Tag: Marriott International

Written by Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey). Will you help us by answering this short survey, so we can make our newsletters a better fit for you? Today in 5 Lines Gathered in Buenos Aires for the annual G20 Summit, President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and outgoing Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed the United States–Mexico–Canada trade deal into law, replacing the NAFTA deal. House Democrats unveiled the details of legislation they plan to propose in January after the new Congress is sworn in: an anti-corruption bill that aims to strengthen ethics laws and expand voting rights. The Marriott International hotel chain said that the personal details of up to 500 million guests had been compromised after an unauthorized party hacked into its reservation system earlier this year. The former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was indicted on a murder charge for the fatal shooting of Botham Jean, an unarmed black man, inside his apartment in September. Two back-to-back earthquakes struck Anchorage, Alaska, briefly triggering a tsunami warning and causing “major” damage. Today on The Atlantic Focus on the Working Class: Some Democrats view the recently announced General Motors plant closures as a chance to win back Rust Belt voters. “We are going to drive through that opening like a Mack truck ... or, I should say, a Chevy Cruze,” one activist said. (Elaine Godfrey) Why It Matters: Michael Cohen’s decision to plead guilty to lying to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project was remarkable for three major reasons, writes Ken White.