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When James Damore, a Google engineer, was fired this week for writing a 10-page manifesto spelling out his grievances with the company’s progressive values and positing that biological differences explained the tech industry’s gender gap, it might have seemed like the end of a bizarre, short-lived morality tale. But for the alt-right, the battle was just beginning. Minutes after Mr.

When James Damore, a Google engineer, was fired this week for writing a 10-page manifesto spelling out his grievances with the company’s progressive values and positing that biological differences explained the tech industry’s gender gap, it might have seemed like the end of a bizarre, short-lived morality tale. But for the alt-right, the battle was just beginning. Minutes after Mr.

SACRAMENTO — For Democrats across the nation, California has offered a bright if lonely light this year. The party controls every statewide office and commands supermajorities in the Legislature.

WASHINGTON — Washington needs a vacation from itself. “Doing nothing is exhausting,” said Jason Chaffetz, the former Republican congressman from Utah, whose head start began with a surprise resignation in June. Yet for those who remain in Congress — and across the city’s motley roster of aides, journalists, consultants and lobbyists — the collective exhaling over this August recess has been complicated, as ever, by President Trump. No commander in chief in recent memory has rendered elected officials more vacation-ready.

WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out on Wednesday at the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, who suggested this week that the president harbored “excessive expectations” about the pace of congressional progress. “Senator Mitch McConnell said I had ‘excessive expectations,’ but I don’t think so,” Mr.

WASHINGTON — Investigators for the special counsel leading the Russia inquiry executed a search warrant late last month at the Northern Virginia home of President Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul J. Manafort, for tax documents and foreign banking records, according to a person familiar with the matter. The search is a sign that the investigation into Mr.

WASHINGTON — Investigators for the special counsel leading the Russia inquiry executed a search warrant late last month at the Northern Virginia home of President Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul J. Manafort, for tax documents and foreign banking records, according to a person familiar with the matter. The search is a sign that the investigation into Mr.

SEOUL, South Korea — Until recently, the world considered North Korea largely a menace on the Korean Peninsula, its military most threatening to the 25 million people of Seoul and the sprawling area around the South Korean capital. But with President Trump warning of unleashing “fire and fury” against North Korea and the North demonstrating its missiles can fly far beyond the peninsula, people across Asia are reconsidering.

HONG KONG — The decades-long war of words between the United States and fire and fury” if the rogue state continued its bellicose missile and nuclear tests. Hours later, Pyongyang warned of a strike that would create “an enveloping fire” around Guam, the Pacific island on which the United States has a crucial Air Force base. Keeping track of all of the weapons tests, sanctions and diplomatic talks can be dizzying.

WASHINGTON — When Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted to force North Korea into negotiations to end the Korean War, he sent a secret message to Pyongyang and Beijing threatening a nuclear strike if they did not come to the table for talks with Seoul. After North Korea in 1968 seized an American Navy intelligence ship off its east coast with 83 crew members aboard, Lyndon B.