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(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • In France, President Emmanuel Macron’s upstart movement won a solid victory in the first round of parliamentary elections, dealing another blow to traditional parties. Mr.

Here are edited excerpts from some of the acceptance speeches at the Tony Awards on Sunday night. Winners paid tribute to parents, friends and educators. A couple made political points. Cynthia Nixon, featured actress, play, “The Little Foxes” “It is a privilege to appear in Lillian Hellman’s eerily prescient play, at this specific moment in history.

These are the winners of the 71st annual Tony Awards. Musical: “Dear Evan Hansen” Play: “Oslo” Musical revival: “Hello, Dolly!” Play revival: “Jitn

Maybe it’s time for another hostless Tony Awards. Sunday night’s broadcast of Broadway’s annual celebration of itself had trouble figuring out what to do with Kevin Spacey, the evening’s host, making use of him in ways that ranged from torturous (the opening number) to tolerable (he does pretty good Johnny Carson and Bill Clinton impressions).

• “Dear Evan Hansen” was the big winner of the night, winning best new musical at the 2017 Tony Awards on Sunday. • “Oslo,” a crackling drama about the little-known back story behind the 1993 Middle East peace talks, won the hard-fought competition for best new play. • The new musical “Come From A

The ads have been popping up on billboards, buses and subways and in glossy magazines, with portraits of attractive men and women and a simple question in bold letters: What is Vivitrol? Five years ago, Vivitrol was a treatment for opioid addiction that was struggling to find a market.

In recent years, millions of middle- and working-class Americans have moved from job to job, some staying with one company for shorter stints or shifting careers midstream. The Affordable Care Act has enabled many of those workers to get transitional coverage that provides a bridge to the next phase of their lives — a stopgap to get health insurance if they leave a job, are laid off, start a business or retire early. If the Republican replacement plan approved by the House becomes law, changing jobs or careers could become much more difficult. Across the nation, Americans in their 50s and earl

BRANCHBURG, N.J. — President Trump, back at the Bedminster, N.J., golf getaway where he decided to fire James B. Comey, took his harshest shot yet against his former F.B.I. director on Sunday morning, calling him “cowardly” and vowing to find out if he had leaked any more sensitive information. “I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible,” Mr. Trump wrote in one of his patented early morning Twitter tirades — fulfilling the expectations of staff members who had feared he would lash out after spending a sunny weekend watching replays of Mr.

abruptly fired in March. Mr. Bharara said the contacts with Mr. Trump made him increasingly uncomfortable because they broke with longstanding Justice Department rules on communicating with the White House. Mr. Bharara, who first publicly disclosed the contacts and his concerns about them after he was fired, said Mr.

WASHINGTON — A day after Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he would testify this week before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Democratic senators on Sunday urged the panel to question him about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia in a public hearing, rather than behind closed doors. It was unclear on Sunday whether the committee planned to question the attorney general on Tuesday in an open or closed session.