A former Wisconsin congressman and Fox Business host, Sean Duffy, was selected by President-elect Donald J. Trump on Monday to lead the Transportation Department. In a statement announcing his choice, Mr. Trump praised Mr. Duffy as a “tremendous and well-liked public servant” with the experience needed to lead the department, which has an annual budget …
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SpaceX Starship’s Sonic Boom Creates Risk of Structural Damage, Test FindsA researcher found that noise recorded miles away from the site of a recent test flight was equal to standing 200 feet from a Boeing 747 during takeoff.5 min read
SpaceX’s new Starship rocket far exceeds projected maximum noise levels, generating a sonic boom so powerful it risks property damage in the densely populated residential community near its South Texas launch site, suggests. — of the actual sound and air pressure generated by the rocket during its fifth test launch — are the most comprehensive …
On PoliticsNewsletterThe Governor Who Helped Trump Get Elected6 min read
It all seemed like a gimmick at first. A chartered bus from Del Rio, Texas, with 24 migrants on board arrived at Union Station in Washington on April 13, 2022. More buses would soon be headed there and elsewhere. Those arrivals were the opening salvo in an effort by Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, a …
Gold Watch, a Gift From Titanic Survivors, Sells for Nearly $2 MillionThe gold watch was given to the captain of the Carpathia, the ship that responded to the Titanic’s distress call and rescued hundreds of people.4 min read
It’s a fine gold Tiffany pocket watch. It probably sold for $20 or $30 when it was first purchased in 1912, and Andrew Aldridge, the managing director of the British auction house Henry Aldridge & Son, guessed that such a watch might normally bring about $10,000 at auction today. On Saturday, it sold for $1.97 …
Arthur Frommer, Whose Guidebooks Opened Travel to the Masses, Dies at 95After publishing “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day” in 1957, he went on to build an empire of guidebooks, package tours, hotels and other services.6 min readChester Higgins Jr./The New York Times
Arthur Frommer, who expanded the horizons of postwar Americans and virtually invented the low-budget travel industry with his seminal guidebook, “Europe on 5 Dollars a Day: A Guide to Inexpensive Travel,” which introduced millions to an experience once considered the exclusive domain of the wealthy, died on Monday at his home on the Upper West …
On Migration, Europe Warms to Ideas Once Seen as FringeAs in the United States, a decline in the numbers of migrants crossing borders has not stopped anti-migrant sentiments from gaining ground.6 min readSameer Al-Doumy/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Europe has been struggling for years to limit the number of unauthorized migrants entering by land and sea, instituting increasingly tough policies. Those moves now appear to be working, with the numbers of migrants crossing into European Union countries decreasing dramatically from highs last year. But despite the decline in migrant arrivals, anti-immigrant sentiment is …
Biden Asks Congress for Nearly $100 Billion in Disaster AidPresident Biden said the aid was “urgently needed” as emergency programs faced funding shortfalls after disasters including Hurricanes Helene and Milton.3 min read
President Biden urged Congress on Monday to provide nearly $100 billion in “urgently needed” aid for communities ravaged by hurricanes and other disasters in recent months, saying funding for some critical programs has either run out or is nearly exhausted. In a Mr. Biden cited the devastation he saw firsthand as he toured states like …
How Tulsi Gabbard Became a Favorite of Russia’s State MediaPresident-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the director of national intelligence has raised alarms among national security officials.7 min readHaiyun Jiang for The New York Times
In 2017, when she was still a Democratic member of Congress, Tulsi Gabbard traveled to Syria and met the country’s authoritarian president, Bashar al-Assad. She also accused the United States of supporting terrorists there. The day after Vladimir V. Putin began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ms. Gabbard blamed the United States and …
Substack’s Great, Big, Messy Political ExperimentThe newsletter start-up, which once attracted an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars. But profits remain elusive.6 min readIan C. Bates for The New York Times
In April 2023, the newsletter platform Substack received an unexpected proposal from Elon Musk, who had recently purchased Twitter. Mr. Musk put it plainly: He wanted to buy Substack. At the time, he was trying to supercharge paid subscriptions on the social network, now called X, which had long fashioned itself as a “global town …
Trump’s Signature Dance Move Finds Its Way to the Sports WorldJon Jones punctuated his U.F.C. win with Donald Trump’s shimmy, and N.F.L. players followed suit on Sunday.3 min read
The first thing to know about the Donald J. Trump dance craze is that it’s not really a craze. (Not yet, at least.) Nor, to be honest, is it a dance. What is certain, however, is that the president-elect’s signature shimmy is currently en vogue with all manner of professional athletes, imitated by at least …