Opinion | Mr. President, Ditch the Stealth About Health
Once, when my father was in West Virginia on police business, a man approached him and demanded to know about “rumors” that President Franklin Roosevelt was “crippled.” The man threatened to beat up my father or anyone who said F.D.R. was in a wheelchair. My dad, a D.C. police detective, served on F.D.R.’s protective detail. […]
Opinion | Why Nikki Haley Could Be the Most Dangerous President
In the alternate timeline where Ron DeSantis proved to be a capable campaigner and looked poised to defeat Donald Trump in New Hampshire and beyond, we would be facing a multitude of left-leaning essays on a single theme: “Why DeSantis is actually more dangerous than Trump.” In this world, the only threat to Trump in […]
In Taiwan, Voters Choose President as China Tensions Loom
The Taiwanese politician Lai Ching-te has for years been reviled by China’s Communist Party as a dangerous foe who, by its account, could drag the two sides into a war by pressing for full independence for his island democracy. Right up to Saturday, when millions of Taiwanese voted for their next president, an official Beijing […]
Opinion | Former Harvard President Claudine Gay: This Is About More Than My Mistakes
On Tuesday, I made the wrenching but necessary decision to resign as Harvard’s president. For weeks, both I and the institution to which I’ve devoted my professional life have been under attack. My character and intelligence have been impugned. My commitment to fighting antisemitism has been questioned. My inbox has been flooded with invective, including […]
Claudine Gay Resigns as Harvard President After Plagiarism Charges
Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, announced her resignation on Tuesday, after her presidency had become engulfed in crisis over accusations of plagiarism and what some called her insufficient response to antisemitism on campus after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on Oct. 7. In announcing she would step down immediately, Dr. Gay, Harvard’s first Black president and […]
France’s President Condemns ‘Manhunt’ Against Gérard Depardieu
President Emmanuel Macron of France this week condemned what he called a “manhunt” targeting Gérard Depardieu, the embattled French actor whose worldwide fame has been tarnished in recent years by allegations of sexual harassment and assault. Macron’s comments, which prompted swift criticism, came after a documentary that aired in France this month showed the actor […]
What to Know About Elizabeth Magill, the Penn President Who Resigned
The president of the University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Magill, resigned on Saturday, four days after she came under fire for her responses at a congressional hearing on Tuesday in which she was pressed, along with the presidents of Harvard and M.I.T., on whether students calling for the genocide of Jews should be disciplined. Ms. Magill […]
Penn’s President Liz Magill Resigns After Her Responses to Antisemitism
The president of the University of Pennsylvania, M. Elizabeth Magill, resigned on Saturday, four days after she appeared before Congress and appeared to evade the question of whether students who called for the genocide of Jews should be punished. Support for Ms. Magill, already shaken in recent months over her approach to a Palestinian literary […]
Harvard President Apologizes for Congressional Testimony on Antisemitism
Harvard’s president apologized for her testimony before Congress about how she responded to antisemitism on campus — another sign that the controversy over her remarks and similar comments by the presidents of M.I.T. and the University of Pennsylvania was not going away. “I am sorry,” Claudine Gay, Harvard’s president, said in an interview that the […]
Gianni Infantino: Criminal case against Fifa president dropped
Infantino’s third term as Fifa president began in March Prosecutors have closed a criminal case against Gianni Infantino – a decision the Fifa president called a “victory” for him and the organisation. Proceedings were opened against Infantino in July 2020 over an alleged secret meeting with Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber. Swiss prosecutors confirmed on […]