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☆ Takeaways from Biden and Trump’s dueling visits to the border
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Michael Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden and his political opponent Donald Trump both agree: The situation along the US-Mexico border needs to change. “Join me – or I’ll join you – in telling Congress to pass this bipartisan border security bill,” Biden said, addressing Trump directly. “The United States is being overrun by the Biden migrant crime,” Trump said in Eagle Pass, adding that Biden has “the blood of countless innocent victims” on his hands. “We work for the American people.”Addressing Trump, Biden said: “So instead of playing politics with the issue, why don’t we just get together and get it done?”It’s an unlikely prospect. Biden previously signaled openness to Republican-favored concessions in order to get the border bill passed.

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☆ Go Ahead and Double the Greens in These Recipes
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Mia Leimkuhler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Mia here, the newsletter editor for New York Times Cooking, filling in for Emily. I am a grown woman who enjoys eating her vegetables. I say this not as a terrifically awkward introduction, but as a reminder to myself. Which is why I’ve begun seeking out — and cooking on repeat — recipes that welcome increasing their vegetable matter, particularly those good-for-you leafy greens. Am I effortlessly upping the nutritional and virtuous content of my easy dinner?

Persons: Mia, Emily, I’ve Organizations: New York Times

☆ What I Read and Watch to Decompress
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Amanda Taub | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

“India’s Daughters,” the special newsletter series that I created with my colleagues Emily Schmall and Shalini Venugopal Bhagat, premiered last week. There will be a new chapter on Friday, and you can catch up with the first installment here if you missed it. Longtime readers will probably guess that “Pride and Prejudice,” by Jane Austen, is at the top of my decompress-and-disconnect list. As someone who isn’t a particularly fervent fan of even real tennis matches, I find fictional ones pleasantly untaxing. I want to hear about things you have read (or watched or listened to) that you recommend to the Interpreter community.

Persons: “, ”, Emily Schmall, Venugopal Bhagat, I’ve, Jane Austen, that’s, Lydia Bennet, Witch, Melinda Taub, Amal El, Mohtar, “ Beckham, ” Netflix’s, David Beckham, Will, Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Nora Ephron, Margot Miller, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr Organizations: The Times, Times, Wimbledon Locations: Israel, Gaza, Geneva, ”, “ Beckham, Easton , Md

☆ Winning is all that counts at Ryder Cup, until it isn't
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Mitch Phillips | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Since the Ryder Cup began in 1927 there have been only two tied matches. There followed a series of terrifically close matches but only in 1989 at The Belfry did one finish level at 14-14 with Europe retaining the title having led 14-10 only to lose the last four singles. In cricket I think retaining the Ashes is a big thing. You have a completely new team, for instance, at the Solheim Cup, and they tied. Perhaps the best approach is that of US Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis, who reviewing the draw that was an effective defeat, decided to view it as a victory anyway.

Persons: Ryder, Marco Simone Golf, Zach Johnson, Phil Noble, Jack Nicklaus’s, Tony Jacklin’s, ”, “, ‘ jeez, Rory McIlroy, we’ve, Justin Rose, doesn’t, Max Homa, I've, I'm, Justin Thomas, Englishman Tyrrell Hatton, Stacy Lewis, Mitch Phillips, Toby Davis Organizations: Country Club, Ryder, Team USA, Rights, Solheim, Britain, Royal, U.S, Cricket, US Solheim, Europe, Thomson Locations: Rome, Italy, Spain, Europe, Britain, Ireland, Medinah, Toledo

☆ Fitch US credit downgrade: Former Treasury secretaries react
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The US economy is resilient, but policymakers need to take the long view on the country’s fiscal challenges, three former Treasury secretaries told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday. “But it’s in some ways a very important wake-up call.”The downgrade came after a last-minute bipartisan deal in June that suspended the US debt ceiling until early 2025. I strongly disagree with Fitch’s decision, and I believe it is entirely unwarranted,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is preparing new rules that could restrict investment in certain sectors in China, according to reports. When asked about US-imposed tariffs on China, Paulson said “we are working to close markets at the same time that China is doing business with more and more of the world.”“China is a major, major competitor,” he added.

Persons: CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, ” “, ”, Henry Paulson, George W, Bush, Janet Yellen, Paulson, “, ” Timothy Geithner, Geithner, ’, ” Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton, Zakaria, Biden, –, Jennifer Hansler, Gan, Juliana Liu Organizations: CNN, Fitch, AAA, Treasury Department, Capitol, Poor’s Locations: United States, China

☆ A Fast, Fresh Pasta for Those Perfect Peak Tomatoes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Melissa Clark | More About Melissa Clark | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Add to cooked pasta, garnish with a handful of basil and dinner is done. I’ve been making tomato salads almost every evening, and I have to admit I’ve grown weary of my olive-oil-salt-basil minimalism. Kay Chun’s Thai-style crunchy vegetable salad, with its dressing of fish sauce and lime, turns out to be the perfect antidote. Peak summer is also peak slow cooker. It’s fancier, richer and less sweet than American icebox cakes, though you’re permitted to skip the chocolate curls on top.

Persons: I’ve, Kay Chun’s, Kay, they’re, Sarah DiGregorio’s, Genevieve Ko’s, Moka Dupont, It’s, you’re Locations: French

☆ Opinion | My Daughter Was So Alive. How Can She Now Be Gone?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Sarah Wildman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Seeing old friends recently I joked, dry-eyed, about the wonder and terror of the first seven days of Jewish mourning — the shiva — being like a sort of cocktail party in hell. The night before, at a lovely restaurant, apropos of nothing at all, I started weeping into my food and ran to escape the table. I could see myself there, some 40 months earlier, talking to her teacher about the strange pain keeping my daughter from class. In the early days, her hurt was so raw we could just barely keep hold of her in its tumult. Hana worried that she was so angry with God that God would be angry with her.

☆ The Masters were caddied by only Black men for nearly 50 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Located just three miles from The Masters venue, the historically Black district lay adjacent to Augusta Country Club. Eventually, many would hop across Rae’s Creek to begin work at Augusta National. A “good bag” at Augusta National would pay up to $5, Maben said, offering $20 for a particularly lucrative day’s labor. The 1983 Masters saw the first White caddies walk the greens at the major, with just 19 Black caddies on the bag, Clayton said. This year, the Lucy Craft Laney Museum will put the legacy of Augusta’s Black caddies – quite literally – center stage.

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☆ Sony's movie chief talks China censorship, upcoming game adaptation 'Gran Turismo,' and how his studio is preparing for a potential Hollywood writers' strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Claire Atkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

It was a long-term deal so I don't think we have to confront that yet, but it's gone terrifically for us, actually. If you don't want to compete, don't come in. Can you talk about the synergy with the Whitney Houston movie — she was a Sony Music artist — or "Gran Turismo," a Playstation game? Do you wish HBO Max's "The Last of Us," which is also based on a Sony Playstation game, had been a movie? A lot of big movies come out of it.

☆ 'The Fabelmans' review: Steven Spielberg spins his own super-director origin story
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —“The Fabelmans” allows Steven Spielberg to turn his coming-of-age memories into what amounts to a super-director origin story, recalling both his complicated family life and early love of movies and filmmaking. It’s a deeply personal chronicle from one of cinema’s greatest talents, yielding a movie that features wonderful moments within a somewhat scattered narrative. The film opens with the young Sammy Fabelman seeing his first movie, “The Greatest Show on Earth,” in 1952. “The Fabelmans” isn’t a blockbuster, but it’s a window into what influenced a director who has given us countless screen memories over his storied career. “The Fabelmans” premieres in select US theaters on November 11 and expands to wide release on November 23.

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