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“But he will, when I speak, be nameless.”
With those words, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand said today that she would not say the name of the man accused of carrying out the attacks that killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch. She said she wanted to deny him the attention he craves.
Ms. Ardern also demanded that online platforms like Facebook do a better job of controlling hateful content. Before the attacks, the gunman published a manifesto to message boards popular with white supremacists, and included a link to a page where live video of the shooting later appeared.
Yesterday: The spokesman for the Islamic State ended nearly six months of silence in calling for retaliation over the mosque attacks.
The president and the German financial institution have had a long, symbiotic and, at times, troubled relationship. As investigators in New York and Washington scrutinize their deals, we looked into that history.
Deutsche Bank gave Mr. Trump more than $2 billion in real estate development loans before he was president, despite pushback from some at the bank. Once he was elected, the lender went into damage-control mode, even telling Wall Street employees not to utter the Trump name.
How we know: Deutsche Bank officials have said that the lending was the work of a single, obscure division. But interviews with more than 20 current and former executives and board members contradict that narrative. Read four takeaways from our investigation.
Response: A Deutsche Bank spokeswoman said, “We remain committed to cooperating with authorized investigations.” The White House referred questions to the Trump Organization, a spokeswoman for which declined to comment.
Promises to expand access to health insurance and to lower health care costs were critical to the party’s success in taking control of the House.
But as they draft the legislation to fulfill those promises, lawmakers are divided, with many centrist Democrats opposing the concept of single payer, now called Medicare for all, that is favored by progressives.
Closer look: Advisers for the Democratic primary field represent a more diverse and issue-driven generation.
Yesterday: Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic candidate, called for ending the Electoral College.
The record flooding that has killed at least two people is also a dire economic blow to farmers and ranchers already weighed down by falling incomes, rising bankruptcies and the fallout from federal trade policies.
Floodwaters began to ebb in some parts of the Midwest on Monday, but farm groups said recovery could take months or years.
