As U.S. Shifts Policy on Striking Into Russia, Kharkiv Is Hit Again
Debris covered a street and firefighters rushed to rescue people from an apartment block hit by a Russian missile early Friday in Kharkiv, just hours after a shift in U.S.…
Victims of Random Street Attacks Face an Outdated Police System
Earlier this year, I wrote about a friend who was attacked and thrown to the ground on a September afternoon, while she was walking toward Borough Hall in Brooklyn to…
The Very Brief Life of a World-Class Cricket Stadium on Long Island
John Norton, a retired police officer from Long Island, sat in a folding chair and watched his grandson’s Little League game in East Meadow on Wednesday. The quiet spot is…
U.S. and Chinese Defense Chiefs Hold First In-Person Talks Since 2022
The U.S. secretary of defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and China’s minister of defense held their first face-to-face talks in 18 months on Friday, against a backdrop of distrust over…
Will Israel Kill Public Support for America’s Bipartisan Consensus? | naked capitalism
By Thomas Neuburger. Originally published at God’s Spies Weekend murder in Rafah (source) The rich don’t rule in anyone’s names but their own.—Yours truly The Bipartisan Consensus Runs America The…
Wall Street Lands on India, Looking for Profits It Can’t Find in China
Mumbai, India’s financial capital, has seen a lot of new faces over the past year. The heads of global banks have been trooping through, visiting its stock exchanges, buying property…
Will It Matter? Searching for Clues in the Polls About a Trump Conviction.
For almost a decade, Donald J. Trump has done, said and survived things that would have doomed any other politician. He even saw his support increase after four sets of…
Trump Had Good Fortune So Far With His Four Cases. Then Came a Verdict.
Donald J. Trump’s run of luck in his criminal cases has expired. Before the conviction on Thursday in Manhattan, the former president had drawn what some of his closest advisers…
How Prosecutors Made the Case Against Trump
For years, prosecutors debated, fought and even, in at least two cases, resigned over the fate of the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into Donald J. Trump. Some legal experts predicted…
Taking the Fight to Russia: The West Weighs Ukraine’s Use of Its Weapons
With Ukraine’s second-largest city bracing for a new Russian offensive, a growing number of NATO allies are backing Kyiv’s pleas to allow its forces to conduct strikes in Russian territory…