News That Matters – Friday Edition: Powerful Earthquake Rocks Thailand, High Death Toll Feared, Wintry Weather Across North, Signalgate, Court Blocks Trump Deportations, World Trade Center Architect Dies at 83

News That Matters – Friday Edition: Trump Vents Displeasure at Fed Chairman, ‘Massive Blackout’ Hits Puerto Rico, ECB Cuts Interest Rates, Last Person Ever to Be Charged With Holocaust Crimes Dies

Good morning! Today is Friday, the 18th of April, 2025. In this issue, George looks at President Trump’s latest comments concerning Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, the “massive blackout” that just hit Puerto Rico, the death of a secretary to a concentration camp commandant, lower interest rates from the European Central Bank, and the quick denial of the Trump Administration’s appeal by the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Abrego Garcia …

News That Matters – Wednesday Edition: China Bans Deliveries of U.S. Aircraft, British Supreme Court Defines a ‘Woman,’ Fed Chairman Sees Return of Inflation Amidst Tariff War, Alzheimer’s Study in Jeopardy

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, the 16th of April, 2025. In this issue, “News That Matters” looks at China’s ban on U.S. aircraft imports, what the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meeting this week was for, the court that may hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt, and the Fed chairman’s suggestion that the Trump-enacted tariff wars will cause the return of inflation.

@IN BRIEF ON WEDNESDAY
Worthy of note: The Economist …

News That Matters – Monday Edition: Smartphones to Be Exempted from Reciprocal Tariffs, Arson Attack at Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence, China Halts Export of Rare Earth Minerals, Alzheimer’s Study in Jeopardy

Good morning! Today is Monday, the 13th of April, 2025. In this issue, “News That Matters” looks at the arson attack at the Pennsylvania’s Governor’s Residence the first night of Passover, an Alzheimer’s study in jeopardy, how China is halting the export of rare earth minerals, and Harvard’s response to the Trump administration.

IN THIS ISSUE
@BREAKING NEWS President of El Salvador Won’t Return Mistakenly Deported Man to U.S.
@PRESS TIME China Halts …

Real ID Requirement at Airports is Really Here… Almost… Enforcement Starts May 7.

Recent news headlines have contended that the Transportation Security Administration would begin to require travelers to present Real ID-compliant driver’s licenses at the nation’s security checkpoint in just a few weeks. Because the implementation of Real ID has been delayed almost as often as a college student might delay writing a term paper, many people are skeptical of this claim. Federal agencies have been making it since at least 2007, …

Happy Eastover! The ‘New Math’ of the Overlap of Passover and Easter

Since the start of the current century, the holidays of Passover and Easter have overlapped every year but four, namely in 2005, 2008, 2016, and last year, 2024.
It’s not mere coincidence that the two holidays overlap as much as they do and they arrive together almost every spring, just like blossoming tulips, and the fact that they did not do so this year almost makes it seem as if a …

@BARTLEBY ON LANGUAGE: What is the Most Beautiful Word in the World?

Donald Trump has said that “tariff” is the “most beautiful word in the dictionary.” He further stated that tariffs “make our country rich” and “cost Americans nothing.” And throughout his first months in office, he has given Americans – indeed people across the globe – plenty of cause to google that word’s definition.
For those who could not change the channel quick enough and caught President Trump’s speeches on Inauguration Day, …

Delta Reports Solid Earnings for Q1 2025

Delta Air Lines announced financial results for first quarter of 2025.
The Atlanta-based carrier, which kicked off Q1 earnings reports, reported better-than-expected first-quarter profit early Wednesday, but also said that “growth has largely stalled” amid global uncertainty around global trade.
Delta therefore plans to reduce capacity growth to align supply with demand, but said it remains “well positioned to deliver solid profitability and free cash flow for the year.”
The next major airline …