- Trump takes oath of office but forgets to put hand on Bible (washingtonpost.com)
- Trump Vowed a Crackdown on the Mexican Border, but It’s Already Quiet (nytimes.com)
- Fake news is driving us apart amid disaster — but slanted news is slowly drowning our democracy (salon.com)
- New Details Emerge in Cybertruck Explosion, but Motive Is Still Unclear (nytimes.com)Man Who Died In Tesla Cybertruck Explosion Was Highly Decorated U.S. Army Green Beret (huffpost.com)
- TikTok Engineered Its Shutdown to Get Saved. But Trump’s Solution May Fall Short. (nytimes.com)
- The Consumer Price Index rose 2.9 percent from a year earlier – but a measure of underlying inflation is more encouraging (nytimes.com)
- Typical Fascist: Kristi Noem Used Troops for Border Protection, but Not for Flood Aid at Home (nytimes.com)
- California Wildfire: Their Homes Are Intact, but the Damage Inside Is Unbearable (nytimes.com)
- Billed as nonaddictive, new pain pill could soon win FDA approval – but questions remain (washingtonpost.com)
- L.A. Was Prepared for Serious Fires. But It Wasn’t Ready for Four. (nytimes.com)LA issues new evacuation order as thickening smoke prompts ‘health emergency’ (theguardian.com)Palisades Fire moves toward Brentwood in ‘significant’ shift (washingtonpost.com)‘We’re in a New Era’: How Climate Change Is Supercharging Disasters (nytimes.com)
