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Amid C.E.O. Exodus, Trump Disbands Top Business Panels

  • President Trump’s main council of top corporate leaders disbanded after he equated white nationalist hate groups with the protesters opposing them.
  • Soon after, the president announced on Twitter that “rather than putting pressure” on the members, he would end his executive councils.

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Workers removed the Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson monument in Baltimore. Credit Denise Sanders/The Baltimore Sun, via Associated Press

Baltimore Swiftly Removes Statues at Night

Mayor Catherine Pugh said that given the political climate, it was important to move “quickly and quietly” to take down the offensive monuments.

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By MARK LANDLER and AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER







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“Wolf Warrior 2,” released in late July, has become China’s top-grossing film. Its star and director, Wu Jing, credits “an explosion of patriotic feeling.” Credit Andy Wong/Associated Press

Chinese Action Hero Beats Box Office Records (and Arrogant Westerners)

In “Wolf Warrior 2,” China’s top-grossing movie yet, a red-tinged Rambo named Leng Feng takes on a swaggering American soldier of fortune.


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