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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Today's Headlines

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Politics

Trump can’t seem to quit Senator Elizabeth Warren. Here’s the latest reason why.

Warren has been pounding away at President Trump for failing to fulfill his campaign promise to lower everyday prices. Continue reading →

War on Harvard

Harvard Kennedy School now expects most international students to be back on campus for the fall

Given the threats by the Trump administration, Harvard had a backup plan to let its international students study outside the US if they were not allowed into the country. Continue reading →

Politics

In Mississippi, one of the neediest states, Trump’s federal funding cuts hit with extra heft

Some Mississippians are concerned about their future quality of life in a state with one of the worst income inequality issues in the country. Continue reading →

AI/Robotics

‘Who am I tipping now?’ As AI increases sales at Fenway Park and TD Garden, workers are left feeling underpaid.

AI is not only reducing the number of people needed to handle certain tasks, but it’s also changing the work they do, and the amount they earn. Continue reading →

World

With moves on West Bank and Gaza City, Israel defies global outcry

Israel on Wednesday approved new settlements in the West Bank and announced that it was moving ahead with plans to take over Gaza City, bucking international criticism and defying growing support for the creation of an independent Palestinian state. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Fewer people are reading for fun, study finds

There is evidence that reading for pleasure has been declining since the 1940s, the researchers said, but they called the size of the latest decrease “surprising." Continue reading →

Nation

Both parties expect a GOP map in Texas to clear a big hurdle in a national fight over redistricting

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives kicked off a heated debate over a new congressional map creating five new potential GOP seats, Continue reading →

Politics

President Trump says Smithsonian focuses too much on ‘how bad slavery was’

The comments come a week after the Smithsonian was told it has 120 days to adjust any content that the administration finds problematic. Continue reading →

The World

World

NATO defense chiefs hold ‘candid discussion’ on security guarantees for Ukraine

NATO defense chiefs held a “candid discussion” Wednesday about what security guarantees they could offer Kyiv to help forge a peace agreement Continue reading →

World

No food, no water, a broken leg: How an American hiker survived a week in Norwegian wilderness

Almost everything had gone wrong on Alec Luhn's solo hike in a national park in Norway. Continue reading →

World

Paris residents fight overtourism of beloved Montmartre neighborhood

From Venice to Barcelona to Amsterdam, European cities are struggling to absorb surging numbers of tourists. Some residents in one of Paris’ most popular tourist neighborhoods are now pushing back. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

‘Everyone closed the door on us’: Kids in Gaza need medical treatment, and US should help

The Trump administration stopped issuing humanitarian visas after far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns about “pro-Hamas” Gazans entering the United States. Continue reading →

Columns

Why is Trump working so hard to help Wu win reelection?

The administration’s threat of serious consequences unless Boston tosses its immigrant-friendly policies hands the mayor a national platform to defy him. Continue reading →

Letters

Echoes of FDR, Stalin, and Yalta at Anchorage summit

An ill and weakened President Roosevelt was manipulated by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Nearly 50 years of Cold War ensued. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

A rust art belt: Corroded cars, farm relics adorn yards and fields