Sunday, February 4, 2024

Reading archive 2024-02-04

Patty Hearst was kidnapped 50 years ago. Was she a victim or terrorist?

A Taylor Swift endorsement? It’s delicate.: Democrats are eager to catch some reflected light from the massive star. But using Swift’s support to move votes could be tricky.

When Joe Biden lost his purpose: Between his son’s death and his presidential run, Biden cast about for meaning

Senate negotiators release sweeping border and military aid bill: The $118 billion national security package is a top priority for President Biden, but faces stiff opposition from former president Donald Trump and his allies

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and a MAGA Meltdown: The fulminations surrounding the world’s biggest pop icon — and girlfriend of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce — reached the stratosphere after Kansas City made it to the Super Bowl.

In Kenya, the king of the jungle faces a new challenge — ants: Researchers said big-headed ants started an “ecological chain reaction” in a Kenya conservancy, impacting lions and other animals - "Big-headed ants kill native acacia ants, which protect trees from elephants and other herbivores in Kenya — one of a few African nations with a sizable lion population — by swarming into the animals’ nostrils and biting when they try to eat the trees’ leaves, branches and bark. 

"As acacia ants have dwindled, elephants have been able to knock down and eat more whistling thorn trees. With fewer trees, lions have lost the cover they rely on to stealthily attack zebras, their primary prey."

Luxury spending, internal strife leave NRA staggering into 2024 election: Even as civil trials drain the NRA’s finances, the gun-rights movement remains a powerful force on the right

The ‘runt’ of Trump cases now likely to be his first criminal trial: A trial about 2016 hush money will be the first criminal charges to test Trump in 2024

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