WASHINGTONPOST (Meryl Kornfield) - Government watchdog still can’t identify who all worked for DOGE
Over a year after Elon Musk left the government, it remains unclear who was in DOGE and if they understood ethics rules.
NYTIMES (Kenneth Chang) - A Four-Ton SpaceX Rocket Stage Hit the Moon, but No One Saw It
Amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site. Most did not detect anything.
NYTIMES (New York Times Games) - Tell us Your Connections Tips, Strategies and Questions
We’re also looking to find out what questions solvers have about the game.
NYTIMES (Nadja Spiegelman, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mary H. K. Choi and Vishakha Darbha) - Have We Turned Personality Into Diagnosis?
Why we keep searching for new ways to explain ourselves.
NYTIMES (Michelle Goldberg) - Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right.
Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.
NYTIMES (Patricia Leigh Brown and Vincent Tullo) - It’s the Summer of Soundwalking. He Is Your Sherpa.
“We may be hearing but not listening,” Jacek Smolicki said, showing a reporter how sound travels through tree roots in Central Park and amplifying the scraping of aquatic snails.
NYTIMES (Annie Roth) - Butterflies Take Flight in Face of Climate Change and Extreme Weather
In 32 of the countries included in a recent study, at least a quarter of the native butterfly species had moved to new areas.
NYTIMES (Amy Graff) - Windy Weather Could Worsen Pacific Northwest Fires
Forecasters expect winds to pick up in eastern Washington and Oregon on Friday and Saturday, but not to be as strong as last weekend’s were.
NYTIMES (Ernesto Londoño and Hamed Aleaziz) - ICE Threatens Sheriffs In Chicago and Minneapolis With Prosecution Over Access to Inmates
In a new tactic, federal immigration officials recently started saying they would criminally charge the elected county sheriffs in Minneapolis and Chicago.
NYTIMES (Ana Ley) - Death Renews Scrutiny of Delaney Hall. Here’s What to Know.
The death of a Salvadoran immigrant at the federal detention center in Newark has raised questions about the conditions there.