Mnuchin says Congress is ‘very close’ to a stimulus agreement and must get it done ‘today’ Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Monday that Democrats and Republicans are nearly in agreement on a massive congressional stimulus package to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus. “I think we’re very close. …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the coronavirus pandemic in the United States intensifying, Senate Democrats and Republicans will scramble on Monday to come to an agreement on a far-reaching $1 trillion-plus coronavirus stimulus package after a procedural vote to advance the measure failed and left the massive relief effort in legislative …

Chao, the secretary of transportation and McConnell’s wife, takes a roasting in this book as well. Together they are portrayed as chthonic ringmasters, the Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé of contemptuous partisanship and thoroughgoing bad faith. ImageMatt JonesCredit…Ohio Valley Regional Emmys Despite the fact that Jones is in a car, …

ImageCredit…C’mon Everybody, via Instagram Since last Friday, the news in New York about the spread of coronavirus has moved at a breakneck pace. There have been suggestions to stay home and restrictions on large gatherings as well as a near-lockdown as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that all nonessential …

I was fortunate to complete the first half of my tour in February — though I was in several Covid-19 hot spots, including Seattle, just days before the outbreak was detected there, and those happy, carefree — and crowded — gatherings now seem a bit ominous. I had a second …

Authors are just like the rest of us — they like to soothe their anxieties by losing themselves in the pages of a beloved book. Here are some of the ones they turn to when times get tough. Image Celeste Ng ‘The Princess Bride,’ by William Goldman In 1987, my …

Authors are just like the rest of us — they like to soothe their anxieties by losing themselves in the pages of a beloved book. Here are some of the ones they turn to when times get tough. ImageCredit…1 Celeste Ng ‘The Princess Bride,’ by William Goldman In 1987, my …

S unlight always pours into Hang En, but beams like this only exist from December to March. American Ryan Deboodt, who has photographed Son Doong 10 times, explained how he shot this image. “On this morning, my friend Thanh and I woke up to a cloudy sky. We decided to …

Fritzsche describes an era that has been covered by other books — not least his own — many times over. As an esteemed historian of how ordinary Germans accommodated themselves to the Nazi regime, Fritzsche is neither revising his scholarship nor breaking new ground here. But there’s something particularly clarifying …

THAT HAIRBy Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida What do we lose in translation? How do we know we’re getting the story right? In the Portuguese writer Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida’s slim third novel, “That Hair,” this question feels particularly salient, given the nontraditional structure of the narrative. Even in its English …