Category: everydayblog


  • Takeaways From the Kennedy Files

    The release of about 64,000 documents about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday started a race to find a revelation, as journalists, historians and amateur sleuths scoured the pages in hopes of finding something, anything, that could be considered consequential. Instead, the big reveal was that there wasn’t much of a reveal…

  • The best wireless earbuds of 2025

    It’s hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you look, now is as good of a time as any to splurge on the pair you’ve been eyeing. The market has come a long way since the early era of true wireless earbuds when we…

  • Trump’s Ending of Hunter Biden’s Security Detail Raises Questions About Who Gets Protection

    Former Vice President Kamala Harris has Secret Service protection, at least for a few more months. Chelsea Clinton does not have a Secret Service detail anymore, though her parents, former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton, do. All of President Trump’s family members currently have protection, including his grandchildren. And while former President…

  • Former USAID employees are still stuck with their work devices

    President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn approach to the US government has thrown federal agencies into disarray, as thousands of civil servants have been dismissed from their jobs without rhyme or reason. But in the chaos of the cuts carried out by Musk’s pseudo-agency, the Department of Government Efficiency, some federal workers say the…

  • Turkey Arrests Istanbul Mayor, Key Rival to President Erdogan

    The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, one of Turkey’s most prominent opposition politicians, was arrested on Wednesday morning on charges related to corruption and terrorism, the city’s prosecutor’s office said. A large group of police officers arrived at Mr. Imamoglu’s house and took him away, and a number of his aides were also detained. Prosecutors…

  • Google’s Pixel Tablet is $120 off ahead of Amazon’s spring sales event

    The bulk of the discounts we’ve seen thus far are pretty ho-hum — that is, aside from the current promo on Google’s Pixel Tablet, which is on sale at Amazon with its speaker dock starting at $399 ($100 off) or without the magnetic dock for an all-time low of $279 ($120 off). If you prefer…

  • Trump Tests Democrats’ Resolve to Oppose vs. Their Desire to Compromise

    Over a short stretch on Tuesday morning, top Democrats showed why their reeling party still cannot agree on the best way to seize back power in Washington. From his perch on his new podcast, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California made the case for not only hearing out some of the most hard-line figures on the…

  • Google acquires cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion

    Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has announced its largest-ever acquisition, entering into a deal to buy New York-based cybersecurity firm Wiz, making it a part of its Google Cloud division. This is the company’s second attempt to buy Wiz after talks stalled last year at a lower $23 billion evaluation. Wiz is a fast-growing Israeli-founded startup…

  • Opinion | The Hidden Cost of Trump’s Trade War on China

    When President Trump placed new tariffs on China this month, he doubled down on one of his top demands on Beijing: to rein in the chemical companies fueling the illicit production and trafficking of fentanyl into the United States. Mr. Trump has long argued that China is a huge contributor to overdoses that have killed…

  • Best cheap Apple Watch deals March 2025

    In September, Apple launched its latest smartwatch, introducing the Apple Watch Series 10 alongside a black rendition of the Apple Watch Ultra 2. Each wearable has its own pros and cons, as does the second-gen Apple Watch SE, but the recent introduction of the new wearables also means there are now more Apple Watch models…