Ossoff: "You were talking earlier about Jared Kushner. The guy leading our diplomacy in the Middle East is bringing in billions from Middle Eastern princes and sheiks and going around the region asking for billions more while he conducts nuclear diplomacy on behalf of the country. It's obscene."

Why We Don't Know What the Hell Is Happening in Trump's War The fog of Trump's War

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He killed over 160 young girls at a school and threatened to end their entire civilization out of respect and admiration

Gas prices are at their highest level since the pandemic.

Inflation is surging.

Grocery prices are near record highs.

Housing costs are through the roof.

Does that sound like a golden age to you?

Trilliums: Treasures of Spring - Schlitz Audubon Gain new insight into the three species found here at the Center and what they tell us about ecosystem health.

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Eight Books About Women With Secret Lives Women’s lives are prone to secrets. There is so much about ourselves that we are punished for publicly acknowledging – our political and business ambitions, our desire to be rewarded for our achiev…

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Jayne Anne Phillips on Chronicling Her West Virginia Upbringing and Writer’s Journey Jayne Anne Phillips is one of the most, culturally relevant, revelatory writers of our time. She first drew attention with the shocking and distinctive stories in Black Tickets (“Her stories are ti…

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Jayne Anne Phillips, Xochitl Gonzalez, T. C. Boyle, and more: 20 new books out today! A great week for nonfiction, our week’s bounty includes a memoir by Jayne Anne Phillips, a survey of American men by Jordan Ritter Conn, and a deep dive analysis into one of the world’s…

Jayne Anne Phillips, Xochitl Gonzalez, T. C. Boyle, and more: 20 new books out today! lithub.com/jayne-anne-p...

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The media blackout of Jared Kushner’s historic, ongoing corruption scandal As Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest.

What we already know about Jared Kushner is infinitely worse, from any possible angle, than anything we ever learned about Hunter Biden. And yet the media is completely ignoring it.

Open corruption is tolerated from one of the two parties. But only one.

April 20, 2026 Late Saturday evening, Josh Dawsey and Annie Linskey of the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was so unstable and angry after learning on April 3 that Iranians had shot down an American jet that...

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Read Heather’s letters daily, but esp today.

$2M worth of stolen rare books have been returned to the Whitney family. Earlier today, the Manhattan DA’s office announced that it will formally return 17 stolen books to their rightful owners: the Whitneys. And yes, I do mean those Whitneys. The rare books in qu…

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These were the 11 most challenged books in 2025. Today, to coincide with the beginning of National Library Week, the American Library Association (ALA) has released its list of the 11 Most Challenged Books of 2025, which is part of their annual S…

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Bookselling for Modern Dystopia - Chicago Review of Books The front door to Maze Books in Rockford, Illinois sticks and bangs with a distinct double-clunking sound. Rather than updating for modern convenience, we have grown to embrace the thudding as the boo...

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‘After all the horrible things we’ve been through,’ he said to me, ‘if I die of cancer, it will make a bad story’: Siri Hustvedt on losing Paul Auster First there was the double tragedy that tore the family apart – then came a deadly diagnosis. The writer reflects on life after the death of her novelist husband

Read an excerpt from Siri Hustvedt's forthcoming memoir about her life with Paul Auster, Ghost Stories. Book releases on May 5.

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‘Deliciously dark’: how Freida McFadden’s twisty thrillers gripped millions of readers The author, who recently revealed her real name to be Sara Cohen, began writing to escape from her work as a medic, and now has a huge global fanbase

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Trump's fixation on White House ballroom is increasing, Post analysis finds The president has publicly highlighted his ballroom project on roughly a third of the days this year.

President Trump has invoked the White House ballroom on about a third of the days this year, according to a Post analysis of his public remarks and social media posts, a pace that rivals his mentions of some major policy priorities. https://wapo.st/3Quq5dp

The truck beds are nearly the same size

Can’t wait to read this one!

Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October.

Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year.

Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce.

Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

He might as well answer in Russian.

The Best Historical Novels Set in the 1980s, recommended by Eleanor Anstruther fivebooks.com/best-books/t...

It’s How Millions of Americans Afford Food. Trump Has Thrown It Into Chaos. The Toll Is Bigger Than You Realize. Imagine not being able to feed your kid because of a mistake on a piece of paperwork.

It’s How Millions of Americans Afford Food. Trump Has Thrown It Into Chaos. The Toll Is Bigger Than You Realize. slate.com/business/202...

Maine presses pause on large data centers. Will other states follow its lead? The moratorium is the first of its type to pass a legislative chamber, but about a dozen other states have pending proposals.

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The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/h...

Just finished Suzanne Simard’s WHEN THE FOREST BREATHES - highly recommend - and then started THE BEGINNING COMES AFTER END. Turns out that the first piece in Solnit’s book includes a story that was in the conclusion of Simard’s. A good sign.

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Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

The best books on Taiwan and US-China relations, recommended by Eyck Freymann fivebooks.com/best-books/t...

Spring forecast: Showers of great books for the month of April April’s top nonfiction titles include a revelatory take on Lewis and Clark’s expedition, while fiction favorites cover the latest from Tana French and Ben Lerner.

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The Best Reviewed Books of the Week Featuring Maria Semple, Gwendoline Riley, Lena Dunham, and more

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