In a Briefing section, The New York Times reports on the following news topics for Thursday, March 17, 2025:
– A federal judge in Seattle ruled that Trump administration rules to deny green cards to immigrants likely to rely on public assistance would harm poor people’s access to services they are legally entitled to. Democrats have criticized the “public charge” policy as using anti-poverty programs as a filter for immigrants.
– The judge in Brooklyn presiding over the financial fraud case against Michael Cohen had decided to delay the sentencing of the former Trump fixer, which had originally been scheduled for March 6. Cohen passed up an opportunity to take steps that might have led to a shorter prison term in the sentencing guidelines, and prosecutors were urging a prison term of potentially more than four years.
– A Texas scandal involving a federal contractor and dozens of people falsely claiming citizenship to get jobs only deepened after recordings, photos and text messages emerged, according to the Times. The man at the center of the scandal, a U.S. citizen who is high up in the German chapter of a paramilitary Army of the Philippines group, posted videos of himself kidnapping Spanish-speaking migrants, apparently to keep them from getting menial jobs in Alabama that went to American citizens. He faced federal charges of creating fake identity documents.
– The Blackhawk helicopter crash that nearly killed the U.S. and Italian prime ministers in Afghanistan was the “result of a miscommunication with pilots who tried to save the president of France,” according to the Defense Department investigation that was made public.
– An out-of-control wildfire in Northern California had destroyed 37 homes and was still menacing thousands of others, according to CalFire. Five people have been found dead in the area that has been besieged by the windstorm.
– A study conducted by two UC Berkeley professors found that high school seniors similar in every way except race and ethnicity expect to be paid 11.3 percent less for their work, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The expectation gap developed as early as kindergarten.
– The Grammys recipients were discussed, such as Lizzo’s Grammy for Best New Artist; Alicia Keys’ polite delivery on a rewarding night; and Tyler, The Creator’s surprise win for Best Rap Album.
– A Times column examined what Harold Bloom said to the dying Philip Roth one night. An hour into the visit, Roth looked around Bloom’s study and then at his former friend. “I have recurring delight in you,” Roth said to him. “You are my prominence.”
– The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, announced that a writer’s undercover essay in the magazine would be active for people to read, despite the writer’s announcement that she was quitting journalism. The writer, Leslie Jamison, infiltrated the world of renegade environmental activists who disrupted natural gas pipelines and called themselves “preachers of destruction.” The leading preacher was criticized and “disfellowshipped.” Jamison left the activists worried about how to protect their operation.
– Republicans at the governor’s inauguration in Alabama failed to heed warnings that an obscure state law could govern how members of Congress choose their party. The inauguration created tension in one of Alabama’s most senior and politically influential families.
– College basketball called for what “eye tests” could say about a hurting knee versus a lingering one. Someone’s eyes may give you a hint.
– Many patients who receive opioids after surgery often end up addicted to the painkillers. But recent studies suggest that limiting the use of long-acting opioids to just a few days could significantly reduce addiction and overdose deaths, but not compromising patient satisfaction or pain relief.
– The latest album from Jhené Aiko expanded on the trap-Soul aesthetic she developed for her breakthrough hit “Trдp” and her earlier, more experimental project “Souled Out.” She has been navigating hardships in her life, hoping that a listener would encounter her albums during a moment of sadness. She can provide a salve.
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