“Sounds like someone’s about to become the FIFA secretary of homeland security,” Stephen Colbert joked after President Trump fired Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, announcing her new role as “special envoy for the Shield of the Americas.” Here's a recap of other late-night moments.
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Lionel Messi and Inter Miami visited the White House on Thursday. “It’s my distinct privilege to say what no American president has ever had the chance to say before: Welcome to the White House, Lionel Messi,” President Trump said.
President Trump's remark about Iran and the USS Cole bombing 25 years ago has raised new questions in the longest running death-penalty case at Guantanamo Bay. Jury selection is scheduled to start June 1st.
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Breaking News: The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper, is being sold to the European media giant Axel Springer for 575 million pounds, or $766 million, its owners said.
From @theathletic.com: Hikaro Kudo came to the Tokyo Dome with his mother and brought his glove, hoping to catch a home run ball.
He ended up retrieving Shohei Ohtani’s historic grand slam on Friday at the World Baseball Classic.
Gas prices in the U.S. jumped seven cents to $3.32 a gallon, on average, hitting the highest level on Friday in a year and a half. The spike is the latest in a series of increases since the start of the war led by the U.S. and Israel against Iran.
Marion Cunningham’s Lemon Pancakes
These spectacular pancakes are made with cottage cheese, lemon peel and beaten egg whites, which makes them puff up like a soufflé. nyti.ms/47imy7t
From @theathletic.com: With the weight of a nation’s expectations and a stadium full of fans there to see him, Shohei Ohtani delivered. He blasted a grand slam as part of a 10-run outburst for Samurai Japan to begin its World Baseball Classic title defense.
Wide angle of an MLB pitcher. Quote reads: "No league has actively made it more difficult to watch their games than MLB has over the last 10 years. It discourages fans from tuning in." Attribution reads: Daniel O., an MLB fan, on the viewing experience.
From @theathletic.com: Baseball has been revitalized by rule changes, but according to our readers, not everything has gotten better.
The legal web of MLB's regional sports network contracts continues to subject nearly 40% of fans we polled to blackouts: nyti.ms/4bazaia
Job growth fizzled in February, with U.S. employers cutting 92,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticking higher.
The daily Connections game shows a 4x4 grid of words.
How did you do in Connections today? Players must select four groups of four words without making more than three mistakes. nyti.ms/47f9Jee
NEW: Trump appointees in the State Dept. failed to urge Americans to leave the Middle East even though the US & Israel had been planning their war for weeks. Thousands are now frantic amid missile barrages. Rubio pushed out many veteran diplomats last year. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...
As Gov. Hochul pushed for auto insurance reform, her robotaxi plans took a backseat, in part to appease labor groups that hate the driverless tech. Here’s how the two car policies got tied together
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The Israeli military said it was pounding Hezbollah targets in the densely populated southern outskirts of Beirut while also striking Tehran, after the U.S. military said its campaign was sharply degrading Iran’s ability to retaliate.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“By trying to silence journalists, autocrats and aspiring autocrats hope to make the world ignore what they are doing. The rest of us should refuse to do so,” the editorial board writes.
Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican accused of coercing a staff member into a sexual relationship before she killed herself, said he would not seek re-election.
The Mariners’ anchor at first: How Josh Naylor got Seattle’s successful offseason started early www.nytimes.com/athletic/708...
Lev Parnas, a key figure from President Trump’s first impeachment who later turned against him, plans to run for Congress in Miami as a Democrat.
There is a joke so hilariously macabre in HOPPERS that I simply have to mildly stan (also I enjoy lugubrious beavers, so sue me)
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Minutes before the Senate filing deadline, Senator Steve Daines of Montana withdrew his re-election bid and an ally jumped in. Even some fellow Republicans criticized the 11th-hour switch.
Great wines are coming from the unheralded San Luis Obispo Coast. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/d...
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
”Respect never seemed to be part of the equation” between Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, Michelle Cottle writes. “It’s hard to respect someone so eager to remake herself for your attention.”
The Kakapo, which is reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, is found only in New Zealand. It feeds on the fruit of the rimu tree. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/s...
Nearly half of all new colorectal cancer cases now occur in adults under 65, signaling a major shift in the demographics of the disease, according to new data published by the American Cancer Society.
Just as longevity experts are concerned with “health span,” or the number of years one can remain truly healthy, some doctors and sex therapists have been studying “sex span,” or how long one can have a thriving sex life.
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How Presidents Seized the Power to Start Wars
Presidents have sidestepped Congress to launch limited military strikes for decades. Trump’s decision to attack Iran is an aggressive escalation.
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The kakapo, a critically endangered parrot species that can be found only in New Zealand, are mating at a record pace this year, making the most of one of the best bumper crops in decades of the fruit from coniferous rimu trees, according to scientists.
NEW: Tension between rare disease families and the FDA are rising as the agency closes the door on a series of new drugs:
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Amy Griffin, a best-selling memoirist, was sued on Wednesday by a former classmate who contends that Griffin’s story of being sexually abused — as she described in her book, “The Tell” — was based on assaults the classmate herself suffered at their Texas middle school in the 1980s.
NEW: Dozens of states have sued the Trump administration over its tariffs -- again. This time, they're challenging his new, 10 percent tariff on most imports, saying he didn't meet the criteria under law to impose the tax www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...
