Michael J. Morell, a former acting C.I.A. director, portrayed that as scapegoating in testimony to the Foreign Affairs Committee. He pointed out that the briefer is the lowest-ranking person in the room during the president’s regular intelligence briefings, and said the national security adviser, the C.I.A. director, the director of …...Read More

But the two justices only followed in the footsteps of their predecessors by rejecting the president who put them on the court. While each of them has generally sided with Mr. Trump since taking office, in this case they drew a line. Neither is personally close to Mr. Trump nor …...Read More

A fatal 'unknown pneumonia' with a death rate far higher than that of COVID-19 has reportedly broken out in Kazakhstan, Chinese officials have warned. According to the Chinese embassy's website, which is citing local media reports, the Atyrau and Aktobe provinces, as well as the city of Skymkent, have seen …...Read More

So at this point, no one is expecting to see the president’s tax returns anytime soon, even though the Supreme Court issued a major ruling on Thursday that cleared the way for New York prosecutors to seek them. But there will be further skirmishing in the lower courts, and there …...Read More

As I write, I’m sitting at an enormous mahogany desk in my oak-panelled, book-lined study, attired in formal evening dress. My starched shirt-front, dazzlingly white, is as stiff as a sheet of tin. You can see your face in my patent-leather shoes, polished to a brilliant shine. My black tie …...Read More

WASHINGTON — As many as 100 foreign citizens working in the United States as journalists for the Voice of America, a government-funded news outlet, might not have their visas extended once they expire, according to people familiar with the planning. Michael Pack, the new chief executive for the U.S. Agency …...Read More

Hollywood stars rarely live up to their on-screen reputations but Warren Beatty even had trouble keeping up with his offscreen one. Before he took phone calls, the film world’s most notorious lothario would do a hurried set of squats holding 20lb weights in each hand so that when he picked …...Read More

So the deed is done. But will the BBC pay a price for going ahead with its plan to end free TV licences for most over-75s after a two-month stay of execution because of the Covid-19 pandemic? The Corporation’s panjandrums evidently think they can get away with it. They will …...Read More

Instead of granting the motion, Judge Sullivan appointed a former federal judge and onetime mob prosecutor, John Gleeson, to argue against it and invited legal experts to weigh in, suggesting that he was skeptical of the government’s rationale. Experts broadly disputed the Justice Department’s assertion that Mr. Flynn’s lies were …...Read More

Relatives of dementia patients in care homes should be treated as key workers and be given regular coronavirus tests to help prevent a 'hidden catastrophe', charities say. Dementia UK and the Alzheimer's Society are among those who have written to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, in which they say care provided …...Read More