| Pair of Immigration Raids Disrupt a New Jersey Shipping Hub
- In Edison, thousands of immigrant workers toil in hundreds of warehouses, sorting millions of boxes arriving from nearby ports.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:03:54 +0000
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| Jay Powell Takes Center Stage with Friday’s Jackson Hole Address
- The Fed chief is expected to address inflation, interest rates and the economy in his speech on Friday. Will he also confront President Trump’s attacks on central bank independence?
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:41:25 +0000
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| Trump’s Attacks on the Fed and BLS Threaten Key Source of Economic Strength
- The president’s efforts to control the Federal Reserve and Bureau of Labor Statistics carry risks. But collectively, the moves could be even more damaging, economists warn.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:20:03 +0000
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| How Trump Is Shaking Trust in the Economy, and Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Shut Down
- Plus, your Friday news quiz.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:03:12 +0000
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| Collapsing Boundaries
- We look at the relationship between digital stars and their followers.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:39:42 +0000
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| The Crowdfunded War Map That Ukrainians Check Every Morning
- The online DeepState map, based on geolocated combat footage and tips from Ukrainian Army sources, draws 900,000 views each day and acts as a counterbalance to the military’s omissions.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:43:02 +0000
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| Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Officially Hit by Famine, Global Group Says
- At least half a million people in the enclave were facing the most severe conditions measured by U.N.-backed international experts: starvation, acute malnutrition and death.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:41:54 +0000
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| MAHA Is a Bad Answer to a Good Question
- Rachael Bedard and David Wallace-Wells on Covid disillusionment and the rise of the MAHA movement.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:04:28 +0000
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| Year Will End With 300,000 Fewer Federal Workers, Trump Official Says
- The reduction would be the largest single-year decline in civilian federal employment since World War II.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:03:59 +0000
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| 4 Takeaways From Erik Menendez’s Parole Board Hearing
- Lyle Menendez has his hearing Friday. Several of the concerns raised in denying parole to Erik suggest Lyle faces considerable hurdles in his own bid for release.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:03:52 +0000
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| ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Has Everyone Bobbing Their Heads. Especially Parents.
- Some parents are reliving a golden era of boy bands and girl groups — “but now I’m handing out juice boxes instead of dancing like a rave with a glow stick,” one said.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:03:27 +0000
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| The Hobbyist Restorer Who Rocked the Art World With an A.I. Innovation
- Alex Kachkine spends his days working on microchip research — a skill set surprisingly similar to that needed for restoration.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:02:16 +0000
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| Trump’s Gerrymandering Push Is a Form of Cheating
- Gerrymandering is a form of cheating. And it is preventable.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:02:02 +0000
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| Jeff Hiller Came Out of Nowhere. It Only Took 20 Years.
- His role in the dramatic HBO comedy “Somebody Somewhere” earned him his first Emmy nomination. It was also, more or less, his first major role.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:01:52 +0000
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| Podcasting Is a Talent Business. SiriusXM Is Intent on Winning.
- The company famous for car radio and Howard Stern has recently climbed the podcast charts by betting hundreds of millions of dollars on shows like “Call Her Daddy” and “SmartLess.”
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:01:42 +0000
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| A Critic of Universities Is Rallying to Defend Them in the Trump Era
- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has long been a critic of progressive campus culture. Now it’s taking on new, and surprising, targets.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:01:41 +0000
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| Nathaniel B. Palmer, a U.S. Icebreaker, May Have Sailed Its Last Expedition
- The decommissioning would leave the United States with no icebreaker to study the southern seas and cede scientific leadership to rival countries like China.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:00:53 +0000
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| Congo Has Astronomical Rates of Sexual Violence. Now Victims Have Lost Access to Care.
- The conflict that has put rebels in control of much of the east of the country has left victims with no legal recourse and dismantled many of the clinics that offered care.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:00:15 +0000
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| Erik Menendez Has Been Denied Parole. Here’s What to Know.
- A California parole panel said Mr. Menendez should not be released from prison, 36 years after he and his brother, Lyle, killed their parents. Lyle’s parole hearing is Friday.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 03:48:31 +0000
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| Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center in Florida to Shut Down for Now
- A judge ruled that the state and federal governments acted illegally by not conducting an environmental review before building the center in the Florida Everglades.
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 02:18:01 +0000
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