MONOCLE ON SATURDAY (March 29, 2025): UK correspondent for Austrian magazine ‘Falter’, Tessa Szyszkowitz, joins Georgina Godwin following her trip to Silicon Valley to discuss today’s #TeslaTakedown protests and the local backlash to Jeff Bezos’s Venetian wedding.
Plus: Monocle’s Toronto correspondent, Tomos Lewis, explores independent bookshop Flying Books at Neverland. Then: Sanjoy K Roy and Anand George discuss food and music at the inaugural Voices of Faith festival.
The president has targeted firms that he claims have “weaponized” the legal system. On Friday, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale fought back in court, while Mr. Trump said he’d reached a deal with Skadden to avert an executive order.
The 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, in a country already torn by war, was felt across Southeast Asia, and experts warned there could be tens of thousands dead.
With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.
A central dictum in the Trump White House is that Joseph R. Biden Jr. is to blame for just about anything and everything.
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (March 28, 2025): The 3.30.25 Issue features Nicholas Casey on Germany and the remains of its fascist past; Charles Homans on the strange popularity of the Unabomber’s manifesto; Bruce Schoenfeld on the ways baseball analytics are changing the game for starting pitchers; Jonah Weiner on the comedy of Andy Kaufman; and more.
As the German right ascends, the nation is still grappling with its fascist past — and how to handle its remains.
Why has pro baseball made it so hard for today’s pitchers to achieve greatness? By Bruce Schoenfeld
Amid a changing game, the voice of the Mets since 1995 has anchored its fans to a shared identity. By Joshua Dubler
NATIONAL REVIEW MAGAZINE (March 28, 2025): The May 2025 issue features ‘Trade-Offs’ – The knock-on effects of Trump’s tariffs…
And protectionism is a utopian dream. Dominic Pino
Make the cuts, but follow the law. Dan McLaughlin
THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (March 26, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Ties That Bind’ – Can the West break free from the US?
Spotlight | How the world forgot about Sudan
As territory is won and lost by opposing military forces, people grasp at scraps of normality. But the country is undergoing the world’s most severe humanitarian catastrophe, reports Mark Townsend from Khartoum
Science | The moral question of prolonging a pet’s life
Many cat or dog owners would happily pay for medicines that help their four-legged friends to live longer, and the biotech industry is cashing in. But is it the right thing to do? Joel Snape investigates
Interview | Amanda Knox: ‘This is my story’
Ten years ago, the American was f inally cleared of the brutal murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. But is Amanda Knox really free? She talks to Simon Hattenstone
Opinion | The broken bond between Canada and the US
With the US president now warmer to Moscow than to Ottawa, it’s little surprise the Canadians Andy Beckett met on a recent visit rolled their eyes at the decline of the special relationship
Culture | Reappraising the reputation of Paul Gauguin
The French artist has been tarred as a colonialist who gave syphilis to underage girls in the South Seas. But author Sue Prideaux has made discoveries that challenge this picture
BY DAN FREEDMAN
War plan or battle plan? Classified or not? The answers to those questions amount to a distinction without much of a difference.
The disclosure of battle plans on a chat app created a new predicament for the defense secretary.
The chat’s contents, which were obtained by The Atlantic after its editor in chief was added to the Signal group, provide a revealing look at private conversations between top Trump administration officials.
The administration had tightened regulations on kits that can be easily assembled into nearly untraceable firearms.
Democrats denounced the country’s top intelligence officials for “sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior” for discussing secret military plans in a group chat.
Trump officials have demanded more European military spending and questioned the continent’s values. Leaked messages show the depth of the rift.
The deal was limited, and it was not clear when or how it would start. The Kremlin also demanded some Western sanctions be lifted first.
People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system.
FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE (March 25, 2025): Introducing Foreign Policy’s Spring 2025 Print Issue – Billionaire Rule
Here’s how life could change for the rich, poor, and everyone in between. by Jodi Vittori
When great changes are afoot, we look for a user manual. There will be new patterns of living and new expectations for the future. The rapidly developing corruption landscape in the United States will be no exception.
The world’s richest man wants to apply the rules of physics to politics. What could go wrong? by Adam Tooze
Elon Musk is the richest person in the world—one of the richest in history. But Musk’s power is no longer just tied to the financial wealth derived from Tesla, X, or SpaceX. Musk, by virtue of his close relationship with President Donald Trump, has been given a sweeping mandate to influence policy across the entire U.S. government through the newly founded Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). His life as an entrepreneur sheds important light on his work as a political actor.
Both have harnessed industrialists for political ends.
The party does not grant impunity to the ultra-rich.
The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by President Trump and Elon Musk’s allies and employees who hold government positions. Supporters say he has the best technology.
A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil war broke out two years ago. The scale of how much has been lost was inescapable.
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
The evolution reflects a growing bipartisan agreement that American families are struggling and something has to change.
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