What's going on in Puerto Rico? "I'll be very interested to see what facilities they construct around the runways. That'll tell you something about the scale of their plans..." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Mexico's president presses charges against man who groped & tried to kiss her: “If I do not report the crime, what condition will all Mexican women be left in? If they do this to the president, what will happen to all of the young women in our country?” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

My misconceptions about the #Louvre heist, dispelled by founder of the FBI's art crime task force, were that a) the jewels would already be cut; b) it was done to order; and c) the museum would be the toughest place to hit... Read the full story: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

How the mafia lures high rollers to their illegal poker games - and then has them exactly where they need them... Fascinating talking to a former Gambino gambling boss about the logistics of the scheme, which has now snared NBA superstars www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nba/ar...

Went into a maximum security prison in North Carolina to speak to the real-life "Roofman", played by Channing Tatum in the new film. He's got quite the story... Read all about it! www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...

Tony Blair's biographer John Rentoul on his role in the Gaza peace plan: “I thought he would have given up on all this by now. But he hasn’t given up on the idea that he can solve things that no one else can.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Great news for @ejeancarroll.bsky.social, whose $83m judgement against Trump has been upheld. She told me in July: 'Money is not important to me. Personally, I couldn't care less about it, so I'm going to give the cash to everything he hates, like women's rights' www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Zuckerberg full of smiles sitting next to Donald Trump at the WH tech dinner last night. I've been looking for the @dailymail.co.uk into the Meta chief's new project, and experts warned there is very little to be enthusiastic about... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Melania Trump’s letter to Vladimir Putin last week was unusual, but not unprecedented for a First Lady. I’ve been asking what it means for her, and her future plans… mol.im/a/15024877

US approval for Israel's military action in Gaza reaches record low of 32% news.gallup.com/poll/692948/...

Incredibly powerful reporting on the impact of ICE raids on a meat processing plant in Nebraska: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

Six years after his controversial Epstein opinion, famed forensic pathologist Dr Michael Baden is as confident as ever that he made the right call. 'I think we both realized that this was not typical for suicide,' Baden told the Daily Mail. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Fascinating #Wimbledon story in @observeruk.bsky.social - beautifully told. I had no idea about any of this... observer.co.uk/style/featur...

Rusty Hierholzer, who spent 20 years as Kerr County sheriff, warned a decade ago of the need for better alarm systems, similar to tsunami sirens. 'Unfortunately, people don't realize that we are in flash flood alley,' he told me... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Stat of the day from @observeruk.bsky.social: Yale Budget Lab calculates that a (since amended) version of the Big Beautiful bill would hand an average of $119,000 to someone making more than $3.3m. Median earners would get a $760 tax cut. The poorest would lose about $560.

“People with experience in the world of intelligence, even those that can’t stomach Trump, are advising caution, and an even rarer trait in this political-media climate: patience.” - excellent analysis by @juliaioffe.bsky.social: well worth your time puck.news/were-irans-n...

Stat of the day (h/t Gothamist): Mamdani won 30% of primary election districts that Trump won in 2024. Hillside & College Point in Queens; Tottenville on Staten Island; Bath Beach in South Brooklyn. Swung for Mamdani despite onslaught of pro-Cuomo ads, funded by one of Trump's wealthiest backers.

Prelim report by Defense Intelligence Agency finds US strikes left centrifuges 'intact' and did not destroy stockpile of enriched uranium, CNN reports. WH says 'alleged assessment is flat-out wrong', was leaked to CNN by 'an anonymous, low-level loser'. www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...

Good news klaxon: This is a great story. Bravo, Bike New York... gothamist.com/news/for-the...

For all of us wondering how long the Trump-Musk love-in would last: we have our answer... www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Oh Sam, how could you... www.ft.com/content/b180...

Stat of the day re: Trump's ban on international students at Harvard - Around 44% of US unicorn companies — startups valued at $1 billion or more — are founded or cofounded by immigrants (h/t @axios.com) 90 from India. 52 from Israel. 42 from Canada. 31 from the UK. 27 from China.

Already hooked on my colleague Isabelle Stanley’s brilliant podcast, Pipeline, which details a terrifying tragedy in Trinidad and Tobago, and the subsequent shocking coverup. New episodes out every Thursday… www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Bezos's pivot to Trump was 'as dramatic as any we've seen in corporate America' - an obsequious and calculated capitulation. Was Tuesday the beginning of the end? Or has the storm subsided? And will Trump be on the armada sailing into Venice next month? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Cardinal Farrell, chosen by Francis to be his camerlengo, is running the Vatican right now - when clear-eyed judgement & a strong moral compass are most needed. From 2000-2006 he was deputy to Theodore McCarrick, but insists he never heard any rumors. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Ahead of the last conclave, in February 2013, I went to Ghana to speak to childhood friends of Cardinal Peter Turkson, who many thought may be the first African pope. Many still think he might... www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Vr...

A mystery 125yrs in the making: how did the captain of the Titanic die? Did James Cameron get it right? Or were initial reports of the Briton’s suicide correct? A new books claims to have finally found the answer… mol.im/a/14615593

Story of the day: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Stat of the day: at least a third of people released from Rikers were back on the island within a year. (Full report into efforts to close the prison complex by the court-mandated date of August 2027 here. TLDR: May not close until 2030) council.nyc.gov/press/wp-con...

In news that will surprise no one in this city of $15 sandwiches: Nationwide, the number of lunches bought from restaurants and other establishments fell 3% in 2024 from yr before - fewer than were purchased at the height of the pandemic work-from-home era www.wsj.com/business/mor...

Finally got round to reading *that* Walton Goggins interview in GQ. Worth the wait www.gq.com/story/walton...

"Liberation Day" looms, with tariffs to be announced on April 2. One wine importer, readying 100,000 bottles to be shipped from France one day, only to be warned to pull them off the boat the next, likened it to Red Light, Green Light in Squid Game... www.thetimes.com/article/5d5f...

Vance: "This territory is extremely vulnerable right now. We could make them much more secure. This has to happen because our friends in Denmark have not done their job of keeping this area safe. What is the alternative? To give it up to China, Russia? We have no other option."

JD Vance, at Pituffik base: "We're effectively saying that the people of Greenland are safer under the umbrella of the United States than Denmark. We're the only nation on earth that will respect their sovereignty, and respect their security - because their security is our security."

White House says the Atlantic scandal is a “coordinated effort” to distract from the success of the Trump administration in taking on the Houthis.

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Interesting that Gabbard and Ratcliffe both say they were unaware of "details of weapons and timings". Shane Harris of The Atlantic told CNN it included "types of aircraft, munitions, bombing sequence, individual units on the ground." Did they not read it? www.thetimes.com/us/american-...

Tulsi Gabbard refuses to confirm she was on the Houthi group chat, but insists there was no classified information shared. John Ratcliffe confirms it was him, but says using Signal to communicate is "permissible". Follow @thetimes.com coverage live - www.thetimes.com/us/american-...

Trump says call with Putin was “a very good and productive one.” Confirms halt on attacks on energy, says working for complete ceasefire. Says "process is now in full force and effect, and we will, hopefully, for the sake of Humanity, get the job done!” Follow live - www.thetimes.com/world/russia...

The paywall is down this weekend ⁦‪@thetimes.com‬⁩ - which means you can find out why Netflix founder Reed Hastings took me snowboarding around the resort he’s just bought… www.thetimes.com/article/9636...

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It's showtime! Is it Anora's night? Can voters look beyond The Brutalist's AI assistance? How will Karla Sofia Gascon be received? And will Demi Moore clinch the comeback? Follow our live coverage of the #Oscars here @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/culture/film...

Trump has been challenged by the media over whether he still believes President Zelensky is a “dictator”. “Did I say that, I can’t believe I would say that,” Trump replied

Trump, asked about US peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, says they will “have people working there” on the extraction of minerals. He feels that will be enough of a deterrent for Putin. “I don’t think anyone’s going to play around if we’re there.”

Britain is drawing up plans for a force of 30,000 British and European troops to be deployed to key cities, ports and infrastructure sites across Ukraine. The government is seeking air cover from the US as a guarantee. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Ahead of their WH meeting today, WSJ calls Keir Starmer "a low-key former human-rights lawyer turned left-wing politician who is probably Europe’s most unlikely Trump whisperer..." www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Trump: “We’re going to make a deal with Russia and Ukraine to stop killing people. Before we got here, it was going nowhere.”

Trump confirmed Zelensky will visit the White House on Friday to sign the rare minerals agreement

“Trump’s negotiating team may now have found that Zelensky’s original offer was not as self-defeating as it seemed. If the proposed deal goes through, the US has to commit to long-term reconstruction and investment in a peaceful Ukraine.” www.thetimes.com/article/da21...