Carlos Barria | Reuters U.S. National Economic Director Gary Cohn (L) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin unveil the Trump administration’s tax reform proposal in the White House briefing room in Washington, U.S, April 26, 2017. In the messy fight over tax reform, all sides can agree on one point: The …

Aquabounty | Barrett & MacKay Photo 12-month old sisters. The larger salmon has the transgene. The smaller fish will eventually grow as large. AquaBounty Technologies in Maynard, Massachusetts, has said it’s sold about 5 tons of genetically-modified (GM) salmon fillets to unnamed customers in Canada. These fish can reportedly grow …

Photo Stephen Colbert is worried about President Trump’s escalating tensions with North Korea, and the administration’s reluctance to use the term “climate change.” Credit CBS Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you think …

North Korea said on Wednesday it is “carefully examining” a plan to strike the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam with missiles, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump told the North that any threat to the United States would be met with “fire and fury”. A spokesman for the Korean …

Axel Schmidt | Reuters Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. New Zealand’s premier admonished him for remarks “not helpful” in a “very tense” environment. Australia’s prime minister said “maximum economic pressure” was the only way …

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Ronaldo Schemidt | AFP | Getty Images Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro celebrates the results of a referendum on a constitutional assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 31, 2017. The new constitutional assembly assumed even more power in Venezuela by declaring itself as the superior body to all other governmental institutions, …

Photo The job of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president is largely ceremonial. It is unpaid and meant to be part time. Credit Monica Almeida for The New York Times LOS ANGELES — Hollywood has a new de facto mayor: John Bailey, a cinematographer, who was elected …

Yves Herman | Reuters French military patrol near the Eiffel Tower the day after a series of deadly attacks in Paris , November 14, 2015. French soldiers were hit and injured by a vehicle in the western Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret, Paris police authorities said on Wednesday, adding that a …

It’s a scene that sets the tone for this ingenious and love-struck novel. Isma is eventually allowed to take off. “Home Fire” takes flight as well. This novel may seem to wobble in the minutes after its landing gear retracts. There are lurching shifts of tone as it moves between …