Victor Emanuel, Revered Birder and Pioneer of Ecotourism, Dies at 84
Victor Emanuel, a renowned birder whose adventures around the world in pursuit of imperial woodpeckers, red-crowned cranes and other avian wonders were chronicled by George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen and Rose…
The Tech Behind Signalgate + Dwarkesh Patel’s ‘Scaling Era’ + Is A.I. Making Our Listeners Dumb?
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, we dig into the group chat that’s rocking the Trump administration and talk about…
Trump’s Tariffs Leave Automakers With Tough, Expensive Choices
Automakers can respond to President Trump’s new 25 percent tariffs on imported cars and parts in several ways. But all of them cost money and will lead to higher car…
How a Crypto Craze Swept An Argentine Town
At a backyard barbecue in San Pedro, Argentina, last May, Rafael Flaiman spotted a friend wearing a light blue blazer that looked a little too snazzy for the occasion. He…
Russell Vought, Trump’s Budget Chief, Wants to Cut ‘Woke’ Spending
Years before President Trump returned to the White House, his budget chief, Russell T. Vought, began mapping out a plan to shrink the federal government. In Mr. Vought’s design, spending…
Xi Jinping Meets Global Business Leaders Amid Trade Tensions
Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, met with executives of Saudi Aramco, BMW, Toyota Motor, FedEx and dozens of other foreign companies at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing…
Trump Moves to End Federal Union Protections Across Government
President Trump instructed a broad swath of government agencies on Thursday to end collective bargaining with federal unions, a major escalation in his effort to assert more control over the…
Friday Briefing – The New York Times
U.S. auto tariffs raised the risk of a global trade war President Trump’s plan to impose a 25 percent tariff on cars and parts has sent a shudder through the…
After Crash, F.A.A. Change Requires All Aircraft at Reagan to Broadcast Positions
All aircraft flying near Ronald Reagan National Airport will now be required to broadcast their positions to air traffic controllers, the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration told a…
CoreWeave Scales Back Ambition for Its I.P.O.
When CoreWeave, the cloud computing company vying to become the first major artificial intelligence start-up to go public, filed paperwork for a public listing earlier this month, it was a…