Harris says she regrets not expressing her concerns about Biden running for a second term when most Americans felt he was too old for the job: "I have and had a certain responsibility that I should have followed through on." www.yahoo.com/news/article...

In her first interview since losing last year, Harris calls Trump "a tyrant who is using the federal government to execute his whim and fancy because of a fragile ego" and faults law firms, media companies and others for "capitulation." @maddow.msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Harris’s account of tension with Biden in her new book is revealing, intriguing and even sensational. But it is not uncommon. Many presidents and vice presidents over the years have fallen out. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

ABC says Jimmy Kimmel will return to its airwaves tomorrow, ending an impasse that began last week and touched off a furor over the Trump administration's attacks on media institutions. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...

Former Biden aide Michael LaRosa on what happened when he spoke out in ways his old team didn't like: "The same bullies who claimed to serve a president who despised bullies were sending me a message: shut up or we’ll humiliate you. www.foxnews.com/opinion/harr...

Erika Kirk publicly forgives the man who killed her husband. “I forgive him because it is what Christ did,” she said. “The answer to hate is not hate.” Everyone stood in applause. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Trump calls Charlie Kirk the “greatest evangelist for American liberty” during a memorial service, joining a parade of speakers who hailed Kirk as a “martyr” and vowed to carry on his mission promoting an explicitly conservative Christian vision of the US. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

The shadow fleet that Russia uses to evade sanctions and sell oil accounts for about 17% of all in-service oil tankers sailing the ocean today. There were 940 ships in the fleet as of earlier this year, up 45% from a year ago. @jeannasmialek.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...

The drone incursion was the first time since World War II that the Polish armed forces had been mobilized to fight off a threat to their homeland, and the first time since NATO’s creation that allied forces had engaged an enemy in its airspace. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...

Got to read an advance copy and found "McNamara at War" to be a brilliant and thoughtful reexamination of one of the most fascinating, and tortured, figures ever to serve in Washington. It comes out Tuesday and can be pre-ordered: politics-prose.com/book/9781324... www.amazon.com/McNamara-at-...

A new book hints at an affair between Jackie Kennedy and Robert McNamara spanning JFK's death, the Vietnam War, and several marriages. An excerpt of "McNamara at War," by William Taubman and Phil Taubman airmail.news/issues/2025-...

Aides and allies present Trump's attack on free speech as an effort to stop misinformation, violence and hate speech. But Trump himself has made clear that it's not about hate speech, it's about speech that he hates, namely speech that is critical of him. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/u...

Some Europeans worry that Trump’s effort to silence liberal criticism, especially through popular pressure driven by social media, will be a model for their own far-right, populist parties, which are already bolstered by support from DC. @stevenerlanger.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...

Majorities of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of crime, immigration, tariffs, the economy, Russia and Gaza, per @washingtonpost.com @ipsosus.bsky.social poll. Overall, Trump's approval rating is 43%. @emgusk.bsky.social @sfcpoll.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

"In a single generation, the combined economic weight of the countries that escaped Russia's orbit now exceeds that of Russia itself, a stunning reversal of fortunes."

One major difference between freedom and autocracy: Since 1990, the economies of former Soviet satellite nations that joined the EU have grown 9.5 times larger, more than twice the growth of Russia's economy, which is only 4.2 times larger. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Ted Kennedy Jr. takes on Robert Kennedy Jr., arguing that his cousin "is unraveling" the family's legacy of promoting immunization, expanding health care access and protecting the most vulnerable. "It will undermine the health of our children." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/19/o...

Trump set the nation on an ambitious path to return humans to the moon more than half a century after we left. China now is racing to get there too and some veterans worry whether the US will be able to win this modern space race. @mawilner.bsky.social www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Judge tosses Trump suit vs the @nytimes.com, saying it does not properly lay out a legal claim. “A complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective. Not a protected platform to rage against an adversary.” Trump has 28 days to refile. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/b...

Minutes before Harris went onstage at her debate with Trump, Biden called and told her that his brother told him that she was bad-mouthing him. "I just couldn’t understand why he would call me, right now, and make it all about himself." @katierogersnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

Trump is "conducting the most punishing government crackdown against major American media institutions in modern times, using what seems like every tool at his disposal to eradicate reporting and commentary with which he disagrees," writes @jimrutenberg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/b...

The decision by Nexstar to substitute other programming for Kimmel on its ABC affiliates comes weeks after it announced a $6.2 billion acquisition that requires approval from Trump's FCC. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...

Under threat from Trump's FCC chairman, ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off the air for remarks on Charlie Kirk that the MAGA right deemed offensive. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

Just read "When Israel Slept," a fascinating new book by Yaakov Katz and @amirbohbot.bsky.social chronicling the missed signals and missed opportunities leading up to the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas. Important and timely politics-prose.com/book/9781250... www.amazon.com/While-Israel...

While the Trumps draw billions of dollars, Biden has not capitalized since leaving office, with lucrative options eluding him amid discontent with his initial decision to run again and fears of Trump retaliation. @emilyglazer.bsky.social Annie Linskey Erich Schwartzel. www.wsj.com/politics/bid...

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...

Trump’s aggressive moves to target only his political opponents is a continuation of his attempts to wield power to punish people and institutions that power the political left or that he believes wronged him. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...

Much of the reporting at issue in Trump's lawsuit comes from "Lucky Loser," the remarkable book by @russbuettner.bsky.social @susannecraignyt.bsky.social. And as it happens, the new paperback edition comes out next week. politics-prose.com/book/9780593... www.amazon.com/Lucky-Loser-...

Just last night, AG Sulzberger delivered a timely speech on the importance of a free press: "When journalists are kept from providing independent information to the public, it becomes far easier for those in power to act with impunity." www.nytco.com/press/ag-sul...

Proud to work with Michael Schmidt @susannecraignyt.bsky.social and @russbuettner.bsky.social, who are stellar journalists and colleagues, and to work for AG Sulzberger, one of our generation's most stalwart champions of free speech. www.nytco.com/press/the-ne...

One of the thrills of my life was meeting Redford once and speaking on a panel with him. It sounds like a cliche but he could not have been nicer, more down to earth or humble. He wore stardom lightly, as they say.

For those of us who grew up in the 1970s and '80s, Redford defined the idea of movie star in classics like "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting" and "Out of Africa." And no surprise, "All the President's Men" remains to this day my favorite movie of all time.

RIP Robert Redford, the iconic leading man of our era, who brought vivid characters to the screen and managed to come across as a regular person at the same time. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

Justices reject assumptions about their partisan leanings. But a study of the emergency docket confirms that conservatives were much likelier to favor the Trump administration and liberals much likelier to favor Biden's. @adamliptak.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

Unemployment, worker pessimism, inflation and the deficit are all heading up while consumer sentiment is down. Yet the stock market has continued its climb, with the S&P 500 index closing Friday up more than 12% on the year, just shy of a record. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Homicides, robberies and carjackings all fell dramatically during Trump's DC takeover. A @washingtonpost.com analysis also found many arrests for charges like having an open alcohol container, fare evasion and driving without a license. A look at the results. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Cox tells @kwelkernbc.bsky.social the suspect in Kirk's assassination became "radicalized" and had a "leftist ideology," adding that he was in a romantic relationship with a partner who is transitioning from male to female. @meetthepress.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

Withdrawing from the War on Cancer: an extraordinarily successful scientific research system that took decades to build, saved millions of lives and generated billions of dollars in profits is being dismantled in short order. @jonathanmahler.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

"He gave me the confidence to be able to believe what I believe": Charlie Kirk's clear if occasionally caustic answers to issues cut through, particularly for young men coming of age at a time of social isolation and lives increasingly lived online. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Moscow sends a drone into Romanian airspace, the second Russian incursion into a NATO country in recent days. The drone was tracked for 50 minutes before leaving without causing casualties. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/w...

“The left has declared war on America,” Steve Bannon says. “Trump is a wartime president now focused on eradicating domestic terrorists like ANTIFA."

While other presidents typically try to lower the temperature in moments of national crisis, Trump turns up the flames. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

Loan estimate from a credit union classified an Atlanta residence that Lisa Cook sought to buy in 2021 as a "vacation home," raising questions about Trump's assertions that she misled lenders. @tonyromm.bsky.social @bencasselman.bsky.social @colbylsmith.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/b...

Even before Moscow sent drones into Polish airspace this week, Russian sabotage operations in Europe more than tripled from 2023 to 2024, as the West supported Ukraine in fighting the Russian invasion. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/w...

International air travel to the US is down 7% from 2024 amid Trump's immigration crackdown, according to @axios.com analysis. Visits from Canada, which has been regularly assailed by Trump and threatened with annexation, are down 25% year to date. www.axios.com/2025/09/13/t...

Right-wing influencers and at least one Trump official are encouraging people to expose those seen as celebrating Kirk's assassination, leading to suspensions, firings and investigations. @alanfeuer.bsky.social @kenbensinger.bsky.social @poojasalhotra.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/u...

Trump says a person is in custody in connection with the killing of Charlie Kirk and while he cautions that his information is preliminary adds that it is “the person we’re looking for.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Yes, your morning jolt has gotten more expensive. Coffee prices are up nearly 21% over the past year, partly because of Trump’s punishing tariffs on Brazil and Vietnam. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/b...

"While others were praying for a sane conversation" about how to end political violence across the spectrum, Trump and his allies "defined the crisis differently: it was about the American right under siege—and what Trump was going to do about it." @sbg1.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Brazil's Bolsonaro convicted of overseeing a failed conspiracy to overturn the 2022 election and sentenced to 27 years in prison. Ana Ionova @jacknicas.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...