DOJ dares Judge Boasberg to hold Trump officials in contempt
The Justice Department told Judge Boasberg it has provided the information it is willing and able to share about the controversial deportation flights to El Salvador in March. Source link
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Education Department workers targeted in layoffs are returning to tackle civil rights backlog
The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off, saying their help is needed to tackle a mounting backlog of discrimination…
Threats pile up as Indiana Republicans confront pressure from Trump on redistricting
Spencer Deery's son was getting ready for school when someone tried to provoke police into swarming his home by reporting a fake emergency. Source link
New Orleans leaders blast immigration crackdown, pointing to video of agents chasing U.S. citizen
New Orleans' mayor-elect said Friday that a federal immigration crackdown launched this week is already causing harm as encounters between masked agents and residents, including some…
Washington Times Weekly: Jobs down, shopping up, diving headfirst into the holiday season
I'm George Gerbo and welcome to Washington Times Weekly, where we get a chance to sit down with our reporters and talk about their coverage of the latest news and events. And joining me…
The ‘Mad Men’ are dead! Long live the new advertising lions!
It’s been an unprecedented and brutal week for the advertising industry. The finalization of Omnicom Group’s $13 billion acquisition of Interpublic Group (IPG) (the biggest takeover in…
The U.S.-Israel Alliance Pays for Itself
From real-time intelligence to combat-tested systems, Israel provides strategic benefits that exceed the cost of U.S. aid many times over. Source link
A Walk Along the Fault Lines
Remembering longtime National Review senior editor David Pryce-Jones. Source link
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Goes Big and Goes Winslow Homer in a Splendid Show
The museum displays all of its nearly 50 Homer watercolors, saluting Homer, Boston’s native son, and more than a century of collecting. Source link
A West Coast Mamdani
Like her East Coast counterpart, Seattle’s mayor-elect fails to understand how wealth and scarcity work. Source link
The Terrorism Confusion in the Caribbean
The president of the United States has no unilateral authority to use military force in the absence of a legitimate armed conflict. Source link
The Los Angeles Times Misses the Forest Fire Scandal for the Trees
The real story is not ‘climate change.’ Source link
This housing market cycle is so unique that even Warren Buffett broke his own rules to make money on it
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Back in his 1996 letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett famously wrote:…
Hey, Does Anyone Want to Talk About Donald Trump’s Infirmities?
It’s been something of a bleak period, watching the press make startling departures from telling the straight story about the Trump administration. TNR contributor Parker Molloy noted…
Empathy and reasoning aren’t rivals, research shows
For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too…
15 tech gifts that older people will actually use
Ask friends what kind of tech gift you should get for your parent, grandparent, or another older person in your life, and chances are you’ll get the same generic suggestions, like a…
Whatnot’s CEO on the rise of live shopping.
While digital live shopping has been popular for years in Asia, the phenomenon has only recently begun to take off in the U.S., thanks in large part to the rise of retail disruptor…
How fit are you? 3 simple tests to evaluate your strength, endurance, and cardiovascular fitness
Most entrepreneurs are familiar with diminishing returns: how, when other variables stay constant, at some point putting in additional time and effort results in increasingly smaller…
How entrepreneurs can stay motivated when the competition is relentless
Entrepreneurs face more stress, fear, and anxiety in a single day than most people experience in a year. When building something in a crowded market, motivation doesn’t just dip—it can…
AI widens vision. But without insight, it narrows it
Artificial intelligence is everywhere. It fuels boardroom debates, guides priorities, defines access to information, and nudges consumer experiences. But while AI promises sharper insights…
Blue States Love Food Stamp Funding but Refuse to Tell Washington How It’s Spent
SNAP is clearly a program ripe for abuse, and that should be a matter of public debate and disclosure. Source link
SoftBank in talks to buy data-centre investor DigitalBridge
SoftBank is in talks to acquire DigitalBridge Group, a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centres, as it seeks to take advantage of an artificial intelligence…
Market segmentation, AI and everything in between
When it comes to market segmentation, I don’t see truly well-documented cases often. At a more simplistic level, we think of classic matrices such as BCG or McKinsey’s. But the real…
GOP unity tested as lawmakers seek health plan to counter Democrats' Obamacare subsidy exension
Republicans never could unite around a health care plan to replace Obamacare, and now they're struggling to coalesce around short- and long-term fixes as Congress faces a year-end cliff.…