‘Now Where Was I?’ Jon Stewart Is Back in His Old ‘Daily Show’ Seat
Jon Stewart returned on Monday night as host of “The Daily Show,” the Comedy Central news satire he turned into a cultural force before leaving in August 2015. It was…
Meet the Woman Who Helped Pay for That R.F.K. Super Bowl Ad
Super Bowl ads cost a fortune. So when a group backing the presidential bid of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ran a 30-second ad for him during Sunday night’s game, the…
Trump Steps Up, Helping Biden Just When the President Needs Him
If anyone gets a thank-you note from President Biden for helping get him out of a jam in recent days, it should probably be former President Donald J. Trump. Just…
Here Are the Republicans Breaking With Their Party to Back Ukraine Aid
Seventeen Senate Republicans have bucked a majority of their party and former President Donald J. Trump in joining Democrats to push military assistance for Ukraine toward approval in the Senate,…
Senate Passes Aid to Ukraine, but Fate Is Uncertain in a Hostile House
The Senate passed a long-awaited foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel early Tuesday morning, delivering a bipartisan endorsement of the legislation after months of negotiations, dire battlefield warnings and…
The California “Department of Political Health” Mandates Covid Infection with Its New “One Day” Order (and How to Stop Them) | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. This headline from CalMatters sums up where we are with so-called “public health” these days: “California ends COVID isolation rule for asymptomatic cases as winter…
Chinese brokers restrict cross-border swaps as stocks plunge | Reuters News Agency
EconomyGovernment 05 February 2024, 9:36 pm 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters exclusively reported that Chinese brokerages, including state-owned behemoth China International Capital Corp (CICC), have restricted the amount…
US Justice Department probing ADM accounting practices -sources | Reuters News Agency
Business & FinanceEconomyPolitics 05 February 2024, 1:17 pm 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters exclusively reported that the U.S. Justice Department is probing accounting practices at Archer Daniels Midland…
The Secret to Perfect Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
Remember the last time you bit into a chocolate-covered strawberry? If the shell snapped audibly, pooling on your tongue as it melted, then chances are that chocolate was tempered. Tempering,…
Boy Is Critically Wounded in Shooting at Houston Church Led by Joel Osteen
A boy was critically injured on Sunday afternoon after a woman opened fire at a Christian megachurch in Houston led by Joel Osteen, the televangelist and pastor, the authorities said.…