Abounding Criticism Looking back, some inside the F.B.I. and the Justice Department say that Mr. Comey should have seen the political storm coming and better sheltered the bureau. They question why he consolidated the Clinton and Trump investigations at headquarters, rather than in a field office. And they say he should not have relied on…
The four main intelligence agencies — the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the F.B.I. and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence — compiled the assessment, and a declassified version was released Jan. 6, 2017. It said that all four agencies had “high confidence” that Russian spies had tried to interfere in…
Justin Trudeau’s government is prepared to reimburse Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. for any financial losses incurred by “politically motivated” delays in its proposed pipeline expansion to the Pacific coast. Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Wednesday he will “indemnify” the C$7.4 billion ($5.6 billion) Trans Mountain project, which faces fierce opposition from British Columbia’s provincial…
Late last year, some hedge fund managers raced to protect their personal fortunes from being carved up by the Republican tax law. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/BloombergDavid Tepper, who runs Appaloosa Management and may soon own the Carolina Panthers, and Ross Margolies, founder of Stelliam Investment Management, were among the managers who took action, according to regulatory…
JERUSALEM — Across the Gaza Strip on Monday morning, loudspeakers on minarets urged Palestinians to rush the fence bordering Israel, where they were met by army snipers. At least 58 were killed and thousands injured, local officials said — the worst day of carnage there since Israel invaded Gaza in 2014. Hours later, a beaming…
Palestinian officials demanded international action against Israel and vowed no letup in the demonstrations. “We are asking the world and especially the Arab World to intervene immediately to end the massacre of our people,” Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, said at a news conference in Ramallah. The new United States Embassy, he said,…
Bank of Montreal is emerging as the most aggressive of Canada’s big banks in the cannabis industry after landing a mandate to advise on the largest takeover in the sector. BMO Capital Markets was the exclusive adviser to Aurora Cannabis Inc. on its C$2.9 billion ($2.3 billion) all-stock bid to buy MedReleaf Corp., encroaching on…
Special Counsel Robert Mueller urged a federal judge to reject a request by Paul Manafort, the indicted former Trump campaign chairman, for a hearing to determine whether government officials improperly leaked secret grand-jury information to the news media. U.S. prosecutors said in a filing on Monday that defense attorneys had failed to provide evidence that…
The federal tax overhaul cut taxes for millions of American families and businesses. But the law also had an unintended effect: raising the state-tax bite in nearly every state that has an income tax. Now, governors and state legislators are contending with how to adjust their own tax codes to shield their residents from paying…
Warning Signs No matter how close parents are to their children, there is so much, especially of their internal lives, that they may not know about them. Many parents are astonished to realize that they may never see a transcript of their child’s grades. If they are lucky, the college might send home a congratulatory…
