Sam Bankman-Fried pressed in court over past comments
Prosecutors have tied Mr Bankman-Fried to decisions that allowed the crypto trading firm he owned, Alameda Research, to take billions of dollars deposited at FTX. He is accused of spending…
A Drop in American Gun Violence
American gun violence can feel like an unsolvable problem, with every mass shooting, like last week’s killings in Maine, affirming that the situation is getting worse. But the U.S. has…
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Rabbit With ‘No Sense of Personal Space’ Follows Cat Everywhere, Goes Viral Newsweek Rabbit Haemorrhagic Virus is spreading like Ebola IOL Recovery: Saving American Burying Beetles, Nature’s Undertakers The Nature…
US Neocons Accidentally Act as Great Uniter in Caucasus | naked capitalism
As expected, countries surrounding Armenia are moving to implement regional trade corridors and partnerships that exclude Yerevan after its government moved closer to the US. Yerevan poisoned its relationship with…
A Record 119,300 New York City Students Were Homeless Last Year
The number of homeless public school students in New York City reached an all-time high of 119,320 last school year, according to new data released Wednesday, as migrants crossing the…
Lessons From an Unending Conflict
Andrew Higgins contributed reporting. Special thanks to Alina Lobzina, Ivan Nechepurenko, and Nyree Abrahamian. The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson,…
New Report Calls Out Chemical Recycling as a ‘False Solution’ to the Plastics Crisis | naked capitalism
Yves here. Our past regular site writer, Jerri-Lynn Scofield, developed a “war on plastics” beat. She focused on restricting plastic use, in part based on her world travels, where she…
Opinion | Christian Nationalism ‘Is No Longer Operating Beneath the Surface’
More recently, however, some of Johnson’s out-of-the-mainstream views and alliances have begun to surface. In a July 20, 2005 editorial that Johnson wrote for the Shreveport Times, Johnson argued that…
Biden to Travel to Minnesota to Highlight Rural Investments
The White House on Wednesday will announce more than $5 billion in funding for agriculture, broadband and clean energy needs in sparsely populated parts of the country as President Biden…
Opinion | As the World Smolders, the New Speaker Trolls Biden
It didn’t take long for the new House speaker, Mike Johnson, to demonstrate to the world that he will not be a serious partner for American allies or for those…