DAILYCALLER (Leena Nasir) - Pedro Pascal Locks Lips With Stephen Colbert On ‘The Late Show’
'I got jealous'
NYTIMES (Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart, Patricia Cohen and Colby Smith) - China’s Growing Leverage Over the U.S., and How Oil Companies Hit the Jackpot
Plus, a surprise reversal in the Murdaugh murder case.
DAILYCALLER (Amber Duke) - DUKE: Fraud Awakening
The gravy train is finished.
NYTIMES (Shaila Dewan and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs) - Prospect of Alex Murdaugh Retrial Puts Rural South Carolina Back in Spotlight
The State Supreme Court cited a local court clerk in reversing the result of one of the most-watched murder trials of the last decade. It has raised painful memories in the state’s Lowcountry region.
NYTIMES (Ken Bensinger) - Conservative Influencers Tap a Nonprofit to Pay for Their Security
A charity is raising money to provide security, arguing that protecting some of right-wing media’s biggest stars is a public good.
NYTIMES (Troy Closson) - In a City of Big Dreams, Many Young Adults See a Cloudy Future
A bleak job market. Rising rents. Huge debt. In New York and other cities, traditional milestones of adulthood feel further away for some 20- and 30-year-olds.
NYTIMES (Emma Bubola) - Argentina Races To Find Origin of Hantavirus Outbreak
The scientific investigation into the origin of cruise infection has become entangled with international finger pointing.
NYTIMES (Aatish Taseer and Maxime Fossat) - How Taiwan Became a Refuge for Buddhism
A Sinicized form of the religion has been preserved on the island, where daily life itself now sometimes seems like an exercise in Buddhist practice.
NYTIMES (Aatish Taseer and Tomoko Yoneda) - In Thailand, Buddhism Is Twinned With Political Power
In Thailand, where it’s the state-sanctioned religion, practices have proved to be surprisingly mutable.
NYTIMES (Aatish Taseer and Keerthana Kunnath) - Life, Death and Rebirth in Nepal, the Land of the Buddha
Starting at the birthplace of Buddhism, a writer traces how its teachings spread across Asia, transforming the continent forever.