As lawyers for Rumeysa Ozturk continue to fight for her release, Tufts University has filed a declaration in federal court in Boston supporting Ozturk's motion for release. It's the first time an American university publicly stands behind a detained international student:

If Dems pursue this (stay tuned) Republicans will try to disarm it again. Last time the public didn't hear about that because the R's snuck it in at the last minute while the press were fixated on the CR. This time people should understand the stakes of that vote when it comes.

Paul Krugman on BBC: “This is the biggest trade shock in the history of the world”

I like how the race finish was steamy because of the runners’ heat! #NYRR

Highlighting two phrases from Sen. Cory Booker on The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast just now: “the disappearing of people off American streets” the idea of “sedentary agitation” vs. getting off your couch and doing something

How Princeton University is navigating the loss of federal funding npr.org/2025/04/06/nx-…

"Three sources confirmed the candidate is a former NYPD officer with a military background, but none of the sources disclosed the name except to say it was an Italian-sounding name." Newsday Opinion newsday.com/opinion/the-po…

Beautiful motto on a Sven Moving truck: “We lift things up and put them down”

Today is my last at the Baltimore Sun after 24 years. Thanks to every colleague, editor, source and reader who made it fun and hard and helped me get better. It hurt to watch a great civic institution crumble, but I got to do the work I wanted for the paper I grew up reading.

Incredible word heard on "Fresh Air": kerflooey

Trump I: I didn’t get the U.S. into any wars Trump II: Trade war on the world

Hi New York Road Runners, what years do the apple mile markers harken back to?

Deliberately exposing yourself to high-quality thinkers who disagree with you is the best way to continually pressure-test your beliefs, it’s also the opposite of what fundamentalism in all its forms suggests you do (cloister together with people who believe “correctly”)

Only Trump could make Harvard the underdog.

President Donald Trump plans to replace acting IRS commissioner Gary Shapley three days after he was selected for the position. The development comes amid an increasingly public spat between Elon Musk and Treasury Department officials. wapo.st/4jfpiXc

What we know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/k…

Today in New York I drove behind a yellow delivery van for Mensch Lumber

No Suffolk-to-Suffolk flights forthcoming. Sad. newsday.com/long-island/to… Newsday

Reporter: “In your second call with the president, did Mr. Trump outright say or insinuate at any point that Canada should become the 51st state?” Canadian PM Carney: “He did not.”

Street sweeper comes through, smoker promptly finishes cigarette and throws it in the street