Sean Spicer and Chelsea Manning Join Harvard as Visiting Fellows

Mr. Spicer and Ms. Manning will be part of a fellowship class that reads like a who’s who of tense political debates in the United States.

Barack Obama’s advice to Hillary Clinton: ‘Work smart, not just hard’

At the time, Obama reminded Clinton of when they campaigned against each other over eight years before. In 2008, they often wound up lodging in the same hotels while in Iowa or New Hampshire. “He said his team would be finished with dinner and getting ready to...

Dollar rises following US tax reform headlines as Asia markets await China data

Back in Asia, futures implied a lower open for equities in Japan. Nikkei futures traded in Chicago were down 0.4 percent at 19,785 and Osaka futures were 0.58 percent lower at 19,750 at 6:12 a.m. HK/SIN. The Nikkei 225 closed at 19,865.82 in the previous session. Down...