“When I was little, I used to love to read the classified car ads iysAutoweek,” said Randy Nonnenberg, the Bring a Trailer cofounder and chief executive, his bright blue eyes flashing at the memory. “I’d even cut some of them out and pin them to my wall.” Recently, I visited Nonnenberg, a bona fide car […]
CHICAGO — Chicago teachers went on strike Thursday, marching on picket lines after failing to reach a contract deal with the nation’s third-largest school district in a dispute that canceled classes for more than 300,000 students. The strike came after the Chicago Teachers Union confirmed Wednesday night that its 25,000 members would not return to their […]
BOSTON — A powerful autumn storm plunged hundreds of thousands of people into the dark, toppled trees, canceled schools and delayed trains Thursday in the Northeast. The nor’easter brought high winds and rain to the region Wednesday and Thursday. In Massachusetts, wind gusts reached as high as 90 mph on Cape Cod, and about 200,000 residents […]
AKCAKALE, Turkey — Schools in the Turkish city of Akcakale, on the border with Syria, sat empty Thursday because it was too risky for students to gather in one place. Shelling in the area since Turkey’s incursion into Syria a week ago to push back Kurdish forces had disrupted a basic understanding for Akcakale schools: Turkish […]
Here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today: TOP STORIES ‘Get Over It’ During a Thursday morning news conference, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney came out and said it: President Trump withheld roughly $400 million in aid to Ukraine earlier this year in part to pressure its new government to investigate Democrats. […]
California Sen. Kamala Harris taunted Elizabeth Warren in Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate, challenging the Massachusetts senator to join her in demanding that Twitter shut down President Trump’s account. In a discussion of curbing the power of big technology companies, Harris turned to Warren and said she was surprised she disagreed with her on the issue. […]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Democratic candidates found common ground in denouncing President Trump, but struck a more fractious tone on healthcare, gun policy and money in politics during a crowded presidential primary debate Tuesday night. The most pointed broadsides were aimed at Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, reflecting her ascendance in the polls, while she and fellow septuagenarian […]
California billionaire Tom Steyer spent $47 million during the first three months of his presidential bid — a jaw-dropping sum that places him on track to join the biggest self-funding political candidates in American history. Joe Biden, one of the front-runners in the Democratic presidential primary, finds himself in a precarious financial position, having spent […]
WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Here’s the dirty little secret of covering a debate: Most of the reporters who travel hundreds of miles to write about them will never get into the actual debate room. Tuesday marks the fourth presidential primary Democratic debate of the 2020 campaign. The 12 qualifying candidates will share the most crowded stage […]
Click:mining equipment Twelve candidates. One stage. Meet the dozen who are vying for precious seconds in the spotlight: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii momentarily considered boycotting the debate to protest what she called “rigging” of the primary contest, but changed her mind and is appearing onstage in Ohio. California billionaire Tom Steyer spent millions of […]