Federal Reserve signals interest rate cuts next year
“This gives real credence to the view that [the Fed] thinks inflation is under control and believes that policy is producing the right outcome for the economy,” said Neil Birrell,…
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Herds of Mysterious ‘Glacier Mice’ Baffle Scientists Atlas Obscura Take an Immersive Journey Through an Ancient Rainforest’s Mycelial Network in ‘Fungi: Web of Life’ Colossal Things You Don’t See in…
Self-Driving Cars Hit the Wall | naked capitalism
A new article in the Guardian by Christian Wolmar, author of Driverless Cars: On a Road to Nowhere, summarizes how the grand promises for the self-driving vehicles have fallen well…
The Woman Who Fought the Texas Abortion Ban
Kate Zernike contributed reporting. Fact-checking by Susan Lee. The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung,…
Migrant Children Working as Roofers, and a Biden Impeachment Inquiry
The New York Times Audio app is home to journalism and storytelling, and provides news, depth and serendipity. If you haven’t already, download it here — available to Times news…
Russia’s Goal “Conquering Ukraine”, Say Western Media. Not So, Say Experts | naked capitalism
Yves here. Further Ukraine funding has suddenly become an impossible hill to climb as government officials and the press started admitting to how Ukraine’s efforts to push Russia back during…
To Fight Hamas, Israel’s Leaders Stopped Fighting One Another. For Now.
The war cabinet’s functionality “doesn’t mean the personal accounts are deleted; they are just suspended,” said Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, a nonpartisan research group. “There’s no…
Opinion | The Supreme Court Can Stop Trump’s Delay Game
Mr. Trump made two additional arguments, involving double jeopardy and the First Amendment, that were even weaker than the immunity claim, and Judge Chutkan denied those as well. She was…
Opinion | Liz Cheney’s Checkered History
As a memoir, however, Cheney’s book is overly narrow, and at times curiously uncurious. Yes, anyone interested in the author’s recollections from inside the House chamber on Jan. 6 will…
Pro-China YouTube Network Used A.I. to Malign U.S., Report Finds
In a faintly stilted tone and with slightly awkward grammar, the American-accented voice on YouTube last month ridiculed Washington’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas, claiming that the…