Everyone agrees that Penn Station is a disaster, but not on how to fix it. Now a Trump-backed, multibillion-dollar plan to rebuild it offers a promising step forward.
Today’s opening is expected to draw four former presidents, as well as Bruce Springsteen, Bono and Jennifer Hudson. Chicago has seen years of planning and legal fights.
Companies — including some with no ties to New York or basketball — have posted memes, changed their avatars to Knicks blue and orange, and cheered the team in their captions.
Alexander Sokurov has questioned the Russian president about government repression but he is still controversial among his country’s exiles.
Plus, the “Obamalisk” opens.
Oil prices fell and stocks rose after Pakistan announced that the agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would take effect immediately.
Some in the president’s party were skeptical about whether the agreement he reached included adequate concessions from Iranian officials.
The agreement delays the most difficult steps for Iran for later talks, while granting it crucial benefits.
Direct testimony from the rape gang victims
The unusually large shift comes amid revelations that the president’s ballroom project will rely more on taxpayer money than the administration acknowledged.