Month: February 2025

Chris Murphy Emerges as a Clear Voice for Democrats Countering Trump – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/chris-murphy-democrats-trump.html ​ ​ The third-term senator from Connecticut is

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/europe/trump-zelensky-ukraine-comments.html A look at how the war in Ukraine began, the state of the peace talks and why the country isn’t holding elections. Feb. 19,

Saying ‘women’ is not allowed, but ‘men’ and ‘white’ are OK? I’m (not) shocked | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/15/trump-banning-words-women ​ ​ Arwa Mahdawi

Trump Team Leaves European Alliance in Crisis; Macron Calls for Emergency Summit – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/us/politics/trump-europe-alliance-crisis.html Trump Team Leaves Behind an Alliance in

State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/trump-tesla-musk-cybertruck.html ​ ​ The department plans to buy armored Tesla

Trump’s Actions Have Created a Constitutional Crisis, Scholars Say – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/politics/trump-constitutional-crisis.html Law professors have long debated what the term means. But

A California Battery Plant Burned. Residents Have Gotten Sick, and Anxious. – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/california-battery-plant-fire.html ​ ​ Heavy metals detected in the soil

Opinion | Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers, Timothy Geithner, Jacob Lew, Janet Yellen: DOGE Is a Threat to U.S. Democracy. – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/opinion/treasure-secretaries-doge-musk.html

Trump Orders Halt to Aid to South Africa, Claiming Mistreatment of White Landowners – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/trump-south-africa-aid-white-landowners.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share ​ ​ The president ordered that

The Trump Executive Orders as “Radical Constitutionalism” https://executivefunctions.substack.com/p/the-trump-executive-orders-as-radical Much more than “test cases” may be at stake in Trump’s aggressive claims of presidential authority Bob