www.npr.org A gold-colored item embossed with the word “President” sits on the Resolute desk in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 10, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP The New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan has spent the past 11 years covering President Trump through three political campaigns, his […]

Just a few days ago, I was suspended above the rainforest, looking out at a sweeping ocean view. Toucans and jungle canopy surrounded me, replacing my New York City brownstone with stays at Rancho Pacifico and Vista Celestial — two luxury hideaways along Costa Rica’s southern Pacific coast.  Though part of my family history is […]

The other 13 members on the boat returned safely to shore, and were not injured. In an earlier news conference, the fire department chief said there were 19 people on the boat, and the report received at 15:37 reported a vessel on fire. Later on Tuesday evening, he said witness accounts indicated there were 20 […]

www.aljazeera.com Ali al-Zaidi met US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday as Iraq’s prime minister. He carried the title. The power was another matter. Eleven weeks earlier, after months of paralysis, the Shia alliance which is known as the Coordination Framework had taken just 25 minutes to choose him. That sudden consensus […]

Tom Norrington Davies is a friend, fellow chef and one of the best yoga teachers I know, so you can probably imagine my pleasure on recently coming across his recipe for broad bean and mint risotto, which he wrote for The Eagle Cookbook in 2009. Like many restaurants, this legendary gastropub pods their broad beans […]