Mohammed Al-Shaikh/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesTrump Stands With Saudi Arabia Despite Khashoggi KillingPresident Trump declared his loyalty to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and said that the prince’s culpability in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi might never be known.“It could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event — maybe he did and maybe he didn’t!” Mr. Trump said.
Judge Blocks Trump’s Move to Limit Asylum ClaimsThe Trump administration had sought to deny asylum claims from those who entered the country outside official border crossings.
Stocks Fall, Wiping Out Gains for 2018A sell-off led by giant technology stocks continued for a second day. The renewed declines in the United States came after drops in Asia and Europe.Worries about the tech world that began in the U.S. added to broader concerns about the impact of the trade war between the U.S. and China.
Jason Henry for The New York TimesOn the California Wildfire Missing List, Name After Name After NameThe Camp Fire has burned through more than 150,000 acres, killing at least 79 people to date.Nearly 700 people are listed as missing, a shocking figure that reveals the anguish across Northern California.
Stay or Go? For This Californian, That’s an Easy ChoiceThe long-fading myth of California as Eden has been scorched, but John Branch, a California-based correspondent, remains a defender of his native state.
Erin Schaff for The New York TimesMcConnell Feels the Heat From the Right to Bring Criminal Justice Bill to a VoteDirect lobbying by Senator Charles E. Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, was just part of a pressure campaign aimed squarely at Senator Mitch McConnell.Mr. McConnell is increasingly becoming viewed as the lone obstacle to unwinding some of the federal tough-on-crime policies of the 1980s and 1990s.
In Mississippi, Issues of Race Complicate a Senate ElectionAn election that seemed a sure win for the Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith has become competitive after she made widely criticized remarks referencing “a public hanging.”
‘Message of Change’: 16 Rebel Democrats Vow to Oppose PelosiThe Democrats who went public in a letter with their demand for new leadership hailed Nancy Pelosi as “a historic figure” but pledged “to change the status quo.”
Esther Aarts100 Notable Books of 2018The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.
Shahzaib Akber/EPA, via ShutterstockHaroon MoghulMuhammad Was an Outsider. Just Like Me.Lessons the prophet taught me on the occasion of his birthday.
Damon Winter/The New York TimesThe Editorial BoardSo Much for Bipartisanship, Eh, Mitch?If he wants a unified Senate, Mr. McConnell would be smart to pass criminal justice reform.
Illustration by Jules JulienSigrid Johnson Was Black. A DNA Test Said She Wasn’t.The surge in popularity of services like 23andMe and Ancestry means that more people are unearthing surprises in their ancestry.Magazine
Photo illustration by Tracy Ma/The New York Times; Andreas Rentz/Getty ImagesJohnny Depp Is NOT Best Friends With This Lizard, Despite ReportA website called Gossip Cop fact-checks gossip. Who will fact-check Gossip Cop?Style
U.F.O. Over the Statue of Liberty? ‘The Banksy of Monuments’ Strikes AgainIs that a spaceship hovering over the Statue of Liberty? A Staten Island man’s hoax tests tourists’ gullibility.New York