and its fraternal founders alleging that they repeatedly violated state and city laws barring gender discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual abuse and coercion.
In Fed Cup parlance, the doubles match was a dead rubber, and it was the softest of re-entry vehicles for Serena Williams after more than a year away from the tour she once dominated.
The furor over spousal abuse allegations that forced the resignation of one of President Donald Trump’s top advisers last week has exposed fissures within the White House that had been papered over since John Kelly took over last summer as chief of staff with a mandate to end the dysfunction.
Weather delays have plagued Alpine races at the Winter Olympics for more than 50 years. It is a natural consequence of the typical Winter Games setting, where altitude and a seasonable climate can lead to excessive snow and high winds. Either one can make a ski course unsafe.
Ski jumpers fly in a "V" shape to improve their distances. It became the dominant technique in the 1990s, popularized by Swedish jumper Jan Bokloev.
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea —To say the Winter Olympics are not racially diverse is like noting the weather in Pyeongchang is cold. This is not surprising.
Bob Prince, co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates, said: "We don’t think this shakeout will be over in a matter of days."
In October 2017, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei presented an account of the performances of the various ministries to the President.
Uber and Waymo settled, Amazon is launching its own delivery service, and Nvidia reported strong earnings.
Chloe Kim sent out a tweet in between her qualifying runs in the ladies' halfpipe.
Simader is determined to make a sporting impression in Pyeonchang
The total investment in the facility's revamping, which began last year, is now $925 million and includes 400 new robots.
Adam Rippon and Mirai Nagasu have come a long way since sadly eating In-N-Out on Nagasu's roof in 2014.
Mirai Nagasu made history on Monday in Pyeongchang, becoming the first American and third woman ever to land a triple axel at the Olympics.
Norway's Simen Krüger fell and broke a pole but still won skiathlon gold
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