Job Growth Last Year Was Far Worse Than We Thought. Here’s Why Revised data Wednesday showed the U.S. economy generated far fewer jobs in 2024 and 2025 than was initially estimated.

The government has dramatically lowered its estimates for how many jobs the economy generated over the past two years.

Immigrant whose skull was broken in 8 places during ICE arrest says beating was unprovoked Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account.

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account. n.pr/4bHoZDU

Astrid on PBS, The Residence on Netflix, The Pitt, and We are Lady Parts.

Washington Post CEO Quits After Cuts That Led to Bezos Backlash Washington Post Chief Executive Officer Will Lewis resigned, days after the newspaper laid off several hundred staffers in a move that triggered a backlash against billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.

Washington Post Chief Executive Officer Will Lewis resigned, days after the newspaper laid off several hundred staffers in a move that triggered a backlash against billionaire owner Jeff Bezos

Homeland Security's Kristi Noem faces rising calls for her firing or impeachment A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Noem must go.

"What she's done in Minnesota should be disqualifying. She should be out of a job," said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. https://to.pbs.org/4q8vT8P

Read the email Amazon is sending to laid-off employees as it cuts 16,000 corporate roles The notifications state that employees will receive full pay and benefits for 90 days.

The notifications state that employees will receive full pay and benefits for 90 days.

The Ecuadorian Foreign Affairs Ministry says an ICE agent tried to enter the country’s consulate in Minneapolis on but was blocked by its staff.

We’ll be right over here: Europe’s populists sour on Trump Also on the daily podcast: India’s homegrown dating apps and ecological insights that are worth their salt

“The more brazen Trump’s threats become, the greater a political liability he could be.” Sophie Pedder tells “The Intelligence” why Europe’s populists are souring on him

"On Saturday, hours after federal agents killed [Alex] Pretti, a group of CEOs opted to spend Saturday night at a private White House screening of the Amazon MGM Studios-produced “Melania” documentary about the first lady," writes Allison Morrow. |
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Tim Cook attending a private White House screening of the documentary Melania hours after ICE killed a man suggests horrible judgment, or worse, cowardice (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)

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A Reckoning for the Tech Right Silicon Valley’s top CEOs have been noticeably silent after the Minneapolis shooting.

Hours after the Minneapolis shooting, Tim Cook was schmoozing with Trump at the White House—showing that the titans of Silicon Valley are still not distancing themselves from the president, argues Lila Shroff.

In response to the killing of two U.S. citizens by federal immigration officers, Apple CEO Tim Cook sent a note to his staff praising Trump for “his openness to engaging on issues that matter to us all”

'Your eyes don't lie.' Trump, ICE, a death and a turning point In an era of smartphones, Americans don't have to believe federal officials or journalists. They can watch what happened for themselves.

In an era of smartphones, Americans don't have to believe federal officials or journalists. They can watch what happened for themselves.

The Battle for Minneapolis As Donald Trump brings his retribution to a liberal city, citizens, protesters, and civic leaders try to protect one another.

How residents of Minneapolis are closing ranks to protect one another from Donald Trump’s retribution after a second fatal ICE shooting. www.newyorker.com/news/dispatc...

“A Godsend”: ProPublica’s Rx Inspector Tool Is Helping People Find Critical Safety Information on Generic Drugs Health care workers are changing how they counsel patients. Experts are using our database to support their research. And some consumers report they’ve discovered troubling records at the factories wh...

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica built a tool to show you.

Here’s how Rx Inspector has helped patients, doctors and researchers so far.

Walz: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal government that can kill, injure, menace and kidnap its citizens off the streets or on the side of a nurse at the V.A. who died bearing witness to such government

Trump Says Administration Is ‘Reviewing Everything’ About Minneapolis Shooting In an interview, the president says immigration-enforcement officers will “at some point” leave the area.

Exclusive: In an interview, Trump said his administration is “reviewing everything” about the Minneapolis shooting.

Agree. Hard no.

In 2015, Rep. Tom Tiffany voted for unlimited amounts of money to flow through parties and committees into individual campaigns.

Now, he's criticizing Big Money spending in Wisconsin elections.

A reminder for Rep. Tiffany: actions speak louder than words. #wigov

I just read this out loud to my wife. If you have a spouse or partner, try it, especially if they don’t know what’s coming. Hearing it out loud makes the bonkers-ness sink in.

Reading this to unsuspecting people should be a TikTok meme.

ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology OpenAI responds to lawsuit claiming its chatbot encouraged California teenager to kill himself The maker of ChatGPT has said the suicide of a 16-year-old was down to his “misuse” of its system and was “not caused” by the chatbot. The comments came in OpenAI’s response to a lawsuit filed against the San Francisco company and its chief executive, Sam Altman, by the family of California teenager Adam Raine. Continue reading...

ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology

Trump, GOP Head Into Thanksgiving Without Obamacare Premium Fix President Donald Trump decamped to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida late Tuesday for the Thanksgiving holiday with any effort to control spiking health care premiums — a key issue for Republicans whose economic appeal to voters has waned since last year’s election — still very much in flux.

Trump and lawmakers haven't yet decided whether to extend Obamacare subsidies or risk angering millions of Americans, some of whom will see their premiums rise starting Jan. 1.

Trump Loses Appeal to Revive Conspiracy Suit Against Clinton President Donald Trump failed to sway a US appeals court to revive his civil lawsuit accusing Hillary Clinton and others of conspiring to tarnish his 2016 campaign with bogus claims of collusion with Russia.

President Trump failed to sway a US appeals court to revive his civil lawsuit accusing Hillary Clinton and others of conspiring to tarnish his 2016 campaign with bogus claims of collusion with Russia.

Court demands end to unjustified warrantless arrests, restricting a tool ICE frequently uses to detain immigrants Unless reversed on appeal, it is likely to place a severe restriction on ICE’s operations in Colorado.

The 66-page ruling Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson of Colorado is a comprehensive rejection of a tactic regularly used by ICE to meet quotas set by the Trump administration. (via @cprnews.bsky.social)

Whether it’s pro-Republican X accounts based in Eastern Europe and Bangladesh or pro-Democrat X accounts based in Maryland and Massachusetts, both parties have too few accounts based in Real America.

New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.

Donors to Trump’s Transition Revealed a Year Later A 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.

A year after making a public pledge to do so, President Trump disclosed a list of donors who helped pay for his presidential transition. The 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.

As Federal Support Withers, California Invests in Cheap Heat Pumps The state is allocating more than $100 million to create demand for energy-efficient technologies that renters and low-income residents can afford.

New: As the Trump administration eliminates incentives for energy-efficient appliances, California is joining New York and Boston to spur a market for affordable electric window heat pumps and battery-equipped induction stoves to decarbonize housing. Free link.
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Trump says he has called off federal ‘surge’ in San Francisco amid pushback The president made the announcement after he said he spoke with San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and with leaders of major technology companies.

President Donald Trump said that he has called off plans to send a “surge” of federal personnel into San Francisco this weekend to target crime, an announcement that came after he had a private conversation with Mayor Daniel Lurie.

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.