Trump's message to the world: "Your countries are going to hell." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

which news org do you trust most for tomorrow's rapture coverage?

This quote is quite something. Erika Kirk on whether she wants the death penalty for her husband’s killer. From an interview with NYT’s Robert Draper.

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.

I can’t stop watching this game-saving Victor Robles catch. Out of nowhere. #mariners

Some great news for both NYT and the Pacific Northwest: @agpnw.bsky.social is taking over my job.

Charlie Kirk updates: • Kirk's spokesman says he has died. • University says "no suspect in custody." • Law enforcement officers are sweeping the campus, building by building. • Official says shooter fired from a vantage point at a building several hundred feet away. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Charlie Kirk shooting: • Attack occurred ~20 minutes after he began speaking at Utah Valley University. • A university spokeswoman says they do not know Kirk's condition. • Utah Gov. Spencer Cox: “Those responsible will be held fully accountable." • FBI responding. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

New testing data on U.S. high school seniors: • Lowest reading scores since 1992. • Lowest math scores since 2005. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

Earlier this summer, there were ~12 congressional Republicans ready to push for disclosure of all Epstein files. Only 6 were needed because all Democrats were expected to support the effort. But after Trump repeatedly called the files a "hoax," the GOP support has dwindled to only 4.

This year, movie theaters in North America had their lowest-performing summer since 1981 (excluding the 2020-21 pandemic restrictions). Below is an inflation-adjusted chart of box office revenues. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

After making millions as a commodities trader, a job he came to hate, Jonathan Kleisner joined the Fire Department as a rookie paramedic at the age of 41. Now he’s determined to be the best rescue medic anywhere.

Teens calling Idaho's suicide hotline are being told they can't proceed with the conversation without parental consent. Many of the callers are then hanging up. Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year. idahocapitalsun.com/2025/08/29/i...

Quite a day for free-market capitalism

FBI agents will need less education and receive less training as the Trump administration shifts the bureau to focus more on street crimes instead of complex cases such as financial fraud, corruption, and national security. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...

Trump expresses fear that he might not get into heaven, but he's hoping a Ukraine-Russia peace deal might help his cause. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...

Meta's internal rules for AI chatbots: "It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual." The rules also approved allowing chatbots to describe an 8-year-old "in terms that evidence their attractiveness" via Reuters: www.reuters.com/investigates...

New: Epstein victim urged FBI to investigate Trump and his relationship with Epstein during interviews with agency in 1996 and 2006. Records of these interviews could be in FBI files that Trump admin now refuses to release. @mikebaker.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...

Epstein victim: • says she spoke to FBI about people in Epstein's orbit, including Trump • says Trump came to Epstein’s office and began hovering over her • says Epstein told Trump: “She’s not here for you” White House denies her account. Full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...

A day after the Texas floods, FEMA laid off hundreds of call-center workers. Then, records show, the agency did not answer thousands of calls to its disaster assistance line. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

Cabins at Camp Mystic, the Texas youth camp where 27 people died, had long sat in a flood zone. The camp pursued an expansion project six years ago. Instead of relocating cabins to higher ground, it put new ones in the flood zone.

We have been mapping and studying the known flood risks at Camp Mystic. It turns out that not only was the camp in a flood zone, some cabins were located in areas that local county officials had deemed “extremely hazardous.” Here is more of what we found. 🧵 1/9

Oh my goodness. The latest Texas update: • 161 people are STILL MISSING. “There could be more added to that list," Greg Abbott says. • Death toll at 109. • 27 of the dead from Camp Mystic, with 6 still missing.

NEW details on Travis Decker, the man suspected of killing his 3 girls and then going on the run more than a month ago. The feds say someone might have spotted Decker in Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest.

The Texas flooding is one of the deadliest events for U.S. children that we have ever seen. 21 dead so far. More children killed than in any mass shooting, including Uvalde and Sandy Hook. It may end up killing more children than Hurricane Katrina. Unfathomable heartbreak.

Texas flood update: • At least 13 dead • At least 20 girls missing from Camp Mystic • Death toll expected to rise • Floods in the same region swept away 10 teenagers in July 1987 Live updates from my colleagues on the ground: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

Paramount has agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing of an interview on the CBS News program “60 Minutes" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...

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Classified intel assessment: • Iran's underground buildings survived • Enriched uranium was moved before bombing • Iran may have other covert enrichment sites • Iran’s nuclear program set back only a few months www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...

Even in Idaho, there is quite a turnout for the No Kings protests. Here is a pic via the Idaho Statesman. www.idahostatesman.com/news/politic...

NEW: Texas authorities have issued an alert saying there is a "credible threat toward state legislators attending today’s protest at the State Capitol." That comes just hours after an assassination in Minnesota and the cancelation of all No Kings protests in that state.

There is so much happening right now that NYT is running 5 live blogs.

All of the remaining No Kings demonstrations in Minnesota have been canceled as police hunt for the lawmaker assassin. The authorities have said they are concerned the attacker might be planning to target protests.

Note: Both houses of the Minnesota Legislature are closely divided. Before Ms. Hortman’s death, the House had been evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats have a one-person majority in the Senate.

Minnesota lawmaker shootings: • State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D), has been assassinated. Her husband was also killed. • State Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife were also shot. They underwent surgery. • Police exchanged gunfire with gunman, who then escaped. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

NEW: There is a fascinating political drama unfolding right now at Indian Creek Village, the small gated island known as the “Billionaire Bunker,” home to the likes of Jeff Bezos, Tom Brady and Ivanka Trump. It is a saga revolving around the island's 💩 THREAD (1/8) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

Shares of Tesla fell 14.3% on Thursday, as Elon Musk ramped up his public criticism of President Trump’s domestic policy bill. The plunge wiped out about $150 billion from Tesla’s market valuation. nyti.ms/4dVWWQg

This "may be" is quite something.

Stock prices: • TSLA sinks 14% • DJT sinks 8% (with a rapid drop around the time Musk said that Trump is in the Epstein files)

As the Trump-Musk feud escalates, Steve Bannon is calling for Musk to be deported "immediately." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Jeffrey Epstein secretly invested millions of dollars with Peter Thiel. The huge profits on that investment will likely go to Epstein's advisers and ex-girlfriends, not to his victims. @mattgoldstein26.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/b...

We are long overdue for a reimagining of youth baseball/softball for the youngest ages. Exhibit A: This team pitched a no hitter. They lost 16-12. 26 walks.

250 million bees have escaped after a vehicle crash in Washington State. Coincidentally (??) this crash is not far from where the "murder hornet" was discovered and eradicated in recent years.

New details on the extent of Elon Musk's drug use. The story is "based on private messages obtained by The Times as well as interviews with more than a dozen people who have known or worked with him." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

After pleading guilty to tax crimes, Paul Walczak was set for prison and $4.4M in restitution. Then his pardon application noted how much money his mother had raised for Trump. Then she attended a $1M-per-person dinner at Mar-a-Lago. 3 weeks later, a full pardon. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

The popularity of Starbucks has seen a particularly sharp drop in Seattle, the company's hometown. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

a bit outraged to find that this plane is not stocked with Cougar Gold cheese

JUST POSTED: Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and replaced with a Trump hotel. Fate of project is now up in the air. nyti.ms/3YLwORG

For the record, the courts still call it tweeting