It’s May in Rome: A Time to Revere, and Fear, Fava Beans
As hungry Italians at the Festival for the Fava Bean lined up in a field in the Roman countryside to order fava and pecorino cheese, fava and porchetta, cream of…
Jordan Neely Was on New York’s ‘Top 50’ List of Homeless People at Risk
For years before Jordan Neely, a mentally ill homeless man, was killed in the subway, the city had its eye on him. He was on a list informally known as…
An Erdogan Loss in Turkey Would Stir Relief in the West and Anxiety in Moscow
Sunday’s presidential election in Turkey is being watched carefully in Western capitals, NATO headquarters and the Kremlin, with Turkey’s longtime mediating role in the complex and often vexing relations between…
Democrats Spar Over the ‘Prickly, Prickly Subject’ of Immigration
The lifting of a pandemic-era restriction that turned away many migrants at the U.S. border has ignited fierce debates within the Democratic Party over immigration and border security, exposing raw…
Why Ron DeSantis Is Limping to the Starting Line
In November, Representative Byron Donalds scored a coveted speaking slot: introducing Gov. Ron DeSantis after a landslide re-election turned the swing state of Florida deep red. Standing onstage at a…
Asylum Debate Snarls Efforts to Forge an Immigration Deal in Congress
A crush of asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border is complicating an already intractable immigration debate on Capitol Hill, pulling the two parties further apart and threatening to undermine what…
The Taliban and the Islamic State Continue to Fight for Afghanistan’s Future | naked capitalism
Yves here. Reading about the struggles to control Afghanistan among the Taliban, IS, and Al Quaeda leads me to ask a dumb question: is Afghanistan properly a country? Just because…
Zelensky Arrives in Italy for Meeting With Pope Francis
Weeks after Pope Francis bewildered the Ukrainian government with talk of a secret peace mission, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arrived in Rome on Saturday for meetings with Francis and…
The Daughter Who Got the Government to Cancel Her Mother’s Debt
“I am going to get my mother’s loans forgiven,” read the email that landed in my inbox 10 months ago. “So if by May, 2023, when I turn 28, you…
AP Top Stories May 12 P
Here are the top stories for Friday, May 12th: Man who used fatal chokehold on subway surrenders; Government says no migrant surge after Title 42 ends; Biden huddles with Spanish…