For most of 2026, Donald Trump has been engaged in a bizarre cold war with congressional Republicans. They desperately want to enact legislation on, or at least signal their deep concern a… More »
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As global leaders gather in Dalian for Summer Davos, the official theme, “Innovating at Scale,” will naturally draw attention to artificial intelligence, energy transition, supply chains and the next phase of China’s economy. These are the right conversations. Yet there is another question running beneath them: why do so many Western companies, investors and commentators
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In January, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed Davos and said what many business leaders were already feeling but hadn’t yet named. “Let me be direct,” he told the room. “We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.” He called it the end of a pleasant fiction—decades of deepening global integration built
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Grants aims to help residents of all ages, especially older adults, improve how they live, move, and stay connected in their neighborhoods through innovative local projects New York, NY—AARP today announced 23 organizations throughout New York will receive 2026 Community Challenge grants. Marking the program’s 10th anniversary, the grants are part of an $8.3 million
New York has always thrived when local communities are empowered to shape their own economic future. Whether it is manufacturing, housing, energy infrastructure, tourism, or technology investment, the decisions that affect a community’s future are often best made by the people who live and work there. That is why the Legislature’s decision to advance a
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Summer’s finally here, and it’s when I love reading the most, whether lying out by the pool or on the beach, or tucked in at night with the AC blasting. Summer days are longer, and I just want to relax and sink into a feel-good book with heart and depth—and maybe even have a little
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Building on the success of Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, Mark Zuckerberg is now on a quest to make A.I. wearables fashionable. Yesterday (June 23), Meta unveiled a new in-house line simply called Meta Glasses, starting at $299. While still produced with Ray-Ban parent EssilorLuxottica, the new glasses drop the Ray-Ban branding entirely. Central to that
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Among the more ambitious shows on the busy May art calendar in New York, “Ghost Stones,” by Kansas City-born, San Francisco-based artist Stephen Lichty, on view at YveYANG Gallery, particularly stood out. Lichty pursues a singular investigation into the sculptural medium, beginning with the material intelligence of nature itself and moving from there into the
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President Trump’s summer is off to a terrible start. The lineup for the Great… More »
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The U.K. government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan, published in early 2025, committed to embedding A.I. across public services at speed. NHS England has accelerated its digital transformation agenda. Dozens of local authorities are piloting generative A.I. for casework, procurement and citizen services. Internationally, the pattern is the same. But there is one problem with
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