N.Y.C. Congestion Pricing Begins on Sunday
Starting Sunday, most drivers will have to pay $9 to enter the busiest part of Manhattan. That much is clear. But almost everything else about New York City’s congestion-pricing plan,…
Friends From Debrina Kawam’s Happy Past Aghast After Subway Burning
Before she was Debrina, she was Debbie. In her town of Little Falls, N.J., Debbie Kawam was a girl people wanted to be around: the cheerleader with the inner glow,…
Despite Blocked US Steel Bid, Japan Won’t Stop Seeking American Deals
As signs emerged that President Biden was gearing up to stop the Japanese steel maker Nippon Steel from acquiring Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel, top Japanese officials repeatedly warned that quashing the…
New Orleans Attacker Had Transmitter to Set Off Explosives, F.B.I. Says
The man who plowed a pickup truck down a crowded New Orleans street early on New Year’s Day, killing 14 people, had planned to use a transmitter to detonate two…
Johnson’s Reward as Speaker: An Impossible Job Delivering for Trump
Just minutes after Speaker Mike Johnson could exhale, having put down a short-lived conservative revolt and won re-election to his post on Friday, hard-right lawmakers sent him a letter. It…
New Orleans Releases Most Names of Victims Killed in Attack
Things had been looking up for Elliot Wilkinson, a 40-year-old man who was among the 14 people killed in New Orleans this week in what federal authorities were investigating as…
With Speaker Drama and Family Photos, New Congress Gets Off to a Wobbly Start
Former Representative Matt Gaetz, the Florida congressman-turned-attorney-general-nominee-turned-cable-news-host-with-baggage, made a bold proclamation at 9:46 a.m. on the opening day of the 119th Congress. “Mike Johnson will be elected Speaker today,” Mr.…
Elite College Money Woes: Wall Street Journal Notes but Underplays the Level of Negligence | naked capitalism
The Wall Street Journal published a seemingly pretty good piece, Elite Colleges Have a Looming Money Problem. However the funding squeeze has long been in the making and it might…
Elon Musk, Taylor Swift, Antony Blinken, China, and the Idiocy of Tom Friedman | naked capitalism
Yves here. The far-too-widely-read Tom Friedman has become a parody of a know-nothing American showing off his case of Dunning-Kruger effect. I must confess to lacking the motivation to read…
The Fallout from U.S. Steel
The end of a troubled takeover bid President Biden is set to officially block Nippon Steel’s $14 billion takeover of U.S. Steel as soon as Friday, most likely putting an…