NYTIMES (Julie Creswell and Kevin Draper) - A Must for the Next Food Craze? Be ‘Social Media Gorgeous.’
The ascent of ube has little to do with the purple yam’s taste or Filipino origins. It’s the color, flavor experts say.
NYTIMES (Kellen Browning and Matt Zdun) - On Social Media, Democratic Politicians Are Letting the F-Word Fly
In person, on social media and in campaign ads, Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at President Trump.
NYTIMES (Chris Hippensteel) - In a Deep Red Town In Pennsylvania, Locals Vent Over a Planned ICE Detention Center
The Tremont, Pa., area has roughly 2,000 residents and limited resources. The Trump administration plans to convert a warehouse there to hold nearly four times as many people.
NYTIMES (Nicholas Nehamas, Allison McCann, Steven Rich, Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz) - How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations
Judges are ordering an unprecedented number of people deported after coming under significant pressure from the administration to do so or risk losing their jobs.
NYTIMES (Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Ian Stewart and Yeganeh Torbati) - A ‘Messy’ Cease-Fire, and a 15-Year Sentence for the ‘Ketamine Queen’
Plus, the latest country planning to ban social media for teens.
NYTIMES (Jeff Sommer) - Markets Have Faced a Year of Chaos and Still Done Awfully Well
Most stock investors have lost money during the Iran war, but returns have been splendid for the year since the “Liberation Day” tariff announcement.
NYTIMES (Peter Eavis) - Is the Strait of Hormuz Reopening? What to Know Under Iran-Cease Fire.
Vessels are wary of passing the coast of Iran in the strait, given the fragile agreement, and the number of ships traveling through it has even dropped.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Safia Samee Ali) - Diddy to ask for immediate release in appeal hearing
His attorneys are challenging his 50-month federal prison sentence, calling it a “perversion of justice.”
WASHINGTONPOST (Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Lydia Sidhom) - Colleges cut spending, raise funds as new loan limits for parents loom
A cap on the amount families can borrow through the federal Parent Plus program has some colleges and universities, especially HBCUs, scrambling for ways to fill the gap.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Vice President Vance: Iran Ceasefire 'a fragile truce', oil prices drop - The Hill | NEWSNATION
Host Blake Burman discusses the latest developments around the ceasefire with Iran. Today, Vice President Vance called the ceasefire 'a fragile truce' as the Trump Administration laid out its goals, including opening the Strait of Hormuz and getting rid of Iran's enriched uranium. Meanwhile oil prices saw their biggest drop since COVID.