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Democrats Have Been at War With Oil Barons for Too Long

admin4 May 2025

It’s been a brutal three months for the American oil and gas industry. Oil prices have dropped to their lowest level since 2021, below what most shale companies need for new drilling to be profitable. China recently halted imports of American ...

How Much Land Is Enough? N.Y.C. Ends Buying Spree of the Catskills.

admin4 May 2025

Since 1997, New York City has purchased more than 1,800 properties to protect its drinking water. No longer.

Mental Health Care at Trump’s V.A.: Hallways, Closets and Crowded Rooms

admin4 May 2025

In a Boston V.A. hospital, six social workers are conducting phone and telehealth visits with veterans from a single, crowded room, clinicians say. In Kansas City, providers are planning patient care while facing each other across narrow, cafeteria ...

Trump Battles Academia, but Especially the Ivy League

admin4 May 2025

There it was for all to see, President Trump’s tangled relationship with the Ivy League, delivered in a burst at his rally in Michigan on Tuesday night. “He’s the top,” the president said of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity doctor he chose to oversee ...

Biden Aides Decided Against a Cognitive Test in Early 2024, Book Says

admin4 May 2025

His White House advisers considered giving him such a test to prove his fitness for a second term, but they worried it would draw new attention to his age, according to a forthcoming book.

As Gaza Siege Grinds On, Gazan Children Go Hungry and Patients Die

admin4 May 2025

It has been more than 60 days since Israel ordered a halt to all humanitarian aid entering Gaza — no food, fuel or even medicine. As the phone calls pour in, Muneer Alboursh, the director general of Gaza’s health ministry, is running out of answers ...

A Conclave Like No Other

admin4 May 2025

There are so many unfamiliar faces, cardinals are wearing name tags. The Vatican guesthouse for out-of-towners coming to choose the next pope is overbooked. Daily Vatican meetings have taken on the feel of theological speed-dating sessions. “The ...

Where Would Hollywood Find Its Guillotines or Pay Phones Without Them?

admin4 May 2025

When the Netflix series “Wednesday” needed a guillotine recently, it did not have to venture far. A North Hollywood prop house called History for Hire had one available, standing more than eight feet high with a suitably menacing blade. (The business ...

Los migrantes atrapados en México que buscan volver a casa

admin4 May 2025

Bajo el sol abrasador de la mañana, una multitud inquieta se agolpaba ante un funcionario de inmigración en un remoto rincón de México, cada una rogando por tomar un vuelo de salida. No intentaban llegar a Estados Unidos, como muchos de ellos habían ...

Francis Opened Discussions to Those Outside the Church Hierarchy. This Cardinal Would, Too

admin4 May 2025

Cardinal Mario Grech comes from Malta, but is known to cardinals around the world for his role as the secretary general of an advisory body of bishops.