RFK Jr.’s Nomination Faces Critical Vote by Senate Finance Committee
President Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the nation’s next health secretary will face a critical test in the Senate on Tuesday, when members of the Finance…
Super Bowl: Eagles Superfan Wears Different Jerseys Every Day
Dave Bergner has Eagles beer koozies and Eagles license plates. He has an Eagles mouse pad and Eagles bobbleheads and a sparkly Eagles Christmas wreath. His dog, a 15-year-old Chihuahua…
The U.S. Is Having Its Mildest Covid Winter Yet
This winter’s Covid wave in the United States has been the gentlest to date, in a welcome reprieve. According to wastewater data aggregated by the Centers for Disease Control and…
The Way Hurricanes Kill Is Changing. Helene Shows How.
When the rain began to pour over Green Mountain, N.C., in late September, Alison Wisely kept a close eye on the puddles growing slowly outside her window. Hurricane Helene was…
How an Activist Group Helped Torpedo MDMA Therapy
After more than three decades of planning and a $250 million investment, Lykos Therapeutics’ application for the first psychedelic drug to reach federal regulators was expected to be a shoo-in.…
Officers Flee as N.Y.P.D. Confronts Its Billion-Dollar Overtime Problem
Angeliesse and Mike Nesterwitz met and married as New York Police Department officers. They each made more than $100,000 a year, but life had become unbearable. The couple were eager…
AI’s Impending Information Crisis | naked capitalism
Yves here. In the excitement over DeepSeek, this post put a needed reminder of an important AI issue front and center: that AI does not have enough original human content…
China Strikes Back After Trump Imposes 10% Tariff on Goods
Beijing responded swiftly on Tuesday to the tariffs President Trump had promised, announcing a fusillade of countermeasures targeting American companies and imports of critical products. Mr. Trump’s 10 percent tariff…
What Does Trump Really Want From Canada and Mexico?
President Trump has long been clear that he would use tariffs as an economic sledgehammer against nations that refuse to bend to his demands. He has been far less clear…
Tankus and Kelton on Musk’s DOGE Seizing Treasury’s Payments Chokepoint. But Where Are The Lawyers? | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strehter of Corrente. “Stupid? Shit, no, he was smart as hell.” The Finn stubbed his cigarette out in a cracked ceramic Campari ashtray. “Just a total fuck-up, was…