Macron Surprises a Provincial Bar chatnblog April 30, 2025 Add Comment Edit The French president, often seen as remote, wants to get closer to the French people. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/IOClXsH vi... Read More
Donald Trump, You’re No Franklin Roosevelt chatnblog April 30, 2025 Add Comment Edit Autocratic intent does not translate automatically into autocratic success. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/M4NtOw7 via IFTTT Read More
Spain Searches for Answers on What Caused Power Blackout chatnblog April 30, 2025 Add Comment Edit The country’s top officials are trying to figure out the cause of a power outage that stranded tens of millions of people across the Iberian... Read More
Student Debt Collections Restart on May 5. Here’s What to Know. chatnblog April 29, 2025 Add Comment Edit More than five million borrowers are in default, and millions of others are projected to be on the precipice. from NYT > Top Stories ht... Read More
Brad Lander’s 2 Goals in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race: Beat Cuomo and Win chatnblog April 28, 2025 Add Comment Edit Mr. Lander, the New York City comptroller, says voters seeking a competent leader should look to him and not the former governor: “I am a de... Read More
All Good Things Come to an End. What About Bad Things? chatnblog April 28, 2025 Add Comment Edit We cannot forget that so much of our Trump trauma comes from electing a reality TV star as president. from NYT > Top Stories https://if... Read More
Families Split as India and Pakistan Cancel Visas After Kashmir Attack chatnblog April 28, 2025 Add Comment Edit The repercussions from a terrorist attack led to painful scenes at the countries’ border, as families with mixed citizenship were suddenly d... Read More
A Lengthy Legal Battle in North Carolina Could Show How to Flip an Election chatnblog April 27, 2025 Add Comment Edit Even as Republicans suffer setbacks in their fight to overturn a loss in a State Supreme Court race, judges have shown a striking willingnes... Read More
Car Plows Into Vancouver Street Fair, Killing People chatnblog April 27, 2025 Add Comment Edit The ramming episode, at a Filipino-themed block party in Vancouver on Saturday, killed “a number of people,” and injured more, the police sa... Read More
David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94 chatnblog April 26, 2025 Add Comment Edit An idealistic ophthalmologist, he came up with an ingenious way to treat blindness in far-flung places: by outfitting an airplane with an op... Read More
Trump Meets With Zelensky in Rome, White House Says chatnblog April 26, 2025 Add Comment Edit During his whirlwind trip to Italy, President Trump’s interactions with world leaders, as they paid their respects to Francis, were being wa... Read More
Catholics Expected a Revolution From Pope Francis, Just Not the One He Gave Them chatnblog April 26, 2025 Add Comment Edit Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy favored debate ov... Read More
After Black Enrollment Fell, Amherst College Faces an Identity Crisis chatnblog April 25, 2025 Add Comment Edit Amherst was known for its diverse student population. Now it is trying to save that legacy without violating the law. from NYT > Top St... Read More
We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. chatnblog April 25, 2025 Add Comment Edit The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Es9GIlp via IFTTT Read More
How Four Democrats Who Saved the Party Before Would Do It Again chatnblog April 24, 2025 Add Comment Edit How Democrats found their way out of the political wilderness once before, and how they could do it again now. from NYT > Top Stories h... Read More
At Least 9 Dead in Russian Airstrikes on Kyiv, Ukrainian Officials Say chatnblog April 24, 2025 Add Comment Edit The overnight assault on Ukraine’s capital was the deadliest since last summer, and comes as the United States has threatened to walk away f... Read More
A U.S. Supreme Court Opinion That Could Avert a Constitutional Crisis chatnblog April 23, 2025 Add Comment Edit The federal judiciary is being forced to confront a fundamental question: what to do when its orders are defied. from NYT > Top Stories... Read More
Pope Francis’ Coffin Is Moved to St. Peter’s in Solemn Procession chatnblog April 23, 2025 Add Comment Edit Crowds flocked to pay their respects and bid farewell to the pontiff, who died on Monday at the age of 88. from NYT > Top Stories https... Read More
Markets Gain After Trump Says He Has No Plans to Oust Fed Chief chatnblog April 23, 2025 Add Comment Edit Remarks by President Trump and his Treasury secretary fueled a rebound in global stocks, extending a surge that started on Wall Street. fr... Read More
Greenland Navigates the New World Order chatnblog April 22, 2025 Add Comment Edit Whom Greenlanders choose to do business with — economically, politically and socially — will tell us a lot about the coming global realignme... Read More
Only 1,370 Days to Go chatnblog April 21, 2025 Add Comment Edit This is giving the people what they want? from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/KE1Blvo via IFTTT Read More
Francis, the First Latin American Pope, Dies at 88 chatnblog April 21, 2025 Add Comment Edit After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing inclusion and care for... Read More
‘Sinners’ Is a Box Office Success (With a Big Asterisk) chatnblog April 20, 2025 Add Comment Edit Ryan Coogler’s original horror film was expected to sell a strong $40 million-plus in tickets over the weekend. But its profitability remain... Read More
Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department chatnblog April 20, 2025 Add Comment Edit The draft executive order to be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, huma... Read More
Ukraine Says Russia Violated Easter Truce chatnblog April 20, 2025 Add Comment Edit President Zelensky of Ukraine said the front lines had seen artillery fire and drone attacks, and that his troops were responding in kind. ... Read More
Despite His Shaky French, Canada’s Prime Minister Is a Hit in Quebec chatnblog April 19, 2025 Add Comment Edit Voters are overlooking Mark Carney’s linguistic gaffes and lack of knowledge about the French-speaking province, viewing him as the most cap... Read More
Long-Term Investing Has Gotten Riskier as Trump’s Tariffs Shake the Markets chatnblog April 18, 2025 Add Comment Edit President Trump’s policies have shaken the markets. Protect yourself first, and, only then, take advantage of investment bargains, our colum... Read More
Do Not Sleepwalk Through Trump’s Attack on the Fed’s Independence chatnblog April 18, 2025 Add Comment Edit The president’s threat to fire Jerome Powell is more than a personal spat. It’s a direct challenge to the economic foundation that has helpe... Read More
Trump Names Interim U.S. Attorney for Manhattan, Bypassing Schumer chatnblog April 17, 2025 Add Comment Edit Senator Chuck Schumer had said he would block the permanent appointment of Jay Clayton, the president’s choice to head one of the nation’s m... Read More
Texas Is Poised to Create a $1 Billion Private School Voucher Program chatnblog April 17, 2025 Add Comment Edit The Texas House approved the plan, part of a push by President Trump’s allies to offer up to about $10,000 for private school, home-school o... Read More
Mexico’s Reliance on U.S. Natural Gas Could Be Its Achilles’ Heel chatnblog April 16, 2025 Add Comment Edit Mexico’s imports of U.S. natural gas are surging, kindling fears that the Trump administration could weaponize this trade. from NYT > T... Read More
If You’re Boycotting Columbia, Your Priorities Are All Wrong chatnblog April 16, 2025 Add Comment Edit Where were these voices when the university was under assault from the Trump administration? from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/Uh3R... Read More
A Crisis at a British Steel Mill Has Cast a Shadow Over U.K.-China Relations chatnblog April 15, 2025 Add Comment Edit Britain was edging closer to China, but a dispute at a Chinese-owned steel company in the U.K. may prompt a rethink. from NYT > Top Sto... Read More
Tom Friedman Thinks We’re Getting China Dangerously Wrong chatnblog April 15, 2025 Add Comment Edit The Times Opinion columnist discusses what he thinks Trump — and American policymakers — misunderstand about China in the escalating trade w... Read More
Florida’s Hurricane-Battered Gulf Coast Beckons Spring Breakers: ‘We Are Open’ chatnblog April 14, 2025 Add Comment Edit Some cities discourage spring breakers, but towns along the Gulf Coast, where every dollar is crucial after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, we... Read More
What We Know About the Arson Attack on the Governor’s House in Pennsylvania chatnblog April 14, 2025 Add Comment Edit Gov. Josh Shapiro was forced to evacuate with his family. The authorities have charged a man with attempted murder, arson and terrorism. f... Read More
Blue Origin Flight Will Take 6 Women, Including Gayle King and Katy Perry, to Space chatnblog April 14, 2025 Add Comment Edit The women were set to travel on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, as part of the first all-female space crew in more than 60 years. from N... Read More
Kathryn Garcia Was Nearly Elected NYC Mayor in 2021. Who Gets Her Votes Now? chatnblog April 13, 2025 Add Comment Edit Ms. Garcia finished second in the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary in New York City. Her supporters could be an important factor in this year... Read More
Alice Tan Ridley, Subway Singer on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ Dies at 72 chatnblog April 12, 2025 Add Comment Edit The mother of the actress Gabourey Sidibe, she spent decades singing full time as a busker in the New York City subways. from NYT > Top... Read More
‘This Mindless Flailing Creates Recessions’: Four Economists Dissect Trump’s Tariffs chatnblog April 11, 2025 Add Comment Edit The most dramatic effort to remake the post-World War II trade system was underway — until it wasn’t. from NYT > Top Stories https://if... Read More
A Deadly Earthquake Rocks a Pillar of a Buddhist Nation: Its Monks chatnblog April 11, 2025 Add Comment Edit The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also devastating for... Read More
In the Bronx, a Battle Over the Future of Jennifer Lopez’s Alma Mater chatnblog April 10, 2025 Add Comment Edit The religious order that owns Preston High School says it can no longer operate it. Supporters are appealing to the New York attorney genera... Read More
The Damage From Trump’s Tariff Pause Is Already Done chatnblog April 10, 2025 Add Comment Edit The reciprocal tariffs might be gone for now, but slow growth, inflation and dings to American credibility remain. from NYT > Top Stori... Read More
A Teachers’ Union Is Spending Millions to Elect Its Boss Governor of New Jersey chatnblog April 09, 2025 Add Comment Edit The candidate, Sean Spiller, is president of the union, the New Jersey Education Association. A related PAC is prepared to spend $35 million... Read More
Trump’s Lust for Power Cannot Be Satiated chatnblog April 09, 2025 Add Comment Edit The tariff saga is just the latest example of the president’s urge to dominate. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/4xLD90A via IFTT... Read More
Clem Burke, Versatile, Hard-Driving Drummer for Blondie, Dies at 70 chatnblog April 08, 2025 Add Comment Edit He provided both the explosive percussion on hits like “Call Me” and the laid-back rhythm on the reggae-influenced “The Tide Is High.” fro... Read More
‘Liberation Day’ Was Messy, but Trump’s Tariffs Can Still Work chatnblog April 08, 2025 Add Comment Edit It’s a matter of timing and communication. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/BNDPtkX via IFTTT Read More
What to Know About the Destructive Spring Storm System chatnblog April 07, 2025 Add Comment Edit Heavy rains, damaging winds and dangerous floods have ravaged the South and the Midwest for days, killing at least 18 people. from NYT ... Read More
Trump’s Crusade Against Antisemitism Is Extremely Bad for the Jews chatnblog April 07, 2025 Add Comment Edit Antisemitism is real. But the enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/THfzWN2 via IFTT... Read More
China Tries to Downplay the Trade War’s Effects on Its Economy chatnblog April 07, 2025 Add Comment Edit Faced with economic disruption, Beijing is presenting itself as too powerful to succumb to U.S. pressure. It is also censoring criticism at ... Read More
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Arrives as a Surprise Box Office Smash chatnblog April 06, 2025 Add Comment Edit Weekend ticket sales will total at least $140 million, analysts said, about 75 percent more than expected, ending a Hollywood dry spell. f... Read More
Trump Administration Revokes Visas of South Sudanese in Clash Over Deportees chatnblog April 06, 2025 Add Comment Edit Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was making the move because the transitional government of South Sudan had refused to accept its citi... Read More
She Accused the Senate President of Harassment. The Backlash Was Swift. chatnblog April 05, 2025 Add Comment Edit Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan said Nigeria’s third most powerful politician punished her for not heeding his advances, but that she won’t ... Read More
As Unexplained Quakes Ease, Santorini Insists It’s Open for Business chatnblog April 04, 2025 Add Comment Edit The Greek island was shaken by thousands of mostly smaller-scale temblors. Now, residents have returned, and they hope visitors will, too. ... Read More
Is Claudia Sheinbaum the Anti-Trump? chatnblog April 04, 2025 Add Comment Edit In a world lurching rightward, Mexico’s president offers progressives hope. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/6dYsR1e via IFTTT Read More
Australia’s Relationship with United States Gets a Second Look chatnblog April 04, 2025 Add Comment Edit The country has doubled down on its defense relationship with the United States in recent years. President Trump’s treatment of allies is pr... Read More
600-Year-Old Fresco by Fra Angelico Gets Some Necessary Love chatnblog April 03, 2025 Add Comment Edit After three doctors fell in love with a fresco by Fra Angelico, they pledged to restore it so it could get its due when a blockbuster exhibi... Read More
What Happens When There’s a Real National Security Crisis? chatnblog April 03, 2025 Add Comment Edit In its first military action, the Trump administration showed itself to be reckless and unserious. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.t... Read More
David Hockney Wants His Biggest Ever Show to Bring You Joy chatnblog April 02, 2025 Add Comment Edit The artist is 87 now and under constant medical care. But he was determined to make it to Paris for the exhibition of his life. from NYT ... Read More
Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived. chatnblog April 02, 2025 Add Comment Edit Those of us who seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity. from NYT > Top Stories https://ift.tt/FgtXo... Read More
Val Kilmer: Three Memorable Movies to Stream chatnblog April 02, 2025 Add Comment Edit Kilmer’s film career ranged from slapstick comedy to some of the most memorable films of the 1980s and ’90s. from NYT > Top Stories htt... Read More
Jon Stewart: Trump Is ‘Trying to Order Off-Menu From the Constitution’ chatnblog April 01, 2025 Add Comment Edit President Trump says there are “methods” by which he could get a third term. “I think you tried one a few years ago,” the “Daily Show” host ... Read More
What I Learned About Trump’s Second Term by Reading His First 100 Executive Orders chatnblog April 01, 2025 Add Comment Edit Even with Republican congressional majorities, Trump favors the flourish of the order over the hassle of lawmaking. from NYT > Top Stor... Read More
U.S. Sanctions Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Pursuing Activists Abroad chatnblog April 01, 2025 Add Comment Edit China’s former top spy catcher is among six security enforcers targeted as the Trump administration turns its attention to human rights issu... Read More
China’s Military Drills Around Taiwan Are a Warning to Its President chatnblog April 01, 2025 Add Comment Edit The drills came after Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, announced measures to counter China’s influence and espionage. Beijing also wants to... Read More