Reading archive 2024-02-13

‘It’s a bucket-list fish’: bluefin tuna are back in British seas – and so are the fishing boats

Senate passes $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package amid GOP divide: The measure, opposed by Trump and his Senate allies, faces uncertain prospects in the House as Ukraine struggles to repel Russia’s invasion

Opinion  The surge in immigration is a $7 trillion gift to the economy - "As CBO Director Phill Swagel wrote in a note accompanying the forecasts: As a result of these immigration-driven revisions to the size of the labor force, 'we estimate that, from 2023 to 2034, GDP will be greater by about $7 trillion and revenues will be greater by about $1 trillion than they would have been otherwise.'"

Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom - "It is bold men and women, yearning for freedom and opportunity, who leave their homelands and come to a new country to start their lives over. They believe in the American dream. And over and over, they make it come true for themselves, for their children, and for others. They give more than they receive. They labor and succeed. And often they are entrepreneurs. But their greatest contribution is more than economic, because they understand in a special way how glorious it is to be an American. They renew our pride and gratitude in the United States of America, the greatest, freest nation in the world -- the last, best hope of man on Earth."

Opinion  China airbrushed away its foreign minister. Why?

Opinion  Biden delivers tough love, takes historic step: Conditioning aid to Israel

Solar water heaters were cool in 1980s. They could be again.

California sea otters nearly went extinct. Now they're rescuing their coastal habitat

Grizzly Bears Are Making A Comeback: Two decades after the George W. Bush administration torpedoed grizzly restoration in the Bitterroot, the bears are returning on their own.

How D.C.’s first sobering center could ease drug and alcohol addiction: The facility, part of the District’s response to a worsening opioid epidemic, exceeded 1,000 admissions in just over three months since it opened late last year

‘The secret that tourists don’t know about’: Readers share what they love about D.C

Tesla worker killed in fiery crash may be first ‘Full Self-Driving’ fatality: Evidence suggests the advanced driver-assistance system was engaged during a fatal crash that killed recruiter Hans von Ohain in 2022 - "Though the company eventually helped cover the cost of her move back home to Ohio, Bass said, Tesla’s first communication with the family after the crash was a termination notice she found in her husband’s email."