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President Trump’s personal lawyer said on Sunday that it was “my mistake” that the president sent out a tweet about firing former national security adviser Michael Flynn, prompting speculation that it showed evidence of obstruction of justice.  “I’m out of the tweeting business.

Former FBI Director James Comey is back in the spotlight of the Russia investigation now that former national security adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the bureau. Lawmakers in Sunday television interviews across the networks were re-evaluating Comey's June Senate testimony accusing President Trump of asking him to drop the investigation into Flynn, with several guests indicating Comey might be able to answer additional questions. Flynn, one of Trump’s former top aides a

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) plan to scrap net neutrality rules governing how internet providers handle web traffic has unleashed a wave of intense opposition. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican, announced last month that the agency would vote to undo its 2015 net neutrality rules, which prevent companies like Verizon and Comcast from blocking or slowing down websites or creating internet “fast lanes.” The plan was met with instant backlash from net neutrality supporters, who have been rallying to save the rules for the better part of a year. As of Sunday afternoon, at least

Comparatively speaking, young people in the United States and England do not move much. Studies indicate that most children reach their activity peak at about age 7 and become more sedentary throughout adolescence.

Though there’s never a wrong time to get your finances in order, a new year is the perfect excuse to take a deep look at your relationship with money. Whether you’re just starting out in your career or you’re nearing retirement, below is The Times’s best financial advice from this year on earning and saving more money and, more important, deciding what to do with all of it. No, cutting out that indulgent, extra-fancy coffee once a week won’t make you a millionaire, but those small savings truly do add up over time.

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • President Trump called the F.B.I.

The first time I met Esraa, we sat in a coffee shop in downtown Cairo. It’s a part of the city that feels as if it reverberates with the fading chants of revolution. Years earlier, when the Arab Spring erupted on these streets, clouds of tear gas hovered in the air. People, many of them young and hopeful, stood up against oppression. I remember it clearly because I am an Egyptian who was there covering it as a journalist.