New York Times

Washington and Beijing are preparing to tackle thorny trade issues that went unaddressed by a meeting that stressed cooperation and muted rhetoric.

Devin P. Kelley, who killed 26 churchgoers in Texas, may have been deeply disturbed. But severe mental illness cannot explain most cases of mass murder.

A ferocious Frances McDormand plays a grieving mother seeking justice in Martin McDonagh’s movie, which mixes tears and tragedy with corrosive laughs.

French and Italian opposition torpedoed an E.U. vote to reauthorize the world’s most popular herbicide, while Little Rock moved to restrict an alternative.

The dissident Russian band’s release deals with state surveillance and police brutality, with a cameo by Chloë Sevigny.

Many Chinese say they are relieved to see a leader who seems to care more about making deals than idealism.

Amazingly, the House bill would increase taxes, on net, for families that have a child and make less than $100,000.

Thursday: How the legislation could impact the state, more Hollywood fallout for Kevin Spacey, and a push to make the Playboy Mansion a historic monument.

Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

I was just as unprepared to hear my doctor say “lung cancer” as I had been to hear my husband say “I’m gay.”

We talk with President Trump’s former chief strategist, and look at why a mass shooting could make Texas friendlier to guns.

Thursday: Frigid weather, release of the fishes, and a plea to not feed the animals.

China’s sprawling chemical industry is weakly regulated and riddled with illicit activity. Ending its role in the U.S. drug epidemic will be difficult.

Questlove, Salamishah Tillet and Jon Caramanica discuss depictions of rap’s old-school days as well as new series and movies with hip-hop embedded into their frameworks.

The supervisor is the subject of an internal investigation. The police report about the incident indicates that a woman stole a $6,000 Rolex and cash from his hotel room.

The actress and author of a thriller, “Bonfire,” can’t read on the set of “Jessica Jones”: “It is crazy exciting! But it’s not a reading environment.”

Thomas E. Ricks surveys 12 new books of military history.

Mr. Noah pointed out that Mr. Gillespie, the defeated candidate for governor of Virginia, ran on a platform that largely mirrored Mr. Trump’s.

The Justice Department is becoming an outpost of the National Right to Life Committee.

Objecting to identity politics is just a guise for objecting to the politics of people who are not white.