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... Read the Dramatic 17th-Century Memoirs of Alice Thornton, Who Wrote Four Versions of Her Life Story

Researchers have digitized all four volumes, which are now available online. The autobiographies offer a compelling window into a tumultuous period in English history
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/read-the-dramatic-17th-century-memoirs-of-alice-thornton-who-wrote-four-versions-of-her-life-story-180987167/

... How Life-Size Cows Made of Butter Became an Iconic Symbol of the Midwest

The Iowa State Fair has featured a bovine butter sculpture for more than 100 years. Now, the tradition is part of the new “State Fairs” exhibition at the Renwick Gallery
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-life-size-cows-made-of-butter-became-an-iconic-symbol-of-the-midwest-180987208/

... 'Delulu,' 'Skibidi' and 'Tradwife' Are Among More Than 6,000 Words Added to the Cambridge Dictionary

Many of the additions reflect how internet culture has changed the English language in recent years
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/delulu-skibidi-and-tradwife-are-among-more-than-6000-words-added-to-the-cambridge-dictionary-180987210/

... Trump Considers Firing Fed Official After Accusation of Mortgage Fraud

The head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency alleged that Fed governor Lisa Cook submitted what he called fraudulent information.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/fed-lisa-cook-trump-244c22c2

... Protesters Drown Out Top Trump Advisers Visiting Troops in Washington

Stephen Miller, a top aide to the president, calls the protesters ‘crazy communists’ and ‘stupid white hippies.’
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/protesters-drown-out-top-trump-advisers-visiting-troops-in-washington-2c112d6f

... Opinion | Trumps Mail-In Vote Mission

The president can’t unilaterally eliminate votes by mail, but he could push states to rethink the worst practices.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-mail-in-vote-mission-5a49b493

... Opinion | Patel Neglects Due Process at the FBIs Peril

Without committing to those protections, confidence in the bureau will continue to suffer.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/patel-neglects-due-process-at-the-fbis-peril-dismisals-protection-agents-9c54715e

... Fed Officials Split Over How to Read Economic Signals

Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July meeting showed policymakers grappling with a slowing labor market and inflation that remains above the central bank’s target.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/business/federal-reserve-july-minutes.html

... Senate Adds Guardrails in an Effort to Force Trump to Obey Spending Bills

Leaders of the Appropriations Committee are trying to tighten up funding legislation to give the Trump administration less leeway to refuse to spend federal money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/politics/senate-spending-guardrails-trump.html

... N.S.A.s Acting Director Tried to Save Top Scientist From Purge

Vinh Nguyen, an expert in artificial intelligence and advanced mathematics, was among the current and former officials whose security clearances were revoked by the president.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/politics/security-clearances-scientist-fired.html

... NYC Judge Denies Trump Administration Request to Unseal Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts

The judge said that the papers contained testimony from a single F.B.I. agent and that far more information about the case was held in Justice Department files.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/nyregion/epstein-grand-jury-transcripts-denied.html

... Deportation of 6-Year-Old Puts Spotlight on ICEs Detention of Families

Immigration authorities have detained about 50 children younger than 18 in the New York City area since January. At least 38 of them have been deported.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/nyregion/ice-6-year-old-nyc.html

... More Adams Associates and Supporters Are Said to Face Corruption Charges

Among those expected to surrender in the coming days is a close friend of Mayor Eric Adams whom the mayor installed in a powerful city position.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/nyregion/adams-corruption-nyc-lewis-martin-charges.html

... How Harry Potter Fans Are Driving the Romantasy Trend

Romantasy is propping up the fiction market. Thanks to a generation that grew up reading about a boy wizard.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/style/harry-potter-fan-fiction-romantasy-manacled.html

... Gazans Fear Looming Israeli Operation

Israel’s plan to invade Gaza City, the most populous city in the northern Gaza Strip, has forced many families to consider uprooting themselves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/world/middleeast/gaza-city-israeli-operation.html

... Judge Halts Texas Law Mandating the Ten Commandments in School

The state law had said public schools would have to display the Ten Commandments in a “conspicuous” location in every classroom in Texas by Sept. 1.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/politics/ten-commandments-texas.html

... Oklahoma Proposes America First Test for Teachers From New York and California

The test is meant to filter out teachers who hold views “antithetical” to Oklahoma values.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/education/oklahoma-woke-teacher-test.html

... Trumps Tariffs Push U.S. Businesses Into Survival Mode

A 90-day pause on additional tariffs on China offers no relief to American companies already facing extraordinarily high import taxes imposed by President Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/business/trump-china-tariffs-american-importers.html

... How Tariffs Will Affect This Unique Cheese

Stilton is a special type of blue cheese that can be made in only three English counties. There are just four producers of Stilton left, but this one was crowned best cheese in the world, according to one of the industry’s top awards last year. Eshe Nelson, a business reporter for The New York Times, went to Clawson Farms, the producer of the award-winning Stilton, which is trying to expand its business in the United States, despite the higher costs imposed by the Trump administration’s tariff policy.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/business/small-business/100000010283073/blue-cheese-stilton-tariffs-america.html

... Why Covid Cases Are Up This Summer

Researchers are seeing an uptick in cases, as they have every summer since the pandemic began. Here’s why.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/well/why-covid-is-spreading-again-this-summer.html