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TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT – MAY 30, 2025 PREVIEW
“The dollar plays a similar role to that of the English language in global commerce”, writes Edward Chancellor in his lead review of three books devoted to American financial supremacy. “Both enjoy network effects: the more they are used, the more others are obliged to use them.”
By Martin Ivens
King Dollar’s shaky throne and fall
Can the world’s dominant currency survive Donald Trump?
‘Literature is the antidote to numbness’
What questions should today’s writers and artists be asking? Responses from authors at the Hay Festival and the
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS – JUNE 5, 2025 PREVIEW
Daniel Trilling
Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilisation by Richard Seymour
Letters
Galen Strawson, Rachel Hammersley, Colin McArthur, Jeremy Whiteley, Richard Davenport-Hines, Terry Hanstock, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, George Anderson, Koldo Casla, Martin Rose
Ed Kiely
Short Cuts: University Finances
Susan Pedersen
Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War by Sheila Fitzpatrick
Neal Ascherson
A Quiet Evening: The Travels of Norman Lewis by Norman Lewis, introduced and selected by John Hatt
Jeremy Harding
Paths to Restitution
THE NEW YORK TIMES – WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2025
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
Paul Walczak’s pardon application cited his mother’s support for the president, including raising millions of dollars and a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary.
Chaos Mars Opening of Israeli-Backed Aid Distribution Site in Gaza
Starvation looming, desperate Palestinians surged toward an aid center that Israel says was designed to circumvent Hamas.
U.S. Will No Longer Recommend Covid Shots for Children and Pregnant Women
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upended decades of standard protocol in announcing that the vaccine would be dropped from the immunization schedule for healthy children.
The New York Times – Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Europe Secured a Tariff Delay From Trump, but Can It Now Make a Deal?
Officials from the European Union and the United States will start a new negotiating push, after President Trump delayed until July 9 tariffs of 50 percent.
Trump’s Comments on Gaza Reflect Israel’s Growing Isolation
For months, Israel’s strongest allies had been reluctant to join a wave of global censure against the war. Now, even the Trump administration appears to be growing impatient.
50 Years After Saigon’s Fall, ‘the Wall’ Reflects and Collects a Nation’s Trauma
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a place of unexplainable power, many visitors say. Volunteer guides often speak of it as “Wall magic.”
The New York Times – Friday, May 16, 2025
Supreme Court Wrestles With Limiting Judges’ Power in Birthright Citizenship Case
The justices heard arguments on whether a federal judge in a single district can block Trump administration policy across the country.
The Road to Trump’s Embrace of White South Africans
The Trump administration’s hostile approach to South Africa was shaped by a convergence of factors.
Trump’s Pledge to the Middle East: No More ‘Lectures on How to Live’
In Saudi Arabia, the president denounced Western intervention and nation-building, garnering both praise and eye rolls.
Trump’s Pledge to the Middle East: No More ‘Lectures on How to Live’
In Saudi Arabia, the president denounced Western intervention and nation-building, garnering both praise and eye rolls.
Trump’s Pledge to the Middle East: No More ‘Lectures on How to Live’
In Saudi Arabia, the president denounced Western intervention and nation-building, garnering both praise and eye rolls.
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The New York Times – Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Trump’s Plan to Take Jet From Qatar Heightens Corruption Concerns
The second Trump administration is blowing through limits on the mixing of public office and personal benefits.
Not Just More Babies: These Republicans Want More Parents at Home
As the Trump administration shrinks federal child care programs, Republicans are backing policies they hope will allow more parents to scale back at work.
Chasing Tax Cuts, Trump and Republicans Want to Make States Pay
G.O.P. leaders are exploring cuts to federal aid, leaving some states fearful that their budgets cannot absorb billions of dollars in new costs.
The New York Times – Tuesday, May 13, 2025
U.S. and China Agree to Temporarily Slash Tariffs in Bid to Defuse Trade War
The White House backed off from the steepest levies, as the costs of an all-out trade war with China threatened global economic growth.
White South Africans Granted Refugee Status by Trump Arrive in the U.S.
President Trump had halted essentially refugee admissions on his first day in office before creating a pathway for Afrikaners, a white ethnic minority that ruled during apartheid.
Trump, Pressed on Qatari Jet, Says Only ‘Stupid’ People Reject Gifts
The president grew angry when questioned about the ethical implications of accepting a luxury jetliner from a foreign government.
The New York Times – Sunday, May 11, 2025
Trump Seeks to Strip Away Legal Tool Key to Civil Rights Enforcement
President Trump has ordered federal agencies to halt their use of “disparate-impact liability,” which has been used to assess whether policies discriminate against different groups.
Pope’s Childhood in a Changing Chicago Tells a Story of Catholic America
The pope grew up in a Catholic enclave on Chicago’s South Side. That community is gone now.
Leo Lived Here: The Price Goes Up for the Pope’s Childhood Home
After Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected to become the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, offers began flooding in to buy this modest house outside Chicago, the real estate broker said.
India and Pakistan Announce Cease-Fire but Clashes Persist
President Trump also announced the truce, saying it had been mediated by the United States, although only Pakistan quickly acknowledged an American role.
The New York Times Magazine – May 12, 2025
Can Whitney Wolfe Herd Make Us Love Dating Apps Again?
The Bumble CEO has returned to run the struggling company she founded, and says she has a plan for getting Gen Z back By Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Why Do More Police Officers Die by Suicide Than in the Line of Duty?
His friend and fellow cop killed himself. Then he nearly became a statistic as well. Why do more police officers die by suicide than in the line of duty? By Jamie ThompsonCreditDanny Wilcox Frazier for The New York Times
The Surprising Ways That Siblings Shape Our Lives
Parents try everything to influence their children. But new research suggests brothers and sisters have their own profound impact. By Susan Dominus
The $200 Billion Gamble: Bill Gates’s Plan to Wind Down His Foundation
In a wide-ranging interview, he explains his decision —
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