Trump triggers retail investors to dump the Magnificent Seven
Tech stocks plunged yesterday after President Trump announced in a “proclamation” that he was imposing a new 25% tariff on...
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A Horse Bolts, Renewing Debate Over Central Park Carriages
Good morning. It’s Thursday. We’ll look at how an incident last week has revived the debate on banning carriage horses...
‘28 Years Later’ sequel is a surprisingly hilarious dissection of grief
(3.5 stars) It may be only January, but one of the year’s best horror films has undoubtedly arrived. We have...
Mayor Frey accuses ICE of ‘causing chaos’ in Minneapolis after illegal migrant who ambushed fed agent is shot
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey claimed ICE agents in the city were “causing chaos” after an illegal immigrant armed with a...
A Blockbuster Memoirist Returns to China, and the Mother Who Shaped Her
FLY, WILD SWANS: My Mother, Myself and China, by Jung Chang In February 1988, when Jung Chang was 35 years...
2 military influencers say they never planned to have an online following, but standard recruiting efforts weren’t working
Tyler Butterworth (left) and John Howell (right) have built a following on social media as military influencers. Jake Gabbard /...
‘Bad, Bad News for the G.O.P. Over the Long Haul’: 2 Opinion Writers on the Trump G.O.P.
The year has barely started and already American politics has been thrown into a frenzy. What are voters thinking? In...
Why universal child care is closer than ever in New York
It looked like one of Zohran Mamdani’s most ambitious promises. Between a $6 billion price tag and the complexity of...
Even Grok thinks Elon Musk’s claim that white men are persecuted is bull
Who the hell appointed Elon Musk to be the loudest defender of white men? From the moment the South Africa...
He Survived Dachau. He Captured Its Horrors on Paper the Next Day.
When Brian Stonehouse was 24, he parachuted into France as part of a British military unit that was set up...
The Real AI Talent War Is for Plumbers and Electricians
AI companies like Meta and OpenAI have been offering multimillion-dollar pay packages to top talent, hoping to lure the best...
Nearly 5 Million Accounts Removed Under Australia’s New Social Media Ban
Nearly five million social media accounts belonging to Australian teenagers have been deactivated or removed, a month after a landmark...
RFK Jr. wants to take your child’s vaccines away by bankrupting manufacturers
Ezekiel J. Emanuel is an oncologist, medical ethicist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Paul Friedrichs was the inaugural...
Gadgets are getting worse and more expensive at the same time
The paper clip problem always seemed too absurd to me. Also known as the paper clip maximizer, this is the...
The Cuban people’s resilience is a strength but also a trap
When I heard President Trump boast early this month that Cuba, without the aid of a decapitated Venezuela, appears “ready...
