The Chinese economy lost some momentum in July, backing the case for policymakers to snap out of wait-and-see mode and stimulate growth.https://www.wsj.com/world/china/chinas-economy-lost-some-steam-at-start-of-third-quarter-7ffd156f
Here’s what to know as critical farmlands get dragged into the country’s devastating civil war.https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/sudans-famine-enters-dangerous-new-phase-5752dad4
Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been around as long as the District of Columbia itselfhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-1973-dc-home-rule-act-enabled-the-nations-capital-to-govern-itself-with-congressional-oversight-180987180/
The piece resembles another found in the same area four years agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-archaeology-student-found-a-medieval-gold-artifact-during-her-first-dig-180987185/
When humans work in large teams, they become less individually effective. But each ant grows more efficient when collaborating—a discovery that could help engineers build better robotshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/weaver-ants-use-teamwork-to-become-superefficient-building-complex-nests-from-leaves-with-extra-pulling-power-180987186/
The 5,700-year-old remains exhibit signs of human consumption, including bite marks and traces of cutting, cremation and boilinghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bones-found-in-spanish-cave-suggest-this-neolithic-group-butchered-and-cannibalized-rival-community-180987182/
The family of Austin Tice marked the 13th anniversary of his disappearance in Syria with calls for government officials to do more to locate the missing American journalist.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/08/14/austin-tice-13-anniversary-event/
The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/world/europe/trump-putin-alaska-summit.html
The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacting budget cuts of more than $1 billion.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/politics/trump-washington-dc-crime-police.html
The armed and masked agents assembled outside a museum where the governor was speaking in what Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called “a provocative act.”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/newsom-la-immigration-agents.html
The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the courts.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/texas-democrats-return.html
The nonprofit will receive less revenue from its members, which are under pressure to make up for shortfalls of their own.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/business/pbs-budget-cuts.html
In a petition, alumni, faculty and members of the public asked Harvard to stand up to the White House. The school has signaled a willingness to pay $500 million to restore research funds.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/harvard-petition-trump.html
The Trump administration had asked states to certify that their schools did not practice “illegal D.E.I.” and threatened to cut off billions of dollars from schools that did not comply.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/politics/trump-dei-schools.html
As he runs a long-shot third-party bid for re-election, Mayor Eric Adams is proposing an aggressive approach, favored by conservatives, of combating open drug use.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/nyregion/adams-involuntary-drugs-treatment.html
The City Council is likely to override most of Mayor Eric Adams’s recent vetoes. Still, the mayor seems eager for a fight over bills affecting grocery delivery workers and street vendors.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/nyregion/eric-adams-veto-instacart.html
A cognitive scientist, she used the language of computers to explore the nature of human thought and creativity, offering prescient insights about A.I.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/science/margaret-boden-dead.html
To be one nation, we have to embrace ground-up social change.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/opinion/trump-democrats-resistance-reform.html
Also, an experimental treatment for chronic pain showed promise. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/briefing/trump-putin-talks-chronic-pain.html
We’ve been envisioning how some of today’s biggest dilemmas could transform the city. We’d like you to imagine with us.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/nyregion/future-of-new-york-reader-callouts.html