In his latest turn, President Trump is now trying to pressure a private corporation (Microsoft) to fire an individual executive that he does not like. Former Biden Deputy AG Lisa Monaco now a target.

NEW: As Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, conducted delicate cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas this year, his son Alex quietly soliciting billions of dollars from some of the same Middle East governments. By Debra Kamin and Bradley Hope www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...

Former U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgeral will represent Comey in the case. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

A federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, a culmination of President Trump’s relentless effort to exact retribution for investigating his 2016 presidential campaign over possible ties to Russia While the charges www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

White House photo op for the president's granddaughter's new $130 sweatshirt line

They thought they were the kind of highly skilled engineers ​who could help fulfill President Trump’s goal of reviving American​ manufacturing. Mr. Cho was checking his team’s balance sheets in his office when he saw helicopters and armored vehicles outside. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...

Had several friends told me that only when listening to this did they really understand what had played out with Trump, his advisors, crypto and artificial intelligence chips. And conflicts of interest on a scale perhaps never seen before in US history. Please give it a listen.

Here is the full letter asking for the investigation... Click on link to read as PDF static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

UPDATE: Senate Dems have asked State and Commerce Inspectors General to open formal investigations into Steve Witkoff and David Sacks, based on NYT story examining multibillion $$$ crypto/chips deals. Third Senator promises to use his power to investigate the matter www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...

A Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Is Removed From the National Mall The United States Park Police said it had removed the statue, which included lines from President Trump’s birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein, the deceased sex offender. By Ali Watkins www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...

UPDATE: Senate Dems have asked State and Commerce Inspectors General to open formal investigations into Steve Witkoff and David Sacks, based on NYT story examining multibillion $$$ crypto/chips deals. Third Senator promises to use his power to investigate the matter www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...

The S.E.C. Dropped a Complaint Against Its Chairman’s Former Client Before Paul Atkins took his position with the regulatory agency, he testified on behalf of Devon Archer. The chairman recused himself when the commission dismissed the case @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/u...

THE DAILY: President Trump and his inner circle are making millions of $$ from agreements that intersect with America’s national security interests, a NYT investigation found. Eric Lipton explains why these conflicts of interest are unlike anything we’ve seen before www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/p...

Quite a headline.

Extraordinary words from POTUS: “I hate my opponent,” Mr. Trump told the crowd at the memorial in Arizona, “and I don’t want the best for them.” Piece by Tyler Pager is a White House correspondent for The Times. Free link. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

Electrek: Tesla influencers tried Elon Musk’s coast-to-coast self-driving, crashed before 60 miles Hit debris in the road. Car kept going-after bouncing off the debris. Model Y had a broken sway bar bracket and damaged suspension components. electrek.co/2025/09/21/t...

WASHPOST: Surveillance in DC from the air: Nearly 80 helicopters were identified flying over D.C. as Trump crackdown continues, with the flights most intensely focused on majority Black neighborhoods. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Cliffs of Les Petites-Dalles - 1881 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9565

The #architecture is for getting to #mars and it is getting in the way of returning to the #moon quickly. A good read #NASA #SpaceX www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

This is not just about getting astronauts to the moon. it is about building the capacity to create permanent or semi-permanent settlements on other bodies in space, be it the moon or mars.

A little of reading for you....

A comment I posted on the NYT website in our reader comments about the story today. Please read the story on the website and I welcome your comments and questions and can reply. Here is a free link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Here is a video overview of our story today. U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX www.nytimes.com/video/scienc...

NEW: U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX The company’s Starship rocket, which has suffered a series of recent test explosions, is still years away from being ready for the mission, former NASA executives say. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Excellent piece. Worth reading and reflecting on Alternative title: How Mr Beast (and his feastables) Ate Brookings' Lunch "Authenticity" and emotion and niche content have largely eliminated the societal impact of expertise. React or lose even more clout.

Seeing a lot of people say Trump deleted this post. He didn’t, he just edited it to include Lindsey Halligan’s full name. The post is still up on Truth Social.

The $50k in cash paid by undercover FBI agents to Tom Homan was inside a bag from the fast casual restaurant chain Cava, the @nytimes.com reports. The sting grew out of a long-running counterintelligence investigation that had not been targeting Homan.

NEW: U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX The company’s Starship rocket, which has suffered a series of recent test explosions, is still years away from being ready for the mission, former NASA executives say. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

JUSTICE SERVED: Virginia US Attorney has told officials that his investigators found insufficient evidence to bring charges against NY Attorney General James, who pursued a case against Trump. So Trump admin now indicated it plans to fire its own appointee. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

A federal judge threw out President Trump’s defamation suit against The NYT calling it “improper and impermissible” “A complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective,” Judge Merryday wrote. “Not a protected platform to rage against an adversary.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/b...

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Tesla is trying to hide 3 Robotaxi accidents | Electrek share.google/XD7brNcFjMpx...

Tiffany Trump Cruised on an Oil Mogul’s Yacht as Her Father-in-Law Talked Oil Deals More deep investigative work from The NYT. Jo Becker reported from Istanbul and Paris; Tariq Panja from Tripoli, Libya; Bradley Hope from London; and Justin Scheck from Paris. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/w...

Given pressures on journalism, the @nytimes spends roughly 10 times as much as it did a decade ago to protect its journalists' safety, security and legal rights. A.G. Sulzberger makes that point in discussing threats to the press and democracy: www.nytco.com/press/ag-sul...

If you want to keep track of some of investigative reporting we at The NYT are doing--abt Trump, Musk, AG Bondi, EPA, Interior, etc, you can follow this account. Our coverage is not perfect. Nothing is. But we are digging every day to bring transparency/accountability www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...

Blurred lines in two multibillion-dollar deals: One involving a crypto firm founded by the Trump and Witkoff families that benefited both, the other a big sale of valuable computer chips that benefited the UAE. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

Meredith Kopit Levien said the newspaper would 'not be cowed' by the US president’s $15bn lawsuit, which she described not only as legally baseless, but as part of a campaign to intimidate independent journalism on.ft.com/41VRaJE

WSJ editorial: "Using Charlie's murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it." www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

Our story on President Trump, his aides and the crypto and UAE chips deals gets a humorous treatment on Seth Meyers, after John Lyons from Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Four Corners asked President Trump about our reporting on Tuesday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HmK... @johnthelyonsden.bsky

Get smarter. Crucial conversation with Eric Lipton the NY Times article on the Trump-UAE crypto and chips deals. www.youtube.com/live/FmE2OxG...

NYT response to lawsuit filed by Donald Trump against the newspaper and several NYT reporters. share.google/oTnqn8SIgHFV...

Times response to Trump’s lawsuit: “This lawsuit has no merit. It lacks any legitimate legal claims and instead is an attempt to stifle and discourage independent reporting. The New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation tactics.“

An @nytimes investigation finds staggering levels of insider dealing: The Trump administration confers benefits on the UAE (despite security concerns) as the UAE confers riches on the Trump family. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

Banks of the Seine at Jeufosse, Autumn - 1884 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9956

Great reporting; astounding corruption. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

This NYT investigation by Eric Lipton, David Yaffe-Bellany, Bradley Hope, Tripp Mickle and Paul Mozur involved reporting from Washington, New York, London, Dubai, San Francisco and Taiwan and three months of work. Here is a summary of the reporting. Both links free www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...