NYTIMES (Kailyn Rhone) - Silver Prices Are Surging Even Faster Than Gold
Silver has risen roughly 60 percent this month alone. What is going on?
NYTIMES (Jonah E. Bromwich) - Trump Officials’ Use of ‘Domestic Terrorist’ in Minnesota Shootings Doesn’t Match Legal Reality
The Trump administration has used the term as a cudgel against political adversaries, especially this month to defend immigration officers who had killed two protesters in Minneapolis.
| Keywords | trumpminnesotaminneapolisdomestic-terrorismimmigrationprotesterslaw-enforcementborder-securitypolitical-narrativeus-politicslegal-definitionshootingscivil-unrestmedia-biasrule-of-law |
WASHINGTONPOST (Riley Beggin, Theodoric Meyer) - Democrats demand new ICE restrictions as government shutdown looms
After federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats say they’ll block a massive government funding package without policy changes.
NYTIMES (David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager and Farnaz Fassihi) - Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Massive Armada’ and Presses a Set of Demands
U.S. and European officials say they have put three demands in front of the Iranians, including a permanent end to all enrichment of uranium.
NYTIMES (Erika Solomon) - Iraq’s Nominee for Prime Minister Rejects Trump Threats
Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a former prime minister, was nominated to lead Iraq once again, but President Trump said he would cut U.S. support if that went ahead.
| Keywords | iraqtrumpnuri-al-malikimiddle-eastus-foreign-policywhite-houseprime-ministeriraqi-politicsdiplomacygeopoliticsinternational-relationspolitical-instabilityunited-statesmiddle-east-stability |
NYTIMES (Raymond Zhong) - Radar Scans of Antarctica Offer Clues to What’s Happening on Jupiter’s Moon
Scientists are using radar to study damaged ice both in Antarctica and, with the help of a NASA spacecraft, on Jupiter’s ocean moon of Europa.
| Keywords | antarcticaeuropajupiternasaradar-scansice-sheetsspace-explorationplanetary-scienceocean-moonsclimate-changeastronomycryospheredeep-spacescientific-researchgeologyplanetary-mechanics |
NYTIMES (Christopher Maag) - Did a Luxury Nursing Home Hold a 91-Year-Old Woman Captive?
Her memory was failing, and the $28,000-a-month assisted living facility wouldn’t let her leave. Was it protecting her from an untrustworthy guardian?
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Death toll of protesters killed in Iran's bloody crackdown keeps rising
A U.N. special rapporteur has suggested more than 20,000 may have been killed.
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NYTIMES (Carl Zimmer) - With AlphaGenome, Researchers Are Using A.I. to Decode the Human Blueprint
AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery.
NYTIMES (Nate Cohn) - What Americans Really Mean by ‘Affordability’
A few key necessities are driving dissatisfaction, particularly among the young, our poll finds.