By taking up new congressional maps pushed by President Trump first, Republicans hope to discourage Democrats from walking out of a special session before they vote on flood relief.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/texas-redistricting-floods.html
Forest fires are on the rise globally. An increase in severe fire weather is largely responsible.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/climate/extreme-fire-weather-forests.html
The defense secretary’s attendance may signal a turnaround as President Trump’s tone shifts on his willingness to support Kyiv against Moscow.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/ukraine-trump-hegseth-weapons.html
President Trump’s administration has created a climate of menace and trepidation to try to stifle dissent.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opinion/trump-fear-pentagon-harvard.html
In the age of Trump, it’s a strange relief to see two fellow citizens seem to realize that they have done something reckless and inappropriate.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/opinion/coldplay-affair-trump.html
A co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, he represented St. Louis in the House as an uncompromising liberal Democrat and a forceful advocate for the poor.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/william-l-clay-dead.html
The man, a U.S. citizen, is barred from leaving China by the Ministry of State Security, the country’s main intelligence and counterintelligence agency.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/china-exit-ban-us-government-employee.html
Algorithms process data from the past while economic decisions are dynamic and forward-looking.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/algorithms-cant-replace-free-markets-artificial-intelligence-dd3b428f?mod=rss_Technology
A sovereign-wealth fund sounds like a corruptible, incompetent slush fund.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/if-the-markets-doing-something-well-dont-reinvent-the-steal-3b3a3ca3?mod=rss_Technology
Technology is removing the humans in an effort to make restaurant delivery faster and better.https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/food-delivery-robots-241fa069?mod=rss_Technology
Chip-company valuations are rising, but trade tensions are already causing trouble.https://www.wsj.com/tech/what-chip-stock-investors-are-missing-about-tariffs-c768ad4a?mod=rss_Technology
How Howard Lutnick, the Secretary of Commerce, plans to transform government into a money-making enterprise.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/28/donald-trumps-tariff-dealmaker-in-chief
The deaths in the Texas Hill Country are a tragic testament to the force of a raging river. Flood-stricken Vermont has a radical plan to counter the threat it faces.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/28/in-an-age-of-climate-change-how-do-we-cope-with-floods
Notes on an underappreciated meal.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/28/the-case-for-lunch
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane?https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/28/mary-had-schizophrenia-then-suddenly-she-didnt
Pedro Hernandez was sentenced to 25 years to life after confessing to the 1979 killing of the 6-year-old boy.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/pedro-hernandez-etan-patz-appeals-court-6be26591
The Ivy League school is fighting to get its federal funding restored.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/harvard-trump-lawsuit-court-funding-61d0fdd4
Torrential rain flooded creeks, streams and the Guadalupe River, where the water swelled more than 26 feet in 45 minutes.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/texas-flood-camp-mystic-what-to-know-a6dbb0ba
Governors will now decide whether to accept private-school tuition subsidies.https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/school-choice-tax-credit-private-tuition-democrats-31bf9710
Fortress Investment Group is trying to seize homes, cars, yachts and other belongings of Charles Cohen following his business’s default on a $535 million loan with a $187.2 million personal guarantee.https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/a-real-estate-tycoons-loan-went-bad-then-they-came-for-his-ferraris-and-fine-wine-06505640