Politics

Average hourly earnings rose by 0.2 percent, the same rate as in April. Over the last 12 months, earnings have risen by a solid 3.1 percent. The Takeaway The latest report was a disappointing showing that will stoke fears the economy is softening as the Trump administration’s trade war with China and potentially Mexico escalates. […]

The city of Preston has introduced new ways of making itself more prosperous. Council leader Matthew Brown, says the “Preston model” aims to bring more democracy and make the local economy more resilient. Using a range of policies, including encouraging local procurement by the city’s big players and the development of worker owned cooperatives, Preston

WASHINGTON — When the Trump administration declared an emergency last month and fast-tracked the sale of more American arms to Saudi Arabia, it did more than anger members of Congress who opposed the sale on humanitarian grounds. It also raised concerns that the Saudis could gain access to technology that would let them produce their

Chancellor Philip Hammond says he supports legislation setting a target of reaching “zero-net” carbon emissions by 2050. However, he added it would cost “about £1 trillion” and said “before we make that commitment, we need to be sure that we understand all the implications”. In a letter to Theresa May, leaked to the Financial Times,

A YouGov poll, also in 2016, told respondents that the Hyde Amendment “prohibits federal funds from being used to fund abortions, except in the case of incest, rape or to save the life of the mother,” and found that 55 percent of Americans (not just likely voters) supported it. A Hart Research Associates poll commissioned

NORFOLK, Va. — A Marine commando pleaded guilty on Thursday to negligent homicide charges in the 2017 death of a Green Beret soldier in Mali, describing how he helped duct-tape the wrists and feet of the victim, who was choked in a hazing incident. The commando, Staff Sgt. Kevin Maxwell Jr., told a military court

[For more coverage of race, sign up here to have our Race/Related newsletter delivered weekly to your inbox.] OWATONNA, Minn. — “I knew it wasn’t O.K.,” Kloey, 16, said. “I knew that for sure.” Late one Saturday night in February in Owatonna, Minn., Kloey posted a selfie on Snapchat with two of her friends. Kloey

The Public Theater, one of the nation’s most prestigious nonprofits, will stage rare revivals of a Ntozake Shange masterwork and an early piece by Tony Kushner next season. The Off Broadway stalwart said Thursday that it would present what it called the first major New York revival of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When

WASHINGTON — The leading Democratic presidential contenders have begun criticizing Joseph R. Biden Jr. for, among other things, being too old, too moderate, too fixated on President Trump and too delusional about the state of the Republican Party. But you’d be forgiven if you missed it, because they almost never mention Mr. Biden by name.

“Folks, times have changed,” he said. “I don’t think these guys are going to let up.” The Hyde Amendment, named for former Representative Henry Hyde, a Republican from Illinois, was first passed in 1976 and is renewed every year, with occasional changes to the list of exceptions. It bans federal funding of abortion, with exceptions