What Russian Journalists Uncovered About Russian Election Meddling

Much of what we learned came from American journalists, who brought us revelation after revelation about how the Kremlin meddled in the presidential election. Through these reporters' domestic sources-in the White House, Congress, and the intelligence community-we learned how Russians bought Facebook ads aimed at sowing division; how Russian government agencies hacked the Democratic National Committee and congressional races ; how Russians loosely affiliated with the Kremlin reached out to the Trump campaign ; and how the Kremlin turned the popular Kaspersky Labs anti-virus software into a spying tool.

Trump Effect: Record Holiday Sales Near $600 Billion; Expert:…

Retailers are reporting record holiday sales this season of $598 billion as of Christmas Eve, fueled by confidence in the pro-business, pro-jobs economic polices of President Donald Trump of cutting Obama-era regulations and enacting major tax cuts and reforms. Yet media reports by CBS, AP and the Wall Street Journal all failed to mention President Trump in their reports on the record sales.

Utah paper tells Hatch to ‘call it a career’ in blistering…

Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options The first email arrived in the inbox of CounterPunch, a left-leaning American news and opinion website, at 3:26 a.m. - the middle of the day in Moscow. - "Hello, my name is Alice Donovan and I'm a beginner freelance journalist Tribune Editorial: Why Orrin Hatch is Utahn of the Year - These things are often misunderstood.

Time for Trump’s ‘America First’ makeover of NPR, PBS

At the close of 2017, no less than seven prominent male hosts and editors of influential government-sponsored radio and television shows are out of work amid claims of sexual harassment. According to their accusers, the alleged Malevolent Seven are powerful pervs and creeps who've been running wild at NPR and PBS for decades, sponsored and subsidized by taxpayers and corporate donors.

Judge questions whether Gates fundraiser broke gag order

Former presidential adviser Rick Gates, on house arrest in the federal Russia probe, didn't even have to leave his home this week to provoke the judge handling his case. In a brief order Friday, U.S. District Judge Amy B. Jackson summoned Gates and his lawyers to court on Dec. 27 to explain why the accused shouldn't be held in contempt for violating her gag order imposed on everyone connected with the case.

Russian hackers targeted more than 200 journalists globally

Russian television anchor Pavel Lobkov was in the studio getting ready for his show when jarring news flashed across his phone: Some of his most intimate messages had just been published to the web. Days earlier, the veteran journalist had come out live on air as HIV-positive, a taboo-breaking revelation that drew responses from hundreds of Russians fighting their own lonely struggles with the virus.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses his mission to marvel with ‘100 Amazing Facts About the Negro’

'God put me on earth for many reasons, and one is to integrate the history of the human community by establishing the role that black people played,' he says. Back in the late 1960s, Yale University student Gates dropped by a campus co-op one day and ran across a paperback called "100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof: A Short Cut to the World History of the Negro."

Will Trump’s lows ever hit rock bottom?: Our view

Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office "begging" for campaign contributions not so long ago , is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED! With his latest tweet, clearly implying that a United States senator would trade sexual favors for campaign cash, President Trump has shown he is not fit for office.

Eighth accuser says Al Franken engaged in ‘inappropriate and unwanted’ touching

A freelance journalist and former communications director for Congressman Alan Grayson, D-Fla., joined a group of more than half a dozen women who are accusing Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., of sexual misconduct. Tina Dupuy said Franken "knew exactly what he was doing" when he grabbed her waist and squeezed and twice while posing for a photo.

About Time: ABC Suspends Ross Without Pay for Monumentally False Scoop on Flynn

Early Saturday night, ABC suspended chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross for only four weeks without pay for the latest and most egregious error of the journalist's career, falsely claiming on Friday that candidate Donald Trump had instructed Michael Flynn to make contact with Russian officials. In reality, Trump had only done so after the election.

The #MeToo Moment

As the sexual misconduct scandals continue to unfold, our new gender editor, Jessica Bennett, will provide updates, analysis and reflections on the coverage and conversation in a new newsletter. Sign up here to keep up with this watershed cultural moment, and tell us what you think at nytgender@nytimes.com .

You Do Uterus: Female leadership key to institutional change

Earlier this week, I was thrilled to publish a letter to the editor from UCLA's undergraduate student government president about female leadership and the representation of women. It's a topic that's not only close to my heart, but also of profound relevance as report after report surfaces of men in positions of power - in Hollywood, on Capitol Hill, everywhere - abusing their power to sexually exploit those who lack the resources to fight back.

Meredith, backed by Koch brothers affiliate, to acquire magazine publisher Time

'Ashamed' Franken says he'll return to work on Monday - Breaking an eight-day silence, the Minnesota senator tells the Star Tribune that he needs to regain trust of those he's let down. - Sen. Al Franken broke his eight-day silence Sunday, reaching out to Minnesota media outlets to talk Sen. Al Franken: 'This has been a shock to me' A week-and-a-half after the first of four allegations of sexual misconduct against DFL Sen. Al Franken surfaced, Franken told MPR News he has felt shocked, embarrassed and ashamed but that he will not leave the Senate.

The Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of 2017

Political news dominated not only headlines in 2017, but the biggest, splashiest book titles of the year as well, from Ta-Nehisi Coates reflecting on the Obama-Trump continuum to Hillary Clinton answering for herself the cries of "What happened?" These books covered the rise of evangelicalism to the future of humankind amid war and climate disaster. Even histories like David Grann's account of the Osage people or Tina Brown's memoirs of making it in a man's world carry a cultural relevance today.