Politics
Protectionism Serves K Street and Hurts Main Street
The lobbying industry has exploded under Trump’s tariff regime. Source link
Swedan Margen
Swedan Margen contributes to L'Officiel Lifestyle with a focus on business and entrepreneurship.
Swedan covers business developments, emerging companies, entrepreneurial stories, and trends influencing industries and the broader economy.
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Politics
Navigating the GOP Divide over Artificial Intelligence
The key is to draw a line between AI architecture and AI applications. Source link
Culture
Peter Strausfeld, the Movie-Poster Master
Some deserving names, though, are still obscure, and that is why an exhibition at Poster House, on West Twenty-third Street, running until…
Business
Barging blindly into Singapore’s construction boom could be a bust for some investors
Those dipping their toes in now are no longer buying the boom, but betting that these companies can manage their costs FOR years,…
Business
MiniMax shares surge 25% as optimism over Chinese AI firms grows
MiniMax Group shares surged in Hong Kong, buoyed by growing investor confidence in the technology offered by China’s generative artificial…
Politics
No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight
Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that…
News
Bistrot Ha Is the Right Kind of Restaurant Evolution
A little more than a year ago, after running a successful pop-up called Ha’s Đặc Biệt, the chefs Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha opened…
Politics
Pentagon allegedly used Claude AI in raid to capture Nicolas Maduro
The U.S. military reportedly used Anthropic's AI tool Claude in its operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.…
News
“Love Story” Is a Forgettable Elegy for Gen X
Schlossberg was not by any means alone in shading the Murphy show while it was in production. C.B.K., as she is called, is the love object…
News
Feds open a perjury probe into ICE officers' testimony about the shooting of a Venezuelan man
Federal authorities have opened a criminal probe into whether two immigration officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis…
Politics
Trump Should End the FDA’s 25-Year Cover-Up on the Abortion Pill
Mifepristone has not gotten safer; the FDA has just gotten more political. Source link
Culture
New York’s Museum of Sex: Serious, Sly, Fun, and Funky
A collection on sex through the ages explores its power, delights — oh, and there’s plenty of paraphernalia. Source link
News
Losing Faith in Atheism
If I was still in search of beliefs, many atheists would object, I hadn’t really gotten over my religious upbringing. A good atheist deals…
News
A Tour Through Central Park’s Cruising Grounds
Tress’s new book, “The Ramble, NYC 1969” (Stanley/Barker), and a related exhibition currently at the Clamp gallery, in Chelsea, makes me…
News
Judge rules ICE can't make warrantless arrests at some churches
A federal judge said Friday that ICE's policy of allowing arrests at churches tramples on religious rights, and he issued an order…
Business
Rivian finds a way to shine even as the EV market struggles in the dark
Rivian shocked the market with strong earnings results, proving itself an outlier in the electric vehicle market, which has been…
News
Parents who blame Snapchat for their children's deaths protest outside company's headquarters
Standing in front of Snap’s Santa Monica offices, parents clutched photos of their children who died from taking fentanyl-laced pills…
Business
“Crime 101” Is an Enjoyably Moody Exercise in Michael Mann Lite
Those qualities bind him, in a spiritual sense, to Lou, who can’t suppress a quiet admiration for the criminal he’s pursuing, and also to…
News
The Myth of the Perfect Writer’s Room
In touring the history of writerly spaces, “The Writer’s Room” elegantly describes the rooms kept by Maya Angelou, Charles Dickens, Joan…
News
Whodunnit: The Upstate Murder-Mystery Weekend
Cupid gets his main-character moment this weekend. We asked New Yorker staffers to help build a playlist befitting his romantic mission.…
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Business
A Terrifying Scam and the System That Made It Possible
Burch tracks these cases, and has conducted her own research on plaintiffs’ experiences. Her findings are sobering: plaintiffs almost…
Celebrity
Charli XCX Misses the Moment
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News
Instagram boss defends app from witness stand in trial over alleged harms to kids
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge threatened to throw grieving mothers out of court Wednesday if they couldn’t stop crying during…