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Mr. Xi has used a bureaucrat’s savvy to cement his control, inventing titles and institutions.

President Trump has vocal critics, but the Republican Party is increasingly his own, with little room left for an older breed of internationalist conservative.

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

Twitter may be President Trump’s favorite platform, but Square, a payments company also run by Jack Dorsey, has had more success in recent quarters.

Known for his two-fisted piano playing and nonchalant vocals, he had more than three dozen hits, including “Blueberry Hill” and “I’m Walkin’.”

In Bangkok, residents have folded more than 10 million flowers made of sandalwood to help guide the king’s soul to the afterworld.

The brutal repression of the Rohingya will not end unless the generals feel the heat.

When a wildfire swept through Arizona, all but 35 rare red squirrels disappeared. After California’s fires and Hurricanes Harvey, Maria and Irma, so did other near-extinct animals.

The group pointed to “a corporate culture of racial insensitivity,” citing four episodes in which black passengers were said to have faced discrimination.

Why the government seems paralyzed in the face of the power and influence of companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft.

Media, telecom and other industries struggled to find lawmakers who would be critical of big technology companies. Not anymore.

Like the “cram schools” of Asia, academies prepare students — many from immigrant families — for everything from A.P. exams to New York’s high school admissions test.

A 31-year-old man, Josue Zurita, had been working to repair houses in Galveston when he injured his arm, and the wound became infected.

Mr. Landesman resigned as publisher of Artforum magazine after nine women said in a lawsuit that he had sexually harassed them at the start of their careers.

My family’s accomplishments have not shielded us from the indiscriminate damage of President Trump’s travel ban.

The afternoon show thrived before phone screens were more enticing than television screens. Only four weeks into its reboot, the seams are visible, and frayed.

The letters offer a glimpse into the final decade of the life of an intensely private author.

Subscription clothing services should make you feel great. Shouldn’t they? The authors Emily Gould and Rumaan Alam investigate.

Google has a new way to safeguard your online accounts. Here’s how the program works, and why it may (or may not) be a better security choice for you.

The government has made significant social changes, but progress toward diversifying the economy has been halting.