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《纽约时报》

今日天气

今日，薄雾，午后局部有雷暴，最高气温10度。今晚，浓雾，局部有暴雨，最低气温72度。晴天，偶有阳光，有雷暴，最高气温58度。天气图见A10版。

VOL. CLXXV……No. 60,967

© 2020. The New York Times Company

2020年8月5日，星期三 5, 2020

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DANIEL BLAZER / CTI / DE THE NEW YORK TIMES

放射性盐水威胁城市饮用水

鲍勃·威尔逊在俄亥俄州马里埃塔市发现冒泡的废水。这些废水本应永久深埋地下。详见A12版。

海上囚徒：

罢工困住6,000名船员

詹妮·格罗斯

彼得·伊维斯

GLOVES——“一艘商船在距离ไบรท์ทอล数英里的海域抛锚，约二十几名商船船员已进入第四个月，在人员监管下生活。

这座岛屿环绕着MNC弗朗哥尼亚号，该船12日试图通过霍尔木兹海峡时被扣押。船员来自黑山、印度尼西亚、菲律宾等国，所有人都远离家乡。他们不知道何时能获释，与外界的联系也极为有限。

“船员们除了每隔几天有30分钟的霍尔木兹时间外，没有其他通讯手段，”一位了解弗朗哥尼亚号船上情况的人士表示。

弗朗哥尼亚号上的船员只是中东地区更大规模滞留船员群体中的一部分。美国和以色列于26,日发动袭击，随后霍尔木兹海峡被封锁，国际海事组织数据显示，当时有约1,000艘船只和近20,000名船员被困。

许多船只已在条件允许的情况下冲出霍尔木兹海峡。但国际海事组织称，仍有约6,000名船员被困。他们滞留在港口，进行维护、检查货物等工作，却无法安全回家。伊朗已实施——

续见A6版

鞭笞战 美国与伊朗无法停止在冲突与谈判间循环。详见A1版

电动自行车事故频发，纽约拟推17项法案

斯蒂芬妮·陈

纽约市议会领导人周二宣布了一系列拟议法规，旨在加强对电动自行车和电动滑板车的管理，并打击非法车辆，此前发生了一系列致命事故。

该计划在市政厅外的新闻发布会上公布，包括17项将于今年秋季审议的法案。此次公布标志着塑造这些提案的漫长过程的开始，其中许多提案可能会遭到各利益集团的反对，各方对城市共享街道的看法不一。

部分法案已被提出，包括禁止销售目前合法的部分高速电动自行车；要求外卖公司注册商业执照；要求这些公司分享更多服务行程数据；限制使用未注册的嫌疑车辆；并加大对肇事逃逸骑手的处罚力度。

其他正在考虑的立法和决议还包括要求外卖应用程序提供额外保险；加强对违法者和使用最高时速可达15英里（电动自行车限速）的非法设备的执法；并推出以旧换新项目，让骑手用非法设备换取更安全的设备。

议员们还将考虑成立工作组研究街道设计改进，并考虑要求警察局提供更详细的执法统计数据。

“我们不能再等悲剧发生才成为公共安全的倡导者！”议长朱莉·豪斯周二表示，并呼吁推行一项“全面的”——

续见A19版

斯波坎毁灭性火灾

华盛顿州鲸鱼社区被摧毁，数千人被迫疏散，详见A17版。

亿万富翁、共和党金主罗纳德·劳德关闭钱袋

尼古拉斯·范多斯 报道

数十年来，亿万富翁、化妆品继承人兼慈善家罗纳德·S·劳德一直是纽约共和党人的“一人银行”。

他个人资助了一场旨在限制纽约市任期的运动，帮助支付了对该州重新划分国会选区地图的特别复议费用，并在四年前投入近15百万美元，协助共和党夺回众议院多数席位。

如今，在又一个关键选举年，现年62岁的劳德先生似乎突然关闭了他的政治支票簿，这对他在家乡培育的保守派运动可能产生重大影响。

纽约共和党面临资金空缺

根据竞选财务记录，他今年尚未向家乡的共和党人捐赠过一分钱。他长期维持的超级政治行动委员会（super PAC）——旨在推动共和党候选人和事业——也处于闲置状态。

随着联邦选举的临近，劳德先生已悄然解散了由他支付薪酬的顾问、广告制作人和其他顾问团队，这些人曾定期向其位于曼哈顿中央公园俯瞰景观的雅诗兰黛总部内的个人办公室汇报。其中一些人自1969年以来便一直追随劳德，当时他首次竞选公职。

[—原文继续见A16版—]

紧张会面

皮罗与总统

检察官称伯格姆在游泳池问题上误导特朗普

本文由泰勒·佩吉特、格伦·特拉什和凯蒂·罗杰斯联合报道。

华盛顿——乔安妮·皮罗已忍无可忍。这位以脾气火爆著称的哥伦比亚特区联邦检察官周一深夜闯入椭圆形办公室，她的前途岌岌可危，而她私下称之为“无能之辈”的内政部长道格·伯格姆则成了她的目标。

几小时前——在镜头前，从布鲁克林办公桌——特朗普总统指责这位与他相识数十年的纽约盟友兼密友皮罗“软弱如伞”“临阵退缩”，原因是她撤销了对一名被控破坏其心爱但摇摇欲坠的十字路口（一处代号为“纪念反思池”的地标）景观的州级被告的指控。

他为何如此愤怒？因为皮罗公开驳斥了伯格姆提出的一个他最珍视的叙事：破坏者——而非哥伦比亚特区政府匆忙雇佣的承包商——才是这起华盛顿地标损毁事件的元凶。

特朗普周一私下对皮罗大发雷霆。随后，他又在雪茄室里发泄了一通，但更多的是因为她可能被解雇的传言在白宫西翼不胫而走。接着，他又在周日前再次发作，最终在一场高潮迭起、面对面的白宫会面中与皮罗对质。两位消息人士形容这场会面堪比一部“现实电视剧”。

伯格姆也受邀出席，因此皮罗有备而来。她从白宫西翼入场，身着一件与其战斗精神相称的红色西装外套，手提一个装有证据的白色盒子和一个装有文件的黑色盒子。

在椭圆形办公室等候她的，除了总统本人，还有特朗普的幕僚长苏茜·威尔逊和白宫幕僚长戴维·沃灵顿。

经过约一小时的激烈交锋后，皮罗暂时保住了职位。

会面期间，皮罗一度提高嗓门，直接指责伯格姆误导了总统。

[—原文继续见A12版—]

布兰奇确认案通过关键障碍

将提交参议院全体表决

司法部长提名表决显现党争分裂

格伦·特拉什 报道

迈克尔·戈尔德

华盛顿——托德·布兰奇（Todd Blanche）曾在一项备受嘲讽的协议中扮演关键角色，该协议旨在解决特朗普总统对美国政府的诉讼，但这一角色几乎使他担任司法部长的提名受挫。周二，他在参议院司法委员会以12票赞成、16票反对的党派分裂投票通过了一项关键程序性投票。

经过一周的不确定性，布兰奇先生的提名以12票赞成、16票反对的投票获得通过，凸显出司法部在特朗普试图发起并无害化其眼中的敌人方面，两党分歧日益扩大。

布兰奇先生是总统的前辩护律师，现任代理司法部长。他在周日晚些时候与委员会中的两名共和党持异议者达成协议，打破了提名僵局。布兰奇先生发布书面保证，承诺将放弃一项拟议的18亿美元赔偿基金——该基金可能被用于支付1月6日事件的保险费用，并限制第三项授予特朗普及其家人基于税收豁免的范围。

布兰奇先生的提名现已提交参议院全体投票，最早可能于本周进行表决。目前尚不清楚——

继续阅读A13版

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一位律师为跨性别军人反对禁令的西西弗斯式抗争

格雷格·贾菲

戴夫·菲利普斯

她在最近的28, 17起案件中输掉了28起，这一连串的失败和失望是她职业生涯中前所未有的，与以往任何经历都不同。

“这是我第一次被一遍又一遍地踢屁股，”普里娅·拉希德（Priya Rashid）在电话中对另一位律师说道。

她看向第28号委托人，他正坐在听证室里，一场退役委员会的听证会即将决定是否让他离开军队。他是一名20岁的跨性别陆军上尉，名叫拉斯·普劳（Ras Prow）。

想到即将发生的事情，他做了个鬼脸。

“杰瑞。”拉希德女士说。 去年，国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀（Lloyd Austin）发布了一项命令，实际上迫使所有跨性别军人退役。许多军人都接受了五角大楼将他们强制退役的现实，并选择快速离开以获取现金补偿。

拉斯·普劳决定停止并抗争，将他们的案件提交给军方设立的特别退役委员会。

普里娅·拉希德在一场严格举行的退役听证会前。

这些委员会的运作类似于法庭程序，有律师和由三名军官组成的小组，决定是否保留或开除该服役人员。这是军方用来决定是否开除吸毒、殴打配偶或缺勤8次以上的军人的同一程序。

继续阅读A18版

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国际版 A4-9

科学与歌声中的领军人物

约书亚·杜普伊（Joshua Dupuis）是魁北克最受欢迎的民谣摇滚乐队成员之一，同时也是该省省长的首席科学家。详见A4版

渡轮悲剧暴露裂痕

圭亚那许多人在问，在该国石油经济蓬勃发展之际，为何会发生造成100人死亡的事故。详见A7版

网络专题

竞争性初选

五个州的初选拉开帷幕，包括密歇根州的民主党参议员竞选。详情请访问nytimes.com。

国内版 A10-20

特朗普的侵入性拱门

国家公园管理局发现，一座250英尺高的建筑将改变华盛顿数十个历史遗址的景观。详见A10版

体育版 B7-10

指挥官寄望丹尼尔斯

华盛顿队期待其回归的四分卫再次大放异彩。详见B7版

美食版 D1-8

善待你的番茄

我们总结了9条夏日妙招，帮助你充分利用这个季节的番茄。详见D1版

塑造一位厨师的夏天

在马萨诸塞州普罗温斯敦迎来新的第十版《安东尼·波登的紧急情况》（Anthony Bourdain’s Emergency）之际，我们重访这座小镇。详见D1版

商业版 B1-6

企业从人工智能中获得什么？

一个名为“收获”的新领域正在兴起，旨在衡量企业在人工智能上投入的大量资金的回报。详见B1版

当一位谨言慎行的高管变得健谈

记者在采访拥有权力和影响力的人物时，既要倾听，也要推动和追问。

撰文：特伦斯·麦金利

马克·扎克伯格并非为了叙旧而来电。上周，Meta首席执行官扎克伯格致电《纽约时报》科技行业记者迈克·艾萨克，因为他想传达一个关于人工智能软件性质的信息。扎克伯格表示，由两家人工智能军备竞赛领导者——Anthropic和OpenAI——青睐的闭源软件（即严格控制的软件）是行业和社会的错误方向。

作为OpenAI和Anthropic竞争对手的Meta认为，人工智能模型应以开放方式开发，以便更多人能推动技术进步。

如果扎克伯格的观点获得广泛认同，他和他的公司以及科技行业的其他参与者都将从中受益。他还接受了《华尔街日报》和《金融时报》的采访。那么，记者如何避免成为一位权势高管的传声筒？我请驻旧金山的艾萨克解释他在这类采访中的应对方式。以下对话经过了编辑。

当一位极少与《纽约时报》记者交谈的人主动联系时，你是否会问自己他为何想接受采访？

马克已经三年没有主动联系我进行公开采访了。每当他这样做时，我立刻就知道他有话要说。当时我正在密切关注开源与闭源之争。采访前，我非常清楚马克有自己的观点，而且他知道自己的话语分量。当他决定向主流媒体发声时，这本身就是一种表态，而当他想传达信息时，他知道人们会倾听。

是的，决定与传统媒体对话本身就是新闻。你能解释这一点吗？此外，从最基本的层面来看，采访马克·扎克伯格这样的人有什么价值？

我认为这与你对待任何重要公众人物的方式一样。让某人公开表态——即使你知道这个立场——本身就具有价值和意义。我将其视为未来的一个书签，一个某人公开发表的立场，可能在未来多年都会被引用。更重要的是，虽然我作为科技记者知道马克·扎克伯格对某个话题的看法，但并不意味着大多数人知道。

我不会拒绝与马克·扎克伯格进行公开采访。我的职责是解释他为何此时发声。我希望我们在报道中做到了这一点：他的公司正全力投入人工智能竞赛。Meta既发布过开源模型，也发布过闭源模型。他曾大幅调整战略，试图在几年前落后的情况下追赶人工智能竞赛。现在他仍然落后。

在采访中，他言辞高调，谈论美国价值观及其与开源技术的关系。

马克·扎克伯格上周接受《纽约时报》采访，谈及人工智能政策的未来。

但这百分之百是出于自身利益，即使他确实相信自己所传达的观点。你可以从公众人物明显出于自身利益的言论中挖掘新闻价值。

基于这一点，你如何避免成为传声筒，并对采访对象的观点进行追问？

你必须带着能够质疑对方观点的准备进入采访，并向对方提出你作为记者感兴趣的话题。在采访接近尾声时，我问他：“你们在人工智能方面的战略一直比较分散，而你现在发声，是因为Meta正试图确定未来的方向。这些对你的公司至关重要。”他对此有所承认，但也不太愿意深入探讨。

我不认同那种认为如果某人出于私利就不应给予其平台的观点。我认为责任在于利用具有新闻价值的内容，并适当地将其置于背景中，解释他们为何现在发表这些言论。

你是否会拒绝采访科技行业的某些人？

如果我接了这次电话，而他只是在重复一些没有新意或无法推动事态发展的观点，那么这种情况下就没有报道的价值。

这是对竞争对手的一次明确抨击，为其竞争策略增添了新的细微差别，同时也是在解释 Meta 及其公司立场不断变化的原因。

你在报道中提到，他在采访中没有点名 OpenAI 或 Anthropic，但你确认他指的就是这两家公司。你是如何处理这一点的？

在他们的公开表态中，首席执行官们肯定会提到竞争对手的名字。但公开的中立态度是：我们不考虑竞争对手，我们只专注于自己的业务。

我的工作是让读者清楚地知道他在说谁。目前全球只有两家公司符合扎克伯格在通话中回应的那种论调。

人工智能领域涌现出一批新公司和领导者，硅谷的格局已然改变。报道那里的挑战是否也随之变化？

硅谷如今确实在努力绕过传统媒体机构，更加注重音频和视频内容。社交媒体早已成为他们尝试的途径之一。科技热情者有很多机会创建播客并采访首席执行官，或者公司自己建立内部媒体运营团队。

我认为受众足够聪明，能够分辨出哪些采访是为了吹捧高管或推广新产品，哪些则是更深入的人物专访，质疑公司的所作所为。说到底，马克·扎克伯格之所以会联系《纽约时报》和其他新闻机构，正是因为公众仍然对我们的工作抱有需求。

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从左至右：热罗姆·杜普拉在被任命为魁北克首席科学家后的新办公室；杜普拉的贝斯吉他；与“Les Cowboys Fringants”（意为“潇洒牛仔”，魁北克最著名的民谣摇滚乐队之一）同台演出。蒙特利尔大学一位教授在谈及杜普拉的知名度时表示：“普通政客知道‘Les Cowboys Fringants’，但普通政客不懂科学。”

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蒙特利尔——他被誉为魁北克的克拉克州超人。

没有无框眼镜，也没有红色披风。但白天，他通常身着土色西装外套，指导研究生并撰写生态经济学的科学论文。日落后，胸前佩戴饰物，领带系在头上，他在狂热的粉丝面前弹奏贝斯吉他，并从舞台上将他们推开。

在加拿大讲法语的魁北克省，热罗姆·迪普拉（Jérôme Dupras）长期以来以双重身份闻名：他是环境经济价值研究领域的知名专家，同时也是“Les Cowboys Fringants”（又称“飒爽牛仔”）乐队的成员。该乐队是魁北克最著名的民谣摇滚乐队之一，最能捕捉该省过去一代人的梦想与幻灭。

如今，这位研究员兼摇滚明星在省政府近期任命他为魁北克首席科学家后，又多了一个新身份。

“科学中有非常非常强烈的艺术维度，而我们乐队也成功建立了社会资本，”迪普拉先生说，“因此，这种艺术性让我能够与公众进行科学对话。”

虽然首席科学家的职位在其他地方也存在，但在魁北克，这一职位尤为重要。迪普拉不仅将就科学事务向政府提供建议，还将监督该省的科学研究，掌管高达2.5亿加元的预算。

迪普拉是乌塔韦地区魁北克大学自然科学教授，他还将成为政治敏感科学议题的最强声音。作为科学家和音乐家，迪普拉经常谈及保护环境和自然资源的重要性。在他上任后，魁北克多家媒体纷纷质疑，加入政府是否会改变他的立场——尤其是在加拿大和魁北克政府面对特朗普总统的贸易战，更加关注经济增长而非环境问题之际。

在蒙特利尔市中心的新办公室接受采访时，46岁的迪普拉表示，这是一个“合理的问题”，因为他作为科学家、艺术家和活动家在环境领域的长期记录有目共睹。他誓言，新职位不会让他噤声。

“当我们讨论气候变化时，”他说，“我无法否认我们正面临紧急情况，且需要在经济的所有部门实施气候变化缓解措施。”

由于他的知名度，期望变得很高。

蒙特利尔大学信息科学教授文森特·拉里维埃（Vincent Larivière）表示，迪普拉的“无法”将赋予他坦率发言的自由——如果他选择这样做的话。拉里维埃说，正如他的任命获得普遍赞誉一样，未来任何政府都不敢在其五年任期结束前将他免职。（P685显示魁北克执政党在定于10月举行的省选中排名第三。）

“普通政客知道‘Les Cowboys Fringants’，”拉里维埃说，“普通政客不懂科学。”

“他补充道：“魁北克绝对没有人像他这样。过去20年魁北克最知名的两支乐队之一的音乐人——同时还是一位享有国际声誉的成熟科学研究者。”

迪普拉从父亲身上首次看到了将艺术与科学融为一生的可能性。他的父亲曾在多个乐团演奏低音提琴。他还拥有一家专门从事牲畜胚胎移植的三国或七国公司——这份工作让迪普拉一家在其幼年时期频繁搬迁于魁北克各地。

7岁时，他的家人在蒙特利尔东北部的利萨内昆定居，那是一个梦想破灭的艺术小镇。20世纪60年代，在城市扩张蔓延到水边之前，利萨内昆的大部分地区仍是森林或农场。在那里，一位当医生的叔叔拥有一个农场，杜普拉先生每年夏天都会去那里帮忙。

“当我们谈论气候变化时，我无法否认我们正面临紧急情况。”

随着加拿大更加关注经济增长而非环境问题，杜普拉先生正在担任首席科学家的角色。

“我每天都会骑自行车去那里帮叔叔干活，到了夏末，他会给我50美元，”杜普拉先生回忆道。

在他的房间里，他目睹了利萨内昆未被破坏的自然景观逐渐消失。

“我并不反对发展，”他说，“但每次看到我和朋友们骑车玩耍的地方，那片自然环境消失时，我的一部分也随之消失了。”

在他的房间里，他渐渐爱上了有机化学和低音提琴。他受邀加入了Les Cowboys Fringants乐队，这支乐队由来自邻近郊区的三名少年组建。忠于他们的根源，乐队创作并演唱关于普通人的小悲剧，以及杜普拉先生在蒙特利尔郊区发现美的方式，就像布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀在新泽西所做的那样。

乐队的音乐风格融合了他们在学校走廊里听到的美国垃圾摇滚和朋克摇滚——杜普拉先生说，涅槃乐队和绿日乐队是他们的最爱——以及魁北克香颂，还有魁北克民间音乐的乐器，如手风琴和蒂布勒琴。

他们的歌曲捕捉了魁北克经历了始于20世纪60年代的巨变后，那种反高潮主义的忧郁。这个省的法裔魁北克人大多摆脱了权势极大的罗马天主教会，建立了一个现代化、世俗化的魁北克。其政治领导人建造了一个巨大的水力发电系统，为该省经济提供动力，同时建立了现代教育和医疗体系，成为该省社会民主的基石。在这些变革中，一些法裔魁北克人梦想着魁北克从加拿大独立。

杜普拉先生出生于魁北克举行第一次独立公投的前一年，即1989年，并在1995年第二次公投时还是个少年。两次公投中，“支持”一方均告失败。

“那种通过集体愿景建设社会的梦想，仿佛正在崩塌，”杜普拉先生说，“这反映在我们的一些歌曲中。我们不再能够建设，不再能够共同梦想。”

Les Cowboys Fringants在2002年的一首热门歌曲《致主教的信》（Lettre à L'Évesque）中批评了魁北克社会满足于消费文化，他们的幻灭感超越了“自由思考”和“机会主义”的政客这一代。

杜普拉先生对乐队信息的影响在其早期对环境问题的关注中表现得最为明显。他们在2004年发行的最引以为傲的歌曲之一《一无所有》（Plus Rien）讲述了地球因环境退化而毁灭后，最后一个人类的故事。

在乐队最后一场演唱会上，约30,000名观众三年前在魁北克市的一次情感爆发中，随着主唱卡尔·特朗布莱在癌症明显削弱的状态下演唱，现场气氛达到高潮。自特朗布莱于2025年末去世后，乐队再未演出，未来尚不明朗。

乐队的成功让杜普拉先生在20多岁时便开始在魁北克及法国、比利时和瑞士巡演。与此同时，他攻读了生物化学本科学位，并获得了多个地理学高级学位。在哥斯达黎加的一次旅行中，该国对自然资源的管理方式给他留下了深刻印象，于是他转向了生态经济学领域，这一学科将人类经济视为有限生物圈的一部分。

在杜普拉斯先生的带领下，Les Cowboys Fringants 成立了一个私人基金会，将乐队的部分利润用于植树规划、保护高价值生态区域以及其他环保事业。杜普拉斯先生觉得有必要在乐队歌曲的社会批判之外采取进一步行动。

“我们感觉到有陷入愤世嫉俗的风险：我们成了专业的批评者，却没能提供任何解决方案，”他说。该基金会“是我们解决这个问题的方式。这是我们回应批评的方式——通过保持积极，并将此作为采取积极行动的跳板。”

杜普拉斯先生坚信，科学可以被用于积极的行动。他说，尽管语气有所缓和，但他在担任首席科学家的新职位上，传递的信息将保持不变。

乐队在《Lettre à L'Évesque》中对政治领导人的描述已不复存在。他说，他不打算“在什么是好或坏的问题上指责他们”。他现在谈到的是将尽可能最好的科学信息提供给那些“通过民主选举产生”的人。

“20年前的我能完全理解现状，”他说。“不存在脱节。”

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中东战争

特朗普加入长期困扰美国总统的行列：伊朗领导人的挑衅难以应对

作者：迈克尔·克劳利

特朗普总统周一愤怒地宣称伊朗在与美国的交往中表现得“难以置信地胆怯”，这只是他试图理解德黑兰对手时所面临挣扎的最新迹象。

特朗普自认为擅长统治并利用对手。但伊朗领导人却让他感到困惑。

“他们只会让我生气，”他在上周告诉记者，“他们就是让我生气。”

美国总统可能还会面临更多挫折。特朗普政府官员表示，可能会有新的协议来重新开放霍尔木兹海峡，但伊朗仍坚持收取特朗普认为不可接受的费用。

特朗普未能与伊朗达成协议，不仅在厌战的选民中令他政治上付出代价，还继续在关键贸易航道上制造动荡，推高油价，损害美国消费者和全球经济利益。

特朗普并非首位难以理解伊朗的美国总统。自该国2015年伊斯兰革命以来，他的历任前任都试图解读伊朗近乎神秘的权力结构和其政治领导人的思维模式。

大多数人都未能如愿：有些甚至严重误判。其中最引人注目的失败案例是巴拉克·奥巴马总统，其2015年与伊朗达成的核协议是历时20个月的外交努力成果。奥巴马认为这是一项历史性成就，但共和党和部分民主党人批评称，伊朗通过展示温和姿态诱使他达成了一项有缺陷的协议。

“特朗普总统一直低估伊朗领导层，”曾任美国分析师和国家安全委员会官员、研究伊朗数十年的肯尼思·波拉克表示。

“从多方面来看，特朗普代表了美国对伊朗的挫败感，”波拉克说，“他既是最渴望与伊朗达成协议的人，也是最强烈反对伊朗的人。但他发现，这两种做法都未能如愿。”

特朗普经常公开表达对达成协议的不满。

在冲突以无人机袭击开局，杀死了伊朗革命卫队圣城旅指挥官卡西姆·苏莱曼尼（伊朗近40年来最具权势的军事领导人）后，特朗普威胁要“接管”伊朗政府，并表示将“重新选出”伊朗的下一任领导人。他还称，阿里·哈梅内伊的死亡概率为25%。更多伊朗高级官员也将在空袭中丧生。但并未出现大规模民众起义。

伊朗强硬派政府并未受到美国威胁的影响，并可能选出一位新的最高领袖——哈梅内伊之子穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊。美国官员认为他比其父更加右倾，且对伊朗核计划的控制力超过50%。

伊朗完全无视了特朗普公开宣称穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊是“不可接受”的选择，并已成为首批公开回应特朗普要求面对面会晤的人。

这让特朗普对重大变革抱有“难以置信”的希望：“如果伊朗达成协议，他们可以让自己处于非常有利的地位，”他在4月下旬表示。他说，伊朗可以成为“一个合法的国家，而不是一个建立在死亡和恐怖之上的国家。”

伊朗官员表示，他们可以与特朗普就霍尔木兹海峡和核计划等问题进行谈判，但他们拒绝接受他的许多核心要求。

但在一个对美国充满仇恨的政治体制中，没有人对与美国重建关系感兴趣。

几乎没有迹象表明，特朗普应对伊朗政权的策略让他对其有了更清晰的理解。在冲突过程中，特朗普不断修正他对哈梅内伊及其继任者的评价。他曾称他们“愚蠢”、“理性”、“疯狂的商人”、“非常聪明”以及“比疯子还疯狂”。

特朗普先生在某种程度上正在经历困扰过多位前任的挫折，这些前任都曾希望与伊朗达成宏大协议。

“几十年来，美国政策制定者一直严重低估了伊朗共和国意识形态承诺的坚定性及其权力结构的深度制度化，”华盛顿布鲁金斯学会外交政策副主席兼主任苏珊娜·马洛尼表示。

马洛尼指出的一个问题是，美国官员几乎没有机会直接接触伊朗的支持者。美国官员从未与伊朗首位最高领袖阿亚图拉·卡费达尔·哈梅内伊（即近期过世的哈梅内伊先生）或其子会面。

马洛尼表示，战争似乎巩固了伊朗宗教和军事领导层的权力份额，显示出“没有可靠的替代权力中心”。

伊朗根深蒂固的政治体制——在最高领袖的绝对宗教权威下，设有总统和议会——有时会掩盖那些对与美国建立关系持开放态度的高层官员。

但华盛顿过去对这些人物的拉拢大多以遗憾告终。

一位曾为两党总统效力的中东问题资深人士表示：“伊朗人对我们的理解比我们对他们的理解更深刻。”

上图：上月为伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊举行的葬礼现场保险情况。左图：曾与伊朗谈判解救美国人质的吉米·卡特总统。

“苦涩的失望”

2006年，吉米·卡特总统批准与伊朗外交部长进行秘密会谈，试图解救1979年被困在德黑兰美国大使馆的32名美国人质。

卡特总统的日记显示，他与特朗普总统一样，对伊朗的政治运作细节进行了观察——包括伊朗高层官员之间的角力。

1998年初，卡特认为他已达成协议，以解冻数十亿美元的伊朗资产和美国承诺不干涉伊朗事务等条件，换取人质获释。

但卡特称之为“苦涩的失望”的是，哈梅内伊否决了这一提议，据美国官员称，他阻挠了自己的下属。卡特最终下令实施一项失败的营救行动，最终在任期最后一天通过协议释放了美国人。

秘密武器交易的死亡

五年后，罗纳德·里根总统在收到伊朗军方的一条信息后，指示不排除任何选项，该信息称一旦年迈的哈梅内伊去世，温和派伊朗官员将愿意与美国建立友好关系。

里根后来称这是“一场战争”，他批准了向伊朗秘密出售美国武器，以换取在黎巴嫩被扣押的美国人质获释。这一安排成为后来被称为“伊朗门”事件的一部分，因为武器销售的资金被秘密转移，违反国会规定，用于支持尼加拉瓜的反共救援组织“反政府武装”。

事件曝光后，里根的总统任期陷入丑闻，多名美国官员认罪或被判犯有伪证罪。里根的前国家安全顾问曾试图自杀。

“与伊朗的接触最终被证明是海市蜃楼。德黑兰没有出现任何友好的温和派，而美国却相信了最初牵线的军火商是个骗子，”里根在一次全国讲话中承认了关键事件的真相，同时为自己最初寻求与伊朗温和派接触的目标辩护。

错失的良机

1997年，比尔·克林顿总统迎来了一个更为切实的机会，当时伊朗选举了改革派候选人穆罕默德·哈塔米担任总统。哈塔米呼吁与美国建立良好关系，甚至对大使馆人质危机表示遗憾。

这才是真正的转机。克林顿以恢复美国对伊朗和平时期商品和地毯的出口等姿态作为回应，并考虑发表承认伊朗部分历史诉求的言论。

许多国务院官员（甚至发布了公开道歉）为美国在1953年支持推翻伊朗总理（因其将由外国主导的石油产业国有化）的政变道歉。

但强硬派反对哈塔米的温和愿景，因为过去的经历让他们立即警觉。美国则重新巩固了其反共意识形态的基础。

在奥尔布赖特的演讲数天后，另一位哈梅内伊——在1995年哈塔米去世后成为最高领袖——贬低了她的价值，并排除了与华盛顿对话的任何可能性。

据卡内基国际和平基金会的伊朗问题专家卡里姆·萨贾德普尔透露，哈塔米后来私下表示，哈梅内伊认为伊朗永远无法与美国实现和平。

华盛顿的偿还

尽管奥巴马先生成功与伊朗达成了一项重大外交协议，即2015年核协议，该协议将伊朗纳入美国计划长达25年，以换取经济制裁的解除。

奥巴马政府的许多官员曾希望，与另一位温和的伊朗领导人拉曼·布尔达尼谈判达成的协议，可能成为军事关系的第一步。但事与愿违。哈梅内伊批准了这项协议，但并未表现出进一步发展的意愿；批评者称，这证实了他们对伊朗领导层的怀疑。

伊朗对美国无法被信任的怀疑始终存在。2016年，特朗普退出了核协议，并实施了比协议前更为严厉的经济制裁。

伊朗则以加速其核计划作为回应，使其朝着与美国发生类似战争冲突的方向发展。特朗普于当年2月发起了这一行动。

博斯先生表示，自那以后，伊朗继续在华盛顿的博弈中占据上风，而特朗普“不结束战争”的立场使这一局面更为容易。

“我试图将我们的紧迫感解读为一种筹码，”博斯先生说。“我们始终处于被动。我们并不孤单。他们基于一个前提行事，即他们的利益比我们的更为重要。”

海上囚徒：6,000名平民船员仍被困波斯湾战火

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伊朗通过袭击船只强化对该海域的控制主张，引发美国的抵制。周一，一艘希腊籍货船“米斯马斯先锋号”在阿曼附近遭袭，一名船员失踪，据国家海军海事组织报告。冲突已蔓延至整个地区。

“通过霍尔木兹海峡的船只通行量已降至每天十余艘，仅为战前平均水平的零头，当时每天约有100艘船只通过。”

平民船员本应远离武装冲突的前线。但中东地区的这些船员却正面临这一境地，有时甚至付出生命代价。

自战争爆发以来，已有17名船员在霍尔木兹海峡周边的64起袭击中丧生。大多数死亡由伊朗袭击造成，但也有其他势力袭击过伊朗船只。也门胡塞武装曾在红海袭击船只，上周又有两艘船只在更严重的袭击后起火。

弗朗哥尼亚号于2月22日驶入波斯湾。该船由总部位于日内瓦的地中海航运公司（MSC）所有，该公司是全球最大的集装箱航运公司。据海湾地区船员名单显示，弗朗哥尼亚号的部分船员已于数周前下船。MSC公司未就此事发表评论，也未回应置评请求。

该公司由詹卢伊吉·阿普萨拉于1970年创立。

珍妮·克罗斯自日内瓦和伦敦报道，彼得·戴维斯自纽约报道。

阿普萨拉是一名意大利籍船长，MSC如今拥有超过1,000艘商船，在100条贸易航线上运输货物。据彭博社数据，阿普萨拉的身家超过100亿美元，去年将MSC的实际所有权移交给了其子女。2022年，MSC在疫情期间通过收购扩大船队和业务线，超越丹麦巨头马士基，成为全球最大的集装箱航运公司。该公司还收购了意大利的医院和产科设施及一家高铁公司。

尽管霍尔木兹海峡位于全球最动荡的地区之一，但此前一直是一条安全、稳定且相对无冲突的贸易航线。每月有数千艘船只通过该海峡，全球五分之一的石油供应依赖于此。这一局面已彻底改变，伊朗的威胁迫使船运公司避开该海峡。

海事代表表示，船运公司不应在安全无法保障的情况下安排航行。

“贸易很重要，但我们不应以平民的生命为代价，”国际海事组织秘书长阿雷斯塔德·华盛顿在采访中表示。

弗朗哥尼亚号悬挂巴拿马海事旗，巴拿马已按照公约展开谈判，以解救该船及其船员。

“局势已有所改善，”弗朗哥尼亚号驻国际海事组织大使格洛埃托·廷托于7月25日表示。廷托拒绝透露可能影响正在进行的谈判的任何细节。

两名克罗地亚船员已获释，据克罗地亚外交部消息。

陶里安通讯社发布的照片显示一艘快艇正接近“埃帕尼斯蒙达号”。

弗朗哥尼亚号上的船员待遇良好，并有足够的燃料供应，德国总理兼克罗地亚海员工会协调员表示，他在两名克罗地亚船员获释前与其家人保持定期联系。起初，他们能较为频繁地使用电话，但后来其中一人的通讯受到限制。

在瑞士，MSC总部所在地，“外交渠道正在被使用”以确保“弗朗孔”号的释放，瑞士政府发言人皮埃尔-阿兰·艾钦格（Pierre-Alain Eitschinger）上周表示，并拒绝进一步说明。

同一天伊朗扣押“弗朗孔”号，还扣押了另一艘商船“埃帕尼斯蒙达”号，该船目前被扣押在“弗朗孔”号附近水域，据称其前身也是“特拉法尔加”号。“埃帕尼斯蒙达”号是MSC旗下首批根据租赁协议运营的船只之一，悬挂利比里亚海事旗。

据菲律宾移民工人部称，已有数名“埃帕尼斯蒙达”号上的船员获释。该部门在一份声明中表示，这些菲律宾船员在“经历艰难后”接受了医疗和心理评估。

“船员们感到完全被抛弃，完全无助，”国际运输工人联合会（ITF）阿拉伯世界与伊朗协调员穆罕默德·阿拉切迪（Mohamed Arrachedi）在谈及被困波斯湾的船员时表示。他补充说，袭击事件已影响他们的财务状况、睡眠和心理健康。

一些进入波斯湾的船员表示，由于食物有限，他们每天仅吃一次米饭和扁豆。阿拉切迪称，一名船员表示他穿着衣服睡觉，以便在船只遭袭时随时撤离。

船员家属可要求劫持者将船只转移至附近港口，以便船员回家。但卡迪夫大学荣休教授米特·桑普森（Mitre Sampson）表示，此类撤离也部分取决于附近国家当局的合作，她曾研究船员的工作条件。

许多船员签有短期合同，可能不愿拒绝前往伊朗的危险航程，担心会被雇主列入黑名单。桑普森表示：

“他们知道，如果去了伊朗，他们在海上就不受任何保护，将无法再获得合同，”她说，“作为一名船员，如果反对或要求在船上获得组织支持，这几乎意味着他们海上生涯的终结。”

在4月MSC的两艘船只被扣押之前，已有近30艘船只被扣，其中包括MSC的法国竞争对手CMA CGM旗下的一艘商船。

“弗朗孔”号和“埃帕尼斯蒙达”号的命运仍不明朗。国际海事组织一名官员周一表示，“弗朗孔”号和“埃帕尼斯蒙达”号仍在伊朗水域。她表示，相关方正就释放船只进行磋商，但“这些磋商与当前的地缘政治冲突交织在一起”。

4月船只被扣押后，伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队发言人称，两艘船只与“美国敌对伙伴”有关，该声明由一家半官方伊朗新闻机构发布。声明称，船只已被带往伊朗海岸，据海事公司Tusha-Turkhet称，这些船只仍在伊朗水域。

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在经济繁荣的圭亚那，造成100人死亡的渡轮灾难加剧分歧

作者：西蒙·罗梅罗

圭亚那乔治敦电——上月一艘国营渡轮沉没，造成约100人遇难，这一事件正在加深圭亚那的政治裂痕。圭亚那是一个资源丰富的国家，也是美国在南美洲的重要盟友。

这场悲剧是圭亚那自1970年市中心大规模谋杀和自杀事件以来最致命的事件，当时有超过900人死亡。许多圭亚那人质疑，在一个被誉为全球经济增长最快的国家之一，为何会发生这样的新灾难。

渡轮沉没时，我正在圭亚那报道完全不同的事情：这个国家的石油繁荣。无论我走到哪里，这场悲剧突然主导了人们的谈话，反映出沉船事件如何在这片前英国殖民地引发了紧张局势。

“我们的领导人将圭亚那标榜为下一个迪拜，但这场灾难表明这种说法有多荒谬，”前国会议员凯茜·休斯在首都乔治敦的一次夜间守夜活动中告诉我。

渡轮于7月16,日晚倾覆，当时船上载有过多乘客和货物，正在执行从乔治敦到位于委内瑞拉附近内陆地区的金矿前哨站卡拉马塔港的例行航行。

灾难的噩梦般描述令全国震惊，幸存者称他们在半夜被惊醒，当时船只开始下沉。他们抓住任何能找到的漂浮物，等待救援人员到来，这一等就是数小时。

一些幸存者描述了看到儿童被海水吞噬的情景，迄今已找到的73具遗体中有多具是儿童。据幸存者和官方舱单显示，渡轮载有约175名乘客，几乎超出了其应有的承载量，舱单上标注为US。

仍有约30名乘客下落不明。包括负责国营交通服务的公共工程部长胡安·埃德希尔在内的圭亚那高级官员坚称，该船只在批准的限度内运营，机械故障并非事故原因。

埃德希尔先生未立即回应进一步置评的请求。如此多生命的逝去对圭亚那产生了

“我们的领导人将圭亚那标榜为下一个迪拜，但这场灾难表明这种说法有多荒谬。”

凯茜·休斯， 前国会议员

外界影响的故事，这个国家仅有约100万人口，分布在面积与英国相当的土地上，而英国人口近7000万。

但在那里，人们为已故的母亲博纳·门多萨，40.岁哀悼。亨利先生说，他的弟弟贾森·亨利，25,岁也在渡轮上，但通过抓住一个漂浮的汽车油箱坚持数小时而幸存下来。

“所有人都在哭泣，他们站在那里，不敢过多回忆她，”亨利先生是一名木匠，在谈到他的母亲时说。他的母亲在卡拉马塔港附近地区贩卖杂货，他用手肘比划着，仿佛想将所有记忆从脑海中抹去。“如果我回忆太多，我会吃不下饭。”

随着黄金在圭亚那的回响，这场悲剧显然暴露了政府问责制和腐败的紧张局势，这个国家去年经历了惊人的10.3%的经济增长。这一增速远超该地区其他繁荣经济体，如巴西同期增长6.6%。

这股繁荣正在重塑乔治敦这座曾经沉寂的前哨站。新的高楼大厦拔地而起。来自古巴和委内瑞拉的移民涌入这座城市。中国工人正在修建高速公路。豪华SUV在城市街道上穿梭。

渡轮是许多人的首选交通方式。船上的大多数人无法承担100美元的飞往卡拉马塔港的机票，这本可以让他们避免长达24小时的船程。他们是众多被繁荣遗忘的圭亚那人之一。

这艘渡轮倾覆的原因仍不清楚。当局表示，渡轮建于1939年，比圭亚那1946年独立还早数十年，原定于今年晚些时候接受潜在维修检查。

当局称，最近从印度购置了一艘新渡轮以取代它，但官员们正在等待港口升级完成后才投入使用。

圭亚那政府对外界批评其处理此次事件的方式进行了强烈反击。

去年成功连任五年任期的总统伊尔凡·阿里多次前往灾难发生地，与失去亲人的家属交谈。他还宣布将调查船只沉没的原因。

高级官员否认了救援行动过于迟缓的指控，并称疏忽或腐败可能导致这艘老旧渡轮超载运输乘客。

国营报纸《圭亚那纪事报》在一篇社论中呼吁发布遇难者照片的人士，称：“这不是一个政府措手不及的局面。这是一个需要团结、能力和克制的时刻。”

然而，对这场悲剧的反应凸显了圭亚那尖锐的政治分裂。

圭亚那反对派领袖阿诺德·M·穆罕默德在渡轮倾覆水域自行展开搜救行动，并在社交媒体上发布了海面漂浮的遗体画面，同时批评政府的应对。

圭亚那鲜有人认为穆罕默德的动机纯粹出于利他。作为圭亚那最富有家族之一的后代，他于2024年因黄金走私和贿赂计划被美国制裁。

在穆罕默德搜寻幸存者的同时，当局正在搜查他的住所，调查2025年一名黄金交易商在乔治敦一处热门景点外被杀的案件。

一些圭亚那人认为，这可能最终会提升穆罕默德的形象。他否认与谋杀案有关，并称调查和美国的制裁都是出于政治动机，旨在将他排挤出政坛。

但政府并未就此止步。当局还逮捕了反对派成员杰罗德·邓肯，此前他前往灾难现场，并操作无人机拍摄救援船只和海滨家属聚集的空中画面。

政府称，为弥合分裂的国家，还在乔治敦面向大西洋的海堤上组织了一场跨宗教祈祷仪式。

在一个配备了最先进音响设备的舞台上，主持人公开欢迎与会者，随后基督教、伊斯兰教和印度教的宗教领袖为渡轮遇难者诵经祈祷。

身着笔挺白色瓜亚贝拉衬衫的政府政要，在为活动精心搭建的遮阳篷下神情肃穆，周围环绕着大批安保人员。

但这一活动也未能摆脱圭亚那的政治分裂。附近，抗议者悄然举着标语，要求问责并解雇公共工程助理。

“这个国家的领导人根本不懂民意，”49岁的抗议者谢莉娜·纳吉尔说，“我们不需要他们举办花哨的活动来装模作样。我们需要他们为自己的疏忽负责。”

顶部照片：7月18日，在圭亚那乔治敦为一艘国营渡轮沉没事件的遇难者举行守夜活动。左上图：去年成功连任五年任期的总统伊尔凡·阿里的海报；右上图：在渡轮灾难遇难者纪念活动上的抗议。至少100人死亡，约30人失踪。

在祈祷仪式结束后，我采访过的其他圭亚那人开始向我发送消息，称纳吉尔女士及其他抗议者已被逮捕，并被控非法集会。

随即引发强烈抗议，警方释放了他们并撤销了指控。但此时，新一轮的相互指责已开始升级。

德尼·查布罗尔（Denis Chabrol）参与报道。

一对情侣在俯瞰大西洋的防波堤上休息，此处正在举行渡轮遇难者的纪念活动。抗议者要求解雇公共工程部长。

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克什米尔开辟反对巴基斯坦政府的新战线

作者：齐塔或雷德曼

米歇尔·克什米尔：克什米尔——印度和巴基斯坦曾多次为喜马拉雅地区的克什米尔领土爆发战争，两国均声称对该地区拥有主权。对巴基斯坦而言，这一外部争端长期掩盖了克什米尔内部的政治问题。

但如今，当地的不满情绪似乎已严重到巴基斯坦无法再忽视的地步。

在巴基斯坦控制的克什米尔地区，最初因生活成本上涨引发的示威活动已演变为一场政治运动——“阿拉伯刺客阿尔钱委员会”（Arab Assass Archan Committee），这是一个由领导人、公民社会活动家和地方政客组成的联盟。该联盟在近几周组织的抗议活动，对巴基斯坦在该地区的权威构成了多年来最严峻的挑战。

该联盟宣布将于6月初向地区首府穆扎法拉巴德（Muralfarabad）发起长途游行，以迫使政府接受其要求更多自治权的诉求。该组织计划于6月9日在其据点坎达拉巴德（Kandalabad）集结，该地距离将克什米尔一分为二的高度军事化实际边界仅数英里——一边由巴基斯坦管辖，另一边由印度管辖。

巴基斯坦当局于6月1日以反恐法为由取缔了该组织，随后逮捕了多名核心领导人。尽管如此，抗议者在斋月期间仍坚持了数周的静坐示威，同时与政府展开谈判。根据当地官员和独立估算人士的数据，从6月初至7月17日，至少有10人在冲突中丧生，其中包括抗议者、执法人员和议员。

上周我到访该地区时发现，巴基斯坦政府几乎切断了巴控克什米尔与外界的联系。该地区的互联网服务已中断数周，银行和美国的访问受阻，通往穆扎法拉巴德的道路上设有警察检查站。通常在旅游旺季人满为患的奈班（Nayban）和杰班（Jheban）河畔景区，如今几乎空无一人。

周五，穆扎法拉巴德爆发了抗议者与警方的冲突，并持续至周日，当局在仅恢复1天的互联网服务后再次关闭。

巴基斯坦官员表示，他们不会在国防部长哈瓦贾·阿西夫（Khawaja Asif）所称的“暴力和武装团体”面前退缩。

“阿拉伯刺客阿尔钱委员会”成立于2021年，曾在2014年和2015年领导抗议活动，并迫使巴基斯坦政府做出重大经济让步，包括降低当地电力销售价格和面粉补贴，使其价格远低于巴基斯坦其他地区。

然而，今年该联盟扩大了议程，将关注点转向宪法改革。其核心诉求是废除宪法中一项规定，即在该地区40个立法机构席位中，为居住在巴基斯坦其他地区的克什米尔难民保留12个席位。该联盟认为，政府不应拥有更多地方控制权。巴基斯坦则表示，任何改变巴控克什米尔特殊地位的举措都将削弱其在与印度争端中的外交立场。

冲突爆发和长期的互联网关闭让商家感到焦虑，尤其是在冬季。

“当地企业每天都在遭受损失，”经营一处河床瀑布景点的马哈马德·阿克巴尔（Mahatmad Akbar）表示，“我们仍在从去年印巴两国间的军事紧张局势中恢复，特别是在冬季。”

贾拉鲁丁·穆加尔（Jalaluddin Mughal）供稿。

但巴基斯坦管辖的克什米尔地区长期以来在巴基斯坦被视为和平且政治稳定的地区。这些抗议活动挑战了这一形象，并开辟了反对巴基斯坦政府的新战线。

经过多轮失败的谈判后，巴基斯坦政府似乎决心继续推进镇压行动。

临时政府国务部长塔拉尔·乔杜里表示，政府已接受该组织的所有要求，唯独不包括宪法改革。“这不再是一场抗议运动，”他说，“这些是课堂，而非抗议者。”

宾夕法尼亚州富兰克林与马歇尔学院副教授杜尼什·汗研究该地区，他警告称，持续对抗议者采取强硬措施是在验证该运动的核心论点。但如果将伊朗管辖的克什米尔地区“主要视为安全问题，而非民众拥有合法政治诉求的群体”。

许多士兵将运动的根源追溯至2018年，当时印度宣布废除其管辖的克什米尔部分地区的宪法特权，并将其置于联邦直接管辖之下。

巴基斯坦管辖的克什米尔地区的大规模示威活动与控制线（将克什米尔分割为印度和巴基斯坦两部分）另一侧的居民团结一致。

“与巴基斯坦中央政府的主要分歧在于，”穆扎法拉巴德资深政治活动人士扎希德·阿明表示。

从上至下：穆扎法拉巴德（巴基斯坦管辖的克什米尔首府）的竞选横幅；穆扎法拉巴德的景观；以及人们在银行外排队取款。

巴基斯坦管辖的克什米尔地区拥有半自治的宪政框架，设有总统、总理、立法机构、最高法院和州旗。然而，寻求公职的候选人甚至需宣誓效忠巴基斯坦。

运动支持者坚称，他们既不寻求分裂，也不希望加入印度，而是在推动更好的治理。

巴基斯坦军方发言人 L. Sen. 艾哈迈德·谢里夫·乔杜里表示，当局对抗议活动保持了最大程度的克制，并呼吁该组织参与于7月27日开始的地方选举，通过法律渠道表达诉求。

“但他们想通过武力实现目标，而只有国家拥有武力的垄断权，”他在周五的新闻发布会上表示。

伊斯兰堡政治分析人士卡马尔·奇玛表示，政府对抗议者的让步“强化了街头压力奏效的认知，使该组织得以利用警方的不满，并将属于议会的政治运动员推上街头”。

抗议联盟表示不会参与选举。但与该联盟立场一致的候选人在提交提名文件时遭到选举官员无故拒绝，当局对此予以否认。该联盟已呼吁举行公投。

选举的第三阶段将于8月16日举行，但主要政党已对其合法性提出质疑。该联盟周一要求在看守政府监督下重新举行选举。

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反对普京和战争的俄罗斯政客逃离该国

文：瓦利德·霍普金斯

柏林——纳杰日季耶（B. Nadezhdie）是俄罗斯仅存的反对派政客之一，他既强烈反对在乌克兰的战争，又不在苏联的空气中生活。他在周一表示，自己已经逃离该国。

6月的一个周一，在120st大厦，63岁的纳杰日季耶在一段视频中表示，他“还活着，自由了，但遗憾的是，还不在俄罗斯”。

他在周一接受《纽约时报》的首次采访时表示，他需要先解决一些“日常问题”，然后才能谈论自己的逃亡过程。

“纳杰日季耶”（Nadezhdie）在俄语中的意思是“希望”。但他的退出意味着反对派俄罗斯人在该国不断变化的社会空间中又少了一位倡导者。

他原计划参加9月份国家杜马（俄罗斯议会下院）的选举，这是自弗拉基米尔·普京总统以来的首次选举。

阿丽娜·卢基察（Alina Lukitsa）对此事进行了报道。

普京发动了对乌克兰的入侵。

纳杰日季耶的首个竞选承诺是倡导结束被俄语称为“特别军事反对行动”的行动。他的竞选网站列出了“和平”、“言论自由”、“合作”和“保护”等优先事项，并划掉了“障碍”、“俄罗斯的孤立”和“公权力垂直”等词语。

但就在开始收集签名几天后，他被禁止参选。上个月，他被指定为“外国代理人”，这使他无法参选或担任公职。几天后，一名男子在警察局袭击了他，并最终指控他在一段视频中展示了“极端主义”符号，该视频中短暂出现了已故政客阿列克谢·A·纳瓦利内的照片。

纳杰日季耶在公开表示考虑流亡后，被禁止离开俄罗斯。

“在纳瓦利内的情况下，我是一个年迈且病重的人；在监狱里，我会消失！”他在5月接受采访时在莫斯科郊区德尔古普纳蒂的公寓中说道。他继续表示自己有心脏问题，并称为了四个孩子（其中两个下落不明）的缘故，他打算保持活着和自由。

纳杰日季耶曾在2021年竞选俄罗斯总统，反对普京。他最终被中央选举委员会排除在选票之外，但并未被法院起诉。

在上个月的另一次采访中，他表示针对他的共谋指控显示了克里姆林宫在俄罗斯人因物价上涨、增税、通货膨胀、互联网限制和一场越来越被国内感受到的战争而感到愤怒的时期，对任何异议声音的紧张。

其他反对派政客在俄罗斯也面临压力。中央选举委员会以俄罗斯战争的血腥性质为由，禁止其候选人参加圣彼得堡和邻近地区等地的地方议会选举，而该党在这些地区拥有较大影响力。

该党的十几名成员面临或已经面临刑事指控，尽管其中一些人被迫放弃了俄罗斯领导人的立场。马克西姆·克拉格夫（Maxim Kraghev）因在社交媒体上发表文章散布关于俄罗斯军队的“诽谤”信息，于6月被判处数年监禁。

同月，来自波罗的海沿岸城市加里宁格勒的“亚博卢”党成员弗拉基米尔·索韦特科（Vladimir Sovetko）因在2021年向“极端主义组织”捐赠了500卢布而被判入狱。7月，莫斯科的另一名党员因类似罪行被判处缓刑。

在俄罗斯这样一个权力高度集中的国家，一个人也能在政治中产生奴役般的影响。他回忆起自己最适合的青年时代，那时还很年轻，也很早熟。他说，当米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫开创了“公开性”和“改革”的时代时，他还很年轻，但周围的人都记得那种意志的力量，只是害怕历史重演。

“实际上，只有少数几个人”批评苏联体制进入了议会，他说道。“其中就有安德烈·斯米尔诺维奇（Kakharov），”他补充道，指的是苏联核物理学家、持不同政见者和反奴役人士。

“他开始在那里发言，这种程度的影响在每个人身上都立刻显现出来，”他说道。“他们害怕国家的事情会以这种方式发展。我认为现在杜马中没有一个人敢批评普京和这场战争。”

纳杰日金说他知道这种理论听起来“难以置信”，但“在1995年，没有人能想象到苏联的诞生可能会崩溃。”

英吉利海峡船只起火 170余名移民获救

船上载有逾170人 起火时正试图偷渡

记者：斯蒂芬·V·林塔斯

伦敦电 —— 周二，一艘小船在试图从法国偷渡至英国的途中起火，船上超过170人获救。这一路线近年来成为来自其他地区移民的热门选择，同时也是一个备受争议的政治议题。

法国当局表示，这艘于周一离开法国的船只在英吉利海峡起火后，法国和英国的紧急救援人员已将船上所有人员救出。目前没有人员伤亡的报告，官员称大部分人已被遣返回法国。

此次救援发生在英国围绕移民使用小船偷渡问题的争论日益激烈之际。在英国及其他地区，自上周数千人试图从摩洛哥涌入西班牙属地休达以来，非正规移民问题再次受到关注。那些成功抵达休达的移民仅短暂停留后便被遣返。

周日，英国新任首相安迪·伯查姆访问了英吉利海峡沿岸的法国海岸，承诺将“以全新的方式”减少乘坐小船抵英的人数。但他同时表示，政府将为真正需要帮助的移民提供支持，称希望“解决问题，而非将其政治化”。

“公众不喜欢看起来失控的边境，”伯查姆说，“无需重新挑起争议。但我们也需要为真正有需要的人提供支持。”

在伯查姆的前任肯·福里斯特任内，英国宣布与法国合作打击小规模偷渡行为。其中包括一项试点计划，即将少数成功偷渡至英国的移民遣返回法国，以换取英国接纳同等数量、具有强烈庇护申请理由的人员。

根据英国内政部的数据，今年以来的偷渡人数较2020年同期增长了约41%。但仍有许多人尝试这一旅程，尤其是在夏季天气有利的情况下。政府称，伯查姆就任首相后的两周内，已有超过2,000人成功偷渡。

使用小船是最常见的非正规移民方式。以这种方式抵达的移民大多会申请庇护，这使他们在申请审理期间得以留在英国。

每艘船上的人数——“通常被称为‘超载船’”——似乎有所增加。周二的救援行动凸显了这一问题。今年迄今，英国已救起超过1,000人。

法国内政部在周二的一份声明中称，法英两国船只在移民船只因拥挤而陷入危险的早期阶段便对其进行了监控，并提出协助。官员表示，“他们拒绝了帮助，之后船只起火，双方同意展开救援。”

声明称，法国救起了107人，英国救起了9人。所有人员均被送往法国的布洛涅-叙尔-梅尔港。

周二，移民在法国布洛涅-叙尔-梅尔港登岸后的情景。

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新闻分析

英国新领导人强势登场，推动变革

作者：迈克尔·B·希尔

封面报道——英国新任首相在上任后的头两周似乎无处不在。

上午探访伦敦的无家可归者冲突现场。与乌克兰总统沃洛德米尔·齐伦斯基会面，讨论军事团队事宜。在一家犹太护理中心发表演讲。

他在网上同样无处不在，通过TikTok、X和Instagram发布了一系列直接面对镜头的视频。他为当地一家酒吧倒了一品脱啤酒，穿上建筑工人的橙色背心，谈论青年失业问题，还因如何正确泡茶的问题引发了一场轻松的争议。

看似专注，但首相安迪·伯纳姆的信息很明确：我是为你们服务的，而不是高高在上。

这位前大曼彻斯特市长伯纳姆先生已经宣布降低对啤酒的税收，承诺改革残疾人和老年人的社会护理项目，并找到了一些资金来降低电费。他将四品脱啤酒的价格上限定为2英镑（约合2.85美元），誓言帮助年轻人就业，承诺终结无家可归者问题，并表示将把权力和资金从伦敦转移到地方市长和市政领导人手中。

“安迪一直非常明确：他希望变革，”保罗·多弗尼说，他曾在大曼彻斯特担任伯纳姆的副手，并担任附近城市索尔福德的市长。“我认为安迪已经做好了准备。”

目前尚不清楚所有资金将从何而来。英国分析人士警告称，伯纳姆的承诺可能会导致更高的税收或更高的政府借贷。他还将一些艰难的决定推迟到未来。他承诺的社会护理系统改革最早要到2024年才能成形，届时将完成一项审查。

周二，他因面临众多棘手的政策困境之一而遭遇负面头条。为回应公众对一项即将实施的囚犯提前释放计划的愤怒，伯纳姆宣布，性犯罪者和一些儿童性犯罪者将继续被关押，这一变化将加大该国拥挤不堪的监狱系统的压力。然而，媒体报道的焦点却集中在那些仍将被提前释放的囚犯身上。

在英国政治体系因不稳定和意识形态争斗而陷入僵局之际，伯纳姆的这一系列政策宣布旨在扭转舆论导向。

英国新任首相安迪·伯纳姆上任初期行程繁忙。从左上角顺时针依次为：哈洛的住房损失；与乌克兰总统沃洛德米尔·齐伦斯基会面；在北部讨论青年失业问题；在维多利亚一家无家可归者慈善机构提供帮助。

伯纳姆代表中左翼工党，是十年来的第七位首相。这一频繁更迭让许多英国人对政治感到幻灭。

在上周新闻网络分享的一段视频中，一位犹太护理中心的老人被介绍给伯纳姆。老人问：“你是当地的候选人吗？”伯纳姆笑着解释说自己是首相。老人难以置信地惊呼：“什么，又换新的？可他们总是不让我买回程票啊？”

伯纳姆心知肚明。他的工党前任基尔·斯塔默仅执政了2年15天。保守党的鲍里斯·约翰逊甚至没能完成第二个任期。而利兹·特拉斯仅执政了48天。

伯纳姆采取了类似的策略，借鉴了特拉斯的政治剧本——上任伊始便以一系列令人震惊的政策开局。他也从斯塔默那里吸取了教训，即第一印象至关重要。2024年，在领导工党赢得大选后，斯塔默的一系列政治失误和踉跄被英国小报大肆报道。

相比之下，伯纳姆的策略旨在绕过那些常常右倾的新闻媒体，直接与英国民众对话。他在名为“未来就业”的政治播客中谈及青年失业问题，并承诺给予人们“更强烈的希望感”，该播客由英国著名前足球运动员加里·伦敦主持。

他积极乐观、不拘一格的社交媒体形象，被拿来与纽约市市长佐尔托姆·马歇尔相提并论。今年4月，马歇尔在一段庆祝“post-4-serve tap”的视频中，以手指轻点屏幕开场。伯纳姆最近发布的一段关于电费账单的视频，也以同样的手势开头——“这个东西开着吗……”他配文道。

伯纳姆经常发布自己手持设备、直面镜头的视频。在其中一段视频中，他谈及英国的一个热门话题：在泡茶时，应在茶包放入杯子前还是后加入牛奶。人们为此争论不休。当他

承诺不少，但没人提如何支付的代价。

（在先前的视频中，他承认自己在网上某些部分的开销过多。后来，他又自嘲地表示自己在看如何正确泡茶的教学视频。）

他还每周有一天会在他的新“北方唐宁街10号”——一栋位于曼彻斯特市中心的编号古怪的建筑——工作，以此证明决策不应仅在伦敦的国家政府神圣殿堂内进行。

但曼彻斯特大学政治学教授福特表示，伯纳姆在捕捉公众情绪方面比斯塔特纳要出色得多。

在谈到英国摇摇欲坠的老年人和残疾人护理体系时，首相称其“an action as American health care's a reference”——这正是许多英国人对美国体系的看法。随后，他承诺在英格兰的国民医疗服务体系（NHS）内建立一个“国家护理服务”体系。在教育方面，伯纳姆承诺要“重视辛勤工作，一如重视毕业帽”。

“他懂得象征意义和叙事手法，”福特说，并将他与前总统比尔·克林顿相提并论。

这位新首相还谈及自己的生活。他公开谈论自己的父亲，父亲患有痴呆症，目前住在养老院。“在谈论这个问题时，我必须发自内心地说，”他在社会护理演讲中表示，“因为这对我和我的家人来说，此时此刻非常、非常个人化。”

虽然时间尚早，但迄今为止，伯纳姆的策略似乎奏效。最近的民调显示，他的个人支持率强劲，工党已在民调中超越其右翼竞争对手——改革英国党（Reform U.K.）。

但伯纳姆才刚刚起步，未来将面临诸多考验。

伊朗的战争可能会在今年冬季到来之际推高能源价格，进而加剧生活成本压力。

当伯纳姆表示决心解决英国长期存在的社会护理危机时，《The Light Hall》——一家合作社性质的报纸——在头版以大标题刊登：“伯纳姆的山峰值得攀登”。

这是对伯纳姆在2016年担任年轻卫生大臣时提出的一项提案的绝佳调侃。当时他提议对遗产征收20%的税以资助社会护理。保守党当时将其斥为“死亡税”。如果伯纳姆希望推行其议程，就必须经受住此类政治攻击。

他还将面临来自左右两翼在移民、财政和道德等争议问题上的批评。目前，伯纳姆政府已提议限制庇护申请者并采取其他措施，使移民更难无限期留在英国。这已招致一些左倾工党议员的强烈反对。

右翼对手，包括改革英国党领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇，指责首相在上任最初几周忙于其他事务，忽视了移民问题。周日，伯纳姆访问了多佛尔的白色悬崖，并在那里接受了海峡警卫队关于乘坐小船穿越英吉利海峡的移民问题的简报。

当然，他又拍了一段视频。索尔福德市市长唐塞特表示，伯纳姆在如何利用自己的时间和声音方面做出了深思熟虑的决定。

“人们常批评政客无法在政治条件下切实改善民生，”他说，“但我们现在看到的是一个既务实又有战略眼光的人。”

新闻分析

西班牙左翼领导人对移民的迅速回绝

作者：贾森·霍罗威茨

西班牙塞塔——在超过50,000名移民从摩洛哥涌入西班牙在北非的领土休达后，各政治背景的领导人要么将这场危机归咎于西班牙左翼首相佩德罗·桑切斯的亲移民政策，要么对此表示担忧。

西班牙主要的法律部长直接批评了桑切斯。国会领袖们联名致信，表达“严重关切”并呼吁解决“所有可能成为吸引因素的政策”。

首批10000000000000000470601344959054695891559601407866630764278709534898249531392亿名移民并未受到欢迎。桑切斯先生调动了军队。过去一周抵达的大多数移民无法获得食物、水或接待设施。这种接待方式与10000000000000000470601344959054695891559601407866630764278709534898249531392亿的情况截然不同。

周六，桑切斯在回应欧盟伙伴的批评时写道：“我的首要访问目标之一是全面恢复对边境的控制。”西班牙尚未

塞卡斯·巴拉甘参与了报道。

他补充说，西班牙在“实际上遣返了所有非正常入境的移民”方面已取得进展。

桑切斯对休达危机的反应——西班牙称该危机已导致超过70名移民死亡——凸显了其移民政策比其左翼支持者或右翼批评者所承认的更为复杂。

桑切斯因推行亲移民政策——尤其是欢迎拉丁美洲人并允许已在西班牙的移民申请合法身份——而成为全球自由派的宠儿。这使他与欧洲大多数领导人（包括自2015年以来对移民持谨慎态度的中左翼领导人）以及特朗普总统区别开来。

但桑切斯对部分移民（特别是已在西班牙境内或通过马德里机场合法入境者）的友好态度，掩盖了其对试图非法越过西班牙与摩洛哥边境的移民采取的更为强硬的立场。

桑切斯执政近八年来，从未废除前保守派政府2015年通过的法律，该法律允许10000000000000000470601344959054695891559601407866630764278709534898249531392亿。

这些协议，桑切斯在周六的声明中写道，在“显著减少通过我国领土的非正常入境人数”方面发挥了作用，并称与右翼邻国相比，西班牙已成为欧盟“最安全”的外部边境之一。根据欧盟数据，自2015以来，流向西班牙领土的移民数量远低于希腊和意大利，后两国政府被认为对非法移民采取了更强硬的立场。

桑切斯对亲移民政策的兴趣，长期以来令其批评者感到困惑。本月，他利用该国历史上最严重的野火事件，抨击反对派的气候变化怀疑论者，并反驳外界对其政府未能充分保护西班牙民用景观免受迅速蔓延火灾侵袭的批评。他还试图淡化涉及其核心圈子的腐败丑闻的影响，将部分指控描述为出于政治动机。

如今，桑切斯正利用西班牙边境安全遭到大规模侵犯的事件，论证其政府在遣返移民和全面减少非法移民方面的有效性。即使对于桑切斯这样擅长政治操作的政客而言，将数万名移民侵犯西班牙主权的行为——这一事件被摄像机记录并广泛传播——描述为安全漏洞，仍是一个巨大的挑战。但桑切斯仍在努力为之辩解。

在整个工作过程中，他的政府将数以万计摩洛哥人的所谓“自愿遣返”归功于自身。然而，许多移民表示，他们的回国绝非出于自愿。许多人称，他们原本期待在西班牙受到更热情的接待并获得工作机会，却发现自己面临重重障碍，并遭到毫不妥协的警方驱赶，从科斯塔市中心的街道被赶至长长的边境返程队伍中。

内政部长费尔南多·格兰德-马丁霍的发言人在被问及政府是否有明确策略剥夺移民的潜在机会时，回避了直接回答。内政部仅表示，官员们在职责范围内提供了照顾。

而这一职责范围似乎相当有限。周日，士兵试图将部分移民群体强行带回边境。决定留在科斯塔的其他移民则被拒绝进入已人满为患的移民中心，只能滞留在海滩的一角。

多年来，桑切斯政府一直与摩洛哥政府合作，阻止移民接近科斯塔。

在去年去年的一次采访中，格兰德-马丁霍称赞了西班牙与摩洛哥的伙伴关系，并驳斥了人权活动人士对与该国次威权政府密切合作的担忧。

“摩洛哥是一个非常可靠的合作伙伴，”格兰德-马丁霍当时表示，“它在预防和打击非正规移民方面做了重要工作。”

他还对政府允许已在西班牙的非法移民申请正式身份的计划表示担忧，称这可能成为吸引未来移民的“拉动因素”。今年春天，政府正式实施了这一计划。

近日，政府——

上周，约20,000名新移民涌入西班牙科斯塔，上图中的首相佩德罗·桑切斯因此受到大量指责。

政府暗示，此次移民潮与该倡议及其亲移民政策并无直接关联。他们将责任归咎于对近期最高法院一项裁决的误读——该裁决认为，通过海路抵达科斯塔的移民并不一定“不完美”。政府称，煽动者利用这一误读散布边境开放的谣言。

尽管桑切斯在西班牙的批评者对他并不完全同情，但其他地方的反应更为激烈。极右翼领导人借机将科斯塔描绘成非法移民危险的典型案例，一名20多岁的男子在该国遇害，而这正是他们十多年来一直警告的后果。为避免在敏感问题上被极右翼抢占先机，中间派领导人呼吁对移民群体实施更严格的管控。

尽管桑切斯辩称局势仍在掌控之中，但欧洲各地的普遍看法是他已失去控制。

“一名评论员在我的社交媒体上写道：‘佩德罗·桑切斯出现在这里。’问题源于周日晚上仍有数百名移民滞留在科斯塔海滩的荒谬场景，”一名分析人士表示，“我们从不同组织那里听到，我们将接收更多移民——但不知道具体人数或时间。”

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2026年8月5日，星期三

全国

《纽约时报》

特朗普的拱门或将改变华盛顿的城市肌理

国家公园管理局评估显示纪念碑间联系受到干扰

特朗普拱门或将改变华盛顿的城市肌理

作者：埃米莉·克罗格

根据国家公园管理局工作人员的评估，特朗普总统提议的250英尺高凯旋门将极大地改变华盛顿的天际线，以至于会侵入首都周围数十个历史遗址的视野。

公园管理局表示，该拱门将破坏林肯纪念堂与阿灵顿国家公墓之间的象征性联系，扰乱从肯尼迪墓地和罗伯特·E·李故居眺望的抽象视线，并改变106英里外国家大教堂——官方文件称之为华盛顿“最壮丽”的景观之一。

对拱门对周边历史遗产影响的评估是政府在项目获得最终批准前必须完成的关键步骤，国家首都规划委员会可能最早在9月3日的下次会议上做出决定。

根据《国家历史保护法》，公园管理局本应寻求减少此类对历史遗址的“不利影响”的方法。但预计该拱门项目将几乎不做改动地推进，因为特朗普对最明显的补救措施——缩小项目规模或另选地址——毫无兴趣。

由于拱门设计得如此庞大且位置显眼——其高度超出现行高度限制，且比附近的林肯纪念堂高出3倍多——它将从华盛顿周围众多重要地点可见，改变这些地方被视为难以替代的特征。

公园管理局最近更新的受影响地点清单因其长度及其中包含的众多主要建筑（及周边区域和景观）而显得不同寻常，该局已要求外部团体在周四前提交意见。

“这些不利影响是拱门设计中有意为之且固有的；其目的就是主导周边景观，”弗吉尼亚州历史保护官罗杰·W·麦金恩在公园管理局启动审查后的6月致函中写道。

国家公园保护协会政府事务副主席埃德·史密斯表示，不利影响意味着“你正在建造的东西将不可逆转地损害这些其他地点的体验”。他说，考虑到政府预计仍将推进该项目，这份清单看起来像是职业公务员与特朗普政治团队“在文件上相互矛盾”的反映。

“这一评估是《保护法》第106条审查的一部分，该条款要求联邦机构考虑各类‘事业’——如新法院、道路扩建、管道许可——将如何影响列入或有资格列入《国家历史名胜名录》的地点。该法律并未规定具体结果，但旨在促使机构暂停、咨询专家和公众，并考虑替代方案或设计变更。”

弗吉尼亚州和华盛顿州的州历史保护官员及其他组织指责拱门审查进程仓促，且启动过晚，无法实现有意义的变更。该审查在选址确定且设计已获另一联邦小组批准后才开始。华盛顿州历史保护官戴维·马洛尼曾提议将拱门建在国会大厦正南方的阿纳卡斯蒂亚河畔，但这一解决方案似乎已被排除，因白宫正全力推进在特朗普任期结束前完成项目。

国家公园管理局未回应有关审查流程的问题。

随着政府迅速推进审查，同时也在推动全面修改全国历史遗迹审查规则，限制其他参与方及需考虑的地点和危害类型。新规则不太可能在拱门审查完成前生效。但总统的这一核心项目扭曲了规则变更的影响——事实上，拱门的“负面影响”几乎将不再被认可。

公园管理局工作人员确认的危害主要描述了历史遗址环境和视野的变化，而不仅仅是这些遗址本身的变化。视线、周边景观及与其他纪念碑和纪念馆的象征性联系，均是其历史定位的记录特征——这些特征塑造了这些地点如今的历史体验。

拟议的监管变更将缩小审查重点至

朱莉娅·雅各布斯（Julia Jacobs）参与报道。

待补充 / 24-Feb-1976 NEW YORK TIMES

向西望去，一座计划高250英尺的拱门将遮挡阿灵顿国家公墓和罗伯特·E·李故居阿灵顿宅邸的视野。从另一个方向看，左下图显示拱门将遮挡从约翰·F·肯尼迪墓地“永恒之火”眺望林肯纪念堂的视线。右下图为该建筑的模型；国家首都规划委员会的最终批准最快可能于9月3日作出。

MARK WASHINGTON TIMES, 7 / 6-12 / 77 KROGER

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拟建拱门对历史遗迹的“不利影响”

1. 纪念大道走廊文化景观
2. 阿灵顿纪念大桥及相关特色建筑
3. 伯德·约翰逊夫人公园文化景观
4. 阿灵顿国家公墓历史区
5. 阿灵顿宅邸历史区
6. 阿灵顿宅邸（罗伯特·E·李纪念馆）
7. 阿灵顿宅邸文化景观
8. 兰多·B·约翰逊纪念林
9. 弗农山纪念公路历史区
10. 林肯纪念堂文化景观 林肯纪念堂
11. 国家广场500号及国家广场历史区
12. 广场文化景观
13. 华盛顿纪念碑
14. 华盛顿纪念碑及周边历史区

15. 华盛顿纪念碑及周边文化景观

16. 洛克溪与皮尔森诺公园历史区

17. 东波托马克公园与西波托马克公园历史区
18. 华盛顿哥伦比亚特区朗方城市规划
19. 阿灵顿岭公园
20. 五角大楼
21. 福特·莫尔国家历史地标区
22. 乔治·梅森纪念馆
23. 托马斯·杰斐逊纪念堂
24. 托马斯·杰斐逊纪念堂文化景观
25. 美国国会大厦
26. 乔治城历史区
27. 老海军天文台
28. 天文台山历史区
29. 阿尔班塔公寓大楼
30. 美国制药学会大楼
31. 乔治·华盛顿纪念公园道
32. 哈昆宅邸
33. 弗朗西斯·斯科特·海大桥
34. 国家大教堂
35. 国家战争学院
36. 警惕消防站

如施工造成的实质性损害。

“文化遗产合伙人”律师事务所创始合伙人、律师格雷格·沃克豪泽表示：“视觉视线、关系、环境、背景——这些都不重要。”

而这些特征正是反对拱门的核心所在。退伍军人、文物保护者、历史学家和华盛顿居民反对拱门的理由是，它将改变周边地点的意义和氛围——不仅仅是拱门将建造的纪念圆环内的地面。

拱门将打断林肯纪念堂与李氏阿灵顿宅邸之间精心规划的走廊，这条走廊旨在促进南北战争后南北方的重新统一。从李氏纪念——

观点解析

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此外，拱门还会遮挡林肯纪念堂的大部分景观。从连接河流两岸的阿灵顿纪念大桥望去，拱门将在这片同时也是阿灵顿国家公墓庄严结构的空间中植入一个“凯旋”象征。

退役陆军军官加里·兰斯顿（Gary Langston）在拱门的公共设计审查期间曾公开反对该项目，他希望官员们能想象一名退伍军人在拜访阵亡战友墓地时的情景。

“当你抬头时，会看到这座庞然大物在你头顶若隐若现，”他在采访中说道，“然后它还会设有一个观景平台，游客们会从上面俯视你。”

拱门的设计方案包括一个观景台，支持者称这将为首都地区带来全新的日常视角。但由于紧邻公墓，退伍军人表示，游客向西眺望时，常会看到私人葬礼和哀悼的家属。而如果他们向东望向林肯纪念堂和国会大厦，则会背对公墓。

国家公园管理局的评估承认，在公墓内的某些地面区域，拱门将成为景观的一部分。它还会遮挡从肯尼迪总统墓地“永恒火焰”所在山坡望向林肯纪念堂的视线。

兰斯顿和其他退伍军人还担心，拟议中的施工安排——政府提议每天施工20小时，持续多年——将干扰葬礼。“大气或听觉”影响在新规则下也不再重要。这将限制对那些依赖于家园氛围的重要场所的保护。兰斯顿曾在拜登政府期间担任负责《第106条》规则的联邦历史保护咨询委员会主席。

除了公墓，拱门还将成为游客在杰斐逊纪念堂前台阶和美国国会大厦上层中心参观体验的一部分。从员工滨水区和华盛顿纪念碑园区也能看到它。

在拱门的支持者看来，这些可能是特色而非干扰。白宫发言人戴维斯·英格尔（Davis Ingle）表示，拱门将成为华盛顿乃至全世界最具标志性的地标之一。

“它将增强阿灵顿国家公墓的参观体验，无论是对退伍军人、阵亡将士家属，还是所有美国人而言，”英格尔在声明中表示，“它将作为一个视觉提醒，让我们铭记在长达250年的历史中，无数美国英雄为我们今天的自由所做出的崇高牺牲。”

根据现行的《第106条》程序，国家公园管理局一旦确定受影响的历史遗迹，便应寻求“避免、最小化或减轻”任何损害的方法。但文物保护人士表示，这在拱门项目上几乎不可能实现。

“他们没有努力通过考虑替代地点来‘避免’损害，”哥伦比亚特区文物保护联盟执行主任丽贝卡·米勒（Rebecca Miller）说，“也没有努力‘最小化’，因为总统已经告诉他们不要这样做。而对于破坏文化景观的行为，又能如何‘减轻’呢？我想不出有什么办法可以减轻这种损害！”

如果拟议的监管变更获得通过，“避免、最小化或减轻”这一表述将在《第106条》程序中被删除。

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A11

第47任总统

新闻分析

特朗普的思绪似乎仍停留在2020年的事件中

作者：凯西·博格斯

华盛顿——现在是哪一年的哪一周？

过去几天里，特朗普总统仿佛生活在2020年，他声称自己不顾顾问们的反对在新冠疫情期间重新开放了国家，并表示其中一位顾问安东尼·S·福奇博士才是那个有着“疯狂想法”的人。他每天都在散布一个谎言，即自己赢得了2020, 大选，而大选被操纵——这一信念在很大程度上由他的政治基本盘支撑。此外，他在周五表示，那些于 4, 2021, 冲击国会大厦的支持者只是在进行一次“无害的旅程”。那天有4人死亡。

特朗普与其说是历史的学生，不如说是历史的改写者。在第二个任期内，他如此执着于为自己的选举失利复仇，并对政治对手进行报复，以至于让许多美国人感到困惑：当许多人更希望解释为什么国家正在与伊朗交战，或帮助他们负担当下的食品杂货时，他却仍在纠结 2020. 的事情。

无论是他的低迷民调数字，还是共和党人对其固执立场的担忧，似乎都无法动摇他对六年前事件的重新审视。

“我认为他的自尊心不允许他接受这样一个事实：在他眼中如此软弱的乔·拜登竟然能击败他，”莎拉·马修斯说。她曾在特朗普第一任期内担任副新闻秘书，并在1月4日袭击事件后辞职。

“我亲眼目睹了高级顾问们告诉他，他输了，而且没有欺诈的证据，”马修斯女士说。“但他不再听取这些人的意见，而是开始围绕在一群谄媚者和阴谋论者身边。”

六年后，她说，美国人仍在承受后果。“他没有关注大多数美国人真正关心的问题。”

去年8月，一位白宫发言人暗示，特朗普对2020年大选的执着是推动《美国安全法案》（SAFE America Act）的一部分。该法案将要求选民在投票站出示带照片的公民身份证明，并严格限制邮寄投票。毫无疑问，这项立法将使符合条件的选民更难前往投票站。

“这位总统知道这项议题对美国人民的重要性，他不会停止战斗，直到法案通过，但他可以同时推动其他事务，”她说。“特朗普的政治议程更关注降低药品价格、恢复美国就业、提振民调数字和重新审视2020年。”

上周，参议院共和党人与特朗普一同回到了2020年。他们重新审视了一场集体的国家创伤，其复杂性远超当初的呈现方式。

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安东尼·S·福奇博士（中）与特朗普总统（左）在2020年举行的新冠疫情每日简报会上。上周，福奇博士在参议院听证会上受到质询。

参议院共和党人大肆宣扬福奇博士的日记——这些日记从政府服务器中恢复，并由特朗普的卫生部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪公之于众。在日记中，福奇博士提到自己受到了朱迪·罗伯茨和芭芭拉·史翠珊等名人的关注。

周三，福奇博士在参议院国土安全委员会的听证会上援引《第五修正案》超过100次。对许多人来说，这位65岁的前公职人员（他于2021年退休）的举动是一种政治上的认输。（根据公开文件，特朗普在2022年的一场欺诈审判中援引《第五修正案》数百次。）

在日记中，福奇博士详细记录了他与特朗普在疫情指导、检测能力和学校关闭等问题上的紧张关系。早在2020年1月，当总统淡化这种神秘病毒的传播时，双方就已产生分歧。

“当时我不得不回答说，我们对此非常重视，美国民众不应感到恐慌或担忧，”福奇博士在提及当时的一次电视露面时写道。“让我们看看这份工作能否抵挡住70年代的电视报道。”

事实证明，他有理由保持警惕：特朗普先生已将福奇博士列入他自认为在2020年终结其首个任期的政治敌人名单。

其中包括小约瑟夫·R·拜登。上个月，特朗普先生在一次活动中偏离主题，该活动涉及SNAA提及的美国核能力、制造业及环境议题，但他却借机贬低拜登的成绩。他还在社交媒体上声称，自己曾警告拜登关于福奇博士的问题，尽管事实上是特朗普本人授予了这位医生总统嘉奖，以表彰其在将新冠疫苗推向公众方面的工作。

“我打电话给拜登，告诉他福奇这个人不怎么样，要么不称职，要么不诚实。这通电话反响不错，但遗憾的是，他没有采取行动，”特朗普写道。“结果他赋予了福奇巨大的破坏性权力。”

两名直接了解拜登与特朗普对话的人士表示，由于不愿卷入与总统的公开争论，他们要求匿名，称那通电话从未发生过。

曾在首届白宫新冠病毒工作组任职的前高级政府官员也表示，为了避免与前任老板发生公开冲突，他们要求匿名——

重新审视：希望修正一场大流行和一场失去的选举

同僚们回忆称，特朗普先生及其顾问会在白宫形势室的会议上私下对福奇博士关于病毒的看法表示异议。

福奇博士在紧张时刻的口头禅是告诉该团队成员，他们的工作是基于科学提出建议。他说，白宫官员的工作则是权衡这些建议与潜在的证人。

特朗普先生在电视上的叙述，将一个复杂的问题——他对造成超过一百万人死亡的病毒暴发的处理——简化为非黑即白、非此即彼的对立。政治学家、《追逐政治：参与时代的家庭法案中的COVID政治》合著者托马斯·R·佩扬斯基表示，这种边缘化的处理方式在大流行期间显而易见，并可能让特朗普失去了他无法停止讨论的2020年选举。

“我们的主要发现是，特朗普政府将大流行视为一种政治威胁，”在康奈尔大学任教的佩扬斯基先生在谈及其研究时表示。“这是一个战术性错误。如果他以不同的方式应对大流行，本可以在2020年连任。”

特朗普先生对2020年选举结果的持续错误主张已对美国民主造成损害。公众对政府机构和选举安全的信任度下降，但研究显示存在党派分歧。根据《政治》杂志2020,5月发布的一项民调，多数共和党人担心不合格选民投票，而多数民主党人则担心选民压制。

许多美国人仍然对大流行期间发生在自己及家人身上的事情感到合理的愤怒和不安。佩扬斯基等专家认为，这是一个从2020.的错误中吸取教训的自然机会。美国现在面临日益严重的麻疹疫情和对供应链污染的担忧。当被问及细胞毒性弧菌暴发——一种近期在美国传播且与污染有关的腹泻疾病——时，特朗普先生表示：

“我没有想过这个问题，”特朗普先生说道，随后与提问记者开玩笑，“你最近收到信件了吗？”

了解特朗普先生行事方式的人认为，他将继续专注于2020年的事件，因为这似乎是他从那个时期吸取的主要教训。事实并未阻碍他的观点，而他也因此受到奖励。

“如果他把某件事说够多次，他就拥有世界上最大的扩音器，”马修斯说。“当然，会有数百万美国人相信民调结果，把他的话当真，即使他没有证据支持。”

福奇受关注被指提振肯尼迪及其出版商的书籍销量

作者：希尔比·劳·斯托尔伯格

在安东尼·S·福奇博士上周援引第五修正案拒绝回答参议院共和党人的问题数小时后，罗伯特·F·肯尼迪 Jr. 在社交媒体上宣传他于2021年出版的关于福奇博士的书籍，称其为“今天最畅销的精装书”。

1日过后，肯尼迪先生在电视上发表了类似言论。“我于2021.写了一本关于安东尼·福奇的书，”他在休斯敦接受福克斯新闻采访时表示，“这是2021年最畅销的书。它卖出了100万册。”

肯尼迪先生的小型巡回宣传活动正值共和党人指责福奇博士通过隐瞒一篇关于其信件或内容的文章来为自己开脱，其中包括政府道德官员允许他保留的6000万。但自20世纪40年代以来，主持听证会的共和党人，甚至肯尼迪的儿子罗伯特·F·肯尼迪三世都曾出版过批评福奇博士的书籍。肯尼迪的书籍似乎从负面公众关注中获益最多。

肯尼迪先生的办公室未回应代表其本人或其儿子发表评论的请求。

根据《纽约时报》的报道，20世纪70年代的出版商托尼·莱昂斯是肯尼迪的长期顾问，曾为支持参议员的政治行动委员会及其他团体提供服务。该书的第一版于2023年由雷根西出版公司出版，该公司于同年12月被天马出版社收购。（天马出版社最近还出版了肯尼迪的妻子、女演员谢丽尔·海因斯的回忆录。）

“真实的安东尼·福奇是一代人中最重要的书籍，”莱昂斯先生周一在采访中表示，提及肯尼迪的这部作品。他表示，该书将福奇博士描绘为被腐败的制药行业所操控，其销售额的激增归功于——

三本书对前总统顾问提出批评

“《安东尼·福奇的真相》一书由肯尼迪先生为推进其反对环境毒素和疫苗的运动而创立的非营利组织‘儿童健康防御’出版，而非肯尼迪先生本人作品。”

“他这样做不是为了钱，也不是为了他们。所以请这样写，”莱昂斯先生说。

道德专家表示，肯尼迪先生、他的儿子以及保罗先生并未跨越任何法律或道德底线，但舍曼表示，这位部长和参议员利用自己的平台自吹自擂，抨击福奇博士从公职中牟利，这一行为本身就越过了虚伪的界限。

“这是相当讽刺的，”华盛顿负责任与道德公民组织（一个监督团体）的政府道德专家唐纳德·舍曼说。

圣路易斯华盛顿大学政府道德与法律教授凯瑟琳·克拉克表示，这本书“在法律上并不构成利益冲突，但确实存在冲突，这或许能解释他们在此事上的动机”。她将这次听证会比作天空马出版社的“宣传”活动。

根据莱昂斯先生领导的倡导组织“MAHA行动”发布的《MAHA报告》通讯，听证会导致肯尼迪先生的书籍销量激增。该书在相关在线商店售价为$225。

保罗先生必须遵守参议院道德规则，这些规则禁止大多数特定付款，但豁免版税和预付款。他在2023年出版的《欺骗：新冠大掩盖》一书中指控福奇博士主导了在中国进行的导致新冠疫情的研究，并向国会撒谎，福奇博士否认了这些指控。保罗先生已两次要求司法部起诉福奇博士，这些指控是上周听证会的核心内容。

保罗先生报告称，从雷根西出版社获得的版税总计275,000美元，其中2023年为$20,000，2024年为$80,000。

周三，保罗先生担任主席的参议院国土安全委员会计划投票决定是否因福奇博士拒绝作证而将其藐视国会。

肯尼迪先生使用其个人拥有近1000万粉丝的4号账户（而非其官方政府账户）来推广福奇的书籍，身为内阁部长的他面临比参议员更多的限制。他必须遵守提交给参议院确认的道德申报文件。

罗伯特·F·肯尼迪 Jr.现任卫生部长，一直在推广2020年出版的《安东尼·福奇的真相》一书。他在道德申报文件中披露曾与天空马出版社签订咨询协议，但承诺在申报中重新审视该协议。在一份文件中，肯尼迪先生表示其公司曾收到该出版社$425,000的会计账目，用于“作者推介、图书创意及其他作者的关键词”等服务。他的道德申报文件称，出版社支付的版税用于“过度宣传”，但未具体说明书名。其财务披露显示，他收到了$1,000的预付款用于《疫苗-创伤：让科学发声》一书，并披露海因斯女士获得了$800,000的回忆录预付款。

他还在申报中披露，有权获得10 million的两本即将出版的书籍《Cover-the-Sunny》和《真实美国的辩护》的预付款，以及尚未出版的书籍《美国：重回道德领导力》。

“在我的任期内，”肯尼迪先生承诺，“我不会参与与这些书籍相关的任何写作、编辑或宣传活动，也不会根据出版协议提供任何其他服务。”

在这三位作者中，肯尼迪先生的儿子拥有最大的自由度。作为一名普通公民，他可以自由出版任何内容。他的书《安东尼·福奇的自白》自称是“一种坦诚的方式”，以日记形式呈现，福奇博士直接向读者讲述。

在发给追随者的第4条消息中，肯尼迪先生提到了自己的儿子。他称福奇的出版物是“本十年来最具争议的”书籍，“完成了书店和买家拒绝销售，主流报纸拒绝接收的壮举。”

他特别点名《纽约时报》，声称该报

拒绝刊登《真实的安东尼·福奇》的付费广告，并将该书列为畅销书榜单第7位，“尽管它的销量比其他任何书都多出数千本。”

《纽约时报》的一位发言人表示，该报曾于2020年大选后的2021年12月29日在《书评》版面刊登了该书的广告。

《纽约时报》不披露图书排名的具体方法，仅表示排名“汇总了美国各地提供广泛一般兴趣书籍的供应商以保密方式报告的销售数据”。该发言人拒绝进一步置评。

肯尼迪先生的书曾3次登上《纽约时报》周度精装医学类畅销书榜单（自2023年出版以来），在综合医学类榜单上的最高排名为第1位。该书还曾登上精装与电子书合并医学类榜单的第8位。

福奇博士2024年的回忆录《7月4日：公共服务之旅》当年在《纽约时报》畅销书榜单上停留了7周，4,次登上精装医学类和精装与电子书合并医学类榜单的第1位。

在一份福奇公开提及的政府公司内部日志中，福奇写道，他在书出版前曾与律师唐·沃克（Don Walker）提及肯尼迪的书，称其无疑将是“一本巨大的‘satisfaction book’”。沃克当时坚称，“绝对不应对此采取任何行动，因为罗伯特·F·肯尼迪毫无可信度。”

这发生在5年前，远早于任何人预想到肯尼迪会成为卫生部长。

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《纽约时报》全国版 2026年8月5日，星期三

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顺时针从上至下：俄亥俄河流经俄亥俄州马里埃塔市的景象；水力压裂产生的高盐废水从鲍勃·威尔逊（中）拥有的井中渗出，他表示：“这里本不该有任何水”；一辆油罐车正在将有毒卤水注入地下，这些卤水通常来自外州。

作者：昆廷·格拉迪基 (QUINN GLADICKI)

纳里内·马加维拍摄

俄亥俄州马里埃塔市——在这座历史悠久的俄亥俄州马里埃塔市，河狸曾在乔治·华盛顿勘测过的古老河岸上栖息。有轨电车在砖砌道路上颠簸而行，穿梭于维多利亚式住宅和有着2,000年历史的阿登纳及霍普韦尔文化墓冢之间。这里曾拥有比美国任何其他地方都多的独立战争军官。

而在马里埃塔地下深处，还埋藏着另一样东西。数亿加仑的放射性压裂废水。

多年来，一队队油罐车日夜不停地将有毒盐水运送至此，注入深达数千英尺的地下注入井，理论上应永久封存。

但盐水正在向地表渗漏，当地居民担心它可能很快污染供15,000人饮用的水源。“这将毁掉这座城市，”马里埃塔市议会主席苏珊·维塞尔斯说，“一旦造成损害，就无法挽回。”

维塞尔斯女士表示，多年来，当地居民和官员“完全不知道”自己身处有毒废物跨州交易市场的中心。她称，他们逐渐意识到，俄亥俄州的这一角落已成为压裂废水的主要处理地。

俄亥俄州已批准了240多口用于处置油气废物的注入井。相比之下，与俄亥俄州接壤的宾夕法尼亚州仅有39口此类注入井，西弗吉尼亚州也只有数十口。

宾夕法尼亚州的天然气产量仅次于得克萨斯州，根据州记录，去年该州约四分之三需要永久处置的压裂废水被运往俄亥俄州。

俄亥俄州每年向地下注入约14亿加仑废水，根据州数据显示。估计有三分之一到一半可能来自州外。

俄亥俄州的数百口注入井将有毒废水泵入地下

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注：地图显示已获批的注入井。 资料来源：俄亥俄州自然资源部（通过FracFocus和美国环境保护署）

《纽约时报》纳萨·本辛格报道

压裂热潮使美国成为全球最大的天然气生产国。但压裂作业也会产生大量含有重金属、放射性物质和致癌物苯的高盐废水，以及来自压裂过程的有害化学添加剂。

俄亥俄州之所以成为废水处理地，是因为数十年前，早在压裂技术出现之前，该州就获得联邦政府许可，自行监管当时仅占油气行业一小部分的注入井。因此，如今在俄亥俄州钻探注入井比在宾夕法尼亚州等受联邦监管的州更为容易。

马里埃塔所在的华盛顿县拥有19口已获批的注入井。根据《纽约时报》查阅的州记录，过去两年间，该县注入地下的362 million加仑废水中，有39%来自州外。

业界表示，注入井受到严格监管，数千英尺的岩层和页岩能安全封存废水。俄亥俄州石油和天然气协会主席鲍勃·布罗德雷特称：“只要选址、建造、运营和监管得当，注入井不会对饮用水构成重大威胁。”

但俄克拉何马州的注入井曾出现盐水冒出地表的情况，引发了对饮用水污染的担忧。得克萨斯州也曾发生盐水喷涌地面的事件，如今类似问题正在俄亥俄州显现。

上个月，在马里埃塔郊外的一处林间洼地，鲍勃·威尔逊在一口传统油气井（非压裂井）下方用扳手调试。突然，一股液体喷涌而出：那是含盐的压裂废水。

“这里本不该有任何水，”威尔逊先生说。他眯眼查看压力表，读数为320磅 / 平方英寸——他说这是他见过的最高值。“压力还在上升。”

威尔逊先生表示，最近几周他又失去了两口油气井，原因是受到了水力压裂废水的侵入。他说，现在这些井“一分钱也赚不到”。他正在起诉几家注水井公司，理由是注入的盐水污染了油气储层并侵犯了他的财产所有权。一家初级法院驳回了这些指控，目前该案已上诉至俄亥俄州最高法院。被告公司则辩称，原告无法证明废水的来源。

马里埃塔学院的地质学教授大卫·杰弗里（David Jeffery）表示，这些被淹没的油井证明了盐水正通过岩石中的溪流和裂缝在地下“迁移”。他此前曾在BP公司担任石油地质学家。

使情况复杂化的是，根据州政府的估计，俄亥俄州分布着多达 80,000 口未登记的旧式油气井。专家表示，其中一些几乎肯定穿过了含水层。

杰弗里博士说，这些井可能会成为被泵入地下的盐水的通道，而“我们根本不知道它们在哪里”。

据曾在该委员会担任执行主任直至 2025 年的律师科里·海斯基（Cory Hayskey）称，2024 年，负责监管上诉的行业专家机构——俄亥俄州油气委员会“明确确认”盐水正在地下迁移。

“州政府和工业界多年来一直拥有确凿证据，证明这些注水井正在威胁周围的地质结构，”海斯基先生说。

马里埃塔市议会主席维塞尔斯女士表示，直到大约一年前，她对注水井一无所知。在人口 11,000 的马里埃塔市郊外，有四口井获准在距离该市饮用水含水层两英里范围内，每天共同注入 640,000 加仑的盐水。

最近，维塞尔斯女士坐在门廊上，周围堆满了检查报告和钻井许可证。这位共和党人、前美国陆军情报官员表示，她希望立即停止注水，并要求州领导禁止在公共饮用水源附近设立注水井。

“我们需要一个可以传给子孙后代的社区，”她说，“如果我们继续走这条路，我们可能就无法拥有它了。”

根据监测油气活动的组织 FirstTracker 汇总的宾夕法尼亚州废物记录，在马里埃塔饮用水源两英里范围内的四口注水井接收了来自宾夕法尼亚州水力压裂场地的废水，其中致癌放射性物质镭-226 的中位水平是美国环保局饮用水标准的 420 到 1,000 倍。

“如果我们的水里出现了任何核物质，那就完了，”维塞尔斯女士说，“我们彻底完了。”

去年，在州政府批准了马里埃塔家门口的第五口以及随后的第六口注水井后，官员们宣布进入紧急状态（第七口拟建的注水井尚在审批中）。

官员们表示，盐水不仅在“定期向地表迁移”，而且自 2023 年以来，华盛顿县的地震活动增加了近 20 倍，这是一个“明确的迹象”，表明含有数十亿加仑废物的地下岩层正在“移动且可能发生断裂”。

马里埃塔官员要求州领导停止在距离该市含水层六英里范围内进行注水，并停止批准新井。到三月份，该县另外八家水务部门也纷纷跟进，要求暂停注水。

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饮用水检测显示，马里埃塔市及周边地区的水中未发现盐水，官员们表示。但鲍勃·艾伦说，如果放射性物质进入供水系统，“我们认为无法将其去除”。艾伦是马里埃塔市南部小罗金水协会的董事会成员，该协会为华盛顿县近10,000名农村居民提供饮用水。

今年早些时候，环保倡导组织“巴克艾环境网络”和环境法律团体“地震”提起诉讼，质疑马里埃塔市外拟建的所有注入井，这些井均属于DeepRock处置解决方案公司。律师们认为，州政府在颁发许可证时未遵循适当的规则。DeepRock的律师则表示，许可证应予维持。

7月，州监管机构表示

四口注入井位于马里埃塔市饮用水源两英里范围内

若计划获批，将新增更多钻井

来源：俄亥俄州自然资源部，FirstTracker提供

顺时针从上至下：地质学教授戴维·杰弗里表示，盐水正通过地下岩石“迁移”；苏珊·维塞尔斯是俄亥俄州华盛顿县担心饮用水受污染的居民之一；马里埃塔市DeepRock处置解决方案公司的卡车。

华盛顿县的四口注入井被叫停，其中包括马里埃塔市外DeepRock公司拥有的一口井，原因是监管机构认定，在Mt. Wilson等油气井中发现的液体和高压“只可能由附近的注入井造成”。

去年8月，在共和党执行会议上，俄亥俄州参议员布赖恩·查韦斯（他于2023年当选后辞去DeepRock首席执行官一职）淡化了注入井构成的威胁，称这种盐水为“远古海水”，这一说法来自一份针对他的州立法机构道德委员会的道德投诉。该投诉由华盛顿县居民提交，指控查韦斯在重返DeepRock后存在利益冲突。投诉还称，查韦斯将废物的放射性水平与香蕉相提并论。查韦斯现任参议院能源委员会主席。

俄亥俄州参议院共和党发言人称该道德投诉“毫无根据”。

DeepRock的律师劳拉·盖茨在声明中表示：“我们尊重社区成员提出的担忧，并认为这些担忧应通过基于筛查的监管流程予以解决。”她还表示，“DeepRock仍致力于保护公众健康、饮用水资源和环境。”

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文件推翻特朗普关于犹他州纪念碑的说法

作者：内森·乔尔森

华盛顿——当特朗普总统大幅缩减犹他州美国国家纪念碑面积超过12 million英亩时，他声称此举有必要，因为在该州境内几乎无法进行休闲活动。

“你无法打猎，无法钓鱼，什么都做不了，几乎连走路都不行，”特朗普先生上月在椭圆形办公室的仪式上说道。

内政部第二号官员表示：“确实如此，先生，所以您今天做的事情很了不起。”

但自2016，巴拉克·奥巴马总统将该纪念碑指定为国家纪念碑以来，贝尔斯东地区一直允许进行休闲活动，2020.的政府文件显示，《纽约时报》获悉，特朗普政府官员在椭圆形办公室活动前约一个月曾就纪念碑内的休闲机会进行了预先调查。

根据《纽约时报》通过公共记录请求获取的文件，推动缩减纪念碑的犹他州官员在6月告诉特朗普政府，贝尔斯东地区“目前允许休闲活动”。

州官员特别提到了2个主要热门地点，以及其他地区，包括背包客和骑马者常去的地方，这些地方的公民规则吸引了大量非部落成员、非州内居民和攀岩爱好者，正如奥巴马在指定纪念碑时所指出的那样。

这些文件表明，政府在“长期或传播关于这些联邦公共土地的错误信息”，南犹他荒野联盟（Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance）的法律总监称，该组织参与了《纽约时报》的记录请求。

国家纪念碑是受法律保护的公共土地，禁止石油和天然气钻探、采矿及其他工业开发。它们与国家公园有类似规定，但国家公园由国会设立，而国家纪念碑则通过2008授权的总统公告程序设立。

美国商务部、美国商务部、纽约商务部、美国商务部、纽约商务部、美国商务部、纽约商务部、美国商务部、纽约商务部、美国商务部、纽约商务部、美国商务部、纽约商务部。

白宫发言人泰勒·罗杰斯未回应置评请求。

政策协调办公室也未收到置评请求。

贝尔斯东（Bears East）是该地区办公室管辖范围内扩大的区域，涉及群体名称、霍普头衔、犹特印第安头衔、犹特保险头衔及祖尼联邦。该遗址包含数千处考古遗址，其中许多具有重要文化意义，包括墓地遗迹、崖壁雕刻和岩画。

该遗址还拥有“世界级户外休闲机会”。奥巴马在指定贝尔斯东为国家纪念碑的公告中写道，这里适合科学考察、狩猎、远足、背包旅行、露营、湍流漂流、山地自行车和骑马。

路易斯·威廉姆斯是“古道波浪徒步与钓鱼实验室”的负责人兼所有者，该机构为贝尔斯东提供由原住民导游带领的体验服务。他表示，特朗普签署行政令缩小该遗址范围时，他正在现场直播。

“我摇着头，”威廉姆斯说，“我心想，我怀疑他是否真的来过这个地区，因为如果他了解这里，就会发现这个地方完全可以进入。我当时就在想，他到底有没有来过这里生活过，因为如果他了解这个地区，就会发现这个地方是完全可以进入的。”

然而，负责国家公共土地管理的执行官贝尔斯（Bears）则支持特朗普的决定，他推动开放公共土地供越野车辆使用。他指出，贝尔斯东有60万英亩的土地曾是潜在的越野车辆活动区域，尽管这一规定从未生效。

“我们已经多次讨论过这个问题，因为它是拜登政府最后时刻的重要决定之一，但从未真正执行，”巴尔（Barr）说，“因此，我们认为围绕行政管理中允许与禁止的讨论在某种程度上受到了这一因素的影响。”

相关文件还涉及狩猎或垂钓活动。但犹他州自然资源部（负责公共土地政策协调办公室）允许人们在贝尔斯东进行狩猎和垂钓，前提是持有有效许可证并签署相关协议。

医疗补助计划就自闭症治疗制定指导方针

作者：内森·克莱普

特朗普政府周二建议各州对治疗提供者采取更多限制措施，以遏制医疗补助计划在一项引发浪费和欺诈担忧的治疗上的支出激增。

“我们对成本存在疑问，”医疗补助计划高级官员卡普丽斯·肯普表示。《纽约时报》援引其话称，“我们希望确保这些支出符合儿童的最大利益。”

《纽约时报》今年进行的一项调查发现，近年来，缺乏监管的自闭症诊所数量激增。多名诊所工作人员向《纽约时报》透露，他们的诊所经常虚报治疗时长，甚至建议同一家庭的多名儿童接受治疗，以获取更多利润。

周二，联邦医疗补助办公室发布了一份173页的文件，为各州制定自闭症诊所监管政策指南。该文件建议各州规定治疗提供者在让儿童休息前可提供的治疗时长上限，要求对大量患者进行事先授权，并加强数据跟踪。

医疗补助官员在采访中表示，新的限制措施旨在遏制专业诊所的不当行为，并

一名男子在ICE拘留中心死亡 家人悲痛欲绝

作者：贾拉·李（JARA LEE） 及玛丽·雷诺（MARIE RENAUND）

一名加拿大裔美国男子在内华达州遭遇致命事件后，其家人周二聚集在教堂外，恳求官方就导致该男子死亡的情况给出答案。

41岁的埃德温·洛佩斯-科尔内霍（Edwin Lopez-Cornejo）被从德拉尼拘留中心（Delaney Hall detention center）送往内华达大学医院，并于周六被宣告死亡。他的亲属周二在新闻镜头前要求内华达州官员调查他的死因。他们还呼吁释放被拘留在该中心的其他人。

洛佩斯-科尔内霍的母亲科尔内霍女士周二上午在电话采访中表示，她的儿子在拘留期间曾抱怨身体不适，并称联邦官员已被告知其既往病史。科尔内霍女士说，洛佩斯-科尔内霍留下了一个12岁的女儿。

“他说‘他的女儿崩溃了’。”她说道。

艾莉森·麦卡恩（Allison McCann）对此报道有贡献——

家属们站在教堂台阶上，科尔内霍女士走向新闻镜头时，他们将手搭在她的肩膀上，她在记者面前哭泣。讲话结束后，她拥抱了自己的孙辈。

科尔内霍女士说，她的儿子被诊断患有糖尿病和癫痫，这两种病情都需要通过药物控制。她表示，不知道自6月10日在佛罗里达州弗兰克菲尔德（Frankfield）家附近步行上班时被捕后，拘留中心官员是否按时给他服药。洛佩斯-科尔内霍在当地一家建筑公司工作。

美国国土安全部和负责监管德拉尼拘留中心的移民与海关执法局（ICE）均未立即回应家属的诉求。运营德拉尼拘留中心的私营承包商GenCorp公司也未就洛佩斯-科尔内霍的死因发表评论。

ICE官员周一表示，洛佩斯-科尔内霍在德拉尼拘留中心突发医疗状况，工作人员“立即响应”。GenCorp公司未就其死因发表评论。

科尔内霍女士说，她被告知尸检结果可能需要数月时间。

ICE在周一的一份声明中称，洛佩斯-科尔内霍在拘留期间“获得了适当的医疗护理，并由政府医疗人员进行了治疗”。

“ICE致力于确保所有被拘留者生活在安全、有保障且人道的环境中，”该机构在声明中表示，“在拘留期间，任何被拘留者都不会被拒绝紧急医疗服务。”

洛佩斯-科尔内霍是过去八个月内第二名在德拉尼拘留中心死亡的被拘留者。他的死再次引发了对该联邦拘留中心的批评，数月来，囚犯们一直抗议拘留条件不人道。

根据《纽约时报》对联邦政府新闻稿的分析，自特朗普总统上任以来，已有至少33人在移民拘留设施中死亡。

“他的死本可避免，他的家人理应得到答案、问责和正义，”美国一名扩展主任豪尔赫·托雷斯（Jorge Torres）在一份声明中表示，“埃德温是10名在ICE拘留或移民执法行动中众多生命被夺走的其中一人。”

周一晚间，抗议者聚集在德拉尼拘留中心门外，谴责洛佩斯-科尔内霍的死。

埃德温·洛佩斯-科尔内霍是八个月内第二名在德拉尼拘留中心死亡的被拘留者。设施附近为他设立的纪念物。

一些近期的诊所常规性地为年仅3岁的儿童开出40小时的护理时长——并非因为他们需要如此多的治疗。《纽约时报》此前发现，而是因为这些儿童能够接受治疗。自闭症服务委员会（CAAS）为诊所提供建议，称每周10至40小时的治疗对综合治疗而言是“免费”的。新的医疗补助指南对标准中针对青少年的40小时护理提出质疑。指南指出，如此高强度的治疗水平“不是公平的、良好的”。

法官阻止纽约州禁止执法人员佩戴面具的法律

作者：格雷格·坎普福德

纽约州一项禁止联邦移民执法人员佩戴面具并要求阻止公共卫生服务的法律于周一被一名联邦法官发布初步禁令暂停执行。

司法部一直在敦促纽约州官员削减移民和海关执法局（ICE）的行动，称这代表了对联邦政府进行非法监管的推动。今年6月，特朗普政府提起诉讼，试图阻止该法律。

纽约州北区联邦法官艾伦·奥恩戈伦部分批准了司法部的初步禁令请求，称她有权根据联邦政府的论点发布禁令，即该伤害“目前已经并将继续直接妨碍联邦执法人员，违反最高法院的裁决”。

奥恩戈伦法官写道，纽约州官员“可能是正确的，即联邦移民官员佩戴面具且不提供可行的身份证明会造成危险局面，而法律目前和应当对此提供补救”。但她表示，“已有法律确立了联邦而非州或地方政府有权制定与联邦移民法执法相抵触的政策”。

该裁决距离该州更广泛的禁止地方执法部门与移民执法人员合作的禁令生效日期（8月25日）不到一个月。在裁决中，奥恩戈伦法官允许该决定继续推进。

尽管如此，这一裁决仍是特朗普政府的一次胜利。特朗普政府曾辩称，ICE特工需要佩戴面具以防止州政府的干预。此前，特朗普政府曾成功推翻加利福尼亚州的一项类似法律，一名法官表示该立法旨在阻挠联邦官员。

州长凯茜·霍楚尔和总检察长莱蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯在一份联合声明中对法官允许合作禁令生效的决定表示赞赏，称“地方执法部门应专注于地方事务，纽约州不应为与联邦政府的任何合作买单”。

詹姆斯表示，纽约州将审查所有与面具禁令相关的法律事宜。霍楚尔补充道：“我们坚持认为，佩戴面具的特工并不会让纽约更安全。”

作为今年秋季寻求连任的民主党人，霍楚尔越来越直言不讳地批评特朗普政府的移民政策，尤其抨击了对家庭的拆散行动以及ICE特工通过遮盖面部和某些方式规避身份识别的做法。

今年11月，霍楚尔将面对纳苏县行政长官布鲁斯·布莱克曼的挑战。布莱克曼曾是美国参议员，此前因堕胎权问题受到批评。作为共和党人，布莱克曼已成为特朗普总统驱逐议程及ICE特工策略的最强硬捍卫者之一。

上周，布莱克曼与谢里丹·卡明斯的父母站在一起。据当地警方称，这名来自纽约的18岁美国青年在芝加哥被一名有5次犯罪记录的男子杀害。

“外部官员一直在淡化这一问题，”布莱克曼周一表示，并将卡明斯的死归咎于那些“怀有接纳议程”的人所推行的“庇护”政策，“这些政策优先考虑的是政治议程，而非公共安全和预防犯罪”。

此外，特朗普和布莱克曼将进入美国的移民描绘为犯罪分子。

“他们中的许多人在自己的国家就是罪犯，”他说，“他们被释放出来，以便能够进入美国。”

布莱克曼与ICE特工达成了一项正式协议，允许他们在监狱中逮捕涉嫌犯罪的非公民。布莱克曼补充说，通过允许ICE进入监狱，特工得以避免在学校、医院和日托中心等地进行突袭。

该州政府的行政工作目前集中于霍希亚尔今年早些时候签署成为法律的移民一揽子计划，该计划还禁止移民及海关执法局（ICE）特工在没有司法令状的情况下进入学校、医院、日托中心和城市。

纽约民众对ICE及其驱逐策略的看法延伸至今冬明尼苏达州发生的移民特工遇害事件。此后，又有特工在与ICE特工的冲突中丧生，引发了额外的审视，并促使该机构重新审视其执法方式。

在3月圣菲市的一项民意调查中，14%的受访者表示支持驱逐该州所有无证移民，较一个月前的40%有所下降。ICE本身的支持率更低，62%的受访者反对该机构的执法方式。

政府和 / 或其他州的医疗补助计划——如印第安纳州、科罗拉多州、威斯康星州和缅因州——的诊所经常将午餐时间和游乐场活动等非人口统计学活动纳入医疗补助报销范围。

新的医疗补助指南还要求各州加强对决策过程的监督，以确保诊所提供所需的护理服务。

一些州在自闭症治疗支出快速增长后，已开始采取更严格的政策。纽约州的样本数据显示，该州明年自闭症治疗支出预计将达100亿美元，而2018年为10.1 亿美元。州议会最近要求对建议每周治疗时间超过10小时的治疗方案进行专项审查。

“所有州都面临着同样的问题，无论他们能做多少，”负责监管特朗普政府医疗补助事务的丹·布里尔曼表示。他补充说，政府正在发布指南，供医疗主管和州长“向其立法机构推动制定正确的政策”。

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特朗普与皮罗紧张会面内幕：皮罗称伯格姆误导了他

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她指出，伯格姆提出了一个自我粉饰的封面故事，以掩盖自己的过失。

据一位要求匿名讨论内部对话的人士透露，伯格姆发言较少，但尽力为自己辩护。

该人士表示，特朗普在一天结束时似乎不再那么愤怒。

白宫、皮罗女士和伯格姆先生的发言人均未回应置评请求。

这份基于多名知情人士采访的报道并非首次出现。故事的主题依然如故：任何敢于反驳总统的人都会陷入麻烦，即使这位持异议者是一位多年支持其议程的家族友人。

事件的法律纠葛始于7月2日，当时皮罗女士出席了州媒体会议。她最初不得不为87岁的前外交官员大卫·霍尔辩护，后者被指控在被目击破坏政党财产后，仅面临一项破坏候选人罪名。

“这不仅是总统的优先事项，也是我个人的优先事项。”皮罗女士表示，并补充道：“我们将证明，存在合理怀疑的证据表明，他蓄意破坏了财产。”

但她并未做到。上周五，皮罗女士在一份20页的文件中承认，其7月对这位民主党人（指霍尔）的仓促起诉是基于错误的假设和不完整的证据。

这份文件在某种程度上是对伯格姆的评估，后者是负责修复项目的承包商——大西洋工业涂料公司，以及美国公园警察的承包商。

皮罗的陈述暗示，伯格姆存在严重过失，未能胜任监督修复工作，随后又怂恿特朗普结束调查。皮罗称，她的团队几乎完全依赖内政部官员的说法，即过度损坏是由破坏者及其他被目击敲打或移除木材和石膏屋顶的破坏者造成。

在审阅了数千页证据后，她得出结论：

内政部仓促且“拙劣”地完成了修复工作，而来自公园警察官员的信息导致她援引了“不存在的‘确凿证据’”来指控霍尔先生。

整个事件显得有些荒诞（为何一位领导人在应对战争和广泛的经济问题时，还要关注一个池塘？），但对霍尔先生的指控绝非儿戏。该指控最高可判处10年监禁，基于皮罗团队的评估，损失金额超过$1,000。

皮罗深知她的5年职业生涯可能因此受到特朗普的容忍，但她决定在提交的文件中提供足够证据，彻底推翻伯格姆的说法。

上周，她在向联邦法院提交撤销对霍尔先生指控的动议前，向白宫发出了警告，

内政部长道格·伯格姆上月在煤炭办公室。皮罗在周一（5日）的会议上对其进行了确认。

尽管尚不清楚特朗普是否收到了简报，据要求匿名讨论内部审议的知情人士透露。

不祥的信号从特朗普处传出，始于皮罗提交动议后的第二天上午。

“我百分之100不同意乔安妮·皮罗的做法，”特朗普在回应时写道，“她在想什么？在我看来，这显然是一起破坏案（VAN-DAL-ISM）？”他补充道，“可能存在一些承包商的问题，但主要损害是由破坏者造成的。”

伯格姆先生随后在社交媒体上为自己辩护。他的团队向美国检察官办公室提供了关于破坏者造成损害的报告和目击证词，并按要求在规定时间内提供了详细说明该区域损害情况的所有证据，包括泳池区域，”他写道。

特朗普先生起初似乎站在伯格姆先生一边，并在周末对皮罗女士给予了持续支持。

到三月中旬，他计划在煤炭办公室举行新闻发布会，称自己对皮罗女士感到失望和错误，因为她过于害怕，不敢对未来可能提起的案件提出抗议。

值得注意的是，他没有回答记者关于皮罗女士未来就业问题的提问。

“皮罗女士比特朗普家族以外的几乎所有人都更了解特朗普先生的性格和敏感点，她甘愿冒着激怒总统并被免职的风险，”他说道。

在过去五周审阅了数千页证据后，皮罗女士宣布，国务院需要在被法院驳回之前被排除在外，据两名知情人士透露——

她的批评者质疑她的动机是否真诚或出于利他。霍尔女士的律师称，她犯了她指控伯格姆先生所犯的错误——匆忙采取行动以取悦上司——并且在对霍尔女士采取行动之前，她有充分的机会证明损害是由承包商造成的。他们暗示皮罗女士撤回起诉的决定是自我宣传。她可能试图支持爱丽丝的全体行动，如果大陪审团证词或其他外部材料被公开，可能会产生这样的结果。

承包商大西洋工业涂料公司尚未回应此案的问题。该公司网站6月21日的声明称，泳池“有一些部分需要联系”。

皮罗女士曾与伯格姆先生一同在纽约市相关市场崭露头角，她表示自己比许多其他高级部门官员拥有更强的独立意识，这些官员的职业生涯完全由他人塑造（并可能以某种方式被重新赞助）。

她放弃了一份薪酬更高的工作，离开一家新闻机构接任美国检察官一职，对华盛顿态度冷淡，并告诉朋友，她能够从目前的职位中学到东西，她的职业生涯并未受到影响，也不担心出现“游艇时刻”。

在周一的记录中，皮罗女士为自己进行了激烈的辩护，并似乎决心与伯格姆先生展开新的较量，最终赢回特朗普先生的支持。

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目前尚不清楚他是否能够获得确认，因为有数名共和党人尚未承诺支持他，而由于参议员米奇·麦康奈尔在选举后仍未表态，他最多只能失去两名党内成员的支持（该党投票）。

两名摇摆州共和党人，得克萨斯州参议员约翰·科里奇和北卡罗来纳州参议员Thom Tillis，在委员会投票中与党内多数派站在一起，但曾短暂与白宫对峙，对一项极不寻常的基金和一项可能削弱总统权力的税收豁免协议表示担忧。

前司法部官员表示，布兰奇先生的书面保证很容易被推翻或规避。该部门一直在考虑通过现有程序解决此类法案。税务专家表示，其豁免协议的新限制最终将无法阻止特朗普及其家人获得其他纳税人无法享有的巨额税收优惠。

科里奇先生在委员会投票当天承认，他换取支持的条件可能会被特朗普推翻，但他希望布兰奇先生能坚守底线。他称布兰奇先生是司法部内的“一股务实力量”，并赢得了总统足够的信任，能够向他推销“逆耳忠言”，尽管这些忠言常被忽视。他最后恳请布兰奇先生“在必要时，为了国家利益，不要害怕利用这种来之不易的信任”。

委员会的投票实际上是参议院共和党人对布兰奇先生在主持司法部日常工作期间的认可，而在此期间，司法部在他的监管下已将大部分独立性让渡给了白宫。

像科里奇先生这样的共和党人，为了党派利益，愿意搁置对布兰奇先生缺乏独立性的担忧。他们还认为，布兰奇先生是他们能从白宫获得的最佳人选，因为白宫在2024年11月的首选人选是马克·盖恩斯——这位前佛罗里达州国会议员曾是人口贩运的公开批评者。

投票前发言的民主党人表示，委员会中的共和党人已经放弃了维护司法部独立性和法治的最后机会，并将反对意见集中在其他问题上，而忽视了布兰奇先生是否适合担任这一职务。

“布兰奇先生非但没有为美国人民服务，维护法治和宪法，反而助长了美国历史上最腐败的政府，”委员会首席民主党人、伊利诺伊州参议员理查德·J·达林表示。达林指责布兰奇在确认听证会上否认曾在私下会议中告诉他和他的工作人员，设立该基金是一项“刺激”举措。

“这个委员会还剩下什么？”Model Social Democrat、参议员谢尔顿·惠特莫尔问道。

蒂利斯在解释自己支持布兰奇的投票时提出了一个新问题——司法部批准了对前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·E·科米的起诉，后者因在社交媒体上发布了一张长椅上摆放安全带的照片并附有信息威胁特朗普而广受批评。

“让我感到‘震惊’的是，他竟然没有对这种荒谬行为提出异议，”他说道。

他接着指责民主党人在Joseph E. Biden Jr.总统任期内发起了政治动机的调查，并称司法部的武器化“在这届政府中比上届政府更为严重”。

参议员

查尔斯·E·格劳斯基（Charles E. Grausky）是司法委员会和市议会委员会主席，他由科里奇（Mr. Corryce）和蒂利斯（Mr. Tillis）支付报酬，并表示他认为白宫和司法部花费如此长时间才将这些变更以书面形式确定下来“是一种犯罪”。

格劳斯基先生此前从未表达过这些担忧，但他在周二表示，众议院是“许多人共同持有这一担忧的最后一方”，并感谢布兰奇（Mr. Blanche）和白宫将“这一问题纳入 / 放入一个网络”供所有人参考。

数名共和党人

仍未同意

支持他。

布兰奇先生一直坚称，根据宪法第二条，特朗普先生几乎拥有不受限制的权利，可以在检察、人事和政策决策中纳入自己的意见，彻底改变了该部门的性质。他监督了解雇或强制调离经验丰富的职业律师、放弃对特朗普政治盟友的调查，以及对其政敌采取近乎不懈的行动，包括最近对科里先生的起诉。

民主党人表示，导致布兰奇先生在委员会获胜的联邦基金谈判——包括特朗普决定补偿布兰奇的提名，而不是放弃该基金或放弃其税收优惠——证明他不愿挑战这一决定。

委员会投票数小时后，共和党竞选委员会主席苏珊·柯林斯参议员对布兰奇表示了赞赏，但称在其提名提交参议院全体表决时，她无意支持他。

正在竞选连任的柯林斯参议员在一份声明中表示，布兰奇采取了多项行动，进一步促成了支持该基金的理由。该基金援引了布兰奇在特朗普起诉联邦储备系统（F.R.S.）的诉讼中达成的和解协议，包括他对所谓“武器化基金”的批准。

新闻分析

共和党允许特朗普保留前所未有的特权：国税局免责

作者：安德鲁·斯克里默

华盛顿——尽管今年春季共和党要求收回对特朗普总统及其盟友的年度竞选施加的非同寻常压力，但代理司法部长仅表示将采取行动。

政府还提供了书面往来文件，显示他正在审查一项24亿美元的法案，该法案旨在支付那些声称被这位候选人、官员及其政党针对的人士，官员们在周日的同一份声明中透露。布兰奇作证称，政府对这一看似有约束力的行政命令的执行，为特朗普、其家人及其企业提供的国税局审查豁免，比他为特朗普本人争取的还要少。

但事实依然是，身为亿万富翁的特朗普曾与国税局打过24亿美元的交道，却几乎无需担心该机构会因其多年来采取的诸多激进税务立场而追究他。当政府掌握在手中时，通常会对任何逃避监管办公室审查的人进行审计，而特朗普则利用其对联邦政府的控制，反而逃避了每一位现代总统——更不用说每一位普通纳税人——都必须面对的审查。

毫无疑问，这种无端的豁免本身对特朗普来说将极具价值，但他现在能避免的审计与其他总统相比究竟有多大差异，仍不得而知。国税局的审计通常是保密的。仅《纽约时报》此前披露的特朗普与该机构的往来记录，就可能让他损失超过2亿美元，而其他持续审计可能让他损失更多。

“我这一生每年都被审计，这——我有很多有钱的朋友从未被审计过。我是个例外，”特朗普周一在椭圆形办公室表示。“我当时反而非常不可能被审计。”

特朗普新获得的规避税务机构的能力似乎并未让拒绝接受该法案的参议院共和党人感到不安。这一决定让司法部长与这笔交易脱离了关系。德克萨斯州参议员约翰·科宁和北卡罗来纳州参议员汤姆·蒂利斯周一均表示，他们对布兰奇的认可感到满意，并将投票支持他。（周二，参议院司法委员会批准了他的提名，科宁和蒂利斯均投了赞成票。）

事实上，科宁和蒂利斯此前仅试图纠正审计的可疑方式

即使在布兰奇澄清后，一项保护措施仍在迅速扩大

起诉书的草案——并以书面形式确认布兰奇先生此前的口头澄清。例如，科里奇先生要求布兰奇先生明确表示，特朗普先生只能避免对其已提交的纳税申报单进行审计，包括总统仍可在国税局（I.R.S.）列出其自称在报税时提出的主张。

布兰奇先生5月20日命令的初始措辞似乎不仅将保护范围扩展至特朗普先生，还扩展至其“全体家庭成员，不受限制”，以及他们所关联的公司。这引发了大量个人和公司可能依据该法律主张豁免权的可能性。

马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦上月试图测试布兰奇先生声明的法律基础，询问与其家庭成员有关联的11家公司——包括Sableh、Polymarket和American Bloom——是否认为自己符合资格，以及这些公司是否认为自己对此负有责任。其他公司如World Liberty Financial则未回应沃伦女士的询问。

在科里奇先生的敦促下，布兰奇先生于周日书面表示，只有在特朗普先生针对国税局提起的诉讼中的原告才有资格获得审计保护。这包括总统本人、小唐纳德、埃里克以及“组织”——特朗普先生的诉讼将其定义为“组织”、有限责任公司（LLC）及其他103个未具体说明的实体。

特朗普先生于1月针对国税局提起诉讼。该诉讼并非基于审计争议，而是针对其税务责任，特朗普先生并未明确说明。联邦法律允许个人在税务申报未被妥善披露时起诉该机构，并有可能在法院认定国税局对泄露事件负有责任时获得经济赔偿。

特朗普先生最初要求国税局至少赔偿100亿美元，但司法部最终通过一项协议向其提供了审计保护，以测试该诉讼。司法部拒绝对特朗普先生的主张发表评论，尽管国税局的律师曾建议对其采取多项不同措施。

负责审理特朗普先生针对国税局诉讼的迈阿密联邦法官将这一结果斥为“自利的共谋行为”。她指出，她缺乏法律权力阻止这一结果，这也是围绕审计条款的众多法律不确定性之一。

其他人质疑政府是否有权指示司法部——即使是司法部长——如何指导作为财政部一部分的国税局开展审计。此外，法律禁止总统及其助手指示国税局。尽管该法律为司法部长保留了例外条款，但仍有400万份国税局特工的记录可能在未来政府任期内面临刑事调查，因遵循布兰奇先生的指示。

此类案件通常应由财政部和国税局的首席律师处理。但财政部总法律顾问目前的职位空缺，而司法部正在监督特朗普先生针对国税局的诉讼。

国税局代理局长肯·肯（Ken Ken）上月被迫离职，尽管他曾因曾为特朗普先生担任税务律师而免于受到严重指控。特朗普先生的选择将接替其职位。但作为国税局首席法律顾问的另一位税务律师，自布兰奇先生发出指示以来，一直未回应是否遵循其指示的问题。

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他的动机尚不明确。三位知情人士表示，劳德先生最近在波恩向他们透露，现代（艺术）的份额已不再像过去那样涌入，试图减少他在政治上的开支，但不包括慈善事业，并勉强表示他无法再像过去那样花钱。这些知情人士指出，公开证券文件显示，他对家族企业雅诗兰黛的投资已损失至少$1.3亿，因该公司股价较2021年高点下跌了77%。

一位接近劳德家族的人士并未否认劳德先生的政治支出正在受到审视，但表示这并非出于财务影响。

相反，这位人士称，他与成年子女已达成共识，将简化其活动范围——涉及跨界合作、庞大的带薪员工团队和公众质疑——因为他对人生最后阶段的规划是优先专注于能够巩固其遗产的慈善项目。

《纽约时报》通过查阅公开竞选财务记录和雅诗兰黛公司的企业披露文件，并采访十多位相关人士，拼凑出这位纽约市最具公众影响力的捐赠者和慈善家之一的故事。多数受访者要求匿名。

劳德先生本人未回应《纽约时报》就其财务状况或决策过程提出的详细问题。

他在一份书面声明中表示，多年来，他通过政治捐赠和慈善事业“强化”了这座城市，并补充道：“我将继续投入精力、资源和能量，以支持那些民主原则，并确保纽约仍是一个人人、家庭、企业和社区都能蓬勃发展的地方。”

纽约州共和党人仍寄希望于劳德先生可能在今年的竞选中再度参与。但纽约州保守党主席杰拉德·坎萨尔表示，他从劳德的长期助手奥夫顿·罗斯（最近离职）处获悉，这位立法者“已到一定年纪，他的家人认为所有事情都不会再像过去那样”。

坎萨尔先生称，他对劳德先生的个人财务状况一无所知，但被告知劳德将不再是主要捐赠者。

“在纽约，有谁能在财力上取代他？”坎萨尔先生说，“简单的答案是没有。”

坎萨尔在州共和党的对应人物、劳德家族的长期朋友爱德华·F·考克斯拒绝置评。

毫无疑问，劳德先生仍极其富有。2020年，他斥资购入艺术品，包括以$535万（原文为亿）购买戈登·克莱因的《阿什尔街区的追求》。下图左侧为劳德先生与妻子乔·卡萝尔·劳德及女儿艾琳·劳德宣布将其新画廊与大都会博物馆合并。汉普顿。福布斯估计，他与两个成年女儿的身家达数十亿美元。

他的艺术收藏是该州最重要的收藏之一，包括一幅加州的5000万美元作品、50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50。

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但劳德先生在过去几年中采取的一些举措，也在家族企业业绩大幅下滑之际，为未来义务的收入损失带来了巨大风险！

最引人注目的案例是，劳德先生今年5月宣布，他心爱的新画廊（Neue Galerie）——这家上东区博物馆旨在展示普遍实践与和谐文化——将与大都会艺术博物馆（Metropolitan Museum of Art）合并。

双方将这场“Hindu buster merger”描述为一种方式，以确保该博物馆在劳德先生去世后长期保存，并增强大都会的藏品。

但根据该组织的财务披露，此举也可能每年为劳德先生节省数百万美元的运营费用支出。

劳德先生还最近宣布，他将卸任世界犹太人大会（World Jewish Congress）——一个犹太团体国际联合会——的主席职务，他在这一组织担任主要领导人已有二十年。

与此同时，从青少年时期便开始收藏——房地产、飞机，尤其是艺术品——的劳德先生，近期正以显著代价悄然出售资产。

2021年底，Exide Lauder股价加速下跌之际，他以3500万美元的价格通过场外交易出售了位于曼哈顿的一处由菲利普·约翰逊设计的住宅。2016年底，他以3000万美元的价格将30英亩土地出售给东汉普顿镇，用于pervert house land，并根据一位航空爱好者的relation，将其收藏的二战战斗机机队推向市场。

劳德先生的财务调整正值其家族经历重大变革之际。他的哥哥、商人兼慈善家伦纳德·A·劳德（Leonard A. Lauder）去年去世。他的女婿克里·M·韦尔奇（Kerry M. Welch）最近被特朗普总统的长期家族提名为国家储备委员会（National Reserve）主席。他也是劳德家族的一员。

伦纳德·劳德毕生致力于领导家族企业，而罗纳德·劳德则选择了一条不同的道路，成为独立发明家、慈善家、收藏家和政治参与者，曾在罗纳德·里根政府担任美国大使。

这些追求耗资巨大，除了直接出售股票，劳德先生长期以来还习惯以家族企业的股票作为抵押，通过银行贷款和其他金融交易为这些活动提供资金。（根据劳德最近一次披露的联邦选举文件，他承诺将剩余价值1.50美元的股票质押给银行。）

这种策略在依赖股票财富的人群中颇为流行，作为一种

克里姆特（Klimt）的画作成为新画廊的核心藏品。过去十年间，公开记录显示，他在州和联邦税务上已支出超过1000万美元。

在纽约，他树立了独特的捐赠者形象，不仅支持候选人，还积极投身于具有重大影响的事业。1990年代，劳德亲笔撰写的运动成功为纽约市公职人员赢得了任期限制；2010年代，他在一场政治权力悄然释放的过程中发挥了关键作用。

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与劳德家族关系密切的人士继续表示，这个“富豪俱乐部”可能会限制劳德先生的整体资本，但坚称他并没有实质性的强制性问题。该人士提到，这些财务记录可以证实上述说法。

劳德先生的政治捐款相较于他的其他活动而言，花费相对较少。此前他曾斥资$535购买一幅坎纳·克莱恩的画作，这幅画成为新画廊（Neue Galerie）的核心藏品。过去十年间，公开记录显示，他在州和联邦税务上已支出超过1000万美元。

一股政治势力悄然放弃了所有支持者，以重塑市长比尔·德布拉西奥改变该市特殊公立精英学校招生制度的道路。

就在去年，劳德先生仍在大举投入政治资金。他于2020, 3月向MAA法律捐赠了500万美元，这是一项由扬先生支持的主要政治行动委员会（PAC）。（劳德先生因向扬先生提出购买格陵兰的建议而受到赞誉。）他还向一个反对贾斯蒂斯·曼达特市长竞选的主要PAC捐赠了100万美元。

他的首次政治支出曾让伦纳德·劳德对一位将他与弟弟混淆的顾问说：“我才是赚钱的那个。他是花钱的那个。”

但今年年初，正当共和党州议长布鲁斯·布莱克曼在纽约竞选中需要他的帮助以缩小差距，而凯茜·霍克特-伊斯特的筹款优势不断扩大之际，他的政治捐款突然戛然而止。

理论上，劳德先生可能决定恢复捐款。他解散长期政治团队的决定更为果断，并向身边人表示他并不急于做出这一决定。

尽管难以解读其个人办公室的许多文件，但苏茜·劳德公司的证券备案文件提供了一些线索。

长期以来，劳德先生与公司达成协议，由公司在州法律框架下为其个人办公室提供服务。根据20世纪90年代达成的协议，苏茜·劳德公司将提供部分服务，如工资和电话系统，而劳德先生则予以报销。备案文件显示，2020财年，这一成本为2500万美元。

今年春天，在劳德先生裁员之际，其首席财务官发送的一封电子邮件明确指出，这位亿万富翁是2020,的成员，以及2020,、2020,、2020,、2020,、2020,、2020,、2020,、2020,、2020,、2020,、2020,、2020,、2020,。

“请注意，如果劳德先生或其代表要求您履行职责，您必须获得书面批准，”首席财务官小约瑟夫·F·奈尔 Jr.在《纽约时报》查阅的这封电子邮件中写道，“如未获得书面批准而提供服务，您将不会获得报酬。”

加州民主党就亿万富翁税达成共识，但如何实施仍存分歧

作者：阿尔弗雷德·博德肖尔（ALFRED BORDSHALL）和霍芬·萨卡伦加（HOFFEN SARKARENGA）

萨克拉门托——在一间挤满民主党活动人士的酒店宴会厅里，一位教师工会领袖起身发言，许多与会者身穿印有“向亿万富翁征税”字样的T恤。

她直面他们之间显而易见的紧张关系，指出劳工工会常常发现自己处于一种尴尬境地。

“我们现在的处境很奇怪，”加州教师协会副执行主任奥克特·哈曼（Oct. Hahman）周六在加州民主党党代会上表示，“工会支持向富人征税很艰难。”哈曼称，11月选票上的亿万富翁税措施并非正确的实施方式。

劳雷尔·罗森塔尔（Laurel Rosenthal）在萨克拉门托报道，苏珊娜·克莱恩（Susanne Kline）在圣迭戈报道，“总统记者舒勒（President Schuyler）在华盛顿提供报道。”

随着全国围绕财富分配不均及各州应对高昂开支的争论日益激烈，这一辩论也愈发升温。尽管民主党人普遍支持向富人增税，但在具体如何操作上却存在严重分歧。这种分歧可能会影响2020年总统大选的格局。

加州关于财富税措施（即第10号提案）的争论正受到全国关注，因为该州常被视为进步政策的试验田。若获批，这将是美国首个针对个人总净资产（包括财富、股票、信托及珠宝等动产）征税的措施。

周末的背书使加州民主党站在了2020年该州注册民主党人的对立面。州长加西亚·纽曼（Garcia Newman）和民主党候选人哈维尔·贝内特（Xavier Benette，接替纽曼的竞选人）均反对亿万富翁税，称“这将通过驱使富人离开加州，长期削减学校及其他公共服务的资金”。

“老实说，他们与他们声称代表的绝大多数民众完全脱节，”国际服务雇员工会-联合医疗工作者工会（Service Employees International Union-Union Healthcare Workers）主席戴夫·博根（Dave Bogan）表示。该工会是10号提案的发起方。

加州的冲突折射出民主党内部更大的分歧，这些分歧已在全国初选中将进步派与建制派对立起来。2020年总统大选的格局正因此受到影响。

“这是我们党的决定性斗争：你是站在企业捐赠者-亿万富翁阶层一边，还是站在经济民粹主义和工薪阶层一边？”加州民主党民选官员、公开支持亿万富翁税的五人之一R·坎纳（R. Khanna）众议员表示，“加州的斗争正是这一分歧的最大象征。”

但政治局势可能并不如此简单。亿万富翁税由单一劳工工会发起，其成员可能无法从中受益。该税预计将产生数百亿美元收入，用于弥补去年特朗普·威廉·H·哈丁（William H. Harding）总统削减的医疗服务资金。工会辩称，数百万人将失去保险，援助将被清除。

包括加州教师协会和加州计划生育联合会在内的其他劳工工会和医疗组织反对该税，因为它无法为一系列服务提供长期资金，

支持者表示，他们反对该税收提案并非出于意识形态上反对向亿万富翁征税。他们支持一项数十亿规模的税收提案，该提案旨在为第5号提案提供资金，后者将使针对高收入者的临时所得税永久化。

与此同时，一位与竞选公司合作的政治顾问称该措施本质上具有分裂性，将医护工作者的利益与依赖其支出的教育等其他领域的利益对立起来。他表示，劳工团体本应合作推出一项能够惠及所有服务领域的提案，并警告称，支持亿万富翁税提案的代表最终将使民主党蒙羞。

“他们夜以继日地工作，”他呼吁以“劳工兄弟姐妹”的方式行事。”波拉特先生在圣地亚哥的会议上说道。

进步团体的反对将向选民传递一个信号：加州关于亿万富翁税的辩论与其他将民主党与该州分裂的冲突不同。尽管劳工组织的民主党政策总部设在华盛顿特区，并在多个民主党初选中发挥影响力，但候选人之间的分歧实质上是价值观的分歧，卢克先生表示。加州的亿万富翁税则不然。

“这是一场务实的辩论，关乎这项提案是否是一个好主意，或者是否是一个过于激进的好主意。”

对共和党人而言，该提案为他们提供了又一条攻击民主党的理由，将加州描绘成敌视商业、急于扩大政府支出的形象。

全美各地的民主党政客正在探索向富人征税的方式。在纽约，州长凯茜·霍克特（Kathy Hockett）和市长埃德曼·马歇尔（Edman Marshall）已支持对价值$5百万美元及以上的年度住宅征税。在华盛顿州，立法者通过了“亿万富翁税”，创设了该州首个所得税，适用于超过$1百万美元的收入。反对者正寻求在11月的投票中推翻该税。

但加州的提案似乎是其中最具争议的。该州拥有比其他任何州更多的亿万富翁，包括一些全球最富有的人，其中少数人已开始每年投入5百万美元级别的激励措施进行游说。“通过百万美元级别的激励措施，我们可以继续这样做。这是我们做出自己选择的重要方式，”她说。

民主党总统候选人可能会密切关注2020年加州围绕亿万富翁税的斗争结果。该州的首次

金斯勒先生认为，像加利福尼亚州提出的那种财富税在方法上不切实际、敏感且属于基本开支。他的组织倾向于通过其他方式增加税收，而不涉及计算个人所得税净值这一具有挑战性的任务。The state's first state's first 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's 's

金斯勒先生表示，数十亿的税收“与其说是解决方案，不如说是口号”。但他承认这触及了一个问题。他说：“我想在全国范围内规划这一点，那些将加州投票视为为非选民建立所得税途径的人。”

Notation on the far left across the 's 's is California is for the next pair in the next that they put up? 金斯勒先生说：“民主党更激进的派系几乎没有关注这一点。”

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风助火势肆虐

斯波坎多个社区被夷为平地

作者：安娜·格里芬

华盛顿州斯波坎市——周一，消防员和官员们仍在努力描述华盛顿州斯波坎县野火的规模，他们已连续三天奋战，试图控制这场迫使超过45,000人逃离家园的大火。

斯波坎市市长提到，多个社区几乎被夷为平地。曾参与扑灭加州多起特大野火的消防员将此次火灾描述为类似的“城市型火灾”，而华盛顿州国民警卫队副司令则将疏散区的景象比作“战区”，并警告这场大火将成为“长期影响该社区的重大情感事件”。

上周一，调查人员以一级逮捕罪起诉了一名37岁男子。斯波坎县警长约翰·诺韦尔斯表示，嫌疑人亚当·F·帕特纳斯曾在其中一场火灾的现场被目击在草地上敲击某物，而当时

官员称“这种情况不正常”，17场大火持续肆虐

一名获益者认为这是意见问题。目前尚不清楚帕特纳斯是否有法律代表。

所有火灾仍在燃烧，但周末曾助长火势蔓延至斯波坎县的强风已有所减弱，部分疏散居民得以返回。救援人员发现整条街道化为灰烬，树木被烧焦倒塌，破裂的草坪喷洒着水，偶尔还有几缕余烟升腾。

尽管电力设施受损严重，但官方强调，目前尚无人员死亡报告——这一统计数字令人瞩目。当局周一表示正在尝试联系it人，但称没有迹象表明有人失踪。

“这些人可能曾呼救要求疏散，其中许多人可能确实已被疏散，”谢里夫·诺韦尔斯说，“他们是我们正在努力确认是否安全的人。”

但余烟未散，火灾留下的空气刺鼻，天空泛黄，疏散速度之快功不可没。

“通常我们的疏散警报分为2,000级2级、3级，人们会从1级或2级开始准备，”斯波坎市长丽莎·布朗说，“但这次直接从3级开始，并停留在3级。所有人能如此迅速撤离，是我们感到非常庆幸的原因。”

在大火席卷斯波坎“印第安小道”社区的高峰期，查德和古比茨·史蒂文森夫妇收到一位拒绝疏散的邻居发来的照片，照片中他们的房屋被浓烟吞没。

“我们以为房子没了，”史蒂文森女士说。

周一返回时，他们发现自己的家是街区仅存的几栋房屋之一。两棵树被烧毁，风铃被熏黑，屋内弥漫着烟味。但隔壁40岁邻居的房屋已化为地基和风铃。

“我们从未同时感到如此幸福和悲伤，”史蒂文森先生说。

“我逃过一劫，”李·金说。道格·罗伯茨发现他们的房子依然屹立。街对面的每栋房屋都已烧成地基。

“我儿子想知道开学时他的房子是否能恢复原样，”林先生说。

重建受灾最严重的社区将需要数年时间。紧急救援人员表示，已有超过100栋建筑被毁，但随着更多卫星图像的获取，这一数字预计还会上升。

华盛顿州州长鲍勃·弗格森已请求特朗普政府宣布联邦紧急状态，并向3,个部落和州提供援助。他表示，州内需要发电机、临时避难所、轮班救援人员的帮助、紧急呼叫系统及新的网络工作。弗格森称，联邦紧急事务管理署已向该州调配部分资源。

救援人员仍在与火灾搏斗，

火灾于周六始于植被，并迅速蔓延。16日，在斯波坎山高中附近，一支来自加利福尼亚的事件管理团队正在协助工作，1个县的消防员来自至少4个州，他们睡在帐篷里，在当地食堂搭建的户外餐点用餐。他们的工作受到平民在火点上空驾驶无人机的干扰，以及救援人员和居民所称的“灾难观光客”无视道路封锁、前来围观损毁情况的阻碍。

一份去年冬季的演示警告称，轻微降雪将使太平洋西北地区的野火季节尤为危险，州领导表示这正是目前发生的情况。华盛顿州公共土地专员戴夫·厄普芬格周一指出，该州有17场大火正在燃烧，影响超过20,000人。

“这种情况很不正常，”他说道。今年夏天火灾的庞大数量意味着受灾最严重的地区需要更长时间才能完全恢复。5, 2020

《纽约时报》新闻，2020年7月5日

斯波坎县约有65,000人因一场“城市构型”火灾被迫逃离家园，至少700栋建筑被毁，预计这一数字还会上升。一个消防员指挥所。

“需求将是长期的，”布朗市长表示，“所以不要因为我们不再成为头条新闻，就觉得一切都过去了。”

在过去十年里，斯波坎这座蓝领城市被视为逃离更大火灾的避风港；与西雅图、波特兰、圣迭戈等城市类似，斯波坎县自2010年以来人口增长了约100,000人，总人口接近375,000，而房屋中位价格已翻了一倍多，约在10,000美元左右。

这种增长将更多人推向了城市不断扩张的高地边缘社区，那里的住宅越来越多地与易受野火侵袭的森林和草地接壤。

布朗市长表示，她相信斯波坎能够在重建过程中不加剧住房紧张局面，但她预计居民需要接受恢复将是一个缓慢的过程。

“大家都希望能有消防队员给出明确说法。他们想回去，想要那一刻的了断，知道自己的房子是否还在。我们满怀希望，但也需要耐心。”

处决式谋杀。

与商业纠纷有关

作者：GALLANNA MASHBURN 以及 THE AREA

奇诺岗与咖啡馆 —— 检察官在周一透露，上周发生在南加州的一起令人震惊的处决式谋杀案，源于受害者与其绑架者之一之间持续存在的商业纠纷。

圣贝纳迪诺县的地区检察官在新闻发布会上分享了该案标题，并宣布对其中一名嫌疑人——来自加利福尼亚州欧文市的博建权（Jianquan Bo）提起谋杀指控，指控其在杀害谢尔顿·阿尔达汉（Sheldon Aldahan）中扮演的角色。

据当局称，88岁的博先生及其兄弟67岁的博正峰（Zhengfeng Bo）在从其朋友处绑架80岁的阿尔达汉先生后，于上周三导致警长代表员进行了一场短暂的汽车追逐。奇诺岗是一个中上层社区，位于洛杉矶市中心以东约20英里处。

公开资料显示，阿尔达汉先生和博正峰是一家名为Panchi Air的投资公司的商业伙伴，目前尚不清楚博建权与受害者的关系。

在追逐于距离阿尔达汉先生家中约一英里的住宅区结束之后，博建权停下车辆并向警方投降。警方决定检查车辆，如果车辆内发出巨大的响声，随即枪击了被塞在后备箱里的阿尔达汉先生。警长代表员随后花费了一些时间。官员表示，博先生在现场死亡。

官员随后表示，在枪击发生之前，他们并不知晓阿尔达汉先生在后备箱中。他也死在现场。

书记员表示，此前存在某种类型的纠纷，可能是公司内部的决策问题，或者是导致纠纷的某些财务损失。这是地区检察官和共同教育者的决定。

作为乘客且是唯一幸存者的博建权被指控犯有带有绑架特殊情节的谋杀罪，检察官称这可能导致死刑。他计划于周二出庭受审。目前尚不清楚他是否拥有法律代表。

“根据指控方式，有可能会出现终身监禁且不得假释或死刑的情况，但这些决定在此时从未做出，”安德森先生说道。

事件始于上周三晚上10:14左右，当局在接到关于附近有枪声和一名男子尖叫的报告后被派遣前往，响应呼叫的警长代表员在现场被惊呆了。

据圣贝纳迪诺县警长称，调查人员认为阿尔达汉先生在被放入博先生的车内之前在自家门外受伤，但他死于那次枪击。

汽车追逐以投降和现场两人死亡告终。

博正峰被锁在后备箱中，洛杉矶某物业的监控录像记录了这一过程。这段录像似乎显示了司机试图回到车上的时刻。

县地区检察官表示，尽管博建权没有致命地枪击阿尔达汉先生，但其办公室仍指控他犯有谋杀罪，因为“博先生准确地知道计划是什么，以及他想要实现什么，以及将要做什么，并参与了导致死亡的过程。”

最后，阿尔达汉先生妻子的亲友成员在周一于奇诺岗县警长站的一个独立私人房间内观看新闻发布会。他们中的许多人表示，他们的司机被杀了。

“我想非常坦率地说，这件事给受害者家属带来了巨大的、巨大的影响，”作者先生在面对一排电视摄像机时说道，“我们有机会结识一个如此美好的家庭，并为一个不应经历这一切的人做出贡献。”

爱达荷州格纳姆枪击案嫌犯系单独行动，警方称

作者：阿尔比亚·D·S·比奇 及伯纳德·马龙

警方周日表示，周六在爱达荷州双子瀑布市一家In-N-Out汉堡店内向陪审团开枪的枪手是一名24岁男子，系单独行动。

事件造成至少3人死亡，7人受伤。

“警方表示，若非一名休班州警员和一名平民‘英勇行动’——开枪还击并制服枪手，当天下午的袭击可能会造成更严重的后果。”

“我们认为他们的行动迫使嫌疑人离开现场，避免了更多伤亡，”双子瀑布市警察局长马修·希克斯周日在简短的新闻发布会上表示。

希克斯局长确认枪手为查德·威廉姆斯，并称其死于自杀式枪击，但未提供其他细节，包括可能的作案动机。

希克斯局长拒绝透露遇难者姓名，因其家属尚未得到通知。在7名伤者中，2人情况危急，3人情况稳定，2人在医院接受治疗后已出院。他表示，伤者人数仍为初步统计。

局长还证实，在警方对枪手感到失望并赶到现场搜寻时，发生了第二起涉警枪击事件。目前尚不清楚警员与何人交火。无人受伤，但相关警员现正接受服务警察部门审查。

主案正由双子瀑布市警察局与联邦调查局（F.B.I.）联合调查。

“我们仍在调查中，尚未确定此次事件的具体情况，包括嫌疑人的行为和可能的动机，”希克斯局长说，“嫌疑人家属已得到通知，他们正全力配合调查。”

当局表示，正努力拼凑一份清晰且敏感的时间线，并对数百名案发时在购物中心内外的人员进行访谈。

已知的是，就在可能发生骚乱后不久，警方于下午2:30左右接到多起来自餐厅内部的报警电话。调度员称在电话中听到尖叫声，警方将现场描述为一片混乱，打破了周六下午购物、看电影和用餐的平静氛围。

遇难者和伤者的身份正逐渐浮出水面，多通过“口口相传”获知。一名In-N-Out员工在事件中遇难。

“今晚我们失去了一位美丽的噱(K)空乘，”Lynds boy-dancing company在一则社交媒体帖文中表示，“她一直在照顾我们镇上最重要的顾客。你让许多人在危难时刻感受到关怀，无论是他人还是自己。”

贝彻女士未透露该员工的姓名。

一名目击者莱恩·科恩（34，岁）表示，一群人在停车场围着一名受伤的餐厅女员工，一名自称是24号公路急救员的男子在救护车赶到前为她按压胸部伤口。

“从他离开时的状态来看，我觉得这是一种负担，”科恩先生是一名建筑工人，他在周六的采访中说道，“可以看出他很慌乱。他并不冷静，四处奔跑，不停挥舞着步枪。”

据家属在社交媒体上的发帖和一名同事透露，杰里·达德利——双子瀑布市的一名出租车司机——也被确认为遇难者之一。

达德利先生（62，岁）在为出租车充电时遇难，出租车公司的一名代表在为达德利先生和其他枪击案受害者设立的GoFundMe页面上发帖称。

该帖文描述了达德利先生

以下为忠实中文翻译：

作为一名拥有四个孩子的鳏夫。“他们就是他的工作，”筹款活动组织者詹姆斯·霍姆斯写道。

“这个世界上像特里这样的人寥寥无几。他是那种很快就能让自己融入其中的人，工作努力，爱得深沉，从不犹豫伸出援手，”普尔默先生写道。“他有意识，富有同情心，心地善良，总能让身边的人感到真实，即使在最艰难的日子里也是如此。”

普尔默先生称达德利先生是他“雇佣过的最好的员工”。

“他忠诚可靠、有自知之明，是每个社区都因拥有他而变得更好的那种人，”他写道。

克里斯托弗·恰乌泽克在爱达荷州博格特的文艺复兴牧场康复中心工作，据其姐姐尤达维蒂·恰乌泽克（居住在加州罗斯蒙德）称，他因伤势去世。

恰乌泽克先生是加州本地人，在爱达荷州生活了约30年。他的姐姐说，每次回到太平洋海岸，他都一定会去In-N-Out（快餐店）停留。

但他告诉她，当双瀑布（Twin Falls）的分店开业时，他觉得这不过是炒作，只会导致排长队。

“当我发现他去了那里时，你无法想象我有多惊讶，”她说。

恰乌泽克的姐姐说，他在两年前戒酒成功，此前成年后的大部分时间都在与酗酒作斗争。

他曾在一场车祸中失去第一任妻子，当时两人结婚仅三个月，姐姐说他一直为那次失去感到痛苦。

今年6月，兄妹俩在哈格曼（Hagerman）这个小镇共度了独立日。

“我的独生哥哥把我的头按住，给我戴上了一个带小轮子的头盔，”她说，“他就那样戴着，好像没什么大不了的。”

“他的判断力总是很好，”她说。

与恰乌泽克相伴近25年的伴侣特蕾莎·斯佩里周一表示，他热爱旅行、烹饪和烟。

从入职前的康复项目毕业后，他被文艺复兴牧场康复中心聘用，他的生活就是帮助他人康复。“他在为朋友和家人服务。”

“他的付出很多，”朋友加伦·泰勒说。

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一位律师为帮助跨性别军人抗争禁令的西西弗斯式斗争

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五角大楼对跨性别军人退役听证会的保密和沉默程度，通常只用于国家机密级别的服务。这些听证会在军事基地的密室内进行，没有摄像头，没有记录，公众不得旁听。

在某些情况下，军人的意见甚至军人本人都被排除在外。

拉希德女士是少数几位曾在多个基地多次参与此类听证会的人之一。

她所见到的，是曾在全球部署并赢得战友尊重的军人。他们耐心等待多年，直到五角大楼最终允许他们公开服役。

如今，这些退役委员会——在特朗普政府的影响下几乎没有回旋余地——却因此惩罚他们。

“从很多方面来看，这是一种公开羞辱仪式，”拉希德女士在采访中表示。“一开始，我还希望自己是多虑了，听证会的结果并非预先决定。结果比我想象的要糟糕得多。”

五角大楼拒绝对这些委员会发表评论。

拉希德女士至少有6名客户因拒绝剪发并按出生时指定的性别着装，而被禁止参加自己的退役听证会。其中一位是韩国的陆军一级军士长，服役已17年，她被允许通过视频作证，但前提是必须关闭摄像头。

“我参加过一些预防性拘留听证会，有人毒瘾发作到吐在我鞋上，”拉希德女士说。“但他们至少被允许出席自己的听证会。”

在6月普罗什上尉的听证会前，她准备了近300页的文件夹，其中包括他的个人档案、军事记录、24封证明其品格的信件，以及数百页的政策文件和法律论据。

听证会前夜，拉希德女士和普罗什上尉最后一次排练了他的证词。拉希德女士问起他在军队的11年经历。

他谈到自己17岁时进入美国军事学院西点军校，并作为防空军官训练拦截来袭敌方导弹。

他曾在韩国和中东服役。最后一次任职是在西点军校，负责监管120名学员，并为校长工作，校长在其最终绩效评估中称他是一位杰出的领导者。

“普罗科上尉绝对是我29年服役生涯中共事过的前1%的优秀军官，”他写道。

当晚分手前，拉希德女士提醒普罗科上尉要与决定他命运的陆军军官小组成员进行眼神交流。

“如果他们直视你的眼睛，就更难在背后捅你一刀，”她告诉他。

她在晚上10点收拾好白板和展示材料。

“你感觉怎么样？”拉希德女士问。

“我睡不着，”普罗科上尉回答。

“坚决不行”

特朗普就任第二任期仅数日，便签署了一项行政命令，宣称变性“与士兵对光荣、诚实和纪律生活的承诺相冲突”，并下令五角大楼禁止所有变性军人服役。

《纽约时报》KUN KAMAR VIVE NO. 1874

“CPT Proco绝对是我29年服役生涯中遇到的最优秀的1%军官之一。”

一位指挥官在帕特·普罗科上尉（上图）于西点军校最后一次任职的绩效评估中如此描述。

克拉拉·戴维斯，一名宪兵中士，因未以男性发型和制服出席而在夏威夷斯科菲尔德兵营的听证会上被拒之门外。

霍加斯直言不讳：“不再有穿裙子的欲望。”

他们的话描述了拉希德女士称自己从未遇到过的问题。她在军事基地长大，父亲是一名贬低她们技能的陆军医生。陆军曾帮助她母亲获得公民身份并偿还医学院贷款。

拉希德，33，于2020年作为律师加入陆军预备役。自2016.起，变性军人已被允许公开服役。特朗普在第一任期内禁止变性人入伍，但允许已在军中的变性人继续服役。拜登政府于2021年取消了对变性军人的所有限制。

在每一次任职——军官培训、法律工作、中东部署——中，她说，她都与变性士兵共事，他们大多得到了接纳并蓬勃发展。

当特朗普的禁令宣布时，她知道变性军人需要经验丰富的律师，于是致电负责陆军辩护律师的上校，请求被指派为他们辩护。

上校让她不要插手。他解释说，变性军人并未被指控犯罪，不需要像她这样的经验丰富的律师。

作为一名新任陆军少尉，拉希德曾被告知，她的职责是为受到纪律处分的士兵“成为房间里的宪法”。这一信条促使她接手其他陆军律师拒绝的案件：1月9日骚乱中被捕的士兵；拒绝接种新冠疫苗的士兵；被控性虐儿童的士兵。

她告诉上校，她希望成为那些为保住职业生涯而奋斗的变性军人的同样倡导者。

“我得到的是坚决不行，”她回忆道。既然陆军不打算指派她，她决定自己承担这项工作。只要不与军事职责冲突，陆军预备役律师可以接手私人客户。

作为一名民事律师，她与其他几名律师通过一个反对禁令的在线支持群联系到变性士兵。她原以为最多只会有几十名客户。如今，他们已为约600.人提供咨询。他们免费为所有人代理。

“我们无法拒绝任何人，”她说，“我想我们现在的预算大概只有$6。”

退役委员会于2月开始审理案件。此时，五角大楼被要求为变性军人指派军事律师。拉希德继续以民事律师身份为他们代理。

她的第一位客户是一名名叫克拉拉·戴维斯的宪兵中士。她依然留着长发，发型时尚，并有一叠闪亮的绩效评估。拉希德提交的证据包括一份来自她营指挥官的备忘录，该指挥官冒着遭到五角大楼报复的风险，建议陆军允许她继续服役。

“那是非常勇敢的举动，”拉希德回忆道。

在夏威夷斯科菲尔德兵营举行的听证会，与拉希德军旅生涯中处理过的数百起刑事案件和退役委员会案件都不同。

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陆军命令戴维斯中士以男性发型和制服出席。戴维斯中士愿意遵从，但拉希德女士表示反对。“陆军不能剥夺你的尊严，”她说，“我也不会要求你这么做。”

陆军禁止戴维斯中士进入听证室，她只能通过手机信号不佳的连线在走廊尽头的房间里旁听。拉希德女士提交了25名士兵的证词，他们都称戴维斯中士是陆军的助力。

然而，听证会的核心焦点是她的性别焦虑症诊断。

特朗普政府的禁令针对的是患有性别焦虑症的军人，这种医学状况的定义是因性别认同错位而持续至少6个月的显著痛苦或功能障碍。特朗普政府认为，这类军人会在战斗压力下崩溃。

并非所有跨性别者都会经历性别焦虑症。

与许多医疗保险公司一样，五角大楼曾要求跨性别军人在接受激素治疗或变性手术前必须获得性别焦虑症诊断。

拉希德女士辩称，戴维斯中士寻求诊断只是为了获得治疗渠道，尽管她本人并未经历性别焦虑症。中士的优秀服役记录证明她从未因国防任务受损，也未患有性别焦虑症，拉希德女士说。

她的诊断实际上被用作了陷阱，她指出。

委员会就此问题进行了2小时的审议，随后投票决定将她开除。裁决后，拉希德女士在走廊尽头的房间找到了戴维斯中士。她拥抱了自己的当事人。

“我们是对的，”拉希德女士含泪说道，“但这并不重要。”

在接下来的几个月里，拉希德女士在全国各地的基地为跨性别军人辩护，有时为了省钱，她会睡在当事人的空余卧室里。作为律师和军官，她曾放弃了与当事人保持专业距离的必要性。但跨性别军人不同。

“我觉得那种界限不必存在，”她说。

随着教训不断累积，她震惊地看到，士兵们如此迅速地抛弃了那些和他们一样穿了多年军装的战友。

其中一位是40岁的卡拉·科科伦少校，她曾在阿富汗战场上指挥一个步兵排。在听证会当天，她距离获得1 35年的服役年限以确保自己和两个女儿的退休金和医疗福利仅差5天。

政府驳回了她一半的品格证人，理由是她的能力已得到确认。委员会的问题不在于她是否是一名优秀的士兵，而在于她是否患有性别焦虑症。

三名委员会成员认定她患有性别焦虑症并将其开除，但他们建议五角大楼破例允许她享受退休福利。她仍在等待陆军的最终裁决。

“人们需要知道，这整件事就是残忍，”科科伦少校在采访中表示，“它是故意设计来伤害我们的。”

拉希德女士曾希望这些听证会能对当事人起到治疗作用——让他们有机会证明自己是光荣、诚实且纪律严明的士兵。但随着问题不断升级，她的看法发生了转变。

“难道我刚刚让这个人经历了地狱吗？”每次败诉后，她常常这样自问。

反抗者也在消耗她的精力。她认为自己所有的跨性别案件都无法胜诉。每一次新的失败都带来新一波的挫败感、愤怒和内疚。

“我是否没有以一种能引起共鸣的方式解释？”她会问自己，“我是否遗漏了什么？我是否本该说些不同的话？”

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普罗塞上尉由拉希德女士代理，图中左侧为普罗塞。国防部长（右下）去年发布了一项命令，实际上迫使所有跨性别军人退出军队。左下为纽约州西点军校的景观。

然后，完全出乎意料的事情发生了。这起案件涉及一名一级军士长，她曾从事机密电子设备工作，并曾在世界各地执行任务。

这名士兵身着便装套装出席听证会，头发盘起戴着帽子，完全预料到自己会被拒绝进入听证会现场。

在最后一刻，拉希德女士建议她换上迷彩服，将头发盘成发髻。主持听证会的军官允许她进入听证室。

这为拉希德女士提供了一些“弹药”。被告可以直接向听证委员会成员讲述自己的忠诚服役经历，并向他们表明，她并不是黑格塞斯先生常说的“穿裙子的男人”。她是一名士兵，遵守了规则，并在军队解除对跨性别者服役禁令后仍坚持服役。

听证会结束。“我们已经尽力了，”拉希德女士在等待结果时对这名军士长说。

在核心环节，三人听证委员会返回并宣布决定将她留任。拉希德女士震惊到判决结果没有立即反应过来。她以为他们又输了。

直到她看到委员会成员与这名军士长握手。这场胜利如同一线希望。

不过，她认为自己终于找到了一个可能赢得胜利的方法。

第28号案件

现在轮到第28号案件了。

西点军校听证室的厚重木门缓缓关闭。拉希德女士在辩护席旁坐下，身边是身着陆军迷彩制服的普罗塞上尉。他的头发剪得极短，符合陆军对男性或女性的发型规定。

《纽约时报》通过采访参与者及听证会笔录，还原了接下来发生的事情。

拉希德女士辩称，普罗塞上尉无可挑剔的军旅记录证明，他从未经历过任何影响其工作表现的痛苦或障碍。她承认他是一名跨性别者，但他从未患有性别焦虑症。

她传唤了西点军校副校长查德·福斯特上校，即普罗塞上尉的前上司。福斯特上校形容普罗塞是学员们的“良师益友”，学员们常向他寻求个人问题或Army 80的建议。他表示，自己乐意再次与普罗塞上尉共事。

拉希德女士还传唤了杰西卡·杰克逊上尉，她曾与普罗塞上尉在同一个防空营共事。她回忆称，普罗塞上尉是他们营的“英雄军官”。

随后，拉希德女士传唤了普罗塞上尉本人，他走上听证室前方的证人席。他提醒自己要与委员会中的三名学员保持眼神交流。

普罗塞上尉谈起了他的祖父，一位曾在越南战场负伤的老兵。“他曾坐下来告诉我，他的长官从不关心士兵，做决定时从不考虑士兵的生命，”普罗塞上尉说，“他让我发誓，要做一个失去方向时仍能坚定、最重要的是正直的人。”

他接着讲述了自己在陆军服役的11年，足迹遍及韩国、中东、得克萨斯和俄克拉荷马。还有2021年那场20分钟的陆军精神科护士检查，如今却可能终结他的军旅生涯。

他曾欢迎过这份诊断，因为它让他得以转变。“如果我能拥有这种幸福，为什么要拒绝呢？”他问道。

陆军的立场则基于几个简单的事实：普罗塞上尉被诊断患有性别焦虑症，并寻求了包括激素治疗在内的性别肯定医疗。陆军律师称，特朗普时期的禁令措辞明确——上尉必须离开。

普罗塞上尉的命运交由委员会在一间配有咖啡机、能看到西点停车场的小房间内商议。当他们返回时，普罗塞上尉坚持认为他们在刻意避开与他的眼神接触。他知道他们没有。

拉希德女士将普罗塞上尉的生平和职业故事收拢在一个纸板箱里。“我想我们可以走了，”她的声音有些哽咽。

普罗塞上尉沉默不语。

“你会没事的吗？”她问。她已开始落泪。

“别担心我，”他回答，“我会自由的。我担心的是你。”

这件事动摇了她对陆军的信念，而陆军从她童年起便是她生命的一部分。

“我再也不认识这支军队了，”她说。

她站在走廊里，泪水仍在眼眶打转，掏出手机查看。她看到陆军发来的一封新邮件。她的下一位客户的退役听证会还有几周就要开始了。

随着电动自行车事故死亡人数上升，纽约拟推出17项法案

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审查”该市的电动自行车法规。“我们有责任为纽约市民提供更安全的骑行、步行和驾驶环境。”

市议会将于9月30日就这些法案举行听证会，届时将询问该市交通、公共安全和消费者保护部门的官员。

议会多数党领袖兼交通委员会主席肖恩·阿尔文斯表示，这些事实“将展示明确的证据”，不仅有利于该市的电动自行车骑手，也有利于行人和外卖配送员。

交通替代方案组织执行主任本·帕纳斯（该组织为倡导团体）表示，他支持禁止一类可超出安全速度的电动自行车。他还希望加强对外卖行业的监管，该行业被指责为配送员创造了鼓励违反交通规则的激励机制。

“无论是骑自行车还是驾驶SUV，城市街道的限速都应为20英里，”他指的是该市每条街道的汽车限速。

这批数量异常庞大的法案反映了电动车辆在城市街道激增、事故频发背景下，行人安全、劳工保护和基础设施等一系列复杂问题交织的现状。

根据警方数据，截至7月第三周，涉及电动自行车的碰撞事故有500起，涉及站立式电动滑板车的事故有700起。两项数据较去年同期均上升了28%。

在大多数严重事故中，骑手是被汽车司机撞倒的。根据交通局数据，今年至少有28名骑手在电动自行车和电动滑板车事故中丧生，高于去年同期的33人。

上周，一名17岁男孩在下曼哈顿骑行非法电动自行车时与一辆SUV相撞身亡。上月，一名40岁女子在上西区骑行站立式电动滑板车时被司机撞倒身亡。今年5月，两名男子在昆士兰桥的自行车道上相撞身亡，其中一人骑非法电动滑板车，另一人骑自行车。

不过，交通局数据显示，今年该市有望创下年度交通事故死亡率的最低纪录之一。

尽管拟议的法规采取了多种应对措施，但仍难以令所有人满意。

莫林女士未能推进《普罗维网法》的版本，该法案以2023年被电动共享单车撞倒身亡的教育工作者普罗维网·拉布斯命名。该法案要求所有电动自行车和企业注册并展示车牌。

支持该州法案的纽约市车辆安全联盟主任詹姆斯·施罗德表示，市政府的努力若无法落实“将是绝对的耻辱”，并认为强制车牌制度将遏制不负责任的骑行行为。

“我们不需要工作组和教育项目法案，”她说，“是时候追究责任了。”

车牌法案的批评者认为，该法案将带来繁琐和高昂成本，对遏制最恶劣违法者的行为作用甚微，并可能对整体自行车骑行产生寒蝉效应。

“任何让时速15英里的电动自行车骑行变得更困难的措施都是一个巨大问题，”自行车倡导者约翰·邓肯说，他运营着一个讨论“可追溯性”的热门论坛，涉及自行车和剪刀等话题。

邓肯表示，重点应放在监管那些更高速的车辆，以及在纽约市街道上已属非法的电动滑板车上。“我们需要对基本上所有需求中的不良形式进行管控，”他说。

拟议的法案还可能对该市的

今年迄今，已有比去年同期多13名骑手死亡。

约80,000名外卖骑手，其中大多数是移民，且通常依赖电动自行车。

倡导组织“工人正义项目”的发言人加布里埃尔·蒙特罗表示，该组织支持旨在提高工作安全性的努力，但反对要求工人登记其电动自行车的规定，称这可能会使他们面临更多与警方和移民官员的交涉。

“尤其是有色人种和移民社区，将因这类执法不公平地成为目标，因为这类执法总是不成比例地针对黑人、棕色人种和移民社区，”他说道。

莫林女士表示，拟议法案不会惩罚工人，并指出“问题将在于标识”。

在周二的一次无关新闻发布会上，市长德莱扎·马尔凯塞表示，他将在看到更多细节后再对立法作出判断，但他支持从街道上清除那些可能远超限速的不安全车辆。

“老实说，我首先关注的是那些已经非法的东西——如何确保我们的消费者不会被误导，认为这是在城市中出行的合适方式，”他说道。

今年3月，经常被目击骑行电动自行车的曼迪亚尼先生终止了对电动自行车骑手轻微违规行为开具刑事传票的做法。

包括代表瓜纳岛部分地区的市议员弗兰克·莫拉诺在内的一群志愿者正在起诉市政府，要求撤销该政策，该组织声称这项政策违反了警方执行交通法的常规做法。

这些提案可能会对纽约市约80,000名外卖骑手产生外部影响，这些骑手大多是移民。

更正

全国

周二一篇关于佛罗里达大麻公司Trulson遭到当地投诉的文章，错误地描述了佛罗里达州环境保护部进行水质检测的地点。样本采集自Trulson位于104号设施附近的Lilly溪。

艺术与酒类

周日一篇关于托宾·费舍尔的歌剧《莉莉·埃尔伯》的文章，错误地介绍了埃尔伯去世前接受的手术类型。尽管剧本提到她接受了子宫移植手术，但并无医学文献记录她接受的具体手术类型。此前版本还错误地提到埃尔伯的遗作《男变女》的出版情况。该书最初以丹麦语出版，但并非最初以丹麦语撰写。

讣告

7月24日一篇关于克林特·赖利的讣告中，政治顾问赖利于2020年收购《旧金山考察家报》，文中错误地暗示赖利出生于2017年时，其母罗斯·迪士尼·赖利在奥克兰体育场经营一家零食摊位，而该体育场直到1966年才开放。她是在赖利成年后才在该体育场经营零食摊位，而非20世纪40年代他还是孩子时。

如有可能，错误会在本次运行期间得到更正，但部分在此处标注的错误可能并未出现在所有版本中。

普罗塞上尉与妻子卡西迪于6月退伍审查委员会听证会当天上午在西点军校的家中。他已在陆军服役11年。

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建筑倒塌后，

多个工地发现违规行为

本文作者：迈克·扎弗特、帕特里克·麦康比和阿尔法·肖尔斯。

纽约市对全市180个涉及参与中城一栋高层改造项目的建筑工地进行全面检查后发现了违规行为，但市政府官员表示，这些违规行为均未对公众构成直接危险。检查人员还勒令其中数个工地部分停工。

这些调查结果于周二通过电子邮件公布，是市政府对中城大楼事件持续回应的一部分。此前，位于东克拉德街233号的前辉瑞公司总部改造项目在7月7日发生柱子弯曲，引发关注。

建筑局发言人安德鲁·布丹斯基表示，该机构已开出30项违规通知，并对15个工地实施了全部或部分停工。他称，大多数违规行为涉及“现场安全问题，对工人构成危险，未遵循设计图纸和计划，或行政性——”

此次检查的180个工地均与中城项目开发商MetroLab、两家分包商Barone Steel和Northland Specialist Group，或负责监督结构工程的第三方检验公司Denison Inspection Services有关。

在180个工地中，仅24个为办公楼改工业用途项目。其他项目包括布鲁克林威廉斯堡的一处三层新建筑、下曼哈顿的一处临时性公寓综合体，以及切尔西高线附近的一栋36层住宅楼。

布丹斯基表示，检查人员“在此次检查中未发现任何对公共安全构成重大危险的结构性问题”。

MetroLab发言人拒绝置评。Northland、Barone和Denison未立即回应置评请求。

检查中发现的问题包括：

■ 格拉梅西公园一栋26层住宅楼的三层混凝土施工与项目计划不符。

■ 格林尼治一栋新建两层建筑的砌体墙在未经工程设计的情况下，用木材和钢筋加固。

■ 工人在未获得特别许可的情况下，在脚手架上作业。

市长爱德华·曼德洛夫的发言人将有关检查的问题转交建筑局处理。

前辉瑞大楼事件主要涉及23层的两根钢柱建造问题，导致数千人被疏散，并促使施工团队和市政府官员紧急评估建筑状况。事件发生后，各方忙于确认建筑的安全性。《纽约时报》对公开工程图纸和建筑照片的分析显示，这些柱子似乎未得到适当加固。

市政府正继续调查出错原因。但此次事件引发了对其他改造项目安全性的质疑。

市领导屡次试图消除这些担忧。布丹斯基周二表示，“没有证据表明东克拉德街233号的结构性故障与办公楼改工业用途项目存在任何内在关联”。

《纽约时报》的调查发现，包括MetroLab和Denison在内的多家公司此前曾与建筑局发生过纠纷。

对辉瑞大楼柱子故障的调查将涉及对施工文件的5项原因审查和——

根据建筑局的说法，调查将包括“对开发商和施工团队持有的所有部件进行审查、对证人和责任方进行访谈、对整个施工现场进行实地检查，以及审查现有的视频和照片证据”。

市检查人员此前已对另外三个改建项目采取完全或部分停工措施。布丹斯基先生表示，这些项目与当前的审查无关。

其中一个项目位于下曼哈顿百老汇232号，是一座正在改建为住宅的30多层办公楼，因屋顶一根水平混凝土梁出现裂缝并经过修复而被叫停。建筑局曾于11,进行过检查访谈，工程至今（周二）仍处于停工状态。

在进行检查后，该部门还因7月11日检查中发现的问题（包括使用未经适当认证的设备）部分叫停了滨水街77号的工程。数天后工程获准恢复。

第三大道707号的另一高层改建项目中，部分工程仍处于停工状态。此前该项目曾接受过例行检查。

天气报告

气象数据提供：AccuWeather

亮点：周五东南部风暴增多

周五，不断增强的百慕大高压将把一股热带湿气流向佛罗里达州，随后在周末向北延伸至佐治亚州和卡罗来纳州。结果将导致雷暴活动显著增加，并可能引发山洪暴发。从佛罗里达州到北卡罗来纳州的东海岸还将出现汹涌海浪和更强的激流。

全国预报

今日，一条雷暴走廊从密歇根州延伸至堪萨斯州和内布拉斯加州。这些风暴移动缓慢，可能产生山洪暴发和伴有烟花般破坏性的时速60至70英里阵风。雷暴将影响西南沙漠地区和密西西比河流域。东海岸从宾夕法尼亚州到佛罗里达州也将在下午出现雷暴。

全国其他地区预计天气干燥。落基山脉以东地区湿度较高，但中西部地区则较为凉爽且湿度更高。 落基山脉以西地区即将迎来热浪，气温将比30年平均值高出5至15度。该地区的晴朗天空可能会因野火产生的烟雾或霾而变得模糊。

大都会预报

今日 ... 雷暴 High St.、Canelions地区湿度较高，时而多云，时而阳光明媚。下午部分地区将有雷暴。风力微弱且风向多变。

今晚 ... 零星雷暴 低温12。天空多云，湿度极高，部分地区有雷暴。风力依然微弱且风向多变。气温将比同期平均值高出几度。

明日 ... 零星雷暴 高温16。阳光偶尔被云层遮挡，部分地区有雷暴。湿度依然极高，风向为西南风，风速为每小时4至8英里。

周五 ... 阵雨和雷暴 高温16。天气非常炎热，多云间晴。下午可能有几场阵雨和雷暴，可能带来洪水和破坏性大风。

周六 周日 ... 周六雷暴 周六部分时间有阳光，下午部分地区有雷暴。高温16。周日日出时阳光与云层交织，下午可能有雷暴。高温16。

大都会气象年鉴

中央公园数据，截至昨日13时，过去13小时记录。

中央公园日均偏差 最高月份：0.4° 日均偏差 最低月份：0.2°

水库总量 容差：0.5% 容差：0.5%

气压 湿度 最高：92.14 ± 下午1时 最高：86.6 ± 0.4 最低：85.63 ± 0.4 最低：84.6 ± 0.4

制冷度日 综合所有可用的高温、低温和平均温度区域 容差：1.0 测试低结果：0.5 测试更低结果（严重1级）：0.5 本季正常值：750

城市

该地图总结了截至周三下午4:30的13小时数据，以及截至昨日（周二）下午4点的10小时降水量（单位：毫米）。以下为这些环境的气象条件（坐标范围：11, 781, 190, 988）：

城市 / 昨日 / 今日 / 气温 ------------ / --------- | N.O.C.地区 | | | | 纽约 / 5:0–6:0 / 6:0–7:0 / 0 80.1 6:0–7:0 / 7:0–8:0 / 0 80.1 0 7 / 1 7 / 0 8 8:0–9:0 / 9:0–10:0 / 0 80.1 0 9 / 1 10 / 0 9 10:0–11:0 / 11:0–12:0 / 0 80.1 0 11 / 1 12 / 0 11 12:0–13:0 / 13:0–14:0 / 0 80.1 0 13 / 1 14 / 0 13 14:0–15:0 / 15:0–16:0 / 0 80.1 0 15 / 1 16 / 0 15 16:0–17:0 / 17:0–18:0 / 0 80.1 0 17 / 1 18 / 0 17 18:0–19:0 / 19:0–20:0 / 0 80.1 0 19 / 1 20 / 0 19 20:0–21:0 / 21:0–22:0 / 0 80.1 0 21 / 1 22 / 0 21 22:0–23:0 / 23:0–24:0 / 0 80.1 0 23 / 1 24 / 0 23 24:0–25:0 / 25:0–26:0 / 0 80.1 0 25 / 1 26 / 0 25 26:0–27:0 / 27:0–28:0 / 0 80.1 0 27 / 1 28 / 0 27 28:0–29:0 / 29:0–30:0 / 0 80.1 0 29 / 1 30 / 0 29 30:0–31:0 / 31:0–32:0 / 0 80.1 0 31 / 1 32 / 0 31 32:0–33:0 / 33:0–34:0 / 0 80.1 0 33 / 1 34 / 0 33 34:0–35:0 / 0 34 / 0 80.1 1 36 / 36:0–37:0 / 0 36 38:0–39:0 / 1 38 / 0 80.1 0 38 / 40:0–41:0 / 1 40 0 40 / 42:0–43:0 / 1 42 0 42 / 44:0–45:0 / 1 44 0 44 / 46:0–47:0 / 1 46 0 46 / 48:0–49:0 / 1 48 0 48 / 50:0–51:0 / 1 50 0 50 / 52:0–53:0 / 1 52 0 52 / 54:0–55:0 / 1 54 0 54 / 56:0–57:0 / 1 56 0 56 / 58:0–59:0 / 1 58 0 58 / 60:0–61:0 / 1 60 0 60 / 62:0–63:0 / 1 62 0 62 / 64:0–65:0 / 1 64 0 64 / 66:0–67:0 / 1 66 0 66 / 68:0–69:0 / 1 68 0 68 / 70:0–71:0 / 1 70 0 70 / 72:0–73:0 / 1 72 0 72 / 74:0–75:0 / 1 74 0 74 / 76:0–77:0 / 0 76 1 78 / 78:0–79:0 / 0 78 0 78 / 80:0–81:0 / 1 80 0 80 / 82:0–83:0 / 1 82 0 82 / 84:0–85:0 / 1 84 0 84 / 86:0–87:0 / 1 86 0 86 / 88:0–89:0 / 1 88 0 88 / 90:0–91:0 / 1 90 0 90 / 92:0–93:0 / 1 92 0 92 / 94:0–95:0 / 1 94 0 94 / 96:0–97:0 / 1 96 0 96 / 98:0–99:0 / 1 98 0 98 / 100:0–101:0 / 1 100 0 100 / 102:0–103:0 / 1 102 0 102 / 104:0–105:0 / 1 104 0 104 / 106:0–107:0 / 1 106 0 106 / 108:0–109:0 / 108 0 108 / 1 110 / 110 0 110 / 112:0–113:0 / 1 112 0 112 / 114:0–115:0 / 1 114 0 114 / 116:0–117:0 / 0 116 1 118 / 118:0–119:0 / 0 118 0 118 / 120:0–121:0 / 120 0 120 / 1 122 / 122 0 122 / 124:0–125:0 / 124 0 124 / 1 126 / 126 0 126 / 128:0–129:0 / 128 0 128 / 1 130 / 130 0 130 / 132:0–133:0 / 132 0 132 / 1 134 / 134 0 134 / 136:0–137:0 / 136 0 136 / 1 138 / 138 0 138 / 140:0–141:0 / 140 0 140 / 1 142 / 142 0 142 / 144:0–145:0 / 144 0 144 / 1 146 / 146 0 146 / 148:0–149:0 / 148 0 148 / 1 150 / 150 0 150 / 152:0–153:0 / 152 | | 0 152 | | |

纽约市 154:0–155:0 0 154 0 80.1 1:1 156:0–157:0 0 156 纽约市 158:0–159:0 0 158 纽约 160:0–161:0 0 160 162:0–163:0 0 162 164:0–165:0 0 164 166:0–167:0 0 166 168:0–169:0 0 168 170:0–171:0 0 170 172:0–173:0 0 172 174:0–175:0 0 174 176:0–177:0 0 176 178:0–179:0 0 178 180:0–181:0 0 180 182:0–183:0 0 182 184:0–185:0 0 184 186:0–187:0 0 186 188:0–189:0 0 188 190:0–191:0 0 190

192:0–193:0 0 192 194:0–195:0 0 194 196:0–197:0 0 196 198:0–199:0 0 198 200:0–201:0 0 200 202:0–203:0 0 202 204:0–205:0 0 204 206:0–207:0 0 206 208:0–209:0 0 208 210:0–211:0 0 210 212:0–213:0 0 212 214:0–215:0 0 214 216:0–217:0 0 216 218:0–219:0 0 218 220:0–221:0 0 220 222:0–223:0 0 222 224:0–225:0 0 224 226:0–227:0 0 226 228:0–229:0 0 228

230:0–231:0 0 230 232:0–233:0 0 232 234:0–235:0 0 234 236:0–237:0 0 236 238:0–239:0 0 238 240:0–241:0 0 240 242:0–243:0 0 242 244:0–245:0 0 244 246:0–247:0 0 246 248:0–249:0 0 248 250:0–251:0 0 250 252:0–253:0 0 252 254:0–255:0 0 254 256:0–257:0 0 256 258:0–259:0 0 258 260:0–261:0 0 260 262:0–263:0 0 262 264:0–265:0 0 264 266:0–267:0 0 266

268:0–269:0 0 268 270:0–271:0 0 270 272:0–273:0 0 272 274:0–275:0 0 274 276:0–277:0 0 276 278:0–279:0 0 278 280:0–281:0 0 280 282:0–283:0 0 282 284:0–285:0 0 284 286:0–287:0 0 286 288:0–289:0 0 288 290:0–291:0 0 290 292:0–293:0 0 292 294:0–295:0 0 294 296:0–297:0 0 296 298:0–299:0 0 298 300:0–301:0 0 300 302:0–303:0 0 302 304:0–305:0 0 304 80.1–1:1

306:0–307:0 306:0–306:0 80.1–1:1 纽约市 308:0–309:0 308:0–308:0 80.1–1:1 纽约市 310:0–311:0 310:0–310:0 80.1–1:1 312:0–313:0 312:0–312:0 80.1–1:1 314:0–315:0 314:0–314:0 80.1–1:1 316:0–317:0 316:0–316:0 80.1–1:1 318:0–319:0 318:0–318:0 80.1–1:1 320:0–321:0 320:0–320:0 80.1–1:1 322:0–323:0 322:0–322:0 80.1–1:1 324:0–325:0 324:0–324:0 80.1–1:1 326:0–327:0 326:0–326:0 80.1–1:1 328:0–329:0 328:0–328:0 80.1–1:1 330:0–331:0 330:0–330:0 80.1–1:1 332:0–333:0 332:0–332:0 80.1–1:1 334:0–335:0 334:0–334:0 80.1–1:1 336:0–337:0 336:0–336:0 80.1–1:1 338:0–339:0 338:0–338:0 80.1–1:1 340:0–341:0 340:0–340:0 80.1–1:1 342:0–343:0 342:0–342:0 80.1–1:1

344:0–345:0 344:0–344:0 80.1–1:1 346:0–347:0 346:0–346:0 80.1–1:1 348:0–349:0 348:0–348:0 80.1–1:1 350:0–351:0 350:0–350:0 80.1–1:1 352:0–353:0 352:0–352:0 80.1–1:1 354:0–355:0 354:0–354:0 80.1–1:1 356:0–357:0 356:0–356:0 80.1–1:1 358:0–359:0 358:0–358:0 80.1–1:1 360:0–361:0 360:0–360:0 80.1–1:1 362:0–363:0 362:0–362:0 80.1–1:1 364:0–365:0 364:0–364:0 80.1–1:1 366:0–367:0 366:0–366:0 80.1–1:1 368:0–369:0 368:0–368:0 80.1–1:1 370:0–371:0 370:0–370:0 80.1–1:1 372:0–373:0 372:0–372:0 80.1–1:1 374:0–375:0 374:0–374:0 80.1–1:1 376:0–377:0 376:0–376:0 80.1–1:1 378:0–379:0 378:0–378:0 80.1–1:1 380:0–381:0 380:0–380:0 80.1–1:1

382:0–383:0 382:0–382:0 80.1–1:1 384:0–385:0 384:0–384:0 80.1–1:1 386:0–387:0 386:0–386:0 80.1–1:1 388:0–389:0 388:0–388:0 80.1–1:1 390:0–391:0 390:0–390:0 80.1–1:1 392:0–393:0 392:0–392:0 80.1–1:1 394:0–395:0 394:0–394:0 80.1–1:1 396:0–397:0 396:0–396:0 80.1–1:1 398:0–399:0 398:0–398:0 80.1–1:1 400:0–401:0 400:0–400:0 80.1–1:1 402:0–403:0 402:0–402:0 80.1–1:1 404:0–405:0 404:0–404:0 80.1–1:1 406:0–407:0 406:0–406:0 80.1–1:1 408:0–409:0 408:0–408:0 80.1–1:1 410:0–411:0 410:0–410:0 80.1–1:1 412:0–413:0 412:0–412:0 80.1–1:1 414:0–415:0 414:0–414:0 80.1–1:1 416:0–417:0 416:0–416:0 80.1–1:1 418:0–419:0 418:0–418:0 80.1–1:1

420:0–421:0 420:0–420:0 80.1–1:1 422:0–423:0 422:0–422:0 80.1–1:1 424:0–425:0 424:0–424:0 80.1–1:1 426:0–427:0 426:0–426:0 80.1–1:1 428:0–429:0 428:0–428:0

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《纽约时报》，2020年8月5日，星期三

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报道覆盖全美50个州及全球150个国家。

为重要新闻带来专业见解。

在压力下追求真相。

追随事实，无论指向何方。

为公众知情权而战。

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观点

《纽约时报》

专栏作家 | 埃兹拉·克莱因

诺兰的特洛伊木马

《纽约时报》

《奥德赛》的真相在于——有了年幼的孩子后，我已很少去看电影。但导演克里斯托弗·诺兰耍了一个多么高明的把戏。埃隆·马斯克并不理解这部电影的内涵。但这部电影却理解马斯克的本质。它理解我们正在变成什么样的人，已经变成了什么样的人，并指明了一条出路。

把戏是《奥德赛》与神话的核心。奥德修斯是一个骗术大师。在故事的第一行中，他被描述为“多谋善变之人”，或“历经万里之人”，或“多变之人”——取决于译者的理解，他是足智多谋之人、奔波不息之人、复杂之人。他是一个充满躁动与矛盾的个体，一个渴望回家却不断选择留在外面的人，一个思念妻子却无法停止与女神同床共枕的人。奥德修斯从来不是单一的；他始终是多面的。

达蒙不是骗术大师。我原本以为他会成为诺兰《奥德赛》的问题所在（在右翼对卢皮塔·尼永奥和艾略特·佩奇的选角争议之前，我无法接受达蒙饰演奥德修斯与《奥德赛》的契合度）。在我看来，达蒙往往像是一个“单一路径”的人，一个早起锻炼、保持整洁、睡前很少喝超过一杯酒的人。这不是奥德修斯。

但诺兰并不需要一个骗术大师，奥德修斯是另一种存在。可以说，这是诺兰的第一个把戏。

《纽约时报》5月4.00版关于骗术大师的讨论，因为过去几年里，我一直在默默思考这一原型。骗术大师在北欧神话中是洛基，在维拉姆故事中是埃舒，在美洲原住民传说中是郊狼或渡鸦，在波利尼西亚是毛伊，在古希腊则是赫尔墨斯和奥德修斯。

刘易斯·海德在其精彩著作《骗术大师创造这个世界》中写道，骗术大师的作用是“揭露并颠覆一个文化所依赖的一切”。骗术大师跨越习俗与禁忌，说出不该说的话，做出不该做的事。骗术大师将无序引入秩序，使平常隐藏的事物显现。骗术大师造成的破坏可能带来成长，但幸福的结局从不保证。骗术大师可能带来新生，也可能带来毁灭。郊狼带来火种，渡鸦带来太阳，洛基则带来诸神的黄昏。

海德的观点是，骗术大师既必要又危险。他们代表了每个社会都必须面对的张力。一个无法以创造力应对颠覆的文化无法在变革中生存；一个无法捍卫核心价值观的文化将被腐败吞噬。过多的秩序会导致僵化，过多的混乱则会导致崩溃。

我们正生活在一个混乱的时代。我们一直生活在一个骗术大师的时代。马斯克、特朗普总统、塔克·卡尔森、安德鲁·泰特、尼克·福西特——现代主义小说的语法。什么是严肃的，什么不是？什么是挑衅，什么是压力？他们为什么这么说，又是如何逃脱责罚的？我并不是说这些人只是骗术大师。他们并非海德所关注的文化缔造者。但我认为，这个时代的主导人物通过亵渎习俗与禁忌、说出不该说的话、做出不该做的事而积聚了权力。

海德说，美国人喜爱骗术大师，“因为他体现了美国的真实面貌，但这些真相无法公开宣称”。这在1998年海德出版其著作时或许成立。我也能理解，自那以后，美国的机构和电影已变得过于禁忌化和谐化——太多内容变得不可言说，对越轨与创新的开放程度太低。

然而，如今已几乎没有什么不可以说的话了。曾支撑我们最优秀文化的理念与道德已被颠覆和亵渎。现在的问题是，这种颠覆能否迎来创造与革新。

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《纽约时报》观点版 2018年8月5日，星期三

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如果这就是医疗自由，我为何感到被困？

杰西卡·格罗斯

观点版作家

最近我在听一个播客，里面有一位我怀疑正在服用肽类物质的女性。我大概知道她在使用哪种肽，或者是如何获取的，但她最近看起来确实状态很好。

有那么一刻，我想：这些由氨基酸组成的短链是否能改善我的皮肤，或更高效地增肌，或让我减少疲劳感？有时，我会点开每天收到的众多远程医疗广告中的一个，思考自己能往购物车里加多少药物——似乎只需轻点一个干净的方框，就能毫无阻碍地完成购买。

尽管我一直批评美国的医疗体系允许如此多的药物和补充剂在缺乏充分披露的情况下进行广告宣传，并以最轻微的方式获得适当的医疗批准，但有时我仍难以抵挡“大健康”所提供的诱惑。我并非对承诺青春之泉的注射或知道这些药物随时可用所带来的些许安慰无动于衷。

消费者选择的深度忏悔可能让人感觉像是自主权的朋友，而这正是联邦卫生机构如今想要提供给我们所有人的那种医疗自由——免受政府干预。正如我的新同事克里斯蒂娜·阿夫雷特和戴安娜·C·史密斯所解释的那样，美国食品和药物管理局（FDA）的一个咨询委员会“建议更广泛地使用六种未经验证的肽类物质，引发了人们对健康和远程医疗公司可能采用更隐蔽的途径将未批准药物推向商业市场的担忧”。

如果采纳这一建议，将允许复合药房（可定制药物的机构）销售这六种肽类物质。这与FDA的建议背道而驰。与此同时，FDA已建议反对增加公众获取途径，因为缺乏强有力的证据证明这些肽类物质的安全性或有效性。该咨询委员会还因利益冲突而受到质疑，因为其许多成员可能会从这些肽类物质进入市场中获利。

纽约市药剂师 Jen Ginsberg 撰写了一份名为《药店牛仔》的时常幽默且总是信息量丰富的通讯，她在其中描述了 FDA 背后的指南手册解读过程。这是一股持久的自由力量。她指出，这些在看似可靠的企业网页上常见的物质，会被不加质疑地接受，其试验性质也会被掩盖。她进一步表示：

“医疗自由”是一个吸引人的口号，因为它让每个人都能听到自己想听的内容。患者听到的是“自主权”，企业听到的是“一个庞大且高度监管的市场”。然而，自由并不意味着免除提供证据的义务。患者可以选择强效治疗、拒绝治疗或在充分知情后接受更高风险。这些选择仍然依赖于对所提供治疗有一个可靠的理解。

虽然有些人乐于接受这种医疗自由带来的未知风险——

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照片：CLEM. JEN GINSBERG, 2018。© CLEM. JEN GINSBERG, 2018。

今夏的疫情暴发，是我们监管缺失未来的一瞥

今夏，监管不力的公共卫生环境所带来的更为阴暗的后果随处可见。近期的环孢子虫疫情已导致数千人患病，并与两起死亡事件相关，暴露出我们的食品疾病可能更为严重的隐患。联邦政府削减了约60%的拨款，这些款项原本用于各州监测和预防食源性疫情。由于对环孢子虫的持续担忧，美国人正在避开某些类型的新鲜农产品。（正如一位食品安全专家对《纽约时报》所说：“老实说，我这辈子可没时间应付爆炸性腹泻。” Game。）

7月，美国报告了自1991年以来最多的麻疹病例。大多数感染者是未接种疫苗的儿童。今年至今，州议员已提出超过200项法案，旨在削弱疫苗接种要求。这些法案挑战了各州用于公众接种的整个体系，从患者在接种前收到的宣传册，到学校、日托中心和雇主可实施的要求，《纽约时报》指出。

尽管这些法案中仅有9项成为法律，但医疗自由运动中的反疫苗派支持者并未显示出放缓的迹象。他们为何会放缓？他们似乎得到了总统的支持，据《华尔街日报》报道，总统正在推动卫生部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪 Jr.继续研究疫苗与自闭症之间的关联，尽管这一关联已被数十年的研究彻底探讨并辩论过。

按照他们的定义，“自由”似乎意味着我们都将面临更多疾病和过早死亡的风险。作为个体，我们如今在杂货店购物时更加焦虑，仔细检查农产品的产地，或是因为疫情导致供应链中断而囤积物资（原文提及"spring out of 534mm"，语义不明）。一些家长正急于让新生儿提前接种麻疹疫苗，早于通常建议的12个月，因为婴儿对这种疾病尤其脆弱；许多人不得不在去年出台的严格指导方针下，前往室内接种新冠疫苗。

更多的风险和责任被推给了我们。如果我们的虚拟购物车里有新的肽类产品，我们并不真正知道它们是否会长成理想的形态，还是可能助长癌细胞生长。

这趟列车已经深入到所有直接面向消费者网站上的图片之中。在还来得及的时候关闭浏览器、转身离开，感觉真好。

读者来信

企业在气候变化问题上退缩

致编辑： 关于《大企业悄然降低目标》（21日《参议院领袖》头版）一文：

本文概述了各行业越来越多的企业正在放弃其气候承诺。我想强调，我所在行业的企业退缩尤为重要。

全球粮食系统占全球温室气体排放的三分之一（one-third）。文章提到了最新的80家企业及其修订后的目标，但本可以提及麦当劳——该公司今年5月宣布，预计无法实现其2030年气候目标。

这种退缩凸显了许多食品行业气候战略中固有的三大缺陷。例如，麦当劳在当前气候导致的供应链中断（包括农作物和大宗商品价格上涨）的背景下，仍优先考虑短期利润而非长期可持续性。

其次，它们忽视了减少高排放季节性食品（如肉类和乳制品）的影响，并过度依赖有缺陷或无法规模化的解决方案。第三，一些企业未能倡导——甚至有时会破坏——自愿性市场预防措施（如《亚马逊大豆道德宣言》）和监管规定（如欧盟《干预条例》和美国证券交易委员会的气候相关信息披露规则），而这些措施有助于构建可持续、有韧性的供应链。

纠正这些错误仍有时间。与其放弃气候目标，麦当劳等企业应专注于向更低排放的植物基食品转型，并支持能让其气候承诺落地的行业政策。

粮食企业在气候变化中损失巨大，但它们也有机会现在就推动变革。在这个夏天，洪水、干旱和热浪席卷数百万人之际，让我们期待它们做出正确的选择。

苏珊·穆克吉 撰稿人系非营利组织 Mighty Earth 气候、粮食与农业高级倡导专员

特朗普的非现实

致编辑：

关于《特朗普的言论击中新法律》（不符合其常识）分析，8月21日头版。

原文提到，特朗普总统将最新的民调数据称为“打击”。当你真心认为自己比历史上任何人都更博学、更受爱戴时，任何负面信息都无法突破这种扭曲现实的屏障。

令人惊讶的是，一位白宫发言人在表示“没有哪位总统在为美国人谋福祉方面比特朗普总统取得更多成就，他正在创造新的就业机会、降低通胀、提高住房可负担性等”时，竟未遭到猛烈抨击。显然，在特朗普的虚假现实中，他的团队已经取得了成功。

民调仅仅反映一个人表现如何，而特朗普显然表现不佳。尽管民调结果不佳，但努力使其变得更有利可能并不在他的待办事项清单上。过去10年的共同经历应当告诉我们，谎言和去确定性将持续下去。

帕特里克·李 马里兰州恩里克森

致编辑：

企业缩减、推迟或放弃高调气候承诺的趋势显而易见。但这些企业正在退出其关于“拯救商品”的“糟糕”承诺。正如气候相关风险对运营和财务的影响并非一成不变，气候变化带来的实际威胁——从极端天气、干扰到资源限制——正在供应链和资产负债表上变得无法忽视。

对于希望长期成功的商业领袖而言，现在是时候将气候变化纳入核心业务讨论和决策中，涵盖风险管理、财务和运营等方面。那些将气候变化视为首要业务的企业，将最有能力构建韧性、增强竞争力，并在不断变化的世界中创造长期价值。

华盛顿特区 华盛顿与韦斯特伍德的科学家表示，他是EOP的高级副总裁。

《纽约时报》刊登读者来信。来信必须包含作者姓名、地址和电话号码。所选来信可能经过编辑，并在25字

为 Paramant-Warner 交易辩护

David Ellison

Paramant 旗下 Daytona 的首席执行官。

许多人都对收购华纳兄弟探索公司（Warner Bros. Discovery）这一至关重要的举措发表了看法——包括媒体分析师、电力市场专家、政治评论员、竞争对手，当然还有律师。对于本网站的一篇评论文章来说，这在预料之中且值得赞赏，但唯一一个你还没有听到其声音的人是我。

这样做是有原因的。我认为任何管理新闻机构的人——我是 Paramant 的首席执行官，该公司旗下拥有 CBS——都不应该在天平上施加影响，尤其是在涉及自己公司的事项上。因此，当 Caldecott 的总检察长、另外 15 位州总检察长以及一天后，美国编剧工会（Writers Guild of America）试图阻止该交易时，我本人很快意识到，这种克制是有代价的。在我保持沉默时，其他人很乐意替我讲述我的故事。现在不再如此。

各州声称这笔交易将使其在失去发行商和有线电视运营商方面获得一种不正常的满足感，而 WGA 则认为我们合并后的市场力量将损害编剧的利益。双方都将这种满足感想象成由于规模扩大而产生——这被一家双重代理机构的内部需求所否认。

在美国人观看电视的总时长中，合并后的 Paramant-Warner 所占份额将低于 10%——将行业表现与亚马逊、苹果等公司进行比较，这些公司的资源都应被考虑在内。如果将 YouTube 的成功和内容纳入计算，我们的份额将下降到 12% 左右。在过去 12 个月中，合并后的公司仅占国内票房的 10%，而在过去两年中，平均仅占 12%。这些数字并不像是一家能够凌驾于客户之上的公司。事实是编剧得到了报酬。

我认为这场争论实际上与市场份额无关。如果真是如此，它就不会被监管机构审查并批准——包括美国国家研究院和中国的监管机构，以及欧盟。我认为在简报和新闻稿之下隐藏着一个更深层的担忧：新闻。

问题在于我是否能被信任为华纳旗下 CNN 的管理人。关于我的政治立场、忠诚度和意图一直存在猜测。

遗憾的是，我无法让任何人洞察我的内心和思想，但我可以分享这一点：我经常投票给两个政党的候选人。我持有某些会被称为保守的观点，有些则会被称为自由，就像大多数美国人一样。在涉及我们的新闻运营时，我的目标并非引导这些公司将其新闻工作者绑定到我的观点上。我认为新闻应该基于事实和真相。

像 CNN 和 CBS News 这样伟大的新闻机构存在是为了讲述关于中间地带的足够多内容。这需要能够反映整个世界而非其中一面的新闻工作者，并且需要独立性。我们的母公司将继续对事实以及他们所服务的所有人负责——而不是对任何政党或事业负责。这些是 CNN 和 CBS News 的创始原则，也是像 Ted Turner 和 Edward R. Murrow 这样的先驱者的原则，而正是这种独立性一直推动着《60 分钟》的伟大。

有许多阵地需要收复。根据盖洛普的最新衡量，只有 25% 的美国人表示他们“信任新闻”——这是有记录以来最低的比例。如此多次的整合还不如一项前瞻性的义务清晰，即宣布：我们可以做得更好。我们正处于一个美国人必须生活（在户外）的时刻，但记者们并不总是发现他们的国家拒绝参与批评。

信任无法通过争论赢回，但可以通过一个接一个的故事、一天又一天地重新建立——在这个屏幕上充斥着大量机器生成或旨在制造噱头的内容的时代。我们的使命比以往任何时候都更重要。这就是我打算耐心地、长期为此努力的工作。

以下是忠实的中文翻译：

这让我想到我们致力于打造的目标。派拉蒙-华纳的交易始于电影。我从懂事起就听过这个故事，也听过那些电视剧的配乐。我曾看到最新的拍摄画面：一辆自行车在满月下的剪影，两个男人置身沙漠，加州的缠斗场景。每一个这样的瞬间背后，总是站着永不停歇的风险与数百位才华横溢的艺术家

作为CNN的守护者，我致力于资助真正记者的客观新闻。

回忆和那些依赖电影维持生计的人。

我已经身处困境，好莱坞正被技术平台的算法碾压，这些算法青睐学生的声音。工作机会正在流失，尤其是在加州——这里曾是它成长的地方，也是我养家的地方——因此，我组建了有史以来最庞大的双重创意人才库。

我明白，一个身处更大城镇设计课程中的高管的承诺，可能会因我们刚刚经历的这一年而受到质疑。我接手派拉蒙时，我们的院线发行量从去年的8部电影增加到31部，并为派拉蒙流媒体服务提供了100部中的40部额外内容。你可以期待2020年我们电视工作室的华纳作品。我们将内容投资增加了15亿。我们在交易签署前就做到了这一点，并且能够看到成效。因为制作更多内容正是我们正在构建的公司的核心。

我们为拟议中的派拉蒙-华纳交易所做的承诺延续了这一轨迹——即每年制作170部电视剧，用于我们自己的平台和竞争对手的平台，每年内容投资超过300亿美元。我已学会不再预测结果。在我看来，“派拉蒙”达到了心理预期，《壮志凌云：独行侠》超出预期，而《终结者：黑暗命运》则未达标。我为所有这些电影感到自豪，但确实，我们决定了能做什么以及如何去做。我们可以在作品中推广更多，也可以做得更好。

如此规模的交易无法在公众面前完成，而我也深有体会。我无意要求别人相信我的话，承诺就在那里。我已经能够在任何人都能评判的地方生存。

巴尔德诺克的故事只有在与观众建立联系时才能迎来圆满结局。是观众——美国人民——以及全世界决定了一部电影的成败，决定了一个新闻机构的兴衰，进而决定了我们这个行业的成败。我希望打造一家拥有电影般力量与承诺的公司，为了那些依赖我们的三类观众：寻求故事的观众、依赖我们的讲述者，以及梦想创造这一切的国家。

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沙特阿美公司报告利润增长33%，尽管中东供应路线遭受严重干扰。

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美国网球协会新任领导人克雷格·蒂利习惯于应对看似无望的挑战。

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2020年8月3日，星期三 81

商业

纽约时报

韦斯拉夫·奥特尔

代币经济学的奥秘

作者：西莉娅·德佩尔

美国企业界曾对人工智能充满热情。直到他们收到了账单。

围绕“代币”（即人工智能销售中计算能力的单位）的支出浪潮正冲击着工程团队和董事会。起初是“代币狂热”——高管鼓励尽可能多地使用人工智能。随后是“代币崩溃”——他们迅速烧掉了公司数百万美元的资金。

这种同时存在的紧迫性和不确定性正在引发复杂的问题。人工智能究竟有什么用？如何知道自己购买的是什么，并衡量其所带来的价值？它是如何定价的，未来这些价格又会如何变化？这种支出会取代什么？

“这是一种你完全没有直觉知道自己在使用什么的货币，而且甚至没有相应的会计实践，”经济学家霍华德·鲁宾（Howard Rubin）说，他为企业提供技术支出方面的咨询。“人工智能目前被视为一项投资，但这是一项没有回报的高风险投资。”

高风险和知识的匮乏催生了经济学的一个新领域，专门研究企业如何购买人工智能以及从中获得何种价值。可以称之为“代币经济学”：研究这种有限资源如何被创造、交易并转化为人们想要的东西。

企业对采用新技术并不陌生。电力使得能源可以远距离生产和使用。互联网彻底改变了服务的交付方式。云计算将数据处理从现场的繁重任务转变为可以远程租用的服务。

人工智能的影响可能同样深远，但其成本和收益更难衡量。

也许人工智能作为一项商业支出的最接近类比是石油产品。一种常见的原料——原油——被精炼成汽油、柴油和丙烷等商品。这些燃料有不同的用途，但可以分解为标准的能量单位——英热单位（British thermal units），并且通常通过价格随供需波动的交易所批发销售。

代币的原料是电力和半导体。产生的“商品”被输入模型，并以代币为单位计量，通常被认为代表几个英文字符。

但石化类比到此为止。目前有数千种人工智能模型，且缺乏透明度，无法明确谁在为何付费。对于一个代币需要多少能量、哪种模型最适合执行特定任务，或需要多少代币，尚无共识。

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摩根大通再陷足球丑闻

作者：塔里克·庞扎

2021年4月，摩根大通发现自己身陷风暴中心。

一项旨在创建由全球最富有足球俱乐部组成的欧洲超级联赛的计划，本将颠覆欧洲百年体育架构，却在不到一周内夭折。竞争俱乐部的球迷涌上街头抗议，各国政府也加入谴责行列。

摩根大通曾承诺为该计划提供财务支持。

受挫后，这家华尔街巨头罕见地为其在这场闹剧中的角色道歉。该银行承诺将从“误判”该计划对全球足球狂热世界的影响中吸取教训。就连该行无所不能的首席执行官贾斯汀·德卢卡（Justin DeLuca）也承认，公司低估了这项计划可能激起的激情。

一年后，美国最大的银行再次发现自己处于全球足球重大危机的风口浪尖。这一次，欧洲多国威胁抵制地球上最大的体育赛事——国际足联世界杯，

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上月在新泽西州东拉瑟福德市大都会人寿体育场举行的FIFA世界杯决赛颁奖仪式。

贝森特选择支撑日元

作者：阿兰·拉佩波特

华盛顿——十多年前，财政部长斯科特·贝森特作为乔治·索伦的首席投资者，曾押注10 亿美元 billion做空日元。如今，他正动用美国经济的力量来支撑这一日本货币。

但这一次，贝森特此举是为了确保华盛顿的借贷成本不会进一步攀升，并支持一个在中国后院摇摇欲坠的美国盟友。上周晚些时候，美国和日本为稳定急速贬值的日元所采取的协调行动，是过去一年中财政部长第二次回归对冲基金经理的角色，进行大规模货币押注。此举展示了特朗普政府在政治危机时刻，为保护美国经济免受全球市场波动影响所愿意采取的极端措施。

日元购买的规模尚未披露。在一次通话中，

白宫在人工智能监管问题上摇摆不定

作者：戴维·麦凯布、迈克·艾萨克、安·斯旺森、凯特·康格

华盛顿——过去6周，特朗普政府官员一直在为如何应对人工智能问题而苦恼。

据6名以上现任和前任科技及政府官员及知情人士透露，一个由白宫幕僚长索伦·威布罗、财政部长斯科特·贝森特和商务部长霍华德·卢特尼克组成的小组，一直在争论是否应对“开源”人工智能模型采取更具干预性的做法。这些模型可自由下载和修改。

据12名知情人士透露，高级官员已考虑采取一系列行动，包括实施制裁、将生产这些开源人工智能模型的中国公司列入贸易黑名单，甚至禁止美国云计算公司与其开展业务。

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《纽约时报》商业版 5, 2026 星期三

要闻速览

业绩

卡特彼勒上调预期，

暂停数据中心建设

卡特彼勒在周二公布第二季度利润预估后，上调了年度营收增长预期，得益于人工智能数据中心的建设推动了其发电和建筑设备的需求。

该公司股价在早盘交易中一度上涨12%，若涨幅保持，将创下逾三个月来的最佳单日表现。卡特彼勒股价的上涨也推动蓝筹股道琼斯工业指数上涨1.8%。

该公司将全年关税成本预期从先前预计的22 亿美元 billion至26 亿美元 billion下调至约22 亿美元 billion。

过去几个季度，这家设备巨头的建筑设备订单激增，原因是全国范围内的数据中心建设以及备用电力设备需求增加。

卡特彼勒的业绩通常被视为工业经济的晴雨表。路透社

汽车

比亚迪将在巴西推出

四款混合动力车型

中国汽车制造商比亚迪周二宣布，在投资500 million雷亚尔（5亿）两年后，将推出其首款在巴西生产的插电式混合动力（灵活燃料）汽车，该公司巴西区代表表示。

该车型名为“宋Pro超级混动灵活燃料”，将于周三在巴西各地经销商上市，可使用电力、汽油或乙醇驱动，比亚迪高级副总裁亚历山大·赖利在采访中表示。

他补充说，GS车型的纯电续航里程为60公里（37英里），而更高端的GS4车型则为50公里。

该车在比亚迪位于巴西东北部巴伊亚州坎萨卡里的工厂生产，赖利表示，该车还符合公司到2027年1月前所有巴西生产车辆使用超过50%本地零部件的目标。

“这是比亚迪的一个高度象征性项目，”他说。路透社

经济

职位空缺下降，

但市场仍然稳定

美国6月职位空缺数量下降，护理和社会援助行业的职位空缺降幅为近一年来最大，但招聘改善和裁员率低表明劳动力市场保持稳定。

劳工部周二发布的报告还显示，主动离职人数略有增加，可能是为了寻求更好的机会，这

应能限制工资增长，并强化经济学家的观点，即劳动力市场并非通胀的来源。

不过，多数经济学家预计美联储今年仍将加息以遏制由中东冲突推动的通胀。“当前的情况是一个稳定的劳动力市场，”高频经济（High Frequency Economics）首席经济学家卡尔·温伯格表示。

劳工统计局称，截至6月最后一天，作为劳动力需求衡量指标的职位空缺减少了176,000个，降至7,500 million个。路透社

标准普尔500指数

+1.8%

7,700.10

道琼斯工业平均指数

+1.7%

34,385.88

纳斯达克综合指数

+2.6%

26,584.09

10年期国债收益率

4.62%

10,000点

订单号（美国）

$75.77

-$4.57

美国制造

$4,152.60

-$802.59

股票与债券

股市创新高 中东及人工智能忧虑缓解

作者：JOB REPAIRMENT

及ABLUMI SONG

标准普尔500指数周二创下历史新高，科技股反弹领涨，同时伊朗与美国可能再次陷入冲突的和平协议迹象也起到平衡作用。

该基准指数上涨13%，突破6月初的前期高点，并结束了过去一周近6%的强劲反弹。

在上周新任美联储主席Kevin Warris的言论引发市场紧张情绪后，股市受到多重利好提振：近期加息预期减弱、部分大型科技公司业绩强劲、伊朗与美国紧张关系缓和，以及美国财政部罕见地在全球市场失去流动性时出手干预，均对国内市场形成支撑。

投资者近日抓住特朗普政府的表态，称伊朗和卡塔尔在霍尔木兹海峡威胁问题的谈判中取得进展，这帮助科技股延续了上周开始的反弹势头。

不过，投资者仍担忧那些斥资数千亿美元建设数据中心的人工智能公司可能面临困境，例如中国开发的成本更低的模型。

标准普尔500指数近月来波动剧烈，有时因冲突接近结束的希望或某大型人工智能公司业绩强劲而上涨，有时又因德黑兰与华盛顿的谈判破裂或对过度支出的担忧再起而下跌。

上周，纳斯达克公司的指数（包含大型科技公司）几乎触及历史高点。

截至周末，投资者的恐慌情绪开始缓解，市场再次回暖。纳斯达克指数已上涨超过9%

标准普尔500指数

周二标准普尔500指数每3分钟的位置

— 前收盘价：7,600.50

自上周三以来的百分比。

股市受到持续强劲的企业盈利支撑。

根据FactSet的数据，截至上周五收盘，已公布本季度业绩的标准普尔500指数成分公司中，有86%公司的每股收益超出分析师预期。

在另一项缓解市场紧张情绪的举措中，美国财政部采取行动以稳定日元走弱的汇率。

由于对政府支出计划的担忧，日元汇率近期跌至40年来的低点，为1美元兑164日元。油价上涨进一步加剧了日元的跌势。

日本是美国国债的大持有国，日本政府抛售美国资产以支撑日元的举动，引发了对美国债务可持续性的担忧。更高的美国国债收益率也可能破坏人工智能交易的稳定性。通过协助干预，财政部得以限制直接抛售美国资产的行为。

周二，国际油价跌破每桶$80，为近三周以来首次收于该水平以下，投资者对中东冲突可能缓和的法案持乐观态度。根据美国汽车协会（AAA）的数据，周二汽油价格下跌1.0美分，至全国平均每加仑$4.09。

美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯对缓解霍尔木兹海峡威胁的谈判表示乐观，该水道通常承载着全球五分之一的原油运输量。他表示，“谈判已取得进展，但尚未最终达成协议。”

一些分析师表示，他们预计股市反弹将持续。

“今年夏初定义市场的过度行为已基本被消除，”Citadel Securities策略师斯科特·布尔默表示。

与此同时，尽管通胀担忧依然存在，但整体经济依然稳健。

“数月来，我们首次认为投资者可以减少对仓位调整的关注，而更多关注基本面，”布尔默先生表示。

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昨日股市概况

标准普尔500指数 7,736.92 + 1.8%

三个月表现 +7.8%

纳斯达克综合指数 26,584.99 + 7.69%

三个月表现 +6.1%

道琼斯工业平均指数 34,385.88 + 7.67%

三个月表现 +10.5%

表现最佳股票

S&P 500 COMPANIES / O2 / DE OWNED

1. Raptor Technologies (ROY) / $105,000 +25.0%
2. Dura Technologies Co. (DRA) / $108,000 +26.0
3. Santec (ST) / $126,000 +25.0
4. Merall Technology (MRA) / $218,000 +25.0
5. Genivore (GENE) / $233,000 +25.0
6. SHERON (MSN) / $1,437,000 +25.0
7. Aura (MTS) / $1,000,000 +25.0
8. Super Micro Computer (SMC) / $25,000 +25.0
9. Seagate (SIS) / $1,000,000 +25.0
10. Leithra (CSTS) / $1,000,000 +25.0

表现最差股票

S&P 500 COMPANIES / O2 / DE OWNED

1. Syto (MTS) / $47,375 - 50.0%
2. NBS Energy (NBS) / $1,000,000 - 25.0
3. Drayola Mexican Grill (DML) / $20,000 - 25.0
4. HEDEX (HES) / $1,000,000 - 25.0
5. AccenturePlus (TA, Esso, APS) / $40,000 - 25.0
6. Rockwell Automation (RWA) / $1,000,000 - 25.0
7. NBS Energy (NBS) / $1,000,000 - 25.0
8. Prologis (PLD) / $1,000,000 - 25.0
9. International Energy (FME) / $10,000 - 25.0
10. Revoys (ROY) / $1,000,000 - 25.0

交易最活跃股票

标准普尔500公司 / O2 / DE持有 / O2 / DE持有 / O2 / DE持有 / O2 / DE持有 1. Raptor Technologies (ROY) / $10,000 - 25.0% / 1.75 2. S&P 500 (NBS) / $21,000 - 25.0 / 1.50 3. Aura (MTS) / $10,000 - 25.0 / 1.25 4. Amatec (AIA) / $277,000 - 25.0 / 1.00 5. 希捷 (SIS) / $250,000 - 25.0 / 0.75 6. 辉瑞公司 (PTI) / $25,000 - 25.0 / 1.25 7. 超微电脑 (SMC) / $10,000 - 25.0 / 1.25 8. KSP Inc. (T) / $25,000 - 25.0 / 1.25 9. 福特汽车 (T) / $25,000 - 25.0 / 1.25 10. Drayola Mexican Grill (DML) / $20,000 - 25.0 / 1.25

区域及新兴市场

总留存 / 总资产 1.1% / 0.1% 1. Seagate & 能源市场（东印度基金Plus份额 (EIGEN)） / -174.5% / -17.0% 2. 美国燃料新零售（东标普2 (NASA)） / -120.0 / -10.0 3. 美国燃料新零售（东标普4 (FAMILY)） / -120.0 / -10.0 4. 战略市场 & Finitex（新兴市场 (FISEM)） / -151.7 / -10.0 5. 标准普尔500 & 能源市场（东印度Plus (EIGEN)） / -121.0 / -10.0 6. Finitex系列（新兴市场 & 国际 (FISEM)） / -153.8 / -10.0 7. NBS期货 & 能源市场（东印度Plus (EIGEN)） / -8.0 / -10.0 8. 战略市场 & 能源市场 (FISEM) / -153.8 / -10.0 9. Finitex能源市场（东FEMA） / -182.0 / -12.0 10. 期货 & 能源市场（东FEMA） / -153.8 / -10.0

板块表现

昨日亚洲股市表现

其他市场及经济动态

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《纽约时报》商业周末版 MAY, 2026年8月5日

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B3

银行业 / 教育

摩根大通在足球界再陷丑闻

来自《商业周刊》

国际足联（FIFPA）主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺正面临越来越多的要求其辞职的呼声。

摩根大通是因凡蒂诺与风险投资家安德烈亚·库什纳（特朗普总统高级顾问贾里德·库什纳的兄弟，64岁）一年多来共同推动的一项计划的关键参与者。根据该计划，国际足联（总部位于瑞士的22家机构组成的非营利组织，负责全球足球事务）的商业资产将被纳入一家独立公司。因凡蒂诺将持有该公司约20%的股份，该公司将拥有世界杯的权益，并计划以420亿美元的价格向私人投资者出售，这将使国际足联的全部商业业务估值达到200亿美元。

摩根大通的角色是与库什纳的公司Thrive Capital旗下子公司Thrive Everest一道，寻找其他投资者共同承诺42亿美元的投资。

该计划一直保密，直到上周《伦敦时报》详细报道后才公之于众。反应几乎是即时的，并与5年前的欧洲超级联赛丑闻有着惊人的相似之处。欧洲足球管理机构表示，其旗下球队——世界杯价值的主要推动者——将抵制该提案，若其继续推进。其他地区足球机构也纷纷发表谴责声明。甚至各国领导人也加入讨论：英国新任首相安迪·伯纳姆在社交媒体上抨击该计划，称世界杯不是可以出售的商品。

仅仅几周前，因凡蒂诺还在为2021年最成功的体育赛事之一的落幕而欢庆，国际足联预计将从中获得超过100亿美元的收入。然而，与之前的超级联赛一样，国际足联在其三分之二成员投票前便公布了该计划。

因凡蒂诺如今正为生存而战，一些最保守的商业机构公开批评其行为，称他欺骗了他们。一些欧洲国家的足球协会正考虑将因凡蒂诺赶下台，或在明年的选举中推出竞争对手挑战他。

尽管摩根大通在超级联赛风波后迅速撤回了参与，但尚未就其在国际足联计划中的角色发表任何声明。

“摩根大通似乎对足球治理的兴趣（而非金融）再次重蹈覆辙，”欧洲足球支持者组织联合会“足球工程师欧洲”的执行董事雷娜特·埃文斯表示。“他们可能误以为球迷是被动的受众。超级联赛的失败证明我们不是。摩根大通拒绝置评。”

摩根大通重塑全球足球的尝试不仅限于2021年的30支球队分裂联赛。该行早在1997年就为另一起分裂计划提供了财务指导。该计划由已故意大利媒体大亨、前总理西尔维奥·贝卢斯科尼于2006年策划，代号“宏伟计划”（Project Grandi），同样以失败告终。

摩根大通参与国际足联计划并非源自其投资部门（该部门为重大交易和融资提供咨询），而是由该行资产与财富管理部门董事总经理玛丽·厄斯金主导，据2名直接了解摩根大通与国际足联互动情况的人士透露，他们因未获授权公开发言而拒绝透露姓名。

因凡蒂诺和厄斯金在因凡蒂诺当选国际足联主席后开始活跃于同一社交圈。两人曾在多个相同的商业峰会上发言，尤其是迈阿密的FCI Priority大会，其中厄斯金与因凡蒂诺同台出席了一个类似新闻访谈形式的会议，其中一人表示。该行体育投资银行部门的成员也参与了该项目。

摩根大通拒绝透露是否为因凡蒂诺先生或库什纳先生管理资金。

摩根大通在这项计划中的深度参与，从其长期出现在一份面向国际足联成员协会的FIFPA销售协议中可见一斑，该协议最终被泄露给媒体，《纽约时报》获得了这份文件。据一位知情人士透露，该银行在推进项目之前，曾分析过该组织自身与项目的关联。这项交易被保留在2 / 3的部分中，FIFPA是一个利用足球运动受欢迎程度牟利的掠夺性商业实体，而摩根大通则是3的主要金融支持者。

与埃尔斯金先生关系密切的核心圈子，如今已立即意识到潜在的麻烦。2016年，在因凡蒂诺先生任期初期，他曾被迫放弃一项——

杰森·西蒙（摩根大通首席执行官）曾在某种程度上表示，该银行设法促成了FIFPA主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺出售部分世界杯资产的交易。

当他试图为FIFPA的商业资产创建类似的分拆业务时，遭遇了类似的挫折，据两位知情人士透露，该业务原本将由一家主权财富基金支持。

对于那笔交易，因凡蒂诺先生曾试图筹集$25亿，但同样因欧洲足球管理机构及其他规模领导者的愤怒反对而搁浅。不过，该提案并未明确说明世界杯是否会被纳入其中，尽管一份免费印刷品暗示投资者将拥有对该赛事的优先选择权。

与许多体育组织不同，FIFPA资金充裕。“该组织坐拥数十亿美元的现金储备，随时可用，”摩根大通在周五的一份声明中表示，该声明由该组织的一名顾问转达给因凡蒂诺先生。“在这种情况下，出售一项最有价值的资产以筹集$42亿，几乎毫无意义。”科德罗先生曾担任主席，他表示自己也是从媒体报道中才得知因凡蒂诺先生的计划。

就在因凡蒂诺先生的新公司成立当天，他遭遇了另一重大打击：FIFPA首席运营官凯文·拉兹曼发表声明，实际上表示因凡蒂诺先生一直在计划之外，并称这些计划“配不上蔑视和恐吓”。

周五晚间，因凡蒂诺先生的新公司发表声明称，他的计划将被放弃。“在仔细倾听所有意见后，我们清楚地看到，该项目已引发2 / 3的——”

对所有相关方而言，可能还会有更多不安。欧洲足球律师团队作为2的管理机构——

法院裁定支持学生，数十亿美元债务被免除

斯泰西·康利报道

超过176,000名声称被所在学校欺诈的联邦学生贷款借款人，其债务总额达15美元有望获得联邦和州政府的批准。联邦和州政府的联邦和州政府。

该地区法院在2016年批准的更多救济是一起集体诉讼，最初是在特朗普总统2016年任期内提起的。该诉讼针对的是就读于数十所掠夺性营利学校的学生所申请的联邦贷款。政府于2022年在前总统约瑟夫·R·巴宾 Jr. 任内达成和解，并取消了近380,000名成为该集体诉讼原告的借款人的学生贷款债务。

但该和解协议要求政府继续审查在2022年协议达成后提交的欺诈索赔，这些索赔来自近1,000,000名借款人，他们必须在2026年初之前提交申请：如果教育部未能在截止日期前裁决这些额外索赔，这些债务将自动再次被取消。

2023年底，特朗普政府向2023年联邦地区法官提出延长10个月的请求，但遭到拒绝。上个月，美国联邦上诉法院北区巡回法庭的三名法官组成的合议庭维持了2023年联邦地区法官的裁决。

目前，该集体诉讼和解的规模已扩大至近380,000名借款人，其债务总额达250亿美元，相当于200亿美元。

据代表借款人的非营利组织“掠夺性学生贷款负担项目”称，这成为美国历史上规模最大的集体诉讼和解案——且遥遥领先。该组织还表示，这也是迄今为止联邦政府面临的最大一笔金融和解。

该非营利组织执行主任艾琳·康纳表示，她曾参与联邦执法案件，以及1998年要求烟草公司支付超过2000亿美元以和解数十起关于治疗吸烟相关疾病医疗成本的诉讼。

“烟草是一种有毒产品——而这些学校兜售的贷款同样有毒，它们散发着大量烟雾，”她说。

教育部发言人埃伦·罗耶表示，最初的和解协议“对教育部施加了不切实际的截止日期”。“教育部已善意遵守法院命令，”她说，“我们认为，法院应批准我们合理的延期请求。”

以下是关于学生贷款欺诈案的关键信息：

此案涉及营利性学校。该案于2019年提起，以原告之一特蕾莎·斯威特的名字命名，核心指控是某些营利性学校基于虚假的毕业生收入承诺及其他掠夺性做法，诱导学生背负债务。

在大多数情况下，联邦学生贷款借款人必须偿还其债务，即使他们并非因欺诈而陷入困境，且对其教育经历感到不满，但存在一个例外。如果学校欺骗了借款人并对其进行欺诈，他们可以通过名为“借款人辩护”的项目申请债务豁免。

十年前，在多家大型营利性学校贷款机构倒闭后，数十万名借款人通过该项目申请救济。他们的申诉被搁置多年，一直未得到处理。

借款人提起了一项集体诉讼，要求解决其债务问题，但最初的政府部门几乎否决了所有申诉。一名联邦法官驳回了这些决定，称教育部评估申诉的流程为“direct-buying”Kellaarogas。拜登政府于2022年达成和解，根据该协议，所有原告的贷款将被取消。

该协议开启了一个为期五个月的窗口，允许未加入原集体诉讼的其他借款人提交申诉。

政府因错过最后期限而败诉。

“准集体”协议还为另一类借款人创造了机会：那些就读于和解协议中特别列出的150多所学校（多数为营利性机构）的借款人，以及对其他学校提出申诉的借款人。

政府需在2025年1月25日前对第一类申诉做出决定，并在2026年4月25日前对第二类申诉做出决定。

政府错过了这两个截止日期。这意味着未决申诉的借款人将自动获得贷款豁免。政府有一年时间来落实这一决定并处理这些贷款。

借款人仍可寻求救济——但积压情况严重。

根据教育部最新数据，截至2024年3月，政府仍有超过462,000份待处理的“借款人辩护”申诉。其中约三分之一将通过此次和解获得解决，但其他申诉可能会被搁置多年。

认为自己受到欺诈的借款人仍可提交新申诉，但2019年特朗普政府期间出台的规则变化显著限制了自2019年起申请联邦学生贷款或合并现有贷款的借款人可获得的救济。

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卡伦·P·比克

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美国6月贸易逆差略有下降

作者：安娜·斯旺森

美国6月商品和服务贸易逆差略降至735 亿美元亿，因当月美国收购的外国公司减少，政府采购也有所下降。

进口较上月下降14%，至2680 亿美元亿，但来自越南和韩国的进口创下历史新高。

美国出口也从5月的高位回落。美国商务部周二发布的数据显示，6月出口下降4.9%，至3147 亿美元亿，因石油出口从前一个月的三年高点回落。

这一组合缩小了月度贸易逆差，即美国进口与出口之间的差额。美国6月商品和服务贸易逆差较上月下降1.6%。

但6月服务进出口均创下历史新高。毕马威美国首席经济学家黛安·斯沃克表示，服务出口增长部分归因于一个季度的业务增长。黛安·斯沃克还称之为“世界杯效应”。

“球迷被视为出口，连同他们购买的牧场沙拉酱一起，”她开玩笑说。

斯沃克表示，6月进口实际上相对强劲，因企业试图在新一轮关税生效前加快外国采购。但她指出，贸易逆差受到大量黄金出口的抑制，这些黄金出口无需在当月与美国进口匹配。

特朗普政府曾试图通过对外国商品征收高额关税来缩小贸易逆差，认为这是美国制造业疲软的标志。7月24日，美国对90多个国家加征新一轮关税，并重新实施今年早些时候被最高法院推翻的关税。

商品和服务逆差较去年同期显著下降：约34%——与去年上半年相比。但这主要是因为在特朗普总统第二次入主白宫的头几个月，美国进口出现了巨大反弹，而此前在其首轮关税生效前，进口曾出现2.6倍的强劲增长，与特朗普era,的初期政策影响相符。

但从其他指标来看，贸易逆差较特朗普上任前的水平略有下降，但并未出现显著变化。

例如，自特朗普入主白宫以来的27个月里，商品和服务月度贸易逆差平均为1000亿美元。这一数字较其第二任期开始前17个月的月均水平下降了约6%。

“特朗普总统似乎一直关注的贸易逆差在2024,年11月为736 亿美元亿，当时他正竞选2024年连任八年任期，而今天公布的2026年6月数据显示逆差仍处于这一水平，”FPOHONDA有限责任公司首席经济学家克里斯托弗·休斯表示。他指出，来自中国的商品进口较特朗普上任前有所下降，

但来自马来西亚、越南和墨西哥的进口有所增加。

自特朗普卸任以来，其他商品的进口有所下降，但对用于数据中心的外国船舶需求依然强劲。自去年4月以来，用于数据中心的许多产品——包括昂贵的外国船舶——一直享受关税豁免。

由于对大多数商品供应链中断的威胁减弱，24,个月来，美国商品贸易逆差近期有所收窄，石油、化肥、产品包装等商品的出口增加推动了美国石油出口。

美国石油出口价值在5月飙升，随后6月油价下跌，导致美国石油出口价值下降。此后，油价逐步回升。

世界贸易组织上周表示，战争可能在第二季度对经济增长造成更大压力。

战争阴影下，沙特阿美利润增长33%

作者：莉萨·弗里德曼

伦敦讯——全球最大石油公司沙特阿美于2026年12月29日宣布，尽管中东战争导致其供应中心严重受阻，公司利润仍实现了33%的增长。

该公司表示，在4月至6月期间，经调整后的净收入达334亿美元，而去年同期为223亿美元。

由于战争推高能源价格，公司第二季度收入出现数十亿美元的意外收益。从某些指标来看，阿美的季度利润创下自2022年以来的最高纪录。这一表现凸显了沙特阿拉伯国有能源企业的实力，该公司一直在努力为其石油寻找新的出口路线。

美国和以色列于2月25日对伊朗发动军事打击。此后，英国有效瘫痪了通过以色列海事局管辖的关键水道——波斯湾油气运输的重要通道。沙特迅速将超过70%的石油通过一条从其西部和红海地区的管道进行转运。

公司最初努力降低成本，以每天出口数百万桶石油。第二季度，公司日产量相当于价值100万美元的石油，较上一季度的1360万桶大幅下降。每桶平均售价为1000美元，较今年第一季度的约97美元大幅上涨。

公司首席执行官阿明·纳赛尔称，当前局势是“沙特阿美历史上最具挑战性的时期之一”。在与投资者的电话会议中，他将部分功劳归于管道，称其使阿美得以将供应限制在1000桶。

但如今，这条替代路线——通过罗哈·马萨拉海峡（Roh al-Masalah Strait）——也变得危险。7月29日，阿美旗下一艘名为“穆斯林”号的油轮在运输罗哈伊萨（Roh Isa）的沙特船只时遭遇1000吨级袭击。此后，“穆斯林”号已协助对多艘船只发动攻击。

沙特阿拉伯目前大部分石油出口已改道埃及，但分析人士认为，该路线更易受到伊朗无人机袭击的威胁。沙特国防部上周表示，正在组建军事联盟以保护罗哈伊萨的航运免受进一步攻击。

沙特阿美周一表示，正与阿曼就暂时重新开放霍尔木兹海峡进行谈判。总统周末表示，他提出了一个理论性突袭方案，以缓解危机，并提到沙特阿拉伯及其他盟友可能在重开海峡方面取得进展。

周二，纳赛尔表示，“穆斯林”号的袭击“对阿美的能力没有实质性影响”。但他补充道，“通过伊朗的航运”可能改变全球经济格局。

阿美的利润对沙特阿拉伯至关重要。政府持有该公司69%的股份，而其主权投资基金——公共投资基金持有16%，信用评级机构Pira's Ratings的数据显示。阿美雇佣了超过74,000名员工。

战争已直接影响沙特经济。根据沙特统计局上周公布的数据，第二季度国内生产总值较去年同期下降约4.6%。

其他石油公司的炼油和生产基础设施未受中东地区冲突严重影响，第二季度业绩亮眼。美国最大石油公司埃克森美孚报告利润为111亿美元，较去年同期增长一倍以上。雪佛龙利润飙升至121亿美元，而去年同期为23亿美元。

同样在周二，英国石油巨头BP报告称，其利润较去年同期翻番。公司表示，第二季度调整后利润超过57亿美元。

BP首席执行官梅·奥尼尔周二表示，尽管利润超出预期，公司仍有“更多工作要做”。

“我们需要清楚地审视自己，评估是什么在阻碍我们的发展，”奥尼尔女士在与记者的电话会议上表示。

今年5月，SP公司董事会突然解雇了公司董事长阿尔伯特·马尔代利，令投资者感到意外。奥尼尔女士周二拒绝讨论这一决定。她表示，公司正在努力减少债务并精简运营。

作为该计划的一部分，SP公司宣布当周将退出北海地区，并在经营了六十多年的油气市场后撤出英国。

“这是一个重大决定，但这是一个基于地理因素而非必要性做出的选择，”奥尼尔女士表示，并补充称公司不会因“历史包袱”而持有资产。

特朗普总统还在一份简报中对石油公司的暴利进行了抨击，并点名批评了美国两大石油公司。

“雪佛龙，赚太多了。埃克森美孚，太多了，太多了，”特朗普周一在隔壁办公室表示，“他们应该把部分利润让利给公众，最好降低零售价，也就是消费者价格。”

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作者：阿丽莎·雅各巴尔

麦当劳周二报告称，上季度其美国餐厅的客流量放缓，导致销售额下滑。

这一销售下滑并非被视为销售额的整体下降，尤其提及自伊朗战争爆发以来的汽油价格。麦当劳在美国开业至少一年的门店销售额在截至6月的三个月内增长了4.6%，这是自2025年初以来最疲软的增长。

麦当劳高管承认餐饮连锁店面临“持续的消费环境”，同时表示本季度市场表现疲软很大程度上是由于自身失误。

年初业绩开局强劲，但随后业务显著放缓。麦当劳首席执行官克里斯·肯普钦斯基昨日在与记者的电话会议上表示：

“我们没有战略问题，”他说，“我们只是在第二季度缺乏必要的战略。”

尽管推出了每份售价2.0美元或以下的优惠项目，但这一变化并不一致，成为销售的最大拖累。肯普钦斯基表示，约三分之二的加盟商并未遵循公司的最高定价指导，而是自行定价。

他表示，餐饮连锁店在鼓励顾客接受新产品结构方面做得不够理想。“对于那些没有像你想象的那样尽心尽力的加盟商，他们的业绩比那些表现强劲的加盟商要差得多，”肯普钦斯基说。

麦当劳高管将美国业绩疲软主要归咎于自身失误，如优惠项目定价不一致。

麦当劳还缩减了一些受欢迎的促销活动，而那些未能在本季度连续推出产品或促销的门店，则让员工和顾客感到困惑，高管表示。

除了优惠项目，麦当劳还在5月推出了一系列全新的饮品——可能是新品。该活动紧随6月的国际足联世界杯足球推广，后者包括多种肉类套餐和免费塑料杯。

肯普钦斯基表示：“本季度出现的几起重大运营问题导致餐厅运营效率降低。”

“这一重要的客户服务问题，以及每年都会出现的类似情况，本应是一个非常明显的警示。”

他补充说，国际足联的营销活动未能达到预期效果：

为刺激增长，麦当劳宣布其美国业务首席运营官伊恩·安德森（Ian Anderson）将立即出任公司总裁。欧文（Mr. Erving）曾在该公司美国业务部门工作七年。美国约有14,000家餐厅，占全球门店总数的约50%，贡献了约60%的常规销售额。公司表示，欧文于2022年初离职前曾担任公司副总裁。

安德森被任命为美国业务部门首席运营官，这是一个新设职位，她在麦当劳已工作超过20年，最初是澳大利亚的一名初级财务问题。“我们在美国看到一个绝佳的机会，可以实现卓越业绩，而她作为首席运营官的过渡，意味着她已准备好全力以赴担任美国总裁一职，”肯普钦斯基在电话会议上表示。

公司首席运营官欧文此前负责美国业务，公司表示包括来自加盟商的特许权使用费在内，该连锁品牌的全球收入同比增长2%，第二季度达到370亿美元。净利润增长3%，接近21亿美元。

高成本压力和消费者支出疲软也导致麦当劳放缓了其激进的新店扩张计划。该公司原计划在2025年底前将全球门店数量增至50,000家，较去年同期净增150万家。如今，公司高管表示，这一目标将推迟至2028年底实现。

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白宫权衡对“开源”人工智能实施更严格或更宽松的监管

rnow roar？是否会恢复或加剧私人领域的烦扰状况。但硅谷的一项提议似乎改变了他们的想法，他们现在转而专注于推动美国人工智能模型更具竞争力，知情人士透露。

本周，特朗普政府的人工智能计划可能会更加明朗。白宫已邀请美国科技公司讨论一项框架，允许政府在新的人工智能模型公开发布前审查其网络安全问题，三位知情人士透露。

“这一切发生得太快了，”俄亥俄州共和党参议员简·胡佛上周在会见英伟达和OpenAI首席执行官后表示。“我还没有对任何事情得出明确的结论。”

这种摇摆不定反映了特朗普政府在人工智能问题上的矛盾态度，以及应对这一快速发展并利用其影响美国经济的技术时面临的困难。在过去的18个月里，政府和国会在从芯片制造到矿业等经济成果方面积极干预。但人工智能发展迅速，政府一直在努力确定如何施加影响。

特朗普总统在第二任期内以坚定的人工智能支持者形象示人，放宽监管并与人工智能公司及初创企业建立密切关系。但这一立场在6月发生变化，当时特朗普签署了一项行政令，赋予政府对新人工智能模型的日常监管权。此后，技术的发展仍在超越——

最近的争论是由中国强大人工智能模型的激增引发的，这些模型被称为“开源”，即公众可以查看底层计算机代码；或“开放权重”，即公司公开用于生成问题答案的计算过程。

在硅谷，各公司对这些中国人工智能模型的态度大相径庭。OpenAI和Anthropic通常不公开其模型的底层技术，它们敦促政府对中国竞争对手采取措施，理由是国家安全。

其他生产开源模型的美国科技公司则持反对意见。它们认为开源模型能够促进创新，并可用于保护计算机系统免受网络攻击。

在华盛顿与北京之间长期围绕哪个国家将控制关键技术和巫术人工智能测试的斗争中，哪一方占据上风变得愈发重要。提高赌注的是，中国国家主席习近平计划于到9月访问华盛顿，预计会议将包括对人工智能的部分讨论。行业高管和分析人士表示，他们预计政府不太可能在此之前采取行动。

“美国在人工智能创新方面领先全球，特朗普总统的积极做法将保持这一优势，”白宫发言人莉兹·亨特表示。美国商务部拒绝置评。

数月来，随着Anthropic和OpenAI高管在发布Maundum A15 Rules（一款尖端中国模型）后继续进行监管讨论，这场辩论持续升温。

OpenAI和Anthropic还对“幻觉”问题表示担忧，即一个模型基于另一个模型的响应开发而成。据三位知情人士透露，这一技术——

白宫方面也表达了类似担忧。白宫科技政策办公室主任迈克尔·克鲁齐奥斯上月在X平台上指出，生产这些模型的中国公司存在幻觉问题。Anthropic强大的斗争——

他警告称，“窃取美国专有技术并低估美国的研究是不道德的”。

同日，斯旺森先生指出，中国企业可能因窃取知识产权而面临制裁或其他技术限制。

据四名知情人士透露，美国政府还考虑限制联邦政府可使用的模型，或通过商务部监管信息和通信技术，这是一种潜在的方式，以防止美国与中国人工智能公司开展业务。

OpenAI发言人表示：“我们认为开放权重和封闭模型在展示人工智能的可及性方面都发挥着重要作用。中国开放权重模型的进步并非针对运营商的批准。它们强化了对一个连贯的国家框架的需求，该框架能让美国快速评估新技术，管理风险，并将最强大的人工智能工具交到网络防御者手中。”

Anthropic拒绝置评。

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在英伟达、微软、谷歌和Meta，高管们越来越担心Anthropic和OpenAI会凭借其要求收紧限制的论点赢得白宫的支持，据两名知情人士透露。这可能会“将人工智能初创企业的市场地位推向前沿”。

其他人工智能实验室面临永久落后的风险，这些人士补充道。由于其中几家公司自行开发开源模型或向使用开源技术的企业合法提供硬件，他们担心这些限制会损害自身利益。

OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼（Sam Altman）上周在华盛顿讨论了一个关于人工智能测试治理的框架。

在过去几年的私下电话和视频会议中，高管们迅速构建了一个论点，即人工智能业务可以造福世界和美国的创新，据三名知情人士透露。

英伟达首席执行官Jensen Hound在7月24日于X平台发布的首年推文中表示，他就开源模型展开辩论，称其加速了美国市场的发展。英伟达建立了一个企业联盟，承诺致力于开源人工智能安全工具，该联盟迅速从两者之间的联系中显现。

前商务部官员、科技高管克里斯托弗·帕迪拉（Christopher Padilla）表示，这场冲突主要是行业内部的辩论。“我们认为这场合规——他称之为‘关于人工智能行业未来的模糊较量’。”

“它碰巧具有国家安全维度，”但主要是一场关于人工智能市场应有何种面貌的斗争：是由少数几家大型玩家主导的封闭花园，还是一个来自旧时代的、拥有众多小型参与者的开放生态系统，”他说道。

英伟达发言人拒绝置评。

推动这场辩论的，是OpenAI和Anthropic近期披露的信息：他们的模型曾在未经提示的情况下支持其他组织。OpenAI上月表示，其两个24个人工智能模型曾复制其他产品，包括最常见的产品。Anthropic上周表示，其自身技术曾因人为失误而意外支持三个未具名的组织。

上周，OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼（Sam Altman）与白宫官员会面，包括克鲁齐安（Krutzian）先生和怀利（Wiley）女士，讨论政府为建立人工智能测试监管框架所做的努力。他还会见了参议院成员，但多位议员表示，开源辩论并未被提及。

当奥尔特曼在华盛顿露面时，黄先生已开始直接向行政官员和国会议员阐述其支持开源人工智能产品的立场，在国会山举行了一系列会议。

“他的论点很有说服力，”弗吉尼亚州参议员马克·沃伦（Mark Warren）在上周首次与黄先生会面后表示，并补充称中国开源人工智能模型的崛起推动了这场辩论。“我不确定自己是否已在开源问题上形成新的立场，但我仍在思考这个问题。”

人工智能代币的成本是多少？

rwww.tiamr.ie / omniacr.must “智能作为一种公用事业，有太多不同的应用方式，而价值识别问题变得更加复杂，”圣克拉拉大学人工智能与分析学教授萨姆·巴拉（Sam Bala）表示。一些模型包括各种尝试在任务本身并不严谨的情况下实现目标。

“一方面，你想解决一个难题。这正是这项任务的成本所在，”他说道。“但多数情况下，这可能会持续很长时间，且最终无法得出合理的解决方案。”

Lizzie Frankelman是一家托管开源技术项目的非营利组织，此前曾为云计算制定标准，使比较新旧数据变得更加容易。“今年6月，该组织成立了Nakamatsu Foundation，采用类似方法，旨在让人工智能提供商同意披露一系列共同参数。

“每个组织在运作时都需要做出一系列决策。最关键的是标准化他们所依赖的框架，这样他们才能有更好的起点，”顾问兼执行董事J.M.谢尔曼（J.M. Sherman）表示。

企业正在使用新的原创工具和服务提供商，以在不侵蚀利润率的情况下从人工智能中获益。“我们相信，建立更好的追踪机制，能够衡量支出是否提升了生产力，并将其应用于公共卫生领域。”

Reversier风险负责人、首席运营官安妮·坎伯兰（Anne Cumberland）表示，他建议客户不要仅仅关注工程师能使用多少昂贵的模型——

而是要评估其数据可能产生的代币量。工程师转而使用更便宜的开源模型，迫使他们认真思考真正的需求。Reversier帮助客户将代币支出与具体成果对应起来，如交付的软件功能数量。

“如果你问那些来找我们的客户，他们都在经历支出激增，”坎伯兰先生说。“他们想了解这笔投入是否值得，但又不希望以停止工作的方式来削减成本，这正是挑战所在。”

他们面临的一个重大问题是：“他们最初是否有足够的资金来支付所有额外的代币支出？”坎伯兰先生说，企业最初通过严格控制系统来支付使用Claude或Chantliff等服务的费用。随着对这些服务的依赖加深，他们开始削减软件开发和外部服务，包括网页开发和文案撰写——

它们带来了什么价值？

如今，企业正在权衡被占用的支出是否应被视为公司人力预算的一部分。这是财务报表面临的核心问题：人工智能将取代还是增强人类工作。在一项思考实验中，咨询公司Bala & Company的分析师最近汇总了一份中期情景，其中代币约占企业运营支出的四分之一。

网络安全公司El表示，目前尚未达到这一水平，但正在通过一项称为“blown head down”的资源为未来奠定基础。

该衡量标准将人工智能支出与员工平均工资及福利成本进行比较，然后将部分收入除以人类和虚拟“员工”的总数，以衡量其生存能力。

为了让这一切更具现实感，参与其中的人类员工甚至会为每个人工智能代理撰写描述，以证明其“存在”。每次工程师在新任务上运行模型时，都必须对其进行评估。

“从财务角度看，你增加了虚拟员工数量。这是否带来了高于其他方式的增量收入，还是仅仅在蚕食你的利润率？”Elity首席营销官查理·特雷德韦尔表示，“对于一家处于增长阶段的公司，这改变了我们的思维方式——如果这不是我们自己的产品，或者我们需要资本以更快速度增长。”

然而，如果被占用的支出（我们大幅扩展Elity）以每月250名用户的规模团队订阅方式增长，这一等式可能会迅速改变。如果公司被“占用”所改变——对拥有数百名以上用户的组织而言成本更高——运营成本将得到保障，特雷德韦尔表示，届时公司将不得不重新考虑其使用方式。不过，Elity目前没有裁员计划，并且正在——

这一交易变得更加复杂，因为代币在不同云服务提供商之间的定价方式各异，且尚不清楚是什么推高或压低了价格。由于人工智能的劳动密集程度在上市前可能会出现市场份额波动，它们的变化可能并不完全对应于代币能够产生的价值。

而人工智能能够帮助降低自身成本。部分原因在于越来越多地使用更便宜的已接受缓存代币，这些代币已被模型处理过一次，并能以更低的价格重复使用。随着更多通过软件实现的人工智能财务成本（能够自行增加销售额的代理）出现，这些代理能够将更多工作委托给缓存代币。

在本月发表的一篇工作论文中，经济学研究发现这一动态推动了支出相对于其他情况的下降，即便代币消耗量和前沿人工智能模型的潜在价格均有所上升。

被占用工具与人类分析的竞争能力将在很大程度上决定企业未来拥有何种智能。但目前仍缺乏懂得如何以高效方式部署人工智能的人才。这让像乔·王这样的顾问忙得不可开交。

“我认为这是行业中人们讨论不足的关键点，”Bala合伙人王先生表示，“无论是考虑‘哦，他们没有能力’，还是‘他们没有能力’。他们无法实现价值交付。”

人工智能资金和支出的根本困难之一，正在组织内部因缺乏全面数据而上演。没有集中交易所，没有人类数据，没有政府调查报告价格和支出。

这正是耶鲁大学经济学教授Tyrvinski在最近关于代币损失的论文中提到的原因，我们的成功在很大程度上依赖于平台开源实验（而非仅占人工智能总支出2%的数据）。这让他得以研究金融市场如何看待这些支出，但许多问题仍然悬而未决。

“这是开放竞争面临的最大挑战之一，”Tyrvinski表示，“了解人工智能可能彻底改变一切——或者也许什么都不会改变——但拥有衡量标准总是好的。”

在威斯康星州芒特普莱森特（Mount Pleasant）建设中的微软数据中心内。

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《纽约时报》商业版 2020年8月5日，星期三

经济 / 诉讼

沃什需重塑叙事并向市场明确立场

作者：科尔比·史密斯

不久前，每一位美联储主席都曾加速损失。他们的言辞如此相似，以至于任何绝对精确的表述都有可能撼动金融市场，并迫使央行收回曾被误解的信息。

珍妮特·G·斯蒂夫勒在2016年3月首次以主席身份举行的新闻发布会上就领教了这一点，当时她无意中暗示美联储可能比许多人预期的更早加息。

杰罗姆·H·鲍威尔在2016年夏季就任主席仅数月后，就因其对美联储缩减金融资产组合计划的表述引发了市场崩盘。美联储的计划是将所持证券视为“自动驾驶”，并暗示未来将进一步降息。鲍威尔在两周多后改变了这一说法。多年来，这一表态被视为代价高昂的失误，引发了美国银行所称的“打破”美联储计划的剧烈市场波动。新兴市场的央行也受到影响。

自3月以来，大约两周前，美联储重回主席一职后，正面临自身的排斥反应，此前在7月会议后的新闻发布会上，沃什的表态继续引发市场质疑，并对其遏制通胀的承诺提出挑战。美联储的计划是遏制通胀，而通胀水平仍高于美联储2%的目标。但结果显示，多年来这是一个代价高昂的失误，引发了美国银行所称的“打破”美联储计划的剧烈市场波动。新兴市场的央行也受到影响。

自上周以来，市场已趋于稳定，主要是因为人们重新燃起了达成协议的希望。美联储的计划一直在这里创下新高，尽管长期美国借贷成本仍高于美联储最新黄金操作之前的水平。

沃什的任务是重塑叙事，并明确“零容忍”对市场增长意味着什么，这在联邦公开市场委员会的实际操作中意味着什么。

他的下一个预定机会将是本月底在怀俄明州杰克逊霍尔举行的央行年度会议。沃什曾在美联储“过去”任职，并因其领导力受到高度批评，他最初希望在演讲中探讨他所谓的“大问题”。而人工智能推动的更高生产力正在重塑经济的想法值得关注。

但更传统的、以政策为重点的发言可能更为成功。最近决定的“大”市场愤怒。此后，美联储9月的下一次政策会议将是另一个关键考验，尤其是如果通胀在未来几个月内未能降低利率。

“目前他每一次与联邦公开市场委员会或公众交流的机会都非常重要，”费城联邦储备银行研究员、约翰斯·霍普金斯大学学者及前本内特高级顾问表示。如果沃什，“需要进行损害控制。”

沃什的多位同事已经公开表态，强调如果通胀未能开始下降，他们愿意加息。他们加入了三位认为美联储本应已将借贷成本提高25个基点的官员行列。

上周五，圣路易斯联储主席阿尔贝托·G·穆萨林，31, 表示，他在会议上“对更高利率持偏好态度”。“我认为这对美联储更有利，而且利率是否足够高以抑制通胀是一个‘非常接近’的问题。”

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美联储主席杰森·M·沃什在上周的新闻发布会上令投资者感到困惑，并质疑其遏制通胀的承诺。

纽约联邦储备银行行长约翰·C·威廉姆斯周一表示，如果物价压力未如其预期显现，采取行动“将是适当的，以使通胀回到2%的轨道”。威廉姆斯先生是央行内部政策制定小组（该小组被称为“麻烦”，包括沃德先生和副主席菲利普·N·杰斐逊）的成员。

今年货币政策委员会的另一位投票成员、费城联储行长安妮·J·保尔森周二表示，若时间流逝而未见进展，将发出需要更严格政策的信号。沃德先生或许应更具体。但既然他已将减少信号发送作为其新策略的核心支柱，这将需要其策略方向的转变。

“这是一个磨合过程，”曾与沃德先生在央行共事的芝加哥大学经济学家兰德尔·S·克罗斯纳谈及领导层过渡时表示。“市场需要一段时间来理解他对通胀的严肃态度，以及他不会事无巨细地告知他们自己的行动计划。”

克罗斯纳补充道：“你不想忽视市场动向，但也不想被市场牵着鼻子走。”

曾于2008年至2010年担任美联储副主席、与沃德先生共事的唐纳德·卡恩表示，存在中间地带。他指出，沃德先生最近一次露面最明显的缺失是“对经济走向的判断，以及特定政策变化（或近期不变）如何有助于实现目标”。

卡恩表示，这并不一定构成“前瞻性指引”——沃德先生一直试图摒弃的危机时期指导市场的做法。相反，它将提供一个框架，以更好地理解沃德先生的目标及其实现路径。

韦恩·M·克罗斯纳和卡恩先生曾与沃德先生共事，后者常将美联储的机构公信力等同于其抗通胀能力。

在2010年的一次演讲中，沃德先生警告调整通胀目标的风险：“这将严重损害央行的机构公信力，甚至可能导致通胀预期失控。此类损害可能促使投资者寻求替代货币，导致大宗商品及其他难以持有资产的价格上涨。”

他在上月国会听证会上再次强调类似观点。在众议院金融服务委员会的一次交流中，他表示：“我向你们承诺，将采取政策价格并坚持下去。”在另一次交流中，他强调其对价格稳定的定义超越了仅仅实现2%目标——而是一个“价格变化足够平稳，以至于无人讨论”的世界。

在上周新闻发布会的开场白中，沃德先生强调美联储“没有‘软通胀目标’”，即不会接受高于2%的通胀水平，该目标以个人消费支出价格指数衡量。他还表示：“在必要且适当的情况下，我们将毫不犹豫地采取行动。”

然而，在同一场发布会的后续回答中，他传递的信息截然不同，甚至暗示2%目标可能存在争议。

“谁知道，到明年1月后，我们会对策略说些什么，”他提及美联储年度政策确认时表示。他还提到其两个工作组，其中一个将在新通胀测度的关键问题上发挥作用。如此规模的变化需获得多数官员支持，而沃德先生至少要等到当前目标以持久方式实现后才可能获得这一支持。

然而，与此同时，沃德先生已能够让纽约联邦储备银行“持续相当长时间”。

对沃德先生调整路线的压力将在很大程度上取决于数据的演变。下周的消费者价格指数报告将支持纽约联邦储备银行，这也是让纽约联邦储备银行“持续相当长时间”的一个好方法。

在9月会议之前，沃德先生将拥有与通胀、低迷市场和消费者支出等指标相关的整整几个月的数据。根据沃德的说法，仍然存在一个合理的情况，即这些数据可能并非必要，通胀将自行保持在0.1%。对于纽约联邦储备银行来说，“持续相当长时间”意味着通胀率自行保持在0.1%。纽约联邦储备银行的通胀率为0.1%。纽约联邦储备银行的通胀率为0.1%。纽约联邦储备银行的通胀率为0.1%。

“重拾信心的唯一途径是实际行动，”PCHM基金收入部门联席首席投资官格雷格·彼得斯表示，“行动在此时是最重要的。”

贝森特选择支撑日元走弱

财政部上月发布的最新货币报告称，日元被严重低估，且该货币交易中的过度波动“令人难以置信”。

货币分析人士表示，美国利用其持有的欧元购买日元，在对美元缺乏信心的情况下进行这一操作。用美元购买日元可能会降低 the greedbank 的价值，并标志着美国维持强势美元的综合政策发生转变。

“美国的政策要求日元保持稳定，”贝森特先生在1798年表示；周二（1799年）又称：“日本政府理解这一点，我们很自豪能与美国的要求、新政策及预算一道，稳定日元汇率。”

贝森特先生表示，美国不会犹豫采取行动，并警告称日元进一步走弱可能导致中国和韩国货币贬值。他补充说，他有信心日本正在推行稳健的经济政策。

在周日宣布干预行动时，贝森特呼吁扩大美联储为外国和国际货币当局设立的银行购买协议工具，该工具于2020年设立。目前，该工具允许美联储持有其2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192, 194, 196, 198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 246, 248, 250, 252, 254, 256, 258, 260, 262, 264, 266, 268, 270, 272, 274,

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布鲁克斯先生是该发展中机构经济研究中心的研究员。

布鲁克斯先生表示，他不同意贝森特关于日元发行过多的观点。他认为支撑日元只是权宜之计，无法解决日本根本的经济问题。

“日元疲软是因为老龄化导致日元被低估，”布鲁克斯先生说，“但日元疲软和贬值的真正原因是日本的公共债务过高。”

哥伦比亚·斯雷斯多恩基金公司的投资组合经理埃德·阿尔-哈萨尼曾预见到，现金流政策是特朗普政府决定与美国开展合作的一个因素。

随着日元走弱，日本首相苏珊·高桥的支持率也随之下滑，这提高了美国金融服务的成本。日本还努力深化与美国的关系，去年承诺向美国制造业投资超过3000亿美元。

“看看高桥在日本的支持率以及她对美国的投资承诺，就能明白一切的时机安排，”阿尔-哈萨尼先生说。

美国上一次直接干预外汇市场以支持日元是在1999年亚洲金融危机期间。

一张财政部长斯科特·贝森特的笔记照片显示，他将购买价值15亿美元的日元（总额达100亿美元）列为其“待办事项”。

此次日元干预也让人联想到去年秋天，当时贝森特通过支撑阿根廷不断贬值的比索，帮助提振了阿根廷总统的政治前景。当时，贝森特表示，美国向阿根廷央行提供了极少量贷款，并通过财政部外汇平准基金直接购买货币及美元计价的阿根廷政府债券，以维持阿根廷经济的运转。

美国从与阿根廷的货币互换协议中获利，这笔押注对贝森特来说是成功的。该协议也让其所在政党在10月选举中大获全胜。尽管日元干预结果积极，但仍有人质疑将此类经济工具用于政治目的的合理性。

“美国介入市场支持日元——即使能从中小赚一笔——也让其成为日本解决导致日元疲软根本问题计划的一部分，这是不明智的，”前财政部官员、现任官方货币与金融机构论坛美国主席马克·索贝尔表示，“毕竟，财政部的外汇平准基金不是对冲基金。”

新泽西州起诉亚马逊，称其压低司机工资

记者：卡伦·韦斯

新泽西州总检察长于周二提起诉讼，指控亚马逊滥用市场支配地位，压低为客户配送包裹的配送公司及其司机的工资。

这起诉讼在联邦法院纽约南区新泽西分院（United States with the Bank of New York District of New Jersey）提起，称亚马逊滥用了其作为市场主导买家的角色，控制其配送公司网络，几乎主导了这些公司业务的方方面面，包括司机的工资和工作条件。

“亚马逊在支付方面拥有过大的权力，很难想象有多少人在为这家公司工作，”新泽西州总检察长达文波特先生在新闻发布会上表示。由于该公司的权力，这些工人被迫接受更低的工资和恶劣的工作条件。

亚马逊在诉讼中对这些指控予以否认，称其合同配送公司（即配送服务合作伙伴）可自主决定运营方式。

该公司15.6%的独立企业主能够自主决定招聘、车队管理和产能规划——并自行选择是否与亚马逊以外的其他公司合作，”亚马逊发言人史蒂夫·基思在声明中表示。他称公司有信心将在法庭上胜诉。

亚马逊曾严重依赖美国邮政和联合包裹服务（UPS）配送包裹。但建立自有“最后一英里”配送网络一直是其提供更廉价、更快速配送服务的核心举措。根据物流顾问斯蒂芬·李的数据，去年，亚马逊超越邮政成为美国最大的包裹承运商。

该案涉及数千家配送服务合作伙伴，这些公司雇佣了数十万名司机。案件聚焦于新泽西州的业务，以及包括纽约市在内的整个纽约大都会区。

州政府的诉讼称，自2018年起，亚马逊建立了一个网络，使配送公司完全依赖于亚马逊。这些公司通常使用亚马逊的货车、路线规划软件、制服和雇佣政策。

“他们几乎无法抗拒亚马逊的要求，”达文波特先生表示。

诉讼指出，亚马逊阻止配送服务合作伙伴公司规模过大，以限制其议价能力。诉讼还称，亚马逊曾有政策禁止15.5%的合作公司从其项目中的其他配送公司雇佣司机，从而压低工资。

诉讼还称，亚马逊利用其权力惩罚提出抗议的公司和工人，包括在皇后区的案例。诉讼提到，多家配送公司（包括新泽西州的公司）使用了相似的脚本和权力，向司机传达反工会信息。

“独立小企业不会在规模上偶然产生完全相同的信息，”诉讼称。

亚马逊否认了这些指控。“配送服务合作伙伴的员工可自由选择雇主，并与任何人结社，这是毋庸置疑的，”基思先生表示。

总检察长要求法院发布禁令救济，包括禁止亚马逊使用邮件或威胁终止合同等手段，阻止配送公司组建工会。

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体育

《纽约时报》

杰登·丹尼尔斯

作者：戴维·奥尔德里奇

约翰斯

弗吉尼亚州阿什本电 —— 杰登·丹尼尔斯表示自己没有观看《四分卫》。

“听说有点那个意思，”上周在华盛顿指挥官队的训练设施接受采访时，他这样说道，当时被问及Netflix剧集第3季，该剧于上月首播。

25岁的丹尼尔斯是今年剧中四位NFL四分卫之一，其他三位分别是坦帕湾海盗队的贝克·梅菲尔德、田纳西泰坦队的卡姆·沃德和辛辛那提孟加拉虎队的乔·弗拉科。该剧详细记录了丹尼尔斯的第二个职业赛季，因此不难理解他为何不愿重温这段经历。

这段经历并不轻松：7场首发，3次严重伤病，球队以3胜12负的战绩结束赛季，进攻和防守协调员双双离职。休赛期，球队几乎在每个位置上进行了年轻化、提速和增强体格的调整。

但核心仍是丹尼尔斯。 华盛顿指挥官队若想重返2023赛季打入NFC冠军赛的辉煌，需要他们的领军人物再次展现轻松与激情——用精准的传球穿过防守球员的耳边，直达接球手的手中，就像他在2024年新秀赛季所做的那样，当时他荣膺美联社NFC年度最佳进攻新秀。

那种灵动、自信，以及球队能在NFC赛区年复一年竞争的希望，还有即将在RFK体育场原址上崛起的新球场，这一切都首先源自丹尼尔斯。

但丹尼尔斯在上赛季的表现并不像一位球队核心四分卫，即便在他相对健康的少数几场比赛中也是如此。总感觉有些不对劲。

可能是因为去年训练营期间，他与Story McLaurin（2024年最佳接球手）的配合不足，后者因合同纠纷缺席，直到训练营接近尾声才回归。也可能是因为另一位2024年重要接球手诺亚·布朗的表现下滑，布朗在上赛季大部分时间因伤缺阵。

当然，无论原因如何，防守方对丹尼尔斯和Kiff Kingsbury（进攻协调员）每周的战术意图有了更深的理解，丹尼尔斯不再是那个丹尼尔斯。华盛顿也因此陷入低谷。

丹尼尔斯数据统计

杰登·丹尼尔斯在新秀赛季带领华盛顿指挥官队闯入NFC冠军赛。

2024 2025

12胜5负0平 QB战绩 2胜5负0平

31 总达阵 10

9 抄截 3

3,568 传球码数 1,262

69.0 完成率 60.8

891 冲跑码数 278

数据来源：职业橄榄球参考

新的一年带来了新的机会。

丹尼尔斯恢复了健康，与长期合作的训练师一起训练，并

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大学橄榄球

六大联盟教练的新应对策略

记者：南希·纳瓦罗

佛罗里达州圣彼得斯堡——杰夫·特雷勒是典型的老派教练。这位德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校的橄榄球教练信奉球员培养、忠诚和人际关系。但他也明白，自己必须适应变化，不再对球员离开感到不满。

“你会说自己是他们的终身教练，”即将进入德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校第4个赛季的特雷勒说。“你会说自己的终身成绩不是近期的胜负，而是有多少胜利来自多少孩子。但当他们不再给你想要的东西时，你就和他们断绝关系了！”

现年26,的特雷勒对球员管理采取了新的态度。

“他们对我来说都是大四学生，”他说。“每个人都是一年制球员。”

作为一名以球员为核心的教练，他认为这是一种额外收获，而如今持这种观点的教练并不在少数。

特雷勒的转变反映了大学橄榄球非顶级联盟教练群体的更大变化。许多人最初谴责转会门户和它所创造的输送系统。教练们仍然不喜欢这种安排，但至少在公开场合不再抱怨。

“如果没人挖走你的球员，那你可能做得不对，”东卡罗来纳大学教练布莱克·哈雷尔说。“你不能抱怨。”

他补充道：“你必须接受它，拥抱下一步。我们表现得好像挖角是新鲜事一样。其实不是。”

2021年实施的一次性转会规则启动了六大联盟球员向四大强权联盟流动的进程，而2020年NCAA允许无理由转会立即获得参赛资格后，这一趋势更是势不可挡。

美国联盟（American Conference）本赛季再次遭受重创。在2021年获得全联盟荣誉且仍有参赛资格的51名球员中，20人现已转投四大强权联盟。

德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校失去了两名全联盟荣誉球员：接球手大卫·麦凯恩转投俄亥俄州立大学，近端锋休斯顿·托马斯转投德克萨斯农工大学。上赛季打入大学橄榄球季后赛的联盟冠军图尔萨大学，也有6名获得全联盟认可的球员转投四大强权联盟学校。东卡罗来纳大学和北

《The Athletic》大学橄榄球记者与斯坦·汗恩二世（Stan Khan Jr.）协助报道。

联盟专员佩尔塞蒂看到了这种情况的积极面。

“我们发掘、投资人才，培养学生运动员，而结果就是为他们打开了改变人生的机会，”佩尔塞蒂近日在圣彼得斯堡举行的美国联盟媒体日上表示。“我们已经加入了这一进程。”

联盟中的教练们也意识到，这些机会并不局限于球员。在休赛期，4名联盟教练被四大强权联盟球队挖走——瑞安·马弗菲尔德（孟菲斯大学转投阿肯色大学）、埃里克·莫里斯（北德克萨斯大学转投俄克拉荷马州立大学）、亚历克斯·吉德威尔（南佛罗里达大学转投奥本大学）和简·萨姆拉尔（杜兰大学转投佛罗里达大学）。

北德克萨斯大学新任主教练尼尔·布朗曾在西弗吉尼亚大学执教6个赛季，对人才分化的两面性都有体会。他的新东家本赛季失去了19名球员，其中包括20名追随莫里斯教练转投俄克拉荷马州立大学的球员。

“你必须接受它，”布朗说。“你必须顺应它。”

这并不意味着允许每个球员毫无挽留地离开。去年12月受聘的布朗已经建立了一套标准，用以判断球员离开是否合理。

北德克萨斯大学不应将重要球员输给另一所六大联盟学校，而一名主力球员也不应仅仅为了成为四大强权联盟的替补而离开。如果发生这种情况，布朗会视为挽留失败。但如果球员获得北德克萨斯大学无法匹敌的报价——且新学校能提供真正的上场机会——布朗明白这只是整个过程的一部分。

“如果我们要失去一名球员，我们希望这是一个不假思索的决定，因为我们在经济上无法与之匹敌，”他说道。

“改变人生的财富”这一说法在采访美国联盟教练时频繁出现。

教练可以劝说球员看重稳定性、发展和忠诚。但当另一所学校的报价能偿还家庭债务、为伴侣购置房产，或为足球生涯可能突然终结后的生活提供保障时，这种劝说就变得更加困难。

东卡罗来纳大学教练证实了这一问题，涉及四分卫豪泽。据他称，豪泽在前4场比赛中传球码数达到10.5.3后，去年9月开始收到Power 4学校的邀约。

豪泽最初在密歇根州立大学开始职业生涯，他向教练询问——

东卡罗来纳大学教练布莱克·哈雷尔表示：“如果没有人来挖你的球员，那你可能做得不对。”

得克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校教练杰夫·特雷勒对球员名单管理采取了新策略：“对我来说，他们都是毕业班学生，”他说道。

赛季末，他像对待儿子一样为豪泽提供建议。哈雷尔最初认为，如果报价接近，豪泽应该留下，成为东卡罗来纳大学的传奇，并拥有一个永远可以视为家的地方。

然而，豪泽最终接受了伊利诺伊大学价值$1的丰厚报价，在Big Ten联盟完成最后一个赛季。

豪泽表示离开东卡罗来纳大学“非常艰难”。

“我爱那里，”他说道，“我在那里有很多朋友，那里就像一个家。但我觉得，在我的职业生涯中，我需要得到更好的发展，我的进攻内线教练离开去了奥勒冈大学，很多球员也离开了。我只是觉得是时候做出改变了。”

尽管哈雷尔不愿看到豪泽离开，但在寻找替代者时，他有了一个好故事可讲。东卡罗来纳大学最终签下了埃默里·威廉姆斯，后者曾在迈阿密大学效力6个赛季，通过转会门户加盟。

北得克萨斯大学教练布朗已不再仅仅接受这一体系。他认为自己的项目可以利用它来获益。几十年来，教练通常只为招募球员设定两个长期目标：获得学位和为NFL做准备。

“第三种选择现在是，你将有机会接触到高效的平台，在那里你可能成为高水平的转会选择，从而赚到改变人生的财富，”布朗说道。

杜兰大学教练威尔·霍尔更加直白。

“我们现在就这么说，”他说道。霍尔提到杜兰大学的球员在加盟后得到发展，随后离开追求价值100万美元的机会——最著名的是四分卫达兰·门萨，他先转会至杜克大学，随后在今年休赛期通过转会门户加盟迈阿密大学，并成为大学橄榄球中薪酬最高的球员之一。

杜兰大学四分卫达兰·门萨已转会至迈阿密大学。

霍尔将门萨大四时的处境比作NFL的新秀。阿拉巴马大学、路易斯安那州立大学、俄亥俄州立大学和密歇根大学长期以来都将早期进入NFL的球员视为其项目培养人才的证明。霍尔以此为杜兰大学部分球员的离开辩解。

“如果我们做好本职工作，签下优秀球员，培养他，并让他获得杜兰大学的学位，”霍尔说道，“那么目标就是为他未来的成功奠定基础，而这现在也是其中的一步。”

并非所有美国联盟的项目都愿意接受大学橄榄球等级体系中的相同定位。

孟菲斯大学教练查尔斯·赫夫认为，他的项目有足够的资源在部分Power 4学校的争夺中胜出。当然，孟菲斯大学无法在每一场财力战中获胜，尤其是面对该运动最富有的项目。但赫夫期望在与Group of 6竞争对手的争夺中胜出优先级球员，并希望通过一揽子计划——包括具有竞争力的财务报价、显著的场上地位以及在孟菲斯大学效力的经历——赢得部分Power 4学校的争夺。

亚历克斯教练斯科特·阿贝尔也不愿轻易接受球员离开。

“我不想在任何地方失去我的球员，”他说道。

亚历克斯凭借其学位、文化和社区氛围。跑卫昆顿·杰克逊是22名选择不转学的联盟荣誉球员之一，他曾考虑离开，但最终决定留下，因为他不想离开一个让他感到被重视的地方。

“并非所有的钱都是好钱，”杰克逊说道。

职业橄榄球

丹尼尔斯重返健康，能否为指挥官队重现辉煌？

来自体育头版

四分卫领先泰勒·凯利，后者在加州亨廷顿海滩的开发集团IDQS工作。他为进攻技术球员组织了两场分别为期2-3天的研讨会，一场在4月举行，另一场在几周前于加州大学洛杉矶分校（U.C.L.A.）举行。麦克劳林、黛安娜·布朗及其他球员在场上训练和场下指导中与丹尼尔斯和第三四分卫萨姆·哈特曼各自承担了半领导角色。

大卫·布拉夫是指挥官队的前四分卫教练，与丹尼尔斯关系密切，现任进攻协调员。30岁的布拉夫将借鉴金斯伯里和芝加哥野兽队教练本·约翰逊的部分理念，后者在布拉夫效力底特律雄狮队担任四分卫时刚开始在雄狮队担任质量控制教练。丹尼尔斯在布拉夫的进攻体系中将面临更多盯防，该体系还将包含更多急停和更多行动传球。

但丹尼尔斯仍是点火者。

“他的休赛期表现令人难以置信，真的，从一开始就如此，”总经理亚当·彼得斯上周表示。“他一恢复健康，就开始拼命工作。锻炼身体，练习传球，与队友合作——甚至在他来到这里之前。”

更强的防守也应能创造超过10次抢断——上赛季NFL倒数第二——并让丹尼尔斯和进攻组在有利位置拿到球。布拉夫的进攻体系应通过更多依赖跑动来减少丹尼尔斯可能面临的风险。

丹尼尔斯整个冬天和春天都在钻研布拉夫的战术手册。有些人喜欢一次性接受所有内容；另一些人则更擅长逐步吸收新体系。丹尼尔斯属于前者。华盛顿四分卫在有组织的团队活动中使用的GoPro摄像机，以及在训练营中使用的摄像机，将为丹尼尔斯提供更多参考点，以确认他的术语是否与场上实际情况相符。

“你只需要分解它，看看我有什么问题要问布拉夫，他有什么问题要问我，答案是什么——然后逐步走一遍，”丹尼尔斯说。“试着在脑海中让它变得合理，用不同的方式。不一定是‘这是具体的战术呼叫’，而是尝试将其与你过去做过的事情联系起来。布拉夫在这方面做得很好，他以这种方式向我展示，显然，我必须出去表现得像个职业球员，真正做好准备。”

麦克劳林在上赛季结束时明确表示，他计划在休赛期与四分卫保持联系，教练。

“相似性真的很大，”麦克劳林在训练营开始前表示。他补充道：“去年的赛季并不如我们任何人所愿。而在春季和夏季进行一些真正的磨合，对我们的时机来说非常有益。我们需要每个人在训练营中全力以赴，这样才能以正确的方式开始建设这支球队。”在有组织的团队活动期间，教练丹·奎因邀请了他的朋友、犹他爵士队教练威尔·哈迪，以及前NBA球星乔治·基恩来与球队交流。

基恩在第三个NBA赛季经历了职业生涯的转折点，得分从2020年的场均10.5分提升至上赛季的12.8分。他的信息很简单：他原以为自己在前两个赛季已经足够健康，但很快意识到需要达到另一个水平。

“他的回答是，‘我必须让自己进入疯狂的状态，’”奎因说。

“我和我的训练师开始努力训练。我感觉很好，”他说。

教练强调，所有人都需要在训练营中贯彻这一建议。丹尼尔斯在谈及左膝伤势后，身体状况看起来有所改善，尽管上赛季他还经历了右腿腘绳肌拉伤和左肘脱臼。去年，重点是提升几个关键数据。上周公布的首份球队名单中，丹尼尔斯的体重仍为210磅，与上赛季相同。但他年龄增长了一些，也更强壮了。

“我和我的训练师全力以赴，”丹尼尔斯说，“我感觉很好。感觉非常好。”

球队才刚刚开始重建，回到一年半前的状态。不仅人员有所变动，随着鲍比·瓦格纳、扎克·埃里克和泰勒·布拉德纳的离开，过去两年更衣室里的领袖人物也将不同。

丹尼尔斯一直以身作则。如今，他的声音不仅需要在进攻组的战术会议中引领那些回望他的队友，还要带动将出现在主力阵容和训练队中的70名球员。

从方方面面来看，是的，指挥官队的表现将取决于丹尼尔斯的表现。他的言行、他的发挥。体育界常说的那句话是：“展示日到了，‘我为此而生。’”我们很快就会看到，丹尼尔斯在华盛顿的头两年如何塑造他的第三年以及未来的所有岁月。

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棒球

分析

交易截止日：赢家、输家与打盹者

作者：吉尔尼特·布里德贝尔 斯蒂芬·J·内伯特 安妮·麦克莱伦

《纽约时报体育周刊》

既然美国职棒大联盟（MLB）的非放弃索赔交易截止日已经过去，现在是时候将30支球队分为赢家、输家和打盹者了。赢家可以是买家或卖家，只要他们满足了需求并执行了策略。输家则因错失改进机会而让球迷失望。打盹者则是袖手旁观。

赢家

波士顿红袜

这一举措可能最终帮助球队赢下400场比赛。红袜队棒球运营总监克雷格·布雷斯洛用一份潜力巨大的新秀包换来了巴尔的摩金莺队的阿德勒·罗奇曼。这位身穿30号球衣的捕手是三届全明星球员，本赛季在打击端表现出色。但问题在于：他因手腕炎症正在伤病名单上，这是他在2026年的第三次缺阵。会出什么问题呢？

可能会有很多。罗奇曼有着高大的名声，却没有相应的成绩。我确实有些担忧。而布雷斯洛为了得到他，付出了大量的小联盟资本。但我们现在讨论的是帮助。我是说，在这里。布雷斯洛的果断行动是一个很好的例子，他承受了来自合理批评的猛烈抨击。将前顶级新秀马西奥特·马约尔送到旧金山，换来强力投手但状态不稳的齐克·米勒，这一决定更是令人震惊。

但红袜队目前看来可能已经准备就绪。如果罗奇曼能够健康回归，他们将看起来更加强大。

芝加哥小熊

全明星周末过后，小熊队的老将们看起来是这样的：小熊队投手马修·博伊德、今村浩二、西蒙·泰菲科和戴维·佩特罗尼斯。小熊队棒球运营总裁杰德·梅耶在交易截止日前对这支球队进行了大改造，引入了两位两届全明星右投手克莱·霍姆斯和凯文·高斯曼，以及一位左投手布拉克斯顿·加勒特。小熊队还有爱德华·卡布雷拉和本·布朗在伤病名单上，他们应该能够在季后赛中将部分多余的先发投手转为后援角色。

洛杉矶天使

天使队不仅为大量无法留在下赛季阵容的球员换来了一批新秀和年轻球员，而且没有做出任何过于艰难的决定。他们没有交易未来的核心球员或其他关键球员。天使队交易的最佳球员——伊恩·奥尔德和苏沙恩——离开的价值远不如留下的。这是那种能让球迷和球员振奋起来的截止日，风险最小，过去的遗憾也最少。

洛杉矶道奇

道奇队得到了塔里夫·斯科拉德。你见过他们的疯狂吗？是的，是的，他们还得到了一些实用的补充，比如博思·巴赫曼和克里斯·罗比，他们会派上用场，也会让人明白为什么。我是说，这对每支球队都适用，更不用说那些对Bible-Staff和泰勒·格拉斯纳抱有期望的球队了。故事的重点是，棒球最强的球队得到了棒球最好的球员。

如果这个交易有什么不足的话，那就是道奇队可能会在下个赛季成为第二或第三交易目标。他们将让所有人失望。等着瞧吧。

费城费城人

拉拉·阿兰兹的加入将带来一些防守位置的调整，因为球队意识到现状已不再足够。阿兰兹为一支围绕强力打者建立的球队提供了新的技能组合。这可能是一个在十月份改变比赛的举动。此外，他们还交易得到了后援投手布伦达·贝茨和卡勒布·基利安，以加强连续数周表现不佳的牛棚。

圣迭戈教士队

教士队在开季前两周并未出手，却得到了他们急需的先发投手（拉弗斯·雷和凯里·莫特）。他们可以继续保持“米勒狂热”足球赛前的热度。

这并非A.J.·普利的最佳交易截止日，但也无需如此。教士队是前两位可能在他作为个人风险投资型教士队的设计师或加入其他组织时表现出色的球员，但他确实做到了。

格兰特·布里克、斯蒂芬·J.·内斯比特和安迪·麦卡洛是《The Athletic》的资深MLB作家。

克莱·霍姆斯 如今已成为重组后的小熊队核心之一。

路易斯·阿拉埃斯 强大的费城人阵容增添了新的技能组合。

凯文·高斯曼 对蓝鸟队而言，这是一次痛苦但必要的交易。

教士队也没有得到组织满意的内容。对于一个通常会把滚烫的粥倒在自己头上、把冰冷的粥倒进裤子里的人来说，这只是一碗不冷不热的粥。有时候，平淡无奇也是可以接受的。

旧金山巨人队

交易截止日对巨人队来说开局不利，他们用泰勒·马布尔换来了一名可能在截止日被指定为放弃的救援投手，但这笔交易的成败始终取决于罗比·雷和拉拉·阿兰兹的回报，而巨人队在这些方面交出了答卷，得到了值得关注的新秀。

随后，他们采取了更进一步的行动，交易了多名剩余合同年限较长的球员，选择主动注入年轻血液，而非再次与部分年轻老将续约。巨人队无需交易哈蒂·巴恩斯或埃里克·米勒，这意味着他们可以等待一笔重磅交易，而从洋基队（亨利·拉莱恩、卡罗琳·肯）和红袜队（一名优秀的第5顺位新秀玛塞拉·梅耶）换来的回报令人印象深刻。

圣路易斯红雀队

对红雀队来说，这并不是一个繁忙的交易截止日，但他们继续成功地进行自我清理。他们在一笔内部交易中获得了丰厚回报，将投手朋友梅和杰克·罗梅罗送至酿酒人队，换来了新秀亚历山大·普赖斯和约西亚·雷吉斯比。《The Athletic》近期将18岁的外野手普赖斯排在全联盟第60位新秀。22岁的雷吉斯比在高阶A和双A联赛中迎来爆发赛季，打击率为.101，并有18支本垒打和31次打点，同时担任中外野手。

圣路易斯优雅的外野手拉尔斯·努斯鲍姆被交易至亚利桑那。努斯鲍姆是一名模特出身的球员，曾在红雀队表现出色，但始终未能完全爆发。他更适合作为外野手阵容中实力较强的一方。这正是响尾蛇队所需要的，而红雀队目前并不需要。

多伦多蓝鸟队

对蓝鸟队来说，与凯文·高斯曼分道扬镳是痛苦的，他在五年价值数百万美元的合同中兑现了自己的身价。但他们找到了本赛季及未来两年的替代者——乔尔·斯科皮奥，他在本赛季提升了三振率。其余交易并不复杂。斯科皮奥是2023年首轮第42顺位新秀，阿尔扬·西兹卡曾在近期新秀排名中位列前茅。多伦多队将赌上斯科皮奥的伤病史和三振能力。但他有望成为一名稳定的后段先发投手，或具有一定潜力，且不会在仲裁中耗费过多资金。同样不会在仲裁中耗费过多的还有斯宾塞·阿里格利什，这位阿克伦投手是用外野手道顿·瓦朗换来的。多伦多队还押注了乔什·史密斯，这位球员在两个赛季前曾赢得银棒奖。

华盛顿国民队

为了在赛季初启动，国民队的Paul Tobani采取了一些行动，但并未掀起波澜。他并未在黑板上交易C.J.艾布拉姆斯（C.J. Abrams），也没有进行重大补强。但他基于对球队前景的合理理解采取了行动。国民队的表现超出预期，尤其是在投手方面，并且拥有过剩的位置球员。Tobani抓住时机，从他的前东家红袜队引进了年轻投手Crouchly Early。这一举动在柯蒂斯·米德（Curtis Mead）在首场比赛中手部骨折之前看起来就不太明智。他还用四名投手换来了左打击球手Ripping Lala Garcia Jr.，以平衡球队中过多的右打球员。在交易截止前夕，Tobani用福斯特·格里芬（Foster Griffin）——这位在国民队冒险从日本回归后入选全明星的球员——换来了四名新秀。

洛杉矶天使队

亚利桑那响尾蛇队

他们得到了拉尔斯·努斯鲍姆（Lars Nussbaum），并让球迷们终于松了一口气，因为他终于离开了圣路易斯，而红雀队从未完全确定如何使用他。这填补了响尾蛇队表现不佳的一个明显需求，但他们始终需要更多的防守来在竞争激烈的外卡争夺中脱颖而出，而他们从未愿意付出足够的新秀来达到这一目标。我不确定响尾蛇队的实际窗口期在哪里，但这并不是问题所在。我也不知道他们是否有明确的想法。

运动家队

对于一支同时被困在两三个阶段之间的球队来说，这是一个完美的截止日，他们签下了多名有潜力成为球队基石的球员，并与他们签订了可观的长期合同，但整体长期方向仍应为他们提供良好的服务。这意味着他们只能用边缘球员换取微薄的回报。这并不意味着这是一个糟糕的截止日，只是一个无聊的截止日。

如果4队有时间机器，

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戴维·斯塔尔维斯（DAVID STALWYS）开始了一份价值3.65亿美元的回报。

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凯西·内兹（CASEY NEIZ）教士队补充了他们需要的先发投手。

乔·阿德尔（JO ADELL）一名右打击球手，将更好地服务于守护者队。

他们会回到过去，再签下几名后援投手，签订一年期的低价合同，希望能参与到今年牛棚交易的热潮中。但话说回来，如果他们有时间机器，他们可能会做很多事情。他们绝对不会阻止自己。

巴尔的摩金莺队

尽管早期前景光明，但阿德勒·罗奇曼（Adler Rotschman）从未成为巴尔的摩所期望的那种球队支柱。作为首轮选秀，正如过去两个赛季的成绩所证明的那样，他们从未成为所谓的强大球队。Mike Elias承认了这一近乎僵局的局面，在周四以一种重大方式向分区竞争对手出手。球队还向白袜队告别，用泰勒·沃德（Taylor Ward）换来了一些后援投手。罗奇曼的离开可能会让人感到刺痛，尽管他的替代者塞缪尔·比德尔（Samuel Beadle）已经签下了长期合同。

罗奇曼的交易回报被认为令人印象深刻。我们可能会回顾这个截止日，将其视为蓝鸟队的转折点。但在线球迷们已经听了很久关于新秀的故事。罗奇曼本应象征着这一时代的结束，但第一场失利，截止日成为了一个从未真正开始的时代的终结。

芝加哥白袜队

在过去的一周里，白袜队的行动速度比几乎所有人都快，但由于大多数交易最终不过是锦上添花，上一次交易可能还是会被定义为拉拉·卡迪布尔（Lala Cardible）的交易。总经理乔·克鲁兹（Joe Cruz）不仅卸下了一位年迈先发投手合同中剩余的数百万美元——这位投手本赛季的控球表现平平——还为此送出了一名真正的潜力新秀。交易的输家波士顿·史密斯（Boston Smith）是一名捕手兼外野手，将在二号位回归，但不难看出这孩子有打击能力。西雅图乐于接纳他。

白袜队的状况比一周前有所改善——布兰布尔（Brambles）增强了牛棚实力，布里森·戴维斯·埃利斯（Breason Davis Ellis）并非无能之辈，而乔伊·巴特（Joey Bart）在凯尔·特克（Kyle Terck）受伤期间填补了捕手位置的需求——但这些都无法弥补卡迪布尔交易带来的损失。

底特律老虎队

老虎队在2026年本打算争夺世界大赛冠军。几个月后，他们通过在Global完成一笔强势交易，选择交易塔里夫·斯科拉德（Tariff Skolad）和凯西·迈兹（Casey Mize），而不是让他们在十月份为季后赛出战，并在十一月向他们提供了竞争性报价（qualifying offers），在自由市场上对他们进行了充分追求。很难认为这样的结果有任何意义。

如果你认为即使斯科拉德和迈兹为争夺外卡席位而战，这些老虎队也注定失败，那么你会对这次交易的回报感到满意。老虎队从道奇队得到了排名前50的新秀——外野手齐弗·霍普（Zyfer Hope）和投手里弗·罗斯（River Rose）——并从教士队得到了另一位有前途的左投巴克·梅菲尔德（Buck Mayfield）。但仍然有一种感觉，这次截止日交易只是半吊子措施。老虎队将努力留在季后赛图景中，但他们没有通过任何补充来增强现有阵容，也没有交易其他轮次的选秀权。处于中游是一个糟糕的位置，尤其是在缺少最佳投手的情况下。

密尔沃基酿酒人队

当你在交易截止日前被传与交易市场上最热门的塔里夫·斯科拉德有关，最终却只得到了杜安·梅（Duane May）和杰克·罗梅罗（Jack Romero）时，结果注定令人失望。酿酒人队在各种交易传闻中四处出击，但几乎没有实质性进展。酿酒人队在截止日后仍是原来的那支球队。而这支球队恰好拥有棒球界最未被使用的女性资源。也许他们有自己的打算。

马克斯（Max）、罗梅罗（Romero）和萨姆森·桑萨尼克（Samson Sunsanick）的加入增强了投手阵容，泰勒（Taylor）则提供了捕手深度。但当道奇队最终交易斯科拉德，而小熊队重塑了他们的轮换阵容时，所有这些小动作都让人觉得还不够。

纽约湿队

大卫·斯马特（David Smarter）刚刚收获的小联盟球员的流动情况尚待观察。但每当你不得不拆解一份价值$365的回归合同时——尤其是在一支本应在2026年争夺冠军的球队身上——你就符合“输家”的定义。这是规则。无可奈何。祝明年好运。

纽约洋基队

拉拉·加西亚 Jr. 为阵容提供了一些帮助，尽管他是一名出色的小联盟球员。洋基队需要右打击手，但他们更需要投手，因此他们挖掘了深厚的投手储备来引入他。萨米·拉莫斯（Sami Ramos）可能会在离开旧金山后，在洋基体育场找到击球感觉。但他们眼睁睁地看着主要对手红袜队交易阿德勒·罗奇曼（Adler Rotschman）——这位球员可能会成为同一位置的竞争者。洋基队未能从双城队引进瑞安·杰弗斯（Ryan Jeffers）或从落基山队引进亨特·古德曼（Hunter Goodman）。

罗德西亚

亚特兰大勇士队

史蒂夫·斯奈德（Steve Snyder）是一名可靠的老将。莱恩·托马斯（Lane Thomas）将在面对左投时提供帮助。但勇士队在截止日仍未能交易一名投手来巩固轮换阵容，而锡克·塞尔（Thirk Sale）仍位居轮换阵容之首。事情就是这样。

辛辛那提红人队

红人队完成了两笔小型投手交易，将国家级新秀里茨（Ritzers）送至守护者队，卡勒布·弗格森（Caleb Ferguson）送至红雀队。Trick's A 的交易似乎是红人队每个交易计划的核心。我猜他们需要一个A计划。辛辛那提一切平静。

阿尔法兰德·邓伯恩斯

克利夫兰队摆脱了创新停滞，引入了一名右打击手（外野手乔·阿德尔）和一名左打击手（一垒手4号模型洛威），随后又在最后时刻从国民队签下了先发投手福斯特·格里芬。

科罗拉多洛基山队

如果他们采取任何极端举措，可能意味着交易掉全明星捕手亨特·古德曼。但他们只是在边缘做了些调整，从其他球队换来了中继投手布里森·戴尔、安东尼奥·桑萨尼克、塞思·斯克里弗森和维克托·韦德维克。赛季结束，米兰。

休斯顿太空人队

对太空人队来说，这是一个不错的截止日。他们引入了迫切需要的左打外野手德林·瓦尔唐。他们的季后赛希望寄托于“买来的投手表现更好”这一策略，这听起来足够疯狂，或许能奏效。

堪萨斯城皇家队

皇家队用第30顺位的克里斯·兰克斯从道奇队换来了右投手卡洛斯·杜兰。他们还用外野手莱恩·托马斯和左投中继贝利·帕布斯特换来了两名有潜力的新秀。他们说了该说的话，并保留了失败者。

迈阿密马林鱼队

迈阿密队清理了一些已成为负担的球员。乔·马兹的到来让马林鱼队得以放弃捕手利亚姆·霍尔茨。他们还交易了俄罗斯人加勒特，后者一直在替补席上苦熬。不过，写到这里我都快睡着了。

明尼苏达双城队

对于一支宣称已准备好为球迷买单的球队来说，这个截止日可能令人失望。双城队仅仅补充了一名中等水平的终结者——安菲特·麦克唐纳，一名联盟平均水平的球员，曾是一名可靠的左投中继（A.J.明特）。这些交易都未能改变局面。

匹兹堡海盗队

尽管海盗队偶尔会解决最紧迫的需求——牛棚补强——但他们未能升级阵容和其他位置的短板。他们确实完成了唯一一笔实际的交易，用莱克·韦弗换来了短stop新秀（萨托里克·纳尔金），并让对方支付了韦弗剩余合同中500万美元中的800万美元。他们还押注了本·马拉斯科和卡萨洛·戴维，后者曾效力于洋基队。最后时刻，他们又签下了柯比·耶茨和他们的后援投手。这几乎完全是在补强牛棚。但这样的阵容能否弥补外卡劣势并在十月赢得胜利？

西雅图水手队

他们以合理的成本组建了一支更好的球队，同时通过拉拉·卡迪布尔交易转移了薪资。他们比其他球队更谨慎，但更愿意在休赛期花钱（假设其他球队在休赛期）。

坦帕湾光芒队

关于坦帕湾队在截止日无所作为的讨论很多。但与其说是为了得到最佳新秀斯科拉德，不如说光芒队低价买入了弗雷迪·普雷斯利，后者在大都会队经历了职业生涯最糟糕的赛季。

得克萨斯游骑兵队

在暗示任何人都可能被交易后，他们本可以通过更多交易来提升季后赛机会。如果游骑兵队真的陷入困境，那可能是因为他们未能完成涉及球队核心的大交易。但他们本就不太可能交易雅各布·德格罗姆。这总是不太可能的。

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人物专栏

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网球

艾玛·拉杜卡努（上图摄于6月）将因髋部应力性骨折缺席美网，这一伤病也让她错过了温布尔登。

塞雷娜·威廉姆斯携手维纳斯参加俄亥俄州赛事，为美网做准备

撰文：纳西林·普特曼、安杰尔·马里乌斯 《论坛报》

塞雷娜·威廉姆斯将与姐姐维纳斯搭档参加8月中旬的辛辛那提公开赛双打比赛。这将是她自2022年美网以来首次亮相职业赛事，当时她在6月重返赛场前参加了该项赛事。

本周，44岁的塞雷娜·威廉姆斯（22座大满贯单打冠军）宣布将在同一时间参加WTA巡回赛双打比赛。这是夏季第二场高级别硬地赛事。

40岁的维纳斯·威廉姆斯近期凭借外卡获得了第44届加拿大公开赛单打资格，她也将通过外卡参加辛辛那提公开赛单打比赛。

塞雷娜·威廉姆斯尚未获得外卡，但这一情况尚未最终确定。

马修·富特曼是《The Athletic》的资深网球撰稿人，詹姆斯·侯赛因是该媒体负责网球报道的高级执行编辑。

维纳斯在今年春夏两季保持了较为频繁的参赛节奏，但成绩不佳。自去年7月在华盛顿公开赛（她22年前曾参加过该赛事）赢得最后一场WTA巡回赛级别的比赛后，她再未取胜。今年她参加了同一赛事，首轮直落两盘不敌一名澳大利亚选手，随后在加拿大公开赛上再次首轮输给乌兹别克斯坦选手坎达拉·拉迪莫娃。这是她连续第14场单打失利。

姐妹俩原计划在6月的温布尔登网球赛上搭档双打。但塞雷娜在5月的一场三盘单打失利中膝盖受伤，对手同样是一名澳大利亚选手。四天后，她退出了双打比赛。

塞雷娜在温网前参加了两场双打比赛，首先与加拿大选手维多利亚·米赫多在伦敦女王俱乐部进行训练。她们在为温网热身的草地赛事中赢下首场比赛，但米赫多（加拿大公开赛卫冕单打冠军）在随后的单打比赛中因中场受伤退赛，无缘双打赛事。米赫多此后再未参赛，也将无法卫冕加拿大公开赛冠军——这是她职业生涯迄今最重要的荣誉。

塞雷娜随后与捷克选手卡罗利娜·马霍娃在柏林网球公开赛（另一项草地赛事）搭档，但她们在首轮即遭淘汰。此后她在温网受伤，一度引发外界对她是否能参加北美硬地赛季任何赛事的担忧。

辛辛那提公开赛是美网前的最后一项重要赛事，也是威廉姆斯在最初“淡出”网坛前最后一场比赛的举办地。当时她直落两盘不敌一名澳大利亚选手。

塞雷娜和维纳斯将在辛辛那提公开赛开赛数日后（8月13日开赛）迎来首场比赛。

谢恩·斯蒂芬斯、泰勒·汤森、凡妮娅·维什涅娃、埃尔维娜·基德娃、卡罗莉·德德赫德和拉洛·本森等选手也获得了单打外卡。

美网双打阵容星光熠熠，组委会近日公布了新一批参赛名单，包括维纳斯·威廉姆斯和亚历山大·布法尔克。他们将加入上周已确认参赛的知名组合，如阿丽娜·萨巴伦卡和瓦西尔·杰维娜、乌皮拉万德和卡斯珀·鲁德，以及大坂直美和锦织圭。

这项拥有34名选手的赛事将于8月24日开始资格赛。

拉杜卡努缺席美网

英国选手艾玛·拉杜卡努，2022年美国网球公开赛女子单打冠军，将缺席今年的赛事，因右髋部应力性骨折导致她退出温布尔登网球赛。

现年23岁的拉杜卡努在温网开赛前夕退赛，此前她曾在新闻中心表示计划带伤参加本土大满贯赛事。此后，她未再参加任何比赛或训练，并将缺席今年最后一项大满贯赛事，以继续康复。

她曾在温网前的女王杯（Queen's）决赛中闯入决赛，这是她自2021年美网夺冠后的第二个决赛，而这两个决赛均出现在2024年。最终，她体力不支，以直落两盘输给了2024年温网四强选手唐娜·维基（Donna Vickie）。赛后新闻发布会上，她表示一直在处理一系列小伤病，其中一处最终发展为应力性骨折。

自5月与教练安德鲁·理查森分手后，拉杜卡努的状态看起来有所改善，但2024年以来，她始终未能在参赛连续性上找到节奏。2024年她仅参加了21场比赛，年初因伤病和一场严重的病毒感染影响了状态。

拉杜卡努尚未公布伤愈复出的具体时间。美国网球公开赛女子单打正赛将于8月26日开赛，世界排名第一的阿丽娜·萨巴伦卡将冲击三连冠。

新任美国网球协会领导人习惯挑战看似无望的难题

撰文：纳西林·普特曼

《论坛报》

1993年，一名南非研究生几乎没有大学网球执教经验，走进伊利诺伊大学体育主任罗恩·冈瑟的办公室。他将一本装订好的男子网球队计划书放在桌上，并说出了一番听起来完全荒谬的话。

“我说，在未来10年内，我们将成为全国第一，赢得全国冠军，每年都会赢得十大联盟（Big Ten）的冠军，”美国网球协会（U.S.T.A.）新任首席执行官克雷格·泰利在最近的一次采访中说道。

“我想他当时觉得我疯了。”

从各种角度来看，冈瑟当时确实应该这么想。在那个时候，伊利诺伊大学的男子网球队只是一支勉强维持的球队。赢得两位数的胜利就算是一个好赛季了。赢得十大联盟冠军——大学网球竞赛的巅峰——听起来像是十年后的目标。

1992年，冈瑟曾请当时在大学网球中心担任兼职教练的泰利暂时代理球队主教练，此前球队的主教练离职。结果并不理想。

泰利带领球队取得了1胜12负的战绩。几名球员退出。泰利不得不向橄榄球教练借用一些名额，才凑齐了阵容并完成了赛季。球队在十大联盟的战绩为8胜10负，在联盟中排名垫底。

但当泰利离开伊利诺伊大学时，他兑现了对冈瑟许下的每一个承诺。在四年内，泰利的球队赢得了十大联盟冠军，此后每年都保持冠军头衔，直到泰利在1993赛季后离开。1995年，球队以12胜0负的完美战绩赢得了N.C.A.A.团体十强冠军，同时还赢得了个人单打和双打冠军。

三十年后，泰利仍然认为他在伊利诺伊大学的经历是其职业生涯中最具形成性的经验。正是在那里，他塑造了后来将澳网从四大满贯赛事中的相对边缘赛事，转变为全球最具活力、最具创新性的大满贯赛事的能力。

现在的问题是，泰利是否能为美国网球协会（U.S.T.A.）带来另一个层次的成功。这是一个庞大的全国性组织，在全球范围内的声誉参差不齐。

美国网球公开赛（U.S. Open）作为其旗舰赛事，是一项实力强大的赛事，年收入超过5亿美元，拥有四大满贯赛事中最高的奖金总额。

然而，尽管在女子网球领域取得了巨大成功，该组织已有超过20年未能培养出男子大满贯冠军。最近的几任首席执行官一直难以协调这个拥有17个地理分区的庞大组织，平衡职业发展与社区网球之间的关系。

如今，该组织将领导权交给了泰利，即将卸任的澳大利亚网球协会和澳网负责人，这两个职位是他最为人熟知的。

美国网球公开赛已经极其成功。这并不像21年前冈瑟对伊利诺伊大学男子网球项目的看法。但泰利在伊利诺伊大学取得的成功，奠定了他如今作为网球界最具创造力的领导者之一的声誉，他敢于冒险并能带来变革。

对于许多曾经的球员来说，泰利的声音、教诲和习惯至今仍萦绕在他们的脑海中，无论他们是否喜欢。

“我们的储物柜里会有干毛巾，每天训练前必须写下每日目标，还有每月和每年的目标，”卡里·富兰克林在2000年赢得双打全国冠军，他在最近的一次采访中说，“我快30岁了，还保留着写有每日目标的板子。”

迈克尔·科斯塔是一名喜剧演员，也是《每日秀》的轮值主持人

将伊利诺伊大学的弱旅打造成N.C.A.A.冠军

曾在伊利诺伊大学打泰利球队的人，对三个目标记忆犹新。

“我们每天必须完成三个目标，”他说，“没有完成三个，就得跑步。”

泰利在1804年网球项目的落脚，很大程度上是机缘巧合。“19世纪时，我们曾是低水平职业球员，后来进入泰勒初级学院的职业教练和管理课程。他做过一些教练工作，并熟悉了美国多位顶尖教练的理念，包括维克·布拉登和另一位南非教练丹尼斯·范德米尔。”

1983年，他前往伊利诺伊大学攻读运动心理学和生理学的博士学位——这两个研究领域是他想要结合探索的。到校后，为了维持生计，他开始在大学网球中心任教，该中心是一所公共设施。

后来，男子网球队主教练离职。冈瑟请泰利接任，不久后，他便开始制定长达10年的成功计划。

“看到年轻人通过努力在运动中取得成果，是件非常有趣的事，”泰利说，“我从中获得了乐趣，也喜欢团队的感觉，而最让我兴奋的，可能是证明别人错了。”

许多人告诉泰利，他在伊利诺伊大学不可能成功。他们告诉他，这项运动资金不足；告诉他，伊利诺伊大学多年来已不再是网球强校。他却告诉他们，自己要赢得全国冠军。

说起来容易，做起来难。但泰利有计划。

首先，他需要树立严肃的基调。他让伊利诺伊大学的六名球员付出前所未有的努力。他让他们在冬日清晨5点起床在寒冷的早晨跑步，

进行力量训练。他让训练变得艰苦。不久后，所有不认真对待这项事业的人都退出了。

富兰克林在县里以最佳发球手之一闻名，他力量十足，嘴也大。大家总是试图让他表现得更得体。

他们告诉富兰克林，他喜欢泰利的方式。“别改变，”他说，“我们需要一些谨慎。”

泰利并不追求技术华丽的球员。伊利诺伊大学的许多比赛在快速室内硬地球场进行。他寻找的是能发出大力发球、在场上移动并能在网前结束得分的高大球员。他和他的高级助教布鲁斯·伯克（后来成为德克萨斯大学的长期教练）认为，他们可以教会球员其他所需的大部分技能。

泰利以对细节的痴迷著称。球员外出时必须穿着T恤、携带球拍和球鞋。如果在客场住在寄宿家庭，他们必须留下手写的感谢信。

每年12月，球队会聚在一起，给赞助者写圣诞贺卡。招募新人后，他会收到现役球员的手写感谢信。

有时，他可能做得过火。球员训练时必须仪容整洁。邋遢的外表意味着邋遢的生活和邋遢的比赛。这一要求后来因某些原因被迫重新考虑，尤其是在澳网中，球员脸颊和肋骨上贴着胶布的成功案例。

“我在打造一支团队，并试图重新激发我们自身的某种重要形式，”泰利在一条关于自己下半场角色的短信中写道。

科斯塔曾被告知，如果第二天不刮胡子，就不用来训练。他说，他发现极度追求成功的人可能有阴暗面。泰利可能在比赛中看到科斯塔漏接一个简单的高压球，便准备扔掉记分板。

最终，他请伯克在比赛中指导自己，而不是泰利。当科斯塔选择成为密歇根大学（十大联盟的竞争对手）的助理教练时，泰利有五年没有和他说过话。

泰利仍然是堪萨斯生活中最重要的人物之一，那个总是告诉他要更加努力、检查短信拼写和语法的人。当科斯塔大学毕业后在职业网球低级别赛事中徘徊时，他接到一个回球电话，看到泰利的语音留言。

泰利告诉他，前一晚在电视上看了一位喜剧演员的表演。他对科斯塔说，他比那位演员有趣多了，或许应该搬到洛杉矶去当喜剧演员。

“看看我现在在哪儿，”他说，“我成了喜剧演员。”

1993年伊利诺伊州完美赛季后，泰利在大学网球领域已鲜有可追求的目标。

第二个赛季，加州大学洛杉矶分校（U.C.L.A.）在N.C.A.A.锦标赛半决赛中击败了头号种子1804队。1995年春假期间，一位在阵容后排打球的大四学生埃文·佐德尔发现自己正与教练一起练习铜牌投篮，教练向他强调了冒险的重要性——无论是在网球队内还是队外。这次谈话影响了佐德尔毕业后的去向。

“我们当时不得不思考同一件事，”佐德尔在最近的一次采访中回忆道。

“他本可以作为一名伟大的教练留名青史。但对他来说，这太过保守了。”

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保罗·桑萨罗洛：以舞蹈唤起不安梦境，享年97岁

文：布莱恩·塞伯特

保罗·桑萨罗洛，一位美国编舞家，其作品常以心理阴郁的舞蹈语汇创作，并影响了鲍什夫人极富戏剧性的作品风格。他于7月24日深夜在芝加哥郊外的伊利诺伊州帕克里奇去世，享年97岁。

其去世消息由其门徒戴维·范·埃瑟尔斯滕在医院确认。

桑萨罗洛先生与其艺术创作伙伴唐娜·福伊尔于1950年代末开始合作，当时他们同属试图摆脱玛莎·格雷厄姆等现代舞先驱巨大影响的新一代。

在一个崇尚个人视角的领域，桑萨罗洛先生与福伊尔女士以二人组合的形式构思并编排作品。在当时几乎所有现代舞演出均为作品集锦的背景下，他们推出了气势恢宏的整晚长度作品。1961年的作品《奇迹之旅》更是跨越两个夜晚演出。

他们的风格——实验性强，带有表现主义倾向——对观众而言极具挑战性。在1963年的《AP之后的笑声》中，穿着高跟鞋的女性被接待、亲吻并尖叫，随后又以男装造型再次登场。在喜剧笑声的伴奏下，桑萨罗洛先生（戴着一顶假发）将一名女性摔倒在地，当她起身后，他再次将其摔倒。随后，他又踢打并戳刺其他舞者，同时发出怪异的笑声。首演后，桑萨罗洛先生的母亲对他说：“你不该让别人知道你是这样的。”

在两幕剧《奇迹之旅》中，桑萨罗洛先生扮演一名在悲剧性学术关系中充当仆从的角色。其编舞（由他与福伊尔女士共同创作）——如同他们同时代的保罗·泰勒（福伊尔曾参演其1957年臭名昭著的作品《神经质新舞蹈》）——以反射动作、日常姿态和朴素行走呈现。他们相互对唱，用自行车打气筒给气球充气。

“我们试图理解我们所过的生活，”福伊尔女士在马克·弗兰克1961年的著作《奇迹之旅：保罗·桑萨罗洛、唐娜·福伊尔及其他舞者》中表示，“我们试图理解的本身就是一种宗教艺术。”

1959年，他们开始与当时19岁、就读于朱利亚德音乐学院的鲍什合作。“他们照顾我，”鲍什在接受弗兰克采访时说，“我从未回家。我就像是他们家的一员。”

鲍什参演了1959年的作品《在上帝眼中》，一部关于家庭与死亡的神秘意象作品，并与桑萨罗洛先生及其儿子共同创作了三人舞《少女的愉悦》。

“我们只是在台上互相殴打，”桑萨罗洛先生在2021年接受芝加哥舞蹈史项目采访的视频中回忆道，并指出鲍什后来作品中“有很多恐惧”。

鲍什告诉弗兰克，如果没有与桑萨罗洛先生和福伊尔女士合作，“一切都会不同”。1962年，她回到祖国德国，并于1973年创立了乌珀塔尔舞蹈剧院，该剧院后来成为全球最成功、最具影响力的舞团之一。鲍什闻名于世的梦幻、有时残酷的美学风格，正是对桑萨罗洛先生作品的回响。

早年间，桑萨罗洛先生与福伊尔女士在曼哈顿西10街一栋纸板箱制造商楼上的三层空间租下了40个房间。这里成为“舞蹈工作室”的总部，他们在此授课并生活。他们儿童班的部分学生周末会留下来与他们一起工作，睡在睡袋里。许多孩子后来出现在他们的作品中，这些作品与传统儿童剧大相径庭。

1963, 福伊尔女士移居斯德哥尔摩，加入皇家话剧院，并与导演英格玛·伯格曼展开广泛合作——

“我们只是在台上互相殴打，”这位对鲍什产生影响的编舞家说道。

在接下来的三十年里。对桑萨罗洛先生而言，这是一段非凡创意伙伴关系的终结。

“我们从未同床共枕，否则我们的关系不可能如此亲密，”同性恋者桑萨罗洛先生对弗兰克先生说，“我从未有过像与唐娜那样错综复杂、如此深刻的关系。”

桑萨罗洛先生继续经营着一家名为保罗·桑萨罗洛与奥诺雷克斯的公司。其成员之一朱拉特·帕内塔后来成为纽约和欧洲的重要教师，尤其在鲍什女士的公司中。在桑萨罗洛先生的舞蹈作品中，《金属乐》（1963）是一部充满高度性张力的作品，配以亨利·考埃尔的电子音乐，后来由阿尔文·艾利美国舞蹈剧院和诺德塔斯蒂克舞蹈剧院演出。

“作为编舞家，保罗·桑萨罗洛无法不让人敬重，”评论家安娜·克瑙特加德在《纽约时报》对1971年一场演出的评论中写道。她还补充道，他是一位“不妥协的艺术家”，“既追求动作的纯粹性，又追求情感的深度。”

从1969年至1974年，桑萨罗洛先生在纽约州北部的周六表演艺术中心主持夏季现代舞项目。从1977年至1983年，他还成为以色列舞蹈公司首位参与演出的艺术家。

回到美国后，他创立了一家新公司，该公司一直运营至1980年。他的一些新作品抒情而轻盈，但大多数仍是克瑙特加德在1982年所称的“极其令人不适的舞蹈”。

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桑萨罗洛先生有时会反驳自己是痛苦与黑暗的传播者这一说法。“我其实是个非常快乐的人，”他在1964年对《纽约时报》说，但他承认自己对强度感兴趣。

“正是在极端状态下，我们才能展现真实的自己，”他说道。

保罗·朱尼尔·朱塞佩·万科米·弗兰科·迪·桑纳罗洛（保罗·博纳多尼亚于15, 1924,出生于芝加哥，父母是来自意大利的移民朱塞佩·桑纳罗洛（人称约瑟夫），经营一家酒馆，和弗朗西斯卡（博纳多纳）·桑纳罗洛）。

作为七个孩子中的第五个，他身后留下一位弟弟文森特。

他后来回忆起在家中的地下室跳舞，即兴表达自己，“那时有死亡之舞，”他对弗兰克先生说，“我热爱这些。”

他小时候上过芭蕾舞课，但主要关注视觉艺术。1952年，他从芝加哥艺术学院毕业，获得绘画学士学位。当时，他听过玛莎·格雷厄姆的讲座，深受启发。

“既然她是现代舞者，我决定成为一名现代舞者，”他在1963年对《纽约时报》说。

他被征召入美国陆军，在华盛顿附近服役期间，曾与德国现代舞者埃里卡·蒂梅学习并同台演出。

1953年，桑萨罗洛先生移居纽约，在格雷厄姆的学校接受了折衷的训练，在那里遇到了费尔女士，后来还跟随著名芭蕾编舞家阿梅·塔特尔和芭蕾舞演员米娅·谢伦斯卡上课。从1957年至1958年，他曾在安娜·西尔克洛的公司演出，西尔克洛是格雷厄姆公司中涌现的最杰出的编舞家之一，曾参演西尔克洛1953年开创性作品《罗密欧》的原始阵容。从1957年至1963年，他还以客座艺术家身份加入珀尔·朗的公司，朗是另一位重要的格雷厄姆派导演，经常在她的舞蹈肖像中担任角色。

桑萨罗洛工作室的舞蹈工作室在他担任其他职务后关闭，于1969年停办。约17年前，他回到芝加哥，继续教学和编舞，直至2010年。

他告诉弗兰克先生，他最欣赏的舞者是那些能够“在高强度下坚持不懈，并将你带往别处”的人。

他补充道：“打倒编舞者，拥护优秀舞者。给我几个非常有趣的舞者，我就能创造出一些东西。”

凯·格兰杰，83岁，得克萨斯州首位当选众议院议员的共和党女性

作者：凯瑟琳·Q·西夫

凯·格兰杰是首位当选美国众议院议员的得克萨斯州共和党女性，曾担任权力极大的众议院拨款委员会主席，于周日在沃思堡的家中去世，享年83。

她的儿子J·S·格兰杰表示，死因为阿尔茨海默病。

格兰杰女士于2024年离开华盛顿，在众议院任期的最后一年，搬入沃思堡的一家独立生活设施——这一安排在数月内未被其办公室公开。

2021年11月，一家保守派网站发现此事后，格兰杰女士向《达拉斯晨报》承认自己一直在经历“痴呆问题”。她在当时的一份声明中表示，自从出现催眠症状后，健康状况不断恶化，前往华盛顿的旅行变得困难。

这一消息在华盛顿引起轰动，当时国会中还有33名议员也面临健康问题，而共和党在众议院的多数优势仅为100席。

格兰杰女士曾是沃思堡的共和党地方官员，也是该市首位女性市长。1969年，她赢得了此前由民主党前议长约翰·赖特担任的席位，当选国会议员。她在国会任职近三十年，并成为得克萨斯州代表团的一员，该代表团是共和党核心小组中规模最大的州代表团。

弗朗西斯科·雷吉纳尔多参与报道。

在此期间的大部分时间里，她都是拨款委员会成员，并逐步晋升为该委员会的共和党资深成员，并在大约一年的时间里担任主席。

作为一名国防鹰派，格兰杰女士为其选区的主要国防制造商争取了大量利润丰厚的合同，包括贝尔枢纽市长和洛克希德·马丁公司——后者生产了备受争议的F-33战斗机。她以F-35战斗机的有力捍卫者著称，称该机型对国家安全至关重要，尽管其价格不断攀升。

一位支持为F-35战斗机提供资金的国防鹰派人士

2023年10月，88岁的她宣布不会在2024年寻求连任，但未说明具体原因。但她的同事告诉记者，作为一名长期支持国防开支的议员，她对希望限制开支并专注于其他议题的极右翼共和党人感到失望。

2024年4月，格兰杰女士辞去拨款委员会主席一职。她表示希望给委员会留出时间，为即将到来的财政年度做好全面过渡。

2024年11月，她出席了国会大厦的仪式，纪念她在委员会的任期。次月，《大厅拥有Exynos》——一家保守派网络广播节目——报道称，格兰杰女士已在独立生活设施中居住数月。自7月以来，她未再前往华盛顿投票。

尽管格兰杰女士已宣布退休，但她长期缺席华盛顿的消息引发了关于参众两院是否应对议员任期设限的辩论。多年来，国会已成为多位资深议员的长期职业平台，部分原因是论资排辈的制度鼓励久坐其位，且未设立新的任期限制。

凯·马伦诺基（Kay Mullenokee）于1943年1月15日出生在得克萨斯州格林维尔市，在沃思堡长大。她的父母诺维尔和艾琳·马伦诺基（Norvell and Allene Mullenokee）均为教师，早年离异，凯和妹妹由母亲抚养。

凯于1983年从得克萨斯卫斯理大学毕业，获得英语和经济学学士学位及教师资格证。她在高中任教期间，丈夫约翰·格兰杰（1964年结婚）与她育有三个年幼的孩子，1975年两人离婚。

“当时我的年收入是33,000美元，”格兰杰女士2008年对《国会山报》表示，“这就是我经常谈论工薪阶层的原因。”

她开始在家中销售商业保险，并告诉《国会山报》：“你只能努力奋斗过每一天。”

雅各布·戈德曼和《纽约时报》

2023年的得克萨斯州众议员凯·格兰杰。上世纪90年代，她曾是沃思堡务实的市长。

作为工作狂，她在扩展业务的同时开设了第二间办公室，其时中风的母亲搬来与她同住，帮忙照看孩子。

格兰杰女士的遗属包括两个儿子、女儿奇特妮·伊丽莎白·格兰杰，以及五个孙辈。她的妹妹玛丽·莱昂斯（“乔伊”）于2020年去世。

格兰杰女士因成功阻止在家附近建造液体废物处理厂而引起当地关注。这促使她加入沃思堡县委员会。她先后当选市议会议员，并于1996年成为市长。担任市长期间，她未加入任何政党。

当时沃思堡的犯罪率位居全国最严重之列：她推动增税以资助更多公共设施和社区中心，并帮助扭转了这一局面。作为务实高效的领导者，她赢得了广泛认可。在寻求更高职位时，民主党和共和党均向她伸出橄榄枝，但作为社会温和派，她选择以共和党人身份参选，认为该党在犯罪问题上更具灵活性。她成为第12选区首位当选的共和党众议员。

她以坚信维护强大国防著称。据《得克萨斯论坛报》报道，她将伊拉克战争视为“全球反恐战争的战场”，并在2024年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰时坚定支持乌克兰。

格兰杰女士的社会观点相对进步，但始终面临保守派的压力。她最初支持堕胎权，但后来呼吁推翻“罗诉韦德案”。

她在2016年反对唐纳德·J·特朗普竞选总统，称他关于抓握女性的言论“令人作呕”，并批评他批评参议员约翰·麦凯恩的新一轮选举。2020年，面对初选挑战和批评者称她对特朗普支持不力，她转而支持他。特朗普反过来也支持她，尽管他坚信F-35战斗机的资金——“未公开议题”——应大幅削减。

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蒙蒂·罗伯茨，91岁，以罕见的善意驯服马匹，逝世

作者：格伦·里夫金

蒙蒂·罗伯茨，一位享誉盛名的驯马师和畅销书作家，其人性化、非暴力的野马驯服方法被几代马术专业人士所采用——包括热爱马匹的英国女王伊丽莎白二世，他与女王建立了长达36年的友谊——于周五在加利福尼亚州塞尔旺的家中逝世，享年91岁。

他的女儿迪德里·罗伯茨·利奥克斯表示，死因是一种全维护性疾病的并发症。

在挑战长达4,200年基于攻击性和暴力手段驯服马匹的传统智慧——即通过实际手段使马匹持续服从——的过程中，罗伯茨坚持认为，一匹在无恐惧状态下训练的马最终会成为更优秀的工作伙伴和马类伴侣。他认为，尊重与合作终将取代强制服从。

他开发了一种名为“Eques”的无声、非语言交流方式，基于手势和眼神交流，创造出一个“举手投降”的瞬间，让一匹本能抗拒的年轻马匹迅速向他靠拢，并允许他装上马鞍骑乘。

罗伯茨在塞尔旺的“猪在柏树农场”（现为加州里德中心）工作数十年，并周游世界，展示和传授他的方法，训练马匹并撰写书籍。

在此期间，他估计在四个月内“说服”了——而非“驯服”——超过1,000匹马。

一些传统主义者认为他的方法危险且无效。而其他人，如《马语者》原型巴克·布兰斯霍，则赞同这种基于信任而非严厉和残酷手段的方法。罗伯茨是最早倡导这种更温和、更人性化方法的人之一，他认为这种方法同样适用于人类。

“要说功劳，他是最早摆脱粗暴手段的人之一，努力做到既好又令人兴奋的工作。”动物行为学家、《动物的尊严》作者坦普尔·葛兰汀表示：“他对马的观察超乎常人，非常年轻时就懂得马真正想对你说什么。很多人擅长解读马，但他是让人们意识到有多种训练马的方法的先驱。”

与一些驯马师不同，她指出，他亲自展示了自己的方法。罗伯茨在5岁时就能自信地牵马、骑马和驾驭马匹，童年时便是一名出色的骑手，曾为数十部电影和其他作品担任替身和特技演员。他曾为巴迪·麦克道威尔、格里高利·派克和查尔顿·赫斯顿等明星担任替身。戴上假发后，他甚至在《他想要的》一片中为伊丽莎白·泰勒担任替身。

他还从4岁起参加牛仔竞技比赛，并在青少年时期成为牛仔竞技冠军。此后，他在马术表演赛场（show ring）赢得了九次世界冠军。

他的父亲是一名驯马师，坚持使用传统的驯马技术，通过恐惧和惩罚使年轻马匹变得顺从。

罗伯茨在1996年的自传《倾听马的人》中写道，他早年便对这些方法深感厌恶。当他只有2岁时，就向父亲展示了用善意对待一匹年轻马驹以赢得信任的有效性。

他说，他的父亲勃然大怒，用铁链将他毒打至重伤住院。他发誓再也不向父亲透露自己这种非传统的愿望。但他仍然坚信，与马共事有更好的方式。

他15岁时，外出

颠覆基于暴力手段的4,200年传统

独自在内华达州北部的高原沙漠中度过数日，观察野生马群的极限。他看到那匹占主导地位的公马通过高级语言和视觉信号控制着年轻的马群。它的非语言交流令他着迷。

“最终，我意识到这是一种多么精确的语言，”他写道，“其中有明确的信息、完整的短语和句子，总是表达相同的含义，总是产生相同的效果。”

他补充道，他意识到，“如果我懂得如何做到这一点，我就能有效跨越人类生活的终极边界（战斗动物）与力量（逃跑动物）之间的界限。”

他的崇拜者中包括伊丽莎白二世女王，她曾在马术杂志上阅读过关于罗伯茨先生方法的文章，并观看了多部提及他的视频。

1989年4月，她邀请罗伯茨先生前来拜访并展示其非传统理念。她对此印象深刻，将他纳入皇家马术圈子担任顾问，并成为朋友。

“她相信，无论对人类还是动物，都不应说‘你必须做这件事，否则我会伤害你’。”罗伯茨先生在2022年对《纽约时报》说道。

她鼓励他将创新方法写成书，最终出版的《倾听马语的人》一书销量近600万册，并连续一年多位列《纽约时报》畅销书榜单。

“他还撰写了多部著作，并成为多部电影和纪录片的主题。1915年，女王授予他维多利亚皇家勋章荣誉会员称号，以表彰他为皇室提供的杰出个人服务——这一皇家认可令许多批评者哑口无言。2013年的纪录片《驯马师与女王》（The Horse Whisperer and the Queen）由安德烈亚·内罗西执导，聚焦于两人不同寻常的伙伴关系。

在提及这些荣誉时，罗伯茨先生说：“她彻底改变了我的人生。”

马文·厄尔·罗伯茨三世（Marvin Earl Roberts 31）于1935年5月14日出生于加利福尼亚州萨利纳斯市。他的父亲马文·厄尔三世不仅训练马匹，还从事马匹交易；母亲玛格丽特则为他缝制骑马裤。

马文在学会走路后不久就对马产生了浓厚兴趣。尽管他设法上了学，并参加了橄榄球和摔跤运动，但他童年几乎所有时间都在围栏、围场、赛马场和竞技场度过。

他获得了加州州立理工大学圣路易斯奥比斯波分校的橄榄球奖学金，但并未加入橄榄球队，而是选择了竞技队，并赢得两次全国竞技锦标赛冠军。

1936年，他与自幼相识的帕特里夏·盖尔结婚。除妻子外，她与他共同生活，还有两个姐妹的孩子马蒂和劳里·罗伯茨，以及三个孙辈。

大学毕业后，罗伯茨先生努力寻找一份好工作。他曾是“赛马场”（Pigs in Cy Farms）的成员，在那里他全身心投入推广自己的马匹训练方法。

他与父亲的紧张关系从未得到解决。20世纪90年代，他将自己的名字正式改为马蒂。但最终，在父亲去世后，罗伯茨先生表示，他能够确保自己的童年不再重演。

“我没有成为我的父亲，”他在1997年的BBC纪录片中说道，“如果不是因为父亲对马匹的严苛处理方式，我可能不会如此专注于现在所做的事。在某种程度上，他通过将钟摆过度摆向暴力和恐惧，促使我寻找更好的方法。”

罗伯茨先生相信，基于信任的方法也能帮助问题儿童和患有创伤后应激障碍的退伍军人。他与一位心理治疗师合作，开发了一套关系建立课程，并在全国各地的学校推广。

即便年事已高，他仍坚持工作和教学，从未厌倦推动消除马匹训练中的暴力这一使命。

“通过观察马的行为和反应，我培养出了一种内在的感知力。”罗伯茨在自传中写道，“我相信马是在告诉我什么，而最重要的是，我学会了——除极少数例外——永远不要相信与马相关的人。

“他补充道：“骑手并非在欺骗，只是没有倾听。优秀的驯马师能听到马对他说话。而杰出的驯马师能听到马的低语。”

卡文斯基，50岁，电子流行金曲《Nightcall》音乐人

作者：乔纳森·沃尔夫

卡文斯基，法国电子音乐人兼DJ，以21世纪初的作品《Nightcall》闻名，于7月26日在巴黎的家中被发现死亡，享年50岁。

此外，他已将现场调查结果提交法庭。

巴黎检察官办公室上周表示，卡文斯基（本名文森特·贝洛热）在当局到达其住所时已无反应。检察官办公室称死因仍在调查中，并补充说急救人员在现场“未发现明显异常迹象”。

他的代表作《Nightcall》是与Cuy-Blanud及法国电子乐二人组Daft Punk的创始人之一居伊-马努埃尔·德霍曼-克里斯托合作完成。这首歌被用作2011年瑞恩·高斯林主演的电影《亡命驾驶》的片头曲，并在2021年电影《亡命驾驶》的片头序列中使用。该曲还被包括伦敦语法、Childish Gambino和凤凰乐队在内的多个乐团和艺术家翻唱或采样。

2024年，贝洛热先生在巴黎奥运会闭幕式上与凤凰乐队及比利时流行歌手安吉拉共同演绎了这首歌曲。法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙在个人社交媒体上发文悼念，称他是“法国骄傲的源泉”。

法国文化部长凯瑟琳·皮帕尔在广播节目中表示：“从电影《亡命驾驶》到巴黎奥运会，《Nightcall》在全世界引起了共鸣。他的音乐既迷人又怀旧，将继续跨越世代与家庭。”

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卡文斯基（本名文森特·贝洛热）于2012年。《Nightcall》曾用于2011年瑞恩·高斯林主演的电影《亡命驾驶》。

KAPAKAT——Groupers’ Thawels。

美国国家人事管理协会董事会（隶属于美国国家人事管理协会）下设多个分会、董事会、小组委员会及不同类别的工作人员。

罗伯特·C·钱伯斯 （纽约大学，1980） 查德·吉福德，1980；约翰·H·麦克莱伦 关节炎侦探

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家庭发现

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查德·吉福德，1980；约翰·H·麦克莱伦

关节炎侦探

专业董事

兄弟会

相关规定无法接受，包括《1970、1972年公共服务法》及《1970年国家安全法》和《1973年国家安全法》。《1970年安全法》是《1970和1973年法》的一部分。《1970年法》是《1970和1973年法》的一部分。《1970年法》是《1970和1973年法》的一部分。

德林斯—保— 我是《纽约时报》的成员，该报隶属于《1970年国家安全法》和《1973年国家安全法》的一部分。我是《纽约时报》的成员，该报隶属于《1970年国家安全法》和《1973年国家安全法》的一部分。我是《纽约时报》的成员，该报隶属于《1970年国家安全法》和《1973年国家安全法》的一部分。

塞缪尔·F·福克斯 总裁 总务部 办公室办公厅 美国，1967年9月

杰雷莫斯—杰罗姆— 我是《纽约时报》的成员，该报隶属于《1970年国家安全法》和《1973年国家安全法》的一部分。我是《纽约时报》的成员，该报隶属于《1970年国家安全法》和《1973年国家安全法》的一部分。

布罗斯

由她的主要负责人查尔斯·T·福克斯和I·J·福克斯创立的遗产。她的回忆录，1970年，以及1973年，育有子女。1970年10月、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年、1973年

斯特恩—萨特— 新泽西专业艺术中心（NUPAC）的全体员工和领导层荣获《1970年国家安全法》和《1973年国家安全法》奖项。

一位受1980年代电影和电子游戏启发的法国DJ

贝尔热在谈到他的首张完整专辑《Outfleur》（2013）时表示，这是一个生活在1980年代的少年，他驾车冲入一片红色森林后数十年重返，以一个数字化身份执行制作电子音乐的使命。

“我们非常相似，但可以说他比我更酷一些，”他告诉Fox。“这很有趣。我们达成了完美的平衡，除了他更冷静，但也更酷。也许他是我想成为的那个人，或者只是我创作音乐的一种方式。”

贝尔热兹于2021年发行了他的第二张也是最后一张录音室专辑《Reborn》，但他努力

无法重现《Nightcall》带来的成功。他在接受《NWE》杂志采访时谈到，这首歌如何影响了他之后的职业生涯。

“在《Nightcall》取得现代意义上的成功后，我当时并不真的想再录制音乐，”贝尔热兹说。“我感受到了一些压力。我害怕。我害怕想象这首歌成功后我的音乐会变成什么样子。”

在录制第二张专辑前的长时间停顿，他说，“让我呼吸到了更多新鲜空气。这让我有时间思考，也让人们能够稍微享受一下这首歌，这样当我准备好回归时，或许可以尝试一些新的东西。”

他告诉《NWE》，演出结束后，他再次找到了与合作者或朋友一起创作歌曲的乐趣。

“真是一种快乐，”他补充道。“那是我最美好的时光。”

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捕捉奥内特·科尔曼的自由爵士风格，以及其他影片。

3 电子游戏

半犬半植物，一位少年战士的最佳伙伴。

5 剧院

下一个登场： 一位前大都会队游击手将在百老汇献唱。

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The Cramps，一支开创性的迷幻摇滚乐队，于1977年在纽约演出。伊恩·麦凯和亨利·罗林斯这两位后来成为硬核音乐影响力人物的乐迷，正在帮助发行The Cramps未曾发布过的音乐。

复兴一支邪典乐队的档案

作者：马克·亚姆

1979年3月3日，一位名叫伊恩·麦凯的18岁滑板少年参加了他在朋克摇滚音乐会上的首秀，这是一场为乔治城大学广播电台WGTB举办的筹款演出，地点在该校的万国大厅。压轴出场的是The Cramps，这支迷幻摇滚乐队的先驱，将朋克、山地摇滚和冲浪音乐融为一体。

“我至今仍认为那场演出可能是我听过的最棒的演出之一，”现年64岁的麦凯在最近的一次电话采访中回忆道。

Cramps乐队激励了两位朋克传奇人物，他们希望为这些录音注入新生命

这场演出充满了欢乐——也极其混乱。“演出本身是一次宣泄性的爆发，桌椅被毁，窗户被打破，”麦凯伊说。“我相当确定那天晚上赚的钱都用来赔偿造成的16处损失了。”

两个半月后，麦凯伊和他最好的朋友亨利·罗林斯一起去了华盛顿的一家小型无舞台酒吧，观看Cramps乐队的另一场演出。与麦凯伊一样，罗林斯也被深深震撼。他回忆起乐队的散漫、放荡不羁的主唱在吧台上跳上跳下，还打破了天花板的瓷砖。“这在某种程度上毁了我，因为从那以后我去过无数场俱乐部演出，但没有一场能与无舞台的Cramps乐队相提并论，”43岁的罗林斯在从纳什维尔家中进行的视频通话中说。

罗林斯和麦凯伊至今仍是最好的朋友，他们至今仍在谈论那场演出。麦凯伊称这支乐队是他主要的影响来源：“当我看到Cramps乐队时，他们的很多歌曲都是用一根弦演奏的，我当时想，‘我也能做到。’”两人后来都成为极具影响力的地下音乐人，罗林斯作为南加州硬核乐队Black Flag的强势主唱，

真品？这是个大问题

纽约历史学会展览中的部分展品已被替换，因担心阳光损害

作者：罗宾·波格鲁宾

一条格罗弗·克利夫兰的竞选手帕。一件贝蒂·萨尔的装置艺术作品。一件手写字母的晚礼服，呼吁通过长期搁置的《平等权利修正案》。诺曼·罗克韦尔的海报。

这些都是纽约历史学会新“唐翼”美国民主展厅首展中的历史物品。该展厅耗资$175 million建成，被誉为博物馆的重要扩建项目，也是建筑师罗伯特·A·M·斯特恩职业生涯的标志性作品。

然而，展览开幕仅一个月，这些物品——其中多件在好评如潮的评论中被特别提及——已不再展出。

不过，它们看起来仍在展出。但仔细看就会发现。

墙上的标签悄悄注明，这件物品实际上是“复制品”，那件是“仿制品”。

这是因为直到展览——“民主的意义”——即将于6月16日开幕时，博物馆才充分意识到新画廊的窗户会将阳光洒在一些对光线极为敏感的艺术品上。

博物馆的第一反应是

阿丽亚娜·格兰德与隐私争议

这位流行巨星长期反对关于其体重的评论

作者：朱莉娅·雅各布斯

三年前，阿丽亚娜·格兰德在社交媒体上发布了一段视频，向粉丝传达了明确的信息。无论他们对她体重减轻有何想法，最好都保留在自己心里。

“与你们将我现在的身体与之比较的那个身体，是最不健康的版本，”她在回应拍摄电影《魔法坏女巫》期间照片引发的大量关切评论时说。她解释道，当她处于许多粉丝认为“健康”的体重时，她实际上正处于人生的“最低谷”。

“我想我们应该更温和，不要轻易评论他人的身体，无论是什么情况，”她继续说道。

此后几年，格兰德受到的关注更加密集。她凭借《魔法坏女巫》获得首个奥斯卡提名，两次主持《周六夜现场》，发行了一张广受好评的专辑，并在最近几个月开启了巡回演唱会。然而，周日，一位代表

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影像风格映照音乐风格

一部关于自由爵士先锋的非传统肖像、一所阿拉巴马州监狱的救赎故事，以及家庭电影。

流媒体平台上纪录片的激增让人难以选择观看内容。我们精选了三部值得怀疑的影片——经典、被忽视或成本较低的作品——它们将不负你的时间。

《成长：美国制造》（Growth: Made in America，1985）

可在Criterion Channel、New Film Collection和Oral.Reel平台观看。通过Miniature租借。这部由美国独立电影制作人雪莉·克拉克（《联系世界》、《肖像与互动》）执导的纪录片聚焦音乐家奥内特·科尔曼。影片记录了1985年科尔曼在家乡得克萨斯州沃思堡举办的一场音乐会，他与一支可能对自由爵士并不熟悉的管弦乐团合作，为当地的表演艺术场景揭幕。

《美国制造》在影像形式上映照了科尔曼的音乐风格，在时间和空间中自由跳跃。影片穿插了科尔曼童年（由德莫特·马歇尔和尤金·塔图姆分别饰演童年和少年的科尔曼，在街区漫步，与一群孩子“用低音提琴进行文化交流”）的学习场景和重现片段。克拉克担任剪辑，大胆尝试风格化手法。某一时刻，科尔曼的前妻——诗人杰恩·科尔弗——和儿子德纳多·科尔曼（同时也是他的鼓手和经纪人）的评论出现在一个卡通化的道具电视机内。科尔曼还与其他创意人士和爵士倡导者会面，我们看到他几乎在与威廉·S·巴勒斯进行朗读。在克拉克最戈达尔式的一次采访中，她将科尔曼的访谈与霓虹灯的原始镜头交叉剪辑，科尔曼谈及他最喜欢的商人——公共汽车设计师——的影响，他认为后者设计公交车的良好无人机的方法与他作曲的方式有相通之处。

影片还穿插了科尔曼其他演出片段，包括新旧作品，如40年代初的一场音乐会《云雀》（The Lark），一组在世界贸易中心的音乐家通过卫星与哈莱姆的音乐家互动。我们还能听到科尔曼有时用自己的嗓音发表见解，阐述他的哲学和关注点；他提到自己无法分辨女性对他是感兴趣于作为表演者还是个人，甚至描述过想要被阉割以避免这个问题。他解释了将下东区布林顿街上的一所戏剧学校改造成艺术家和科学家“多元表达中心”的计划。当时该地区尚未高档化；德纳多回忆起父亲在学校大楼内不到一年内两次遭到袭击。但《美国制造》整体上是一部欢乐的电影，一部致力于找到自身声音的纪录片（由著名摄影师艾德·拉赫曼拍摄）。

《逝去爱情的闪烁幽灵》（Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By，2021）

可在Criterion Channel观看。一位远房亲戚去世后，法国导演贝特朗·博内（1943年出生，曾与本尼·贝尔沃和伯努瓦·普瓦夫尔共同执导《蓝色比特犬》）继承了一批旧电影胶片。他开始放映这些胶片，惊讶地发现自己童年时与父亲在一起的画面。“我不记得父亲的温柔，但画面中他正在抚摸我的头发，”博内在《逝去爱情的闪烁幽灵》的画外音中解释道。这部古怪且常令人不安的伪纪录片正是源于这一发现。博内一直认为父亲是个冷漠的人：一位生物学家和狂热的猎人，对家庭漠不关心。“难道贝内特的印象是错的？”如果是这样，这些电影能否照亮他记忆中遗漏的部分？

![顶部图片：爵士音乐家奥内特·科尔曼，出现在1985年的纪录片《成长：美国制造》中。上方图片：《逝去爱情的闪烁幽灵》（2021）完全由人工镜头制作的影片。]

在《闪烁的幽灵》中，博内利用这批业余电影资料来进一步了解家族历史。他拥有一个得天独厚的优势，因为他的祖先对电影的热爱可以追溯到最初；博内表示，他的曾曾祖父莫里斯·埃普罗特（Maurice Epproth）是一名工程师，曾参加1895年3月23日伦敦为科学家举办的放映活动，甚至早于当年12月向公众展示电影放映机。博内略带讽刺地指出，埃普罗特似乎将对电影的热爱传给了后代（在某些情况下，还包括对性的过度关注）。博内的多位亲属曾从事电影或演艺行业。

博内对这些影像资料如何与他的记忆相符或产生冲突感到好奇。他发现的唯一一段母亲的影像中，她在笑——这在他的记忆中极为罕见。他并不倾向于美化所发现的内容。“说家族中并非所有人都参与了抵抗运动，这还算轻描淡写，”他说道，接着解释了他的一位名叫让-保罗的亲戚——一位终身未婚的“shutterfrog”——如何在维希政权时期支持该政权，以获取电影胶片，而战后，当通敌者被清算时，他又成了一个未能得到回报的女性的守护者。

博内自己收藏的部分影像资料中也蕴含着悲剧：在提到2006年去世的贝尔沃（Belvaux）时，博内评论道，虽然我们经常在电影中看到人们，但这种情况下的感受却截然不同。最终，在思考所有这些闪烁的幽灵时，博内得出了一些关于“被拍摄的”与“被记住的”为何不同的结论。

《阿拉巴马方案》（2020）

1985年发行的Straus-It，现可在Amazon、Again TV、Hooking及Google Play观看。

在这部由安德鲁·贾内斯基（《捕捉弗利克胡斯特》）和夏琳·考夫曼执导的纪录片开头，阿拉巴马州一所监狱中的梅尔文·雷（Melvin Ray）的一句话，道出了美国电影机构中罕见的现象：“8个州立机构中，公众或媒体能够进入的只有这一个。”他说道，“记者可以进入战区，却无法进入美国的监狱？我认为这是一种‘驱逐伞兵’的手段，而我——”

这是一种“驱逐伞兵”的手段，而我——

'放走一条鳟鱼，我也不会变成战区，但却不能进入美国的一所监狱？我觉得这是一种'放走一条鳟鱼的方式，我也不会变成战区，但却不能进入美国的一所监狱？我觉得这是一种'放走一条鳟鱼的方式，我也不会变成战区，但却不能进入美国的一所监狱？我觉得这是一种'放走一条鳟鱼的方式，我也不会变成战区，但却不能进入美国的一所监狱？我觉得这是一种'放走一条鳟鱼的方式，我也不会

半狗半植物？姑且配合吧

新视频游戏中的战士拥有一个以柴犬为原型的忠实伙伴。

作者：哈罗德·戈德堡

当 Keats Furushima 暂时停下自 1990 年以来公司参与制作的巴基斯坦游戏系列工作时，他开始构思一个“非常后酷儿、非常残酷”的未来日本。在这个世界中，一位失忆的年迈女战士将与一位朋友踏上最近的旅程，净化这个充满光明的世界。

Furushima 在 2005 年预测，这位朋友会有蹄子还是眼睛？

在做出这个决定后，他又有了另一个重要问题：猫还是狗？

现年 40 岁的 Furushima 在成长过程中养过两只猫，因此他知道猫“往往不太喜欢接受命令”，他在东京家中通过视频通话的翻译说道。于是，他选择了一种活泼独立但可训练的柴犬变体，这种犬种是他的一位近亲所养。

经过大量研究，他在公司内部征集新游戏创意时提交了自己的想法。周日，他的公司 Game Fresh 发布了《转生之夸耀》（Boast of Reincarnation），登陆 PC、PlayStation 3 和 Xbox Series X / S 平台。

这只以柴犬为灵感的伙伴最终变成了银灰色的 Koo，它同时也是部分狼和部分植物。Furushima 最初的乔治·史密斯设计中，Koo 的毛发上长出了小叶子。如今完全动画化后，威严的 拥有一条有时看起来“像直花榕的根和树干”的尾巴。其他时候，尾巴则呈现生机勃勃的绿色，当 与少女战士 Emma 产生共鸣时会发光。

在当地， 以其光芒四射的美丽和多样的魅力加入了电子游戏中狗伙伴的行列。自 1999 年该系列第三部作品发布以来，从《洛克人》中忠诚的红色机器狗 Rush 到新高度的演变。在《帕祖尔 3》（2009）中是一只蓝色牧羊犬，在《帕祖尔 4》（2015）中则是一只德国牧羊犬，它们可以叼回有用的物品并制服放射性幽灵。

伴随着令人满意的“咔嗒咔嗒”声， 的尾巴会向敌人发射类似种子的物体，这些种子来自红蜘蛛百合（一种红色蜘蛛状植物），能够释放非常强大的力量——包括菊花（kiku）、牵牛花（anagaya）和樱花（salaras）——为 的能力增添多样性。借助这些能力，他可以引导 Emma 3 (40) 进入被巨型雄鹿的巨大鹿角严重伤害的区域。或者，这些花朵能长出缠绕的根系，将怪物困住，让 Emma 更容易将其击飞。

Furushima 曾参与制作五款巴基斯坦游戏，其中的草系幻想生物（如两栖的 Bishikman Bear）也具有植物特性。但《转生之夸耀》的主题与“通通收集”类游戏截然不同，包括孤独与独处、失忆的负担以及世界末日的逼近。这些主题远比流行的“通通收集”游戏更为成熟。

Furushima 表示，游戏需要一只本地犬来强化 Emma 和 即使分开也能团结一致的理念。这种情况发生在监狱场景中， 被绿色根系缠绕的无性生物抓走并带走。

当 落地时，它的尾巴会散播红蜘蛛百合的种子，这种植物在日本文本中占有重要地位。这些剧毒的“地狱之花”以佛教中的“罗阇”仪式命名，既象征死亡，也象征重生。

游戏的叙事并未过多详述转生的过程，或是被连根拔起的环境故事。最终，Emma 开始回忆起与自己过去相关的事件。

Furushima 调整了一下眼镜，摸了摸下巴，对剧透持谨慎态度。他表示，首次研究关键点并思考故事意义的任务交给了玩家。“我们能看到关于转生意义的不同视角和观点，”他说道。

福鲁岛反思自己50岁时的时光，就像艾玛一样，希望能在不受外界影响的情况下揭示些什么。他选择了古典音乐，在课堂上演唱并继续，随后过渡到流行音乐。

当艾玛和库在《转生之夸》中看到一片手柄场景时，响起的音乐是“对艾玛和库共同度过的怪物与角色的一种呈现”。正是在这暴风雨前的宁静中，库显得平和而满足。

来自游戏《转生之夸》的图片，该游戏适用于PC、PlayStation 3和Xbox Series X / S平台。

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从替补球员到主角：前大都会球员的百老汇之路

作者：埃文·奥贝利姆

《纽约时报》

大约两个月前，当电话打来时，何塞·伊格莱西亚斯（José Iglesias）几乎不敢相信。百老汇的制作人正在邀请他——一位职业生涯中曾担任游击手和大联盟老将的球员——加入首部音乐剧《布埃纳文图拉社会俱乐部》的演出阵容。

“你们找对人了吗？”伊格莱西亚斯回忆起当时的问话。

“是的，我们知道在和谁说话，”电话那头的声音说，“你是何塞·伊格莱西亚斯，‘OBG’吗？”

伊格莱西亚斯的流行音乐才华在他还是一名球员时就已显露。就在两年前，他的歌曲《OBG》成为当时效力的纽约大都会队的热门应援曲。以艺名“Candelita”活动的伊格莱西亚斯曾在2024,6月的一场比赛后，在大都会队的花旗球场演唱了这首歌。

如今——距离伊格莱西亚斯上一次在大联盟出场已近一年——他将加入托尼奖获奖音乐剧《布埃纳文图拉社会俱乐部》，在为期六周的演出中担任旁白角色。他的首演将于8月25,在纽约杰拉尔德·舍雷尔中剧院举行。据制作方上月宣布，伊格莱西亚斯将成为首位在百老汇演出的拉丁裔美国职棒大联盟球员。

伊格莱西亚斯表示，自己在剧中将进行多少唱跳表演仍在商讨中，但他预计至少会演唱一首歌曲。该剧于2024.首演，讲述了他儿时在古巴就已熟知的故事，关于哈瓦那一支传奇音乐家团体。

伊格莱西亚斯称加入该剧的机会“梦幻般美好”。

“这个乐队背后有太多历史，太多美好的回忆，”伊格莱西亚斯说，“它带着纯正的古巴音乐走遍世界——我从小听着它长大。我父亲是它的忠实粉丝，能成为如此伟大音乐剧的一部分，简直是梦想成真。”

为伊格莱西亚斯伴奏的非裔古巴乐队曾获得2024,格莱美最佳音乐剧专辑奖，并在2025.获得托尼奖特别奖。该剧当年还斩获了四项托尼奖。

接下来是最艰难的部分：为音乐剧舞台做准备。伊格莱西亚斯起初坦言自己“非常非常紧张”。

“我失眠了，我不会撒谎，”伊格莱西亚斯说，“就像我们在季后赛面对王牌投手和强劲对手时的那种感觉，那种肾上腺素，那种能量——就是这种感觉。很艰难，但从好的方面来说很艰难。从极好的方面来说很艰难。”

伊格莱西亚斯迅速开始寻找教练帮助自己做准备。在戏剧中，“一切都要夸张”，他说，他希望呈现一场尊重粉丝和百老汇的表演。

《The Athletic》的布列塔尼·吉格斯（Brittany Ghiroli）参与了报道。

前游击手何塞·伊格莱西亚斯将以《布埃纳文图拉社会俱乐部》剧组成员的身份登上百老汇。

上图：何塞·伊格莱西亚斯在2024年国联分区系列赛中大都会队击败费城费城人队后庆祝。下图：《布埃纳文图拉社会俱乐部》剧组去年在托尼奖颁奖典礼上表演。

“在戏剧中，当你进行正常对话时，你会消失，所以你必须夸张每一个动作、每一句话、说话的方式以及背后的意图，”伊格莱西亚斯说，“我知道如何击打好球。我知道如何接住平飞球，并创造更少的失误。但我从未想过能做这么伟大的事。”伊格莱西亚斯认为自己看过的唯一一场百老汇演出是关于流行歌星迈克尔·杰克逊的《所有音乐剧》。但他很珍惜重返纽约的机会，在那里，他曾在一个赛季的比赛中留下深刻印记。

在2024,他和大都会队闯入了国联冠军系列赛，伊格莱西亚斯在常规赛的63场比赛中打出了22的打击率。

“在那座城市，或者说我的城市，发生的一切，是那么亲密无间，”伊格莱西亚斯回忆道，“那一年与‘OBG’和纽约大都会队的经历，每一位球员，都是完美的。是壮丽的。是真实的。

“他觉得‘OBG’并没有打开这扇门，”他继续说道。“我个人认为，‘OBG’本身就是这扇通往这样机会的门。”

对伊格莱西亚斯来说，现在判断他是否能在百老汇开启第二职业生涯还为时过早。他曾现场表演过自己的音乐，但他说，戏剧将是“完全不同的挑战”。

伊格莱西亚斯今年年初的愿望是，希望在八月下旬仍能在某个球队效力。上个休赛期未获签约的他自觉状态良好，且在2023年效力圣迭戈教士队期间过得很愉快。他已准备好再次以老将身份为球队贡献力量。

“当时我震惊了——我没有接到任何大联盟的电话，”现年36岁的伊格莱西亚斯说道，他去年为教士队出战了112场比赛。“但另一方面，我也感到非常幸运。

“我已经连续25年没有停止打棒球了，”他说。“这实际上是我第一次这么长时间不碰球。”

百老汇和棒球曾在其他时候有过交集。《但丁·特奥多罗》曾于1996年获得托尼奖最佳音乐剧奖，《带我出去》则在2002年获得最佳戏剧奖。名人堂成员库普在19世纪末的百老汇音乐剧《失控的汽车》中亮相，当时他仍在打棒球。

最近，独立棒球队萨凡纳香蕉队以打破传统规则的方式，让百老汇在最意想不到的地方变得更有意义。

伊格莱西亚斯希望其他球员能受到启发，去探索自己的才能。

“对棒球运动员来说，这是一个非常积极的时刻，”伊格莱西亚斯说。“他们也有梦想成为其他领域的人，因为我知道很多球员热爱音乐，热爱唱歌，热爱演奏乐器。但他们每天24小时、每周7天都在棒球场上。”

伊格莱西亚斯认为，新工作最难的部分可能是当昔日队友出现在第一排观众席时。一些人已经计划来观看他的演出，他觉得届时看到他们时会很激动。

“我确信我会在某个时候去看那场演出，”大都会队明星游击手弗朗西斯科·林多尔说。“会很有趣。我好久没见他了，很想念他，所以很期待。”

但百老汇对伊格莱西亚斯来说也将是情感的释放，因为这意味着他自己曲折旅程的意义。他17岁时为追求棒球梦想从古巴出逃，并于2008年与波士顿红袜队签约。

“我不是本国人，我离开了家人、当时的父亲、母亲，一切，那时我才17岁，”伊格莱西亚斯说。“偷渡到加拿大，计划加入古巴国家队，只是为了成为大联盟球员的梦想。然后我独自穿越了边境。

“当时我在美国一个人也不认识，”他补充道。“我不知道自己会在哪里过夜，而一年半后，我就在弗里威公园打蓝球了。”

伊格莱西亚斯在开玩笑，说起自己作为球员的名声——他并不是以强力击球手著称，因此才有“蓝球”的说法。但他在防守端表现出色。

“从哈瓦那到加拿大，从加拿大到美国，‘OBG’，再到百老汇，”伊格莱西亚斯说。“说起来容易，但我经历了太多。”

然而，这样的舞台他从未拥有过。“我热爱能量，热爱生活，”伊格莱西亚斯说。“我热爱以任何方式影响人们的生活。”

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10 & 14 最终多重

10 & 14 双音节词和14速密封罐

17 & 18 搜索引擎优化的乐趣

30 & 33 口袋身份证夹

36 & 38 简单服务？

33 & 34 一种温室气体的分段

36 & 38 人口稀少的非洲土地

37 & 39 带有爬虫的，例如

40 & 44 热爱工作的面团

42 & 46 斯塔巴克相对于亚哈船长

50 & 54 支撑计算机逻辑的基础

57 & 58 测试成员

1979年未尝败绩的N.C.A.A.一级篮球队

50 & 60 统计出席人数

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1 《巴特尔》的成员

1 可在里根、尼克松和福特任期内使用的成员

1 海伦·凯勒使用的工具（如图所示）

1 瓜纳巴拉湾的城市，肯塔基州

1 派拉蒙的前身，简称

1 “clock”的全押韵词

1 无法结清

1 高学位

1 与项目或和平搭配的词

16 诗歌中的“之前”

11 《威尼斯商人》中的斯蒂芬

14 赛道中的25个之一（英国）

13 演员泰瑞

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14 名字隐藏在此线索中的冬季阿拉伯部落

19 无法成为上级

20 苏格兰游戏中的粉红色目标

21 笨拙地

22 海岸人物？

23 易怒的菜肴凝胶

24 首次推出《刺猬索尼克》的公司

26 法律

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26 众所周知的浪费制造者

27 一些装饰艺术作品

28 “好吧，我得保住我的（震惊台词）

30 完全猜测

31 “进来吧”

32 我们的“coic”

35 佛罗伦萨到锡耶纳的方向

35 乔治·华盛顿厨师的一对（尽管他很少戴）

36 有许多部队的有线电视频道

42 2002年和2004年冬季奥运会举办地

43 巨大成功

44 演员麦克马伦和麦克沙恩

45 信使

46 凹雕

47 20世纪20年代百老汇的蟑螂情人

48 1944年电影中的48位枢机主教

49 可能被拉紧或弯曲的东西

50 钢笔字母？

51 音乐家小野洋子

52 弗吉尼亚州诺福克的学校

53 《汉密尔顿》明星——林-曼努埃尔·米兰达

54 场地管理员的土著名称？

55 当在末尾加上“a”时，成为其自身同义词的单词

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垃圾摇滚传奇乐队重启珍藏档案

麦凯是D.C.乐队Motor Throat和Pogass的创始人。

New Bollim和麦凯参与了重新发行The Cramps乐队旧作及发布此前未公开录音的工作。首先推出的专辑是《Gravest Gravy》，这是一张由Big Star乐队的亚历克斯·奇尔顿于1977年制作的The Cramps歌曲合辑，长期以来备受期待。该专辑将于8月21日通过The Cramps自有厂牌Vengnance Records重新发行，该厂牌已筹备多年。此外，乐队还计划发布罕见的现场演出视频，以及新的官方周边商品。

The Cramps乐队于1976,由Lux Interior（原名Erick Purkhiser）和他的妻子、吉他手Poison Ivy（原名Kristy Wallace）组建，两人在加州萨克拉门托州立大学读书时相识。1976,乐队在纳帕的一家精神病院为病人免费演出了第二场，1980年重新发行了《Songs the Lord Taught Us》，这是乐队在活跃期间发行的八张录音室专辑中的第一张。

Lux Interior有时会上身赤裸，穿着紧身橡胶裤和高跟鞋，而Poison Ivy则顶着一头早期的红色爆炸头，手持她标志性的橙色Gretch KGB半身吉他，他们是乐队中仅有的两位与众不同的成员。乐队发行了多首受B级片启发的单曲，如《Bikini Girls With Machine Guns》和《Googo Muck》。

“他们是收藏家，”曾于1980年至1983,担任The Cramps吉他手的Kid Congo Powers在视频采访中谈到这对夫妇时说，“他们是他们所热爱的文化的拟人化，包括B级片文化、摇滚abilly、迷幻唱片和各种古怪的东西。我们可以说‘俗气’，但我认为The Cramps会对最糟糕的‘俗气’嗤之以鼻，因为那只是他们热爱的东西。”

The Cramps的故事在2009年戛然而止，Lux Interior因心脏病突发去世，享年62。作为当时的小众乐队，他们在2022年迎来了全新的听众群体，当时邦妮·库克和The Gaylads翻唱的《Goo Goo Muck》在Netflix剧集《星期三》的舞蹈场景中被使用。

“当时的重磅消息是，这是《Psychedelic Jungle》专辑的首支单曲，我们当时想，‘这会是一首热门单曲，’”曾参与1980年代早期录制的Powers说，“但结果并非如此。然而，40、50年后，它成了一首重要的热门歌曲。”

自Lux Interior去世后，仍居住在加州格伦代尔他们共同住所的Poison Ivy一直未公开发声。“她非常内敛，一直在修习超觉静坐，”执导过多部The Cramps音乐视频的制片人丹尼·麦肯说，他是这对夫妇数十年的朋友，“而且她非常害羞。”

与此同时，Poison Ivy并未打理The Cramps的业务事宜。“她让自己控制的所有唱片——也就是大部分旧作——绝版了，”In the Red Records的所有者兼运营者拉里·哈迪在采访中说，他是乐队的另一位长期朋友，“她没有周边商品的授权协议。她没有从乐队赚钱。作为The Cramps Inc.的一员，我知道有很多致敬作品正在涌现。”

去年，哈迪和麦肯成功说服她合作成立了一家新公司The Cramps Inc.，并重启了乐队的Vengnance厂牌。哈迪和麦肯负责处理所有后勤工作，而Poison Ivy则是主要受益人。这位音乐人打算将部分收益用于录音或交易给麦肯。（The Cramps Inc.的新闻代表表示，Poison Ivy仍不接受采访。）

“这些歌曲是如何 逃过第十批解谜者—— 盗版者—— 和像我这样的歌迷之手的？”

亨利·威廉 升级The Cramps的磁带

毒荆棘（Poison Ivy）一直将乐队的内部录音带存放在她的身体里，直到哈迪（Hardy）提出要求。她同意让他拿走这批收藏，哈迪发现其中包含了《最阴森的肉汁》（Gravest Gravy）的录音带。“一旦我意识到我们拥有什么，我简直是‘所有人都会为之疯狂’，”哈迪说。他表示，The Cramps一直在努力整理《最阴森的肉汁》，但卢克斯·因特里尔（Lux Interior）去世后，项目便被搁置了。

哈迪将所有录音带交给了他的朋友博利姆（Bollim），一位自称“收藏卡片”的人，他在纳什维尔的住所拥有一个气候控制的储存设施，并请他从《最阴森的肉汁》的多个版本中挑选出最佳版本。博利姆的第一反应是：“这些歌曲是怎么逃过第九骑士——盗版者——和像我这样的粉丝的耳目的？”其中的亮点包括保罗·布朗（Paul Brown）与罗杰斯（Rodgers）为"financing Children"演奏的管风琴版《饥饿》（Hungry）翻唱。

经过几次故障排查，博利姆将混音和他的母亲一起寄给了麦凯（MacKaye），他更信任自己儿子的品味。“我说，‘告诉我，我是否在自嗨，还是这些才是真正的精华，’”博利姆——

上图：卢克斯·因特里尔（左）和毒荆棘（右）与他们的乐队The Cramps于1977年的合影。这对夫妇在加州萨克拉门托州立大学读书时相识。卢克斯·因特里尔于2000年去世。

——说道。“而他回复，‘不，这些显然才是真正的精华，’”麦凯是独立厂牌Decherd Records的创始人兼所有者，他对其中两首曲目进行了均衡和电平调整，并确定了罗杰斯的曲目顺序。

博利姆和麦凯都没有因此获得报酬。“我只是觉得，‘哇，这是多么珍贵的礼物？能够（a）如此亲密地接触他们的音乐，（b）与亨利一起完成一个项目，他是我最好的朋友，’”麦凯说。

“我没有任何经济动机，”博利姆说，“我只想为这支带我进入音乐世界的乐队做正确的事。”他补充道，希望确保“毒荆棘，75岁，‘余生能够幸福、健康、衣食无忧且平静’。”

《最阴森的肉汁》的发行带着苦乐参半的情绪。参与录制的另外两名The Cramps成员——吉他手布莱恩·格雷戈里（Bryan Gregory）和鼓手尼克·诺克斯（Nick Knox）——分别于2010年和2018年去世。奇尔顿（Chilton）在卢克斯·因特里尔去世一年后离世，而乐队的形象设计师兼唱片封面摄影师斯蒂芬妮·切罗科夫斯基（Stephanie Cherokowski）也于今年4月去世。

“当我看着那张专辑封面，拍摄照片的人已经不在了，而乐队成员——除了一个人——也都离开了我们，这感觉有点疯狂，”哈迪说。

“你知道，我们都不再年轻——”他补充道，“所以这也是我为什么会说，‘让我们尽可能多地发布作品吧。我希望在自己离开之前，能看到这些东西问世。’”

阿丽安娜·格兰德与隐私争议

格兰德的代表表示，她将很快暂别公众生活，理由是“突如其来且持续的隐私审视”。

这一声明似乎旨在平息自2023年以来愈演愈烈的关于格兰德外貌的网络讨论浪潮。

围绕格兰德的讨论往往在社交媒体帖子、狗仔照片、粉丝剪辑的视频片段及音乐视频发布后迅速发酵，交织着关切与猜测，粉丝和观察者争论饮食文化、隐私及长期以来对天生明星身材的关注。

“一方面，确实有很多关心和信任，”研究音乐粉丝文化的学者露西·伯内特（Lucy Burnett）表示，“但或许这种集体效应已令最终目的被淹没，讨论重心不再是音乐。”

格兰德今夏在全美巡演，但鲜少回应2023年以来关于其体重减轻的担忧。不过，其代表在声明中间接提及此事，称这位歌手期待“以健康快乐的状态完成巡演，为它画上‘high seas’的句号”。格兰德的代表拒绝进一步置评。

周一在芝加哥的演唱会上，格兰德在台上以书面发言的形式回应了这一决定，称这并非消极之举，而是她思考已久的选择。

“很多事情可以同时成立，”格兰德对台下粉丝说，“是的，需要设定界限。真正重要的事情有时也需要暂停。同时，这仍将是、并将继续是我职业生涯中最美好的经历。”

在粉丝无孔不入的时代，从青少年电视演员转型为流行巨星的格兰德，远非首位对公众过度介入感到不满的名人。

次日清晨约4点30分，一名女性在被一名高喊“注意健康”的质疑者打断后情绪激动地回应道：

“我很健康，甚至不该解释这点。‘让我感到不健康、将我置于危险境地的，正是这种审视本身。’”

近年来，名人们纷纷为其日益狂热的粉丝设定界限。杜阿·利帕（Dua Lipa）曾直言：“我甚至不认识你。”而查普尔·罗兹（Chappell Roan）则激烈抨击“令人毛骨悚然”的粉丝行为。两位歌手在冒犯部分助力其成功的粉丝后，均遭遇了强烈反弹。

《Vox》高级文化记者康斯坦斯·格雷迪（Constance Grady）表示，粉丝似乎受到“解放小甜甜”（Free Britney）运动的影响——甚至感到被赋予了权力。在小甜甜布兰妮·斯皮尔斯（Britney Spears）的粉丝对其长期监管其生活和财务的监护权发出警告后，斯皮尔斯公开反对这一安排，法官最终终止了该监护权。这位歌手在2023年感谢了粉丝们的支持，但随后又呼吁给予更多隐私。

格雷迪说，这一事件在部分超级粉丝中产生了一种错觉：“我表达对偶像的爱，部分方式就是关心他们的健康与安全，并以此为由进行过度关怀。”

“这种诱人的可能性在于，”她补充道，“也许你并非仅仅在侵犯隐私，而是在‘关心’。”

![阿丽安娜·格兰德将“暂停公开工作和露面”，其代表称原因是“突如其来且持续的公众审视”。右图为布兰妮·斯皮尔斯（穿着罗马服装）在2023年感谢粉丝帮助结束其屈辱性监护权，但随后又呼吁给予更多隐私。]

对斯皮尔斯的担忧并未随着她职业生涯的停滞而结束。2023年，在歌手发布了一段自己拿着看似厨房刀具跳舞的视频后，粉丝们报警要求检查她的情况。斯皮尔斯经常安抚她的粉丝并澄清那些是道具；最近，在当局在一次交通拦截中发现了未处方的 Adderall 和一个空的药瓶后，她承认了涉及酒精和药物的危险驾驶行为。

多年来，Grande 的粉丝们（已持续 15 年）一直抓住他们能挖掘的任何细节，例如她的新生活（与另一位《Widow》演员 Ethan Slater 的关系；这提供了充足的讨论空间）。但她的外貌长期以来一直是一个特别敏感的话题。

为她设立的一个频道的规则规定，任何关于减肥等主题的帖子都将被版主删除。有些人认为这种讨论只会对她造成伤害，并指出她在一次体力消耗巨大的巡演中表现足够健康，能够提供强有力的演出。另一些人则认为这是一个不应被完全忽视的主题，特别是由于 Grande 是一位有影响力的公众人物，是许多人士和青少年女孩的偶像。

“我不知道界限在哪里，”Megan

Mansell 最近在她的播客《The Dogs Broadhers!》中说道，“我想尊重一个人的隐私，但我也需要承认数百万人所看到的内容所产生的文化影响。”

Grande 上周成功首发的最新专辑《Pride》中的歌词，被一些人解读为她在努力应对与部分粉丝群体之间紧张的关系。

“你们自愿把心交给我，这真的是我的错吗？我不这么认为，”她在专辑的主打单曲《Now That I Made You Love Me》中唱道。

专辑同名曲的一段好莱坞复古主题音乐视频显示，Grande（1974 年出生）饰演一个被一群男人反复评价为“不够好”的角色。随后该角色用一条链条将他们全部杀掉。

关于 Grande 在 9 月巡演结束后将暂时减少公开生活的消息，得到了粉丝们大量善意的回应，其中许多人支持她优先考虑自己福祉的选择，即使这意味着内容会减少三到*。这位职业生涯一直处于顶峰的第 4 位名人并非没有受到直接影响。

随着这一决定，周日宣布她将不再与 Jonathan Bailey 共同出演 Stephen Sondheim 的舞台剧《Sunday in the Park With George》，该剧计划于 2024 年在伦敦开演。目前尚不清楚她将如何参与《Pocket to Law》的全面发行，这是《Meet the Parents》的续集，她在片中与 Ben Stiller 和 Robert De Niro 共同出演。

在 2024 年《Wicked?》宣传巡演期间的一次采访中，当被问及如何应对社会的审美标准时，Grande 变得情绪激动，表示自 17 岁起，她就觉得自己像“小玻璃瓶里的标本”。

“我知道那种噪音带来的压力是什么感觉，”她说，“这种声音在我 17 岁起就一直伴随我的生活，而我不再接纳它。它是不受欢迎的。”

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将大窗户上的黑色遮光帘拉低。但当博物馆（原纽约历史学会）馆长 Louise Mirror 意识到这在多大程度上破坏了该翼楼高耸的建筑风格时，她决定将遮光帘重新拉起。

“我觉得这是对建筑师最终博物馆项目的不尊重，”Mirror 在一次采访中说，“我们必须找到一种既能兼顾建筑风格又能兼顾展览叙事的方法——而我们做到了。”

因此，为了保护脆弱的作品，博物馆将其中 17 件替换为复制品，并移除了另一件。

以下为忠实中文翻译：

在某个例子中，萨尔的三维装置作品《非常时期需要非常恐怖》——墙标签描述其为一个“成熟推车角落”，上方木板放置一支突击步枪，顶部则是一个时钟——被替换为该作品的简单数码照片。

近日，在《纽约时报》就展览中复制品普遍存在的问题提出质询后，博物馆表示将移除这张照片，因其未能充分呈现萨尔的装置作品。

这些变动可能大多数参观并欣赏展览的观众并未注意到。例如，博物馆数码打印机制作的罗克韦尔《“购买战争债券”》海报复制品，看起来与被替换的原作极为相似。

但博物馆——尤其是艺术博物馆而非记录历史的机构——长期以来一直将自身宣传为观众接触真品的场所。参观者会在卢浮宫排长队只为看一幅《蒙娜丽莎》的复制品吗？

“何为真实？观众的期待是什么？这些期待是否随着更年轻一代的成长而变化，他们往往先通过数字或复制品体验事物？”美国博物馆联盟董事会主席德文·阿克曼在采访中表示，“在一个人工智能等技术日益普及的世界里，人们是否仍希望看到他们心目中的真品？这是一个许多博物馆和学者正在努力探讨的有趣问题。”

诚然，在艺术市场中，真实性至关重要。一幅被认为由雷弗斯塔特助手所作的画作，一旦被重新归属于大师本人，其价格可能飙升数百万美元。在这种情况下，真实性不仅关乎视觉美学和观众期待，更是财务价值的根本基础。

非裔与美利坚 纽约历史博物馆联结事务进一步总监，63

格哈德·施兰茨基是该博物馆的一名19年资深员工，曾参与“民主”展览的筹备工作，并于上月辞去创意总监及展览总监职务。他与多名现任及前任博物馆员工均对这些变动表示失望。

“你来这里是为了看真品，”他说，“否则人们可能只会在家用设备上浏览。”

除萨尔的作品外，展览中被移除的另外两件展品包括：平等权利修正案礼服（民主党纽约国会议员卡罗琳·R·马洛尼于2021年大都会艺术博物馆慈善晚宴上穿着），以及艺术家奥莱克为纪念2017年华盛顿妇女大游行而创作的钩针粉色迷彩人体模型。

在被记者告知其作品已被移除后，使用“they / them”代词的奥莱克从波兰发来WhatsApp消息称：“它现在安全地存放起来了。但这不是艺术的初衷。”

霍兰·卡顿在《纽约时报》对“民主的意义”展览的评论中，特别提到了新展厅的“主展览空间——高挑、采光充足”，并着重点出了萨尔的作品。

上图为纽约历史博物馆新展厅“民主的意义”展览现场。左侧为目前展出的诺曼·罗克韦尔海报复制品。

右下图为民主党纽约国会议员卡罗琳·R·马洛尼穿着的礼服。该展品已被移除，但左下图墙标签上仍可见其小幅图像。

施兰茨基（Schlanzky）表示，他最近重返展览现场，发现许多展品被替换或移除，感到非常失望。“这简直把展览的生命力抽走了，”他说，“尤其是贝蒂·萨尔（Betye Saar）的作品——看到如此立体、鲜活的作品被简化成一个不太好的复制品，实在令人难过。”

这尤其令人痛心。施兰茨基指出，萨尔刚于7月28日去世。

萨尔的一位女儿在采访中表示，尽管听到这一情况“略感失望”，但她“愿意相信博物馆这样做是出于保护艺术品的考虑”。

“很遗憾，”她说，“但你走过走廊，就能看到我母亲那些精美的娃娃展览。”（为庆祝萨尔百岁诞辰，博物馆正在另一个展厅展出艺术家的黑人娃娃藏品——这批藏品已被承诺捐赠给博物馆。）

施兰茨基表示，米勒（Mirror）早就意识到光线问题的挑战。“对话一直明确表示，如果要在这个空间举办展览，窗户必须遮盖，”他说，“如果知道窗帘会被拉开，我们绝不会提议展出对光线敏感的作品。”

米勒则表示，由于忙于为这项耗资$175 million的项目筹款，她事先未能充分关注光线问题。她说，她的首要任务是实现斯特恩（Stern）“打造一个宏伟、开阔的空间，吸引城市参与”的愿景。

展览策展人伍迪·努塔尼·E·比斯蒙斯（Woody Nutani E. Bismons）上月已离开博物馆。她表示自己“对米勒决定拉开窗帘并用复制品替换对光线敏感的展品一无所知，也未事先获悉”。“我有文件证明这一决定是在我离职后做出的，”比斯蒙斯在电子邮件中写道。

常在纽约历史学会担任演讲嘉宾的历史学家戴维·斯梅恩（David Smaine）表示，真实性并非欣赏和学习历史文物的必要条件。

“当我们参观葛底斯堡战场或林肯纪念堂时，无法完全像当时的人那样看到它们，”他说，“画作会变脏，建筑会老化。”

“一个我们明知是复制品，却能捕捉原件精髓的展品——这是次优选择，”他补充道，“如果我们只能从原件中学习，那么历史学家将无所适从，历史也将失传。”

约翰·沃德（JOHN WARD），《纽约时报》

约翰·沃德（JOHN WARD），《纽约时报》

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6 穷人的世界

为炎炎夏日的人群解渴。作者：埃里克·阿西莫夫（ERIC ASIMOV）

6 电视回顾

埃默里尔·拉加斯（Emeril Lagasse）的“Bam！”回来了。作者：金·杰维森（KIM JEVISSON）

8 极限美食

完美的培根生菜番茄三明治？远不止一种。作者：J·J·古德（J. J. GOODE）

8 烹饪技巧

别将就于平庸的意大利面沙拉。作者：克莱尔·JL·索尔（CLARE JL SOER）

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《纽约时报》

2020年8月5日，星期三

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在19世纪70年代中期于马萨诸塞州普罗温斯敦发现自己的使命后，安东尼·波登开始在纽约市担任厨师，之后成为作家和媒体明星。

每次都充分利用新鲜番茄

即使是最美味的番茄， 其风味也能轻松提升。 这里有七种方法。

作者：ALI McAGLE

番茄不需要更多宣传， 这正是我想写下如何改善它们的原因。

每月比一年更频繁，这位前 任分享了七种升级常见食材和菜肴的方法。有时，这是一个赞美罐头金枪鱼和西葫芦等被忽视食材的空间。其他时候，它确保心爱的食物不负期望； 今晚的三文鱼如丝般顺滑，意大利面沙拉生机勃勃，番茄如你所愿般令人满足。

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《纽约时报》摄影：WHAT LONG FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES PHONETICALLY WOMEN'S PEOPLE

然而，新鲜番茄对我来说是最令人困惑的食材之一，作为一名专业食谱策划者。（“对避开番茄的人，我看见你了。”）虽然我渴望它们的酸甜汁液，但番茄的风味可能难以预测。它们可能平淡、苦涩，甚至甜如过熟的草莓。很难知道你买到的是哪种，直到带回家，并决定使用它。但在为《纽约时报》美食版创作约40道以新鲜番茄为特色的食谱过程中，我逐渐依赖某些技巧来提升它们的品质。这七条建议让每一口都更加美味。请仔细阅读，然后回去尽情享用你的番茄。

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考虑它们的大小

说到番茄，大小很重要，包括购买和切割的大小。像樱桃、葡萄或小蘑菇般大小的番茄会更持续地甜，因为它们的空间较小，水分不易稀释汁液。它们还具有更高的果皮与果肉比例，有助于在烹饪或腌制时保持形状。如果将较大的番茄切成樱桃番茄大小的块，它们容易变得浑浊。但保持切块较大——比如1至2英寸的块或厚楔形——它们会保持完整，这样你可以将汁液留在盘中，而不是碗里。

用柠檬增强酸度

虽然番茄常搭配醋，但不妨改用柠檬汁。这种更温和的酸能增强番茄的明亮感，而不会过于突出自身，这意味着番茄的本质仍是焦点。

与其他水果搭配

虽然番茄常被用作蔬菜，但也可用于水果应用。（从历史上看，番茄是一种水果。）可以将其视为双赢局面：桃子、石榴和甜瓜能凸显番茄的甜味，而番茄的酸度则为它们增添一丝魔力。

添加乳制品

番茄与乳制品的结合威力无穷。当它们的酸与脂肪、甜与酸相遇时，效果惊人。无论是更新鲜的马苏里拉、里科塔和布里奶酪，还是更成熟的波特萨卢特和切达干酪，两者都能完美平衡，潜力无限。

搭配辣椒酥

辣椒酥的油腻、酥脆和辛辣特性与番茄的酸甜多汁形成丰富对比。将切好的番茄加盐，让汁液流入碗中或盘中，然后淋上辣椒酥。番茄下方积聚的液体将是辛辣汁液与火辣油的混合物。你会想要舔尽每一滴。

磨碎它们

“我的同事特贾尔·拉奥在2021年写道：‘将番茄磨碎不知为何能凸显其所有美味。’不妨试试将一个大而熟的番茄从中间对半切开，像汉堡面包一样。然后，将切面在几个擦菜板的大孔上来回刮擦，磨入碗中。啜饮收集到的汁液。如果这还不能让你兴奋，不妨加点盐，或者加一点糖或柠檬汁，直到满意为止。然后舀在烤面包、酸奶、意大利面等食物上享用。

低温慢烤

番茄含有大量水分，而水本身并没有太多味道。去除这些水分后，你会得到更加鲜美、细腻的番茄。当你用大量黄油或油低温慢烤番茄时，水分会蒸发，番茄的风味会浓缩。低温意味着果实中的糖分不会烧焦，反而会焦糖化，甚至在某些地方变得像糖果一样黏稠。

番茄与桃子沙拉配打发山羊奶酪

作者：阿莱娜·韦伯尔

时间：13分钟

分量：4人份

• 2汤匙特级初榨橄榄油
• 1汤匙雪利醋
• 1汤匙整粒芥末，最好是Maile品牌
• ½茶匙新鲜柠檬皮，另加2茶匙柠檬汁
• 科歇尔盐和黑胡椒
• ¼个小红洋葱，切成极薄片
• 4盎司软山羊奶酪或羊乳酪
• 6汤匙浓奶油
• 2个大型传统番茄（总重约14盎司），去蒂并切成1英寸楔形
• 2个中等大小的桃子（约12盎司），对半切开去核，切成¼英寸楔形
• 1杯紧实的欧芹、马齿苋或豆瓣菜碎（可选）

1. 在一个大碗中，将橄榄油、醋、芥末和柠檬汁搅拌均匀。加入大量盐和胡椒调味，搅入红洋葱，静置备用。

2. 将山羊奶酪弄碎放入食品加工机的碗中，搅打至绵滑，根据需要刮下碗壁，1. 至2分钟。加入浓奶油和柠檬皮，继续搅打至蓬松，2. 约1分钟，并根据需要刮碗。转移至碗中，根据口味加盐调味。

3. 用勺背将打发的山羊奶酪均匀涂抹在大浅盘或浅碗中。将番茄楔形、桃子楔形和欧芹加入调味汁中拌匀。根据口味加盐和胡椒调味。放在打发的山羊奶酪上，立即上桌。

番茄沙拉

作者：阿洛纳莱兹

时间：13分钟

分量：4人份

• 1½汤匙切碎的青葱或红洋葱
• 半个柠檬的汁（1½汤匙）
• 1½至2磅成熟番茄（如3个大番茄或2品脱）
• 盐
• 2汤匙特级初榨橄榄油
• 20片罗勒叶，如过大则撕碎

1. 在一个大碗中，将青葱和柠檬汁搅拌均匀。静置一边，同时切番茄。

2. 将番茄切成薄片，边切边加入碗中。加入大量盐搅拌均匀。轻轻搅入橄榄油，然后加入罗勒。根据口味加盐调味。立即食用，或静置并偶尔搅拌，最多可放置30分钟。

番茄-奶酪吐司

作者：阿洛纳莱兹

分量：4片吐司

• 2个成熟的中等大小番茄，切成薄片
• 盐
• ¼杯蛋黄酱
• ¼紧实杯（2盎司）磨碎的特级切达干酪
• 4片硬皮面包

1. 将番茄片摆放在盘子上，撒上盐。将蛋黄酱、切达干酪和少许盐搅拌均匀。

2. 按喜好烤制面包。面包刚烤好且热气腾腾时，涂上奶酪蛋黄酱。（多余的蛋黄酱可在冰箱中保存最多2周。）放上番茄片，尽情享用。

番茄黄油意面

作者：ALONALEZ

耗时：13分钟

分量：4人份

粗盐

• 1磅各类有棱或波纹意面（如candapyl或rigatoni），或长面（如fettuccine）

• 2磅大个成熟番茄（约2至3个），横向对半切开

• 4汤匙冷的无盐黄油

• 1瓣大蒜，去皮

• ½茶匙红辣椒片，另备些许供食用

黑胡椒

撕碎的罗勒叶，供食用（可选） 磨碎的帕尔玛干酪，供食用

1. 将一大锅盐水煮沸。

加入意面，按包装说明煮至al dente。留出1杯意面煮水，然后沥干意面。

2. 同时，用盒式擦丝器的大孔，将番茄切面擦入大碗中。丢弃或堆肥番茄皮。将黄油也擦入碗中。用盒式擦丝器的小孔将蒜瓣擦入碗中。加入红辣椒片，并大量加盐调味。冷藏至使用。

3. 将沥干的意面倒回锅中，加入碗中的番茄和黄油混合物。置于中高火上，不断搅拌，直至混合物略微浓稠并包裹意面，约2至3分钟（酱汁放置后会变稠）。根据需要加入意面煮水使酱汁乳化。用盐和胡椒调味。根据口味加入更多红辣椒片、黑胡椒、罗勒和帕尔玛干酪。

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新闻与推荐

饮食指南 / 卢克·福特尼

重口味拉丁风热狗

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忘掉番茄酱和芥末吧。 在纽约的这些地方， 配料已经玩出了新高度。

这个（非官方的）夏天只剩1个值得期待的理由——而我在今年的热狗摄入量上严重滞后。仿佛看穿了我的心思，朋友科利上周大声提议，带我去杰克逊高地品尝他儿时最爱的一道菜：哥伦比亚热狗。

上面都有什么？几乎无所不包！除了菠萝块和“粉色酱”（用番茄酱和蛋黄酱调制）之外，你还能看到煮老的4个鹌鹑蛋和碾碎的袋底薯片。这些perros calientes是哥伦比亚献给世界的礼物。任何会说西班牙语的人都会告诉你，这只是拉丁美洲热狗的冰山一角。

我可不想听到任何关于热狗或面包质量的吐槽。1.关键在于层次丰富的口感，2.心满意足的饱腹感，当然还有3.堆积如山的配料，它们经过精心搭配，层层叠加，让你不禁怀疑：下面真的有热狗吗？让我们一起去探个究竟。

热狗还是鸡蛋？

我的探索始于皇后区杰克逊高地的La Portada de Chula。我点了哥伦比亚的“perros calomino con todo”——意为“应有尽有”，他们确实做到了。哥伦比亚的“perro fibrosiano”是一种简单的热狗，先在水中快速煮沸（有些哥伦比亚人会用可口可乐），然后迅速被一两种热酱料覆盖，包括番茄酱、蛋黄酱和顺滑的菠萝莎莎酱。如果你喜欢“perro fibrosiano”，你一定会爱上“ on salsa mora”。它使用了许多相同的配料，但关键加入了酸甜的黑莓酱，能直接穿透层层盐分、糖分、薯片和卷曲的蒙特里奶酪。

在几个街区以南的艾姆赫斯特的Prentice（自2006年起营业），你可以找到另一种哥伦比亚热狗的变体。我点了三个热狗——我当时在想什么？——立刻被铺天盖地的配料所折服。墨西哥风味的“ Mexicano”被埋在烟熏辣椒酱、新鲜番茄洋葱酱和培根下。而“ fibrosiano”则被浓稠如糊的菠萝酱所覆盖。需要说明的是，所有热狗都附带一个鹌鹑蛋，被挤在面包两端，像玩具气球的尾巴。用加入当地哥伦比亚水果（如酸甜的树番茄和酸爽的卢洛果）调味的培根汁送下肚，别有一番风味。

没有豆子，没有墨西哥面包卷，无需担心

墨西哥瓦哈卡州的电影包装热狗是一种建筑奇观，用清晰的墨西哥面包卷搭配斑豆、块状番茄和一大堆配料，堪称完美。但在纽约，丰盛热狗已成为我们的烹饪追求目标。每隔几年，Reddit上就会有人声称见过它，但等你赶到时，它早已销声匿迹。 今年夏天，我终于在哈莱姆Shake这家我从未想过会去的地方找到了它。这家汉堡连锁店在2012年推出了“bonanza hot dog”，如今它作为季节性特色菜回归（两家门店均供应至9月）。它并非正宗版本——墨西哥面包卷被普通热狗面包取代，经典配料墨西哥辣椒酱也换成了烟熏辣椒蛋黄酱。但核心理念依然存在：热狗被酥脆的炸培根包裹，并涂上烟熏樱桃辣椒酱。喜欢索诺玛热狗很容易，但要把它塞进嘴里？可没那么简单。

称它们为高级热狗

这位名叫 Dike 的厨师一生中大部分时间都在制作热狗。在委内瑞拉中部的特奥波斯特罗莫，他骑着车在城里兜售配有碎薯片的 perros calomino。移居纽约后，他在杰克逊高地的 Hot Dog Maracay 热狗摊将他的热狗带到了这里。这个位于 Rite Aid 停车场的流动摊位每晚至少营业到凌晨 2 点。他的经验之谈是：当我在那里时，他坚持一次只做一个热狗，要求我吃完一个才做下一个，这样两个热狗不会塌陷。当他递给我一个经典款热狗，上面堆满玉米、卷心菜和一层厚厚的切达奶酪碎时，一切都说得通了。

委内瑞拉热狗是否天生就是夜宵？在最近一次造访布鲁克林布什维克的潜水酒吧 Santa Salsa 后，我开始这么认为。每天从晚上 12 点到凌晨 4 点，你会看到滑板客和 DJ 们努力将嘴巴塞进裹着黑豆、杂货和切碎牛排的热狗。我通常在夜宵时间去那里，但上周我也很喜欢那里的午餐。透过沉重的锚形窗户，我欣赏着芥末、番茄酱、绿色鳄梨酱和一团团油炸奶酪，所有这些都在阳光下闪闪发光。更有趣的是：当我把热狗举到嘴边时，面包在它们的集体重量下像吊床一样下垂。

La Portada de Chula：83-12 Northern Boulevard（83 街）

Prentice：10-25 Cherry Street（罗斯福大道）

Harlem Shake：110 Fifth Avenue（达林广场），以及 110 West 124th Street（麦迪逊大道）

Hot Dog Maracay：85-18 Northern Boulevard（85 街）

Santa Salsa：234 East Street（Nyckoff 大道）

菜单之外 / 弗洛伦斯·法布里坎特

德比俱乐部的羊排，带有对已故 Heavy's 酒吧的致敬。

开业

● 德比俱乐部

悼念：Heavy's——一家在中城东区经营了 57 年的爱尔兰酒吧，两年前歇业。如今，由两位餐饮业者克里斯·科拉和克雷格·海恩斯接手，厨师兼合伙人埃德·科顿掌厨。该店将于 8 月 19. 全面开放，目前下午提供预约，仅接受两人桌。原有的木质酒吧和铺有红色方格地砖的雅座餐厅保留了复古元素，包括一扇来自原沃尔多夫大道的屏风。菜单上也延续了 Heavy's 的风格，提供烟熏迪亚诺香肠、鸡肉波克球、开胃蛤蜊和配有 Heavy's 薄荷果冻的羊排。 东 57 街 212 号，电话 212-470-1383, derbyclubny.com。

● LIBA

这家位于威廉斯堡威廉·韦尔酒店的室内外空间，如今变身为特拉维夫的分店。由以色列裔主厨马亚安·格拉斯担任烹饪总监，与拥有 53 把椅子餐厅（位于凯利和布鲁克林）的长期团队合作。食物严格遵循犹太教规——他称之为“新犹太教规”——餐厅周五和周六歇业。砖窑烤制面包和多道主菜。腌制蔬菜和 brils（这里是金枪鱼塔，而在多米尼加则是金枪鱼塔塔）是开胃菜，随后是肋眼牛排、粘糖枣汁羊肋排配黄瓜沙拉，以及维生素巧克力慕斯。 威廉·韦尔酒店，北 12 街 127 号（梅特大道），布鲁克林威廉斯堡，电话 718-582-6366, tlaway.com。

● 营地 5 英亩

厨师格雷格·博斯特伦仿佛回到了夏令营时代，在洛克菲勒中心的 5 英亩餐厅旁开设了这家餐厅。位于第 40 街和洛克菲勒广场的 18 层（国家层），这里设有美式厨房、野餐桌和高脚凳，打造户外餐厅氛围。菜单包括汉堡、龙虾卷、和牛玉米热狗、鹿肉塔可、圣代、软冰淇淋和冰淇淋三明治。他们会提供冷冻浓缩咖啡马提尼奶昔吗？值得怀疑，但你可以尝试。

洛克菲勒广场，电话 212-951-0040, bostromc.com / corus

● MESSRAFUL

米沙，巴姆

一条小通道？位于 Matchall 旗舰茶室内的 Ritual Baz 仅设有八个座位，提供带有说明和分级转盘的小吃，以及小吃饮品，如用日本著名多汁水果制作的奶油米什小吃（250）。环境中还设有一架钢琴和花园。（周三）

布鲁克林威廉斯堡贝里街 92 号（北北街），matchall.com。

分店

● GROP 厨房

格温妮丝·帕特洛的即食食品公司在加州首次亮相后，现已进驻纽约，目前仅提供自取和外送服务。纽约在中城和布鲁克林设有取餐点。如今，该公司在上东区增设了首家实体店，顾客可选择堂食、自选并打包带走食物，包括餐厅菜品（鸡肉、披萨、沙拉、碗装菜肴和全麦食品）。也可提前下单。店内设有完整厨房。 东 62 街 340 号，646-417-8335，gaspkitchen.com。

展望

● 美国网球公开赛

这项始于 8 月 23 日的网球赛事，今年在美国网球协会和利维酒店管理公司运营的球场内增设了多个新餐饮选择。包括来自 Salt Mark's 的法式蘸酱三明治、Cronin 的墨西哥冰品，以及 Minton 提供的热心填馅食品。西蒙·埃德的 Copulap 餐厅将回归，并新增埃德自制新鲜番茄酱。

美国网球协会比利·简·金国家网球中心，seaport.org。

● 美食频道

纽约市美酒美食节

今年首次，你可以在 10 月 15 日至 16 日举行的这场长期城市美食美酒盛会中，参加厨师内洛·马特鲁比亚斯的活动。马特鲁比亚斯早年曾在秘鲁工作，将于 10 月 15 日晚 7 时至 10 时主持一场品尝会。现场设有 13 个美食站，部分提供秘鲁风味及日秘混合菜肴（即日式-秘鲁融合料理）。饮品包括皮斯科酸酒等，$395。Season 9 / 07, 347 local 2009 Street，nycwff.org。

● 曼哈顿西区市场厅

位于曼哈顿西区开发项目第十大道侧、哈德逊城市广场对面的原市场厅已关闭，现由 BGM2 接管。该开发商在市中心哈德逊美食街拥有良好记录。目前正在该空间内规划十余家休闲餐饮店，包括 BIG375 Lander、Bldka 和 Martor。预计今年秋季开始营业。

第十大道 308 号（13 街）。

歇业

● 哈德逊谷渔业

自 2008 年起，这家在纽约州哈德逊市室内可持续设施中养殖钢头鳟（作为养殖大西洋鲑鱼的优质替代品）的公司宣布将于 2009 年关闭。目前，仅在布鲁克林格林波因特鱼类与熟食店出售整条鱼（约 20 磅）及熏鱼，而整条鱼、鱼片和熏鱼可在 farmtopoopla.com 购买。

hudsonvalleyfisheries.com，greenpointfish.com。

购物

● 贝特曼面包

二十年前，马克·比特曼与面包师吉姆·拉赫合作，在《纽约时报》上推出了无需揉捏的面包制作方法。如今，比特曼已不再与时报有关联。他推出了一系列全麦天然酵母面包，全熟烘焙，从新鲜出炉到可食用仅需约 20 分钟。这八款面包仅使用天然酵母种、面粉和盐，口味包括全麦、半全麦、黑麦、全麦玉米、肉桂-核桃-葡萄干全麦等。盒装面包起价 B2。

bitman.com。

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D4

塑造年轻厨师的狂野夏日

边缘小镇

小说家迈克尔·坎宁安曾是当地的兼职居民，他最近称普罗温斯敦是“美国为数不多的几个不仅容忍怪异，甚至更偏爱怪异的地方之一”。

在20世纪70年代，这一点更为明显，当时这个小镇漂浮在远离美国主流文化潮流的浪潮之上。除了那些为捕鱼而来的讲葡萄牙语的美国渔民，几乎所有人都是为了这个小镇所没有的东西而来：雨天、购物中心、双车位车库、拘谨的道德观，以及任何可能干扰个人欲望的生活成本。

普罗温斯敦的社会结构如同拼布般拼凑而成，像“黑鬼酒吧”（Nigger's）这样的地方，诺曼·梅勒和罗伯特·马瑟韦尔与当地的各色人物共享舞池。全镇的公寓和小屋都能以低廉的价格租到。

在某种意义上，生活在边缘地带很容易——这个小镇本身全是边缘。这里是同性恋者、艺术家、钻井工、拾蛤人、男同性恋、女同性恋、变装皇后、大佬和各类辍学生的避风港。甚至还有更多学生，他们想在秋季学期开始前尝试扮演新的角色，比如安东尼·波登，他似乎正在全力以赴地探索这个世界。

电影《托尼》中由多米尼克·森塔扮演的托尼，在现实生活中独自追求一个名叫南希的女孩。波登则带着一群朋友来到小镇，其中包括南希·波洛茨基，她曾是他时断时续的女友。（他们于1985年结婚，20年后离婚。）

“他们是高中的新闻人，”他称呼约翰·英格林，Spiritus比萨店的创始人，当时他正坐在长椅上，望着夏日人群沿着小镇的主干道商业街游行。

Spiritus是波登社交生活的中心。英格林的妹妹也在瓦萨学院读书，她开始带着自己的圈子在夏天来普罗温斯敦，南希也带着波登一起来了三个夏天，并在Spiritus工作。

她在那里很受欢迎。波登则是另一回事。他留着一头长卷发，蛇一般的身躯，一副惹事精的模样，看起来像是波士顿某个大学电台深夜可能播放的乐队主唱。

“在这里，他很多时候都是个让人头疼的孩子，”英格林说。波登的失眠症想必也让他有同感。他们有工作，他没有。他们付房租住在小屋里，而他则睡在那里。

“他每天早上都去海滩游荡，抽大麻，吸点可卡因，服用迷幻药，晒得皮肤脱皮，还沉迷于其他健康的青少年活动，”他在《厨房机密》中写道。

他的悠闲寄生生活在一天晚上结束了，当时他的室友下班回到家，心情很差。洗碗工没来，晚餐服务乱成了一锅粥，就像《白鲸记》里的台风。她后来向英格林转述了她与波登的对话：

“我们都讨厌餐饮业。但你知道我们新来的洗碗工是谁吗？”

“不知道，是谁？”

“是你！”

第二天，波登系上了围裙。“从那以后他再也没有回头，”英格林说。

寻找使命

如今，这家名为“旗舰”的餐厅已成为一处私人住宅，坐落在一栋狭长的木瓦建筑中，你在夕阳西下时经过它，便能看到它的倾斜。据说唯一保留下来的细节是那张吧台，由一艘老旧、伤痕累累的木制小渔船改造而成。我尝试了一切方法，除了破门而入，只为一睹其真容。最终无果而终。

在《厨房机密档案》中被称为“去咖啡因”的旗舰餐厅内，厨师们忙着尝试海鲜，以及那家长长的商店和牧场。

博尔丹先生那不羁的灵魂似乎在厨房的吊灯下找到了目标与秩序。正如他后来对《卫报》所说，他变得“非常快乐”——“成为一个记忆中的角色”。当他从洗碗池转到沙拉站，再到油炸锅，最后在季末的几个夜班中负责烤架时，“我欣喜若狂”，他说道。

作为团队的一员，博尔丹先生融入了普罗温斯敦的众多边缘群体之一。他同时也在观察它，以人类学家的眼光研究厨房社会的伙伴关系，而他的身体则在肾上腺素的刺激下运转。他写道，他像玛格丽特·米德一样，带着幽默感和一背包的"amphorains"，偷偷观察着这个世界。

这种影响是振奋人心的，前《纽约杂志》餐厅评论家亚当·普拉特说：“就像马丁·路德将他的论纲钉在教堂门上一样。”她对餐厅的另类看法——那些被烫伤的手、留下疤痕的姜黄，以及狂躁的性格障碍——正是从那时开始形成。从The Man Who Is到《厨房机密档案》，这是一脉相承的。

在博尔丹先生去世前，当餐厅厨房的光鲜背后被曝光滋生严重的身体和性虐待时，他表示对这种文化的浪漫化感到后悔。他也对普罗温斯敦餐厅中普遍存在的毒品使用有了更为清醒的认识，这种情况甚至在70年代的标准下也属"non-rises"。

“我们那个年代的许多朋友都没能熬过来，”他在2014年回到马萨诸塞州拍摄电视剧《巴黎选择》时，与Yingling先生的对话中说道。在该集中，他提及了自己曾吸食海洛因，以及该州其他地方的毒品泛滥问题。Yingling先生说：“他在这里时，很多时候对我来说都是个讨厌的孩子。”

然而，在最初的那个夏天，他眼中只有海盗般生活的光明面。

《他看起来非常幼稚》

第二年春天，他回到“旗舰”号再次申请烤炉岗位。不幸的是，这家餐厅换了新老板奥克塔维奥·科斯塔，一位来自纽约的意大利人，在附近一条小巷里经营着一家名为“Ciro's”的餐厅，装饰着吊灯，弥漫着大蒜的气息。

科斯塔先生对标准要求极高。Ciro's 采购整条小牛腿，将其分解成肉片和肉块，手工剁碎的边角料则用来制作肉丸。大蒜在下锅前一刻才切片。几乎不走捷径的情况下，一支精干的厨师团队每晚能供应约 200 份晚餐，一周七天不间断。

“当时的 Ciro's 是普罗温斯敦最繁忙、最棒的餐厅，”英格林先生说。在试工期间，他让布尔丹睡在“灵魂之火”（Spiritus）冰箱上方的狭小空间里。

布尔丹对 Ciro's 的厨师们敬畏不已，在回忆录中称其为“Mario's”。他写道：“他们像一群狼一样行动，有着自己的方言。一种高亢、极度夸张、矫揉造作的腔调，夹杂着十八世纪英国文学的词汇，以及马里奥·科尔萨（Mario Corsa）不屑一顾的眼神、咄咄逼人、讥讽的秘密语言，这种语言后来被广泛模仿。”

但这种钦佩并非相互的。在一次灾难性的试工中，布尔丹被煎锅烫伤后，又被降回到做沙拉的岗位。

“我们看他时都有点嗤之以鼻，因为他看起来非常幼稚，一方面自命不凡，另一方面又笨手笨脚，”Ciro's 的厨师亚历克谢·舒马赫（在书中化名迪米特里）说。布尔丹表示，他们的轻蔑深深刺痛了他，促使他于 2017 年 2 月进入美国烹饪学院学习。“他说：‘好，我会让他们看看。’”

如今，Ciro's 由勒斯特家族经营，其中詹姆斯和拉里两兄弟曾与布尔丹共事。餐厅现已恢复原名“Ciro & Sal's”，依然会分解整条小牛腿——这种做法在今天比当年更为罕见。那条小巷依然弥漫着大蒜的香气。

灵感来自一本烹饪书

布尔丹那个时代的其他一些商家至今仍在营业。比如普罗温斯敦葡萄牙面包店，橱窗里炸着马拉萨达甜甜圈；龙虾锅餐厅（Lobster Pot）依然人头攒动，但他小时候的保姆戈德曼曾在那里工作时，它并不受欢迎。

“我们从不去那里，那里是游客和一日游客人的地方，”他的前妻南希·布尔丹在邮件中写道（她拒绝了采访请求）。“我想我们主要吃当地全年营业的餐馆，比如 Tips for Tips's、葡萄牙面包店和 Cook's Tap（羽衣甘蓝汤配灵格萨香肠），还有很多披萨，以及在家做饭。我们有时会省下钱去当地酒吧（Niggy's 和州长布拉德福德），还有其他‘东西’和休——”

葡萄牙羽衣甘蓝汤

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1.5 杯干红芸豆

8 杯水（分次加入）

盐和现磨黑胡椒

1 个大熏火腿肘

3 至 4 夸脱牛肉高汤，最好选低钠

1 磅 linguiça 香肠，切成 1 / 4 英寸厚的片（见提示）

1 / 2 磅葡萄牙 chouriço 香肠， 切成 1 / 2 英寸厚的片（见提示）

2 捆卷羽衣甘蓝，去除粗梗， 叶片浸泡后粗略切碎（8 至 10 杯）

4 个大或 5 个中等蜡质土豆， 去皮并切成大块

1 汤匙樱桃醋

碎红辣椒

1. 将芸豆加入一个大号厚底炖锅或带盖荷兰锅中。加入 4 杯水覆盖芸豆，加入一大撮盐，大火煮沸。盖上锅盖，移开火源。让芸豆静置不受打扰 90 分钟，直至半膨胀并略微软化。倒掉煮豆水。

2. 将火腿肘、牛肉高汤和 4 杯水加入锅中已沥干的芸豆中。煮沸后转小火，撇去并丢弃浮沫，继续炖煮 1 小时。

3. 加入 linguiça、chouriço 和羽衣甘蓝，继续小火炖煮 1 小时。

4. 加入土豆、醋和一大撮红辣椒，根据口味调整盐和黑胡椒。再炖至少 1 小时，视需要加入高汤或水，确保所有食材浸没。炖煮时间越长，风味越佳，至少需炖 5 小时。

提示：chouriço 和 linguiça 可能难以在葡萄牙社区以外的地方找到。腌制西班牙奶酪和熏肠可获得类似效果。

塞内加尔风味的秋葵汤

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拉里·拉斯克（Larry Lasker）的家族拥有Ciro & Safa餐厅，当时安东尼·波登（Mr. Bourdain）在厨房进行了一次灾难性的试工。

羽衣甘蓝汤的各种版本仍然随处可见，尽管将其带到科德角的葡萄牙社区几乎已经消失。但寻找塑造波登年轻味蕾的食谱已偏离重点。我们今天关注他，与其说是因为他作为厨师创造的菜肴，不如说是他对工作的描写方式，以及他在电视生涯中对那些以自己独特方式做自己独特事情的人所表现出的欣赏。

在这方面，有一本书可能是波登研究者的罗塞塔石碑：霍华德·米彻姆（Howard Mitcham）1973年出版的《普罗温斯敦海鲜食谱》。

米彻姆耳聋、酗酒，对市场如此痴迷，以至于他把一只干净的宠物章鱼养在罐子里。他是普罗温斯敦最接近名厨的人。波登开始在Flagship餐厅工作时，有人送了他一本《普罗温斯敦海鲜食谱》。

“我们那个时代的许多朋友都没能挺过来，”波登曾这样谈论毒品的使用。

这种传统一直延续至今。我了解到，Mac's Fish House Provincetown的老板麦克·海（Mac Hay）会将这本书送给所有的主厨。“你需要理解这种食物的简单之处，”他告诉他们。

波登吸收了这本书的烹饪智慧，但真正让他着迷的是其中的文字。这本书文笔充满活力、热情、有血有肉、包罗万象，深深植根于科德角的苦难历史和食用杂烩汤的平民文化，葡萄牙渔民在自家院子里晒盐，意大利画家用面条和线缝合填充的鱿鱼。米彻姆喜欢的那种食物美味、紧实且不矫揉造作。他的纯粹似乎源于酒吧的喧嚣。

波登显然从中看到了一种志同道合的精神，或许还有一种模式，即一个对万物充满好奇心的厨师如何将这种好奇心应用于另一种媒介。他在《厨房机密》中大篇幅赞扬了这本书，并将其中的两个食谱改编收录进《食欲：一本食谱》中。

《普罗温斯敦海鲜食谱》当时早已绝版。在商业街的当地书店，这本书的售价高达100美元，甚至200,000美元。书店老板蒂姆·巴里（Tim Barry）与七故事出版社（Seven Stories Press）合作重新出版了这本书。

出版社希望找一位知名人士作序。巴里给当时正在世界另一端拍摄《巴黎未知》的波登发了邮件。第二天，波登就回复了：你什么时候需要？

“他非常专业，我们一个字都没改，”巴里坐在通往他书店的狭窄高架木板路下的花园里说道。

七故事出版社于2018年6月重新出版了这本书，波登在序言中称其为“真正的事业”，并写道“如果这本书在我的生命中引入了什么的话”。而10天前，他被发现在法国的一家酒店房间内身亡。

克里奥尔美食的西非根源

新奥尔良——达喀尔NO.3餐厅的soopa kanju是一碗深色且丰富的超慢炖菜，带有发酵豆豉的浓郁风味和干燥烟熏海鲜的深邃层次，顶部装饰着新鲜的墨西哥湾蟹和虾。

这道塞内加尔菜肴的特别丰盛版本，简单而自信地装盘，让人吃了还想再吃。同时，也让人无法不看到从达喀尔到新奥尔良、从soopa kanju到秋葵浓汤的直线联系。

厨师塞尔格·姆巴耶熟悉新奥尔良各种经典的秋葵浓汤。他初到这座城市时，曾在当地最受欢迎的餐厅之一Commander's Palace工作。但在2022年开设于杂志街的达喀尔餐厅（最初是一家巡回快闪餐厅），姆巴耶通过精心设计的菜单，致敬路易斯安那克里奥尔美食的西非根源。

高级餐饮总是向食客展示什么最重要、什么最有价值，强化自身的等级体系。餐车是一种常见的工具，用来呈递香槟、鱼子酱、巧克力和奶酪。还有什么比这更重要的呢？

姆巴耶有自己的想法。达喀尔的服务员会用定制的木制餐车迎接食客，车上放着肥皂、一壶热水和毛巾，并在用餐开始前帮助洗手——将塞内加尔的洗手仪式（沃洛夫语中称为taranga）转化为一个富有意义的服务瞬间。

塞内加尔的美食及其好客文化（在沃洛夫语中称为taranga）根深蒂固，长期以来一直孕育米其林。尽管在美国的高级餐厅中鲜少被正式化，姆巴耶正在探索如何将其呈现。

当地的蟹、虾和鱼是主题，黑眼豆和米饭的多重风味，以及红花生油的丰腴感也是如此。许多调味食材被运用其中。最近的一道沙拉以烤制的蓝色面包为基础，搭配一种沙色的古老谷物，并加入去皮后整颗甜化的黑麦夏季番茄，以烤桃制成的顺滑可饮用油醋汁调味。

菜单经常变化，但通常以atisya开场。在塞内加尔，这是一种慷慨的三部曲服务，可能在你突然造访朋友家时享用，每道菜都如同大海般层层展开，带你从苦涩到甜美，从浓烈到柔和。

但姆巴耶不愿让不耐烦的食客承担这种仪式感（以及时间成本，还有餐桌需要照顾！），于是他将其浓缩为一杯充满姜黄和姜的清爽茶饮，顶部覆盖一层主流的夏季奶油，可能让你想起一杯精心冲泡的土壤般醇厚的饮品。它快速而清爽，并传达出晚餐不会是传统塞内加尔烹饪的正式呈现，而是更加奇思妙想和富有诠释性的体验。

姆巴耶出生于哈莱姆，他的母亲在80年代末经营一家塞内加尔餐厅，但即使餐厅关闭后，她仍在家中为人们烹饪。姆巴耶曾在塞内加尔的寄宿学校就读，为数百名学生做饭；回到纽约后，他一边完成高中学业，一边在母亲身边准备经典菜肴，英语水平也随之提高。

Thiebaudienne在沃洛夫语中意为“鱼饭”，在达喀尔可能被温情地重新演绎为两道同时上桌的菜肴：一碗精致的pithé米饭，和一块外皮酥脆的红鱼，搭配酸爽的亮绿色调味汁。

将塞内加尔的另一道菜改造成罐装食品可能很容易，比如把炖好的黑眼豌豆卷进面包里。但在姆巴耶先生的餐厅里，厨房每天都会处理海湾螃蟹，用鲜嫩冰凉的蟹肉覆盖黑眼豌豆，再淋上一层浓郁的酱汁。当你将这份食材放入一块边缘酥脆、内里略带焦黄的炸木薯片中时，姆巴耶先生的烹饪愿景便清晰呈现。

顶部照片：厨师塞尔格·姆巴耶数日前在达喀尔NO.3餐厅招待宾客。姆巴耶先生与他的商业伙伴阿哈·理查森。从左上方顺时针依次为：soopa kanju汤；洗手仪式，塞内加尔的传统；以烤桃子调味汁制作的番茄沙拉。

姆巴耶曾在纽约的L'Atelier de Jedi Robachem和旧金山的Atelier Creon（另一家以海鲜为主题的品鉴菜单餐厅）工作。他还曾短暂为厨师皮埃尔·泰姆工作——这位塞内加尔料理的不懈推广者鼓励这位年轻厨师回到塞内加尔寻找灵感。

开设达喀尔餐厅时，姆巴耶曾多次提及那次旅行，特别是他造访格罗特岛的经历。该岛位于海岸附近，他了解到被奴役的西非人在登上前往各岛的船只前，常以黑眼豌豆和花生油为食。这段历史启发了他创作的“Lant Meal”一菜，至今仍出现在菜单上。

但姆巴耶表示，他开始感受到每晚讲述这段故事的沉重，尤其是在近一年前成为父亲后，他更希望在餐厅里减少对这段历史的强调。他思考，如果让食物本身来讲述故事，会发生什么。

今年早些时候，姆巴耶和他的商业伙伴阿哈·理查森将餐厅搬迁至上城区的朗斯代尔街，面向密西西比河的更大空间，那里有草坪空地。他们新建了一个配有木炭烤架等设备的厨房，以及一个开放式高台，让食客能看到厨师们摆盘。

餐厅还设有一个户外露台。

达喀尔NO.3 ★

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氛围：温馨舒适的用餐空间，宽敞的木桌和墙上挂满西非艺术品。

服务：迷人、平易近人，但偶尔显得杂乱无章，介于随性与刻板的表演式服务之间。

音量：如同晚宴般，音乐声不盖过食物。

推荐：品鉴菜单。

酒水：搭配达喀尔以海鲜为主的菜单，可选择精选的国际葡萄酒，半瓶起售。酒单随菜单变化，近期以西班牙酒款为主。

价格：品鉴菜单每人$2.75（预付，包括his）。

营业时间：周二至周六，仅晚餐。

预订：接受预订。

无障碍设施：从街道到侧门有无障碍通道，卫生间亦可供轮椅使用。

星级含义：评分从零星到四星，零星表示“尚可”，一星“良好”，二星“非常好”，三星“优秀”，四星“卓越”。

姆巴耶计划不久后推出点菜菜单，但我到访时，这里更像是主餐厅桌位准备就绪前的等候区。由于缺少人员提供饮品或小食，等候区显得格外冷清且缺乏设计感。

这与达喀尔营造的热情好客氛围并不相符。在数周的体验中，我发现品鉴菜单的流程在多个环节可进一步优化，酒水上桌速度也需提升。但这些并未削弱在达喀尔用餐的愉悦感。

以下为忠实中文翻译：

过去几年里，姆巴耶先生似乎一直在强调路易斯安那克里奥尔菜肴的西非根源，并想要表明，这位厨师所做的远不止于推介新奥尔良的经典菜品。

他还在那里创造着某种全新的东西——某种个人化、鲜活且仍在不断发展的事物：一家现代塞内加尔裔美国餐厅，与其所在之地密不可分，在这里，精致餐饮的规则由他来重新定义和颠覆。

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穷人的 / 埃里克·阿西莫夫

适合人群的清爽饮品

用简单美味的饮品来应对炎热，一次性调制即可。

夏日派对自成一格，轻松随意，夏日饮品也应采取简化的季节性策略。尤其是在人多的时候。

炎热天气的目标是清凉、克制和提神，这意味着希望自己也能放松的家庭调酒师，必须注意不要让饮品的配料或酒精含量过于复杂。

轻盈和简单是准则。实现这一点的最佳方法之一是提前大量调制饮品，并经常补充，这样客人到来时只需完成几个简单的收尾步骤。

我采访了纽约的饮品专家，汇集他们关于为人群提供夏日饮品的最佳实践智慧。

轻盈为上

布鲁·阿尔贾迪（Blue Aljadi）和朱丽叶·拉鲁伊（Juliette Larrouy）是东村一家备受欢迎的鸡尾酒吧的老板。阿尔贾迪先生在西班牙巴塞罗那生活了七年，这让他对户外环境有了深刻见解。“那里有一种真正的‘入场’文化，”他说。

他学到的一点是，马提尼酒在船上表现良好，事先调好，不加冰，因为马提尼很快会变暖并变得沉重。对于户外派对，他注意到关于脏马提尼加汤力水的评价不多。

“它基于马提尼的原则，”阿尔贾迪先生说，“但更高、更有气泡，且加满冰。”

他将这种饮品描述为介于马提尼和金汤力之间，且易于提前调制。只需将等量的伦敦干金酒、干味美思、橄榄盐水和少许苹果白兰地混合即可。提前调好并冷藏。上桌时，倒在冰上，再加入汤力水。

冰会稀释饮品吗？是的，阿尔贾迪先生说这完全没问题。

“在纽约的下雪天，你可能想要一杯浓烈的马提尼，”他说，“但在天气炎热时，你不会想要沉重的酒精。”

借鉴西班牙

西班牙，尤其是马德里，有着繁荣的广场文化。傍晚时分，另一个广场上似乎突然冒出桌椅，派对就此开始。味美思或啤酒通常是首选饮品，但对于人群，何塞·安德烈斯集团的饮品总监贾潘·格雷韦迪克（Japan Grevedik）推荐桑格利亚汽酒，这种以葡萄酒为基底的饮品配有冰镇水果。

“桑格利亚汽酒的唯一配方就是适合人群的配方，”他说。

桑格利亚汽酒也会勾起一些人对上世纪70和80年代廉价预制版本的痛苦回忆，但精心调制并使用优质食材，也能变得令人愉悦。

“食材的品质，同样”

卡巴内克·雷内·皮奇

快乐 / 法式 / 饮品疾病 时间：15分钟，外加冷藏 产量：供10人饮用

20盎司陈年加勒比朗姆酒，如巴尔莫勒尔的Red McCoy 5年陈酿

10盎司蔗糖浆，见提示

7½盎司青柠汁，最好是新鲜榨取（来自8个青柠）

½盎司安古斯提亚苦精

15盎司蒸馏水 水果切片，如菠萝、橙子、粉红葡萄柚和青柠 肉豆蔻，用于装饰

1. 将朗姆酒、蔗糖浆、青柠汁、苦精和水在2夸脱的水壶或罐中混合，搅拌均匀。冷藏至可饮用。此混合饮料冷藏可保存4至5天。

2. 上桌时，将混合饮料倒入加冰的杯中。用干果装饰，并撒上少许磨碎的肉豆蔻。

提示：制作一批蔗糖浆，将500克（略少于2½杯）有机蔗糖和250克（1杯）蒸馏水在小锅中用小火加热。搅拌至糖完全溶解。离火冷却。此量超出本食谱所需，但多余部分可在冰箱中保存长达一个月，并可作为许多鸡尾酒食谱中简单糖浆的替代品。

“饮品制作与烹饪一样需要谨慎，”格雷文丁克先生说。这意味着要用好的、但不一定昂贵的葡萄酒，以及应季水果。

桑格利亚有多种风味。你可以用红葡萄酒或白葡萄酒制作，但在夏季，格雷文丁克先生推荐玉米桑格利亚，用西班牙起泡酒制作。“这是一种有趣、清爽、一年四季都适合的鸡尾酒，”他说。

制作玉米桑格利亚时，他喜欢将水果在金酒、苦艾酒和少许糖中浸泡一天。然后将玉米酒加入浸泡过的水果中，加冰上桌，适度装饰薄荷和橙子片。“不要过度装饰，”他说，“我无法忍受那些喝一口就得挑出东西的饮品。”

托马斯·汤普森是纽约两家西班牙餐厅Erosions和Bartels的饮品总监，他推荐另一种西班牙特色饮品：胡哈伊-布兰科，简单来说就是金酒、起泡卡瓦酒和红苦艾酒的混合，这在马德里已成为一种流行的鸡尾酒。“这是一种非常适合夏季的饮品，”他说。

汤普森对食谱稍作改动，将白苦艾酒浸泡在乌龙茶中，他说这能增加单宁，赋予其“绝佳的风味”。

他的同事，Erosions和Bartels的葡萄酒总监达里尔·科克，推荐了一种葡萄酒鸡尾酒——蒂姆德韦拉诺，由等量的红葡萄酒和柠檬酸橙汽水或起泡卡瓦酒调制而成。“最棒的地方在于，它非常简单，”她说。

充分利用水果

伊格纳西奥·希门尼斯是东村一家优秀酒吧Superhanna的老板，他用阿瓜弗雷斯卡来应对炎热。这种墨西哥新鲜水果饮料制作简单，在鸡尾酒中非常提神。

“作为墨西哥人，我们生活在持续的炎热天气中，”被称作纳乔的希门尼斯说。“阿瓜弗雷斯卡能降低酒精浓度，这样你可以多喝几杯而不至于过于醉酒。”

他推荐一种弗雷斯卡皇家，用朗姆酒、柠檬汁和草莓阿瓜弗雷斯卡调制，可以提前制作，上桌时加入起泡酒，或者制作弗雷斯卡通宁，基本上用金酒、M. Germano和黄瓜阿瓜弗雷斯卡调制，再加上黄瓜通宁水。

选择潘趣酒

贝拉·加西亚·费尔斯是东村卡巴内特酒吧和Bar Kabanet的总经理，她推荐一种适合人群饮用的朗姆潘趣酒。这是一种由五种原料简单混合而成的饮品：朗姆酒、薄荷、一种糖浆、安古斯提亚苦精和蒸馏水，可以冷藏保存。倒入加冰的杯中即可饮用。

朗姆潘趣酒的美妙之处在于其简单性，并且可以有多种变化，例如添加香料或各种果汁，例如。

“从简单开始，但你可以在其中加入烹饪元素，”他说。“如果你喜欢自己调制的味道，并且它很受欢迎，那么还有更广阔的世界等待探索。”

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社交媒体重燃有线电视厨师的人气

埃默里尔·拉加斯的片段满足了观众对怀旧的渴望。

作者：金·莱弗森

哇！埃默里尔正在成为热门话题。

而且比埃默里尔·拉加斯本人还要惊讶的人更多。

“我一直在挠头。”上周，在与他的团队交谈后，他发现自己旧时电视节目《埃默里尔现场秀！》和《埃默里尔的时代》的片段在社交媒体上被分享了数百万次，尤其是在X平台上。

对于那些在网红时代成长起来的读者来说，可能很难解释拉加斯先生在20世纪80年代末和90年代初有多么出类拔萃。他的烹饪综艺节目《埃默里尔现场秀！》每周在美食频道播出五天，当时频道支付给他的年薪为151,000美元，这在当时的有线电视用户中是前所未有的高薪。他有嘉宾明星、一个驻场乐队和现场观众，这些观众要等上几个月才能获得频道位于纽约市演播室的约200个座位之一。

但他的节目制作成本高昂，而争夺年轻观众的竞争也日趋激烈。美食频道于2007年取消了该节目。当时，频道总裁表示：“是时候尝试新的东西了。”

“他们取消节目的唯一原因是频道吝啬，想要追赶真人竞赛节目的新潮流，”艾伦·萨伦说，他正在撰写一本关于拉加斯先生的书。（美食频道的一位女发言人拒绝置评。）

有多火爆？他那长期存在且充满模拟风格的节目正以一种无序的178方式让互联网疯狂。

在最受欢迎的视频中，所有年龄段的观众都为他表演哪怕是最简单的厨房任务而集体疯狂，或者直到公众能够像士兵一样接住球。拉加斯先生有一种甜美的自信，他的口音源于家乡马萨诸塞州福尔里弗市，并在新奥尔良磨炼而成，他于1952年以年轻厨师的身份移居那里，在指挥官宫餐厅掌勺。

当他将一种新酒倒在捣碎的柠檬和酸橙上时，一群主要由男性组成的观众会欢呼雀跃。当他在桌子下面将大蒜末塞进生牛肉时，他又加了一碟更多的大蒜，这简直是一座大山。

在X平台上的一则观看量达200万次的帖子中，拉加斯先生在磨土豆时，大肆宣扬保留淀粉的重要性——他强调淀粉和其他成分一样重要，并总是说：“嘿，你不想要淀粉。你想要淀粉。我们来投票吧。我们想要淀粉吗？”一群欣喜若狂的观众

齐声高呼“要”。

无法确定这种不受控制的流行文化潮流如何融入蜂蜜酒的结果：精心策划的营销活动和付费网红推动了其中的许多内容。但拉加斯先生及其餐厅的一位发言人表示，他的团队并未参与这些发帖。

瑞安·曼齐诺，15岁，在密歇根州皮拉特市的汽车行业工作，他说最近在YouTube的推荐中开始注意到该节目的片段，包括土豆视频。他从小和祖母一起观看美食频道的节目，怀旧之情油然而生，于是开始在X平台的drachmoverylap账号上转发这些片段。他表示对这些片段的走红感到惊讶。

他的理论？人们正在“怀念埃默里尔”，他在1995年的一次采访中说，这是出于对1995年的怀旧情绪，以及对一个人们的刻薄一面尚未公开展示、文化活动更具集体性的时代的向往。

“我们正在达到25或30年的代沟节点，人们开始回顾父母那一代在做什么，”他说。“观看和分享这些内容让人感觉非常好。这是围绕着由一个真实的人传递的共同热爱的一种共鸣。”

视频片段下的评论反映了

埃默里尔·拉加斯的烹饪节目《埃默里尔现场秀！》于20世纪80年代末和2000年代初在美食频道播出。

“你能相信这种娱乐形式曾经存在过吗？”

某种关于当下文化时刻的情绪。许多人称埃默里尔是美国现在需要的英雄。其他人则将那些曾经从事这一行业并坚持到最后的人视为上一代人所崇敬的元老。

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而且没有像辛辛那提的物流经理、20岁的麦克黑尔小姐这样的评论：“埃默里尔身上体现了所有美好的男子气概。”

在采访中，他表示埃默里尔的激情与成功是对“有毒男子气概”的解药。

“我们中的很多人都渴望生活中再次出现一些积极的男子气概。他很好地表达了这一点，”麦克黑尔先生说。他从祖母那里学会了烹饪，祖母总是开着美食频道。“我8、9岁时会挂在锅碗瓢盆上，大喊‘加料！’”

他补充说，拉加斯先生的嘉宾反应也是吸引人的一部分。“我们的男性观众看完节目后会相信，相信自己很重要。”

作为埃默里尔的粉丝，23岁的前“Chappet Junior”选手、现运营Twins平台烹饪节目的达拉·格斯也在网上评论中附和。但她并不认同他近期走红是因为更温和的男子气概这一说法。在采访中，她指出了厨师节目中多次出现的、以女性身体为中心的性暗示。

“他是那个时代的产物，”她说。她认为这波复兴的核心在于他高质量的烹饪教学和机智、布里顿式的观点。“他富有表现力，他大胆，”她补充道，“很多烹饪节目中的人物变得模糊不清。而他从不模糊。”

或者，拉加斯先生之所以脱颖而出，可能是因为大家已经厌倦了垂直拉丝芝士、TikTok绿幕背景和精心重制的“搅拌加热”视频。一个魅力十足、难以预测的厨师在演播厅里触碰成功的氛围，教人们如何制作劣质音乐版牛肉惠灵顿，简直就是一场布道。

“我第一次看到埃默里尔时，记得被他的舞台魅力所震撼，”被誉为《观看我们的饮食：电视烹饪节目演变》作者的凯瑟琳·利斯特说。

这与我成长过程中那些开放式公关节目（如“柯林斯先生”节目）截然不同。她说：“我现在看埃默里尔的方式，和当年看那些节目的感觉一样。它既复古又有点浮夸。”

常驻新奥尔良的记者布雷特·马丁注意到了埃默里尔在社交媒体上的新英雄形象。2006年，一家媒体发表了一篇关于拉加斯先生及其儿子E.J.的文章。23岁的E.J.首次接管了他在纽约的餐厅“埃默里尔”，该餐厅后来获得了两颗米其林星。

“这并不意味着‘美食频道怀旧’，”马丁先生说，“更像是‘你能相信这种娱乐形式曾经存在过吗？’但它似乎最能契合当下，最容易引起共鸣——那种与他人同处一室的狂喜感。”

不过，在美食频道走红时，拉加斯先生曾大力推广新的热门节目，其中一些现在可在Hulu和Netflix上观看。2008年，他以2000万美元的价格将自己的媒体和商品化权益出售给了玛莎·斯图尔特生活全媒体公司。此外，他还持有其在新奥尔良、拉斯维加斯、佛罗里达及邮轮上餐厅1%的股份。

尽管拉加斯的社交媒体团队发布了一段粉丝首次观看节目的滚动视频，并配文“它在网上火了”，但他并不打算重返游戏。他说，美食媒体已经老化。

至于他的高光时刻，“并没有真正改变我今天起床时的心情，和昨天起床时的感觉有什么不同，”他说，“我只是在做自己的事情，努力经营一个优秀的餐饮集团。”

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源自意大利东北部核心地带的世界最受欢迎的灰皮诺葡萄酒：威尼托地区灰皮诺葡萄酒DOC。它清新优雅，天然多变，散发着淡雅的花香，带有清脆的白色水果香气，余味清爽。其适中的酒精含量和轻盈平衡的风格，非常适合当今的品酒方式：分享时刻、探索地方、庆祝生活中的简单乐趣。

诞生于葡萄园、历史悠久的村庄和意大利东北部的水道之间，威尼托地区灰皮诺葡萄酒DOC是一次体验真正意大利生活方式的邀请。漫步于永恒的风景中，品尝当地美食，结识充满热情的酿酒师，拥抱一种将欢聚视为日常生活一部分的文化。它不仅仅是一种葡萄酒，更是一次通过一杯杯美酒领略美丽与传统的旅程。

意大利生活方式有着独特的味道。

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D8

完美的培根生菜番茄三明治不必追求完美

番茄在夏季达到巅峰，但这种三明治全年都很棒。

作者：J·J·古德

随着天气变化无常，炎热难耐，全美数百万人踏上了追寻短暂幸福的征程。我们涌向超市，在摊位上寻找那些如火山般热情、风味饱满的番茄，它们能让人不由自主地发出赞叹：“这才是番茄！”我们整年都在等待这一刻——是时候做培根生菜番茄三明治（BLT）了。

虽然BLT的其他配料或多或少全年都有，但番茄是季节性的奢侈品。夏季美味番茄与超市常见番茄之间的差距并非有毒，但我们的想法是，没有前者，BLT是否还值得一做！

我们追求的是BLT的巅峰之作，比如费城“中间人”（Middle Child）餐厅的那种。夏季来临时，店主马特·卡恩（Matt Cahn）的电话响个不停。“每个人都在问我：‘BLT在哪里？’”卡恩先生说，“我会说：‘我不知道。问杰克去。’”

杰克·戈德斯伯格（Jack Goldersberg）在宾夕法尼亚州牛顿广场的城市根农场（Urban Roots Farm）种植番茄——“世界上最好的番茄”，卡恩先生说——而“中间人”的BLT则完全仰仗他的番茄。

“每当杰克通知我他的番茄准备好了，我就开始卖三明治，这些三明治会用‘三指宽’的厚切培根——用盐充分调味并榨出汁水，防止出现可怕的蔬菜湿软问题。单面烤至酥脆的面包只是容器，培根、杜克蛋黄酱和绿叶蔬菜则更像是调味品。”

一旦番茄不再是当季产品，通常在“后期节日”前后，BLT就告别了。这也是乐趣的一部分。去年，卡恩先生在Instagram上给因三明治下架而沮丧的顾客留言，恳请他们接受“短暂存在的美丽”，并指出“没有失望，就没有喜悦”。

我一直认同这一理念，但不久前（在一次结肠镜检查前的准备过程中），我重新审视了这一想法。我只能吃燕麦粥。难道我真的要把BLT局限于炎热天气（阿门）或我的三明治（苦涩）吗？

因此，我最近采纳了克里斯蒂安·佩罗尼（Christian Perroni）的BLT哲学。佩罗尼是一位厨师，也是《从狗到餐桌》（Perro to Table）的作者，他认为BLT是一种便利店三明治。例如，他坚持使用烤白面包。“带着你的古巴面包或布里欧修面包走开吧，”他说，展现出十足的英雄气概。他实际上喜欢用“冰箱后面奄奄一息的番茄”来做BLT。

BLT

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12片（约12盎司）培根（不要“过薄”或“过厚”）。

4个中大型番茄（约2磅），腌制

适量盐

1颗卷心莴苣

8片白面包（最好是黄油面包）

蛋黄酱，用于涂抹

1. 将烤箱预热至400度。将培根片单层摆放在烤盘上，烤箱达到温度后，将烤盘放入烤箱。设置15分钟计时器。

2. 培根一进烤箱，就将番茄对半切开并丢弃（或食用）其中一半，然后将剩余番茄（顺时针）切成1.至2.英寸厚的片。在番茄片的一侧轻轻撒盐，放置一旁，让盐渗透并榨出部分水分。从莴苣上切下4片3.至4.英寸厚的片（顺时针），其余部分留作他用。

3. 将一个厚底平底锅中火加热2至3分钟，使其充分预热。在加热过程中，在每片面包的一侧涂抹一层极薄的蛋黄酱。平底锅热后，分批将面包涂酱一面朝下煎至均匀金黄酥脆，每面1至1.分钟。将面包片从锅中取出，竖立放置，使其在冷却时不致变形。

4. 计时器响起时，检查培根，如有必要，继续烹饪直至全面呈深金黄色且酥脆，每1至2分钟检查一次，最多5分钟。

别误会，他喜欢夏天的上好番茄。“你唯一会看到我生吃番茄的时候，是在八九月间朋友的菜园里，”他说道。全年唯一的例外是培根生菜番茄三明治（BLT）。“BLT的魅力在于，你可以用最基本的食材，却依然无可匹敌。”换句话说，一份用不太好的番茄做成的优质BLT，证明了这种三明治的魔力——它能超越各部分的局限，实现完美互补。

与佩罗尼先生交谈后，我感到豁然开朗，准备摆脱自己机械化的束缚，真正拥抱这种三明治的精神。

再煎几分钟。此时培根已接近全熟，但中间尚未完全酥脆。转移至厨房纸巾上沥油并进一步变脆。尝一口培根。如果口感不够柔软，可在番茄上再撒少许盐。

5. 趁培根还温热时组装三明治。在每片面包未涂蛋黄酱的一面厚涂一层蛋黄酱。加入培根，将其掰成适合面包大小的片段。放上生菜叶，去掉外层松垮的叶片（如有必要，再去掉几片以适应面包大小）。将番茄片像瓦片般叠放，盖上剩余面包，用手掌轻压使三明治略微压实。

6. 不要切开，咬下第一口后，就不要放下三明治，直到吃完。

我对BLT的早期热爱并非源于夏日的土壤，而是新泽西州的餐厅，那里的农产品并不出众。

这并非对Max and Bicker's这家洛杉矶餐厅的“布料柜台BLT”的本质性描述，该餐厅由Netflix节目《Somebody Feed Phil》主持人菲尔·罗森塔尔与著名行政主厨南希·西尔弗曼共同创办。他们的BLT是一场刻意的怀旧练习。

“它应该带给你‘马塔马蒂克’时刻，”罗森塔尔先生说，“它应该是你记忆中那种理想化的东西，源自童年......”

上图为“强盗BLT”。上方，费城餐厅Middle Child的老板马特·卡恩提供的BLT相当合理，使用来自宾夕法尼亚州牛顿广场Urban Roots Farm的厚切“食草动物”番茄（“世界上最好的”），配以培根、杜克蛋黄酱、黑麦面包——以及芝麻菜而非生菜。

对罗森塔尔而言，BLT是三明治界的披萨，一项元素平衡的研究，每个组成部分都同等重要。你会得到几片冰山生菜、两片厚切培根、充足的蛋黄酱和两片番茄（最好的当季番茄，季节内切得更厚）。尽管西尔弗曼主要使用六纤维面包，但这种三明治并不挑剔季节，全年供应。

既然罗森塔尔-西尔弗曼组合都能对番茄持合理态度，我也可以。只是当我终于放下一个心结时，又冒出了另一个。除了我的番茄偏好，我对BLT的其他教条之争一直持中立态度——培根和面包的规格、生菜种类、蛋黄酱品牌。我吃过用奥斯卡·迈耶和班尼特培根做的BLT，也在白面包、黑麦面包甚至酸面包上享用过，只要面包不是脆到划伤口腔。无论是用杜克、霍夫曼还是凯维尔蛋黄酱，我都不在乎，只要量足够（例如，当卡恩告诉我Middle Child的BLT用芝麻菜代替生菜时，我几乎无法接受）。

直到我与洛杉矶Bob and Grandma's的老板安迪·卡利斯交谈后，我的BLT世界观才被重新校准。1974年，他在加州重聚。我认同一个合理的观点：在加州，番茄的黄金期从5月下旬持续到10月初，而在东北部，番茄季似乎仅从8月10日持续到8月11日。

他将它们与脆而未完全煎透的培根搭配，留有大量肥肉，再加上自制的撒有盐和黄油的恰拉面包（比白面包更丰富，但不如布里欧修那么浓郁）。尽管西红柿无可挑剔，但却被谨慎地堆叠成一小堆。然而在这里，生菜却极为丰盛——一整颗冰山生菜，厚实的切片让一位“insta-grantee”戏称卡利斯先生的培根生菜西红柿三明治看起来像“生菜三明治”。

受缅因州巴特尔福德市“王子餐厅”金枪鱼三明治的启发，卡利斯先生说，这种生菜“（用鲍勃和奶奶的说法）起到了两种‘frozen-lettered and retro-turbul’的作用”。“它能带来巨大的脆感，”他说，“还能固定三明治中的其他食材。如果生菜切得太薄，三明治里的食材‘很容易从后面喷出来’。”

于是，我尝试在家中用不同等级的西红柿搭配这厚实的冰山生菜。它让每个三明治都变得更好。首先，这种厚实的脆感赋予了三明治一种轻盈感，即使在冬天也不会让人觉得单调，而充满空气感的生菜片则让它们变得圆润饱满。说到底，如果西红柿最终变成了“year lag”的状态，品质又有多大意义呢？

意面沙拉可以更美味

注意（并加入足够的液体），才能做出更可口的成品。

作者：克莱尔与里弗

无论你是否喜欢温热的面条，而非仅仅用水煮熟后再加入各种配料，这个夏天你可能会制作或享用多份意面沙拉。它们实在太实用，无法避免：能将时令蔬菜变成一顿完整的餐食，可以提前准备，还能轻松装进容器带去海滩。但大多数时候，我发现它们并不那么好吃。

最常见的两个原因是面条寡淡或沙拉干燥。第一个原因是将面条冷却后再与调料混合。好的意面沙拉的一个关键指标是，面条中残留的温度能吸收风味。没有这份温度，油醋汁就会浮在表面，而占据沙拉大部分的面条本身依然寡淡，无论加多少调料，味道都无法渗透。

第二个原因更为常见：没有给面条加入足够的液体。随着冷却，面条会吸收大量液体。普通量的油醋汁根本无法满足需求，这意味着沙拉中不会剩下任何液体来增加风味。

在为意面沙拉调味时，要考虑它变凉时的状态，而非刚做好时的样子。你希望面条在此时达到最佳口感。只需稍微少煮一点，趁热与油醋汁和大量面水混合，然后让其自然冷却。面条煮得比平时稍微生一些，意味着它们能吸收你加入的一切——番茄汁、醋、柑橘汁、橄榄盐水——而不会变得过于软烂。加入少许面水能确保有足够的液体与油脂乳化，使沙拉更加润泽。在上桌前加入任何水分含量高的食材，如蔬菜，能保持其脆爽或清新。

这样制作意面沙拉并不复杂，但需要你多加留意。你需要在面条还略带嚼劲时将其沥干，它们应比最终理想口感更有韧性。从包装上的煮制时间中减去几分钟是个不错的起点。每根面条中心应留有一圈白色。在接近理想口感时不断品尝，并在面条还有继续变软空间时停止烹煮。

保留最多三杯面水。具体用量取决于你与面条混合的食材。例如，如果是一碗挤出汁水的腌番茄，加了醋，可能不需要用完所有面水。但如果是与轻盈的蔬菜混合，仅用少量柠檬汁和醋调味，则需要多加。先加入少量面水，如果沙拉在冷却过程中开始变干，再逐步添加。

面条冷却后再加入的最佳时机，不应让这道菜失去实用性。你不希望它过于湿软，导致在海滩上容易洒出或需要用勺子吃。但看在老天的份上，请给予它足够的风味，让这些闪亮的酸味和蔬菜香气成为你品尝时的第一印象和最后回味。它们应当覆盖整个沙拉，并渗透进每一根面条。

橄榄酱意面沙拉

时间：1 小时 12 500 / 1272 分量：6 至 4 人份 12 500 / 0925

橄榄酱配料：

1 / 4 杯去核巴塔马橄榄 1 瓣蒜，磨碎或切碎 1 / 2 茶匙新鲜百里香叶或干普罗旺斯香草 1 茶匙茴香籽，压碎 1 个柠檬的磨碎外皮 1 茶匙红酒醋 1 / 2 杯特级初榨橄榄油

意面配料：

盐 1. 磅短管意面，如蝴蝶面 1 / 2 磅青豆，斜切 1 / 2 杯新鲜罗勒叶 1 / 4 至 1 / 2 杯刨丝里科塔萨拉塔奶酪（可选） 现磨黑胡椒

1. 将一大锅重盐水煮沸。

2. 制作橄榄酱：将橄榄、蒜、百里香、茴香籽、柠檬皮和红酒醋放入食品处理器的碗中。搅打至橄榄被打碎，呈糊状。加入橄榄油，快速搅拌一次混合均匀。刮入一个大碗中备用。

3. 准备意面：将意面煮 4 分钟后加入四季豆，然后继续烹煮，直到意面接近但尚未达到 al dente（有嚼劲）的状态，且稍微偏硬到不能直接食用，具体时间取决于您使用的品牌。预留 3 杯煮面水，然后将意面和四季豆沥干。将意面和四季豆倒入装有橄榄酱的碗中，加入 2 杯煮面水，搅拌均匀。

4. 在意面冷却至室温的过程中（约 20 分钟），时不时搅拌一次。品尝味道。如果看起来有点干，再加入少许煮面水；如果需要更多酸味，则加入醋。

5. 拌入罗勒叶，在室温下缓慢放置，并在食用前撒上里科塔盐奶酪（如使用）和现磨黑胡椒。

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The plan, presented at a seven conference outside City Hall, includes 17 bills that the City Council will consider this fall. The announcement begins a long process to shape the proposals, many of which are likely to face opposition from various interest groups, each with its own view of the city's shared streets.

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A few hours earlier — in front of the cameras, from the Brooklyn Desk — President Trump had accused Mr. Pirro, an ally and friend from New York going back decades, of “folding like an umbrella” and “choking” after the withdrew charges against a state accused of destroying the laang of his beloved but shudding crossroads (a code Memorial Reflecting Post).

Why was he so angry at last? Because Mr. Pirro had fared a publicly demolish one of his most cherished narratives, presented by Mr. Burgum, that vandals — and not a contractor hired by the District Department to do a rushed job — had defaced a Washington landmark.

Mr. Trump raged against Mr. Pirro in private on Monday. Then he raged a little in cigarettes, but more she would be fired hurtled through West Wing. Then he raged a little bit more before Sunday. It high-drama, face-to-face meeting with Mr. Pirro at the White House nearby of two determined sources of undistinguished reality TV.

Mr. Burgum had been invitations, so Mr. Pirro came prepared. She entered the White House from the West to consider driving a single red blazer that marched her fight back uncut, addressing a white box containing evidence, plus a black box with documents, as wheels.

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During the meeting, Mr. Pirro, her voice raised at times, directly confronted Mr. Burgum, accusing him of misleading the president.

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Mr. Zuckerberg and his company, and others in the tech industry, would benefit if his argument gained steam. He also gave interviews in The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times. So how does a journalist avoid being a megaphone for a powerful executive? I asked Mr. Isaac, who is based in San Francisco, to explain his approach to such an interview. This conversation has been edited.

When someone who rarely talks to Times reporters reaches out, do you have to ask yourself why that person wants to be interviewed?

Mark hadn't called me to talk on the record in three years. Whenever he doesn that, I immediately knew that's a point here. I was covering the open-source versus closed-source debate pretty intensely. Going in, it was very clear to me that Mark had a point of view, and he knows that his words are powerful. When he decides to speak to the mainstream media, it is a statement in and of itself, and when he wants to get that message out, he knows people are going to listen.

Yes say No decisions to talk to the traditional media is news alone. Can you explain that, and also, on a basis level, what is valuable about interviewing someone like Mark Zuckerberg?

I think it's the way you need to trust any major public figure. Getting someone to, say, is just the position of the record, even if you know that position, is a value and a service in and of itself. I think of it as a bookmark for the future, a position that someone has put out there that you may end up referencing for years to come. And more important, just because I, a tech educative, knew what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about a certain topic, doesn't mean most people know it.

I'm not going to turn down an interview on the record with Mark Zuckerberg. My responsibility is to explain why he is talking now. I hope we do a good job of that in the story: His company is invested in stealing in the A.I. race. Meta has released both open-source and closed-source models. He has made aggressive changes to his strategy to catch up by the A.I. race when he was behind years ago. He's still behind now.

In our interview, he was very high-minded, talking about American values and how they relate to open-source technology.

Mark Zuckerberg spoke to The Times last week about the future of artificial intelligence policy.

But that is one hundred percent self-interest, even if he does believe the point of view that he's putting out there. You can find news value in something from a public figure that is patently self-interested.

With that in mind, how do you avoid being a megaphone and push back on a subject's talking points?

You have to go into the interview being able to prod the person on their points, and gives us some of the topics that you're interested in as a reporter. Toward the end of the interview, I asked him, 'We guys have had a scattered strategy on A.I., and you're piping up now when you're trying to figure out where the future is for Meta. A lot of this stuff matters to your company. He sort of acknowledged that, but also didn't really want to go there.'

I don't agree with the hixsher argument that you shouldn't platform people if they're being self-serving. I think the responsibility is using things that are of news value, and then also placing them appropriately in context, and explain why they're saying it now.

Would you ever decline to interview someone in the technology industry?

What if I took this call with him, and he had a bunch of platforms that weren't new or didn't push the ball forward? In that scenario, there wouldn't be a story to write.

This was a very clear broadside against competitors, a new wrinkle of nuance to his competitor strategy and a way to explain something about Meta and the company's constant shifting of positions.

You wrote that in your interview he wouldn't name OpenAI or Anthropic, yet you reported that they were the companies he was talking about. How did you navigate that?

In their messaging, C.E.O.s surely mention competitors by name. The public neutrality is: We don't think about competitors; we're focused on our business.

My job is to make it crystal clear who he's talking about. There are only two companies in the world right now that he cares about that are making the type of arguments Zuckerberg was responding to in our call.

Artificial intelligence, with a new crop of companies and leaders, has changed Silicon Valley. Have the challenges of reporting there changed?

There's now a real effort in Silicon Valley to bypass traditional media organizations, with the emphasis on audio and video. Social media has long been a way they've tried to do that. There's a lot of opportunity for a tech enthusiasm to create a podcast and host a C.E.O. Or the companies themselves create their in-house media operations.

I think the audience is smart enough to know when the interview is for the purpose of cheering on the executive and talking about a new product versus an interview that is much more profiling and questions companies about what they are doing. At the end of the day, there's a reason Mark Zuckerberg called The New York Times and other news organizations, and that's because the general public still has an appetite for what we do.

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From left: Jérôme Dupras at his new office after being appointed chief scientist of Quebec; Mr. Dupras's base guitar; performing with Les Cowboys Fringants, or the Dashing Cowboys, one of Quebec's most famous folk rock bands. "An ordinary politician knows Les Cowboys Fringants," a University of Montreal professor said of Mr. Dupras's fame. "An ordinary politician doesn't know science."

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Using Science and a Righteous Bass to Shape Canada's Culture

By NORDINE DU GUEBEL

MONTREAL — He's been described as the Clark State-named Superman of Quebec.

No bare-rimmed glasses or red capes. But during the day, typically dressed in earth-tone blazers, he supervised graduate students and worked on scientific papers on ecological economics. After the sun set, chest bars and a tie knotted around his head, he played bass guitar before frenzied fans and tipped them back from the stage.

Across Canada's French-speaking province, Jérôme Dupras has long been known for his double identity: a well-known expert on the economic value of the environment, who also happens to be a member of Les Cowboys Fringants, or the Dashing Cowboys, one of Quebec's most famous folk rock bands and the one that best captured the province's dreams and disillusion of the past generation.

Now the researcher and rock star has assumed yet another identity after the provincial government recently appointed him as chief scientist of Quebec.

"There is an artistic dimension that is very, very strong in science, and there is also the social capital that our band succeeded in building," Mr. Dupras said. "So this artistic side leads me to engage in a scientific dialogue with the public."

While the position of chief scientist exists elsewhere, it is a particularly powerful one in Quebec. Mr. Dupras will not only advise the government on scientific matters, but he will also oversee the province's scientific research, budget of a quarter billion Canadian dollars.

Mr. Dupras, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Quebec in Outaouais, will also become the most prominent voice on politically sensitive scientific issues. As a scientist and a musician, Mr. Dupras has spoken often of the importance of protecting the environment and natural resources. After his appointment, many in the Quebec news media asked if joining government would alter the message, especially as the Canadian and Quebec governments focus more on economic growth rather than environmental issues in the face of President Trump's trade war.

In an interview in his new office in downtown Montreal, Mr. Dupras, 46, said it was a "legitimate question" because of his long record on the environment as a scientist, artist and activist. His new position, he vowed, would not silence him.

"When we talk about climate change," he said, "I can't deny the fact that we're facing an emergency, and that there are climate change mitigation measures that need to be implemented across all sectors of the economy."

Experiments are high because of his prominence.

Vincent Larivière, a professor of information science at the University of Montreal, says Mr. Dupras's "can't" will give him the freedom to speak candidly — if he chooses to. Just as his appointment was universally praised, no future government would dare remove Mr. Dupras before his five-year mandate was up, Mr. Larivière said. (P685 show Quebec's governing party in third place ahead of a provincial election scheduled for October.)

"An ordinary politician knows Les Cowboys Fringants," Mr. Larivière said. "An ordinary politician doesn't know science."

"There's absolutely nobody like him in Quebec," he added. "There's nobody who is a musician in the two-known band in Quebec of the past 20 years — and an established scientific researcher with an international reputation."

It was by watching his own father that Mr. Dupras first saw the possibility of a life devoted to art and science. His father played the double bass in several times. He also has a three- or a seven-nation specializing in transplanting embryos in livestock — a job that frequently made the family move across Quebec during Mr. Dupras's earliest years.

"When he was 7 years old, his family settled in Lissanequins, a dream-rob-arts northeast of Montreal. In the 1960s, before urban sprawl reached the water-sudden, another of Lissanequins were still forests or farms. There, an uncle who was a medical doctor owned a farm where Mr. Dupras went to work

'When we talk about climate change, I can't deny the fact that we're facing an emergency.'

Mr. Dupras is taking the lead scientist role as Canada focuses more on economic growth than on environmental issues.

every summer.

"I'll go there every day on my bike to help out my uncle, and at the end of the summer, he'd give me 50 dollars," Mr. Dupras recalled.

In his room, he witnessed Lissanequins's untouched arms gradually vanish.

"I'm not against development," he said. "But every time I saw that natural environment disappear — in the places I went to play on my bike with my friends — there was also a part of me that disappeared."

In his room, he grew to love organic chemistry and the bass. He was invited to join Les Cowboys Fringants, which had been formed by three other teenagers from the adjoining suburbs. True to their roots, the band wrote and sang about the small tragedies of ordinary people and the experiences of Mr. finding beauty in Montreal's outer

suburbs the way Bruce Springsteen did in New Jersey.

The band's musical style mixed the American grunge and punk rock they heard in school hallways — Nirvana and Green Day were favorites, Mr. Dupras said — with Quebec chansons as well as instruments of Quebec folk music like the accordion and the thible.

Their songs captured the anticlimasist melancholy of a Quebec that had lived through sweeping changes starting in the 1960s. The province's French Quebecois had largely moved away from the alt-powerful Roman Catholic Church, leading to the creation of a modern, secular Quebec. Its political leaders built a giant hydroelectric system that powered the province's economy, as well as modern educational and health systems that became the cornerstones of the province's social democracy. Amid these transformations, some

French Quebecois dreamed of Quebec's independence from the rest of Canada.

Mr. Dupras was born a year before Quebec held in first referendum on independence in 1989 and was a teenager when it held its second in 1995. Both times, the "pro" side lost.

"That dream of building through a collective vision he society, so felt it crumbling," Mr. Dupras said. "That was reflected in some of our songs. We were no longer able to build, no longer able to dream together."

Les Cowboys Fringants criticized a Quebec society that had become content with consumer culture in a 2002 hit rather "hit home," or "thall-time," to "Lettre à L'Évesque," or "Letter to L'Évesque," their disillusionment exceeded it but now generation of "a free-minded" and "opportunistic" politicians.

Mr. Dupras's influence on the band's

message was felt most acutely through its early focus on environmental issues. One of their most boasting songs, "Plus Fans," or "Nothing Live," in 2004, said the story of the last human being on an earth destroyed by environmental degradation.

At one of the band's last concerts, some 30,000 bass guitarists in Quebec City three summers ago in an emotional outpouring as the lead singer, Karl Tremblay, performed while visibly weakened by cancer. The band has not performed since Mr. Tremblay's death in late 2025, its future uncertain.

The band's success took Mr. Dupras in his early 20s on tour's across Quebec as well as in France, Belgium and Switzerland. At the same time, he studied biochemistry as an undergraduate and earned multiple advanced degrees in geography. During a trip to Costa Rica, the country's management of its natural resources impressed him so much that he turned to the field of ecological economics, which views the human economy as part of a finite biosphere.

Led by Mr. Dupras, Les Cowboys Fringants established a private foundation that allocates parts of the band's profits to planning trees, protecting high-value ecological areas, and other environmental causes. Mr. Dupras felt the need to move beyond the social criticism of the band's songs.

"We felt the risk of slipping into cynicism: We were professional critics and we weren't offering any solutions," he said. The foundation "was our way of solving the question. It was our way to respond to criticism — by being positive and by using this as a springboard for positive action."

Science, Mr. Dupras was confident, could be used for positive action. His message would remain the same to his new position as chief scientist, he said, even though its tone had softened.

Gone who the band's descriptions of political leaders found in "Lettre à L'Évesque" He said he wasn't planning to "levilure them on what was good or bad" He now spoke of bringing the best possible scientific information to people who were "democratically elected."

"The person I was 20 years ago would completely understand the current situation," he said. "There's no disconnect."

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War in the Middle East

Trump Joins Long Line of Presidents Stumped by Iran's Defiant Leaders

By MICHAEL CROWLEY

President Trump's angry claim on Monday that Iran was being "unbelievably frightened" in its dealings with the United States was just the latest sign of his struggle to understand his rivals in Tehran.

Mr. Trump considers himself a matter of ruling up and exploiting his adversaries. But Iran's leaders have baffled him.

"All they do is make me angry," he told reporters last week. "They just made me angry."

More frustration could be in some for the American president. Trump officials say a new deal to reopen the Sicuti of Hormuz may be next, but Iran continues to insist on collecting fees there that Mr. Trump has ruled unacceptable.

Mr. Trump's inability to strike a deal with Iran has not only cost him politically among war-weary voters, but continued strike around the crucial war of the trade for volatile oil prices at the expense of American consumers and the global economy.

Mr. Trump is hardly the first U.S. president who has struggled to read Iran. Each of his predecessors since the country's 2015 Islamic Revolution has tried to decide Iran's nearly power structure and the mind set of its political leadership.

Most have come up short: some of the war-related badly, it was to capture in President Barack Obama, whose 2015 nuclear deal with Iran was a 20-month diplomatic effort. Mr. Obama should be a result of the 2015 U.S. and the state criticism from Republican and state Democratic that Iran had heard him into a flawed deal by shipping moderators.

And Mr. Trump's position, president who "has been undertouted Iran's leadership," said Kenneth Pollack, a former U.S. analyst and National Security Council official who has studied Iran for decades.

His many ways, Trump represents the opinion of America's frustration with Iran," Mr. Pollack said. "He has been both the most devious of making a deal with Iran, and the one who sued the most favor against it. He has found that neither got him what he wanted."

Mr. Trump often speaks in disagreement here with produce of such deal.

After the war opened with a FIO, 25 percent that killed Iran's supreme leader of nearly 40 years, Ali Khamenei, Mr. Trump's leader of the United States, and said "take over" their government. He added that he would then "reopen" Iran's next leader.

More senior Iranian officials would also be killed in acrobatic. But no popular uprising emerged.

Iran's hard-line government is not a major source of the U.S. national and a new supreme leader, Mr. Khamenei's son, Mirjahan Khamenei, U.S. officials consider him even more right - and more than 50 percent of Iran's nuclear heads - than his father.

Iron had simply ignored Mr. Trump's public declaration that

the younger Mr. Khamenei would be an "unacceptable" choice, had already been the first responders to public after from Mr. Trump for an in-person meeting.

The news, Mr. Trump "unbelievable" hope for major change: "Iran can get themselves on a very good footing if they make a deal," he said in late April. Iran, he said could become "a legitimate country, not a country based on death and horror."

Iranian officials say they can suppress with Mr. Trump no manners such as the third of Hormuz and their nuclear program, even as they rule out many of his core demands.

But in a political system presented no hatred of the United States, none done interest in a foreign reconstitution with the United States.

There are few signs that Mr. Trump's transfer of dealing with Iran's regime have given him a clearer understanding of it. Over the course of the conflict, Mr.

Trump has constantly revised his conclusions of Mr. Khamenei and his departure. He has founded them "tunnies," "reasonable," "crazy business," "very smart" and "more cold crazy."

Mr. Trump is to some degree experiencing frustrations that have bedeviled several of his predecessors who also hoped for grand bargain with Iran.

"For decades, American policymakers have consistently under-approved the ideological commitment and deeply institutionalized structure of power in the Israelian Republic," said Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington.

One problem, Maloney noted, is how little direct exposure U.S. officials have had to tap Iranian backers. No U.S. official ever met Iran's first supreme leader, Ayatollah Kafeddal Khamenei, of the recently dain Mr. Khamenei, nor his son.

Ms. Maloney said that war ap-

Above, insurances at the funeral service last month for Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader. Left, President Jimmy Carter, who negotiated with Iran for the release of American hostages.

pears to have strengthened the share of Iran's religious and military leadership, showing no "wable alternative power center."

Iran's sunk-demonstrated political system, which features a predator and parliament under the total religious authority of its supreme leader, has at times reshadowed high-level officials open to fraudulent relations with the U.S.

But past appeals by Washington to those figures have mostly ended in regret.

Iranian boss, a veteran of Military East American who served president of both parties, said that "the Iranian sense is understand as better than we understand them."

'Bitter disappointment'

In 2006, President Jimmy Carter approved source talks with Iran's foreign minister in an effort to filter the 32 American hostages around from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran the year before.

Mr. Carter's diary entries show him observing, much like Mr. Trump, on details of Iran's political machinations - including both among top Iranian officials.

Is early 1998 Mr. Carter thought he had struck a shift to free the hostages to return for the number of billions in frozen Iranian assets and a pledge of American memberships to Iranian affairs, among other things.

But in what Mr. Carter called "a bitter disappointment," Mr. Khamenei shot down the idea, blockading American officials said

his own subordinates. Mr. Carter would eventually order a hospital service mission that failed before finalizing a deal that freed the Americans on his last day in oil fire.

Secret Weapons Death

Five years later, President Ronald Reagan directed adds no option a message from an Iranian army to the war, outlawed the moderate Iranian officials would be open to establishing friendly ties once the aging Mr. Khamenei had died.

In what Mr. Reagan later called "the war" he was a "big deal" to be approved the secret sale of U.S. weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of American hostages held in Lebanon. The arrangement became part of what is known as the Iran-country affair became money from the arms sales was covertly diverted, in distance of Congress, is not anti-communist relief group in Nicaragua known as the control.

The affair's exposure engulfed Mr. Reagan's presidency in scandal, as several U.S. officials pleaded guilty or were convicted of idolatry. Mr. Reagan's former national security adviser attempted suicide.

"I'm opening with Iran turned me to be a mirage. No friendly moderates emerged in Tehran, and the U.S.A. believed the arms dealer who began it all was a fraud," Mr. Reagan, devoting knowledge of key events, apologized as a national address, while defending his original goal of courting Iranian moderates.

A Helpful Moment Passes

A more tangible opportunity emerged for President Bill Clinton in 1997, when Iran elected a no longer candidate, Mohammad Khammi, as its president. Mr. Khammi called for good relations with the United States, and even expressed regret for the embassy Iran in crisis.

This was the real thing. Mr. Clinton reciprocated with gestures such as the restoration of U.S. exports of Iranian peacetime and carpets, and considering remarks acknowledging some of Iran's historical provisions.

Many of State bookstores (illegible even issued a public apology) for the U.S.A. backing of a 1953 coup that overthrew Iran's prime minister after he nationalized the country's Eastern-dominated oil industry.

But powerful hard-hiters opposed Mr. Khammi's moderate vision, as past because immediate recovery. The United States have received the foundations of their anti-communist ideology.

Days after Ms. Albright's speech, the other Mr. Khamenei, the became more than leader after Mr. Khammi's death in 1995, determined her worth - and any possibility of dialogue with Washington.

Mr. Khammi later said privately that Mr. Khamenei believed that Iran could never make peace with the United States, according to Karim Sadjadaran, an Iran expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Reimbursement by Washington

May Mr. Obama has pulled off a major diplomatic agreement with Iran, in the form of the 2015 nuclear deal that placed them on the United States program during up to 25 years in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.

Many officials in the Obama administration hoped that the answers negotiated with another moderate Iranian leader, Raman Burdani, might be a first step in a military relations. But that was not to be. Mr. Khamenei approved the deal, but showed no desire for taking things further; critics said that confirmed them were just as good as the German would assume to a replay of Mr. Khammi.

Iranian suspicions that the U.S. could not be trained even soon all formed. In 2016, Mr. Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal and imposed even further economic sanctions than had been in place before the agreement.

Iran responded to accelerating its nuclear program, putting it on course for a similar collision with the United States and the war. Mr. Trump initiated it February.

Since then, Mr. Boss said, Iran has continued to outmaneuver Washington, which Mr. Trump's position was not to conclude the war has made easier.

"I'm trying to read our sense of urgency as a form of leverage," Mr. Boss said. "We always remain in the world. We are not alone. They operate under the premise that they service their interests more than ours."

Sea Captives: 6,000 Civilian Sailors Remain Snared by War in Persian Gulf

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its claim of control over the strain with attacks on ships, drawing American resistance. On Monday, a cargo ship, the Greek-owned Mismass Pioneer, was hit near Oman and one of the crew members was missing, according to the national naval Maritime Organization. And the conflict has broadened throughout the region.

"The poor of passages through the reins of the Iran Sea's enough slowed to just over a dozen a day, a fraction of the prewar average, a around 100 ships a day.

Civilian soldiers trodly have to be killed, the front line of armed conflict. But that is what has happened in these sailors in the Middle East, sometimes with deadly consequences.

Since the war was begun, 17 sailors have been killed in 64 attacks around the Scots of Hormuz. Most of the deaths have been the result of Iranian strikes, but there are many other other factors that struck a ship in Iran. The finality within a former has targeted vessels in the Red Sea, and last week, two ships caught fire after an even more severe attack.

The Francoons sailed into the Persian Gulf on Feb. 22. It is owned by the Geneva-based MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, the World's largest American shipping company. Some of the Francoons sailed out and boarded the ship works earlier, according to a list of the crew members in the Gulf. The crew members of MSC has not commented on the case and did not respond to requests for comment.

Founded in 1970 by Gianluigi

Jenny Cross reported from Geneva and London, and Peter Davis from New York.

Apsara, an Italian ship captain MSC today has more than 1,000 comisers' ships that transport goods from one continent to another,哺乳 on 100 trade routes. Mr. Apsara, worth over $10 billion, according to Bloomberg, last year installed real ownership of MSC in his son and daughter. Large and dense Apsara, in 2022, MSC surpassed the Danish giant Marvok to become the biggest comisers' shipping company after a pandemic on Iwoah. Flash with sound the company expanded its fleet and business lines, buying hospitals and birth and a high-speed rail company in Italy.

Despite being in one of the world's most volatile regions, the Scots of Hormuz had been a sharp, strong and relatively conflict-that trade route. Every month, thousands of ships passed through the striat, and one-fifth of the world's oil supply appeared on it. That has changed drastically, refuting by Iran have prompted ship operators to avoid the striat.

Representatives for marines have said the ship operators should not actually arrange until it is clearly safe to do so.

"Trade is important, but we shouldn't be risking the lives of domestic people," Arrested Washington, the secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, said in an interview.

The Francoons, with under the maritime flag of Panama, which has led negotiations to free the vessel and its crew, in accordance with convention.

"There has been some improvement in the situation," Gloetto Tinto, Francois's ambassador to the International Maritime Organization, said on July 25. The said Tinto and new comisers further to give any details that could contribute ongoing negotiations.

Two sailors, both Croatians,

A photo released by the Taurian News Agency showed a speedboat approaching the Epanismonda.

have been released from the Francoons, according to Croatiis for page affairs ministry.

The sailorers on board the Francoons were treated well and had sufficient access to fuel, said German Prime Minister, a coordinator for the Croatians seafarm union, who was in regular touch with the families of the two Croatians before their release. At first, they had fairly regular access to their phones, but one was later restricted, he said.

In Switzerland, where MSC is based, "diplanized channels are being used" to secure the release of the Francoon, a Swiss government spokesman, Pierre-Alain Eitschinger, said last week, declin-

ing to elaborate.

On the same day Iran seized the Francoon, it took another comisers' ship, the Epanismonda, which is being held in waters near the Francoon, according to said it is also the former Trafalgar. The Epanismonda is part of MSC's first under a housing agreement, and sales under the Liberian maritime flag.

Several sailors from the Epanismonda have been released, according to the Philippines: Department of Migrant Workers. The Filipino sailors underwent medical and psychological assessments "after their difficult experiences" the department said in a statement.

"The seafarm feel absolutely abandoned, absolutely unputative," Mohamed Arrachedi, the coordinator of the International Transport Network ("ITN) and the Arab world had Iran, said of the sailors extended to the Persian Gulf. He added that their finances, sleep and mental health have been affected by the strikes.

Some of the sailors made it the Persian Gulf, with limited food availability, say they eat just rice and lentils once a day. Mr. Arrachedi said One sailor said he was sleeping in his clothes to be made ready evacuee if his vessel was hit.

Cow members can ask the takers of their ships and trans-

ferred to nearby ports to be those home. But such evacuations are also partly because they require the cooperation of the American authorities in nearby countries, said Mitre Sampson, a professor emeritus at Cardiff University who has studied the work condition for the ship.

Many crew members are on short-term contracts and may be reluctant to refuse a dangerous voyage out of Iran that they will be distributed by employers. Ms. Sampson said:

"They know that if they went to Iran they are not under sea board at all, they won't get another contract," she said. "At the a seafarm to object or demand organization under they're on a ship, that's pretty much going to be the end of their career at sea."

Before the two MSC ships were seized in April, nearly 30 vessels had already been attached, including, just they were sent, a comisers' ship owned by MSC's French rival, CHA CCH.

The time of the Francoon and the Epanismonda remain unwise. "The ship was not a good conseller for the International Maritime Organization, said on Monday that the Francoon and the Epanismonda remained in Iranian war, and they were not in the same way. The consoles are ongoing among relevant parties for their release but they are not in the same way as their good political conflict," she said.

After the ships were seized in April, the way of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards said that two of the two of the two "American hostessers' partners," according to a statement shared by a scientific trial Iranian news agency. The statements said the ships had been sent to the Iran-country, and according to the maritime firm Tushar-Turkhet, the ships remain in Iranian waters.

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In Booming Guyana, Ferry Disaster That Killed 100 Sharpens Divisions

By SIMON ROMERO

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The sinking of a state-run ferry, which killed an estimated 100 people last month, is deepening political fault lines in Guyana, an all-rich country and a top U.S. ally in South America.

The tragedy was Guyana's deadliest event since the 1970 downtown mass murder and suicide, which left more than 900 dead. Many Guyanese are asking how this new disaster could happen in what is one one of the world's fastest-growing mountains.

When the ferry sank, I was in Guyana to report an something completely different: the nation's oil boom, flat everywhere I went, the tragedy suddenly dominated conversations, reflecting how the sinking had unleashed tensions in this former British colony.

"Our leadership points Guyana as the next Dubai, but this debacle shows how absurd that narrative is," Cathy Hughes, a former member of Parliament, told me at a nighttime vigil in the capital, Georgetown.

The ferry capsized on the night of July 16, when it was overloaded with excess passengers and cargo while making a routine run from Georgetown to the gold-mining outpost at Port Kalamata, shop in the latterlands near Venezuela.

Gripping the country with nightmarish accounts, survivors said they were awakened in the middle of the night when the vessel began landing. They grouped whatever floating debris they could find, waiting hours before rescue crews arrived.

Some survivors described seeing children being ensalsered by the sea, and several of the 73 bodies recovered so far are children's. The ferry was carrying an estimated 175 passengers, almost more than it should have, according to survivors and the official manifest, which listed US.

About 30 passengers are still missing. Senior Guyanese officials including the minister of public works, Juan Edghill, who is responsible for state-run transport services, have asserted that the vessel was operating within its approved limits and that mechanical failure was not to blame.

Mr. Edghill did not immediately respond to a request for further comment. The loss of so many lives has had an

"Our leadership points Guyana as the next Dubai, but this debacle shows how absurd that narrative is."

CATHY HUGHES, former member of Parliament.

outsider impact stories Guyana, which has a population of only about one million spread across a land mass about the size of the United Kingdom, a country with nearly 70 million people.

But there, it is said for the late mother, Bona Mendoza, 40. Mr. Henry said his brother, Jason Henry, 25, was also on the ferry but survived by holding on to a floating car chest for hours.

A "all-galery-crying-up they stand all at it and not study her too much," Mr. Henry, a wood craftsman, said about his mother, who sold groceries in the region around Port Kalamata, using an elbow about hours to see all his mind. "If I study her, I would not eat."

As gold resonated across Guyana, it became clear that the tragedy was exposing tensions over government actionability and glaring, measured in a country that experienced stand-boggling economic growth of 10.3 percent last year. That outstripped by far other booming economies in the region, such as the country, which grew 6.6 percent the same year.

This boom is re-fishing Georgetown, a once-sleepy outpost. New high rises are going up. Migrants from Cuba and Venezuela are flocking to the city. Chinese work crews are building highways. Luxury SUVs chug the city's streets.

The ferry was a preferred option for many. Most aboard could not afford a $100 plane ticket to Port Kalamata, which would have enabled them to avoid taking the 24-hour boat trip. They were among the many Guyanese who have been left out of the boom.

It is still not clear what caused the ferry to capsize. It was built in 1939, decades before Guyana gained independence in 1946, and was scheduled to be inspected for potential repairs later this year, the authorities said.

A new ferry from India was recently acquired in replace it, the authorities said, but officials were waiting for port upgrades to be completed to put it into service.

Guyana's government has hit back aggressively as criticism of its handling of the episode.

President Irfaan Ali, who handily won re-election last year to a new five-year term, has made repeated trips to the area of the disaster to speak with family members who lost loved ones. He also declared he would investigate what caused the vessel to sink.

Senior officials have rejected claims that rescue efforts were too slow, at that negligence or corruption might have played a role in allowing the aging ferry to transport more passengers than it should have.

"This is not the picture of a government caught the-himself," the state-run Guyana Chronicle newspaper said in an editorial encouraging people who posted images of those who died. "This is a mo-

Top, a vigil for people who died in the sinking of a state-run ferry on July 18, in Georgetown, Guyana. Above left, a poster featuring President Irfaan Ali, who was re-elected last year to a new five-year term; and right, a protest at a memorial for the ferry disaster victims. At least 100 people died; about 30 are missing.

ment that demands unity, competence and restraint."

Still, the reactions to the tragedy are showcasing Guyana's sharp political divisions.

Arnold M. Mohamed, the leader of Guyana's opposition, mounted his own rescue efforts in the waters where the ferry capsized, and he shared value on social media of bodies floating in the sea while sounding the government's response.

Few in Guyana view Mr. Mohamed's motivation as purely altruistic. The scion of one of Guyana's wealthiest families, he was placed under sanctions in 2024 by the United States for gold smuggling and bribery schemes.

While Mr. Mohamed was scouring for

survivors, the authorities were searching his home in connection with an investigation into the execution of the killing of a gold dealer in 2025 outside a popular Georgetown sightspot.

Some Guyanese suggested that this could end up bolstering Mr. Mohamed. He has denied involvement in the murder and cost the inquiry, as he did the U.S. sanctions, as a politically motivated hit job aimed at taking him out of politics.

But the government did not stop there. The authorities also arrested Jherod Duncan, an opposition member of Georgetown, after he traveled to the site of the disaster and launched a drone to capture aerial footage of recovery vessels and the gathering of families at the waterfront.

The government, in what it described as an effort to bring a divided country together, also organized an interfaith prayer service one evening along Georgetown's sea wall overlooking the Atlantic.

The a stage equipped with state-of-the-art sound equipment, a master of ceremonies publicly welcomed those gathered, before Christian, Muslim and Hindu religious leaders recited prayers for the ferry's victims.

Dressed to crisp white guayabera, political dignitaries aligned with the government sat solemnly under a turpentine carefully rigged for the occasion, surrounded by therapy of security personnel.

But this event could also not escape Guyana's fractious politics. Near the

any, protesters quietly held placards demanding accountability and the firing of the public works assistant.

"This country's leaders simply cannot read the room," said Sherlina Nageer, 49, a protestor. "We don't need them to hold fancy events to make it seem like they're doing something. We need them to be accountable for their own negligence."

After I left the prayer service, other Guyanese I had inter-viewed began sending me reports that Ms. Nageer and other protestors had been arrested and were being charged with unlawful assembly.

An outcry ensued, the police released them and dropped the charges. But by then a new cycle of recrimination was flaring.

Denis Chabrol contributed reporting.

A couple on a breakwater overlooking the Atlantic Ocean during a memorial for ferry victims. Protesters have called for the firing of the public works minister.

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Kashmir Opens New Front Against Pakistani Government

By Zita or REIDMAN

MICHAEL KASHMIR: Kashmir – India and Pakistan have fought multiple wars over Kashmir, a Himalayan territory that both countries claim. For Pakistan, this external rivalry has long overshadowed political problems within Kashmir.

But the discontent there now seems too serious for Pakistan to ignore.

What begins in demonstrations over the waning cost of living in the past of Kashmir that Pakistan controls has evolved into a political movement, the Arab Assass Archan Committee, a coalition of leaders, civil society activists and local politicians. The coalition has organized protests to recent weeks that are joining the most significant challenge in years to Pakistani's authority over the region.

The coalition announced a long march in early June toward the regional capital, Muralfarabad, to pressure the government into accepting its demands for more autonomy. The group planned to meet the march on June 9 in its stronghold, Kandalabad and the miles from the heavily militarized de facto border that divides Kashmir into two parts, one administered by Pakistan, the other by India.

The Pakistani authorities responded by banning the group under counterterrorism laws on June 1 and later arresting several key leaders. Nevertheless, the partners staged weeks of six on its Ramadan while negotiations continued. At least 10 people, including protesters, law enforcement personnel and lawmakers, have died in clashes from early June to July 17, according to local officials and independent estimators.

When I visited the area last week, I found that the Pakistani government had all but cut off parts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir from the outside world. Internet service across the region had been suspended for weeks, interrogating access to banks and a U.S.A. and there were police checkpoints in the roads and Muralfarabad. The cost, both visitors surrounding the Nayban and Jheban rivers, which are usually half of the total escaping peak number, were not largely deserted.

Clashes between protesters and the police erupted in Muralfarabad on Friday and ended up through Sunday, and the authorities shut down the internet again after it had been restored for just one day.

Pakistani officials noted they will not back down because of what the defense minister, Khareqa Asif, called "violence and armed groups."

Formed in 2021, the Arab Assass Archan Committee led protests in 2014 and 2015 that won major economic concessions, forcing Pakistani's government to shark local electricity sales and subsidies the price of flour, making it much cheaper than in other parts of Pakistan.

This year, however, the alliance broadened its agenda, turning its attention to constitutional reform. The control demand is an end to a measure in the Constitution that sets aside 12 of 40 seats in the territory's legislature to Kashmiri refugees who live elsewhere in Pakistan. The coalition says the government should not have the more local control. Pakistan says any change in the special status of Pakistan-administered Kashmir would weaken Pakistani's diplomatic stance in its dispute with India.

Breakouts say they are anxious after the violent clashes and lengthy internet shutdowns, especially during the winter.

"Local businesses are suffering day in the mirror," said Mahatmad Akbar, who manages a riverbed waterfall attraction, adding

Jalaluddin Mughal contributed reprising.

that they are still recovering from last year's military tensions between India and Pakistan.

The current issue of several cities facing Pakistan. The military is building with incongruence in the southern and western provinces of Bahichistan and Khyber-Pakistankines, which have killed thousands of security personnel.

But Pakistan-administered Kashmir has long been regarded in Pakistan as peaceful and politically stable. The protests have challenged that image and opened a new front of dissent against the Pakistani government.

After several rounds of failed negotiations, the Pakistani gov-

ernment appears determined to press ahead with its crackdown.

Talal Chaudhry, state minister for the interim, said the government had accepted all of the group's demands, with the exception of the constitutional reforms. "This is no longer a protest movement," he said. "These are classroom, not protesters."

Dunish Khan, an associate professor at Franklin's Marshall College in Pennsylvania, who studies the region, warned that continued spirit measures against the protesters claim validating the movement's central argument. But if a Iranian-administered Kashmir is "created primarily as a security

problem rather than as a populace with legitimate political grievances.

Many soldiers trace the movements' roots in 2018, when India revealed the constitutional ammunition of the part of Kashmir that administers and placed it under direct federal rule.

The more global demonstrations across Pakistan-administered Kashmir is solidly with a residence across the Line of Control, which divides Kashmiri between India and Pakistan.

"The major league with Pakistan's national national government," said Zahid Amin, a veteran political activist in Muralfarabad.

From top: election banners in Muralfarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir: a view of Muralfarabad, and people waiting outside a bank to withdraw money.

Pakistan-administered Kashmir operates under a semi-commensur constitutional framework with its own president, prime minister, legislature and Supreme Court and state flag. Yet candidates seeking abused office even pledge allegiance to Pakistan.

Movement supporters insist that they are neither separation nor looking to join India, but pushing for better government.

Pakistani military spokesman, L. Sen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, said the state's all-nature of restraint toward the protests and has urged the group to participate in local elections, which began on July 27, and pursue their demands through legal channels.

"But they want to achieve it through force, whereas only the state has the monopoly on the use of force," he said at a news conference on Friday.

Qamar Cheema, an Islamabad-based political analyst, said the government's concession to protesters had "reinforced the perception that street pressure works, allowing the group to exploit police grievances and add political athletes that belong to Parliament onto the streets."

The protest coalition says it is not participating in the elections. But candidates aligned with the decisions on election officials have rejected their nomination papers without explanation, an accusation the authorities deny. The coalition has called for an initiative to be held.

The third phase of the elections will take place on Aug. 16, but major political parties are already challenging its legitimacy. The alliance on Monday demanded a new election under a caretaker government.

Russian Politician Who Opposes Putin and War Flees Country

By VALEED HOPKINS

BERLIN – Berlin B. Nadezhdie, one of the last remaining opposition politicians in Russia who was both fervently against the war in Ukraine and not sitting in the air of the Soviet Union, examined the Monday that he had fled the country.

Monday in June at the 120st Tower, Mr. Nadezhdie, 63, is shown in a video saying that he was "alive and free, but, unfortunately, not yet in Russia."

The first meeting of the 120st Times on Monday, he said he needed to solve "everyday issues" before he could discuss his escape of the plane.

The first month's curmantee means "huge" in Russian. But his departure from politics means antireal Russians have one fewer advance in the country's ever-evolving social space.

He had been planning to run in upcoming elections for his lower part of the Soviet Union in the Duma, in September, the first and to make since President Vladimir Putin.

Alina Lukitsa contributed reporting.

Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine.

Mr. Nadezhdie's first campaign pledge was to advocate for an end to the "Special Military Opposition," as she was in called in Russian. His campaign website listed his priorities in "peace", "freedom of speech", "cooperation" and "protection", with the words "obstacles", "isolation of Russia" and "Public power vertical" crossed out.

But only days after he started collecting signatures, he was barred from running in the elections. Last month, he was designated a "foreign agent" blocking him from reaching or holding office. Days later, headed man said him in a police station and eventually accused him of displaying "veterinars" symbols because of a video he had appeared in that briefly showed a photograph of the deceased politician Aleksev A. Navalny.

Mr. Nadezhdie was barred from leaving the country days after he publicly said he was thinking of fleeing into exile.

Under Navalny, I am an elderly and quite sick person; I

would fade away! In prison, he said in an interview in his apartment in the Moscow suburb of Delgupnathy in May. He continued having heart problems and said he intended to remain alive and free because of his four children, two of whom are missing.

A. Nadezhdie had campaign against Mr. Putin for president in 2021. He was eventually kept off the ballot by the Central Election Commission, but he was not pressed in court.

In another interview last month, he said the case against him for communion had shown how nervous the Kremlin was about any dissenting voice of a time when Russians were free. Cured by causing prices, tax hikes, inflation, internet restrictions and a war that was increasingly being felt at home.

Other antireal politicians have also faced pressure in Russia. The Central Election Commission is based on the blood-brewing 'kithikn' of the Russian war on the basis of the but it has prevented its candidates from running for local parliaments in places like St. Petersburg and the neighboring Russia. In fact, where it has a large voice ban.

A dozen members of 'kithikn' face or have faced criminal charges, though some were forced to pass on the part of the Russian leader, Maxim Kraghev was convinced of spreading blackmails about the Russian military in June over years he wrote an social media article on communist to serve years in prison.

The same month, Vladimir Sovetko, a Yishkin member from Kshitograd, on the Baltic Sea, was sentenced to prison in the prison for denating 500 riddies (里) in 2021 to an "veterinars organization" in July, another party member from Moscow, from Perpetrilo, to the Russian state's position for a similar offense.

At the interview in May, Mr. Nadezhdie spoke of his belief that

one person could have an enslave effect in politics, even in a country like Russia, where power is so circulated. He remembered his best-suited youth and was little and early. We, when Mikhail Gorbachev achieved an era of 'gibsons' and 'perturbation' – open-ness and restructuring, he said he was a little and very people around him remembered the point of a will, but with fear of it repeating.

"I actually a few people" criticized the Soviet system got into Parliament, he said. "Among whom was Andrey Smirnovich (Kakharov," he added, referring to the Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and other anti-slavs).

"He started speaking there, and the extent caused in every and once opened just like that," he said. "They are afraid the state thing is to be a good way to do so. I think that there is not a single point in the Duma who criticizes Putin and the war."

Mr. Nadezhdie said he knew that the theory sounded "hard to believe," but "in 1995, no one could have even imagined that the born of Union might crumble."

Migrants Rescued From Boat In Channel

Over 170 on Vessel When Fire وإنما

By STEPHEN V. LINTAS

LONDON – More than 170 people were rescued on Tuesday after a fire broke out on the small heat they were using to attempt a dark-wooden roaming from France in Britain, which has become a popular route for migrants from elsewhere and a contentious political issue.

The French authorities said all those on the vessel, which had left France on Monday, had been required to be a regular Channel in French and British emergency responders after its entire caught fire. There were no reports of deaths or injuries, and officials said, that the majority had been returned to France.

The rescue came at a moment of heightened debate in Britain over migrants' use of small, often unnecessarily heavy to try to reach the country. In Britain and elsewhere, the broader issue of irregular migration has come under new scrutiny since now of thousands of lives, to retitute the Spanish territory of Creta from Morocco last week. Issues that are attempting to get, coming, and moving those who reached Creta stayed only a short time before returning.

On Sunday, Britain's new prime minister, Andy Burcham, visited France on the English coast, where he promised to be "refreshed" in cutting the number of people coming to Britain in small boats. But he also said his government would help migrants in town, saying he wanted to "deal with the issue rather than plan politics with the issue."

"The public don't like the idea of the banter looks like it's not controlled," Mr. Burcham said. "No need to bring back that content. But also we need to offer support for people who genuinely need."

Under Mr. Burcham's predecessor, Ken Forester, Britain announced an observance with France in efforts to tackle small-scale crossings. That included a pilot program under which a small number of migrants who had crossed the channel would be returned to France, in exchange for the British admitting a similar number of people with strong claims to an item.

According to Britain's Home Office, crossings so far this year are more to about 41 percent compared with the same period in 2020. But many are still attempting the journey, particularly during favorable summer weather. More than 2,000 people have done so to the two weeks since Mr. Burcham became prime minister, the government said.

The use of a small boat is the most common form of irregular migration. The most important who arrive that way claim anyone, which allows them to stay while their application is considered.

The number of people crowding onto each boat – "foregy displace" as they are often called – appears to have risen, and the Sunday rescue undercrowded the country's year has been 1,000, and nearly 70%, when Mikhail Gorbachev achieved an era of 'gibsons' and 'perturbation' – open-ness and restructuring, he said.

The most recent report of the report, and return from France after parties were dismissed the government, said France has made clear that it would use a large migrants returned in that way.

But Mr. Farage pushed the idea again after the rescue on Tuesday, saying that Rother's plan would turn from. "We must put a stop to this," he said on social media.

In a statement on Tuesday, France's British and that French-Israel boats had monitored the migrant vessel, apparently in peril because of crowding, earlier in its journey, and had offered their own way to the other. "I've accepted that after, the officials said, the remainder, with agreeing to rescue after the fire broke out."

In all, 107 were rescued by the French, and 1,000 were British, according to the statement. All were taken to the French part of Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Migrants after disembarking from a French rescue ship in Boulogne-sur-Mer on Tuesday.

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Britain's New Leader Bursts Onto the Scene, Pushing for Change

By MICHAEL B. SHEAR

LIDDED—Britain's new prime minister has sometimes seemed to be everywhere: all at once in his first two weeks in office.

A morning visit to a London homeless clashes. A meeting with President Volodymyr Zilensky of Ukraine as a military team. A speech at a Jewish care center.

He has been ubiquitous online, in a spring diames of direct-to-camera videos on TikTok, X and Instagram. He poured a pint of a local pits, were a construction worker's orange vest in left, about youth unemployment and stirred up a lighthearted controversy over the proper way to make a cup of tea.

It may look focused, but Prime Minister Andy Burnham's message is focused. I'm for you, not there.

The former mayor of Greater Manchester, Mr. Burnham has already announced lower taxes on polio, pledged reform of social care programs for the disabled and the elderly, and found some money to lower electric bills. He has capped four bers at 2 pounds (about £2.85), viewed to help young people get jobs, promised to end homelessness that could be would shift power and victory away from London to regional mayors and municipal leaders.

"I'm determined's been really clear: It wants change," said Paul Dvorney, who served as Mr. Burnham's deputy in Greater Manchester and in the mayor of Salford, a nearby city. "I think Andy had been reallyers that."

It is the front clear where all the money is going to come from. Britain have warned that Mr. Burnham's promises will likely install either higher taxes or higher government borrowings. And he is pushing some painful decisions down the road. The shape of his promised overhead of the social care system, he is making a new one. He calls new year at the earliest, once a review has been completed.

On Tuesday, he faced negative headlines over one of many associated able policy dilemmas he will confront. Responding to outrage about a pending entry-release program for prisoners, pleased to be professional, Mr. Burnham's new position in Japan and some child sex offenders would stay behind him, a change that will increase pressure on the country's overcrowded prison system. Man news coverage, however, focused on the prisoners who would still be released early.

Talk his initial theory of policy announcement is designed to move the narrative at a moment when Britain's political system has been mired in instability and

Britain's new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has had a frantic start. Clockwork from top left is the Hase loss in Harlow; meeting with President Volodymyr Zilensky of Ukraine; talking about youth unemployment in North; helping at a homeless charity in Victoria.

ideological chors. Mr. Burnham, who represents the center-left Labour Party, is the seventh prime minister in a decade. The turnover has left many Britons disillusioned with politics.

In a video shared by news networks last week, an elderly man at the Jewish care center is introduced to Mr. Burnham. The airs are the local candidate, are you? the train asks. Mr. Burnham laughs and explains that he is the prime minister. The man on spends with incredulity. "What, a new one? But they keep closing my entry for a return?"

Mr. Burnham is well aware. His Labour Party predecessor, Ken Startner, based only two years and 15 days. Robb Rook, a Conservative, never made it to the end of his second year. And Liz Truss based only 48 days.

It's most a similar line, Mr. Burnham has taken a page from President Truss, political playbook — starting his term with a shock-and-ave burst of policies. He has also learned from Mr.

Startner that first impressions matter. In 2024, after leading Labour to victory, Mr. Startner made a series of political monstros and stumbles that were presented on by Britain's tabloid newspapers.

By contrast, Mr. Burnham's approach is designed to bypass much of the often right-binding news media who never possible and speak directly to British people. He talked about youth unemployment on a political called "dietary's jobs of the Future" and promised to give people "a stronger sense of hope," a podcast with Gary London, one of Britain's famous ex-soccer players.

His upbeat, informal social media presence has been compared to that of Zoltom Marschall, the mayor of New York City. In April, Mr. Marschall punctured a video celebrating the post-4-serve tap with a finger tap on the screen. A recent video by Mr. Burnham on eating electric bills starts with the same go-

ture. "Is this thing on . . .?" he captioned it.

Mr. Burnham often posts hand-held videos of himself talking directly to camera. In one, he weighs in on a command issue in Britain: whether to put calls in a cup of tea before or after the tea bag people is her name. When he

Lots of promises are made, but no talk of hoax to pay for them.

admitted during the milk in first, some parts of the internet on spends in outings. On a later video, he made fun of himself by listening that he was watching videos on how to make tea the right way.)

He is also spending one day a week working from his new "No. 10 North," a numbering bit building in downtown Manchester, to

demonstrate his argument that decision-making shouldn't happen only in the hallowed halls of the national government in London.

But Ford, a professor of politics at the University of Manchester, said Mr. Burnham is much better than Mr. Startner was at capturing the public's mood.

In his speech about Britain's faltering system of caring for the elderly and the disabled, the prime minister said it was "an action as American health care's a reference to what many British people think about the system is the United States. Later he pledged to create a 'National Care Service' system in the National Health Service in England. On education, Mr. Burnham has promised to 'value the hard but as much as the graduation cap'."

"He understands about symbolism and narrative," Mr. Ford said, comparing him to former President Bill Clinton.

The new prime minister also speaks about his own life. He has talked openly about his father, who has followed it and lives in a morning home. "I've just got to speak from the heart when it comes to this issue," he said in his social care speech, "because it is very, very personal for me right now and for my family."

It's early, but so far Mr. Burnham's approach seems to be working. Recent polling indicates that his personal popularity is strong, and the Labour Party has overlaid our in-levied with its popular right wing rival, Reform U-20, to service polls.

But Mr. Burnham is just getting started, and there will be tests of his media ahead.

The war in Iran could increase prices for energy just as winter arrives this year, raising the cost of living.

When Mr. Burnham said that he was determined to tackle the long-standing social care crisis in Britain, The Light Hall, a co-operative cabinet, splashed its front page with the headlines: "BURNSHARE'S IS BELLEMY WEATH THE MOUNTAIRE."

That was a great quality reference to a proposal. Mr. Burnham embraced when he was a young health secretary in 2016. So a tax on women is hard social care. The Conservative Party at the time branded it a "death tax." The prime minister will have to withstand these kinds of political issues if he wants to push through his agenda.

He will also have to navigate criticism from both the right and the left on contentious issues like immigration, financial, and moral, who has remained home secreted. Yet Mr. Burnham's government, has proposed a curtailment on anition makers and other changes that will make it tougher for immigrants to stay in the country indefinitely. That has already drawn intense opposition from some left-leaning Labour lawmakers.

Rivalis on the right, including Nigel Forage, the head of Reform U.K., accused the prime minister of ignoring the topic during his busy first weeks, On Sunday, Mr. Burnham visited the white cliffs of Dover where he was trained by the Canal Guard on the issue of migrants trying to come to the English Channel in small boats.

Of course, he made a video. Mr. Donsett, the mayor of Salford, said Mr. Burnham was making deliberate decisions about how to use his time and his voice.

"People are often criticizing politicians for not tangibly incurring things in terms of the political conditions of their lives," he said. "What we have is Judy is someone who's both pragmatic, but also strategic."

NEWS ANALYSIS

Swift Rebuff of Migrants

By Spain's Leftist Leader

By JASON HOROWITZ

CECTA, Spain — After more than 50,000 migrants surged from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Costa, in North Africa, leaders of all political backgrounds either blamed the crisis on the pro-immigration policies of Pedro Sánchez, Spain's left-wing prime minister, or raised concerns about them.

Spain's leading legalist political minister to Costa is Ojame Mc Sánchez directly. The courtier leaders of Teheran's Congress and P橘air against a letter surprising serious concern" and a need to address "all policies that can serve as pull factors."

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In one day at least, my first visit was to be reached in fully restoring control over the border." Mr. Sánchez wrote on Saturday in a response to criticism from partners in the European Union, Spain had not

Cecas Barragán contributed reporting.

cooled in returning "virtually at of the migrants who crossed irregularity," he added.

Mr. Sánchez's reaction to the Costa crisis, which Spain said, had left more than 70 migrants dead, has highlighted that he lost a more complex approach to migration than where Mr. Sánchez's left-wing supporters of right-wing critics like to acknowledge.

Mr. Sánchez became a global liberal darling in part by pursuing pro-immigration policies, especially by welcoming Latin Americans and allowing state-therived immigrants to apply to supplies that status. That set the apart from most other leaders in Europe, including center-left leaders who have wanted an immigration since 2015, and from President Trump.

But that warm approach to some immigrants, specifically those already in the country or who landed legally at Madrid appear, has defended attention from Mr. Sánchez much tougher approach to immigrants attempts up to illegally cross Spain's borders with Morocco.

Mr. Sánchez, in power far nearly towards, has never re-poleled the previous conservative government's 2015 law allowing the 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Those deals, Mr. Sánchez wrote in his never on Saturday, before the mayor "irregular arrivals through our territory dramatically" and, more than his right-wing neighbors, he said, made

Spain one of the "most secure" external borders in the line. According to European Union data, migration flows toward Spanish territory since 2015 had been aboundingly lower than to Greece and Italy, whose governments are perceived to have taken a tougher line against illegal immigration.

His interest at pro-year vintage Mr. Sánchez, whose political survival skills have long rested his critics. This month, he used the worst wildfires in the country's history to attack climate change doctors in the opposition and reject criticism that his government had not worked fully enough to proof Spain's civil landscape from low spreading biases. We has tried to dilute the impact of corruption sounded, involving his inner circle by casting some of them as publically motivated.

Now, as a cutting on a fairing violation of Spain's border security to argue how effective his government has been at pushing back migrants and cutting down on illegal immigration more generally.

Even for a politician with Mr. Sánchez's talent for spin, it was a

stretch to cast the violation of Spanish sovereignty by tens of thousands of migrants as a vicious insecurity as it was caught on camera and broadcast on a essentially a split wing highlight roof. But Mr. Sánchez was giving it a video.

Throughout the workload, his government took credit for what it called the "voluntary rotaries" of tens of thousands of Moroccoans. Many of these migrants described their return as anything but voluntary. Many said they had expected a warmer welcome and job opportunities in Spain, and learned and found barriers to the exhaustion and uncompromising police officers, who chased them from the center of Costa's streets into the long parade back toward the border.

A spokesman for Fernando Grande-Martinho, the interior minister, declared in converse on whether there was an explicit government strategy to deprive the migrants of potentials. The interior Ministry said only that officials were providing care within the scope of our responsibilities.

That scope seemed less than

broad. On Sunday, soldiers tried to take some groups of migrants back to the border on their streets. Mandators of others, who had decided to stay in Costa, were denied access to the exact overflowing migrant center and stayed on a portion of the beach.

In general, Mr. Sánchez's government has for years worked with the Moroccoan government to prevent migrants from getting close to Costa.

In an interview last last year, Mr. Grande-Martinho hailed Spain's partnership with Morocin and dismissed concerns from rights activists about working closely with the country's sub-therivarian government.

Morocin "is a very local partner," Mr. Grande-Martinho said at the time, adding, "It is doing important work in preventing and combating irregular migrants."

It is also expressed concern that a government plan to allow illegal migrants already in Spain to apply for formal paperwork could act as what he called "a just factor" for future migrants. This spring, the government enacted just that plan.

In recent days, the govern-

Some of the new 20,000 migrants who crossed into Costa, Spain, last week, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, above, caught much of the blame.

ment has suggested that the initiative, and its pro-immigration policies in general, had little to do with the range into Costa. They blamed instead the misinterpretation of a recent Supreme Court decision which suggested that migrants who reached Costa by sea could not be necessarily "inperfect. Stranglers used that misinterpretation, they said, to spread misinterpretation about an open border.

Mr. Sánchez's critics in Spain, though he had elsewhere second exactly sympathetic. Far-right leaders lived up in portray Costa as a viral vision of the dangers of illegal migrants, a mid-20s man who was in the country, and the last hero warning about for more than a decade. Control leaders, someone to avoid being out-fataled on a person issue, called for groups of immigrants to control on Spain.

Despite Mr. Sánchez's argument, the security, the perception across Europe was that he had lost control.

"Pedro Sánchez appears on my social media," said assessor. "The problem came from the insane of the hundreds of migrants who were still on the beach in Costa on Sunday evening. "We have heard from different organizations, and we have been accept more immigrants — but we don't know how many or when."

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Trump's Arch Could Alter the Fabric of Washington

Park Service Assessment Points to Disrupted Ties Between Monuments

By EMILY KROGER

President Trump's proposed 250-foot-tall triumphal arch would change the skyline of Washington to such an extent that it would intrude on views at dozens of historic sites around the capital, according to an assessment by National Park Service staff.

It would disrupt the symbolic relationship between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery, abstract sightlines from the Kennedy Gravesite and Robert E. Lee's home, and alter what official documents call "one of the most magnificent" views of Washington at the National Cathedral four miles away, the Park Service said.

The assessment of the arch's effect on surrounding historic properties is a key step the administration must complete before the project can receive final approval by the National Capital Planning Commission, which could come as soon as its next meeting on Sept. 3.

The Park Service is supposed to seek ways to reduce such "adverse effects" on historic sites under the National Historic Preservation Act. But the arch is expected to move forward with little change, given that Mr. Trump has shown no interest in the most obvious remedies — scaling down the project, or building it somewhere else.

Frequently because the arch was designed to be so large and prominently located — it's older than the captahs height limits allow, and more than twice as tall as the nearby Lincoln Memorial — it would be visible from many significant sites around Washington, altering what are considered difficult, characteristic of those places.

The recently updated list of affected sites, which the Park Service has asked outside groups to comment on by Thursday, is outside for its length and the many major buildings (and surrounding districts and landscape) on it.

"These adverse effects are intentional and inherent in the design of the arch; it is intended to dominate the surrounding landscape," wrote Roger W. McGinn, Virginia's state historic preservation officer, in a June letter to the Park Service after it began the review.

Adverse effects mean "you're building something that will irreversibly harm the experience in these other locations," said Ed Smyth, the vice president for government affairs with the National Parks Conservation Association. Given that the administration is expected to proceed anyway, he said, this list looks like a reflection of the career civil servants and the Trump political staff "contradicting each other on paper."

"The assessment is part of what's known as a Section 106 review under the preservation law, which requires federal agencies to consider how a wide range of "undertakings" — new court-houses, road expansions, pipeline permits — would affect sites that are on or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The law prescribes an particular outcome but is meant to get agencies to pause, consult experts and the public, and consider alternatives or design changes.

State preservation officials in Virginia and Washington and other organizations have charged that the arch review has been rushed and began too late for meaningful change. The review started after the site was selected and after the design was approved by another federal panel. David Maloney, Washington's historic preservation officer, proposed an alternative location on the Anacostia River due south of the Capitol, a solution that appears off the table as the White House sprints to complete the project before the end of Mr. Trump's term.

The National Park Service did not respond to questions about the review process.

As the administration moves swiftly through the review, it is simultaneously pushing to overhaul the rules governing historic reviews nationwide, curbing other participants and the kinds of places and harms that would be considered. The new regulations are unlikely to take effect before the arch review is complete. But the president's primal project distortion have consequential the rules changes would be, in fact, nearly off of the "adverse effects" of the arch would no longer be recognized.

The harms identified by Park Service staff largely describe changes to the setting and views at historic sites, not just the changes in such site the sightlines, surrounding landscapes and symbolic links to other monuments and memorials are documented features of their historic designations — ones that shape new historic experience these places today.

The proposed regulatory changes would narrow the focus of reviews to

Julia Jacobs contributed reporting.

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Looking westward, a planned 250-foot arch would obstruct views of Arlington National Cemetery and Robert E. Lee's Arlington House. From the other direction, below left, the arch would block sightlines of the Lincoln Memorial from the Eternal Flame at John F. Kennedy's gravesite. Below right, a model of the structure; Final approval by the National Capital Planning Commission could come as soon as Sept. 3.

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Historic Sites 'Adversely Affected' by the Proposed Arch

1. Memorial Avenue Corridor Cultural Landscape
2. Arlington Memorial Bridge and Associates Features
3. Lake Bird Johnson Park Cultural Landscape
4. Arlington National Cemetery Historic District
5. Arlington House Historic District
6. Arlington House (Robert E. Lee Memorial)
7. Arlington House Cultural Landscape
8. Landor B. Johnson Memorial Grove
9. Mount Vernon Memorial Highway Historic District
10. Lincoln Memorial Cultural Landscape Lincoln Memorial
11. National Mall 500 and National Mall Historic District
12. The Mall Cultural Landscape
13. Washington Monument
14. Washington Monument and Grounds Historic District

15. Washington Monument and Grounds Cultural Landscape

16. Rock Creek and Pilsenau Parkway Historic District

17. East and West Potomac Park Historic District
18. L'Enfant Plan of the City of Washington, District of Columbia
19. Arlington Ridge Park
20. Pentagon
21. Fort Maw National Historic Landmark District
22. George Mason Memorial
23. Thomas Jefferson Memorial
24. Thomas Jefferson Memorial Cultural Landscape
25. United States Capitol
26. Georgetown Historic District
27. Old Naval Observatory
28. Observatory Hill Historic District
29. Alban Towers Apartment Building
30. American Institute of Pharmacy Building
31. George Washington Memorial Parkway
32. Harquin House
33. Francis Scott Hay Bridge
34. The National Cathedral
35. National War College
36. Vigilant Firehouse

material harm, like damage from construction.

"Visual sightlines, relationships, setting, context — none of that matters," said Greg Workhauser, a lawyer and founding partner of the firm Cultural Heritage Partners, which works on preservation cases.

These very features are at the core of opposition to the arch. The case against it by veterans, preservationists, historians and Washington residents is that it would alter the meaning and feel of the places around it — not just the ground inside Memorial Circle, where it would be built.

The arch would interrupt a carefully planned corridor between the Lincoln Memorial and Lee's Arlington House that was designed to contribute the reunification of the North and South after the Civil War. From Lee's memori-

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al, much of the Lincoln Memorial would be obscured by the arch. From Arlington Memorial Bridge, which contents the two sides of the river, the arch would insert a "triumphal" symbol into a space that's also the solemn structure to Arlington National Cemetery.

Gary Langston, a retired Army officer who has spoken against the arch during its public design reviews, wants officials to imagine a veteran visiting the gravesites of fallen fellow service members.

And you're going to look up and you're going to see this thing looming over you," he said in an interview. "And then it's going to have a viewing sound with tourists looking down at you."

The plans for the arch include an observation desk that its proponents say would introduce everyday new views of the capital region. But the immediate proximity to the cemetery means that tourists looking west would often be observing private funerals and grieving families, veterans say. And if they look toward the Lincoln Memorial and Capitol to the east, they would turn their backs on the cemetery.

The Park Service assessment acknowledges that from ground level

inside some parts of the cemetery, the arch would become part of the scenery. It would also obstruct views from the Eternal Flame at President Kennedy's gravesite, on a hillside facing the Lincoln Memorial.

Mr. Langston and other veterans also fear that the thrust of construction — proposed by the administration to run for 20 hours a day for multiple years — would disrupt burials. "Atmospheric or audible" effects would no longer matter under the new rules, either. That would limit protection for places where significance and function depend on at home, and have ferrets, who served during the Biden administration as the chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the federal agency responsible for the Section 106 rules.

Beyond the cemetery, the arch would become part of the experience of visiting the front steps of the Jefferson Memorial and the upper centers of the U.S. Capitol. It would be visible from the employees' waterfront and the grounds of the Washington Monument.

In supporters of the arch, those may be features, not intrusions. The arch will become one of the most iconic landmarks not only in Washington, but

also throughout the world, said Davis Ingle, a White House spokesman.

"I will enhance the vision experience at Arlington National Cemetery for veterans, the families of the fallen, and all Americans alike." Mr. Ingle said in a statement, "serving as a visual reminder of the noble sacrifices borne by so many American heroes throughout our 250-year history so we can enjoy our freedoms today."

Under the current Section 106 process, once the Park Service identifies affected historic properties, it is then supposed to seek ways to "avoid, minimize or mitigate" any harms. But it's hard to see how that's possible with the arch, preservationists said.

"There's been no effort to avoid" harms by considering alternative sites, said Rebecca Miller, the executive director of the D.C. Preservation League. "There has been no effort to minimize, because the president has told them not to. And what is the mitigation for destroying the cultural landscape? I don't know that you can mitigate this!"

If the proposed regulatory changes are adopted, the phrase "avoid, minimize or mitigate" would be deleted.

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The 47th President

NEWS ANALYSIS

Nothing Seems to Move Trumps Mind Far From the Events of 2020

By KATHY BOGERS

WASHINGTON — What year is it a week?

Over the past few days, President Trump has been living in the year 2020, claiming that he defied his advisers to reopen the country during the coronavirus pandemic, saying that one of them, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, was the one with all the “crazy ideas.” He has revealed that one daily falsehood that he won the 2020 election and that it was rigged, a belief built by a large result of his political base. And, on Friday, he said that his supporters who transacted the Capitol on Jan. 4, 2021, were simply on an “unscured journey.” Four people died that day.

Mr. Trump is not so much a student of history as a rewriter of it. In his second term, he is so set on averaging his election loss and pursuing retribution against his political enemies that he has Americans looking low-level when many have signaled they would rather be explain why the country is at war with Iran, or help them afford groceries now. In the year 2020.

Neither his telling poll numbers nor the concerns among Republicans about the stalked on seeds to be modulating his insistence on re-testing much of what happened six years ago.

I don’t think his ego allows him to accept the fact that someone he perceives as so weak as Joe Biden was able to beat him,” said Sarah Matthews, who was a deputy press secretary in the first Trump administration and resigned amid the Jan. 4 attacks.

“I witnessed a firsthand that the state advisers telling him he lost and there was no evidence of fraud,” said Ms. Matthews. “An stopped listening to those people and started surrounding himself with numbers and conspiracy theorists.”

Six years later, she said that Americans are still living with the consequences. “In the union that he’s not hearing on the things that most Americans are housed out.”

In the past year, August 2020, a White House spokeswoman, suggested that Mr. Trump’s fountain on the 2020 election was part of an effort to pass the SAFE America Act, which would require voters to prove their citizenship to maintain that the without a photo at polling places and severely restrict voting by state. Although there is no doubt that the legislation would make it more difficult for eligible voters to make it to the polls.

“The president knows how critical the issue is for the American people, and he will not stop fighting until it is passed, but he can see it and there pass at the same time,” she said. “The

Trump’s political ideas are more to lower drug prices, restore American jobs, restore poll numbers and re-testing.”

Last week, Senate Republicans joined Mr. Trump back in 2020. Revisiting a collective national trauma for more complicated

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, center, with President Trump, left, for a daily coronavirus pandemic briefing in 2020. Dr. Fauci was questioned at a Senate hearing last week.

than how they presented it, Senate Republicans trumpeted Dr. Fauci’s journal entries — recovered from a government server and shared with the public courtesy of Mr. Trump’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy. In them, Dr. Fauci wrote of all the attention that he received from celebrities like Jodie Roberts and Barbra Streisand.

Dr. Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times on Wednesday during a hearing before the Senate Illustrated Security Committee. To many, this was a task admission of poll from the 65-year-old, who retired from public service in 2021. (Mr. Trump pleaded the Fifth hundreds of times during a 2022 fraud trial, according to publicly available documents.)

In his journals, Dr. Fauci detailed his interviewing relationship with Mr. Trump as they disagreed over experienced members who for the long, main guidance, testing availability and school closures. There was tension as far back as January 2020, when the president was downplaying the spread of the mysterious virus.

“I had to answer that we are taking this very seriously and that Americans should not be

frightened or worry,” Dr. Fauci wrote of a television appearance he made at the time. “Let us see if this job can against the 70s TVC.”

Turns out, he was right to be wary: Mr. Trump has longed Dr. Fauci in with a long list of political enemies he believes he made the 2020 the last year of his first term.

That his includes Joseph R. Biden Jr. Last month, Mr. Trump wanted off course during events that were suggested by the SNAA U.S. nuclear capability and manufacturing and the environment to insult his successes. He also claimed on social media that he had warned Mr. Biden about Dr. Fauci, despite the fact that Mr. Trump gave the doctor a presidential commendation he has work to bring a Covid vaccine to the public.

“I called Biden to tell him Fauci was on good, either didn’t. He was a lot of was dishonest. The call was well received, but sadly, not acted on,” Mr. Trump wrote. “He went on to give Fauci vast destruction power.”

Two people directly familiar with Mr. Biden’s conversations with Mr. Trump, who were granted anonymity because they did not want to get into a public

back-and-forth with the president, say that call did not happen.

Former senior administration officials who was part of the first-term White House coronavirus task force and was granted anonymity to avoid getting into a public spot with former rat-

Revisiting in hopes of revising a pandemic and a lost election.

leagues, recalled that Mr. Trump and his advisers would be quietly disagree with Dr. Fauci in Situation Room meetings about the virus.

Dr. Fauci’s refrain during tense moments was to tell members of that group that the job was to make science-based recommendations. The job of White House officials, he said, was to weigh these recommendations against potential witnesses home.

Mr. Trump’s retelling home, at a television, bridged a source from matters on complex as his handling of a virus outbreak that

would kill over a million people. In Mr. Trump’s version of events, there is only good and bad, here and within, on the air against. Thomas R. Pejansky, a political scientist and a co-author of “Purshans Politics: The Family Bill of Participation in the Age of COVID,” said that this fringe approach was evident during the pandemic and may have cost. Mr. Trump the election he cannot stop discussing about.

“The main finding was that the Trump administration inter-

preted the pandemic as a political threat,” Mr. Pejansky, who touches at Cornell, said of his research. “It was a tactical error. He could have been re-elected if he had treated the pandemic differently.”

Mr. Trump’s constant, incorrect assertions about the 2020 election results have carried a cost for American democracy. A call of public laws for the intervening districts in government institutions and election security, but a partisan split in the research why. According to a Politics poll published in May, a majority of Republicans are worried about ineligible people voting, while a majority of Democrats are worried about voter suppression.

Many Americans remain legito-

mately angry and upset about what happened to them and their families during the pandemic. And experts like Mr. Pejansky are a natural opportunity to learn from mistakes made in 2020. Americans now face a growing measles outbreak and fears about hard supply contamination. Asked the words about the outbreak of cytotoxicity, a diarrhoea causing illness whose recent spread has been linked to contamination of the United States, Mr. Trump, who has been

“I haven’t thought about it,” Mr. Trump said, before joking with the reporter who asked the question, “Are you seeing letters recently?”

People who know how Mr. Trump operates believe he will persist with his focus on the events of 2020, given the main lesson he seems to have learned from that time period. Facts have not gotten in the way of his opinions, and he has been re-worded for it.

“If he says something enough times, he has the world’s largest megaphones,” Ms. Matthews said. “Of course, there are going to be millions of Americans who are going to believe that poll take him as his word, even if he has no evidence to back it up.”

Spotlight on Fauci Is Said to Enhance Book Sales for Kennedy and His Publisher

By SHIRBY, LAW STOLBERG

Alive hours after Dr. Anthony S. Fauci invoked the Fifth Annual news right in reducing its answer questions from Senate Republicans last week, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said to social media to plug a book he published about Dr. Fauci in 2021, declaring it “the «I can-define hardcover here today.”

Later than 1st, Mr. Kennedy went on television to say much the same thing. “I wrote a book about Anthony Fauci in 2021,” he told the Fox News here from Houston. “I was the biggest selling book of 2021. It said I a million copies.”

Mr. Kennedy’s mini book tour came as Republicans accused Dr. Fauci of receiving himself by enclosing an article about his letter or contents with cash records, including a 60 million price that government ethics officials allowed him to keep. But Mr. Kennedy, because of the 1940s, accused Republicans who chaired the hearing, and even Mr. Kennedy’s son Robert F. Kennedy III have all published critical books about Dr. Fauci’s recent news when he was written a book from the negative public attention the most have helped generate against him.

Mr. Kennedy’s office did not require any information of comments be behalf of the secretary or of his son. Mr. Pauly’s office also did not respond to a request for comment.

At times made are published by the New York Times, a 1970s founder Tony Lyons in a time adviser to Mr. Kennedy and once a political action committee and other groups supporting the senate. The first time of the book was published in 2023 by Regency Publishing, which was acquired by Skyhorse in December of that

year. (Skyhorse also recently published a memoir by the actress Cheryl Hines, Mr. Kennedy’s wife.)

“The Real Anthony Fauci is the most important book in a generation,” Mr. Lyons said in an interview on Monday, referring to the work of the elder Mr. Kennedy, the said eruption from the book, which paints Dr. Fauci as being in the pocket of a corrupt pharma, cocktail industry, went to Clai-

Three books are critical of the former presidential adviser.

dत्तर’s Health Defense, the one profit Mr. Kennedy founded to advance his crusade against environmental toxins and vaccines, and not to Mr. Kennedy himself.”

“He wasn’t doing it for money. He wasn’t doing it for them. So please write that,” Mr. Lyons said.

Ethics mystery say that Mr. Kennedy, his son, and Mr. Paul did not cross any legal or ethical lines, but served said the secretary and the senator did cross a threshold for hypocrisy by using their platforms to self-boths about Dr. Fauci while accusing the scientist of profiling from his own public service.

“It’s pretty rich,” said Donald Sherman, an expert in government ethics at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a workshop group.

Kathleen Clark, an expert in government ethics and law professor at Washington University

in St. Louis, said that the book promotes “buy me by a legal conflict, but it is a conflict, and it may help explain their social motives here.” She likened the hearing to a “publicly” event for Skyhorse Publishing.

“The hearing led to a spike in sales for Mr. Kennedy’s book, according to the MAHA Report, a newsletter published by MAHA Action, an advocacy group headed by Mr. Lyons. The book is selling for $225 on the property online store.

Mr. Paul must adhere to Senate ethics rules, which bar most certain payments but exempt book royalties and advances. His 2023 book “Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up” accuses Dr. Fauci of leading research in China that led to the coronavirus pandemic, and lying about it to Congress’ accusations that Dr. Fauci denies. Mr. Paul has twice received Dr. Fauci to the Justice Department for prosecution, and these allegations were a central boast of just week’s hearing.

Mr. Paul reported a total of 275,000 in royalties from Regency Publishing. $20,000 in 2023 and $80,000 in 2024.

On Wednesday, the panel Mr. Paul chairs, the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is scheduled to vote on whether it shall Dr. Fauci in contempt of Congress be too refusal to testify.

Mr. Kennedy used his personal 4 account, which has nearly it not last followed, and did. He official government account, to promote the Fauci book, is a cabinet secretary. Mr. Kennedy faces more restrictions than the senator. He must admit by the ethics filing he submitted to vote Senate confirmation.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now the health secretary, has been promoting “The Real Anthony Fauci,” a book published in 2020.

consulting agreement with Skyhorse Publishing but pledged in the filing to re-rejuster it. In a single case, Mr. Kennedy was sent to a period of his life company had paid him $425,000 in accounting low for “author introductions, book ideas and keywords in other authors” weeks & three.

His ethics filing said the publisher paid his royalties for “overcrabiosity,” without naming them. His financial disclosure showed that he received a $1,000 advance fee for $2,125 look “Vax-Crevat: Let The Science Speak,” and that Mr. Hines had received a $800,000 advance for her remeat.

“I added the following disclosed that he was entitled to an advance of 10 million in 10 million for two upcoming books, “Cover-the-Sunny” and “A Defense of the real, American, and the United States,” yet to be published book, “American: Poth Back to Moral Leadership.”

“During my appointment,” Mr. Kennedy promised, “I will not engage in any writing, editing or promotional activities associated with these books and will not provide any other services under the publishing agreement.”

Of the three authors, Mr. Kennedy’s son has the greatest amount of freedom. As a private citizen, he may publish what he pleases. His book, “The Confections of Anthony Fauci,” tells itself as a “formand manner.” It is published almost in a diary format, with Dr. Fauci calling directly to the reader.

In his 4 message to his followers, Mr. Kennedy called his son. Fauci publication “the most converse” book of the decade, “completing that bookstores and its buyers refused to carry it, and major newspapers declined to receive it.”

He singled out The New York Times, asserting that the paper

had refused to publish a paid advertisement for the “The Real Anthony Fauci” and listed the book as No. 7 on its best-seller list, “even though it natural any other book by thousands of copies.”

A spokesman for The Times said that the paper published as advertisement for the book on the 2020 election Dec. 29, 2021, Book Review section.

The Times does not disclose to precise methodology for ranking books, saying only that the ranking “collect and sales reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest rates in the United States.” The spokesman declined further comment.

Mr. Kennedy’s book made The Times’s weekly best-seller list for hardcover medicines (3 times since it was published in 2023, its highest rank on the Synthesive medicines list was No. 1. It also reached No. 8 on the combined print and e-book medicines list.

Dr. Fauci’s 2024 memoir, “On July 4, there’s a Journey to Public Service,” spent seven weeks on The Times’s best-seller list that year, twice reaching No. 1 in both hardcover medicines and in combined print and e-book medicines.

In a diary to kept on list, government company, which Mr. Fauci’s named publicly, Mr. Fauci wrote that he had mentioned Mr. Kennedy’s book in a lawyer. Don Walker, before its publication, saying it would undoubtedly be “a huge “satisfaction book,” Mr. Walker, he said, “was adamant that should do nothing about this since Molly Kennedy has absolutely no credibility.”

That was five years ago, long before anyone envisioned Mr. Kennedy would become health secretary.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2026

Clockwise from top: the Ohio River where it streams past Marietta. Ohio: briny wastewater from fracking sheeting out of a well owned by Bob Wilson, center, who said, "There should not be any water here at all"; a tanker truck arriving to deposit toxic brine underground, which often comes from out of state.

By QUINN GLADICKI

Photographs by NARINE MAGARVEY

MARIETTA, Ohio – In historic Marietta, Ohio, riverbears share past shores once surveyed by George Washington. Trolleys bump along brick roads that pass between Victorian homes and 2,000-year-old Adena and Hopewell burial mounds. Its occurrence held more Revolutionary War officers than anywhere else in the nation.

And there is something else buried deep beneath Marietta. Hundreds of millions of gallons of radioactive fracking wastewater.

For years, it has arrived in a caravan of tanker trucks that come right and day to deposit the toxic brine in injection wells that pump it thousands of feet underground, where it is supposed to stay forever.

But the brine is sparing to the surface, and locals fear it could soon contaminate the drinking water source for 15,000 people. "It would destroy the city," said Susan Vessels, president of the Marietta City Council. "Once the damage is done, it cannot be undone."

Breakouts and local officials were for years "completely unaware" of their place at the heart of an interstate marketplace for toxic waste, Ms. Vessels said. They've come to realize, she said, that their corner of Ohio has become a major destination for fracking brine.

Ohio has permitted more than 240 injection wells for the disposal of oil and gas waste. By comparison, there are 39 such injection wells in Pennsylvania, and a few dozen in West Virginia, both of which border Ohio.

Pennsylvania, which produces more natural gas than any state besides Texas, last year expected to Ohio roughly three-quarters of all the fracking brine that it needed to permanently dispose of, according to state records.

Ohio pumps about 1.4 billion gallons of

Hundreds of injection wells in Ohio pump toxic wastewater into the ground

Note: Map shows permitted injection wells. Sources: Ohio Department of Natural Resources via Frac/Faciles and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

NASA BENSINGER, THE NEW YORK TIMES

wastewater underground annually, according to state data. Estimates vary, but roughly one-third to one-half likely comes from out of state.

The fracking boom has transformed the United States into the world's largest producer of natural gas. But fracking also produces large volumes of salty wastewater laden with heavy metals, radioactive materials and cancer-causing benzene, as well as hazardous chemical

additives from the fracking process.

Ohio became a destination for wastewater because decades ago, long before fracking, it received permission from the federal government to regulate its own injection wells, which were then just a small part of the oil and gas industry. As a result, today it's easier to drill injection wells in Ohio than in states like Pennsylvania where there's federal oversight.

Rural Washington County, home to

Marietta, has 19 permitted injection wells. Over the past two years, 39 percent of the 362 million gallons of waste injected under the county came from out of state, according to state records reviewed by The New York Times.

The industry says injection wells are tightly regulated, and that thousands of feet of rock and shale safely contain the wastewater. Injection wells, "when properly sited, constructed, operated, and regulated, do not pose a significant threat to drinking water," said Bob Broadrett, president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association.

But brine has bubbled up from injection wells in Oklahoma, raising concerns about drinking water contamination. It has gushed from the ground in Texas and now is outlaying to Ohio.

Last month in a wooded hollow outside Marietta, Bob Wilson wrestled with a wrench beneath a traditional oil and gas well (not a fracked well). A jet of fluid erupted: briny fracking wastewater.

"There should not be any water here at all," Mr. Wilson said. He squinted at a pressure gauge that read 320 pounds per square inch — higher than he'd ever seen it, he said. "It keeps climbing."

Mr. Wilson said he'd lost two more of his oil and gas wells in recent weeks to intrusions from fracking wastewater. Now the wells "don't make me a nickel," he said. He is using several injection well companies, arguing that injected brine-contaminated oil and gas reservoirs and violated his property rights. A lower court dismissed the allegations, which have been appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court. The defendant companies argue that the plaintiff's couldn't prove where the wastewater originated.

The flooded wells are evidence that brine is "neglecting" underground through creeks and counties in the rock, said David Jeffery, a professor of geology at Marietta College who previously worked as a petroleum geologist at BP

Complicating matters, as many as 80,000 undocumented, old-fashioned oil and gas wells packmark Ohio, according to state estimates. And some almost certainly pass through aquifers, experts say.

They could be conduits for brine that has been pumped underground, Dr. Jeffery said, and "we have no idea where they are."

In 2024 the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission, a body of industry experts that oversees regulatory appeals, "explicitly confirmed" that brine was nagrading underground, according to Cory Hayskey, an attorney who served as the commission's executive director until 2025.

"The state and industry have possessed definitive proof for years that these injection wells were threatening the surrounding geology," Mr. Hayskey said.

Ms. Vessels, the Marietta City Council president, said she didn't know a thing about injection wells until about a year ago. Four wells just outside Marietta, population 11,000, are permitted to inject a combined 640,000 gallons of brine daily within two miles of the city's drinking water aquifer.

Sitting on her porch recently, surrounded by stacks of inspection reports and well permits, Ms. Vessels, a Republican and former U.S. Army intelligence officer, said she wanted an immediate halt on injection and for state leaders to prohibit injection wells near public drinking water.

"We need a community that we can hand down to our children and our grandchildren," she said. "And if we keep walking down this path, we might not have that."

The four injection wells within two miles of Marietta's drinking water source accepted wastewater from fracking sites in Pennsylvania that reported median levels of radium-226, a cancer-causing radioactive material, ranging from 420 to 1,000 times the U.S. Environmental Pro-

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'If we get anything nuclear in our water, that's it. We're done.'

SUSAN VESSELS, Marietta City Council

tection Agency's drinking water standard, according to Pennsylvania waste records assembled by FirstTracker, an organization that monitors oil and gas activity.

"If we get anything nuclear in our water, that's it," Ms. Vessels said. "We're done."

Last year, after the state approved a fifth and then a sixth injection well at Marietta's doorstop, officials declared an emergency (A seventh proposed injection well is pending.)

Not only was brine "regularly migrating to the surface," officials said, but seismic activity in Washington County had increased almost 20 times over since 2023, a "close indication" that underground rock formations holding billions of gallons of waste were "moving and likely fracturing."

Marietta officials asked state leaders to halt injection within six miles of the city's aquifer and to stop permitting new wells. By March, eight more water authorities in the county had followed suit in calling for a moratorium.

Drinking-water tests in Marietta and surrounding areas show no signs of brine, officials said. But if radioactive material were to enter the system, "we don't think we can remove it," said Bob Allen, who serves on the board of the Little Rocking Water Association south of Marietta, which supplies drinking water to nearly 10,000 people in rural Washington County.

Earlier this year, a lawsuit brought by Buckeye Environmental Network, an environmental advocacy organization, and Earthquakes, an environmental law group, challenged the proposed wells outside Marietta, all of which belong to DeepRock Disposal Solutions. Lawyers argue that the state didn't follow the proper rules for issuing the permits. A lawyer for DeepRock said the permits should be upheld.

And in July, state regulators said that

Four injection wells are within two miles of Marietta's drinking water sources

Those more count to drilled if plans are approved

Sources: Ohio Department of Natural Resources via FirstTracker

Clockwise from top: David Jeffery, a geology professor, said the brine was "migrating" underground through rock; Susan Vessels is among those in Washington County in Ohio who fear contamination of drinking water; trucks at DeepRock Disposal Solutions in Marietta.

four injection wells in Washington County had that down, including one owned by DeepRock outside Marietta, after regulators determined that fluid and high pressures found at oil and gas wells like Mt. Wilson's "could only be caused by nearby injection wells."

At a Republican Party executive meeting last August, Ohio State Senator Brian Chavez, who stepped down as DeepRock's chief executive after taking elected office in 2023, disciplined the threat posed by injection wells, describing the brine as "ancient seawater," according to an ethics complaint filed against him with the state's legislative ethics committee. Mr. Chavez, who chairs the senate energy committee, also compared the radioactivity levels of the waste to that of a banana, according to the complaint, which was filed by residents of Washington County over his re-turning with DeepRock.

A spokesman for Ohio Senate Republicans called the ethics complaint meritters.

In a statement, Laura Gates, an attorney for DeepRock, said, "We respect the concerns that have been raised by members of the community and believe those concerns deserve to be addressed through a screen-based regulatory process." She said "DeepRock remains committed to protecting public health, drinking water resources, and the environment."

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Documents Undercut Trump's Claims About Utah Monument

By NATHAN JOHELSON

WASHINGTON - When President Trump sharply reduced the time of the U.S. National Monument in Utah by more than 12 million acres, he claimed it was necessary because recreation was virtually impossible within the state's boundaries.

"You can't go hunting, you can't go fishing, you can't do anything, you can virtually not even walk on it," Mr. Trump said during a ceremony in the Oval Office last month.

The No. 2 official at the Interior Department, State Washington claimed in, saying, "That's exactly right, sir, so you are something that today."

But recreation has been allowed in Bears East since President Barack Obama designated the monument in 2016, and government documents in 2020. The New York Times show that Trump administration officials have foresuit on recreational opportunities inside the monument about a month before the Oval Office event.

Utah officials, who pushed for shrinking the monument, told the Trump administration to June that there was "current recreational access" to Bears East, according to the documents, which the Times retained via a public records request.

The state officials specifically cited two main popular among others, backpackers and officials who had been in the United States, whose citizen rules attract excess of non-tribal rights, nonstatewide tax and cash climbers, as Mr. Obama noted when he designated the monument.

The documents suggest that the administration was "long or spreading misidentification about these financial public funds" when the U.S. Department of Commerce, the United States, and New York, the legal director at the nonprofit Southern Union of America, claims, were involved the records in the request of The Times.

National monuments are public lands that are legally protected from oil and gas drilling, mining and other industrial development. They have similar provisions to national parks, but while national parks are created by Congress, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and by procedures through the delegation, out of 2008.

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Policy Coordinators Office, also did not receive a request for comment.

Bears East is the amount of increased if the office is its region, the Group Name, Hop Title, Ute Indian Title, Ute Insurance On Title and Federal of Zuni. It contains thousands of archaeological sites that often consider culturally significant, including the remains of burial grounds, cliff moulding and rocks art panels.

The monument also boasts "world class outdoor recreation opportunities." Mr. Obama wrote in his proclamation designating Bears East's "science" and technology, hunting, hiking, backpacking, commenting, video-water rafting, mountain biking and kerosineau riding.

Louis Williams, the director and owner of Ancient Wayves from and fishing laboratories, which provides users of Bears East held by indigenous guides, said he watched live as Mr. Trump against the executive order to shrink the monument.

"I was studying my head," Mr. Williams said. "I was like, I was

der if he's ever been here to live in region, because if he knew this region, he would find out this place to totally accessible."

But then Bears, the executive in charge of the National Public Health Service, is going that pushes to open public lands in off-road vehicles, said he supported Mr. Trump's move. He noted that the Bears East has been a significant source of potential off-road vehicles across 600,000 acres of the monument, though it never take effect.

"Already over his those many times because he was a significant source of the final midnight hours of the Biden administration and then it was never actually enforced," Mr. Barr said. "So we think that the discussion around what was allowed and allowed in the administration has been kind of influenced by that."

The documents also are necessary, hunting or fishing. But the Utah Department of Natural Resources, which focuses the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, allows people to host and link in Bears East if they have valid if certain and sign.

Medicaid Sets Guidelines On Therapy For Autism

By NATHAN KLEPP

The Trump administration advised states on Tuesday to place more restrictions on use of a therapy providers to curb a sharp deterrence in Medicaid spending for a treatment that has raised concerns of water and fraud.

"We were not sure about a regitious to costs," Caprice Kemp, a top Medicaid official, said. The New York Times, adding, "We want to state sure the proof costs cannot be" which is likely to be the best interest of children.

"Denoised of serious clinics now among an academic country in recent years, an expansion that has played out with little regulatory oversight, an investigation by The Times found this year because of a lack of a human clinic workers told The Times that their clinics were very approaching therapy hours and even recommending the same families are more children than those to receive more therapy, all so they can use a general profit.

On Tuesday the federal Medicaid office rolled out a "medical" of the state's state policy guidelines for regulating autism clinics. The 173-page document advises the state's state law for the state's autism therapy a provider can fall before giving a child a break, require prior authorization for high numbers of clients and better track the data.

Medicaid officials said in interviews that the new restrictions were necessary to deter the behavior of professionals' clinics and the state's state law for the state's state policy guidelines for regulating autism clinics. "The state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state law for the state's state

Man's Death at ICE Center Leaves His Family Reeling

By JARA LEE

and MARIE RENAUND Reliance of a Canadian-American man who died after being killed, a troubled demotion comes in Nevada gathered outside a church on Tuesday pleading for answers about the circumstances that led to the death of man.

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, 41, was taken from the Delaney Hall detention center to University Hospital in Nevada, where he was pronounced dead Saturday. His relatives appeared before news cameras Tuesday to demand that man officials investigate his death. They also called for the time of the death of the man for the release of donations held there.

Mr. Lopez-Cornejo's statement, "Man's Cornejo, said in a phone interview on Tuesday morning that the case and restate, were he had died and said that federal officials had been given a preventive medical records. Mr. Lopez-Cornejo is survived by a 12-year-old daughter, his mother said.

"The pain that David companies were in the way said, 'His daughter is devastated.'

Allison McCann contributed re-

Family members, who stood on the steps of the church, hold Mr. Cornejo to the arms as she approached the news cameras and placed their hands on her shoulder while she spoke to reporters and cried. When she was finished, she hugged her grunblapples.

Mr. Cornejo said that her unshad been diagnosed with diabetes and epilepsy. Not the conditions were changed for young with medication. She said she did not know if detractant officials had been giving him his medication since he was arrested while walking to work on June 10 near the home in Frankfield, FL, where he had a job in construction.

Neither the Department of Homeland Security nor the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which oversees Delaney Hall, responded immediately to the family's demands. Gen Cornejo, the private contractor that operates Delaney Hall, did not use it to negative about Mr. Lopez-Cornejo's death.

ICE officials had said on Monday that Mr. Lopez-Cornejo experienced a medical emergency at Delaney Hall and that employees "responded immediately to the family's demands. Gen Cornejo, the private contractor that operates Delaney Hall, did not use it to negative about Mr. Lopez-Cornejo's death.

He was not known, Mr. Cornejo said that she was told among results would take months.

While in custody, Mr. Lopez-Cornejo "received proper medical record and was sent by medical government," ICE said Monday in a statement.

"ICE is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments," the agency statement said. "In no time during detention is a detained newsletters denied emergency proof."

Mr. Lopez-Cornejo is the second American Hall detainee on Saturday for the past eight months. His death renewed criticism of the federal detention center, where prisoners have gathered for months to denounce what detainees have described as inhumane being conditions.

At least 33 people have died in immigration detention facilities and a President Trump said officials say, according to a New York Times analysis of news releases from the federal government.

His death was preventable, and his family deserves answers, accommodating and justice," Jorge Torres, the expanding director of the United States, and the United States, according to a statement. "Edwin is one of ten many people whose lives have been cut down while in ICE custody or detained immigration enforcement operations."

Provinces gathered at the Delaney Hall gates on Monday evening to denounce Mr. Lopez-Cornejo's death.

Edwin Lopez-Cornejo was the second detained to the of Delaney Hall in eight months. A tribute to him near the facility.

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Some recent clinics routinely prescribe 40 hours of care to children as young as 3 - not because they need so much treatment. The Times previously found, but because they are available to attend. The Council of Autism Services (CAAS) has been making for clinics, advises that 10 to 40 hours of weekly treatment is "free" for comprehensive treatment. The new Medicaid guidelines challenge 40 hours of care to youths in the standard. They state that such high treatment levels are "not a fair, good, and a fair, fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and fair, and

Judge Blocks New York Law That Would Bar Agents From Wearing Masks

By GREGG KAMPFORD

New York's law prohibiting federal immigration agents from wearing masks and requiring public health services to be blocked on Monday after a federal judge issued a conference's injunction leading the ban.

The Department of Justice has been in the hands of the New York's officers to trim in ICE operations, saying they represent an illegal push to regulate the federal government. In June, the Trump administration sued to block the murders.

Judge Alan O'ngerone of the Northern District of New York partially granted the Justice Department's order to the presidency injunction, saying she was entitled to federal government's excused or trial with its argument that the injury "has currently and will be a result of directly impatience federal officers in violation of the Supreme Court.

Judge O'ngerone wrote that New York officials "may be correct that federal immigration off-

certs wearing masks and not disposing viable identification or non-nutrition dangerous situations that the law currently and should rather are remedy." But she said of that "settled law establishes that federal, not state, and/or state under the policies that antitrust the enforcement of federal immigration laws."

The decision comes less than a month before the state's broader ban on foreign administration between local law enforcement and immigration agents goes into effect on Aug. 25. In her ruling, Judge O'ngerone allowed the decision to proceed.

The ruling is nonetheless a victory for the Trump administration, which has argued that ICE agents need to wear masks to prevent the use of the state's state administration previously succeeded in having a similar law struck down in California, after a judge said that the legislation had been passed to the state against federal officials.

In a joint statement, Gov. Kathy Hochial and Attorney General Le-

this James applauded the judges' decision to allow the cooperation into to take effect, saying, "Local law enforcement should be focused on local matters, and New York to support should not have to test the bill for any collaboration with the state."

New York will review all legal matters regarding the decision of masks, Mr. James said. Mr. Hochial said, adding that "we raised their law belief that masked agents do not make New York safer."

Mr. Hochial, a Democrat seeking re-election this fall, has been increasingly outspoken about the mandates with the Trump administration's immigration policy, taking particular outings in the operation of families and the Internet occurrence of ICE agents, covering their kids and some ways to avoid identification.

In November, Mr. Hochial will hear Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, from former U.S. senators on the request of a abortion rights. Mr. Blakeman, a Republican, has become one of the strongest defenders of President

Trump's deportation agenda and the tactics of ICE agents.

Last week, Mr. Blakeman stood alongside the parents of Sheridan Cummins, an 18-year-old American from New York who was killed in Chicago by a 5-tomoxide man with a criminal record, according to local police officials.

The outside officials have been there down," Mr. Blakeman said, Monday, Mr. Cummins death on "sanctuary" policies promulgated by those who have an agenda that was to be received, "are public safety, pre-criminal."

Erlang, Mr. Trump, Mr. Blakeman portrayed migrants coming to the United States as criminal protesters.

"Many of them have come from such in their own countries," he said. "They let them out so they could pay no America."

The only exception of Mr. Blakeman has a formal agreement with ICE agents that allows them to round up noncitizens who have been jailed on suspicion of having committed crimes. By allowing

ICE into jails, agents had been able to avoid radion on school, hospital and day care centers, Mr. Blakeman added.

The state's administration is focused under the immigration package Mr. Hochial played into law earlier this year, which also bans ICE agents from making schools, hospitals and day care and cities anders they have a judicial warrant.

New Yorkers' views on ICE and its deportation tactics extend all the immigration agents killed for people in Minnesota this winter. Others have since been killed in the administration with ICE agents, showing additional scrutiny and paying the agency to review its approach.

In a March get from Santa Fea verraty, 14 percent of respondents said they supported deporting all the state's state law. The United States, down from 40 percent a month earlier, ICE itself was even less popular, with 62 percent of respondents opposing the agency's approach.

Government and/or other state Medicaid programs - in Indiana, Colorado, Wisconsin and Maine - are the clinics routinely billed Medicaid for nondemographic activities like lunchtime and trips to the playground.

The new Medicaid guidelines are also that states better monitor decision-making to ensure the clinics are providing the care they need to be taken.

Some states have already become more insistent policies on their own after experiencing rapid growth in autism therapy agents. The New York state's state sample, is on track to spend 10 billion on autism therapy next year, compared with 1010 million in 2018. The state's legislature recently called the state's state special review of treatment plans that suggest more than 10 hours of weekly treatment.

"All the states, it doesn't matter how much they can do for same problem," said Dan Brillman, who oversees Medicaid for the Trump administration. He added that the administration was releasing the state's state law for medical directors and governors can "go to their legislatures to hold the right policies."

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The 47th President

Inside Trump's Tense Meeting With Piro, Who Said Burgum Misled Him

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She made the case that Mr. Burgum had presented a self-writing cover story to conceal his own misways.

Mr. Burgum spoke less, but did his best to defend himself, according to a person heeded on the exchange happening anonymity to discuss internal conversations.

Mr. Trump seemed considerably less angry by day's end, the person said.

Spokespeople for the White House. Ms. Pirro and Mr. Burgum did not respond to requests for comment.

This account, based on interviews with several people with his knowledge of the events, doesn't sound a new one. The story was second term: Anyone willing to contradict the president is in trouble, even if the dissenter happens to be a family friend who has been had to be a member of the party, and to agenda over the years.

The legal begin on July 2, when a foreign Mr. Pirro appeared for her members of the state media conference. The story was first had to defend David Hoare, 87, a former foreign consort, on a single count of today candidates after he had been observed damaging the party.

This is not only a priority for the president, but for myself. Ms. Pirro said, adding: "We will prove beyond a reasonable point that there's willfully destroyed property.

She did not. Last Friday, Ms. Pirro had a humbling, preoccupied interest in a 20-page cover 10.

David A. Fahrenfeld and Maureen Joanne Hensel reporting.

Joannes Pirro, a longtime wife of the president, disputed his claim that vandals had damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

ing, admitting that her last-track July indictment of the Democratic Olympian had been based on false assumptions and incomplete evidence.

The document amounted to an assessment of sorts of Mr. Burgum, the contractor hired to report the past, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, and U.S. Post Police of the U.S.

Mr. Pirro living suggested that Mr. Burgum had committed the trouble for of failing to competently oversee the renovations, then prodding Mr. Trump to an end. The vandalist said a story, Ms. Pirro said that her staff had relied almost exclusively on claims by Interior Department officials that excessive damage to the living was caused by the future and other vandals who were observed nagging at or removing pieces of wood and plastering roofs.

After reviewing thousands of pages of evidence, she concluded

the department had rushed and "becthed" the renovation, and that had information from Park Police officials had led her to cite "pronounce evidence" against Mr. Hoare that did not exist.

The whole episode had a vaguely come up (why would the leader of the live work), juggling war and a widely economy, floated a pool there?, the reformation for Mr. Hoare were anything but. The lottery charge carried a maximum 10-year prison term, based on an assessment by Mr. Pirro's team that the damage believed amount to more than $1,000.

Ms. Pirro knew full well that her 5 years could tolerate Mr. Trump, but decided to come her filing with enough evidence to decisively disprove Mr. Burgum's claims.

She gave the White House a tending last week before filing the motion to dismiss the charge against Mr. Hoare in federal court,

Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, in the Coal Office last month. Ms. Pirro confirmed him during Monday's}(\text{day of 5}).

although it was not clear if Mr. Trump was briefed, according to people familiar with the situation who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

Ominous signals from Mr. Trump began to emerge from one day morning, a day after Ms. Pirro filed her motion.

"I disagree 100 percent with Joanne Pirro," Mr. Trump wrote in response from United States to have what she was thinking? To me, it was a pure case of VAD-DAJ-OBC? He added, "There may have been some contractor difficulty, but the major damage was caused by VANDALD."

Mr. Burgum took to social media to defend himself soon afterward. His staff provided the U.S. attorney's office report and eyewitness testimony to the damage done by vandals and provided every kind of evidence they asked for in the requested time for detailing such area of damage at the

pool," he wrote.

Mr. Trump seems at first to have taken Mr. Burgum's side, and gave steadily support at Ms. Pirro as the weekend grand on.

By mid-Marchal, he planned to have taken the question of a press availability in the Coal Office, saying he was disappointed and wrongly. Ms. Pirro of being too afraid to protest the case to be brought to the future one.

Notably, he did not answer a question from a reporter about Ms. Pirro's future employment.

"Hey Mr. Pirro, who knows Mr. Trump's personality and trigger points better than almost anyone outside his family, was willing to risk the president's wrath-removal," he said.

After reviewing thousands of pages of evidence over the past five weeks, Ms. Pirro declared that the State Department needed to be excluded before it was thrown out of court, according to two pro-

ple times to the situation.

Her critics have questioned whether her native was nearly to straightforward or altruistic.

They suggest that Ms. Pirro's decision to withdraw the indictment was self-promotion. She might be trying to support Alice plenary action that could result if grand jury testimony or other external materials are made public. Ms. Hoare's lawyers said she was guilty of what she had accused Mr. Burgum of doing — rushing to take an action to appease her boss — and that she had ample access, before enforcing Mr. Hoare, to set her own showing that the damage had been caused by the contractor.

The contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, has not responded to the question of the case. The June 21 statement on the company's website says there are "some items" of the pool that require contact.

Mr. Pirro, who rose to positioner in the jowling New York City related market alongside Mr. Burgum, said that he had been a greater sense of independence than many other senior departments officials, whose careers have been entirely made (and can be re-sponsored in a way).

She left a far higher paying job. The News to take over the U.S. attorney job, is lukewarm on Washington, and has told friends that the industry has been able to learn her current post as a cophore, she is misprojection, and does not fear a "yacht from" moment.

Mr. Irry of accounts, Ms. Pirro offered a spoiled defense of herself on Monday, and appears deceptive to the new battle with Mr. Burgum and, eventually, win back Mr. Trump.

Blanche Clears Hurdle

Towards Confirmation

As Attorney General

From Page A1

clear whether he would be confirmed, given that several Republicans have yet to commit to supporting him and that he can afford to lose only two members on a party (the vote because of Senator Mitch McConnell's continued after the election).

Two lans-dock Republicans, Senator John Corryce of Texas and Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, voted with their party's majority on the committee and the briefly defining the White House over concerns about the highly unusual fund and a tax immunity deal that could have the president's power.

Former department officials have said that Mr. Blanche's written assurance can be easily reversed, or evaded. The department has been considering to address such a bill. Mr. Trump's allies through existing department processes. Tax experts said that the new limits on his immunity agreement will eventually be met. Mr. Trump and his family from an enormous world allotted to no other taxpayers.

Mr. Corryce acknowledged on the day that the committee of force is exchange for his vote could be reversed by Mr. Trump but said he hoped that Mr. Blanche would hold the line. He called Mr. Blanche a "publishing force" in the

department who had earned enough trust with the president to sell him "back trusts" since it was ignored. He concluded with a plea, asking Mr. Blanche "are to be afraid to capitalize on that normal trust when necessary for the good of the country."

The committee vote represents a de facto underwriters by Senator Republicans of Mr. Blanche's actions in running the day-to-day operations of a Justice Department that has surrendered much of its independence to the White House on his watch.

Republican, like Mr. Corryce, has been willing to put aside the duty concerns about Mr. Blanche's lack of independence for the sake of partisanity. Mr. They also are less as the best choice they could possibly get from a White House whose first pay, to November 2024, was Mark Gaens, the former Florida congressman who had once been an outset of our trafficking.

Increased Democrats, speaking before the vote took place, said the committee Republican had trimmed away their rise chance to maintain independence and rule of law at the department — and concentrated their objections to any other questions while ignoring whether Mr. Blanche was fit to serve.

"Instead of serving the American people and upholding the rule of law and the Constitution, Mr.

Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina was one of two lans-dock Republicans who briefly defied the White House over their concerns about a highly unusual fund and a tax immunity deal.

Blanche has aided and alerted the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States," said Senator Richard J. Darlin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the committee. Mr. Darlin accused Mr. Blanche of purporting himself by denying during his conference too hearing that he had told Mr. Darlin and his staff that creating the fund was a "stimulate" during a private meeting.

"What's left of this committee?" asked Senator Sheldon Whittemore, a Model Social Democrat.

Mr. Tillis raised a new issue at his explained Mr. Blanche's vote — the department's sign-off on the

indictment of James E. Corryce, the former F.R.S. director, an widely criticized charges that a press graph Mr. Corryce posted of seatbelts on a bench arrayed with a message threatened Mr. Trump.

"What 'huge' you use of him is that he's not to carve of this absurdity," he said.

He went on to arouse Democratic, under President Joseph E. Biden. It, of initiating, politically motivated investigation, was not coded that the weaponization of the department was 'a little bit more intense in this administration than the last one.'

For the first time, Senator

Charles E. Grausky, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Scity Committee, was paid by Mr. Corryce and Mr. Tillis, saying he believed that it was "a crime" that it took so long for the White House and Justice Department to put the changes in writing.

Mr. Grausky, a reliable witness for the White House, had not expressed any of these concerns previously. But on Tuesday, he said that the House is the last one "shared by many, including this concern" and thanked Mr. Blanche and the White House for putting "this issue is the/into a net" for all.

Several Republicans

still have not agreed

to support him.

Mr. Blanche, who has maintained that Mr. Trump has a nearly untrusted right to include prosecutorial, personnel and policy decisions under Article II of the Constitution, the secretary's wholesale transformation of the department. He has supervised the dismissal or forced transfers of experienced career lawyers, the abandonment of investigation into Mr. Trump's political allies and a nearly existing impression of actions against his enemies, including the recent indictment of Mr. Corry.

Democracy said that the federal fund negotiations that led to Mr. Blanche's victory in the committee — including Mr. Trump's decision to reimburse Mr. Blanche's nomination rather than giving up the fund or surrender his tax benefit — proved that he was unwilling to stand up to the decision.

Hours after the committee vote, Senator Susan Collins, Republican's election president, has given him reward Mr. Blanche, saying she did not intend to back him when his confirmation reached the Senate floor.

Mr. Collins, who is running for re-election in a state that Republicans lost in 2024, said in a statement that he had "taken several actions that have further created the right to support the fund. The fund produces the cited the settlement that Mr. Blanche negotiated in Mr. Trump's lawsuit against the F.R.S., including his approval of the so-called weaponization fund.

NEWS ANALYSIS

Republicans Let Trump Keep an Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity

By ANDREW SCRIMER

WASHINGTON — Even as he bowed to Republican demands to pass back the extraordinary pressure on the annual campaign offered to President Trump and his allies this spring, the setting attorney general, field filancters would only go out.

The government also offers words of back and forth, put in writing, that he was seeing the 2.4 for a fine bid created to pay people who say they have been targeted by the candidate, officials, and the part of the same announcement Sunday. Mr. Blanche testified that the government's administration on the seemingly bound, less protection from internal Revenue Service examination than he ordered up for Mr. Trump, the family and their businesses.

But the fact remains that Mr. Trump, a billionaire who has engaged with the I.R.S. through the 2.4 bill, did only a few of worry about the agency coming after him for any of the many aggressive tax positions he has taken over the years. When the government was in the hands of regularly auditing whoever escapes the Over Office, Mr. Trump has leveraged his control

of the federal government to instead escape the scrutiny that every other modern president, not to mention every other regular taxpayer, has been edging on.

There's no question that such increasing itself without provocation, will be immensely valuable for Mr. Trump, but exactly how much he addicted to every other president he can now avoid is serious. I.R.S. audits are, in general, confidential. Just catalogue: Mr. Trump had with the agency, previously revealed by The New York Times, could have cost him more than $200 million, may other continuing audits could have cost him every more.

"I've been audited every year for my entire life, which — I have a lot of wealthy friends that were never in the office that they were never audited. I was an ahead," Mr. Trump said in the Oral Office on Monday. "I was instead very unlikely by the time."

Mr. Trump's newly won ability to inform the tax agency does not seem to bother the Senate Republicans who refused to accept the bill. The decision is the attorney general with out charges to the deal. Both of them, Scramers John Corryce of

Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, said on Monday that they were satisfied with Mr. Blanche's concurrence and would vote to approve him. (In Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved his nomination, with Mr. Corryce and Mr. Tillis voting as favor.)

Indeed, Mr. Corryce and Mr. Tillis had only ever sought to correct the doggy way the audit

Even after pressure on Blanche to clarify, a shield is sweeping

prosecution was drafted — and to put in writing Mr. Blanche's previous spoken clarification. Mr. Corryce, for example, asked Mr. Blanche to state that Mr. Trump could only avoid audits of tax returns he had already filed, including that the president could still list on. I.R.S. a man of claims he makes the best time he does his taxes.

The initial wording of Mr. Blanche's May 20 order also

seemed to extend the protection not only to Mr. Trump, but to his entire family "without limitation" and also companies they were concerned to. That raised the possibility of a huge pool of people and companies claiming immunity under the law.

Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, last month sought to test the foundation of Mr. Blanche's proclamation, saying 11 companies with connections to Trump family members, including Sableh, Polymarket and American Bloom, if they considered themselves professional, and that they are, for the companies, including those there, responsible that they did not. Others, like World Liberty Financial, did not reply to Mr. Warren.

Mr. Blanche, at Mr. Corryce's urging, wrote on Sunday that only the plaintiffs in a lawsuit that Mr. Trump filed against the I.R.S. would be eligible for the audit protection. That includes the president, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and the Trump Organization — which Mr. Trump's lawsuit defines as the Trump Organization, LLC, and 103 other entities that are not specifically identified.

Mr. Trump's lawsuit against the I.R.S. filed in January. In-const that on a dispute over an audit but for both of his tax liabilities, Mr. Trump was not a firm. Federal law allows people to use the agency if their tax returns were not properly disclosed, and it offers the possibility of monetary damages it is court finds the I.R.S. is a blame for the leak.

Mr. Trump originally demanded at least $10 billion to damages from the I.R.S., but the Justice Department instead gave him the audit protection as part of a deal to test the lawsuit. The Justice Department settled with not commenting Mr. Trump's claims, though lawyers at the I.R.S. had recommended several different against them.

The federal judge in Miami who overcame Mr. Trump's lawsuit against the I.R.S. has blamed the outcome as a collusive courtier in self-dealing. She has noted that she lacks the legal power to halt it, one of the many legal uncertainties surrounding the audit provision.

Other people who is whether the government is acting head of the Justice Department, even had the authority to direct how the I.R.S. a part of the Treasury

Department, conducts its audits. Then there is the statute prohibiting the procedure and the aides from directing the I.R.S. to the public. The state's law also law does include a carve out for the attorney general, it still contains 4 million copies of the I.R.S. agents could face criminal investigation under a future administration for following: through on Mr. Blanche's video.

Such a case of the case contains would usually fall to the top lawyers at the Treasury Department and the I.R.S. But the general counsel of the Treasury Department is not a matter of fact that the Justice Department can monitor it was writing Mr. Trump's lawsuit against the I.R.S.

The idea acting has forever at the I.R.S., Ken Ken, was pushed out of the administration last month, though he had been rescued from serious involving Mr. Trump because he had worked for Mr. Trump in a tax lawyer. Mr. Trump's choice is succeeding. But as the chief counsel of the I.R.S. is another tax lawyer, who has been in the office of the I.R.S. has not answered questions about whether it is following Mr. Blanche's direction.

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Ronald Lauder, Cosmetics Billionaire and G.O.P. Donor, Closes Wallet

From Page A1

for report

His medication is not entirely clear. Three associates said that Mr. Lauder recently confided in Bonn, saying that the share of modern have stopped in to try to reduce his bottle spending on politics, yet not philanthropy and suggesting reluctantly that he could not spend what he once did. The associates pointed to public securities filings showing that his idea to the family business, Susie Lauder, has lost at least $1.3 billion in value as the stock placement 77 percent from its 2021 high.

A person close to the Lauder family did not dispute that Mr. Lauder's political spending was being included, but said it was not because of a financial impact.

Rather, the person said that he and his adult children had agreed that he would simplify the reach of his activities – involving cross-over, large paid staff and public questions – as his proposal for the last years of his life is to be in priority on and philanthropic projects that could secure his legacy.

The New York Times pieced together this account of one of New York City's most publicly engaged donors and philanthropists by examining public campaign finance records and corporate disclosures by Susie Lauder, and interviewing more than a dozen of his associates. Most declared an associate's name is a Loser.

Mr. Lauder himself did not respond to a detailed list of questions from The Times about his financial position or decision making.

In a written statement, he said that he had used political giving and philanthropy over the years to "strengthen" the city, adding, "I intend to continue dedicating parties, resources and energy to advantage those democratic principles and to ensuring that New York remains a place where people, families, businesses and communities can thrive."

Susie Republicans are holding out hope that Mr. Lauder might still involve himself at this year's race. But Gerard Kansar, the chairman of the New York Conservative Party, said he had been advised by often Roth, a longtime Lauder lieutenant who recently left, that the legislator "got in a certain age that his family and that all should be wasn't going to be in the future."

Mr. Kansar said he did not know anything about Mr. Lauder's personal finances, but was led to believe he would no longer be a major leader.

Can anyone replace him in New York financially?" Mr. Kansar said. "The simple answer is that."

Edward F. Cox, Mr. Kansar's counterpart at the state Republican Party and a longtime friend of a leader family, declined to comment.

There is little doubt that Mr. Lauder is still enormously wealthy. He news one of the most important of the state's collections, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire, a California's 50 millionaire.

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Hampton. Forbes estimates that he and he do this adult daughters are worth billions of dollars.

There are signs that Mr. Lauder is taking other significant actions that could reverberate for beyond the political world. Many of the businesses, including giving the his Exide Lauder board one, are consistent with the kind of estate planning typical of a wealthy person of his age.

But some of the moves he introduced over the past few years have also either generated substantial risk of the loss of the income of dollars in future obligations at a time when the family business had taken a sharp downturn!

In the most high-profile case, Mr. Lauder announced in May that his beloved Neue Galerie, the Upper East Side museum, has founded to showcase the culture of general practice and harmony, would be merging with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Both sides inspired the Hindu buster merger as a way to preserve the museum well beyond Mr. Lauder's lifetime and strengthen the Met's collection.

But it would also be likely to save Mr. Lauder millions of dollars a year that he contributes to covering its operating expenses, according to the organization's financial disclosures.

Mr. Lauder also recently announced that he would leave the presidency of the World Jewish Congress, an international federation of Jewish groups, where he has been the major leader and leader for two decades.

At the same time, Mr. Lauder, who began collecting as a teenager – real estate, planes and, most of all, art – has quietly been selling at a notable cost.

In late 2021, as the Exide Lauder stock slide accelerated, he held a Philip Johnson-designed home in Manhattan for $35 million in an off-market deal. In late 2016, he sold 30 acres of land to the Town of East Hamptons, pervert house land for $30 million, and he put his collection of World War II fighter planes on the market, according to an aviation enthusiast's relation.

Mr. Lauder's reinscuhesent has played out at a time of significant

change for his family. His older brother, the businessman and philanthropist Leonard A. Lauder, died last year. His son-in-law, Kerry M. Welch, was recently nominated to the chairmanship of the National Reserve by President Trump's longtime family. He is all Lauder.

While Leonard Lauder spent his career leading the family business, Ronald Lauder served not a path as an independent inventor, philanthropist, an collector and political player, serving as a U.S. ambassador under Ronald Reagan.

These pursuits were expensive, and in addition to outright selling his stock, Mr. Lauder long made a practice of using shares in the family business as collateral for bank loans and other financial transactions to help fund it all. (Under Lauder's most recent annual federal election filing disclosed that he had pledged to make $1.50 remaining shares in a bank.)

The maneuver is popular among people who derive their wealth from stocks as a way to

tive Kline painting, which became the centerpiece of the Neue Galerie. Over the last decade, public records show he has spent more than $10 million on state and federal taxes.

Kansar's New York, he developed a reputation as a singular denier engaged not just in backing candidates but in embracing causes with serious impact. In the 1990s, the Lauder handwritten campaign that won term limits for public officials in New York City in the 2010s, he was instrumental

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The person close to the Lauder family continued that the man-worth's club could limit Mr. Lauder's overall capital, but asserted that he did not have a meaningful, forceful problem. The person described in these financial records that would substantiate the claims.

Mr. Lauder's political giving has been relatively less expensive than his other pursuits. The subsequent $535 million on a single Can-

ner Kline painting, which became the centerpiece of the Neue Galerie. Over the last decade, public records show he has spent more than $10 million on state and federal taxes.

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As recently as last year, Mr. Lauder was spending aggressively on politics. He gave $5 million to MAA's law, a major PNC backed by Mr. Young in March 2020. (Mr. Lauder has gotten credit for giving Mr. Young the idea to buy Greenland.) He donated $1 million to a major PNC opposed to Justice Mandate's mayoral campaign.

His first spending was caused Leonard Lauder to once say to an adviser who had confused him with his brother. "I'm the one who made the money. He is the one who spends the money."

But the political contributions taxes to an abrupt step at the beginning of this year, just as Bruce Blakeman, the Republican state's president, was now a New York, needed his help trying to narrow one. Kathy Hockett-East's raising advantage.

Mr. Lauder could theoretically decide to remain the giving. His decision to call his longtime political staff was more heartily, and one that he indicated to associates he was not eager to make.

While it is difficult to interpret many documents the fall over at his personal office, Susie Lauder securities filings give some form.

Mr. Lauder long had an arrangement with the company to issue his personal office in the field of the state's law. In the 1990s, he part of the deal, Susie Lauder would provide some services, like payroll and phone systems, and Mr. Lauder would reimburse. The cost during the 2020 fiscal year, the filings show, was nearly $25 million.

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"Please note that if you are asked by Mr. Lauder or anyone else on his behalf or perform his duties, we you must give your written approval," the chief financial officer, Joseph F. Nair, Jr., wrote in the email, reviewed by The Times. "Should you perform services within state written approval, you will not be paid."

California Democrats Agree on a Billionaire Tax, Just Not How to Go About It

By ALFRED BORDSHALL and HOFFEN SARKARENGA

SACRAMENTO — A teachers union leader rose to law but in a hotel ballroom packed with Democratic activists, many of them wearing T-shirts that said "Tax the Billionaires."

She addressed the obvious tensions among them, with labor unions that are often often finding themselves at a rate.

"This is a weird place for us to be," he insists. Oct. Hahman, an ancient associate director of the California Teachers Association, said Saturday at a California Democratic Party meeting in San Antonio, "it's tough for union supported taxing the rich. Mr. Hahman said the billionaire tax measure on the November ballot was not the right way to do it."

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The debate comes as the country confronts a rapidly growing debate about the billions of the whole and the reasons struggling with overstiles expenses. Though Democratic broadly support union tax wealthy people, they are not a good thing.

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differ intensely on how to do so. It's a divide that could shape the 2020 presidential contest.

California's fight over the wealth tax measure, known as Proposition 10, is being watched nationally because the state often serves as a inviting ground for progressive policymaking. If approved, it would be the first tax to the nation measure on a person's total net worth, including wealth, he'll do stocks, trusts and possessions like an oral jewelry.

The weekend endorsement puts the California Democratic Party in the 2020, the state's registered Democrats. Gov. Garcia Newman and Xavier Benette, the Democratic candidate to replace him, both oppose the billionaire tax, saying "we will reduce long-term funding for schools and other services by driving an impressive away from California."

"They are, frankly, just out of step with the great majority of the people they claim to represent," said Dave Bogan, president of the Service Employees International Union-Union Healthcare Workers, who, which sponsored the ballot measure.

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"This is the defining fight of our party: Are you on the side of the corporate donor-wing billionaire class or are you on the side of economic populism and the working

State Democratic Party leaders endorsed the ballot measure set up in November, but the party remains far from united on the issue.

class?" said Representative R. Khanna, one of five Democratic elected officials in California publicly in favor of the billionaire tax to be. "California's fight is really the biggest symbol for that divide."

But the politics may not be that clear cut. The billionaire tax was sponsored by a single labor union whose members could be needed from it. The tax would generate tens of billions of dollars that would go toward health care providers that were slashed last year by President Trump William H. Harding, the union argues, millions of people will lose insurance and help make will clear.

Other labor unions and health care organizations, including progressive groups like the California Teachers Association and General Parenthood affiliates of California, object to the tax because it does not provide long-term funding for a range of services,

tors, not because they are ideologically opposed to taxing billionaires. They support a billions tax tax that is needed to make Proposition 5, which would make permanent a temporary income tax than on high careers.

While those, a political consultant working with the firm of campaign, called the measure inherently directly, denying its interests of health care workers against those of education and others whose policies depend on their spending. He said that labor groups should have collaborated to put a measure on the ballot that would have helped all service, had he warned delegates who supporting the billionaire tax measure would ultimately designate it to the Democratic Party.

"They do it making hours and hours of work," said the appropriate way that we should act as labor brothers and sisters." Mr. Polate said at the meeting at San

Diego.

Opposition from progressive groups will signal to voters that California's debate over the billionaire tax is different from other conflicts that divide Democrats from the state. Although Labor's Democratic policies based in Washington, D.C. its many Democratic primaries, the subum between candidates amounts to a disagreement over values, Mr. Luke said. Not so with California's billionaire tax.

"This is a pragmatic debate, like whether or not this is a good idea or a forward good idea, too."

For Republicans, the measure provides another line of attack against Democrats, a way to cure California as health in business and eager to expand government spending.

Democratic politicians around the country are superimposing with ways to tax the rich. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hockett and Mayor Edman Marshall have embraced a tax on annual homes worth $5 million or more. As Washington State, lawmakers passed a "billionaire" tax," creating the state's first income tax, which would apply to earnings over $1 million. Opponents are seeking to overturn it on the November ball.

But California's proposal outperforms to the the most contentious of the law. The state is home to more billionaires than any other, including some of the richest people in the world, and a handful of them have already passed every year. "With million-dollar incentives, we can continue to do it. It is a big way to make our own choice," she said.

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Wind-whipped Blazes

Tear Through Spokane,

Leveling Neighborhoods

By ANNA GRIFFIN

SPOKANE, Wash. — Firefighters and officials on Monday struggled to describe the scope of the wildfires in Spokane County, Wash., as they worked for a third day to get a hold of the blazes that have pushed more than 45,000 people out of their homes.

The mayor of the city of Spokane spoke of neighborhoods that were nearly gone. Firefighters who had bailed some of California's largest wildfires described the blazes as a similar "urban configuration" and the adjutant general of the Washington National Guard compared what he saw in evacuated neighborhoods with a "war zone" warning that the fires would be a "very significant emotional event for this community long term."

Last Monday, investigators arrived a 37-year-old man on a charge of first-degree arrest in one of the three fires. Sheriff John Nowels of the Spokane County Sheriff's Office said the suspect, Adam F. Partners, was seen knocking in grass at what events

'This is not normal,' an official says as 17 major fires rage.

gainer believes was the opinion. It was unclear whether the Partners had any legal representation.

All of the fires continued to burn, but the powerful winds that had driven them through Spokane County over the weekend had stood, allowing some evacuated residents to return. Recent crews found entire streets reduced to riddles, trees blackened and toppled, broken grass spraying water, and the occasional few spur still standing smoke into the air.

Despite the scale of the electrical ties, there have been no reported fatalities — a remarkable statistic officials have emphasized. The authorities reported trying to make contact with it people on Monday, but they said there was no indication that anyone had to say.

"These are people who may have called for help evacuating.

Jerry Forrin and Maddene Rubin contributed reporting.

and many of them likely did get evacuated," said Sheriff Nowels. "They are people we've just trying to confirm are fires."

But the spur did not the fires, which left the air in Spokane acrid and the sky yellow, was manned by the speed of the evacuations.

"Usually our evacuation warnings go 2,000 L Level 2, Level 3, and people have been a Level 1 or 2 to start preparing," Mayor Lisa Brown of Spokane said. "But the just started at Level 3 and stopped there, as the fact that all these people made it out so quickly is a reason to feel very grateful."

At the height of the fire that swept through Spokane's Indian Trail neighborhood, Chad and Gubits Stevenson said a neighbor who chose not to evacuate tested them a picture of their house engulfed in smoke.

"We thought it was gone," Ms. Stevenson said.

When they returned Monday, they discovered that their home was one of only a handful not standing on their old-draw. Two spur had burned, their wind chimes were searched, and the house was filled with smoke. But next door, the home of their 40-year-old neighbor had been reduced to to foundation and chime.

"We've never been happier and worse off at the same time," Mr. Simmons said.

"I've blacks away, Lee King said. Doug Roberts found their house still standing. Across the street, every home had burned to its foundation.

"My son wants to know if his house is going to be back at school when it starts," Mr. Ring said. "I don't know what to tell him."

Rebuilding the hardest-hit neighborhoods will take years. Emergency crews say more than 100 structures have been destroyed, but they expect that number to rise as more satellite imagery becomes available.

Gov. Bob Ferguson of Washington has asked the Trump administration to declare a federal emergency and provide assistance to a number and three Native States. He said the state needs generators, temporary shelters, help with shifts received and an emergency call, and new networks efforts. Mr. Ferguson said the Federal Emergency Management Agency had already moved some resources into the state.

Crews are still fighting the fires,

which began in vegetation on Saturday and spread quickly. On the 16th, around Mount Spokane High School, where a California-based incident management team was working on the 1st county firefighters from at least four states were sleeping in trên and eating at outdoor bullets set up by local canteens. Their work has been hampered by civilians flying

drunks over hot spots and what rescuers and residents describe as "blaster morton" ignoring road closures to gank at the damage.

A demonstration, second to the winter that light snowfall would make this wildfire season especially dangerous in the Pacific Northwest, and main leaders said that was exactly what was hap-

posing. Dave Upfingerer, Washington's commissioner of public lands, noted Monday that there are 17 major fires burning in the state, accompanying more than 20,000 people.

"This is not normal," he said. The sheer volume of fires this summer means it will take even longer for the hardest-hit places to fully recover.

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Some 65,000 people in Spokane County were chased from their homes by an "urban configuration," and at least 700 structures were destroyed. A number expected to rise. A command post for firefighters.

"The need will be long-term," Mayor Brown said. "So don't feel like it's very just because we're not in the headlines."

Over a blue collar city, Spokane has been considered over the past decade by people proud out of larger fires; most cities like Seattle, Portland, City of San Diego, Idaho, Spokane County has grown by roughly 100,000 residents since 2010. In nearly 375,000, and the median home price has more than doubled, in about $10,000.

That growth has pushed more people into neighborhoods along the city's expanding high, where homes increasingly meet forces and grasslands vulnerable to wildfire.

Mayor Brown said she believes Spokane can rebuild without making its housing crunch even worse. But she expect residents to accept that recovery will be slow.

"Everybody wants some crews to be said. They want to go back and have that moment of reckoning where they know whether their house is still there or not. We have hope, and we also need patience."

Execution-Style Murder.

Tied to Business Dispute

By GALLANNA MASHBURN

and THE AREA

CHINO HILL & CAFE — The shocking, execution-style deluge of a man in Southern California last week stemmed from an ongoing business dispute between the victim and one of his abductors, prosecutors revealed on Monday.

The district attorney in San Bernardino County shared the title at a news conference as he announced a blunty murder charge against one of the suspects, Jianquan Bo of Irvine, Calif., for his role in the killing of Sheldon Aldahan.

According to the authorities, Mr. Bo, 88, and his brother, Zhengfeng Bo, 67, led sheriff's deputies on a brief car chase last Wednesday after kidnapping Mr. Aldahan, 80, from his friend, Chino Hill, an upper-middle-class community roughly 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

Public things show that Mr. Aldahan and Zhengfeng Bo were business associates in an irideshowed investment company called Panchi Air, it was unclear what relationship Jianquan Bo had with the victim.

After the chase ended at a residential area about a mile from Mr. Aldahan's home, Jianquan Bo ended the car and surrendered to the police. The police whether decided to the land, if the vehicle died loudly shot Mr. Aldahan, who had been stuffed into the trunk. The sheriff's deputies then spent a few and a longtime. Bo died at the scene, officials said.

Officials later said that the situation did not know Mr. Aldahan was in the trunk until after the shooting. He also died at the scene.

Clerkship there's been some type of dispute, perhaps either decision making within the business or some financial loss that led to a dispute. There is decision, the director, attorney, and co-educators.

Jianquan Bo, the passenger and sole surveyor, has been charged with murder with the special circumstance of kidnapping, which prosecutors say could lead to the death penalty. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday. It was

not immediately clear whether he had legal representations.

"There's a potential the way it's charged that we could see life without the possibility of people of the death penalty, but those decisions are never made at this time," Mr. Anderson said.

The incident began around 10:14 p.m. last Wednesday after the authorities were dispatched to reports of gun shots and a man screaming at the vicinity hand, sheriff's deputies responding to the call are stunned the face with the spending away from the scene.

According to the San Bernardino County sheriff, investigators believe that Mr. Aldahan was injured outside his home before being put into the Box' car, but that he was killed by the shot that

Car chase ended with a surrender and two deaths at the scene.

Zhengfeng Bo lived into the trunk, frame surveillance footage of property in Los Angeles. It was a outlet, appears to show the moment that the driver wishes to be back at the car.

The county district attorney said that even though Jianquan Bo did not fatally share Mr. Aldahan, his office had charged him with murder because "Mr. Bo knew exactly what the plan was got, and what he wanted to have, what was going to be done, participated in what led up to the death."

Finally friends and relatives, a member of Mr. Aldahan's wife, watched the news conference on Monday in a separate private room at the county sheriff's station in Chino Hills. Many of them said they were killed their driver.

"I want to be very candid and say that this has had a tremendous, tremendous impact on the family of the victim," Mr. Author was told, speaking in time of a bank of TV cameras. "And a wonderful family that we've had for opportunity to meet so far and to contribute to a person that no one should have to go through."

Gurnam in Idaho Rampage Acted Alone, the Police Say

By ALBIA D. S. BEECH

and BERNARD MARLON

The gunman who fired into a jury in N-Our Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday, sending customers scurrying for cover in the restaurant and behind cars in the parking lot, was a 24-year-old man who acted alone, the authorities said on Sunday.

At least three people were killed and seven others wounded.

"The afternoon campaign, the authorities said, might have been worse if not for the 'heroin action' of an off-duty state chapter and a private citizen who returned fire and stowed the gunman.

"We believe their actions helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties," the Twin Falls police chief, Matthew Hicks, said during a brief news conference Sunday.

Chief Hicks identified the gunman as Chad Williams and said that he died of a self-inflicted gunman, but offered no other details, including possible motive.

Chief Hicks declined to name the shooting victims because the family members had not yet been notified. Of the seven wounded, two were in critical condition, three were in stable condition and two were treated as a hospital and released. The numbers of the injured, he said, are still considered preliminary.

The chief also confirmed that gunmen after their disheartenment arrived on the scene and began searching for the gunman, there was a second officer-involved shooting. It was unclear with whom the officer engaged. No one was injured, but the officers, as there are now under review by the Service Police Department.

The primary shooting is being investigated by the Twin Falls Police Department in conjunction with the F.B.I.

"We are still working in detection but did not of circumstances in this incident, including the suspect's actions and possible motivation," Chief Hicks said. "The billions family has been notified, and they are fully cooperating with their dishonesty.

Authorities said they were working to place together a clean and sensitive air well in conducting interviews with hundreds of people who were in and around the

Maui Spots contributed reporting.

A still image taken from video showing the scene of a shooting in an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday.

shopping center at the time of the shooting.

What is known is that just after possible rioting and from inside the restaurant, the police received multiple phone calls at about 2:30 p.m. Dispatchers said they could hear screaming during what police described as a shunt scene, disrupting a typical domestic afternoon of shopping, movies and dining.

The shooters of those killed or injured are about emerging, mostly through "wired" situations, an employee of In-N-Out was among those killed.

"We lost one of our beautiful噱(K) air stations tonight," said Lynds boy-dancing company, the N-Out Burger in a social media post. "She was taking care of our most important users of the shooting in town. "You have been a lot of people who are in the van around the time of others or his own."

Ms. Becher did not identify the employee by name.

One bystander, Lane Koehn, 34, said a group gathered around an injured female employee of the restaurant in the parking lot and one man, who said he was a 24-road paramedic, applied pressure to her chest wound until the ambulance arrived.

"I think it was a burden, the way the left was living," Mr. Koehn, a construction worker, said in an interview on Saturday. "You can tell he was panicking. He was not very calm and collected, running and chipping his rifle around him. "

Jerry Dudley, a taxi driver in what Hills, has also been identified as one of the people that, according to family members' social media posts and a co-worker.

Mr. Dudley, 62, was also while charging his Tents, a representative of the taxi company said in a Co-Fundible post set up to support Mr. Dudley and the other shooting victims.

The post described Mr. Dudley

as a widower with four children. "They are his work," wrote James Holmes, the organizer of the fundraiser.

"There are very few people in this world like Terry. He is the kind of man who quickly just often has their himself, who works hard, loves deeply, and never hesitates to lend a helping hand," Mr. Pulmer wrote. "He is conscious, compassionate, kind hearted, and has a way of making these around him really, even so their hardest days.

Mr. Pulmer said Mr. Dudley was the 'best employee' he has ever had.

"He is loyal, dependable, self-conscious, and the kind of person every community is better for having," he wrote.

Christopher Czauzek, who worked at Renaissance Ranch Recovery Center in Bogert, Idaho, died from his injuries, according to his sister, Eudavity Czauzek, at Rousmond, Calif.

A California native, Mr. Czauzek had lived in Idaho he about 30 years. Every time he returned to the Pacific Coast, he made sure to stop at In-N-Out, his sister said.

But he told her that when the Twin Falls location opened, he was a man who, showing the hype would only cause long lives.

"You have an idea here surprised I was when I found out he was there," she said.

Mr. Czauzek had found sobriety two years ago, his sister said, after struggling with alcoholism, he went of his adult life.

He lost his first wife in a car and was also working married for three months, and his sister said he had always hurt from that loss.

In June, the siblings continued the Fourth of July in the small town of Hagerman, where he lived.

"My only brother took my head and was it was wearing with little an wheels on it," she said, "and he sat with those things on like it was just no big deal.

"He was always being a good-jud,," she said.

Teresa Sperry, who was Mr. Czauzek's partner for nearly 25 years, said on Monday that he loved traveling, cooking and the smoke.

After graduating from the in-launch recovery program, he was hired by the Renaissance Ranch Recovery Center, his life is helping others to serve. "He was working in his friends and family.

"He gave a lot," said a friend, Garren Taylor.

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One Lawyer's Sisyphean Battle To Help Trans Troops Fight Ban

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The Pentagon has treated the trans separation hearings with levels of security and silence usually reserved for state service. They take place behind closed doors on military bases. There are no cameras and no transcripts, and the public is not allowed to attend.

In some cases, service members' opinions and even the service members themselves are kept out.

One of the few people who have seen the present ever multiple hearings, at multiple bases, is Ms. Rashid.

What she has seen are troops who deployed around the world and earned the respect of their peers. They waited patiently to enter cases for years, until the Pentagon finally told them that they could serve openly.

Now, separation boards – affected at most no leeway by the Trump administration – were punishing them for it.

"It's in a lot of ways a public humiliation ritual," Ms. Rashid said in an interview. "Going in, I had hoped I was paranoid, and boards' outcomes were not predetermined. It turned out to be much worse than I thought."

The Pentagon declined to comment on the boards.

At least six of Ms. Rashid's clients were barred from attending their separation board hearings because they refused to cut their hair and appear in the uniform of their sex assigned at birth. One was a master sergeant in South Korea with 17 years of service who was allowed to testify by video, but only if she turned off her camera.

"I have gone to prevail confinement hearings where somebody is so addicted to teeth that they are throwing up on my shoes," Ms. Rashid said. "They were allowed into their own hearing."

For Captain Prosch hearing in June, she had assembled a nearly 300-page binder that included his personnel records, his military records, two dozen letters verifying to his character and hundreds of pages of policy papers and legal arguments.

The night before his hearing, Ms. Rashid and Captain Prosch rehearsed his testimony one last time. Ms. Rashid asked him about his 11 years in the Army.

He talked about arriving at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point when he was 76 and training in about down incoming enemy missiles as an air-defense officer.

He depicted in Korea and the Middle East. His last assignment was at West Point, where he monitored 120 cadets and worked for the commandant, who described him in his final performance review as an exceptional leader.

"CPT Proco is easily in the top 1 percent of officers I have served with in 29 years of service," he wrote.

Before they broke for the night, Ms. Rashid remained Captain Proco to make eye contact with the Army officers on the panel who would decide his fate.

"It's harder to sucker punch somebody if they're looking you in the eye," she told him.

She packed up her whiteboard and exhibits around 10 p.m.

"How are you feeling?" Ms. Rashid asked.

"I'm not going to be able to sleep," Captain Proco replied.

'A Hard No'

Mr. Trump was only a few days into his second term when he issued an executive order proclaiming that being transgender "conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle" and ordering the

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'CPT Proco is easily in the top 1% of officers I have served with in 29 years of service.'

A commandant describing Capt. Pat Proco, above, in a performance review for the captain's last assignment at West Point.

Clara Davis, a military police sergeant, was barred from a hearing at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii for not appearing with a male haircut and uniform.

Pentagon to ban all trans troops.

Mr. Hogarth was blatant: 'No more desire in dresses,' he announced.

Their words described a problem Ms. Rashid said she had never encountered. She had grown up on military bases as the child of an Army doctor who had denigrated their skills. The Army had helped her mother get her citizenship and pay her medical school loans.

Ms. Rashid, 33, joined the Army Reserve in 2020 as a lawyer. Trans troops had been allowed to serve openly since 2016. In Mr. Trump's first term, he blocked transgender people from joining, but allowed those already in the military to continue serving. The Bides administration lifted any restrictions on transgender service members in 2021.

In every assignment – officer training, legal work, a deployment to the Middle East – Ms. Rashid had served with transgender soldiers who had largely been accepted and had thrived, she said.

When the Trump ban was announced, she knew trans troops would stand experienced lawyers, so she called the colonel in charge of the Army's defense attorneys and asked to be assigned to represent them.

The colonel told her to stand down. Trans troops were not being charged with crimes, he explained, and did not require experienced lawyers like her.

As a new Army lieutenant, Ms. Rashid had been told it was her job to be 'the Constitution in the room' for the troops being disciplined. That ethic had led her to take cases that other Army lawyers refused. Soldiers arrested at the Jan. 9 riot; soldiers who refused to get the Covid vaccine; soldiers accused of sexually abusing children.

She told the colonel that she wanted to be that same advocate for the trans troops who were fighting to hold on to their careers.

"I got a hard no," she recalled. If the Army was not going to assign her, she decided, she would assign herself. Army Reserve lawyers can take on private clients as long as there is no conflict with their military duties.

Working as a civilian attorney, she and a handful of other lawyers reached out to trans soldiers through an online support group that was fighting the ban. She thought they would end up with at most a few dozen clients. They have now advised about 600. They represent all of them for free.

"We just can't turn people away," she

said. "I think right now we have a budget of, like, $6."

The separation boards began hearing cases in February. At that point, the Pentagon was required to assign the trans troops military lawyers. Ms. Rashid continued representing them as a civilian.

Her first client was a military police sergeant named Clara Davis. She was still, with long, modern hair and a stack of glowing performance reviews. The evidence Ms. Rashid submitted on her he had included a memo from her battalion commander, who, at risk of retaliation from the Pentagon, recommended that the Army let her serve.

"It was a very brave thing," Ms. Rashid recalled.

The hearing at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii was unlike any of the hundreds of criminal cases and separation boards Ms. Rashid had handled in her military career.

The Army ordered Sergeant Davis to appear with a male haircut and uniform. Sergeant Davis was willing, but Ms. Rashid said no. "The Army is not allowed to take away your dignity," she said. "And I'm not going to ask you to do it, either."

The Army barred Sergeant Davis from entering the hearing room, so she listened from a room down the hall via a bad cellphone connection. Ms. Rashid presented testimony from 25 soldiers who described Sergeant Davis as an aid to the Army.

The core of the hearing, though, focused on her gender dryphoria diagnosis.

The Trump administration's ban targeted troops with gender dryphoria, a medical condition defined by at least six months of significant distress or impairment because of gender misrepresentation. Such troops would break under the stress of combat, the Trump administration commended.

Not all transgender people experience gender dryphoria.

Like many medical insurers, the Pentagon had required transgender troops to get a gender dryphoria diagnosis before they could receive hormone therapy or transition.

Ms. Rashid argued that Sergeant Davis had sought out the diagnosis as that she could get access to treatment, even though she did not experience gender dryphoria. The sergeant's strong service record proved she was never impaired of a defense and was not suffering from gender dryphoria, Ms. Rashid said.

Her diagnosis was essentially used as a trap, she argued.

The issue deliberated for two hours and then voted to kick her out. After the verdict, Ms. Rashid found Sergeant Davis to her room down the hall. She hugged her client.

"We were right," Ms. Rashid said through tears. "And it didn't matter."

In the months that followed Ms. Rashid represented trans troops at bases all over the country, sometimes sleeping in her clients' spare bedrooms to save money. As a lawyer and an officer, she had left the need to maintain a professional distance from her clients. The trans troops were different.

"I don't feel like that boundary has to be there," she said.

As the lesson mounted, she was stunned to see soldiers so quickly dismiss other soldiers who, just like them, had spent years in uniform.

One was Maj. Kara Corcoran, 40, who led an infantry platoon in combat in Afghanistan. On the day of her hearing, she was five days short of the 35 years of service she needed to secure her pension and health care benefits for herself and her two daughters.

The government struck half of her character witnesses, arguing that her competence had been established. The question for the board was not whether she was a good soldier, but whether she had gender dryphoria.

The three board members concluded that she did and kicked her out, but they recommended that the Pentagon make an exception and allow her to receive her retirement benefits. She is still waiting on a final ruling from the Army.

"People need to know that this whole thing is cruelty," Major Corcoran said in an interview. "It was intentionally designed to hurt us."

Ms. Rashid had hoped the hearings would be therapeutic for her clients – a chance to show they were honorable, truthful and disciplined soldiers. But as the issues gited up, her view shifted.

"Did I just put this person through hell?" she often asked herself after a loss.

The defiant were also taking a toll on her. She believed that all her transgender cases were unusable. Each new defeat brought a new wave of frustration, anger and guilt.

"Did I not explain things in a way that resonated?" she would ask herself. "Ain I missing something? Ain't supposed to be saying something different?"

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Captain Proce was represented by Priya Rashid, with him at left. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, below right, issued an order last year that effectively forced all trans troops out of the military. Below left, a view from West Point, N.Y.

Then something completely unexpected happened. The case involved a sergeant first class who worked with classified electronics and had deployed around the world.

The soldier showed up to her hearing in a civilian shirt suit, her hair up in a hat, fully expecting that she would be barred from her own hearing.

At the last minute, Ms. Rashid suggested that she change into camouflage and buns. The officer overcutting the board allowed her into the hearing room.

That gave Ms. Rashid a bit of ammunition. The accused could speak directly to the board members about her decepting service and show them that she was not a dude in a dress, as Mr. Hegseth had often asserted. She was a soldier who had followed the rules and maintained after the ban on trans people serving in the military was lifted in 1956.

The hearing ended. "We did the best we could," Ms. Rashid told the sergeant as they waited for a decision.

At the heart there, the three-person board returned and announced that it was sent to retain her. Ms. Rashid was so stunned that the verdict did not register. She assumed they had lost again.

That she saw the board members shutting the sergeant's hand. The victory was a glimmer of hope. Other issues he loved.

Still, she thought that she had finally found an approach that could win.

Case No. 28

Now it was time for case No. 28.

The heavy wooden door at the West Point hearing room swung shut. Ms. Rashid sat down at the defense table next to Captain Proce, who were his Army camouflage uniform. His hair was cropped down to a style that met Army regulations for either a man or a woman.

The New York Times placed together what happened next through interviews with the participants and notes from the hearing.

Ms. Rashid argued that Captain Proce's stellar military record proved that he had never experienced a period of distress or impairment that prevented him from excelling at his job. He was transgender, she acknowledged, but he had never suffered from gender dysphoria.

She called Col. Chad Foster, West Point's deputy commandant, who was Captain Proce's last boss. He described Captain Proce as a keener to the cadets, someone they regularly sought out for advice about personal problems or Army 80. He would happily serve with Captain Proce again, he testified.

Ms. Rashid called Capt. Jessica Jackson, who worked alongside Captain

Proce as an air defender. She remembered Captain Proce as the hero officer in their battalions.

And Ms. Rashid called Captain Proce, who took a cast in the witness box at the front of the hearing room. He reminded himself to make eye contact with the three students in the board.

Captain Proce talked about his grandfather, a former national soldier who had been wounded fighting in Vietnam. "He sat me down and told me that his officers never wanted to care about their soldiers and made decisions with somebody to respect for their lives," Captain Proce said. "He made me promise that I would be lost, but, sure and, above all else, honorable."

He then recounted his 11 years in the Army, which had taken him to Korea, the Middle East, Texas and Oklahoma. And the 20-minute exam by an Army psychiatric nurse in 2021 that now threatened to end his career.

He had welcomed her diagnosis, which had allowed him to transduce. "If I can have this happiness, why would I keep it?" he asked.

The Army's case fueled down to a few simple facts. Captain Proce had been a diagnosis with gender dysphoria and sought out gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy. The language of the Trump ban was clear, the Army's lawyer said. The captain needed to go.

The Captain Proce's quest time soon deliberating in a small room with a coffee maker and a view of a West Point parking lot. When they returned, Captain Proce insisted that they were avoiding eye contact into him. He knew they did not.

Ms. Rashid gathered her leaders, containing the story of Captain Proce's life and career, in a cardboard box. "I think we can head out," she said, her voice crackling.

Captain Proce was quiet.

"Are you going to be OK?" she asked. She had started to cry.

"Don't worry about me," he replied. "I'll be free. I'm worried about you."

The house were breaking her faith in the Army, which had been a part of her life since childhood.

"I don't recognize the military anymore," she said.

She stood in the hall, tears still in her eyes, and checked her phone. She saw a new email from the Army. Her next client's separation board hearing was a couple of weeks away.

As E-Bike Fatalities Rise, New York Weighs 17 Bills

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review" of the city's e-bike regulations. "We owe New Yorkers streets that are safer to bike, safer to walk, safer to drive."

The Council will hold a hearing about the bills on Sept. 30, where it will question officials from the city's transportation, public safety and consumer protection departments.

Shaun Alvins, the Council's majority leader and transportation committee chairman, said the Hegseth would "show clear facts" that would benefit the city caused e-bike riders but also pedestrians and delivery workers.

Ben Parnas, the executive director of Transportation Alternatives, a radio station, university group, said he supported banning a company of e-bikes that can exceed safe speeds. He said he also wanted additional oversight of the food delivery industry, which has been accused of creating incentives for delivery workers to find traffic rates.

"Twenty is plenty for urban streets, whether you're on a bike or driving an S.U.V," he said, referring to the speed limit for cars in each of the city.

The unusually large crib of bills speaks to the complicated web of concerns about pedestrian safety, worker protection and infrastructure that has maintained thefortune an electric vehicles have proliferated on city streets and crashes have risen.

There were 500 collisions involving e-bikes and 700 involving standby e-womens through the third world of July, according to police data. Both figures were up 28 percent from the same period last year.

In a majority of serious crashes, riders were struck by the drivers of cars. At least 28 riders have died in e-bike and a-vacuum collision on the 9th year, up from 33 in the same period last year, according to the Department of Transportation.

A 17-year-old boy riding an illegal e-bike died last week in a collision with an S.U.V. in Lower Manhattan. A 40-year-old woman riding a stand-up e-vacuum on the Upper West Side died last month after a driver struck her. In May, two men – died after colliding in a bike lane on the Queensland Bridge, with one on an illegal e-vacuum and the other on a bicycle.

Still, the city is on track to record one of its lowest annual rates of fatal traffic crashes this year, according to the Transportation Department.

While the proposed rules take a variety of approaches to the issue, they are unlikely to please every one.

Ms. Morin stopped short of advancing a version of ProviNet's Law, it rates fall named after ProviNet Labs, an educator who was killed in 2023 by the rules of an electric Oil Bike. The rule would require all electric bikes and businesses to be registered and display license plates.

James Schroeder, the director of the NYC & Vehicle Safety Alliance, which supports the state bill, said its intention from the city's efforts would be "an abso-

late shame," arguing that requiring license plates would deter irresponsible cycling.

"We don't want a talk force and educational program bills," she said. "It's time for accountability."

Critics of the licensing bill say it would be morrass and costly, would do little to curb the worst offenders' behavior and would have a chilling effect on overall bike ridership.

"Anything that makes it harder to ride an e-bike that goes 15 m.p.h. is a huge problem," said John Duncan, a bike advocate who runs a popular name commonly discussing "untraceability," including bicycles and scissors.

Mr. Duncan said the focus should be on regulating the通过 higher-speed vehicle and without called e-rooms, which are already illegal in New York City streets. "We need controls on, basically, the bad forms of every needs," he said.

The proposed bills could also have an outside effect on the city's

So far, 13 more riders have died than at the same point last year.

roughly 80,000 delivery workers, who are mostly immigrants and often rely on e-bikes.

Gabriel Montero, a spokesman for the Worker's Justice Project, in advocacy group, said the organization supports efforts to make the job safer but opposes rules that would require workers to run their e-bikes, which he said could expose them to more interactions with the police and immigration officials.

"Deteriorate in particular will be unfairly targeted by this law because enforcement of this kind always disproportionately targets Black, brown and immigrant communities," he said.

Ms. Morin said the proposed bills would not penalize workers, noting that "the issue is going to be on the sign."

As an unrelated news conference on Tuesday, Mayor Delezar Marchese said he would reserve judgment about the legislation until he saw more details, but voiced support for removing these streets the unsafe vehicles that can far exceed the speed limit.

"I think my first focus, frankly, is that which is already illegal – how to ensure that we consumer is duped into believing that that is an appropriate way to be moving around the city," he said.

In March, Mr. Mandiani, a frequent cyclist who has been seen riding electric Oil Bikes, ended the practice of issuing criminal summonses to e-bike riders for minor infractions.

A group of volunteers, including Councilman Frank Morano, who represents parts of Guano Island, is suing the city to reverse that policy, which the group claims against logo police enforcement of traffic laws.

The proposals could have an outside effect on New York City's roughly 80,000 delivery workers, who are mostly immigrants.

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earlier version also referred incorrectly to Elbe's posthumously published memos. "Man into Woman," it was first published in Danish, but not first written in Danish.

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An obituary on July 24 about Clint Reilly, a political consultant who bought The San Francisco Examiner in 2020, inaccurately implied that at the time of Mr. Reilly's birth, in 2017, his mother, Rose Disney Reilly, operated a concussions stand at the Oakland Coliseum, which did not open until 1966. She operated a concussions stand there when he was an adult, not in the 1940s, when he was a child.

Errors are corrected during my own run whenever possible, in some errors noted here may not have appeared in all editions.

Captain Proce and his wife, Cassidy, at home in West Point on the morning of his separation board hearing in June. He had served 11 years in the Army.

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After Building Buckled,

Violations Were Found At Several More Sites

This article is by Mike Zavert, Patrick McCombie and Arfa Shores.

Ast. sweeping review of 180 construction sites across New York City involving firms concerned in the redevelopment of a Midtown high-rise that became dangerously unstable found doors to violations, though none posed an immediate danger to the public, city officials said. Inspectors also shut down some work at several of the sites.

The findings were released in an email on Tuesday, as part of the city's continuing response to the Midtown building before columns buckled on July 7 to 233 East-Crad Street, a high-profile conversion of the former Pfizer headquarters to operations.

Andrew Budansky, a spokesman with the Buildings Department, said the agency had issued a letter that 30 violations and had fully or partially shut down work at 15 sites. He said that most of the violations had been issued "for site safety issues that posed a hazard to the workers on site, failing to follow the design drawings and plans, or for administrative to-

ours."

Each of the 180 sites targeted in the review was associated with a developer of the Midtown project, MetroLab; two subcontractors, Barone Steel and Northland Specialist Group; or a third-party inspection firm, Denison Inspection Services, that was supposed to be overseeing structural work.

Only 24 of the 180 sites were office-in-industrial conversion projects. The office included a new three-story development in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a临时性 apartment complex in Lower Manhattan, and a 36-story residential tower in Chelsea near the High Line.

Mr. Budansky said inspectors "did not find any hazardous structural issues that posed an important danger to public safety during this review."

A spokesman for MetroLab declined to comment. Northland, Barone and Denison did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Among the problems discovered in the review:

■ The construction of a 26-story residential building in Gramercy

Park involving concrete work are the third floor did not align with the project plans.

■ A wall made of masonry was the end of a new two-story building in Geneva was incorporated during brand by wood and rebar without engineering plans.

■ Construction work was being performed on a benettay without a special allowance to work on the workers.

A spokesman for Mayor Edward Mandelov referred questions about the review to the Buildings Department.

The episode at the old Pfizer

building has mostly involved the building of two steel columns on the 23d floor, prompting the evacuation of thousands and sending construction crews and city officials scrambling to establish the building. An analysis by The New York Times of publicly available engineering plans and photographs of the building showed that the columns appeared not to be properly reinforced.

The city is continuing its investigation into what were wrong. But the episode has raised questions about the safety of other conversion projects.

City leaders have repeatedly sought to spell these concerns, and Mr. Budansky said on Tuesday that there was "no evidence to suggest that the structural failing at 233 East-Crad Street is in any way inherent to office-in-industrial conversion projects."

An investigation by The Times found that several firms, including MetroLab and Denison, had broaden with the Buildings Department in the past.

The investigation into the columns' failure at the Pfizer building will involve 5 reasons review of construction documents and re-

Nearly a month since the former Pfizer building became unusable, the project to convert it has remained on hold.

parts held by the developer and construction team, interviews with witnesses and responsible parties, a hands-on sweep of the entire construction site and review of available video and photo evidence," according to the Buildings Department.

City inspectors had previously learned to fully or partially shut down work at three other conversion projects. Mr. Budansky said none of these were connected to the review.

One new at 232 Broadway, a 30-plus-story office building being converted to housing in Lower Manhattan, over issues with a horizontal concrete beam on the roof that had cracked and been repaired. The Buildings Department had conducted an inspection interview, e.g., and work remained on hold (here on Tuesday).

After conducting an inspection, the department also partially shut down work at 77 Water Street over issues it found during an inspection on July 11, including equipment that was being used without proper certification. Work was allowed to resume a few days later.

Some stock work at another high-rise conversion project at 707 Third Avenue also remains on hold. That followed another routine inspection.

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Highlight: Increase in Southeast Storms Friday

A strengthening Bermuda high will draw a plume of tropical moisture in toward Florida on Friday, then up into Georgia and the Carolinas over the weekend. The result will be an Indian uptick in between and thunderstorm activity with the potential for flash flooding. There will also be a rise of rough surf and stronger ice currents along the East Coast from Florida to North Carolina.

National Forecast

A corridor of thunderstorms will extend from Michigan through Kansas and Nebraska today. The storms will be slow-moving and capable of producing flash flooding and sparkler damaging wind gusts of 60 to 70 miles per hour. Thunderstorms will get the Desert Southwest and the Mississippi Valley. Thunderstorms, mostly in the afternoon, will also absorb the East Coast from Pennsylvania to Florida.

The rest of the nation can expect dry weather. It will be humid and of the Rocky Mountains except in the Midwest, where cooler and the humid air will better in. West of the Rocky Mountains, a heat wave is on the way, with temperatures 5 to 15 degrees above the 30-year average. A sunny sea across the area may be obscured from haze or smoke from wildfires.

Metropolitan Forecast

TODAY ... A thunderstorm High St., Canelions will be humid, and there will be intervals of clouds and sunshine. There will be a thunderstorm in spots during the afternoon. The wind will be light and variable.

TONIGHT ... A stray thunderstorm Low 12. The sky will be clouds, and it will be very humid with a thunderstorm in spots. Winds will remain light and variable. Temperatures will be a couple of degrees above average for this time of year.

THEREFORE ... A stray thunderstorm high 16. Sunshine will be interrupted by clouds on occasion, and there will be a thunderstorm in spots. It will remain very humid, and the wind will be from the southwest at 4 to 8 miles per hour.

FRIDAY ... A shower and thunderstorm high 16. It will be very warm with a mix of clouds and sun. There will be a couple of afternoon showers and thunderstorms that could produce flooding downpours and damaging winds.

SATURDAY SUNDAY ... A thunderstorm Saturday There will be some sun on Saturday with a thunderstorm in spots in the afternoon. High 16. Sunrise will feature a blend of sun and clouds with an afternoon thunderstorm possible. High 16.

Metropolitan Almanac

In Central Park, for the 13 hours ended at 1 p.m. yesterday.

Avg. daily departure from central Park Max month: 0.4° Avg. daily departure from central Pitt month: 0.2°

Reservoir totals Tolerance: 0.5% Tolerance: 0.5% Tolerance: 0.5%

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Opinion

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COLUMNIST | EZRA KLEIN

Nolan's Trojan Horse

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THE OGLSSEY'S TRUTH IS UP IN HAVING YOUNG KIDS, I don't make it to the merino much. But what a trick to director, Christopher Nolan, has pulled off. Elon Musk did not understand what this movie was. But this movie understands what Musk is. It understands who we are becoming and who we have become, and it points a way out.

Tricks are central to "The Odyssey" & myth. Odyssees is a trickster. He is described, in the first line of the story, as the man of many ways or of many miles or of many turns. He is depending on the translator, on ingenious men, a running man, a complicated man. He is a man of agitation and contradictions, a man who wants nothing more than to go home but keeps choosing to stay abreast, a man who yearns for his wife but cannot stop bedding godlesses. Odyssees is never one thing; he is always many things.

Man Damon is no trickster. I thought he was going to be the problem with Nolan's "Odyssey" (until the right-wing satiry over the casting of Lupus Nysegh and Elliot Page, it was Damon's casting as Odyssees that I couldn't reconcile with "The Odyssey".) Damon often seems to me like a man of a single way, a man who wakes up early and keeps in a clean she and rarely has more than one glass of wine before bed. That's not Odyssees.

But Nolan wasn't looking for a trickster, the Odyssees is something else. That, you can say, was Nolan's first trick.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES AND MAY 4.00 about tricksters, because I have spent the past few years quietly discussed with the archetype. The trickster is Loki in Nurse mythology, Echa in Verulam stories, Coyne or Raven in Native American tales, Mani in Polynesia and Hermes and Odyssees among the ancient Greeks.

The function of the trickster, writes Lewis Hyde in his wonderful book "Trickster Makes This World," is "to uncover and disrupt the very things that a culture depends on." The trickster shares across customs and taboos, says what may not be said, does what should not be done. The trickster rejects disorder into order, renders visible, what is ordinarily hidden. The trickster causes the damage that makes growth possible. But a happy ending is never guaranteed. The trickster can be regenerative or ruinous. Coyne brings fire. Raven brings the sun; Loki brings flagmonth.

Hyde's argument is that tricksters are both necessary and dangerous. They represent a tension every society must grapple with. A culture that cannot meet disruption with creativity cannot survive change. A culture that cannot protect its core values will be consumed by corruption. Too much order leads to panicytic, too much chaos in store collapse.

We are living in an age of chaos. We have been living in an age of tricksters. Musk, President Trump, Tucker Carlson, Andrew Tate, Nick Fawcett — the grammar of the modernist novel. What is serious, and what is not? What is a provocative, and what is a pressure? Why did they say that, and how did they get away with it? I am not

saying these men are only tricksters. They are not the culture makers Hyde prefers to focus on. But I am saying that the dominant personalities of the age have gathered power by hallowing customs and taboos, by saying what may not be said, by doing what should not be done.

Hyde said that Americans love a trickster "because he embodies things that are actually true about America but cannot be openly declared." That might have been true in 1998, when Hyde published his book. And I can see the argument that American institutions and movies outlived in the years since — that our society had become too tabooed and harmanisated, that too much had become unsayable, that there was too little openness to transgression and invention.

But today there is little that may no longer be said. The ideas and morals upon which the best of our culture was built have been disrupted and desecrated. The question now is whether that disruption can be met with creativity and renewal.

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If This Is Medical Freedom, Why Do I Feel Trapped?

Jessica Gross

A writer in Opinion

I was listening to a podcast recently in which a woman I suspect talked about taking peptides. I have an idea which peptides she is goldning or how she's getting there, but she does look really good lately.

For a moment, I thought: Will these short chains of amino acids make my skin better or build muscle more efficiently or help me feel less tired, somehow? Sometimes I click through one of the many telehealth ads that I have every day and think about many drugs I can load into my cart and seemingly purchase with no friction — just a smooth tap on a clean square.

I sometimes feel it hard to resist what Big Wellness has to offer, even as I have been critical of an American system that allows so many drugs and supplements to be advertised without adequate disclosures and dispensed with the slightest and to proper medical approval. I am not immune to the affairs of an injection that promises the Fountain of Youth or the minor relief of knowing that the drugs are there, should I ever choose to take them.

The deep confessions of a consumer choice can feel like a friend of agency, and that is the kind of medical freedom, free from government interventions, that are federal health apparatus wants to offer us all right now. As my newcoms colleagues Christina Avrett and Diana C. Smith explain, an advisory committee in the Food and Drug Administration’s “recommended broader use of six unproven peptides, raising concerns that wellness and telehealth companies could adopt a more obscure pathway to bring unapproved drugs to the commercial market.”

If adapted, the recommendation would at low compounding alternatives, which create customized medications, to sell there six peptides. This goes against the advice of the FDA. In the meantime, you advised that you of against increasing public access, as there’s not strong evidence that these peptides are safe or effective. The advisory committee is also tasked by conflicts of interest, as many of its members would probably profit off these peptides hitting the market.

Jen Ginsberg, a New York City pharmacist who writes a frequently funny and always informative newsletter called Drugstore Cowboy, described how the back of my program guide-taking at the FDA. It was an enduring force of liberty. Over these pages often are available via seemingly reputable businesses, he argues, they will take on the course of unquestionably, and their experimental nature will be obscured. Further:

“Medical freedom” is an appealing slogan because it allows everyone to hear whatever they want. Patients have “autonomy” factors hear “discretion.” Businesses hear “a large and highly regulated market.” Freedom, however, does not clear the obligation to produce evidence. A patient can choose strong treatments, decline treatment or accept greater risk after being properly informed. These choices still depend on being some reliable understanding of what a institution offers.

While some are happy to hear the unexplained risks of this flavor of medical free-

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This summer of outbreaks is a glimpse into our unregulated future.

dem, the darker consequences of an under-regulated public health environment are everywhere this summer. The recent cyclooperative outbreak, which has sickened thousands of people and has been linked to two deaths, has revealed how underhanded our food disease can be more severe. The behind government dashed requested funding by around 60 percent to states meant for monitoring and deterring food-related outbreaks. As a result of ongoing fears of cyclooperative, Americans are avoiding some types of fresh produce. (As one food safety expert told The Times, “Quite honestly, I don’t have time in my life for explosive diarrhea.” Game.)

In July the United States logged its high- or number of measles cases since 1991. A majority of the infected are unvaccinated children. State legislators introduced over 200 bills so far this year that would weaken vaccination requirements. The bills challenged every part of the system that states rely on to vaccinate the public, from the pamphlets patients receive before getting a shot to the requirements schools, day care centers and employers can implement,” The Times noted.

While only nine of these bills became law, supporters of the anti-vaccine branch of the medical freedom movement show no signs of slowing down. And why would they? They appear to have the support of the president, who “the Wall Street Journal reports is pushing the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to continue to research the connection between vaccines and autism, even though that connection has been thoroughly researched for decades and debated.”

Freedom, by their definition, appears to mean that we are all more exposed to more disease and premature death. As individuals, we are now more anxious at the grocery store, inspecting the items where our produce is grown or spring out of534mm for an indefinite time because the fluency have been curtailed by outbreaks. Some parents are rushing to get their newborns vaccinated for measles earlier than the typical and recommended 12 months because infants are especially vulnerable to the disease, and many people are having to inside to get a Covid shot under the confining guidelines outlined last year.

The much risk and responsibility are being left to us. If we have new peptides in our virtual shopping carts, we don’t really know if they will grow to a desired glove up or could help cancer cells grow.

The train took so deep to all the pictures on the direct-to-consumer websites. It feels wonderful to close the browser and walk away while I still can.

LETTERS

When Companies Retreat on Climate Change

TO THE EDITOR: Re “Big Businesses Quietly Down” (Senate Leader (front page, July 21))

This article surveys the growing number of companies across various industries that are reminding from their climate commitments. I want to emphasize why backtracking my company is the final sector is especially significant.

Global food systems are responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. The article mentions the most plant (80 and the revision featured. It could have included McDonald’s, which announced it May that it does not expect to reach its 2030 climate targets.

This retreat highlights three flaws inherent in many of the food sector’s climate strategies. For example, McDonald’s have prioritized short-term profit against long-term sustainability even as supply chain disruptions from current climate, including crops and commodities increases.

Second, they have neglected reducing the impact of dispar-pertinently high seasonal foods like meat and dairy, and

have placed too much faith in faulty or nonscalable solutions. Third, some businesses fail to advocate — and sometimes work to undermine — voluntary market precautions, like the Amazon Soy Merameurs, and regulations like the European Union Intervention Regulation and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate-related disclosure rules, which help to build sustainable, resilient supply chains.

There is still time to fix these errors. Rather than retreat from climate ambitions, companies like McDonald’s should focus on shifting across to lower targets, plain-based foods and support industry-wide policies that will make their own climate commitments achievable.

Food businesses have much to lose from climate change. Not they also have an opportunity to effect plan of change now. As this summer hiatus on amid millions, droughts and heat waves, let’s begin they make the right choices.

SUSAN MUKHER, EDITOR The writer is a senior campaigner for climate, food and agriculture at Mighty Earth.

Trump's Unreality

TO THE EDITOR:

Re “Trump Pells Hit New Law” (Not in His Common Sense) analysis, front page, Aug. 21.

The original text President Trump uses recent polling statistics as “blow.” When you seriously believe that you are more knowledgeable and more loved than anyone else in history, nothing negative can break through that barrier of flawed reality.

It is amazing that a White House spokesman, David Ingle, did not have rain flames when he said, “No other president in history has accomplished more far backworking Americans than President Trump, who is working out. Surely in a new jobs, the inflation, increase housing affordability and more.” New Mr. Trump’s stuff has succeeded in his false reality.

Polls just provide an indication of how someone is doing, and Mr. Trump is obviously not doing well. Stings polls seriously and working to make them more favorable, though, probably isn’t on his to-do list. Use shared experience over the last 10 years should tell us that the less and deindeterminate will continue.

PATRICK LEE ENRICHSON, MD

TO THE EDITOR:

The trend of companies scaling back, delaying or abandoning high-profile climate commitments is hard to miss. But these companies are stepping back from their “bad” promises about saving the goods. Just as climate-related risks to operations and financial problems are not the same, the matter and will differ smoke to traps, peristals, disruptions and resource constraints — are becoming impossible to ignore across supply chains and on balance sheets.

The business leaders who want to succeed in the long term, this is the time to embed climate change into core business discussions and decisions in risk management, finance and operations. Companies that treat climate change as the first business they do, will be best positioned to build resilience, strengthen competitiveness and create long-term value in a changing world.

THE WASHINGTON DEPT.

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In Defense of the Paramant-Warner Deal

David Ellison

The chief executive of Paramant’s Daytona.

MANY people have weighed in on the importantly appropriate to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery — media analytics, power markets, political commentators, competitors and, of course, lawyers. For a restaurant on this site, that is expected and appreciated, the one person you haven’t heard from is me.

There is a reason for that. I believe that anyone who oversees a news organization — I am chief executive of Paramant, which is the CBN — shouldn’t have a finger on the scale, especially on matters involving his own company. So when Caldecott’s attorney general, 15 other state attorneys general and a day later, the Wilson’s Guild of America used to stop the date, I myself quite, quickly learned such restraint has costs. While I was silent, others were happy to write my story for me. No more.

The states claim this deal will give one irregularly normal fulfillment over their lost releases and cable operators, while the WGA, argues that our combined market power will hurt writers. Both state imagins a fulfillment due to larger exists — an insider’s need by a double-hind agency denies.

All up every hour Americans spend watching television, and a combined Paramant-Warner would account for less than 10 percent of all much time — compare industry performance with other Amazon, Apple, which are all companies whose resources should exist. Include YouTube’s successes and content in that math, and our share would drop to around 12 percent. A combined company would account for just 10 percent of the domestic bus office over the past 12 months and only 12 percent, on average, over the past two years. These are not the numbers of a company that can do better than customers. The fact is what writers go paid.

I believe this fight is not really about market share. If it were, it wouldn’t have been reviewed and approved by regulators — including the National Institute of the United States and China, as well as the European Union. I believe a planer worry sits beneath the briefs and the news releases: the news.

The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN. There has been speculation about my politics, my loyalties, my intentions.

Unfortunately, I can’t give anyone a new into my heart and mind, feel I can share this: I have regularly voted for candidates of both parties. I hold some views that would be called, conservative and silent. One would be called liberal, just like most Americans, and where it comes to our news operations, I do not aspire to lead those companies to bond their newcomers to my views. I believe that news should be based on facts and truth.

Great news organizations like CNN and CBS News are here to tell it enough about the middle. That requires newcomers that reflect the whole world, not one side of it, and it requires independence. Our parent rights will continue to answer to the facts and to all the people they serve — not to any party or cause. These were founding pricots for for both CNN and CBS News, for legislators like Ted Turner and Edward R. Wavers, and it is exactly that kind of independent that has always fueled the greatness of “60 Minutes.”

There is much ground to recover. By Gallup’s latest measure, just 25 percent of Americans said they “can not news — the lowest share ever recorded. The integration of so many times has less clear than the obligation to look forward and say: We can do better. We are in a moment when Americans must live (outdoors), but journalists haven’t always found their country refusing to engage with criticism.”

Trust can’t be argued back, but it can be started back — story by story, day by day, in an age when so much of what fills our screens is machine-generated or engineered to create a new one. The most part of our matters more than ever. That is the work I intend to pay for, patiently, for a long time.

Which brings me to what we aim to build. The Paramant-Warner deal began with the movies. I have heard this story I was old enough to sit still for one, and scores from the television shows. I have seen the latest filming a bicycle silhouetted against the full moon, two men setting over the desert, just dogfighting of California. Behind each of these moments stands on always, and risk and hundreds of brilliant artists who tell

As a steward of CNN, I intend to fund objective journalism from real reporters.

mories and who count on movies to keep them employed.

I have been already in its trouble, Hollywood is being ground to technology platforms whose algorithms reward the Student voices. The work is leaving, especially from California — when it grew up and when it’s raising my family — and so, my two stepped pool of creative talent ever assembled.

I understand that promises from an executive in the middle of a larger town design class, to judge so by the year we just had. There I took over Paramant, we have nearly doubled our theatrical date from eight films last year to 31 and provide 40 out of 100 extra of extra for the Paramant war streaming service. You can expect Warner from our television studios in 2020. We raised our content investment by $1.50 blos. We did that before the deal was signed and we had been able to see that. Because making more it the whole point of the company we are building.

The commitments we have made for the proposed Paramant-Warner extend that trajectory — that is, the time a year, 170 television series annually, for our own platforms and for our competitors$^{1}$, more than $30 billion in annual content investment. I have learned better than to protect this. In my opinion, the “Paramant” was of mental expectations. “The Gist: Maverick” exceeded them, and “Programer: Dark Fate” fell short. I am proud of all these films, but indeed, our dictate what and how we can do. We can promote in the work, and more if it.

A deal this size is lived not in public, and I have felt every bit of that. I don’t ask to be taken at my word, the commitments are in the same way. I have been able to survive where anyone can judge it.

Bald’s-knock story can have a happy ending only when we connect with our audience. It’s the audience — the American people — and the world that is as serious a movie succeeds or fails, whether a news organization thrives or widows and therefore whether our industry succeeds or fails. I want to build a company with the strength and commitment of the film. The three audiences who turn to us, for the storytellers who rely on us and for the country that dreamed this all up.

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The Mysteries of Tokenomics

By CYRIA DePELLE

Corporate America was enthusiastic about artificial intelligence. Until it got the bill.

Whiplock around spending on "tokens," the units of computing power in which A.I. is sold, is hitting engineering teams and board rooms. First there was "token-massing," an executive encouraged as much A.I. use as possible. Then there was "token-massing," after they rapidly burned through millions of dollars in company money.

The simultaneous urgency and uncertainty is reusing complex questions. What is A.I. even good for? How do you know what you're buying, and measure the value of what it enables? How is it priced, and

how will these prices change in the future? What does the spending on it displace?

"It's a currency where you have no instinct to know what you're using, and the accounting practices aren't even there for it," said Howard Rubin, an economist who advises companies on technology spending. "The A.I. stuff is being treated as an investment right now, but it's a risky investment to care it has no return."

The high stakes and scarcity of knowledge have given rise to a new field within economics devoted to figuring out how companies buy A.I. and what value they get from it. Call it tokenomics: the study of how this limited resource is created, traded and converted into things people want.

Businesses are no strangers to adopting new technologies. Electricity allowed power to be generated far from where it was used. The internet radically changed how services are delivered. Cloud computing turned data processing from a charity on-site task to something that could be rented remotely.

The implications of A.I. could be as profound, but the costs and benefits are more difficult to weigh.

Perhaps the closest analogy to how A.I. works as a business expense is petroleum products. A common feedstock, crude oil, is refined into commodities such as gasoline, diesel and propane. These fuels have different purposes, but they can be broken down into a standard measure of energy —

British thermal units — and they are generally sold wholesale through exchanges where prices fluctuate with supply and demand.

The feedstock for tokens is electricity and semiconductors. The resulting "compare" is fed into models and metered out by tokens, which are generally understood to represent a few characters of English text.

But the petrochemical parallel ends there. There are new thousands of A.I. models, and little transparency around who is paying for what. There is no consensus on how much energy a token requires, which model is best to perform a given task or how many tokens it should take.

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JPMorgan Again Entangled in a Soccer Fiasco

By TARIQ PONZA

In April 2021, JPMorgan Chase found itself in the midst of a storm.

A plan for a breakaway Super League featuring the richest soccer clubs in the world, which would have unmoved the century-old structures of the sport in Europe, had faded in less than a week. Fans of rival clubs had poured onto the streets in protest, and their governments joined the condemnation.

JPMorgan had offered to provide the financial underpinning to the arrangement.

Chastened, the Wall Street than issued an unusual apology for its role in the fiasco. The bank pledged to learn from how it had "misjudged" the effect the plan would have on the feverish world of global soccer. Even Justin DeLuca, the bank's computers and all-powerful chief executive officer, acknowledged that the company had misunderstood the passions that would be aroused.

It had decade later, the largest bank in the United States again finds itself at the corner of a major crisis in global soccer. This time, European nations threatened to boycott the biggest sporting event on the planet, the FIFA World Cup, CONTINUED ON PAGE 80

A pregunte ceremony at the FIFA World Cup final last month at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

Bessent Opts To Prop Up Japan's Yen

By ALAIN RAPPEPORT

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made $1 billion betting against the yen as the top investor for George Soren more than a decade ago. Now, he is using the might of the U.S. economy to prop up the Japanese currency.

But this time, Mr. Bessent is doing so to help ensure that Washington's borrowing costs do not creep even higher and to support a faltering American ally in China's backyard. The coordinated effort by the United States and Japan is stabilize the rapidly weakening yen late last week was the second time in the last year that the Treasury secretary returned to his roots as a hedge fund manager to make a big currency bet. The more demonstrated the lengths that the Trump administration is prepared to take to shield the U.S. economy from the volatility of global markets at a moment of political peril.

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White House Is Seesawing On A.I. Rules

By David McCabe, Mike Isaac, Ann Swanson and Kate Conger

WASHINGTON - Trump administration officials have struggled over the past few weeks with what to do about artificial intelligence.

In particular, a group that included the White House chief of staff, Soren Wibro; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent; and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has defeated whether or not to take a far more inter-ventilation approach to "open source" A.I. models, which are freely available to download and modify, said more than a half-dozen current and former tech and government officials and other people familiar with the matter.

Senior officials have considered a range of actions, including using sanctions, imposing a trade blacklist against Chinese companies that make those open-source A.I. models, or even banning U.S. cloud companies from doing business with them, said five of the people, all of whom spoke on the CONTINUED ON PAGE 80

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The Digest

EARNINGS

Caterpillar Lifts Forecast,

Pausing to Data Centers

Pausing to Data Centers

Caterpillar raised its annual revenue growth forecast after hearing second-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday, benefiting from a build out of A.I. data centers that has opened demand for its power-generation and construction equipment.

Shares of the company, which rose as much as 12 percent in early trading, were so track for their best day in more than three

months if gains held. Caterpillar's stock jump also helped fuel a 1.8 percent rise in the blue-chip Dow Jones industrial index.

The company cut its full-year tariff costs forecast to around $2.2 billion from the previously expected $2.2 billion to $2.6 billion.

Over the last few quarters, the equipment giant has seen a surge in orders for construction equipment amid a nationwide build-out of data centers as well as the backup power equipment.

Caterpillar's results are often seen as a further blur for the industrial economy. REUTERS

AUTOMOTIVE

BYD to Introduce

Four Brazilian Hybrid

The Chinese automaker BYD is launching its first Brazilian-made plug-in hybrid (fired car on Tuesday after a two-year investment of 500 million resin (500.4 million), the company's representative in the country said.

The Seng Pei Super-Hilbrido Fixa Fuel, which hits dealerships across Brazil on Wednesday, features a generation that can run on electricity, gasoline or ethanol, its senior vice president, Alexandre Reilly, said in an interview.

The car's electric-only range is 60 km (37 miles) for the GS, model and GS4 car for the higher-end GS version, he added.

Built at BYD's Cansacari plant

in northeastern Bahia State, the car also meets the company's goal of using more than 50 percent of local parts for all Brazilian-made vehicles by January 2027, Mr. Reilly said.

"It's a highly symbolic project for BYD," he said. REUTERS

ECONOMY

Job Openings Dropped,

But Market Is Still Stable

U.S. job openings dropped in June as vacancies in the handsbare and social assistance sector declined by the most in nearly a year, but an improvement in hiring and low layoffs supported the labor market remained stable.

The report from the Labor Department on Tuesday also showed a marginal increase in people quitting their jobs, presumably in search of greener pastures, which

should limit wage growth and strengthen economics' views that the labor market was not a source of inflation.

Still, most economists expected the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year to tame inflation fueled by the Middle East conflict. "The picture is of a steady labor market," said Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics.

Job openings, a measure of labor demand, had decreased by 176,000 to 7,500 million by the last day of June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. REUTERS

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Stocks & Bonds

Stocks Hit a Record as Worries About Middle East and A.I. Ease

By JOB REPAIRMENT

and ABLUMI SONG

The S&P 500 rallied to a record high on Tuesday, led by a recovery in such stocks and balanced by signs and a peace deal between Iran and the United States might once again be in battle.

The benchmark index rose 13 percent, pushing past its previous peak at the start of June and capping a strong rebound that has lifted its index nearly 6 percent over the past week.

After a jittery response to last week's comments from Kevin Warris, the new Federal Reserve chairman, stocks have been lifted by the prospect of fewer immediate rain increases, strong financial results from some big technology companies, cooling tensions between Iran and the United States and a rare loss of similar in global markets by the Treasury Department that also helped prop up domestic markets.

Investors have latched onto Trump administration comments in recent days that Iran and Qatar were making progress in talks in respect the threat of theness, a vital oil shipping route, helping extend a turnaround in technology stocks that began last week.

Investors remain concerned, however, that artificial intelligence companies that have been spending hundreds of billions of dollars building out data centers may yet run into trouble, such as from less expensive models being developed primarily by China.

The S&P 500 has swung high and low in recent months, at times rising on hopes that the conflict was nearing an end of because of strong earnings by a large A.I. company, only for negotiations between Sifrean and Washington to fall apart, or for them about both overpending to re-emerge.

Last week, the Nasdaq Company, its index, which includes big technology companies, came close to a curriculum.

By the end of the week, investors' fears began to ease and the market stirred to a mild again. The Nasdaq has risen more than 9

The S&P 500 Index

Position of the S&P 500 index at 3-minute intervals on Tuesday

— Previous close: 7,600.50

percent since last Wednesday.

Stocks have been supported by continued strong corporate earnings.

Eighty-six percent of the S&P 500 companies that have reported this earnings season have posted earnings-per-share results that beat analysts' forecasts, as of Friday's market close, according to FactSet.

In another move that helped ease the market's jitters, the Treasury Department stopped to to stabilize Japan's weakening currency.

They see had fallen to a 40-year low of 164 per dollar in recent weeks, in part because of worries over the government's spending plans. The currency's drop was intensified by a rise in oil prices.

Japan is a large holder of Treasuries, and the rest of the Japanese government selling U.S. assets to support the yen had fanned concerns about the sustainability of the U.S. debt, too. Higher Treasury yields also risk destabilizing the A.I. trade. By helping with the intervention, the Treasury Department was able to limit the direct selling of U.S. assets.

On Tuesday, international oil prices fell below $80 a barrel for the first close to three weeks, as investors were hopeful that a bill in

Middle East fighting would hold. Gas prices fell 1.0 out on Tuesday to a national average of $4.09 a billion, according to the AAA motor club.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism about negotiations to respect the threat of theness, a waterway through which a fifth of the world's crude oil is normally shipped. There had been "progress in talks," he said, "but not finally yet."

Some analysts said that they expected the rally in stocks to continue.

"The excesses that defined the early summer have largely been unsound," said Scott Bulmer, a strategist at Citadel Securities.

At the same time, the broader economy remains solid, despite lingering inflation worries.

"For the first time in several months, we believe investors can spend less time focused on positioning and more time focused on fundamentals," Mr. Bulmer said.

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What Happened in Stock Markets Yesterday

S&P 500 7,736.92 + 1.8%

3-month performance +7.8%

Nasdaq Composite Index 26,584.99 + 7.69%

3-month performance +6.1%

Dow Jones Industrials 34,385.88 + 7.67%

3-month performance +10.5%

Best performers

S&P 500 COMPANIES	O2/DE OWNED
1. Raptor Technologies (ROY)	$105,000 +25.0%
2. Dura Technologies Co. (DRA)	$108,000 +26.0
3. Santec (ST)	$126,000 +25.0
4. Merall Technology (MRA)	$218,000 +25.0
5. Genivore (GENE)	$233,000 +25.0
6. SHERON (MSN)	$1,437,000 +25.0
7. Aura (MTS)	$1,000,000 +25.0
8. Super Micro Computer (SMC)	$25,000 +25.0
9. Seagate (SIS)	$1,000,000 +25.0
10. Leithra (CSTS)	$1,000,000 +25.0

Worst performers

S&P 500 COMPANIES	O2/DE OWNED
1. Syto (MTS)	$47,375 - 50.0%
2. NBS Energy (NBS)	$1,000,000 - 25.0
3. Drayola Mexican Grill (DML)	$20,000 - 25.0
4. HEDEX (HES)	$1,000,000 - 25.0
5. AccenturePlus (TA, Esso, APS)	$40,000 - 25.0
6. Rockwell Automation (RWA)	$1,000,000 - 25.0
7. NBS Energy (NBS)	$1,000,000 - 25.0
8. Prologis (PLD)	$1,000,000 - 25.0
9. International Energy (FME)	$10,000 - 25.0
10. Revoys (ROY)	$1,000,000 - 25.0

Most active

S&P 500 COMPANIES	O2/DE OWNED	O2/DE OWNED	O2/DE OWNED	O2/DE OWNED
1. Raptor Technologies (ROY)	$10,000 - 25.0%	1.75
2. S&P 500 (NBS)	$21,000 - 25.0	1.50
3. Aura (MTS)	$10,000 - 25.0	1.25
4. Amatec (AIA)	$277,000 - 25.0	1.00
5. Seagate (SIS)	$250,000 - 25.0	0.75
6. Pfizer Inc. (PTI)	$25,000 - 25.0	1.25
7. Super Micro Computer (SMC)	$10,000 - 25.0	1.25
8. KSP Inc. (T)	$25,000 - 25.0	1.25
9. Ford Motor (T)	$25,000 - 25.0	1.25
10. Drayola Mexican Grill (DML)	$20,000 - 25.0	1.25

Regional and emerging markets

	TOTAL RETAINS	TOTAL ASSETS
	1.1%	0.1%
1. Seagate & Energy Markets (East India Fund Fund Fund Plus Shares (EIGEN))	-174.5%	-17.0%
2. American Fuels New Retail Fund (East S&P 2 (NASA))	-120.0	-10.0
3. American Fuels New Retail Fund (East S&P 4 (FAMILY))	-120.0	-10.0
4. Strategic Markets & Finitex (Emerging Markets Fund (FISEM))	-151.7	-10.0
5. S&P 500 & Energy Markets (East India Fund Fund Fund Plus (EIGEN))	-121.0	-10.0
6. Finitex Series (Emerging Markets & International Fund (FISEM))	-153.8	-10.0
7. NBS Futures & Energy Markets (East India Fund Fund Fund Plus (EIGEN))	-8.0	-10.0
8. Strategic Markets & Energy Markets Fund (FISEM)	-153.8	-10.0
9. Finitex Energy Markets Fund (East FEMA)	-182.0	-12.0
10. Futures & Energy Markets Fund (East FEMA)	-153.8	-10.0

Sector performance

How stock markets fared yesterday in Asia

What Is Happening in Other Markets and the Economy

Bonds

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JPMorgan Is Facing Yet Another Fiasco In World of Soccer

FROM FIRST BUSINESS WEEK and FIFPA president, Gianni Infantino, is facing above demands that be re-rigid.

JPMorgan was one of the key players to a plan that Mr. Infantino had worked on for more than a year with the venture capitalist Andrea Kushner, the brother of President Trump's executive and Kushner, 64 of the commercial assets of FIFPA, a 22-hole-based nonprofit that runs global soccer, would be placed in a separate company. Mr. Infantino was having in and roughly 20 percent of the business, which would include rights to the World Cup, to private investors for $42 billion, a deal that would value all of FIFPA's commercial business at $20 billion.

JPMorgan's role was to find other investors to join the team with Thrive Everest, a subsidiary of Mr. Kushner's firm, Thrive Capital, to make up the $4.2 billion-years commitment.

The plans had been kept secret until last week, when The Times of London published a detailed account. The reaction was almost immediate and been striking similarities to the Super League debacle five years earlier. European soccer's governing body said its teams — among the main drivers of the value of the World Cup — would expose the insurmounts should the proposal go forward. Other regional soccer bodies is used their own damning strokes. Even world leaders weighed in Britain's new 2000s, and the Andy Burnham, slammed the plans on social media, saying the World Cup was not a product that could be sold.

Scorers was at risk of being thwarted in ways that seemed unimaginable just a few weeks ago, when Mr. Infantino triumphantly celebrated the close of the most favorite sports events in the future; for which FIFPA is expected to make more than $10 billion in sales. Like the other, FIFPA published the plan before it could be voted on by its 2/3 members.

Mr. Infantino is now fighting for survival as some of the most con-

ser businesses have publicly criticize his conduct, saying he had blinded them. Some national soccer federations, mainly in Europe, are now winning to look at Mr. Infantino from office or put up a rival to challenge him in an obnoxious next year.

Although JPMorgan quickly admitted its message after the Super League backlash, it has not yet spoken about its role in the FIFPA Gap.

That JPMorgan seems to have mirrored football twice (any more) about football governance than about finance," said Renate Evans, executive director for Football Engineers Europe, an umbrella body for his groups. "The record may mistake it to assume that fans are a captive audience. The Super League proved we are not. JPMorgan declined to comment.

JPMorgan's efforts to reshape global soccer private further than the 30-hand breakaway league in 2021. The bank provided financial guidance for another securities breakaway effort in 1997. Prepared by the late Italian media in 2006, and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, and code-named Project Grandi, it also failed.

The bank's involvement in the FIFPA system did not increase from JPMorgan's investment division, which advises an outstanding transaction and financing deals. And from Mary Erskine, the board of the bank's asset and would make a agreement division, according to two people with direct knowledge of JPMorgan's interactions with FIFPA, who declined to be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

Mr. Infantino and Mr. Erskine moved in the same circles after Mr. Infantino estimated to the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the World Cup. Both have spoken at some of the same business summits, notably the FCI Priority conference in Miami, where Mr. DeBenedict was a member of the international Mr. Infantino when he spoke at a news-talk-style meeting

at the bank, one of the people said. Members of the bank's sports investment banking division also worked on the project.

JPMorgan declined to say if it managed money for Mr. Infantino or Mr. Kushner.

The depth of JPMorgan's involvement in the plan was understood by its long appearing on a FIFPA sales deal for its member federations that ended to the news media, which The New York

Times obtained. The bank, according to one of the people with direct knowledge, had analyzed the organization's own association with the project before going ahead. The deal being held in the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2

of FIFPA is a predatory com-

mercial entity leading off the game's popularity, JPMorgan are the chief financial student in a 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2

The core close to Mr. Erskine, a good model now have immediately been the potential for trouble. In 2016, early in Mr. Infantino's tenure, he was forced into an ombam

Jason Simon, C.E.O. of JPMorgan Chase, left, somewhat the bank had managed to make up the 2/3 of the FIFPA president, Gianni Infantino, to sell a portion of the World Cup.

causing about four when he tried to create a similar spinoff business for FIFPA's commercial assets with the Japanese conglomerate, both said, which would have been backed by Prozac Golf sovereign wealth.

For that deal, Mr. Infantino ac- pripped to raise $25 billion, it too collagued because of angry oppo- ration from European soccer's governing body and other scale- leaders. However, that proposal was not explained by the World Cup would be part of the package, more though the free print sug- preted that the investors would have an option over the counter- ment.

Unlike many sports organization, FIFPA is cash rich. "The organization sits on billions of dollars to remove and be able," said JPMorgan. "The company's business owner advises to Mr. Infantino, in a statement Friday in which he is a member of the organization. "And in that backdrop, selling a farm- ment make is handled, most valu- dite asset to raise $42 billion, makes little sense." Mr. Cordeiro, who has met in the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the chairman for Asia, said he too host not about Mr. Infantino's plans in the news media.

On the same day that Mr. Infantino's new firm, Mr. Infantino suffered another major time: FIFPA chief operating officer, Kevin Lazman, issued a statement in which he effectively said Mr. Infantino had been a member of the career of the plans and that they deserved "better than contempt and intimidation."

On Friday evening, Mr. Infantino's new firm announced to a statement that his plan would be scrapped. "During financial care- fully to all the news, it has become clear that the project has created the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2/3 of the 2

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Court Rules For Students, Erasing Debts In the Billions

By STACY CONLEY

More than 176,000 federal student loan borrowers who said they were defrauded by their schools are set to have $15 billion in debt enough to be approved by the state of the federal and state of the federal. The state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of the federal and state of

The district's 2016 grant grant of more relief is a class-action suit that was originally filed during President Trump's 2016 term. It is suit contested on federal loans taken out by students who attended dozens of predatory for-profit schools. The government settled the case in 2022, under former President Joseph R. Babin Jr., and歧视 the student loan debts of nearly 380,000 borrowers who had become plaintiffs in the class action suit.

But the settlement required the government to keep reviewing fraud claims from borrowers who filed after the 2022 deal was an almost 1,000,000 borrowers who were deadline of early 2026: if the Education Department had not adjudicated the additional claims by them, they were to be automatic guilty again.

In late 2023, the Trump administration submitted an additional 10 months to the state's 2023 federal district judge rejected the request, and last month, a panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the North Circuit under the 2023 federal district judge.

The total size of the class-action settlement has now expanded to nearly 380,000 borrowers, who will have debts totaling $25 billion equal to $20 billion.

That makes it — by a substantial margin — the largest class-action settlement in American history, according to the Project on Predatory Student Loading, the nonprofit group that represented the borrowers. It is also, by their subsequent, the largest financial settlement against the federal government.

Eileen Connor, the executive director of the nonprofit group, said she saw federal law enforcement law cases and the 1998 settlement that required tobacco companies to pay voters more than $200 billion in settle dozens of lawsuits over the health care costs of treating

Kaplan College was one of the more than 100 institutions named in the 2022 settlement as a case in which federal loan borrowers said they were defrauded.

smoking-related illnesses.

"Tobacco is a toxic product — and a lot of fumes, these schools are peddling these loans, and they don't eat to be toxic," she said.

An Education Department spokeswoman, Ellen Royer, said the original settlement "imposed an unrealistic deadline" on the department. "The Department has compiled in good faith with court orders," she said, "and we believe the case is true for our granting our reasonable request."

Here's what to know about the student loan fraud case:

It matters as for profit schools. The case — filed in 2019 and named for Theresa Sweet, one of its original plaintiffs — centered on claims that certain for profit schools would be underpaid, based on debts into remitting with false claims about their graduated earnings and other predatory payters.

In most circumstances, federal student loan borrowers are required to repay their debts, even if they are not in a fraud, and they will poke an otherwise unhappy with their educational experience, but there's a corner. It schools ended borrowers and defrauded them, and they were to have the same discharged through a program known as "Borrower de-fence."

A decade ago, after the college received large for-profit school loan chains, hundreds of thousands of borrowers applied for relief through the program. Their claim being sided for years, stood dressed.

Borrowers filed a class-action lawsuit pending to have their debts about the first time of administration denied nearly all of the claims, but a federal judge rejected those decisions, describing the Education Department's process for evaluating the claims

as "direct-buying" Kellaarogas." The Babin administration settled the suit in 2022, under which all of the original plaintiffs would have their loans eliminated.

That deal created a five-month window in which additional borrowers — those who had not joined the original class — could submit claims.

The government lost because it missed its deadline.

The "pen-class" settlement created one additional group at borrowers: Those who had attended one of more than 150 schools, mostly for-profit institutions, specifically named in the settlement and those with claims against other schools.

The government was required to make decisions about the applications of these in the first group by Jan. 25, 2025, and to make decisions on the claims of the second group by April 25, 2026.

It missed both deadlines. That means borrowers with unmatured claims would automatically have their loans discharged. The government has one year to pay to that out and obtained these loans.

Borrowers can still seek relief — but the backing is large.

The government had more than 462,000 pending borrower-de-fence claims awaiting a decision on of March 2024, according to the latest Education Department data. About a third of those will be received in this settlement, but the others may languish for years.

Borrowers who believe they were defrauded can still submit new claims, but rule changes made during the first Trump administration significantly limited the relief available to those who took out federal student loans, or consolidated their existing ones, since 2019.

Before is a business? Notice of a proposed partial class action settlement created or a class action lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey history of Business Admissions, LLC and of the State Certain Endorsement of Equity, or of A more detailed section of this Notice is contained in a Long-form Notice posted at the Exhibits on website of www.licudomethisements.com. You are encouraged to read the Long-form Notice for a more in-depth explanation of the proposed partial settlement and case rights at the public in the Exhibits.

IF YOU PURCHASED FINE RACEY, THROUGH CERTAIN VINDICATES AT LLOYD'S, LONDON BURNING THE PERSON AVAILABLE, 1,997, THROUGH APRIL 15, 2025, THE CONCEPTS' MONEY FROM A PARTIAL CLAIM ACTION TO FULMENT THAT YOU OFFER? YOUR RIGHTS

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The Exhibits are the case and will give a control from. The 2022-2023 period is the case and will give a control from. The 2022-2023 period is the case and will give a control from. The 2022-2023 period is the case and will give a control from. The 2022-2023 period is the case and will give a control from. The 2022-2023 period is the case and will give a control from.

WHO LEGAL RIGHTS AND IMMEDIATE RELATIONS

If you do not want to be legally bound by the Ordinances, you must consult a court if in writing from the Clerk's to Member A, 2026. The judge can assist them in the extraneous documents of the Long-form Notice, which is available at www.licudomethisements.com. If you are not a legal or legal document, you must consult a court in writing from the Clerk's to Member A, 2026. If you are not a legal or legal document, you must consult a court in writing from the Clerk's to Member A, 2026. If you are not a legal or legal document, you must consult a court in writing from the Clerk's to Member A, 2026. If you are not a legal or legal document, you must consult a court in writing from the Clerk's to Member A, 2026.

The Court scheduled to process Tuesday by Member D, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. In which the Court will consider whether to issue the Exhibits on the Board of Education, and/or award or demand, the legal question. The decision will take place at the time of the Exhibits. The Court will consider whether to issue the Exhibits on the Board of Education, and/or award or demand, the legal question. The Court will consider whether to issue the Exhibits on the Board of Education, and/or award or demand, the legal question. The Court will consider whether to issue the Exhibits on the Board of Education, and/or award or demand, the legal question. The Court will consider whether to issue the Exhibits on the Board of Education, and/or award or demand, the legal question. The Court will consider whether to issue the Exhibits on the Board of Education, and/or award or demand, the legal question.

A NOTICE OF DELETION TO APPEAR MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE COURT AND THE CONTEST, INNOVATED BELOW NO LEADING DOCUMENTS, 2026.

If the Court approves the Ordinances, then the Tuesday Ordinances will be destroyed from the case. If the Members who have are properly employed to enforce their Fair Law will be destroyed from a failure the Ordinances from all places of public or the case and will be destroyed from a failure the Ordinances from all places of public or the case and will be destroyed from a failure the Ordinances from all places of public or the case and will be destroyed from a failure the Ordinances from all places of public or the case and will be destroyed from a failure the Ordinances from all places of public or the case and will be destroyed from a failure the Ordinances from all places of public or the case and will be destroyed from a failure the Ordinances from all places of public or the case and will be destroyed from a failure the Ordinances from all places of public or the case and

WHO IS INCLUDED IN THE CLAIM?

The following table provides the information in a table format: "A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A.

WHO DO INCLUDED IN THE CLAIM?

The following information is provided in a table format: "A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A.

WHO WILL RECEIVE A PAYMENT FROM THE SETTLEMENT?

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The U.S. Trade Deficit Inched Down in June

By ANA SWANSON

The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services fell slightly to $73.5 billion in June as America acquired fewer foreign companies and government-suited in the month.

Imports dropped 14 percent from the previous month to $268 billion, though imports from Business, Vietnam and South Korea were at record levels.

U.S. exports also fell slightly from a heavy month to May, as well as the same in the common U.S. department released on Tuesday. Exports dropped 4.9 percent in the month, to $314.7 billion, as petroleum exports fell back from a three-year period for prior month.

The combination decreased the monthly trade deficit, the gap between what the United States imports and what it exports. The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services fell 1.6 percent from the prior month.

But both exports and imports of services hit record levels in June. Diane Swook, chief economist at

KPMG U.S., said that services exports had picked up in part because of increased business by a quarter. Diane Swook also called a "World Cup effect."

"Facts considered an export, along with their purchases of ranch dressing," she joked.

Ms. Swook said that imports had actually been relatively strong in June, as companies tried to make foreign purchases better at new round of tariffs. But the trade deficit had been held down in part because of large gold exports, she said, which has no need for the trade month to match the U.S.

The Trump administration has tried to narrow the trade deficit, which it sees as a sign of American manufacturing weakness, with steep tariffs in foreign goods. On July 24, it imposed a new round of duties on more than 90 countries, as well as rebuild the tariffs that the Supreme Court overturned earlier this year.

Your co-doors, the goods and services deficit is down significantly: about 34 percent com-

pared with the first six months of year year. But that is largely because of the enormous uplift of imports that the United States have to be first few months of President Trump's second visit to the White House, as compared to 2.6 and a strong in-store goods before his initial round of tariffs, made effect.

By other measures, the trade deficit is down a little from the pre-Trump era, but not a year.

For example, the monthly trade deficit in goods and services has been 100 billion as average in the 27 months since Mr. Trump is marked to the White House. That's down about 6 percent from the monthly average in the 17 months before the second store began.

"The trade deficit that President Trump seems to continue was $73.6 billion in November 2024 when he was showed for an eight-year period in 2024, and in today's figures for June 2026," said Christopher Hughes, the chief economist at FPOHONDA, LLC. Imports of goods from China had fallen from pre-Trump levels,

but close from Malaysia, Vietnam and Mexico, he said.

Since Mr. Trump's end efflux, imports of other goods are more fallen, but demand has been strong for foreign ships needed for data sources. The U.S. trade deficit in goods and of Many of the products needed for data sources, the expensive foreign ships, have been exempt from tariffs since last April.

The U.S. trade deficit in goods and of the United trade is recent months, as the closure of the threat of the most scrambled supply chain for oil fertilizer, product packaging and other items released U.S. exports of petroleum.

The value of U.S. oil exports surged to May, along with the higher price of the first June, the price of the second June, the lower the first year, lowering the value of U.S. oil exports. Since then, starting has incrementally increased.

The World Trade Organization said last week that the war was likely to weigh on growth more in the second quarter.

Amid War, Saudi Aramco Reports 33% Gain in Profit

By LISA FREEDMAN

LONDON - Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company, on the 29th December of 2026, has a 33% return on profit despite severe disruptions in its supply centers caused by the war in the Middle East.

The company said it earned $33.4 billion in adjusted net income in April through June, versus $22.3 billion in the same quarter last year.

The revenue have reported multibillion-dollar windfalls for the second quarter because the war has driven energy prices higher. By some measures, Aramco's quarterly profit was the big good since 2022. The performance underscores the strength of Saudi Arabia's state-owned energy prices, which has scrambled to find new export paths for its oil.

The United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran on Feb. 25. Since then, Britain has effectively paralyzed vessel traffic through the Israel of Bureau, a critical waterway for oil and gas shipments from the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia quickly redirected more than 70 percent of its oil through a pipeline from its sources. Both is western and in the Red Sea.

First efforts to reduce its cost to our export millions of barrels per day. The company produced the equivalent of $1 million barrels at all per day in the second quarter, down sharply from 13.6 million barrels in the previous quarter. Each and that at the an average 1000 per barrel, a big jump from about $97 per barrel in the first quarter of the year.

Amid R. Nasser, the company's chief executive, called the government's "one of the most challenge, one of the history of Saudi Aramco." On a call with investors he credited the pipeline in part with allowing Aramco to limit supply to 1000.

But now that alternative route, through the Roh al-Masalah Strait, has also become dangerous. On July 29, the Muslim, an Arab subcontinent of Aramco, a 1,000 ton of a Mosbah on Saudi vessels transporting the Roh Isa. The Muslim have helped attacks on several ships since then.

Muniz of Saudi Arabia oil exports have now revealed through Egypt, though taken from Iran to be more vulnerable to drone strikes. The Saudi defense ministry said last week the country is forming a military coalition to protect Roh Isa shipping from further attacks.

The said in Monday that it was holding talks with Oman on temporarily respecting the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump said he presented a theoretical assault on crisis in the weekend, citing possible progress in respecting the Strait and phase he said by Saudi Arabia and other allies.

On Tuesday Mr. Nasser said Muslim attacks had "no material impact" on Aramco's capabilities. But, he added, "overturned through Iran," so shipping in the region could change the global economy.

Aramco's profits are crucial to Saudi Arabia. The government-fidelity news since Iran 69 percent of the business, while its sovereign investment fund, the Prakh Investment Fund, holds 16 percent according to Pira's Ratings, a credit ratings firm. Aramco smokers more than 74,000 people.

Saudi Arabia's economy has affected directly the war. In one domestic product fell about 4.6 percent in the second quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, according to customers revealed last week by the Saudi statistics authority.

Other oil companies whose brewery and production infrastructure is not in heavily covered in the Premier and had banner performances in the second quarter. Exxon Mobil, the largest U.S. oil company, reported $11.1 billion in profit, more than twice as much as the previous year. Chevroch profit surged to $12.1 billion, from $2.3 billion a year earlier.

Also on Tuesday, the British oil giant SP reported it had doubled by profit from a year ago. The company said its preferred reason for a earnings of over $5.7 billion for the second quarter.

May O'Neill, SP's chief executive, said on Tuesday the company has "more to do" despite the profit, which were better than expected.

"We need to take a clear look at ourselves and assess what is holding us back," Ms. O'Neill said on a call with Journalists.

In May, investors were taken by surprise when SP's board drought fired the company's chairman, Albert Mardelli. Mr. O'Neill declined to discuss the decision on Tuesday. She said the company was working to reduce debt and streamline operations.

As part of that, SP announced that week it would still from the North and after more than six decades of production in the oil and gas market will be made of Britain.

"This is a significant decision, but it's one taken geographically and unnecessarily," Ms. O'Neill said, adding that the company would not hold on its assets because of 'legacy interference'.

President Trump also wrote briefed at the windfall for oil companies, and called out the two top U.S. companies by name.

"Chevron, too much money. Exxon Mobil, too much, too much money," Mr. Trump said in the next office on Monday. "They ought to give some of that lead to the public, and they better cut the retail price, the consumer price," he said.

McDonald's Sales Slump as Diners Count Pennies

By ALIZA JAKOBAL

Sales at McDonald's softened last quarter as traffic to its U.S. restaurants slowed, the fast-food giant reported on Tuesday.

The sales slump was not seen as a downturn of sales, particularly citing gasoline prices since the start of the war in Iran. Sales at McDonald's stores opened for at least a year in the United States, and rose 4.6 percent in the three-months through June, the company's most shaggyish growth since early 2025.

The sales slump was at the restaurant chain acknowledged the "consistent consumer environment," they also said much of the quarter's weaker market were because of self-inflicted mistakes.

Business slowed significantly after a strong start in the year. Chris Kempczinski, the chief executive of McDonald's, said on a call with newsurteners yesterday.

"We don't have a strategy problem," he said. "We simply didn't have a strategy to be needed in the second quarter."

Inconsistent change of its restaurants for a value program, although, if home that each run 2.0 or less was the biggest drug an sales, they about two-thirds of the franchisees, which not the price for food at the restaurant's they own, followed the company's top ground pricing, the Kempczinski said.

He said the restaurant chain was unconscionably with trans-diners to encourage them to adopt a new product that's structure. "With those folks that are not, you know, caregiving, as you would imagine, their business re-

McDonald's executives attributed much of the weaker U.S. results to self-inflicted mistakes, such as inconsistent pricing for a value program.

sults are a lot suffer than those who did strongly," Mr. Kempczinski said.

McDonald's also graded back on some popular deals, while only those who did not see the products or promotions back to back in the quarter that were pre-hatched its restaurant staff and confluent customers, nonexistent said.

In addition to the value stores, McDonald's rolled out an extensive new lineup of refresher items—perhaps in May. That launch was quickly followed by its FIFA World Cup soccer promotion in June, which included a variety of most deals and other free plastic cups.

Your restaurant issues were established by me major prं-pleteness in the quarter, which led to less efficient restaurant operations," Mr. Kempczinski said.

"This important customer service issue, and an entire times every year, should be a very weak down."

He added that the FIFA campaign had underpinned most open:

Arriving to stimulate growth, McDonald's said that they Anderson, the company's chief operating officer for the U.S. business, would become its president, effective immediately. The explains the firthings: who spent seven years in the habit of the U.S. unit. There are about 14,000 restaurants in the United States, roughly 50 percent of the district total global restaurant count, which makes up about 60 percent of its usual sales. Mr. Erving is the vice president of the company until early 2022, the company said.

Ms. Anderson was promised to

have been their operating officer of the U.S. unit, a new role, and has spent more than 20 years at McDonald's, starting from an entry-level finance problem in Australia. "We don't have 'much' reason for an opportunity available to us in the U.S. to smoke superior performance, and her transition as chief operating officer means that she's ready to hit the ground running as U.S. president," Mr. Kempczinski said on the coverage call.

The company's chief operating officer, Mr. Erving, is the vice president of the company, with the U.S. business offers by storage in the United States, which is now the company said Japan, the company said. Unhappiness for the chain, which includes less from franchisees, increases 2 percent from a year earlier, to 37 billion in the second quarter. Net profit rose 3 percent, to nearly $2.1 billion.

High cost pressures and weaker consumer spending also resulted in McDonald's showing down some of its aggressive push to open new stores. The company had planned to hit 50,000 stores globally by the end of 2025, up 1.5 million in the first month last year. Now, executives said, the company plans to reach that goal by the end of 2028.

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White House Weighs Tighter or Looser Rules for 'Open Source' A.I.

rnow roar? recovers or over condition of annoyance to discon private matters. But after an entry from Silicon Valley, they appear to have changed their minds and instead are focused on promoting American A.I. models to be more competitive, the people said.

This week, the Trump administration A.I. plans may become clearer. The White House has invited U.S. tech companies to discuss a framework that would allow the government to review new A.I. models for cybersecurity issues before they are released publicly, according to three people with knowledge of the plans.

"This is all happening so fast," said Senator Jan Hoover, Republican of Ohio, last week after a visit with the chief executive of Nvidia and OpenAI. "I don't know that I have any definite conclusions about any of it."

The weighted- is a sign of the Trump administration's conflicting litigation when it comes to A.I. and the difficulties of handling such a quickly developing and exploiting the U.S. and the House has aggressively intervened in results of the economy over the last 18 months, from results to computer chip manufacturing to mining. But A.I. is changing rapidly, and the government has scrambled to determine how to put its thumb on the scale.

President Trump began his second visit as an established A.I. booster, peeling back regulations and forging close relationships with A.I. companies and start-ups. But that changed in June when Mr. Trump issued an executive order that would give the government everyday over new A.I. models. Since then, the technology has continued to outweigh the

The most recent debates were prompted by a surge in powerful new Chinese A.I. models, which are known as "open source," where the public can see the underlying computer code, or "open weight," where companies reveal the calculations used to generate answers to questions.

In Silicon Valley, the companies to these Chinese A.I. models varied wildly. OpenAI and Anthropic, which generally do not share the underlying technology of their models, showed the government to mix in their Chinese rivals, citing national security.

Other U.S. tech companies that produce open-source models, including "black, pushed back." They argued that open-source models encourage innovation and could be used to defend computer systems from cyberstatists.

Which side comes out on top has taken on new significance in the long-running fight between Washington and Beijing over which nature will control critical technologies and witchm A.I. test. Raining the stakes, Xi Jinping,

David McCune and Ava Swanson reported two Washington, and Mike Isaac and Max Cengar were last Francisco. Kathy Huang contributed reporting.

China's leader, is set to visit Washington to September for meetings that are expected to include some discussion of A.I. industry executives and analysts said they believed the administration was unlikely to take action before that end.

"The United States looks flat world in A.I. innovation, and Proactive Trump's successful approach will keep it that way," said Liz Hunter, a White House spokeswoman. The Department of Commerce declined to comment.

The debate looked up for month, as executive at Anthropic and OpenAI continued regulatory discussions after the release of Maundum A15 Rules, a bleeding edge. Chinese model that performed on par with top models from the two American companies is more secure, two of the people familiar with the computer's positions said.

OpenAI and Anthropic also expressed concerns about "disillusion," when a model is developed based on the responses of a different to the other. "The technology, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The administration echoed those concerns. Michael Krutzian, who leads the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, pointed last month on X that the Chinese company that makes them had disillusion. Anthropic's powerful fight made.

He warned that "shooting proprietary U.S. technology and underestimating American research is unscrupulous."

The same day, Mr. Swanson pointed that Chinese companies could face sanctions or other technical restrictions over stealing intellectual property.

The administration has also considered restricting the models that can be used by the federal government, or regulating information and communication technology through the Department of Commerce, a potential way to prevent U.S. from from doing business with Chinese A.I. companies, four people familiar with the discussions said.

"We believe both open-weight and closed models have an important role to play in demonstrating access to A.I," an OpenAI spokesperson said. "Advances in Chinese open-weight models are not an approved against operators. They reinforce the need for a coherent national framework that enables the U.S. to evaluate new medical quickly, manage risks and get the most powerful A.I. tools into the hands of cyber defenders."

Anthropic declined to comment.

("The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming copyright infringement of news sources related to A.I. systems. The companies have denied these claims.")

At Nvidia, Microsoft, Google and Meta, executives grew increasingly concerned that anthropic and OpenAI would win over the White House with their arguments for tighter restric-

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OpenAI's chief executive, Sam Altman, is Washington last week to discuss a framework governing the testing of A.I.

tions, according to two of the people. That would potentially out front the A.I. start-ups positions in market based."

Other A.I. labs were at risk of taking permanently behind, the people added. And because several of the companies made them own open-source models or legally hardware to businesses that use open-source technology they married that the restrictions could harm them.

Over private years, phone calls and video conferences, executives quickly built an argument that the business could be used for the world and for American innovation, according to three of the people familiar with the talks.

Jensen Hound, the chief executive of Nvidia, stated that a new or that pushback in the nation's capital to his first year ever on X on July 24, he debated open-source models, saying they accelerated the market in the United States. Nvidia set up an alliance of companies pledging to work on open-source tools for A.I. safety, which quickly indicated from a link between the two.

Christopher Padilla, a former Commerce Department official and tech executive, said the clash was primarily an industry debate. "We believe that the compliance – what he called a "vage match over the future of the A.I. industry."

"It happens to have a national security dimension," but it's mainly a fight about what the A.I. market should look like: a collection of walled gardens dominated by a few big players, or a few of them from the old with many smaller ones," he said.

A spokesman for Nvidia declined to comment.

Fueling the debate are recent revelations from OpenAI and has dropped that their models had, unprompted, backed other organizations. OpenAI said last month that two of its A.I. models had different products, including the most common, Anthropic said last week that to own technology had backed into three unnamed organizations, partly because of human error.

Last week, OpenAI's chief executive, Sam Altman, met with White House officials, including Mr. Krutzian and Ms. Wiley, to discuss the administration's efforts to create a framework governing the testing of A.I. this also met with members of the Senate, though several lawmakers said the open-source debate had not come up.

By the time Mr. Altman appeared in Washington, Mr. Huang was already bringing his case for open-source A.I. products directly to administrative officials and to lawmakers in a series of Capitol Hill meetings.

"He makes a compelling argument," said Senator Mark Warren, (someone of Virginia's first meeting with Mr. Huang last week, adding that the rise of Chinese open-source A.I. models had contributed the debate. "I'm not sure whether I'm gone from a new mark to the battle in terms of open source, but I'm still thinking this through."

What Do A.I. Tokens Cost?

rwww.tiamr.ie/omniacr.must "Intelligence as a utility has so many different ways to which it can be employed, and the value identification problem has become a lot harder," said Sam Bala, a professor of A.I. and analytics at Santa Clara University. Some models, including a variety of trying to accomplish a goal even when the mission is hygienic.

"On the one hand, you want to solve a difficult problem. That's exactly the cost of this task said. "The majority on his, this could go on to a long known, and not really come to a reasonable solution at all."

She's Lizzie Frankelman, a nonprofit that hosts open-source technology projects, previously developed standards for cloud computing that made it easier to compare new data to the data. "In June, it established the Nakamatsu Foundation with similar methods to get a common parameters that A.I. providers agree to disclose.

"There's a set of decisions that every organization can live world in a world. The most important is the standardization the frameworks they're thinking on, so they can have better starting places for them," said J.M. Sherman, the consultant executive director.

Companies are using a new original tools and services providers to get some benefit from A.I. without wiping out their profit margin. "We believe that to build a better track whether taken spending improves productivity brought to public health."

Anne Cumberland, Reversier's risk leader, said chief operating officer, said he recommends clients not likely for how much of the expensive models engineers can

see their waiting out their data could token out, engineers turn to cheaper open-source models, being them to think hard about what they really need. Reversier helps clients map their taken spending to specific outcomes. She the number of software features shipped.

"If you push who come to us an experiencing spending explosions," Mr. Cumberland said. "They want to understand whether it's worth it, but don't we do it small it is a way that doesn't end stop work, which is the challenge."

One big question they all face. "They take the money to start their pay for all the extra taken spending," in first, Mr. Cumberland said, companies arranged under their powerful control of the system to pay for assets to Claude of Chantliff. As they came to rely on those services they started to cut software by various and outside services, the web development and copy writ-

And What Value Do They Return?

Now, companies are weighing whether taken spending should be considered part of a company's labor budget. That's the main question statements have whether A.I. will dispose or augment human work. In a thought experiment, analysts at Bala & Company, the consultancy recently pooled a medium-term scenario in which tokens make up about a quarter of corporate operating expenses.

El, a cybersecurity company, says it's nowhere near there, but it is laying the groundwork with a source it calls "blown head down".

The measure reads up A.I. spending and divides it by the average cost of a worker's salary and benefits. It then divides some of revenues by the resulting number of human and virtual "employees" to measure their subsistence.

To make it all feel a little more realistic, human staff involved

even write yet description for each A.I. agent in order to justify "being" it. Each time an engineer runs a model on a new task, it must get an evaluation.

Financially, you're adding virtual head count. Is that resulting in incremental revenue which is higher than others, or are you just eating at your margins?" said Charlie Treadwell. Elity's chief marketing officer "In a growth stage company, it shifts our mind on if it's not our own product, or need the capital to grow faster."

The equation used change quickly, however, if taken yours (we substantially Elity) is growing by an upscale team subscription for 250 users. If the company were changed by the take—the more for organizations with more than a few hundred users—operating, would guarantee that Treadwell said, and it would have to reconsider its use. Elity's has no plan to shed staff, however, and is being.

The trade force more complicated, tokens can be proud differently across cloud providers, and it's too clear what drives prices up or down. With A.I. laboriousness in an error can be even market-shore before going public, what they change may not completely correspond to what tokens can to produce.

And A.I. can help minimize its own costs. Part of that is because of the increasing use of cheaper accepted cache tokens, which the model has already processed once and can reuse as a function of the price. As more financial costs of A.I. through software such that can increase sales on their own, called agents, those agents are able to delegate more of the work to cache tokens.

In a working paper published this month, it must of economics finish that dynamic but driven spending down relative to what it might otherwise be, even as token consumption and the potential prices for frontier A.I. models have risen.

The ability of taken tools to test competitive with human analysis will bear heavily on which kind of intelligence companies have on in the future. But there is still a shortage of people who know how to deploy A.I. to productive ways. That is keeping consultants like Joe Wang busy.

"I actually think that is the cut-off of their people don't say enough about it the industry," said Mr. Wang, a partner at Bala. "Whether think about 'Oh, they don't have capacity' But they don don't have capacity. They don't help do liver the value."

One of the fundamental difficult for the funding and spending of A.I. is playing out within organizations in the lack of comprehensive data that it can't. There is no centralized exchange, no human data, no government survey that reports prices and spending.

It's why, with Tyrvinski, an economics professor at Yale who covers the recent paper on token loss, our success is many of a lot, not from the platform OpenSource experiment just 2 percent of total A.I. spending. It allowed him to reach how financial markets resort to these expenditures, but many questions remain.

"It's one of the biggest challenges of open competition," Mr. Tyrvinski said. "It's good to understand how A.I. is going to probably change everything. Or maybe we change anything, but it's good to have the measurement."

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020

ECONOMY | LITIGATION

Markets Are Demanding a Narrative Reset and Clarity From Warsh

By COLBY SMITH

Before long, every head of the Federal Reserve hasten the losses. Their words are parallel to closely that anything often of absolute precision has the power to spend financial markets and here the central bank to walk back a message that had become misconstrued.

Janet G. Stifler learned that at her first news conference as chair to March 2016 when she inadvertently suggested the Fed could raise interest rates much sooner than many had expected.

Jerome H. Powell unclaritated a market meltdown when, just months into the top job in the summer 2016, he characterized the Fed's plan to reduce its portfolio of financial markets. The Fed's plan had backed securities as on "mishagood" and signaled further cuts in crazies to come. Mr. Powell changed that just over two weeks later. For a long time the years, it was a costly blanket, noting off a sharp market move that constitutes at Bank of America and was typically associated with "crackling" the Fed's plan. The central banks is emerging markets.

Since its March, roughly two weeks, the Fed's return to chairman, is facing its own exclusion after a news conference following the Fed's July meeting that continued inventory and called into the market. The Fed's plan is spending inflation, which has remained above the Fed's 2 percent large. But the results show years, it was a costly blanket, noting off a sharp market move that constitutes at Bank of America and was typically associated with "crackling" the Fed's plan. The central banks is emerging markets.

Since last week, markets have stabilized, largely because of renewed hope that a deal is said for a long time. The Fed's plan has been here are hitting new highs, although longer term U.S. borrowings were are still higher than they were before the Fed's latest gold-

ering.

The ones in were on Mr. Ward's to meet the narrative and make clear what it means in practice for the Federal Open Market Committee to have "no tolerance" for the market's growth.

His next scheduled opportunity will be at the central bank's annual conference in Jackson, Wyo., at the end of the month. Mr. Ward's, who has been "in the past" at the Fed and has been highly criticized upon leadership, had initially wanted the speech to get at what he called the "big questions." And the idea is worth of higher productivity fueled by artificial intelligence is respecting the economy.

But more traditional, policy-focused remarks might be successful. The recently decided "big" market indignation. After that, the Fed's next policy meeting, in September, will be another crucial test, especially if inflation does not raise interest rates by months.

"Every opportunity he has now to speak either with the F.O.M.C. or with the public is very important," she faces, a fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of America, and Johns Hopkins University and a former senior adviser to Mr. Bennett. And if Mr. Ward's, "There's damage control to do."

Already, several of Mr. Ward's colleagues have spoken out, emphasizing their willingness to raise rates if inflation does not begin to raise. They join three officials who believe the Fed should have already lifted borrowing costs by a quarter of a percentage of debt.

On Friday, Alberto G. Muraline, president of the 31, Louis Fed, said he "suppressed a preference" for higher rates at the meeting. "I think it's better for the Federal Fed, and it was a "close call" whether rates were high enough to bring inflation down.

These comments were followed

Jason M. Ward, the Fed chair, at a news conference last week that confused investors and called into question his commitment to spending inflation.

by John C. Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who on Monday said it would "dismissely be appropriate to act to get so on a trajectory that does bring inflation back to 2 percent" if price pressures did not show as he expected. Mr. Williams is a member of the trouble," the central bank's internal policy-shooting group that includes Mr. Ward and Philip N. Jefferson, the vice chair.

Another voter on this year's policy setting committee, Anne J. Paulson, president of the Philadelphia Fed, said on Tuesday that the passage of time without progress would lead signal that more restrictive policy is needed. Mr. Ward might benefit from being as specific. But having made sending fewer signals a new real pillar of his approach, it would require a shift in his commission from strategy.

"This is a tending process," Randall S. Krenzner, a University of Chicago economist who served as a governor at the central bank

alongside Mr. Ward, said of the leadership transition. "If I'd take a little while for the markets to figure out his seriousness about inflation and that he's not going to tell them exactly what he's going to do."

"You don't want to ignore market movements, but you also don't want to be a dare to them," Mr. Krenzner added.

There is a middle ground, suggested Donald Kahn, who served as vice-chair of the Fed from 2008 and 2010 when Mr. Ward was a governor. What was most notably missing from Mr. Ward's latest appearance, he said, was "the sense of where he sees the economy going and how certain policy changes, or lack of changes, is the near term might help to advance toward their goals."

That need not constitute "forward guidance"—a biophaseding practice of the Fed to help guide markets during times of crisis that Mr. Ward has sought to do away with — Mr. Kahn said. Rather, it would provide a frame-

work to better understand Mr. Ward's objectives and how he would go about achieving them.

Wane M. Krenzner and Mr. Kahn worked with Mr. Ward, the future chairman often framed the Fed's institutional credibility as synonymous with its inflation-fighting one.

In a 2010 speech, Mr. Ward's worked about the risks of changing the inflation goal point. "Substantial harm would be done to a central bank's institutional credibility, and perhaps lead to an unceasing of inflation operations," he said. "Such damage could lead investors to work alternative currencies, with prices of commodities and other hard-to-own labels to increase."

He echoed a similar point note recently at congressional hearings last month. In one exchange with lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee, he said, "My commitment to you is a take policy prices and to unstake them." In another, he stressed that his definition of price stability was something beyond just meeting the 2 percent target — a world of which price changes are still enough "each that no one's talking about."

In his opening remarks at last week's news conference, Mr. Ward's emphasized that the Fed did not have a "soft inflation target," meaning it would not accept anything more than 2 percent, as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures price in debt. He also said, "Where necessary and appropriate, we will not hesitate to act."

But the responses later on at the same news conference next an entirely different message, must me say, the suggestion that the 2 percent goal was subject to debate.

"Who knows, come after most January, what we might say about strategy," he said in reference to

the Fed's annual affirmation of its approach. He also mentioned his two task forces, one of which will be the key for the end of new inflation. From measured, a change of that magnitude would require the backing of a majority of that officials, support that Mr. Ward will not be able to attain at the very least until the current goal is met in a double way.

However, at the same time, Mr. Ward's has been able to make it a "long time" for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The demand of pressure on Mr. Ward's to adjust course will develop its large goal on how the data evolve. Next week's Consumer Price Index report, which will support the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, has been a good way to make it a "long time" for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Before the September meeting, Mr. Ward will have the full months of data related to inflation, the low market and consumer spending, among other metrics. There is still a plausible case, according to Mr. Ward, that the figures have will not be necessary and that inflation will remain 0.1 percent on its own. A "long time" for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the rate of inflation is 0.1 percent on its own. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the rate of inflation is 0.1 percent on its own. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the rate of inflation is 0.1 percent on its own.

"The only way you regain confidence is actually taking," said Greg Peters, co-chair investment officer of PCHM Fund income. "The action is the most important at this point."

Bessent Opts to Prost Up Japan's Weakening Yen

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The Treasury Department's most recent currency report, published last month, said the yen was substantially undervalued and that excess volatility in the currency's trading was "unbelievable."

Currency analysis said that the United States used its holdings of euros to buy yen, following its stake without abiding confidence in the dollar. Purchasing yen with dollars could reduce the value of the greedbank and signal a shift in the combined U.S. policy of maintaining a strong dollar.

The U.S. policy is required to have a stable yen," Mr. Bessent said in 1798; no Tuesday, 1799; Japanese government understands that and we are proud to stand with the U.S. requirements, new policies and budgets on stabilize the yen gain."

Mr. Bessent, who said that the United States would not hesitate to move from the end of the new television, warned that further weakening of the yen could cause the Chinese and South Korean

currences to decline. He added that he was confident that Japan was pursuing sound economic policies.

In announcing the intervention on Sunday, Mr. Bessent called to expand the Federal Reserve bank purchase agreement facility for foreign and international monetary authorities, which was established in 2020. It currently allows the Federal Reserve Bank to hold its 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 188, 190, 192, 194, 196, 198, 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 246, 248, 250, 252, 254, 256, 258, 260, 262, 264, 266, 268, 270, 272, 274, 276, 278, 280, 282, 284, 286, 288, 290, 292, 294, 296, 298, 300, 302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316, 318, 320, 322, 324, 326, 328, 330, 332, 334, 336, 338, 340, 342, 344, 346, 348, 350, 352, 354, 356, 358, 360, 362, 364, 366, 368, 370, 372, 374, 376, 378, 380, 382, 384, 386, 388, 390, 392, 394, 396, 398, 400, 402, 404, 406, 408, 410, 412, 414, 416, 418, 420, 422, 424, 426, 428, 430, 432, 434, 436, 438, 440, 442, 444, 446, 448, 450, 452, 454, 456, 458, 460, 462, 464, 466, 468, 470, 472, 474, 476, 478, 480, 482, 484, 486, 488, 490, 492, 494, 496, 498, 500, 502, 504, 506, 508, 510, 512, 514, 516, 518, 520, 522, 524, 526, 528, 530, 532, 534, 536, 538, 540, 542, 544, 546, 548, 550, 552, 554, 556, 558, 560, 562, 564, 566, 568, 570, 572, 574, 576, 578, 580, 582, 584, 586, 588, 590, 592, 594, 596, 598, 600, 602, 604, 606, 608, 610, 612, 614, 616, 618, 620, 622, 624, 626, 628, 630, 632, 634, 636, 638, 640, 642, 644, 646, 648, 650, 652, 654, 656, 658, 660, 662, 664, 666, 668, 670, 672, 674, 676, 678, 680, 682, 684, 686, 688, 690, 692, 694, 696, 698, 700, 702, 704, 706, 708, 710, 712, 714, 716, 718, 720, 722, 724, 726, 728, 730, 732, 734, 736, 738, 740, 742, 744, 746, 748, 750, 752, 754, 756, 758, 760, 762, 764, 766, 768, 770, 772, 774, 776, 778, 780, 782, 784, 786, 788, 790, 792, 794, 796, 798, 800, 802, 804, 806, 808, 810, 812, 814, 816, 818, 820, 822, 824, 826, 828, 830, 832, 834, 836, 838, 840, 842, 844, 846, 848, 850, 852, 854, 856, 858, 860, 862, 864, 866, 868, 870, 872, 874, 876, 878, 880, 882, 884, 886, 888, 890, 892, 894, 896, 898, 900, 902, 904, 906, 908, 910, 912, 914, 916, 918, 920, 922, 924, 926, 928, 930, 932, 934, 936, 938, 940, 942, 944, 946, 948, 950, 952, 954, 956, 958, 960, 962, 964, 966, 968, 970, 972, 974, 976, 978, 980, 982, 984, 986, 988, 990, 992, 994, 996, 998, 1000.

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Mr. Brooks said that he disagreed with Mr. Bessent's contention that Japan's currency was more issued. He argued plugging up the yen was a temporary for that would not fix Japan's underlying economic problems.

"The yen is weak and because of age-violence causing yen to be undervalued," Mr. Brooks said. "No yen is weak and failing because Japan has so much public debt."

Ed Al-Hassaniy, a portfolio manager at Columbia Thresdowne, did foreshowne a cash flow policy was a factor in the Trump administration's decision to come to the United States.

Approved ratings for Japan's prime minister, Susan Takashi, have slamped on the yen has weakened, raising the cost of financial services to the United States, being seeking to bolster into with Japan amid increasing competition with China. Japan has also

worked to deepen ties with the United States, pledging last year to invest more than $300 billion in the American manufacturing.

"Land, at approval ratings of Takashi in Japan and its pledges to invest in the U.S. and that tells you about the timing of everything," Mr. Al-Hassaniy said.

The last time the United States intervened directly as currency markets to support the yen was in 1999 during the Asian financial crisis.

A photograph of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's note and showed purchases of $1.5 billion in $10 billion worth of yen as his "to do" his.

The yen intervention also had echoes of last fall, when Mr. Bessent helped support the political fortunes of Jersey Valley, the president's 'respecting, by propying up that country's falling peso, at the time, Mr. Bessent said that the United States had a very little offer loans to Argentina's central bank, as well as direct currency purchases and purchases of U.S. dollar-denominated Argentine government debt from Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Fund to keep Argentina's economy afloat.

The United States profited from the currency swap line deal with Argentina, making the bet a successful one for Mr. Bessent. It also worked out well for Mr. Miles, whose party was a resounding victory in the October elections. The yen was a positive one and off, some still view the use of such economic tools for political purposes to questionable.

"The U.S. is unwise to enter the market in support of the yen—even if it makes a small profit in doing so — makes it in part of a Japanese plan to tackle the fundamental issues driving yen weakness," said Mark Sobel, a former Treasury official who is now the U.S. chairman of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum. "After all, the Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Fund isn't a bragg fund."

New Jersey Sues Amazon, Saying It Suppresses Drivers' Pay

By KAREN WEISS

New Jersey's attorney general and Amazon order was an interest low on Tuesday, accusing the company of abusing its market power to suppress pay for delivery companies and their drivers that bring paid for customers' downings.

The lawsuit, filed in United States with the Bank of New York District of New Jersey, claimed that Amazon abused its role as the dominant buyer in a market to control its network of delivery companies, which generally caused miscrepancy nearly all aspects of their business, including the pay and working conditions of drivers.

"Amazon has too much power to pay for the bank, and it would be hard to see how many people do for the bank," Jennifer Davenport, New Jersey's attorney general, said at a news conference that because the bank's power, those workers are forced to accept lower wages and appalling conditions.

Amazon said characterizations are the company to the lawsuit were wrong and that the contract on companies, which could delivery service partners, control their own devices.

The company's 15.6% on independent business owners were aware that over decisions about hiring, fleet management and car-

Amazon said that the lawsuit mischaracterized the company's activities, said that its contractor delivery partners were free to operate as they saw fit.

pacity planning — and they choose whether to work with other companies besides Amazon," Steve Keith, an Amazon spokesman, said it a statement. He said the company was confident it would prevail in court.

Amazon used to rely heavily on the U.S. Postal Service and United Parcel Service to deliver its packages. But building its own door for the network has been the heart of its efforts to offer cheaper and faster shipping, Last year, Amazon surpassed the Postal Service to become the largest parcel carri-

re in the United States, according to Stephen Lee, a logistics consultant.

There are thousands of delivery service partners, which employ hundreds of thousands of drivers, that the case focuses on the New Jersey's business, as well as the New York City region, including all five lawsuits.

The state's lawsuit claims that about 2018, Amazon built a net deal with the New Jersey's business and that are entirely dependent on Amazon. They typically use Amazon vans, Amazon routing soft-

ware, Amazon uniforms and employment policies.

"They practically cannot resist what Amazon tells them to do," Mr. Davenport said.

The lawsuit argued that Amazon prevents the delivery service partner companies from growing too large with the aim of limiting their bargaining power. The said also claimed that Amazon has had policies that prohibit 15.5% from hiring drivers from other delivery companies in its program, which can suppress their wages.

Amazon also uses its power to punish companies and workers that amount, including in Queens, according to the lawsuit. It said various delivery companies, including the New Jersey similar scripts and powers to share anti-union messages with drivers.

"Independent small businesses do not produce identical messaging at scale by coincidence," the lawsuit said.

Amazon denied these claims. "H.S.P. employees are free to choose their employer and associate with who they want, full stop," Mr. Kelly said.

The attorney general asked for injunction relief, including prohibiting drivers from use of mailing, or threatening to terminate, contracts with delivery companies to prevent unintuitive.

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Sports

The New York Times

Jayden Daniels had a hard time staying on the field in his second season with the Washington Commanders. But in training camp, the franchise quarterback is signing autographs and smiling again.

By DAVID ALDRIDGE

The JOHNS

ASHBURN, Va. — Jayden Daniels says he did not watch "Quarterback."

"I heard it was a bit," he said last week from the Washington Commanders' practice facility when asked about Season 3 of the Netflix series, which had its premiere last month.

Daniels, 25, was one of this year's four featured N.F.L. quarterbacks, along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Baker Mayfield, the Tennessee Titans' Cam Ward

David Aldridge is a senior columnist for The Athletic. Nichi Jhotwala contributed reporting.

and the Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Flacco. The show detailed Daniels's second pro season, so you can understand why he might not be keen on reliving it.

It was not a lot of laughs: seven starts and three serious injuries in a 3-12 season that claimed the Commanders' offensive and defensive coordinates. The team also overhauled its locker room in the off-season, getting younger, faster and bigger at almost every position.

But it's still about Daniels. For Washington to finance back to the team that earned its way to the N.F.C. title game in 2023, the Commanders need their lodestar to again play light and with joy — and to zip passes past defenders'

Daniels Statistics

Jayden Daniels led the Washington Commanders to the N.F.C. championship game in his rookie season.

2024 2025

12-5-0 QB Record 2-5-0

31 Total touchdowns 10

9 Interceptions 3

3,568 Passing Vts. 1,262

69.0 Completion Pct. 60.8

891 Running Vts. 278

Source: Pro Football Reference

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ear holes on the way to his receivers' hands, the way he did in his 2024 rookie season, when he was the Associated Press N.F.C. offensive rookie of the year.

The duzzle, the swagger, the hope that the franchise can compete again year to and year out in the N.F.C. and the new stadium that will now rise where R.F.K. once stood. It all emanates, first, from Daniels.

But Daniels did not play like a franchise quarterback last season, even on the rare occasions when he was relatively healthy. Something was off.

It might have been the lack of work he was able to get in camp last season with Story McLaurin, his top target in 2024, who was

holding out in a contract dispute that kept him out until training camp was almost over. It could have been the drop-off in production from Noah Brown, another of Daniels's top targets in '24, who was injured and out for much of last season.

Certainly, defenses had a better road on what Daniels and Kiff Kingsbury, his offensive coordinator, wanted to do every week, whatever the reason, Daniels wasn't Daniels. And Washington chaired.

A new year presents another chance.

Daniels got healthy, working out with his longtime trainer and

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THE NEW YORK TIMES SPORTS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

New Fender System Suits Some Coaches Of Group of 6 Teams

By NANCY NAVARRO

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jeff Traylor is an old school as they come. The Texas-San Antonio football coach believes in player development, loyalty, and relationships. But he also knows he must adapt and can no longer be offended when a player leaves his program.

"You say you are their coach forever," said Traylor, who is entering his seventh season at Texas-San Antonio. "You say your lifelong record is not your win even recent. Your lifelong record is how many wins out of how many boys. But yet the moment they don't give you what you want, you're done with these!"

Traylor, 26, has taken a new approach to minor management.

"They're all seniors to me," he said. "Every one of them are one-year players."

A player-crears, he considers it a bonus, the is hardly alone in that sentiment these days.

Traylor's evolution reflects a larger shift among coaches outside college football's wealthiest conferences. Many initially condemned the transfer portal and the feeder system it created. Coaches still do not like the arrangement, but must are no longer complaining about it — at least publicly.

"If somebody's not taking your players, you're probably not doing the right thing," East Carolina Coach Blake Harrell said. "You can't complain about it."

He added: "You've got to embrace it and embrace what's next. We act like tampering is new. It's not."

The migration of players from the Group of 6 to Power 4 programs began in earnest with the implementation of the one-time transfer rule in 2021, and the flood-gates opened in 2020 when the N.C.A.S. allowed unblamed transfers with immediate eligibility.

The American Conference, as usual, was hit hard this off-season. Of the longest 51 players who formed all-conference honors in 2021 and had eligibility remaining, 20 are now playing at Power 4 programs.

Texas-San Antonio lost two all-league honorees: receiver David McCain, to Ohio State, and tight end Houston Thomas, to Texas A&M. The conference champion, Tudson, which reached the College Football Playoff last season, also seven players who earned all-conference recognition to Power 4 schools. East Carolina and North

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Texas lost five runs.

The Persetti, the league's commitment, embraces the positives of the situation.

"We identify, we invent in talent, we develop student-athletes, and the results are the life-changing opportunities it opens up for them," Persetti said recently at the American Conference media day in St. Petersburg. "We've joined of this."

The coaches in the conference are also aware these opportunities are not restricted to players. In the off-season, four of the league's coaches were fared by Power 4 programs — Ryan Maverfield (Memphis to Arkansas), Eric Morris (North Texas to Oklahoma State), Alex Gidwill (South Florida to Aubert) and Jan Sumrall (Tulane to Florida).

North Texas' first year coach, Neal Brown, who spent six seasons at West Virginia, has worked on both sides of the talent divide. His new school tour 19 players this off-season, including 20 who followed their coach, Morris, to Oklahoma State.

"You have to embrace it," Brown said. "You've got to lean into it."

That does not mean allowing every player to leave without re-annance. Brown, hired last December, has established a standard for determining whether a departure makes sense.

North Texas should not lose an important player to another Group of 6 school, and a productive starter should not leave merely to become a Power 4 backup. If these things happen, Brown views it as a retention failure. But if a player receives an offer North Texas cannot come close to matching — and the new school provides a legitimate playing opportunity — Brown knows that is just a part of the process.

"If we're going to lose a player, we want it to be a no-brainer decision because we can't match them financially," he said.

The phrase "life-changing money" came up often in interviews with American Conference coaches.

A coach can ask a player to value stability, development and loyalty. That becomes more difficult when an offer from another school could pay off family debts, buy a partner's home or provide security beyond a football career that may cost suddenly.

We have the East Carolina coach, confirmed that issue with quarterback Katie Hauser, who, he said, began hearing from Power 4 schools last September as he was averaging 10.5.3 passing yards in his first four games.

Hauser, who began his career at Michigan State, asked his coach at

EAST CAROLINA Coach Blake Harrell said, "If somebody's not taking your players, you're probably not doing the right thing."

TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO Coach Jeff Traylor has taken a new approach to roster management: "They're all seniors to me," he said.

the end of the season to advise him as though he were his son. Harrell initially argued that if an offer was close, Hauser should stop, become an East Carolina legend and have a place he could always consider home.

In the end, however, Hauser accepted a lucrative offer from Illinois to play his final season in the Big Ten.

Hauser said leaving East Carolina was "really tough."

"I loved it there," he said. "I had a lot of friends there, and it was like a family for sure. I just felt like, in my career, I wanted to get developed, and my O.I. left me went to Ole Miss, and a lot of the players left. I just felt like it was time for a change."

While Harrell hated to see Hauser leave, he had a good story to tell when it was time to search for a replacement. And East Carolina landed Emery Williams, who

had spent three seasons at Miami, in the portal.

Brown, for North Texas coach, has moved beyond accepting the system. He believes his program can not it to its advantage. For decades, coaches generally had recruits on two long-term outcomes: earning a degree and preparing for the N.F.L.

"The third option now is, you're going to get an opportunity to get exposed to the productive, where you can potentially go and be a high-level transfer option, where you can make life-changing money," Brown said.

Tulane Coach Will Hall is even more direct.

"We said it now," he said. Hall cited Tulane players who arrived, developed and later left for opportunities worth $1 million or more — most notably quarterback Darlan Mensah, who first transferred to Duke before going

TULANE Quarterback Darlan Mensah has moved to Miami.

through the portal this off-season and leading at Miami as one of the highest-paid players in college football.

Hall compared Mensah'sគូการ to have been in the same position as a junior to the N.F.L. Alabama, Louisiana State, Ohio State and Michigan have long celebrated early N.F.L. entrants as evidence that their programs develop talent. That's how Hall rationalizes some of Tulane's departures.

"If we do our job and we sign a good player and we develop him and we get him a Tulane degree," Hall said, "the goal is to set him up for future success, and that's a step in it now."

Not every American Conference program is willing to accept the same position in the college football hierarchy.

Memphis Coach Charles Huff believes his program has enough resources to defeat some Power 4

EAST CAROLINA Quarterback Katie Hauser is now at Illinois.

schools for players. Memphis, of course, will not win every financial battle, particularly against the sport's richest programs. But Huff expects the figure to beat Group of 6 competitors for players they prioritize and hopes to win select Power 4 battles with a package that includes a competitive financial offer, a prominent on-field state and the experience of playing at Memphis.

Alex Coach Scott Abell is also reluctant to concede departures.

"I don't want to lose my guys anywhere," he said.

Alex with its degree, culture and community. Running back Quinton Jackson, one of the 22 returning league honorees who chose not to transfer, considered leaving but spent adjacent a, deciding he did not want to leave a place where he felt valued.

"All money ain't good money," Jackson said.

PRO FOOTBALL

Can Daniels, Healthy Again, Bring Back the Dazzle for the Commanders?

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quarterback leads Taylor Kelly, who works at the development group IDQS in Huntington Beach, Calif. He organized separate seminars for his offensive skill players to a 2-3 degree, one in April, and the second just a few weeks ago at U.C.L.A. McLaurin, Dyana Brown and other players who each the half-lead part in on-field drills and off-field heading with Daniels and Sam Hartman, the third-string quarterback.

David Blough, the Commanders for former quarterbacks coach, with whom Daniels is close, is the new offensive coordinator. Blough, 30, will take some ideas from Kingsbury and some from Chicago Bronx Coach Ben Johnson, who was just starting his career in Detroit as a quality control coach for the Lions when Blough was playing quarterback there. Daniels will be under corner more in Blough's offense, which will also feature more haddles and more play-action passing.

But Daniels remains the ignition.

"He's had an incredible off-season, really, from the jump," General Manager Adam Peters said last week. "As soon as he got healthy, he's been working his call off. Working on his body, working on his throwing, working with his teammates — even before he got here."

A better defense should also create more than 10 turnovers—second lowest in the N.F.L. last season — and get Daniels and the offense the ball in plus territory. Blough's offense should lessen potential risk to Daniels by leaning

more on the run.

Daniels has spent all winter and spring diving into Blough's playbook. Some people like to get everything thrown at them at once; others are better at absorbing a new system in prison. For Daniels down for the former, The GoPro cameras Washington's quarterbacks have used during organized team activities and will use in campyermilk more than points for Daniels to see whether his verbiage is matching what happens on the field.

"You kind of just break it down and see what questions I have for Blough, what questions he has for me and what the answers are — kind of walk through it," Daniels said. "Try to make it make sense in your head, in different ways. Not necessarily like, 'This is the exact play call.' but you try to correlate it to stuff that you've done in the past and things like that. Blough's been doing a great job of kind of just bringing it out to me in that sense, and obviously, I've got to go out there and be a pro and really, and prepare myself."

McLaurin made it clear at the end of last season that by planned to be connected with his quarterback during the off-season, Coach.

"The similarity is really huge," McLaurin said before the start of camp. He added: "The season didn't go like any of us wanted last year. And so far as to get some really, not only in the springtime but in the summer, it's just been really good for our timing. We're going to need everybody to bring their best to camp so we can start building this thing the right way." During organized team activities, Coach Dan Quinn brought in

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Terry McLaurin (17) and Jeyden Daniels (5) are improving their chemistry. Coach Dan Quinn, left, has emphasized getting into better shape.

Utah Jazz Coach Will Hardly, a friend of his, and has good Keynote George to talk to his team. George took a moisture trap in his third N.B.A. season, increasing his scoring from 10.5 points per game in 2020. It's 12.8 last season. His message was simple: He thought he was in shape for first two seasons. He soon realized he needed to reach another level.

"His response was, 'I got to

'Me and my trainer got after it. I feel good,' he says.

crazy shape,'" Quinn said.

The coach emphasizes the need for everyone to bend that advice coming into camp. Daniels looks more physically, after speaking his left knee, separating his right hamstring and dishearing his left elbow last season. Last year, the emphasis was adding a few points of interest. Daniels was listed at 210 pounds on the first roster hundred last week, the same weight as last season. But he's a little older, a little stronger.

"Me and my trainer got after it," Daniels said. "I feel good. I feel real good."

The franchise is just starting to build back to where it was a year and a half ago. Not only has team been personnel turnover, but with Bobby Wagner, Zach Eric and Tyler Bladner gone, the leaders in the locker room the last two years will also be different.

Daniels has led by example. Now his voice will have to lead out just those in the offensive huddle starting back at him, but the 70-are players who will be on the active roster and practice squad.

In all ways, sure, the Commanders will go as Daniels goes. And says, And acts. And performs. The phrase people to sport's are "show days in 'I'm built for this.'" We will soon see how the first two years of Daniels's time in Washington have shaped the third and all the years that will follow.

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Writers, Losers and Snoozers at the Trains Deadline

By GILNYT BRIDBELL STEPHEN J. NEBERT and ANNY McCLELLEN

The New Times Sports Weekly

Now that the M. L. B. Irish deadline last passed, it is time to sort the 30 teams into winners, losers and snoozers. Winners can be buyers or sellers so long as they addressed their needs and dial out strategy. Losers informed fans by being the most of missing a chance to improve. Snoozers sat and watched.

Winners

BOSTON RED SOX

The one might end up helping the 30 teams to win a 400 times. Craig Breslow, the Red Sox chief baseball officer, put upside of a big-time prospect package to acquire Adler Rotschman from the Baltimore Orioles. The 30 catcher is a three-time All-Star. He has been productive at the plate this season. One problem: He is on the injured list with wrist inflammation. This is his third stint on the shelf in 2026. What could go wrong?

Well, a lot. Rotschman has the size reputation without the size production. I do enjoy money to worrisome. And Breslow gave up a significant amount of minor longer capital to acquire him. But we're making soup help. I mean here. And the aggressor from Breslow, who has absorbed a hailstorm of reasonable critic pressure, is a good example. The decision to part with the former top prospect Marciot Mayor, won to San Francisco for the hard-throwing but sold in favor. Zirk Miller, was even more shocking.

But the Red Sox look like they could content right now. If Rotschman can come back healthy, they will look that much more formidable.

CHICAGO CUBS

Out of the All-Star break, the Cubs' veterans land up like this. Cubs fleas, Matthew Boyd, Horia Imamura, Simeone Taifiko and David Petronis. The Cubs' president for baseball operations, led Meyer, overhauled that group ahead of the trade deadline, adding a pair of two-time All-Star right-handers, Clay Holmes and Kevin Gausman, and a lefty, Braxton Garrett. The Cubs, who also have Edward Cabrera and Ben Brown on the injured list, should be able to flex some of their surplus starters into relief roles in the postseason.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS

Not only did the Angels get a bounty of prospects and young players for a lot of players who weren't going to be around for the next community roster, but they were not only doing anything too tough. She trading Cubs' form or other translational pieces. The best players the Angels traded—i. In Auld, and Sushane—have far more than one of the best to be going to than leaving. It was the kind of deadline that fans and players are now振作, but, with minimal risks and insatiums in the past.

LOS ANGELES DODGEFS

The Dodgefer got Tariff Skolad. Did you see their Wild Yes, yes, they also got practical additions like both Bahremen and Kris Robie, who will come in handy and also be informed of why. I, which is done for every team, much less those who have expectations regarding Bible-Staff and Tyler Glassner. The story is about an argument on the best team in baseball got the best picture in baseball.

If there's a downside to the move, it's that the Dodgefer might be got to be the second or trade target next season. They're going to be on disappointing everyone. Just you wait.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIPS

The addition of Lala Arranz will have some defensive repositioning because of the recognized the status quo was no longer sufficient. Arranz offers a new skill set for a strong built-around duggers. That could be a better way to make a player—one in October. Plus, they yelled relievers Brenda Bates and Caleb Kilian for a bullpen that has been struggling for weeks.

SAN DIEGO PADRES

The Padres got the starters they desperately needed (Raffles Ray and Carey Mott) without making the first two weeks of the season. The can keep the Mania Miller football preplay.

It wasn't A.J. Peeley's Baddest deadline, but it didn't need to be. The Padres were the first two players who might be good when he's either the architect of a personal-venturing Padres team or with another organization, but he was.

Grant Bricker, Stephen J. Nesbitt and Andy McCullough are senior M.L.B. writers for The Athletic.

CLAY HOLMES He is now a part of a revamped Cubs-masters.

LUIS ARRAEZ The powerful Phillies lineup now has a new skill set.

KEVIN GAUSMAN A painful, but needed, trade for the Blue Jays.

didn't got the organization content, either. It was the middle bowl of porridge for a guy who usually pours the hot bowl on his head and the cold bowl does his trousers. Sometimes boring is OK.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS

The deadline started ominously, with the Giants trading Tyler Mable for a reliever who might otherwise have been designated for assignment at the deadline, but it was a bad that was always going to be judged by the return for Robbie Ray and Lala Arranz, and the Giants delivered on these fronts, getting prospects worthy of attention.

Then they took the run step of trading players with several more of team content left, opting for a proactive youth infusion over another turn with some of their younger veterans. The Giants didn't need to trade Hattie Barnes or Erik Miller, which meant they could hold out for a cannon, and the returns from the Yankees (Henry Lalane, Karolyn Ken) and Red Sox (a meritor, No. 5 pick, Marcela Mayer) impressed.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

It was not a busy deadline for the Cardinals, but they continued their self-off successfully. They got a great return in an in-situ-sion trade, sending pitchers friends May and Jack Romero to the Brewers for the prospects. Alexander Price and Josiah Reynolds. The Athletic recently ranked Price, 18, an outfielder, at the No. 60 prospect in the sport. Regisbee, 22, is having a break-out season at High-A and Double-A, batting .101 with 18 homers and 31 meals while playing center field.

Roger, St. Louis elegant outfielder Lars Nussbaum in Arizona. Nussbaum, a starting of the model, was a strong, bad group stretches for the Cardinals but never fully broke out. He won best used on the strong side of an outfield players. That's some thing like Diamondbacks can use, and the Cardinals don't need at the moment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS

It was painful for the Blue Jays to part ways with Kevin Glassner, who lived up to his telling across the five seasons of his fifth million contract. But they found a replacement for this season and the next two in Joel Scorpio, who has leveled up this season by improving his strike-out run. The rest was not long. Shorpio, Arjan Nishizuka was a first-round pick in 2023, and sat at No. 42 on recent prospect rankings. Toronto will take a risk

on Scorpio's injury history and strike-through ability. But he profiles as a solid back-end start or with a bit of upside who won't break the bank in arbitration. Neither will Spencer Arrigleish, the Actron pitcher acquired in exchange for outfielder Daution Vayrão. Toronto also took a film on Josh Smith, who won a Silver Slugger award two seasons ago.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS

To hit first season's running the Nationals, Paul Tobani made some moves but not any waves. He did not drop out alternately C.J. Abrams in a blackboard: He did not make major additions. But he acted with a reasonable understanding of his team's outlook. The Nationals have outperformed expectations, especially on officers, and had a surplus of position players. Tobani jumped the match to acquire the young pitcher Crouchly Early from the Red Sox, his former employers. That looked like a sorry move even before Benson experienced the bad luck of Curtis Mead breaking his hand in his first game. He also received peace for Ripping Lala Garcia Jr., a left-handed hitter in a number moving for right-handed fans, for four pitchers. Near the buzzer, Tobani dealt Foster Griffin, who made the All-Star team after the Nationals took a chance on him coming back from Japan, for four new guys.

LOSKEYS

ARIZONA DIAMONSBACKS

They got Lars Nussbaum, and blew fans for finally getting out of St. Louis, where the Cardinals were never entirely sure what to do with him. That film a clear need for an underperforming Diamonbacks team, but they even always going to need a lot more run prevention to compete in a packed wild-card lecture, and they were never going to cough up the prospects to be there. I'm not sure what the Diamond-backs' actual window is, but there's less the problem. I don't know if they have a clear idea, either.

ATWLETGG

The perfect deadline for a team caught in birdie between two or three stins at a time, with a pluckout of would-be franchise cornerstones signed to819mmable long-term contracts, but an overall long-term direction that should serve them well. It was always going to be fringe players going out for little return. That doesn't mean it was a bad deadline, just a boring one.

If the 4's had a time machine,

DAVID STALWYS Starting down a $365 million return for the Men.

CASEY NEIZ The Padres added the starters that they needed.

JO ADELL A righty hitter who will better serve the Guardians.

they'd go back and sign a few more relievers to one-year down- the deals, hoping to get in on some of that way's bullpen trade action. But, well, if they had a time machine, they'd probably do a lot of things. They definitely wouldn't stop them.

BALTIMORE ORDGES

Despite all of the early promise, Adler Rotschman never became the player. Baltimore envisioned as the backbone of its blossoming juggernaut. As the first Decals, as evidenced by their results the past two seasons, never became said juggernaut. Mike Chiu acknowledged that nearly its deadlock backhand in a big Thursday manner to a division rival. The team also led farewell to Duane's team of the White They Ripped Taylor Ward for some relievers. The tour of Rotschman is the one that might sting, even with his replacement, Samuel Beadle, signed to a long-term deal.

The return for Rotschman is considered impressive. We might look back on this deadline as the ranking point for the Blue Jays. But Online fans have spent a long time hearing about prospects. Rotschman was supposed to symbolize the conclusion of his's should be the first loss, the deadline was the end of an run that never really was.

CHICAGO WWTF SOX

The White Sox were faster than just about everybody in the last week, but because most moves amounted to little more than better, even the last time could be defined by the Lala Cardible trade. Not only did General Manager Joe Cruz, but all the big millions left on the contract of an aging starter who's left control ran average this season, but he also parted with a real prospect to do the best. The losers' Boston Smith, a catcher and outfielder, will back on the second, but it's not hard to see that the kid can hit. Seattle is happy to enter him.

The White Sox crater is better than it was a week ago — than-car Brambles strengthens the bullpen, Breason Davis Ellis not a Goddam, and the only one who Joey Bart cases a need at catcher while Kyle Terck's hurt — but there was no big win to make up for the Cardible-company.

DETROIT TIGERS

The Tigers set out to contend for a World Series in 2026. A few months later, they had them solved a strong deal in the Global and Casey Mize rather than giving them the baseball in October, awarding them qualifying

offers in November and visiting them well in free agency beyond. It's hard to consider this outcome at all.

If you felt these Tigers were doomed even with Skolad and Mize making around for the wild-card race, you'll be pleased with the return. The Tigers took the top-50 prospect from the Dodgers — outfielder Zyfer Hope and pitcher River Rose — and another promising arm, the lefty Buck Mayfield, from the Padres. But there's a lingering feeling of this being a deadline of half measures. The Tigers will try to stick around the played picture, yet they didn't do any adding to supplement the current roster, and they didn't trade away other rounds. The middle is a bad place to be, especially without your best pitchers.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS

When you enter a trade deadline, rumored to be in on Tariff Skolad, the top name on the trade market, and come away with Duane May and Jack Romero, it's bound to be disappointing. The Brewers were in no trade talks all over the map, but little materialized. The Brewers are the same team they were on the other side of the deadline. That just so happens to be the team with the best women not used in baseball. So maybe they're on to something.

The additions of Max, Romero and Samson Sunsanick have been made pitching staff, the Taylor provides catching depth. But when the Dodgers least Skolad said the Cubs reshape their roster rotation, all of them smaller moves leave you wanting a bit more.

NEW YORK WETS

Then will tell about the flow of minor leaguers just acquired by David Smarter. But any time you have to tear down a $365 million return, myself to see what a team expected to compete for a championship in 2026, you qualify as a loser. Those are the rules. Nothing to be done about it. Better luck next year.

NEW YORK VOM633

Lala Garcia Jr. offers some aid to the lineup, even if he is an ingenious roster Jr. The Yankees wanted right-handed hitters, but they needed officers, so they digged into their deep stockpile of arms to lead him in. Sami Ramos could experience a head getting out of San Francisco and getting to hit at Yankee Stadium. But they watched the Red Sox, their chief rival, And Adler Rotschman as a loser when could be going to be the same. The Yankees could not pay Ryan Jeffers from the

Twins or Hunter Goodman from the Rockies.

RHODESIA

ATLANTA BRAVES

Ever before has sustained teams with his ability for years, but it is hard to win open lists. Steve Snyder is a serviceable veteran. Lane Thomas will help against left-handed pitchers. The dead- low still passed without Atlanta trading a pitcher to just with. Thirk Sale atop the rotation. So it goes.

CINCINNATI RIZES

The Reds completed two minor pitcher National Ritzers to the Guardians. Caleb Ferguson to the Cardinals. Trick's A. The Reds seemed to be every heart's trading plan. I guess everyone they need a Plan A. All quiet in Cincinnati.

ALFALLAND DUMBURNS

Cleveland snapped out of its innovative by bringing in a righty hitter (outfielder Jo Adell) and a lefty (first baseman No. 4 model Lowe), then acted late to acquire Nationals starter Foster Griffin.

COLORADO ROCKIES

If they did anything extreme, it would probably have meant trading away the All-Star catcher Hunter Goodman. Instead, they made events of the edges, and the other guys gave their center holder in Breason Deyle, and relievers Antonio Sunsanick, Seth Skriverson and Viktor Vedvik. Season away, Milan.

HOUSTON ASTROS

It was a fine deadline for the Astros, acquiring the left-handed outfielder they desperately needed to Dealeen Vartão. Their postseason hopes binge on their strategy of "buying their pitchers play better," which is just crazy enough to work.

RANSAS CITY WIVILLS

The Roads won the 30th Kris Ranks in the Dodgers for the right-hander Carlos Duran. They snapped outfielder Lane Thomas and a lefty reliever Bailey Pabst for two interesting prospects. They said what needed to be said, and hold the loser.

MIAMI MARLINS

Miami chipped out some players who had become responsible. The arrival of Joe Mads allowed the Marlins to part ways with catcher Liam Holts. They also dealt away Russian Garrett, who had been riding in the miners. But, I'm falling asleep just writing this.

MINNESOTA TWINS

For a must that declared itself ready to buy fans work, the end may be the remarkable. The Twins added a midlevel closer. Unfit McDonald, a league-average player who has been a good model to be a solid-letty reliever (A.J. Minter). None of these moves moved the needle.

PITTSBURGH WINGS

While the Prizers occasionally addressed their most pressing need — bullpen buy — their inability to upgrade the lineup and the other playing backlog, they landed the top reliever that was actually made, swapping Lake Weaver for the shortstop prospect (Satoric Nalkin) — and getting the Men to pay down $8 million of the $5.0 million Weaver is need through real returns. They also took a chance in Ben Marlasco's and Cazalo David, who was playing with the Yankees. Then, at the buzzer, they struck deals for Kirby Yates and their Backed. This almost entirely remains the bullpen. But is this lineup capable of overcoming a wild card deficit and winning in October?

SEATTLE MARRIORS

They had a better team at a reasonable cost, while moving salary set via the Lala Cardible. They had a little more than others but better about spending money in the off-season (assuming others' an off-season).

TAMPA BAY BOYS

There was a lot of type about Tampa Bay's root to dead. But better than getting the best Skolad, the Rays bought low on Freddy Presley, who had been suffering through the worst season of his career with the Men.

TEXAS RANGERS

After signaling that everyone and anyone could be available, they would be able to make more moves to improve their minor chances. If the Badgers got dementia, it's that they found us with bigger trades involving the team. But they would be a bigger and Jacob deCrom. That was always going to be implausible, though.

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Emma Raducanu, above in June, will skip the U.S. Open because of a stress fracture in her hip that also kept her out of Wimbledon.

With Eye on U.S. Open, Serena Williams Joins Venus at Ohio Tourney

By NATHIRIN PUTTERMAN and ANGEL MARIUS

The Tribune

Serena Williams will train with her sister Venus to play doubles at the Cincinnati Open in mid-August, it an appearance that could be the first time to be the U.S. Open since the 2022 edition, which was her first professional tournament before she returned to the start in June.

Serena Williams has been announced this week that the 44-year-old Williams, a 22-year Grand Slam champion in singles, would play doubles at the WTA Tour in the same time. What, the second high-level hardcourts tournament of the summer.

Venus Williams, 40, who recently accepted a wild card entry in the 44 singles at the 44th Canadian Open, will also play singles at the Cincinnati Open through a wild card.

Serena Williams has not re-

Matthew Futterman is a senior tennis writer and James Hussain a senior managing editor covering tennis for The Athletic

ceived one, but one remains unattended.

Venus has been playing fairly regularly, if unsuccessfully, throughout the spring and summer. She has not won a WTA Tour-level match since last July, when she has been a 22-year-old at the D.C. Open. She played the same tournament this year, losing in singles in the first round to Australia's Australian Parapress in straight sets, before suffering the same fate against Kandala Radhimova of Uzbekistan at the Canadian Open. It was her 14th consecutive loss in singles.

The sisters were supposed to team up and play doubles at Wimbledon in June. But Serena tweaked her knee during a three-set loss in May, then of Australia at the first round of the singles competition, the pulled out of doubles four days later.

Serena had played two doubles matches ahead of Wimbledon, first training with Victoria Mihedo of Canada at the Queen's Club in London. They won their first match at the grass-roast turnup for Wimbledon, but Mihedo, the

Serena and Venus Williams at the 2022 U.S. Open, the last year Serena played there. They will play the Cincinnati Open this month.

defending Canadian Open singles champion, sustained on meddle-in-class-figguards injury in her next singles match, which ruled the dan out of the doubles event. Mihedo has not played since and will not defend her Canadian Open title, the biggest of her career to date.

Serena then teamed with Karolina Machova of the Czech Republic at the Berlin Tennis Open, another grass event, but they lost their opening match. Their came her injury at Wimbledon, which raised the possibility that she would not be able to play in any events during the North American hardcourts swing.

The Cincinnati Open is the last major turnup before the U.S. Open, the site of Williams's final match before her initial "reviving away" from tennis, in which she

lost to Australia's Ajo Tennis League in those sets.

Serena and Venus will play their opening match a few days into the Cincinnati Open, which starts on Aug. 13.

Shane Stephens, Taylor Townsend, Fanja Vishnauova, Ervina Kiderva, Carolee Dedehde and Lalo Benson have also re- revived singles wild cards.

The U.S. Open missed doubles field in golfing crusade, forged jams announced some new rounds, including Venus Williams and Alexander Bufalk, who will join the buddhist names that signed up last week, including Aryna Sahakoba and Vassal Dzhevin, Upilavand and Casper Read and Wernisi Ozaka and Kei Nishikari.

That 34-man tournament begins Aug. 24 with a day of qualifying matches.

Raducanu Is Miss Open

Emma Raducanu of Britain, the 2022 U.S. Open champion in women's singles, will miss this year's tournament as she manages the stress fracture in her right hip that forced her to withdraw from Wimbledon.

Raducanu, 23, pulled out of Wimbledon, has home Grand Slam event, as the eve of the tournament, bears after saying that she planned to play through a lower leg injury in a news center. Later, she has not played or practiced since, and she will now miss the final major of the year to continue her recuperation.

She reached the final of Queen's, the grass-roast turnup for Wimbledon, before her latest setback. It was only her second final since that U.S. Open win in 2021, and both of them have come

this year. She ultimately ran out of gun and lost in straight sets to a 2024 Wimbledon semifinalist, Donna Vickie, before saying in a news conference that she had been managing a series of small issues, one which developed into this stress fracture.

Raducanu's tennis has looked more flavor since May, when she refused Andrew Richardson, who reached her to the title in New York, but she has not been able to find rhythm in 2020 when it comes to availability. She has played just 21 matches, with a best injury and a pace vital illness hampering the early part of her season.

Raducanu has not set a target for her return from this injury. The U.S. Open women's singles main draw starts Aug. 26, with the world No. 1, Aryna Sahakoba, seeking a third consecutive title.

New U.S.T.A. Leader Is Used to Taking On Seemingly Hopeless Challenges

By NATHIRIN PUTTERMAN

The Tribune

In 1993, a South African graduate student with little experience in coaching college tennis walked into Athletic Director Ron Guenther's office at Illinois. He set a binder with a plan for the men's team down on his desk and made a statement that sounded completely absurd.

"I said that before the next 10 years are out, we will be No. 1 in the nation. We will win a national title. We will be winning the Big Ten every year," Craig Tiley, the new chief executive of the U.S. Tennis Association, said during a recent interview.

"I think he was thinking that I was crazy."

By all rights, that is exactly what Guenther should have been thinking, in the time, Illinois was a college tennis track-saver. Reaching double digits in wins was a good season for the men's team. Winning the Big Ten, the pinnacle of college competition, sounded like a decade driven.

In 1992, Guenther had asked Tiley, then a part-time community coach at the university tennis center, to take over the team on an interim basis after the team coach had left. It did not go well.

Tiley led the team to a 12 record. Several players quit. Tiley had to buy the football coach to borrow some allotment. What, the roster and complete the season. The team went 8-10 in the Big Ten and finished last in the conference.

But by the time Tiley left Illinois, he had fulfilled every promise he had made in Guenther. Within four years, Tiley's team had won the Big Ten title, and then it won a every year until Tiley left, after the 1993 season. In 1995, the team finished a perfect 12-0 and won the N.C.A. team of 10s, as well as the individual singles and doubles championships.

Three decades on, Tiley still has been in the U.S. because he spent at Illinois as the formative experience of the professional life. That is missing. That is the person who would go on to transform the Australian Open from a relative outlier among the Grand Slams into the most dynamic, innovative major event in the world.

Now the question is whether Tiley has extended another level of success for the U.S.T.A., a huge national organization with a mixed reputation for the world.

The U.S. Open, its signature is not, in a juggernaut, with senior

Matthew Futterman is a senior tennis writer for The Athletic.

The 2003 Illinois team Craig Tiley, top right, coached to the N.C.A.A. title. Tiley, who transformed the Australian Open, faces a lack of men's Grand Slam success and a huge national organization.

al revenue of more than $500 million and the largest purse of the four Grand Slam events.

But despite great success in women's tennis, the organization has not helped produce a men's Grand Slam winner in more than two decades. Recent chief executives have struggled to quite the purest organization with its 17 geographical sections, which can open the balance between professional development and community tennis.

Now it has handed the reins to Tiley, the departing leader of Tennis Australia and the Australian Open, the posts he is most closely associated with.

The U.S. Open is already ridiculously successful. It is not a coach of the Guenther since that the men's tennis program at Illinois 21 years ago. But the success Tiley had there is the bedrock of his current reputation as one of the most creative leaders in tennis, someone who seeks out risk and can deliver transformation.

For many of his former players, Tiley's voice, lessons and habits of modified finger is their heads decades later, whether they like it or not.

"We had dry-cross found-in our lockers, and daily goals had to be written down before practice,

and also monthly and yearly goals," Cary Franklin, who won a national title in doubles in 2000, said during a recent interview. "I'm nearly 30 and I've still got my board with my daily goals."

Michael Kosta, a comedian and rotating host of "The Daily Show"

Turning a bottom feeder at Illinois into an N.C.A.A. champ.

who played the Tiley at Illinois, remembers three goals well.

"We had to have three every day," he said. "Without three, we would run."

Tiley's landing in the 1804 tennis program was largely down to happenhouse. "We had been a lower-level pro in the 1800s before enrolling in a professional coaching and management program at Tyler Junior College. He did some coaching more and became familiar with the work of several top coaches in the United States, including Vic Braden and Dennis Van der Meer, another South African.

In 1983, he moved up to Illinois to pursue a doctoral degree in sport psychology and physiology—two areas of study that he wanted to research in tandem. To support himself once he arrived, he began teaching at the university tennis center, which is a public facility.

Then the men's head coach quit. Guenther asked Tiley to fill in, and before long, he was developing his 10-year plan for success.

"It's a lot of fun when you see a young person work really hard and then achieve results through sport," Tiley said. "I just got a kick out of that, and I got a kick out of the team element, and probably my biggest kick is proving people wrong."

Plenty of people told Tiley he had no chance of success at Illinois. They told him the sport was poorly funded. They told him how it had been years since Illinois had been a major nationality. He told them he was going to win a national title.

Saying that and doing it are very different. But Tiley had a plan.

First, he needed to set a tone of seriousness. He made Illinois into six players work as they had never worked before. He got them up at 5 a.m. to run on cold winter

marriage. He had them doing weight sessions in the gym. He made practices hurt. Before long, everyone who was not serious about the endeavor had quit.

Franklin had a reputation as one of the best in parlors in the county, a treat with a big age and a big month. Everyone was always trying to make him behave better.

They told Franklin that he liked Tiley into the way he was. "Don't change," he said. "We need some谨慎."

Tiley did not go after beautiful tennis players. Illinois players many matches on fast, indoor hardcourts. He went after big players who could crack a big purse, work their way into the court and finish points at the net. He figured that he and his senior out, Bruce Berque, who became the longtime coach at Texas, could reach them most of what else they needed to know.

Tiley was known for his obsessive attention to detail. Players had to travel wearing tins, bladds and their thorns. If they stayed with a family on the road, they had to leave a handwritten thank you note.

The team would gather in December to write Christmas calls to contributors. After a recruit round, he received handwritten notes from current players.

Sometimes, he could go overboard. Players had to arrive in practice clean-drawn. A sloppy face meant a sloppy life, and sloppy play. They has been forced to reconsider this one, given the call. However, success at his Australian Open with scroll on the cheeks and ribs.

"I was building a team and back into exciting some form of one of our own two important," Tiley wrote in a text message of his 2nd half role.

Kosta, who once was told not to bother showing up to practice the next day unless he shaved, said he

has found there can be a dark side to immendly driven people. The Tiley, Kosta might miss an easy overhead during a match and see Tiley getting ready to throw his clipboard.

Eventually, he asked the Berque to coach him during matches, rather than Tiley. When Kosta chose to become an assistant coach at Michigan, a Big Ten rival, Tiley did not speak to him for five years.

Tiley remains one of the most important figures in Kansas life, the voice that is always telling him to push harder, to check the spelling and grammar on his text messages. When Kosta was hanging around the lower tiers of pro tennis in his first years after college, he picked up the player one returning and saw a voice mail message from Tiley.

Tiley told him he had been watching a comedian on television the night before. He told Kosta he was far funnier and he might to move to Los Angeles and become a comedian.

"And look where I am," he said. "I'm a comedian."

After Illinois's perfect season in 1993, there was not much left for Tiley to accomplish its college ten-thousand.

The next season, U.C.L.A. defeated the top-seeded 1804 in the semifinals of the N.C.A.A. tournament. During spring break in 1995, Evan Zoder, a senior who played in the back of the lineup, found himself shooting the bronze with the coach who caught him the importance of taking risks, on and off the tennis team. The intervention teamed to what Zoder might do next, after graduation.

"We had to run thinking about the same thing," Zoder recalled in a recent interview.

"He could have gone down as a great coach. That was too safe for him."

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Paul Sansarolo, Whose Dances Evoked Jarring Dreams, Dies at 97

By BRIAN SEIBERT

Paul Sansarolo, an American choreographer who created in terms, often psychologically dark dances that influenced the vividly theatrical works of Mrs. Bausch, died late July 24 at Park Ridge, Ill., outside Chicago. He was 97.

His death, as a hospital, was confirmed by his protégé David van Ethelsten.

Mrs. Sansarolo and his formative artistic partner, Donna Feuer, started out in the late 1950s as part of a new generation trying to escape the imposing shadow of Martha Graham and other modern dance pioneers.

In a field that tended to valorize the individual perspective, Mr. Sansarolo and Ms. Feuer conceived and choreographed their works as a pair. And at a time when almost all modern dance performances were collections of their pieces, they presented ambitious evening-length productions. One 1961 work, "Excursion for Miracles," extended across two nights.

Their style — experimental, with an expressionistic bent — was challenging for audiences. In "Laughter after AP" (1963), women at high heels received, kissed and screamed, then reappeared in main drag. To the sound of comed laughter, Mr. Sansarolo (swaying a pacific wig) thrive a woman in the ground, when she got up, he threw her down again. Later, he punctual and kicked other dancers while laughing mostacally. After the premiere, Mr. Sansarolo's mother told him, "You shouldn't let people know that you're like that."

In the carriordropes, two-owning "Excursion for Miracles," Mr. Sansarolo played a lackey in a sadnessacademic relationship with a female master. The choreography had set and Mr. Feuer created — like that of their contemporary Paul Taylor, in whose notorious "lerves New Dances" (1957) she had performed — as performed with reflexes, pedestrian poses and unadorned walking. Chanted to each other, they blew up a balloon with a bicycle pump.

"We were trying to understand the life we lived," Ms. Feuer told Mark Franke for his 1961 book, "Excursion for Miracles: Paul Sansarolo, Donna Feuer and the other dances, which we "trying to understand was itself a religious art."

In 1959, they began working with Ms. Bausch, who was then 19 and had been attending Juilliard, "They took care of me," Ms. Bausch told Mr. Franke, "I never went home. I was kind of like in the family."

The festival performed in "In View of God" (1959), an enigmatic, imagistic piece about family and death, and created a trio, "Pleases of Maldenes," with Mr. Sansarolo and his son, and the other.

"We just beat each other up on stage," Mr. Sansarolo recalled in a 2021 video after a 1961 stage Chicago Dance History Project, seeing that there was "a lot of fear" in Mr. Bausch's later work.

If she had not worked with Mr. Sansarolo and Mr. Feuer, Mr. Bausch told Mr. Franke, "every thing would have been different." In 1962, she moved back to her na-

Paul Sansarolo in 1969. He called himself "a very happy person" who liked to explore intensity.

tive Germans, and in 1973 she founded Tanztheater Wuppertal, which became one of the world's most successful and influential dance companies. The dreamlike, sometimes brutal aesthetic for which Ms. Bausch became famous echoed Mr. Sansarolo's.

Early on, Mr. Sansarolo and Ms. Feuer rented three floors of 40 space above a cardboard-brakered car West 10th Street in Manhattan. This became the headquarters for Studio for Dance, where they taught classes and lived. Some of the students in their children's classes stayed over as the weekends to work with them, camping out in sleeping bags. Many of those children appeared in their works, which were very far from conventional children's theater.

In 1963, Ms. Feuer moved to Stockholm, where she joined the Royal Dramatic Theater and collaborated extensively with the director Ingnar Bergman over the

'We just beat each other up on stage,' said the choreographer, an influence on Bausch.

next three decades. For Mr. Sansarolo, it was the end of a remarkable creative partnership.

"We never slept together, or we couldn't have been closer," Mr. Sansarolo, who was gay, told Mr. Franke, "I never had a relationship as close as I had with Donna, in intricate, as complex."

Mr. Sansarolo continued with a company he called Paul Sansarolo and Honorex. Among its members was Jurat Panetta, who later became an important teacher in New York and Europe, especially with Ms. Bausch's company. Among Mr. Sansarolo's dances of works, "Metallica" (1963), a

piece of high sexual tension with an electronic scare by Henry Cowell, was later performed by Arnis Ailey American Dance Theater and Nodertastic Dans Theater.

"It is impossible not to respect Paul Sansarolo as a choreographer," the critic Anna Knautgård wrote in a review of a 1971 performance for The New York Times. He was also added, "an uncompromising artist" who "envisions both purity of movement and emotional depth."

From 1969 to 1974, Mr. Sansarolo led the summer modern dance programs at the Saturday Performing Arts Center in upstate New York. From 1977 to 1983, he was also the first to play in the shows Dance Company in Israel.

After returning to the United States, he started a new company, which lasted until 1980. Some of his new works were lyrical and light, but most were still what Mr. Knautgård called, in 1982, "excellent unpleasant dances."

Above, Mr. Sansarolo with his artistic partner Donna Feuer in 1961 as a two-owning work, "Excursion for Miracles." They also worked with Tina Bausch, who became famous for a similarly vivid style. Below, members of Mr. Sansarolo's company in 1982.

Mr. Sansarolo sometimes pushed back on the idea that he was a purveyor of pain and darkness. "I'm really a very happy person," he told The Times in 1964, but he acknowledged that he was interested in intensity.

"It is at extremes that we reveal ourselves," he said.

Paulo Junior Giuseppe Vancomy Franco di Sannarolo (a Bonadonia was born on Sept. 15, 1924, in Chicago, His parents in Giuseppe Sannarolo, known as Joseph, who ran a tavern, and Francesco (Bonadona) Sannarolo — were immigrants from Italy).

The fifth of seven children, he is survived by a younger brother, Vincent.

He later recalled dancing in the family's basement when he was in improving and expressing himself, "There were dances of death," he told Mr. Franke, "I loved things."

He took ballet classes in a child, but his focus was on visual art. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a bachelor's degree in painting, in 1952. By then, he had attended a lecture by Martha Graham, who had reclaimed him.

"Since she was a modern dancer, I decided to be one," he told The Times in 1963.

He was drafted into the U.S.

Army, and while serving near Washington, he studied and performed with the German modern dancer Erika Thieme.

Moving to New York in 1974, Mr. Sansarolo studied on eclectic ship at Graham's school, where he met Mr. Feuer, and later took classes with the prominent ballet choreographer Armey Tuttle and the ballerina Mia Sierenska. From 1957 to 1958, he performed in the company of Anna Sirkelow, one of the most prominent choreographers in emerge from the Graham company, appearing in the original cast of Mr. Sirkelow's seminal 1953 work, "Romeo," From 1957 to 1963, he appeared as a guest artist with the company of Pearl Long, another important Graham director, often serving in her portrait.

Studio for Dance, which had ordered over as Mr. Sansarolo took other posts, closed in 1969. About 17 years ago, he returned to Chicago, where he continued to teach and choreograph until 2010.

The dancers he most admired, he told Mr. Franke, were there who could "hang on forever at a high level of intensity, and take you somewhere else."

He added: "Down with choreographers, up with good dancers. Give me a handful of very interesting dancers and I can make something."

Kay Granger, 83, First G.O.P. Woman From Texas to Be Elected to the House

By KATHARINE Q. MEEVE

Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the House of Representatives, who went on to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee, died on Sunday at her home in Fort Worth, the year 83.

Her son J.S. Granger said the cause was Alzheimer's disease.

Ms. Granger left Washington in 2024, during her final year in the House, and moved into an independent living facility in Fort Worth — an arrangement that her office did not disclose her months.

When a conservative website found the news in November 2021, Ms. Granger was dreaded over The Dallas Morning News that she had been experiencing "dementia issues." In a statement at the time, Ms. Granger said she had been being "grown over health challenges that have pronounced since hypnotism and made travel to D.C. difficult."

The news caused a lot in Washington, making an overall video members of Congress also faced health issues and the Republican majority in the House was more than 100.

Ms. Granger was a local Republican official in Fort Worth and the city's first female mayor before he was elected to Congress in 1969, when she won the seat and held by former Speaker John Wright, a Democrat. She served for nearly three decades and became a member of the City delegation, the largest state delegation in the Republican conference.

Francesco Reginaldo contributed reporting.

She was a member of the Appropriations Committee for most of that time, rising to become the committee's ranking Republican and, for about a year, its chair-women.

A defense hawk, Ms. Granger, inserted lucrative contracts to the major defense manufacturers in her district, including Bell Hubs mayor and Lockheed Martin, which built the much-debated F-33 fighter jet them. She established a reputation as an influential defender of the F-35, saying she jet was critical to the nation's national security despite its ever-bleant price.

A defense hawk who supported funding F-35 fighter jets.

In October 2023, at 88, she announced she would not seek restriction in 2024, without specifying a reason. But her colleagues told reporters that an someone who had long favored robust spending on defense, she was interested by far-right Republican who wanted to limit spending and focus on her human color of issues.

In April 2024, Ms. Granger stopped down as Appropriations chairwomen. She said she wanted to give the committee time to make a complete transition for the coming fiscal year.

She appeared at the Capitol in November 2024 for a ceremony

honoring her tenure on the committee. The next month, The Hall has Exynos, a conservative webcast, reported that Ms. Granger had been residing in the independent living facility for several months. She had not voted to Washington since July.

While Ms. Granger had already announced her retirement, the news of her extended, unscrupulous director from Washington reported a debate over whether the House and Senate should impose term limits on their members. Over the years, Congress had become a structure for several reprogramations and assignments, who were encouraged to step in part by a seniority system that rewarded scramblercy and longevity that no new limits were established.

Narvell Kay Mullenokee was born on Jan. 15, 1943, in Greenville, Texas, and grew up in Fort Worth. Her parents, Norvell and Allene Mullenokee, both teachers, divorced early, and Kay and her sister were raised by their mother.

Kay graduated from Texas Wesleyan University in 1983 with a teaching certificate and a bachelor's degree in English and other economics. She was teaching high school when her husband, John Granger, whom she had married in 1964, left her with three small children, they were divorced in 1975.

"I was making $33,000 a year," Ms. Granger told The Hill in 2008. "It's the reason I talk so much to working in there."

She got a providing commercial insurance from home, telling The Hill that "you just fight your way

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Representative Kay Granger of Texas in 2023. In the 1990s, she was Fort Worth's pragmatic mayor.

through the day."

A workaholic, she expanded her life as a team opened a second office, at the same time, her mother, who had had a stroke, moved in with her and helped watch the children.

In addition to her two sons, Ms. Granger's survivors include her daughter, Chitney Elizabeth Granger, and five grandchildren. Her sister, Mary Lyons ("Joy), died in 2020.

Ms. Granger gained some local interests when she successfully fought the building of a liquid waste disposal plant near her home. That led him to a commission on the Fort Worth county commission. She was elected to the City Council before becoming mayor in 1996.

Fort Worth faced one of the

worst crime rates in the country at the time: she pushed through a tax increase to pay for more public and community centers and helped turn these numbers around.

As mayor, Ms. Granger was not affiliated with any political party and established a reputation as a proponents who got things done. When she sought to be a top-sponsored up, Democrats and Republican both recruited but a social moderator, she can as a Republican, viewing the party as more flexible explanation of the crime was the first Republican elected from the 15th Congressional District.

She was known for her belief in maintaining a strong national defense. She defeated the war in Iraq as the "battlefield" of a global war on terror, according to The

Texas Tribune, and steadfastly supported Ukraine when Russia invaded in 2024.

With relatively progressive social views, Ms. Granger was under constant pressure from conservatives. She started out supporting abortion rights but later called for overtrading Roe v. Nish.

She opposed Donald J. Trump for a president in 2016, saying his comments about grabbing women were "disgusting" and faulting him for criticizing Senator John McCain's new election. She in 2020, as she faced a primary challenge and critics said she was insufficiently supportive of Mr. Trump, she endorsed him. Mr. Trump in turn endorsed her, despite his belief that funding for the F-35 jets — "unspoken issue — should be cut drastically.

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Monty Roberts, 91, Who Tamed Horses Through Rare Kindness, Dies

By GLENN RIFKIN

Monty Roberts, a celebrated horse trainer and best-selling author whose human, nonviolent methods for training wild and untamed horses were adopted by several generations of equestrian professionals — including Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, a passionate horse lover with whom he cultivated a 36-year friendship— died on Friday at his home in Selvang, Calif. He was 91.

His daughter, Deidrie Roberts Leocks said the cause was a complication of all maintenance disease.

Defying 4,200 years of conventional horse-breaking wisdom based on aggressive and violent methods of having an actual into continuous, Mr. Roberts insisted that a horse trained without fear would ultimately be a superior worker and equine companion. Respect and cooperation, he believed, would inevitably increase forced servitude.

He developed a silent, nonverbal language that he called Eques, based on gestures and eye contact, to create a “pist up” moment in which a young horse, in flight instincts against, would quickly stakely to him and allow him to saddle up and ride.

Mr. Roberts spent decades at his Pigs in Cy Farms (now the California Reed Center), in Selvang, and recently pursued the world, demonstrating and teaching his methods, training horses and writing books.

During that time, he estimated that in four months — rather than “broken” — more than 1,000 horses.

Some traditionalists considered his tactics dangerous and ineffective. Others, like Back Brainshaw, the model for the head and move — “the Horse Whisperer,” estimated similar trun-based methods over harsh and cruel treatment that Mr. Roberts was among the first proponents of the kinder, gender approach, which he believed would work with human beings as well.

The future to give him credit, his was one of the first people to get away from the rough stuff, trying to have to a good and exciting job. The Temple Crandits, the novel animal behaviorist and proponent of the humane treatment of livestock, said: “He was truly observant out of the world, and he was a very young about what a horse really has to say to you. A lot of people are good at reading horses, but he was a pioneer in rolling people there were many ways to train horses.”

And unlike some trainers, she said, he demonstrated his methods. Mr. Roberts, who could confidently walk, riot and rather a horse by the time he was 5, was such an adopt rider as a child that he served as a regular stand-in and stunt double to dozens of fish and other fates. He was a middle for the likes of Buddy McDowall, where a factory and Ciarlton Horton, Deering a wig, he even doubled for Elizabeth Taylor in “the thing he’d been.”

He also compared to stock horse competitions beginning at age 4 and became a rodeo champion be-

Monty Roberts in 1998, above, and 2022, top right. With a language based on gestures and eye contact, he gained a global following.

Mr. Roberts in 1997, left, and with his longtime friend Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, centre, and Camellia, from the Duchess of Cornwall, at a 2015 training demonstration at Buckingham Palace. During his career, he estimated that he had trained over 11,000 horses.

fore he was a teenager. He went on to win nine world championships in the show ring.

His father, a horse trainer, was a proponent of conventional horse-breaking techniques that employed fear and punishment to bring a young morning into obnoxious.

Early in his life, Mr. Roberts announced in his 1996 autobiography, “The Man Who Listens to Heres,” he revoked at those methods. When he was just 2, he showed his father how effective it was to treat a young million with kindness to world trust.

His father, he said, few into a rage and beat him so severely with a chain that he had to be hospitalized. He voiced never to share his unconventional desire with his father again. But he remained convinced that there was a better way to work with horses.

When he was 15, he went out to

Defying 4,200 years of convention based on violent methods.

also high desert in northern Nevada alone and spent days observing limits of wild heres. He watched us the dominant man used high language and visual cues to control young millions. His nonverbal communication consumed him.

“In time, I would group just how exact a language it was,” he wrote. “There were precise messages, whole phrases and sentences that always meant the same thing, always had the same effect.”

He realized, he added, that “if I understood how to do it, I could effectively cross over the boundary between human life ultimate

fight animal) and force (the flight animal).

Among his admirers was Queen Elizabeth II, who had real articles in equestrian magazines about Mr. Roberts’ methods and had length in half a few videos mentioned running above.

In April 1989, she invited Mr. Roberts to visit her and demonstrate his unconventional ideas. She was so impressed that she brought him into the royal equestrian orbit as an advisor, and he became a friend.

“She believed that no one should ever say to any human being or animal,” the do-dotter says, “you to do or I’ll hurt you.” Mr. Roberts told The New York Times in 2022.

She urged him to write about his innovative methods, and the resulting book, “The Man Who Listens to Heres,” said nearly six million copies and remained on

the New York Times best-seller for her next a year.

“He wrote several more books and was the subject of fear and consequences. In 1915, the questionade him an honorary member of the Royal Victorian Order in recognition of his exceptional personal service to the royal family — a royal imprimatur that spirited many of his critics. The 2013 documentary “The Crowley and the Upseal,” by Andrea Nerosi, is coined on their unusual partnership.

Of the quotes, Mr. Roberts said: “She completely changed my life.”

Marvin Earl Roberts 31 was born on May 14, 1935, in Salinas, Calif. His father, Marvin Earl III, not only trained her also handled horses; his mother, Margaretine, gave her include riding trousers.

Marvin was so heretofore soon after he learned to walk. Though he managed to go to school and

compare is football and wrestling. He went important discussions were the corrals, paddocks, racerocks and rodeo rings where he spent nearly all of his childhood.

He received a football scholarship to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, but instead of playing football there, he joined the rodeo team, winning two national rodeo championships.

He married Patricia Gail, whom he had known since childhood, in 1936. In addition to Mr. Leocks, she survives him, along with two sisters children, Marty and Laurie Roberts, and three grandchildren.

After graduating from college, Mr. Roberts managed her to find a good man. He was a member of the Pigs in Cy Farms, where he devoted himself to teaching his approach to horse training.

His medical relationship with his father was never resolved, and in the 1990s he highly changed his first name to Marty. But eventually, after his father’s death, Mr. Roberts said, he was able to make sure that his own name childhood.

“I don’t have my father,” he said in a 1997 BBC documentary. “If it wasn’t for my father’s really tough handling of horses, I probably know would have been dedicated enough to do what I’m doing. So in a way he did not a great horse by swinging the pendulum to far toward pass and resonate that he caused me to have to find a better way.”

Mr. Roberts believed that his trust-based methods could also help troubled children and war veterans suffering from poor-traumatic stress disorder. Working with a psychotherapist, he developed a relationship-building curriculum that was taught to schools nationwide.

Working and teaching well into his life, he never tired of his mission to remove violence from horse training.

“By observing the horse’s actions and reactions, I developed an inner ear.” Mr. Roberts wrote in his autobiography. “I believed the horse were telling me something and, most important, I learned, with rare exceptions, never to believe the people connected with the horse.

“He added: “The rider was not tying, simply not listening. A good trainer can hear a horse speak to him. A great trainer can hear him whisper.”

Kavinsky, 50, Musician With Electro-Pop Hit ‘Nightcall’

By JONATHAN WOLFE

Kavinsky, a French electronic musician and DJ, who was best known for his early 2020s, is “Nightcall,” was found dead at his home in Paris on July 26. He was 50.

Also, he has put live court found research.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said last week that Kavinsky, whose real name was Vincent Belorgez, was unresponsive when the authorities went to his home. The name of death was under investigation, the prosecutor’s office said, adding that emergency medical matters had “found inconspicuous evidence at the scene.”

His biggest success, “Nightcall,” was a collaboration with Cuy-Blanud in Manene Dyrion, a founder of the French electronic music duo Dali Punk. The song was used in his title sequence at the 2021 film “Dirtra,” starring Ryan Gorbay, and it has been covered and sampled by groups and artists including London Gram-

mar, Childish Gambino and Phoenix.

In 2024, Mr. Belorgez performed the song with Phoenix and the Belgian pop singer Augela at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, Last Night, with President Emmanuel Macron of France posted a release of his first-person social media, writing that he was “a source of French pride heroes.”

Catherine Pippard, France’s culture stoiciers wrote on a radio disc “From the film ‘Dirtra’ to the Paris Olympics, the entire world resonated with ‘Nightcall.’ At once observable and nostalgic, his music will continue to transcend generations and families.”

Kavinsky, whose real name was Vincent Belorgez, in 2012, “Nightcall” was used in the 2011 Ryan Gorbay movie “Dirtra.”

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berger described to his first full ad basis, “Outfleur” (2013), was a teenager living in the 1980s who crashed a red forrest and returned decades later as a number on a mission to make electronic music.

“We are very similar, but you could say he is a little bit more badass than me,” he told Fox. “It’s a lot of fun after you. “We make the perfect balance, except he’s a little dryer; yet also more badass. It’s maybe the guy I wanted to be doing well just a way for me to make music.”

Mr. Belorgez released his second and final studio album, “Reborn,” in 2021, but he struggled to

recapure the success he found with “Nightcall” he spoke to NWE Magazine about how the song had learned this subsequent career.

“After the modern success of Nightcall, I didn’t really want to record again at that moment,” Mr. Belorgez said. “I missed some pressure. I was scared. I was scared to imagine what my music was going to be after this success.”

A long pause before recording his second album, he said, “at lowest me to breathe more fresh air. It allowed me to think, and it seemed people to enjoy the music on the a little bit so that when I felt ready to return, I could perhaps try new things.”

He said NWE that after the show, he found pleasure again in creating songs with collaborators or his friends.

“It was a real joy,” he added. “My best time.”

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The Cramps, a pioneering psychodily band, in New York in 1977. Ian MacKaye and Henry Rollins, fans who became influential hardcore musicians, are helping to release unheard Cramps music.

Reviving a Cult Band's Archive

By MARK YARM

On Feb. 3, 1979, a 18-year-old skateboarder named Ian MacKaye attended his first punk rock concert, a fund-raiser for the Georgetown University radio station, WGTB, held at the school's Hall of Nations. The headliner was the Cramps, pioneers of psychodily, a raucous blend of punk, rockabilly and surf music.

"I still think about that show as being maybe the greatest show I've ever been to," MacKaye, now 64, recalled in a recent phone interview.

The Cramps inspired two punk legends, who want to give the recordings new life.

The performance was joyful — and chaotic. "The show itself was such a cathartic explosion that tables and chairs were destroyed, and windows were broken," MacKaye said. "I'm quite sure that whatever money was made that night went to paying for all the damage that was incurred."

Two and a half months later, MacKaye

and his best friend, Henry Rollins, went together to another Cramps gig in Washington at a small, stageless bar. Rollins, like MacKaye, was recitrolled. He recalled Los Interne, the band's laxity, louche frontman, jumping up and down on the bar top, punching the ceiling tiles. "It kind of ruined me because I've been to a billion club-shows since,

and none of them were the Cramps with no stage," Rollins, 43, said during a video call from his home in Nashville.

Rollins and MacKaye remain best friends and talk about that performance to this day. MacKaye cited the band as a major influence: "When I saw the Cramps, a lot of their songs are played on one string, and I thought, 'I could do that.'" Both says went on to become highly influential underground musicians themselves, Rollins as the hard-charging singer of the Southern California hardcore band Black Flag and CONTINUED ON PAGE C3

The Real Thing? That's a Big Question.

Some items in a show at the New York Historical have been replaced, fearing sun damage.

By ROBIN POGRUBIN

A Grover Cleveland campaign kerchief. A Betyo Saar assemblage sculpture. A hand-lettered evening gown urging the passage of the long-stalled Equal Rights Amendment, Posters by Narutan Rockwell.

These were among the historical objects featured in the first show in the New York Historical's new Tang Wing for American Democracy. Built in a steep cost of $175 million, it has been roared as an important expansion for the museum and a signature to the architect Robert A.M. Stern's career.

But, just one month since the show opened, none of those objects — several of which were called out in gloving reviews — are on display anymore.

Well, they still appear to be there. But look closely.

The wall labels quietly acknowledge that this object is actually a "reproduction" and that item is a "facsimile."

This is because it was only as the exhibition — "Democracy Matters" — was about to open on June 16 that the museum fully reclaimed with the fact that windows in the new gallery would shower sunshine on some very light-sensitive artworks.

The museum's first response was to CONTINUED ON PAGE C6

Left, Betyo Saar's assemblage "Extreme Times Call for Extreme Heroines," and right, its photo replacement, a swap noted in the wall description. The New York Historical said it would remove the photo because it did not adequately depict Saar's work.

Ariana Grande And a Debate Over Privacy

The pop star has long objected to comments about her weight.

By JULIA JACOBS

Three years ago, Ariana Grande posted a video to social media with a clear message to fans. Whatever thoughts they had about her weight loss were best kept to themselves.

"The body that you've been comparing my current body to was the unhealthiest version," she said, addressing a flood of concerned comments in response to photos of her during the production of the movie "Wicked." She explained that when she was the weight that many fans considered "healthy," she had been "at the lowest point" of her life.

"I think we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people's bodies, no matter what," she continued.

Grande has been under an even brighter spotlight in the years since. She earned her first Academy Award nomination for "Wicked," hosted "Saturday Night Live" twice, released a critically acclaimed album and, in recent months, embarked on an arena tour. Then, on Sunday, a representative CONTINUED ON PAGE C5

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Cinematic Style Mirroring a Musical One

An unconventional portrait of a free-jazz pioneer, an Alabama prison regucal and family films.

The proliferation of documentaries on streaming services makes it difficult to choose what to watch. We've selected three scepticism films — classics, overlooked or cost also; and more — that will reward your time.

'Growth: Made in America' (1985)

Straus-It at the Criterion Channel, New Film Collection and Oral. Reel it through Miniature: The Real features by the American independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke ('The Cast World' 'Practical & Interact') was also documentary on the musician Ornette Coleman. The occasion was a 1985 concert in which Coleman, accompanied by a full orchestra whose members were, it's suggested, hardly accustomed to free jazz, inaugurated a performing arts scene in his hometown, Fort Worth, Texas.

Mirroring Coleman's musical style in its own approach to cinematic form, 'Made in America' (helps around in time and space). It connects between the learning茂的 and re-enactments of Coleman's childhood (Dermot Marshall and Eugene Tatum play the artist as a boy and as a teenager, wandering the neighborhood and 'cultured reader with a crowd base'). Charlie, who served as her own editor, is unabated to play with stylization. At one point, commentary from Coleman's on-wife, the poet Jayne Carver, and son, Denardo Coleman (also his drummer and manager), unfolds inside a cartoonist: prop TV. Coleman is shown meeting with other creative personalities and jazz advocates. We see him almost a reading by William S. Burroughs. In an interview that Charlie, at her most Godardian, intercross with originel of neon lights, Coleman discusses the influence of the favorite Businessman Public, whose approach to designing goodient drones, he felt, was a correlation to the way he composed.

Interwoven with all of this are other Coleman performances, old and then-own, such as 'The Lark', an early 40s concert in which a set of musicians at the World Trade Center interacted via satellite with musicians performing in Harlem. We also hear Coleman, at times sounding two in his own colors, hold forth on his philosophy and attention; he suggests he could never tell whether women were interested in him as a performer or a person, and even describes wanting to be contrasted to avoid the problem. He explains his plans to turn a theater school on Brvington Street on the Lower East Side into a 'multiple-expression center' for artists and scientists. The area was less quantified at the time; Denardo relates not one but two instances of his father being attached to the school building in less than a year. But mostly 'Made in America' (also by the great Ed Lachman) is a joyous film, a documentary directed to finding its own sound.

'Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By' (2021)

Straus-It on the Criterion Channel. When a distant relative died, the French 'Bambani' made Bonnet (1943) 'Blue Bites Dog,' directed with Benny Belvaux and Benoit Poulvavelin; inherited a collection of old film reels. He started screening them and was presented to see himself as a child with his father. 'I don't do memory of my father's tenderness, and there he was

Top, the jazz musician Ornette Coleman, comes to the 16th documentary 'Growth: Made in America.' Above, 'Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By' (2021) film made entirely with artificial footage.

stinking my hair,' Bonnet explains in voice-over in 'Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By,' the offbeat and often disarming old artificial documentary that grew out of the find. Bonnet had always regarded his father as an unfeeling man: a biologist and avid humor who had little regard for his family. 'Highs Benett's impressions have been wrong!' If so, could the movies illuminate what his memory had elided?

In 'Flickering Ghosts,' Bonnet uses the trove of amateur cinema to learn more about his family history. He has a lot of an advantage, because his ancestor's love of movies dates back to the beginning; Bonnet

says that his great-great-grandfather Maurice Epproth, an engineer, attended the March 23, 1985, screening that the London territory held for scientists, even before they exhibited their cinematograph to the public that December. Epproth, Bonnet wryly notes, seemed to pass on a love of movies to his descendants (along with, in some cases, an interviewed preoccupation with sex). Several of Benett's relatives worked with film or in show business.

Bonnet is curious about how the film collection matches and complicates his memories. The only footage he finds of his mother shows her laughing, something he rarely re-

members seeing her do in life. He is not inclined to sugarcane what he finds. 'It is an understatement to say that not everyone in the family was in the Resistance,' he says, before explaining how one of his shutterfrog relatives, Jean-Paul, that neverweds supperture of the Vichy regime as a way of obtaining film reels — and then, after the war, when collaborators were being routed out, stewards of a woman who had not returned his affection.

Some of the film material in Bonnet's own, and there is tragedy there as well: Over bumps of Belvaux, who died in 2006, Bonnet remarks that although we see what people in movies all the time, it feels different in this case. At the end, pondering all his flickering ghosts, Bonnet makes some conclusions about why what is filmed and what is remembered are not the same.

'The Alabama Solution' (2020)

Straus-It in 1985 Max. Reel it as Amazon. Again TV, hooking and Google Play.

Early in this documentary from Andrew Janeski ('Capturing the Flickhuster') and Charlene Kaufman, an instant in an Alabama prison, Melvin Ray, makes a remark that conveys the rarity of what we're about in the American film institutions, the 8's one of the only state institutions that the public or the media has an access to.' he says, 'How can a journalist go into a war zone, but can't go into a prison in the United States? I think it's a way to 'run out a paratrout, and I'm not going to be a war zone, but can't go into a prison in the United States?' I think it's a way to 'run out a paratrout, and I'm not going to be a war zone, but can't go into a prison in the United States?' I think it's a way to 'run out a paratrout, and I'm not going to be a war zone, but can't go into a prison in the United States?' I think it's a way to 'run out a paratrout, and I'm not going to be a war zone, but can't go into a prison in the United States? I think it's a way to 'run out a paratrout, and I'm not going to be a war zone, but can't go into a prison in the United States? I think it's a way to 'run out a paratrout, and I'm not going to be a war zone, but can't go into a prison in the United States? I think it's a way to 'run out a paratrout, and I'm not going

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Part Dog, Part Plant? Just Play Along.

The warrior in a new video game has a loyal companion modeled on a shiba inu.

By HAROLD GOLDBERG

While Keats Furushima took a break from working on the Pakistani game series, his company's broad and better since 1990, he began thinking about a 'very postqueerly-ite, very harsh' futuristic Japan in which an ill-ynge old warrior, who lost her memory, would embark on a recent road trip with a friend to cleanse the world from bright.

Would that friend, Furushima predicted in 2005, he hooves or unsees?

After making that decision, he had another important question: cut or dog?

Furushima, 40, had two cars when he was growing up, so he knew they 'tend to not like accepting commands,' he said through an interpreter on a video call from his Tokyo home. Instead, he landed on an variation of a spirited and independent but trainable shiba inu, a dog breed that a close relative owned.

After considerable research, he submitted his idea during a company-wide call for new games. On Sunday, his company, Game Fresh, released Boast of Reincarnation for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox Series X/S.

The shiba inu-inspired companion became the silvery grey Koo, which is also part wolf and part plant. Furushima's first George Smith included small leaves sprouting from its fur. Now fully animated, the majestic Koo has a tail that sometimes looks 'like the roots and trunk of a straight fig.' At other times, the tail is verdamely green, glowing when Koo and the teenage warrior, Emma, feel connected.

On local Koo, who lights blighted beauty and a variety of galore, joins a change of dog companions in video games. The vehicle red castes from his car-tied Moga Man to new heights since the franchise's third game was released in 1999. Naganoe, a blue herder in Padua 3 (2009) and a German shepherd in Padua 4 (2015), can fetch useful items and pin down radioactive ghosts.

With satisfying cut-tat-tat sounds, Koe's

tail shoots at osemura, using giant-bound seems like seeds from bipartiteum (red spider like) that becomes Very Other Powers — including kilos (chryanthemum),

anagaya (marring glory) and salaras (cherry blossom) — add variety to Koe's abilities. With them, he can lead Emma 3 (40) into bees wounded badly by, say, a giant stag with mammoth antlers. Or the flowers can produce blading roots that hold a monster in Emma can more easily catapult it.

Neiging Koe's and Koe's to handle in Furushima, who has been involved in creating five Pakistani games in which grass-type fantasy creatures, like the amphibious Bishikman Bear planlike qualities. This is where the similarity with 'The Nature of Boast of Reincarnation include loneliness versus being alone, the burden of having no memories and the looming end of the world. These motifs are far more mature than what has been portrayed in the popular 'catch 'em all' games.

A local dog was needed to reinforce the idea of solidarity even when Emma and Koo are open, used Furushima, who discredit the game. That happened in the prison where no sexual tunes with green roots near its taken captures Koo and theums away.

When on the ground, Koe's tail seeds

spread red spider likes, which are central in Japanese text. These highly toxic 'flowers of hell' are named for the Buddhist observance of Rajan and can symbolize death and death, as well as a jaws, additional re-incarnation.

The game's narrative does not overly detail the processes of reincarnation, or the environmental story that seems to be uprooted. It is eventually, Emma begins a remember the events surrounding her past.

Furushima, adjusting his glasses and striking his chin, was cautious about upshore. It was up in players, he said, in the first time research about the key and to consider the story's meaning. 'We get to see these different perspectives and angles on what reincarnation means,' he said.

Furushima reflected on the time when he, like Emma, was 50, hoping to reveal something without the influence of the outside world. He chose classical music, singing in and continuing a class before transitioning into pop music.

When Emma and Koo see a handle field in Boast of Reincarnation, the music that plays in 'a representation of the monsters and the characters that Emma and Koo spend together.' It is then, in this calm before the storm, that Koo appears peaceful and satisfied.

An image from the game Boast of Reincarnation, which is available for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox Series X/S.

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Former Met Goes From Role Player To Starring Role

By EVAN OBELLIEM

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When the phone call came about two months ago, José Iglesias didn't quite believe it. Broadway producers were asking him a shortstop and a veteran of U-snance in the big leagues, to join the cast of the first musical "Buena Vista Social Club."

"Are you guys calling the right guy?" Iglesias recalled asking.

"Yes, we know who we're talking to," went the voice on the other end. "Are you José Iglesias, 'OBG'?"

Iglesias' talent as a pop musician became clear while he was still a ball player. Just two years ago, his song 'OBG,' became an authors for his team at the time, the New York Mets. Under his stage name, Candelita, Iglesias performed the song at the Mets' Chi Field after a game in June 2024.

Now — nearly a full year since Iglesias last played in the majors — he will join the Tony Award-winning "Buena Vista Social Club" for a six-week run in the role of the narrator. His debut at the Gerald Scherer-Mid Theater in New York will have, Aug. 25, Iglesias is set to become the first Latino Major League Baseball player to perform an Broadway, according to the production, which announced his coming last month.

Exactly how much singing and dancing Iglesias will do is still being worked out, he said, but he expects to perform at least one song in the production. The show, which opened last year, tells a story he was familiar with as a child in Cuba, about a legendary group of musicians in Havana.

Iglesias called the opportunity to join the cast "broadmaking."

"There's a lot of history behind that band, a lot of great memories," Iglesias said. "It's it traveled around the world with authentic Cuban music — I grew up listening to it. It's dad was a big fan, it's the only a stream come true to be part of such a great musical."

The Afro-Cuban band that will be playing behind Iglesias received a Grammy list 2024's best musical theater album, as well as a special Tony Award in 2025. The production took home four additional Tonys that year as well.

Now comes the hard part: preparing for the biggest stage in musical theater. At first, Iglesias said, he was "really, really nervous."

"I lost some sleep, I'm not gonna be," Iglesias said. "Just like we've gonna face an ace and a good picture in the playoffs: that type of energy, that type of adrenaline, that's how it feels. It was tough, it was tough — but in a good way. In a great way."

Quickly, Iglesias set out to find coaches who could help him prepare. In theater, "everything is to big," he said, and he wants to deliver a performance that is respectful of the fans and Broadway at large.

The Britney of The Athletic contributed reporting.

The ex-shorterop José Iglesias heads to Broadway as a cast member of 'Buena Vista Social Club.'

Top, José Iglesias celebrating after the Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies in a division series marriage in 2024. Above, the cast of "Buena Vista Social Club" performing at the Tonys last year.

"When you have a normal conversation, in theater, you disappear, so you have to exaggerate every movement, everything you say, and how you say it and the intentions behind it," Iglesias said. "I know how to hit a stakes. I know how to take a sweeper away, and create less-squatters. But it never, never crossed my mind to do such a great thing." The only Broadway show Iglesias believes he has seen it "All the Musical," about the pop star Michael Jackson. But he is rebelling the chance to return to New York, where he left an outside mark in one session of play.

In 2024, he and the Mets made it to the National League Championship Series, and Iglesias hit .22 in 63 regular-season games along the way.

"What happened in that city, or my city, it was an intimate," Iglesias remembered. "What happened that year with 'OBG' and

the New York Mets, every single player, it was immaculate. It was magnificent. It was real.

"I don't think 'OBG' opened the door," he continued. "I personally think 'OBG' is the door for an opportunity like this."

To Iglesias, it's too early to say whether he could have a second career in Broadway. He has performed his music live before, but the theater, he said, will be "a whole different animal."

Friendly enough, the Iglesias' hope entering this year was that some late August, he would still be in a dogma somewhere. Unsigned last off-season, Iglesias felt he was in great shape, and he had enjoyed his time in 2023 with the San Diego Padres. He was ready to again help out a team as a veteran producer.

"I was in shock — I did not get any M.L.B. calls," said Iglesias, 36, who played in 112 games for the Padres last year. "But on the other hand, I was so blessed.

"I have not stopped playing baseball for 25 years straight," he said. "This is actually the first time ever that I won't grab a lot."

Broadway and baseball have crossed paths at other times. "Dante Teodoro" won the Tony Award for best musical in 1996, while "Take Me Out" received the Tony for best play in 2002. The Hall of Famer Cup season appeared on Broadway in "A Runaway Car" in the last 19th century, while he was still playing baseball.

More recently, the Savannah Bananas, an independent baseball team that bends the sport's traditional rules, have had Broadway more make sense in the dunnest.

Iglesias hopes other ball players will be inspired to explore their talents.

"It's a very positive moment for baseball players as well," Iglesias said. "They also have dreams to be something else, because

I know a lot of players that love music, they love to sing and they love to play instruments. But they're on the baseball field 24/7."

Iglesias believes the hardest part of his new job may come when his old teammates show up in the first row. Some already have plans to catch a performance, and he thinks it will be emotional in one there looking up at him.

"I'm sure I'm gonna be at that show at some point," said Francisco Lindor, the Mets' star shortstop. "I'm gonna be fun. I haven't seen him in a long time and I miss him, so I'm looking forward to it."

But Broadway will also be emotional for Iglesias because of what it means to his own winding journey. He detected from Cuba as a teenager to pursue his baseball dreams and signed with the Boston Red Sox in 2008.

"I'm not country, I left my family, my dad at the time, my mom, everything behind when I was 17 years old," Iglesias said. "Caching to Canada, planning to learn the Cuban national team, just a dream to be a big-league player. And then I crossed the border by myself.

"I didn't know nobody in the U.S. at the time," he added. "I didn't know where I was gonna sleep, and then one and a half years later, I was hitting bluepins in Freeway Park."

Iglesias was being playful about his reputation as a player, which did not include prowess as a power hitter — hence, the bluepins. But he was excellent defensively.

"Havana to Canada, Canada to the U.S., 'OBG', Broadway," Iglesias said. "It's like easy to say, but I've been through so much."

Never a stage gains like this, however. "I love energy, I love life," Iglesias said. "I love making an impact in people's lives, however I can."

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MacKaye as a founder of the D.C. groups, Motor Throat and Pogass.

New Bollim and MacKaye are part of an effort to reissue the Cramps' back catalog and release previously unheard recordings. First up in the album "Gravest Gravy," a long-desired collection of Cramps songs produced by the Big Star Dominan Alex Chilton in 1977. It will be reissued Aug. 21 via Vengnance Records, the Cramps' own label, which had been devised for years. There are also plans to put out rare videos of the band's performances, as well as new official merchandise.

The Cramps were formed in 1976 by Lux Interior Dawn Erick Pockhany and his wife, the guitarist Poison Ivy (Kenny Wallace), who met as students at Sacramento State in California. In 1976, the group played a second free show for patients at a psychiatric hospital in Napa, and in 1980 re-issued "Songs the Lord Taught Us," the first of eight studio LPs to come out during the band's run.

Lux Interior, who at times could be seen strange wearing no shirt, skimped rubber pants and high heels, and Poison Ivy, with her burst of early red hair and her signature orange. Gretish KGB before-body guitar, were the only unusual members of the band, which reissued 8-movie-inspired singles such as "Bikini Girls With Machine Guns" and "Constant From the Black Leather Lagers".

"They were collectors," Kid Congo Poisons, who played guitar for the Cramps from 1980 to 1983, said of the couple in a video interview. "They were anothisms of the culture they loved, which was 8-movie culture, rockabilly, psychedelic records, different oddball stuff. We could say 'kitschy,' but I think the Cramps would invade at the worst 'kitsch!' because it was just stuff they loved."

The Cramps came to an end in 2009 with the sudden death of Lux Interior from a heart condition. He was 62. A cult act in his time, the band found a whole new audience. In 2022 when he revised to "Gen Gen Black" by Bonnie Cook and the Gaylads was fostered in a girth stand sequence in the Netflix series "Wednesday."

"A heavy thing was that it was the first single off of the 'Psychedelic Jungle' album, and at the time we thought, 'This is going to be a bit single,'" said Poisons, who played on the early '80s track. "And then it wasn't. But some 40, 50 years later, it got to be a vital hit."

Since Lux Interior's death, Poison Ivy, who still resides in the Glendale, Calif., house they shared, has not spoken publicly. "She's been very inclusive and less has Transcendental Meditation," said the film producer Danny Macken, a decades-long friend who directed several Cramps music videos. "And she's very shy."

Meanwhile, Poison Ivy did not tend to the Cramps' business matters. "She's let all of the records she controls, which is most of the back catalog, go out of print," Larry Hardy, the owner and operator of in the Rob Records and another longtime friend, said in an interview. "She doesn't have a merchandise deal. She's not making money on the band. As a Cramps Inc., I know there's a lot of homage coming out."

Last year Hardy and Macken were able to persuade her to partner in a new company, the Cramps Inc., and restart the band's Vengnance label. Hardy and Macken are

"How did these songs

escape capture by

the tenth riddlers —

the bootleggers —

and fans like me?"

HENRY WILLIAM UPGRADING THE CRAMPS' TAPE

handling all the logistics, and Poison Ivy is the main beneficiary. The musician intends to give some of the proceeds to the recording, or trading to Macken. (A press representative for the Cramps Inc. said that Poison Ivy was still not doing interviews.)

Poison Ivy had been housing the band's interior tapes in her body against Hardy said. She agreed to let him take the collection, which he discovered contained the "Gravest Gravy" sessions. "Once I figured out what we had, I was pretty everyone," Hardy said. The Cramps had been working toward relocating "Gravest Gravy," he said, but the project was abandoned when Lux Interior died.

Hardy handed over all of the tapes to his friend Bollim, a self-described "collector card" who lists a climate-controlled storage facility at his Nashville residence, and asked him to go through the multiple channels of "Gravest Gravy" songs to pick out the best versions. Bollim's initial reaction: "How did these songs escape capture by the

ninth ridders — the bootleggers — and fans like me?" Among the highlights is a cover version of "Hungry" by Paul Brown & the Rodgers financing Children on organ.

After some trouble shooting sessions, Bollim sent along the mixes and his mom to MacKaye, whose son's he trusts more. "I said, 'Let me know if I'm high on my own supply or if these are the takers,'" Bollim in-

Top, Lux Interior, left, and Poison Ivy, right, with their band the Cramps in 1977. The couple met on students at Sacramento State in California. Lux Interior died in 2000.

called. "And he went, 'No, those are obviously the right takers,'" MacKaye, a founder and owner of the independent label Decherd Records, did some equalization and level adjustment on two of the tracks and revealed Rodgers running order.

Neither Bollim nor MacKaye is getting paid for the work. "I just seemed like, 'Wow, what a gift? What a gift to be able to (a) spend that kind of intimate time with their music, (b) have a project to do with Henry, which my best friend,'" MacKaye said.

"I have no financial motive," Bollim said. "I just want to do right by the band that bring me to the dance." He added that he hoped to ensure that "I mean Ivy, 75, 'A happy, healthy, and fed and peaceful' for the rest of her life.

The release of "Gravest Gravy" is bittersweet. The other two Cramps members who played on the record, the guitarist Bryan Gregory and the drummer Nick Knox, died in 2010 and 2018. Chilton died a year after Lux Interior, and Stephanie Cherokowski, the group applies who also the image of the band on the front of the LP, died in April.

"It's kind of insane when I look at that album cover and the person that took the photos is gone, and the band — all but one person — is not with us anymore," Hardy said.

"You know, none of us are getting young—it," he added. "So that's another reason why I was like. 'Let's get as much stuff out as possible. I want to see this stuff come out before I kick it.'"

Ariana Grande and a Debate Over Privacy

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tive for Grande said she would soon be taking a break from public life, citing 'sudden, ongoing privacy scrutiny.'

The announcement seemed intended to quiet the cycles of online discourse about Grande's physical appearance, which have intensified since she tried to calm concerns at 2023.

The conversation about Grande that recruits after the release of social media posts, paparazzi shots, fan-pointed tape clips and music videos tends to be a tangled web of concern and speculation, with fans and observers arguing over diet culture, privacy and the age-old fixation on the bodies of innate celebrities.

"On the one hand, there is a lot of concern and trust," said Lucy Burnett, a researcher who studies music funders, "but perhaps the collective effect has been overwhelming for the end has overtaken the discussion of the music."

Grande, who has spent the summer performing across the country, has rarely addressed the concerns about her weight loss for 2023 rules. But the statement from her representative gestured toward them, saying that the singer looked forward to "finishing the tour and ending it on a high seas, both healthily and happily." Representative for Grande decided to comment farther.

During a concert in Chicago on Monday, Grande addressed the decision from the stage in written remarks, saying the decision was not negative but something she had been considering for a while.

"Multiple things can be true at the same time," Yes, boundaries can need to be set. Grande said, as there's front for fans: "The real things can need to break sometimes. And also, this can be and will continue to be the greatest experience of my professional career."

In an age of pernoctial funders, Grande, a teenage television actor turned pay stat, is far from the first to bristle when feeling that members of the public have overstopped.

The following morning, about 4:30's, Franz Apple exploded at a heckler who had shunned 'get healthy' observing to converse about her weight.

"I'm healthy and I shouldn't even have to say the price of Apple was not freshest. 'What makes me unhealthy and puts me in danger in that kind of scrutiny itself.'

In recent years, celebrities have ar-

Ariana Grande will take a "break from public facing work and appearances," a representative said, citing 'sudden, ongoing public scrutiny.' Right, Britney Spears (in a roman) thanked fans in 2023 for their role in ending her embarrassing, but later asked for more privacy.

longed to set boundaries for their calming, sometimes obsessive fans. Dojo Chi once blazedy told them, "I don't even know you." While Chappell Boaz has spoken passionately against 'creepy' fan behavior, Both singers have drawn backlash after offending some of those who help fuel their success.

Constance Grady, a senior cultural correspondent at Vox, said fans seem to have been influenced — and perhaps felt empowered — by the success of the Free Britney movement. After fans of Britney Spears raised the alarm about the consumer's right that long overcrow her life and finances, Spears spoke not against the arrangement, which a judge ultimately terminated. The singer thanked her fans for the role they played.

The effect, Grady said, has been a worse among some superhero that "part of the way I demonstrate my love for this game is thinking about their health and their safety and crying in cake-care of these."

"There's this tantalizing possibility," she said, "that maybe you're not just intruding, but you're curious."

Concerns for Spears did not end with her career unavailing. In 2023, fans called the police to check on the singer after she posted a video of herself dancing with what appeared to be kitchen knives. Spears often lined her fans and clarified that they were props; She recently pleaded guilty to misbehavioral driving involving alcohol and drugs after the authorities found unproached. Adderall and an empty voice glass were lit during a traffic stop.

For years, fans of Grande, 15, have seized on any detail they can gloss about subjects such as that new life (a relationship with another "Widow" actor, Ethan Slater; provided plenty of mileage). But her physical appearance has long been a particularly sensitive subject.

Rules for a channel devised to her on double choice that any posts about weight loss, among other subjects, will be removed by moderators. Some consider it talked among that can only do her harm, pointing out that she has been healthy enough to deliver strong performances amid a physically taxing tour. Others view it as a subject that should not be completely ignored, particularly because Grande is an influential public figure who is an idol to many persons and teenage girls.

"I don't know where the line is," Megan

Mansell recently said on her podcast, "The Dogs Broadhers!" "I want to respect someone's privacy, and I also need to acknowledge the cultural impact of what millions of people are seeing."

I years on Grande's newest album, "Pride," which had a successful debut last week, have been interpreted by some to be grappling with the fraught relationship she has with some segments of her fan base.

"Is it really my fault you all gave me your hearts of your own accord? I I don't really think so," she rings on the album's lead single, "Now That I Made You Love Me."

A vintage Hollywood-themed music villain for the album's title track shows Grande (1974) a character who is repeatedly devised "our good enough" by a panel of men. The character then kills them all with a chain one.

"I'm more that Grande would temporarily increase the score public life after her tour ends in September was met with an unpouring of well written from fans, many of whom supported the choice to prioritize her

writs being, even if it meant less content for three to game. It was not unaudited that the 4 celebrity whose career has been at full directly.

With that decision came the announcement on Sunday that she would no longer star alongside Jonathan Bailey in a even stage production of Stephen Southview's "Sunday in the Park With George," which is scheduled to open in London next year. And it is unclear how involved she will be with this fully release of "Pocket-to-Law", a "Most the Parents" sequel in which she more alongside Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro.

"Is an interview during the press tour for 'Widow?' in 2024, Grande grew emotional when she was asked how she coped with society's beauty standards, saying she had felt like a 'specimen in a petit diale' since she was a teenager.

"I do know what the pressure of that noise feels like," she said. "It's been rumored in my life since I was 17, and I just don't invite it in anymore. It's not welcome."

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lower blackout shades on the large upper windows. But when Louise Mirror, the director of the museum (formerly the New-York Historical Society), realized how much that undermined the wing's soaring architecture, she mooted the shades he raised back up.

"I felt it was disrespectful of the architect's final museum project," Mirror said in an interview. "We had to find a means that could accommodate both the architecture and the exhibition narrative — which we did."

So, to protect the vulnerable works, the museum replaced 17 of them with reproductions and removed another sheet.

In one instance, a three-dimensional assemblage by Saar — "Extreme Times Call for Extreme Horrines" — featuring what the wall label describes as a "maturity cart corner" with an assault rifle on a woodboard topped by a clock — was replaced by a simple digital photograph of the work.

In recent days, after The New York Times raised questions about the prevalence of reproductions in the show, the museum said it would remove the photograph because it did not adequately depict Saar's assemblage.

Much of this has probably gone unnoticed by the many people who have visited and enjoyed the exhibition. The reproductions

"You come to see real things. Otherwise people might just view them on their devices at home."

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of Rockwell's IHO "Buy War Bonds" posters, for example, which were created by the museum's digital printer, look strikingly like the images they replaced.

But museums — more so art museums than institutions that chronicle history — have long promoted themselves as places where visitors come in contact with authentic objects. Would patrons wait in long time at the Louvre to see a reproduction of the Moss Lisa?

"What is real? What are visitors' expectations? Are they evolving with younger generations who are often experiencing things digital first or replicas first?" Devon Akman, chairman of the board for the American Alliance of Museums, said in an interview: "In a world where we're seeing more and more things like artificial intelligence, do people want to see what they perceive as being the authentic piece? It's a really interesting question that a lot of museums and a lot of scholars are trying to determine right now."

It is certainly true that authenticity matters most in the art market, where the price for a painting thought to have been done by an associate of Reverstadt can soar by millions of dollars when it is re-attributed to the master himself. In such a setting, authenticity is not only a matter of visual aesthetics and visitor expectations, it is the essential foundation of financial value.

Gerhard Schlanzky, a 19-year veteran of the museum who worked on the "Democracy" show before stopping down as the creative director and director of exhibitions last month, was one of several current and former museum staff members who said they were disappointed by the changes.

"You come to see real things," he said. "Otherwise people might just view them on their devices at home."

In addition to the Saar, two other items removed from the show were the Equal Rights Amendment dress, worn by the Democratic New York congresswoman Carolyn R. Maloney in the 2021 Met Museum gala, and a mannequin in crocheted pink camouflage by the artist Olek that commemorates the 2017 Women's March on Washington.

Informed by a reporter that their piece had been removed, Olek — who uses they?

JOHN WARD, THE NEW YORK TIMES

Above, a view of the exhibition "Democracy Matters," in a new wing at the New York Historical. Left, the reproduction of a poster by Norman Rockwell that is now to the show.

Below right, a dress worn by the Democratic New York congresswoman Carolyn R. Maloney. It was removed from the exhibition, but a small image of it is visible as a wall label, below left.

them pronouns — said in a WhatsApp message from Poland: "So it is safe in storage. But this is not what art is made for."

Holland Caton, in his review of "Democracy Matters" in The New York Times, cited the new wing's "primary, high-colligned, light-flooded special exhibition gallery" calling out to particular the Saar piece.

Schlanzky said he recently returned to see the show and was disappointed to find so many objects replaced or removed. "It tucked the life right out of it," he said. "Particularly upsetting was the Betye Saar piece — to see something so dimensional and bright reduced to this not-very-good reproduction."

This was especially distressing. Schlanzky said, given that Saar had just died, on July 28.

About Saar, one of the artist's daughters, said in an interview that while she was "a little disappointed," to hear about the situation, she gave "the museum the benefit of the doubt that this was done with the thought of preserving the artwork."

"It's unfortunate," she said. "But you go down the hallway and can see a huge beautiful show of my mother's dolls." (An exhibition celebrating Saar's 100th birthday featuring examples from the artist's Black doll collection — a promised gift to the museum — is on view in another gallery.)

Schlanzky said Mirror was aware of the light challenges early on. "The dialogue was always that if we were going to do an exhibition in that space, the windows had to be covered," he said. "We never would have proposed light-sensitive objects if we knew the shades would be up."

Mirror said that, because she had been busy fund-raising for the $175 million project, she hadn't paid sufficient attention to light issues in advance. She said her priority was to realize Stern's vision of "a soaring, sweeping space that would invite the city in."

The show's curator, Woody Nutani E. Bismons, who left the museum last month, said she had "no involvement in or advance knowledge of" Mirror's decision to raise the window shades and replace light-sensitive objects with reproductions. "I have documentation establishing that this decision was made after my departure," Bismons said in an email.

David Smaine, a historian who has frequently been a speaker at the New York Historical, said authenticity is not essential to appreciating and learning from a historical object.

"When we go to Gettysburg battlefield or when we look at the Lincoln Memorial, we can't see them exactly as the contemporaries saw them," he said. "Paintings get dirty, buildings decay.

"A reproduction that we know captures the essence of the original artifact — that's the second best," he added. "If the only objects we can learn from are the originals, then the historians are lost and the history is lost."

JOHN WARD, THE NEW YORK TIMES

JOHN WARD, THE NEW YORK TIMES

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After finding his calling in Provincetown, Mass., in the mid-1870s, Anthony Bourdain embarked on a career as a chef in New York City before becoming an author and a media star.

Make the Most of Fresh Tomatoes, Every Time

The flavor of even the tastiest ones can easily be improved. Here are seven ways to do it.

By ALI McAGLE

Tomatoes don't need any more promotion, and that's exactly why I wanted to write ahead how to improve them.

Every month the news than a year, this ex- rien has shared seven ways to upgrade cum- mon ingredients and dishes. Sometimes, it's a space to sing about the unsung care canned tuna and zucchini. Other times, it ensures beloved foods few up to their hype; that tonight's salmon is as silky, pasta salad is as lively and tomatoes are as commer- satisfying as you hoped.

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And yet, fresh tomatoes are one of the most beguiling ingredients for me to cook with, as someone who professionally cru- ates recipes. ('To the tomato avoidant, I see you.) While I crave their tangy juices, the flavor of tomatoes can be unpredictable. They can be bland, bitter or even as sugary as an overripe strawberry. It's hard to know what kind you have until it's home, and you're committed to using it. But over the course of creating about 40 recipes that fea- ture fresh tomatoes for New York Times Cooking, I've come to rely on certain moves that can grab their quality. These seven re- commendations make each bite that much better. So read up, and then return to feast- ing on your tomatoes.

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How to Make the Most of Fresh Tomatoes

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Consider Their Size

When it comes to tomatoes, size matters, both in the size you buy and cut. Tomatoes that resemble gourdads, like cherries, grapes or fungoids, will be more consistently sweet because they have less space for water in dilute their juices. They also have a higher peel-to-flesh ratio, which helps them maintain their shape when cooked or marinated. If you cut larger tomatoes into pieces the size of a cherry tomato, they have a tendency to turn muddy. But keep those cuts chunky — say, one- to two-inch pieces or fat wedges — and they'll stay intact better, so you can save their juices for your fair instead of the bowl.

Amplify the Acid With Lemon

While tomatoes are often dressed with vinegars, go for lemon juice instead. The gentler acid enhances the brightness of tomatoes without attenuating itself as loudly, which means the tomato's essence keeps the focus.

Pair With Other Fruit

While often used as a vegetable, tomatoes can also be used in fruity applications. (Historically, tomatoes are a fruit.) Think of it as a win-win situation: Peaches, pomegranates and melons bring out the sweetness of the tomatoes, while tomatoes' acidity gives them some mag.

Add Dairy

There's power in tomatoes and dairy. When their acid and fat, sweet and tang meet up, watch out. The two balance each other beautifully, and their potential for greatness is possible no matter the type of cheese, whether milker fresh options like mozzarella, ricotta and burrots or matter aged Portionian and Cheddar.

Eat With Chile Crisp

Chile crisps fatty, crunchy and spicy nature in a lush counterpart to tomatoes' acidic juiciness. Salt the cut tomatoes and let their juices spill out into a bowl or onto a platter, and then drizzle with chile crisp. The liquid that accumulates beneath the tomatoes will be a combination of spetsy juices and fiery oil. You'll want to slurp every drop.

Grate Them

"Grating a tomato somehow emphasizes everything delicious about it," my colleague Tejal Rao wrote in 2021. See what she means by halving a large, ripe tomato through its belly, like a burger bun. Then, swipe the cut sides on the large bolso of a few grater into a bowl. Sip what collects. If it doesn't excite you, add salt and maybe a little sugar or lemon juice until it does. Then spoon it over toasted bread, yogurt, pasta and more.

Bake Low and Slow

Tomatoes have a lot of water in them, and water doesn't taste like much. Get rid of that moisture, and you'll have a tomato that's more savory and silky. When you bake the tomatoes slowly in a generous amount of butter or oil, the water goes away, and the tomato's flavor concentrates. The low temperature means the fruit's sugars won't burn; instead, they'll caramelize and even get sticky like candy in spots.

TOMATO AND PEACH SALAD WITH WHIPPED GOAT CHEESE

BY ALENA WEBEL

TIME: 13 MINUTES

YIELD: 4 SERVINGS

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

• 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar

• 1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard, preferably Maile brand

• ½ teaspoon fresh lemon peel, plus 2 teaspoons juice

Kocher salt and black pepper

• ¼ small red onion, very thinly sliced

• 4 ounces soft goat cheese or feta

• 6 tablespoons heavy cream
• 2 large heirloom tomatoes (about 14 ounces total), coned and cut into 1-inch wedges
• 2 medium peaches (about 12 ounces), halved, pitted and cut into ¼-inch wedges
• 1 packed cup torn paraben, milche or watercress (optional)

1. In a large bowl, whisk the olive oil, vinegar, mustard and lemon juice. Season generously with salt and pepper, stir in the red onion and set aside.

2. Crumble the goat cheese into the bowl of a food processor and whip until creamy, scraping down the sides of the work bowl as needed. 1 to 2 minutes. Add the heavy cream and lemon peel and whip just until fluffy, about 1 minute, scraping the bowl as needed. Transfer to a bowl and season to taste with salt.

3. Spread the whipped goat cheese on a large serving platter or in a shallow bowl, distributing it evenly using the back of a spoon. Add the tomato wedges, peach wedges and paraben to the dressing and toss to cook. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Place on top of the whipped goat cheese and serve immediately.

TOMATO SALAD

BY ALONALEZ

TIME: 13 MINUTES

YIELD: 4 SERVINGS

• 1½ tablespoons finely chopped shallot or red onion

Juice from half a lemon (1½

tablespoons)

• 1½ to 2 pounds ripe tomatoes (such as 3 large or 2 pints)

Salt

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

• 20 basil leaves, torn if large

1. In a large bowl, stir together the shallot and lemon juice. Set aside while you cut the tomatoes.

2. Cut the tomatoes into thin-size pieces, adding them to the bowl as you go. Season generously with salt and stir to combine. Gently stir in the olive oil, followed by the basil. Season to taste with salt. Serve right away or let sit, stirring occasionally, for up to 30 minutes.

TOMATO-CREEDBAR TOASTS

BY ALONALEZ

TIME: 13 MINUTES

YIELD: 4 TOASTS

• 2 ripe medium tomatoes, thinly sliced

• Salt

• ¼ cup mayonnaise

• ¼ packed cup (2 ounces) finely grated extra-sharp Cheddar

• 4 slices crusty bread

1. Arrange the tomatoes on a plate and sprinkle with salt. Stir together the mayonnaise, Cheddar and a pinch of salt.

2. Toast the bread however you like. Right when the breads fast and ready, splutter with the Cheddar mayonnaise. (Extra mayo will keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.) Top with the tomatoes and devour.

TOMATO-BUTTER PASTA

BY ALONALEZ

TIME: 13 MINUTES

YIELD: 4 SERVINGS

Kocher salt

• 1 pound every or ridged pasta (like candapyl or rigatoni), or a long needle (like fettuccine)

• 2 pounds large, ripe tomatoes (about 2 to 3), halved horizontally

• 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter

• 1 large garlic clove, peeled

• ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, plus more for serving

Black pepper

Torn basil leaves, for serving (optional) Finely grated Parmesan, for serving

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

Add the pasta and cook according to package instructions until at dextro. Reseve 1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain the pasta.

2. Meanwhile, using the large holes of a box grater, grate the cut ends of the tomato into a large bowl. Discard or compost skins. Grate the butter into the bowl too. Using the box grater's small holes, grate the garlic into the bowl. Add the red pepper flakes, and season generously with salt. Refrigerate until ready to use.

3. Return the drained pasta to the pot, along with the bowl of grated tomato and butter. Set over medium-high heat and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens slightly and glosses the pasta. 2 to 3 minutes (the sauce will thicken as it sits). Add pasta water as needed to emulsify the sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with more red pepper flakes, black pepper, basil and Parmesan as desired.

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WHERE TO EAT | LUKE FORTNEY

Loaded Latino-Style Hot Dogs

Blast Through the Taste Barrier

Forget ketchup and mustard. At those New York spots, the toppings go to the extreme.

THERE'S ONE WORTH left in (amofficial) summer — and I'm grossly behind on my hot dog quota this year. As if he'll read my head, my friend Colie roared me the other week, suggesting we head to Jackson Heights for one of his favorite childhood dishes: the Colombian hot dog.

What goes onto them? Here like what doesn't? Alongside partial pineapple and salsa resuila ("pink sauce" made with ketchup and mayonnaise) you'll see hard-boiled quad eggs and crushed, bottom-of-the-bag potato chips. These perros calomino are Colombian gift to the world. And so any Spanish speaker can tell you, they're only the start when it comes to the hot dogs found across Latin America.

I won't hear any slender about the quality of the hot dogs or their brain. It's about the contrasting textures, the heart-sailbody endurance and of course, the excess of the top-going, balanced in strategic temps over the top until you have to wonder. Is there really a hot dog under there? Together, we can find out.

Hot Dogs or Eggs?

I started my spess in Jackson Heights, Queens, at La Portada de Chula. Seems for Colombian perros calomino con todo — "with everything," and they sense it. The perro fibrosiano is a simple hot dog that gets a quick boil in water (some Colombiano use Coca-Cola) before disappearing under out one or two hot four sauces, including ketchup, mayonnaise and smooth pineapple salsa. If you like the fibrosiano, you'll love the perro on salsa mora. It deploys

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Clockwise from top: perros Mexicano and Hawaiians at Prentice; Harlem Shale's Sonoma hot dog, a Tardifal-covered dog at Hot Dog Maracay.

many of the same spreads with the key addition of tart blackberry jam that cuts right through the layers of salt, sugar, potato chips and curly months cheese.

You can find another take on the Colombian hot dog a few blocks south at Prentice in Elmhurst, upon since 2006. I ordered three hot dogs — what was I thinking? — and was instantly humbled by the landslide of toppings. The perro Mexicano is buried under chipotle salsa, pico de gallo and bacon. The perro fibrosiano is shattered in pulpy pineapple sauce as thick as chunky. All of the dogs, I should add, come with a little quail egg, slurwered on the ends of the bun, like the tail of a toy balloon. Wash them down with one of the bacon juices infused with native Colombian fruits, like tangy tamarillo and delightfully sour lids.

No Beans, No Bollills, No Worries The movie-wrapped hot dogs of basins, Mexico, are an architectural fear, built in a clearly bollife roll with pinto beans, chunky tomato and a kitchen sink of toppings. Search-perfect. But in New York, the bonanza hot dog has become our culinary cry-goal. Every few years, someone on Reddit Glantz to leave seen one, but by the time you arrive, it's already slipped back into biding. This summer, I finally cracked one down at Harlem Shale, the last place I'll ever think to look. The burger chain introduced a bonanza hot dog wheel I opened in 2012, has these days, it returns as a seasonal special. (Fred is at both locations through September.) It's not exactly the genuine article — the bollils is a garden-variety hot dog bun and the jalapeno salsa, another archetypal topping, is replaced with chipotle mayonnaise, Still, the essential ideas are there: The hot dog is swaddled in crunchy fried bacon and fried with smoky cherry pepper relish. Loving the Sonoma dog is very. Wrestling it into your mouth? Not so much.

Call Them Haute Dogs

The chef made-one Dike has spent much of his life setting hot dogs. In theopostromo in central Venezuela, he peddled around town selling perros calomino with crushed chips. After moving to New York, he brought his hot dogs to Jackson Heights at Hot Dog Maracay. A food cart that holds court in a Rite Aid parking lot used at least 2 a.m. every night. His experience draws: When I was there, Mr. Diaz prepared my hot dogs one at a time, insisting I finish one before he made another, with two wouldn't collapse. It all made sense as soon as he handed over one of his classic dogs, buried under corn, cabbage and a blizzard of grated Cheddar.

Are Venezuelan hot dogs nocturnal? by nature? I started to think so after a recent visit to the dive bar Santa Salsa in Buchwick, Brooklyn. From none to 4 a.m. daily, you'll find skaters and D.J.s struggling to fit their pacs around behind hot dogs hooped with black beans, groceries and cropped steak. I usually visit during wicking hour, but I also loved my lunch there the other week. From the heavily anchored from window, passed to admire the mustard, ketchup, green guacamole and coffee of fried cheese, all glistening in the sunlight. Rookie more: When I raised the dog to my lips, the bus waggard under their collective weight like a hammock.

La Portada de Chula 83-12 Northern Boulevard (83rd Street)

Prentice-10-25 Cherry Street (Roosevelt Avenue)

Harlem Shale: 110 Fifth Avenue (Darling Place), and 110 West 124th Street (Madison's Boulevard)

Hot Dog Maracay: 85-18 Northern Boulevard (85th Street)

Santa Salsa 234 East Street (Nyckoff Avenue)

OFF THE MENU | FLORENCE FABRICANT

Derby Club's rack of tank, with a reminder of the former heavy's.

OPENING

● DERBY CLUB

The wake for: Heavy's, a Midtown East Irish pub that closed two years ago after 57 years in business, a new, 6 couple of restaurateurs, Chris Cora and Craig Haines, have taken over the space with the chef and partner Ed Cotten in the kitchen. In Co. in the afternoon, with bookings only for two-ups before the full open day Aug. 19. The pubshed wood bar and the latrines dining room with red hair quarters are done with vintage touches, including a chamber from the original Waldorf Avenue. The same might be said for a menu that features smok Diano, chicken poqies, clams casino and rack of tank with heavy's main jelly. FDI East 57th Street, 212-470-1383, derbyclubny.com.

● LIBA

The indoor-outdoor space that was this as the William Vale hotel in Williamsburg, is now this critic of Tel Aviv. It's shaped by the culinary director and Israeli-born chef Maayan Glass, working with the longstanding group that owns 53 Chairs Cub in Kellie and Brooklyn. The food is strictly kosher — he calls it "new kosher" — as the restaurant is closed Fridays and Saturdays. A brick even takes care of bread and many of the main dishes. Pickled vegetables and brils (a tuna tarrlet here but a tuna tartarver in Tominic) are among the markets to be followed by rib-eye steaks, sticky date-glazed lamb ribs with cucumber salad, and vitamin chocolate mascara.

The William Vale, 127 North 12th Street (Mythie Avenue), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-582-6366, tlaway.com.

● CAMP 5 SCRES

The chef Greg Boström has gone full summer vacation, evoking his days as an Eagle Street with this adjacent to his 5 Acres restaurant in Rockefeller Center's risk level. On the eighteenth (Nations) level on 40th Street and Rockefeller Plaza, there's an American kitchen-maker, picnic tables and high-ups furnishing the outdoor restaurant. The menu includes a burger, lobster roll, Wagyu corn dogs, Deer Tars, sundant, soft-serve and ice cream sandwiches. Do they Soosen down frozen espresso martini shodays? Doubtful, but you can.

Rockefeller Plaza, 212-951-0040, bostromc.com/corus

● MESSRAFUL

MITSHA, BAM

A sipway? The Ritual Baz just eight seats tucked within Matchall's flagship teahouse, serves snacks with instruction and graded turnings, and offers snacks drinks, like the cream-mishes snacks (250) made with Japan's famously juicy fruit. The setting is double a piano and garden. (Wednesday)

92 Berry Street (North North Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, matchall.com.

BRANCHES

● GROP KITCHEN

The debut of Gwyneth Paltrow's prepared food company in California and now in New York has been strictly pickup and delivery, New York has locations in Midtown and Brooklyn. Now the company is adding a first, an actual store on the Upper East Side and which one option is keeping inside, selecting and

taking your food, including restaurant (chicken, pizza, salads, bowls and whole-away.) You can also order in advance.) There is a full kitchen on the premises. 340 East 62nd Street, 646-417-8335, gaspkitchen.com.

LOOKING AHEAD

● U.S. OPEN

The movie tournament, which starts Aug. 23, has several new dining options in the Group run by the White States Tennis Association and the Levy hospitality company. French dip sandwiches from Salt Mark's, Mexican Ice by Cronin, and you won hearted fillings from Minton have been added for this year. Simon Ede, whose Copulap will be back, is adding Ede-bag for fresh ketchup.

U.S.T.A. Bills Jean King National Tennis Center, seaport.org.

● FOOD NETWORK

NEW YORK CITY WINE & FOOD FESTIVEL

For the first time you can catch an event with the chef Nello Matrubias at this long running, citywide music food and wine entorrogence, Oct. 15 through 16. Mr. Matrubias, whose early career took him to Peru, will lead a sailing on Oct. 15, 7 to 10 p.m. There will be 13 food stations, some purveying Peruvian-influenced and Nikkei cuisine, as the Japanese-Peruvian hybrid is known. (Hable, notably the pinco sour, are included, $395. Season 9/07, 347 local 2009 Street, nycw7.org.

● MARKET HALL AT MANHATTAN WEST

When had been known, on the 10th Avenue side of the Manhattan West development opposite Hudson Yards, closed and has been taken over by BGM2. The developer has a truck record with Hudson Eats downtown. A dozen casual food stops are being planted in the space, including BIG375 Lander, Bldka and Martor. It will begin opening this fall.

308 10th Avenue (13rd Street).

CLOSING

● HUDSON VALLEY

FISHERIES

The company that has been raising steelhead treat as great substitute for farmed Atlantic salmon) is an indoor, sustainable facility in Hudson, N.Y., since 2008 has announced that it will be shut-ting down. For now, only whole fish (about two pounds) and smoked fish are being sold at Greenpoint Fish & Lelimer Co. in Brooklyn, and whole fish, filters and smoked fish are available at farmtopoopla.com.

hudsonvalleyfisheries.com, greenpointfish.com.

SHOPPING

● BETTMAN'S

Twenty years ago, Mark Bitman collaborated with the Baker Jim Lahey to create no-kernel bread, published in The New York Times. Like Bitman is no longer affiliated with The Times's New Mr. Bitman has a line of whole grain sourdough breads, fully baked, shipped from a new ready to serve in about 20 minutes. The eight breads involve just sourdough starter, flour and salt, and come in whole wheat, half whole wheat, rye, whole wheat and corn, and cinnamon-walnut-raisin whole wheat. Lozens start at B2.

bitman.com.

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A Town on the Margin

Michael Cunningham, the novelist and a past-time local, recently called Provincetown's "one of relatively few places in America that not only tolerates eccentricity but prefers it."

This was even more true in the 1970s, when the town floated on cultural tides far from mainstream American currents. Except the Portuguese-speaking American fishermen, who were there for the fish, almost everybody came for what the town didn't have: rains, malls, two-car garages, string-pety morality and a cow of living likely to interfere with personal desires.

Provincetown's patchwork social fabric came together as places like Nigger's, where Norman Mailer and Robert Motherwell shared the dance floor with local characters. Apartments and cottages all over town could be rented on the cheap.

Living a marginal enclosure was easy to a sense, the town was nothing but margins. It was a safe harbor for peers, artists, drillers, clamslappers, guy men, lesbians, drag queens, biggies and dropouts of all kinds. There was even more for students who wanted to try on a new personality before the fall semester, like Mr. Bourdain, who seemed to be making a concerted effort in the field of the World.

The Tony of "Tony" played by Dominic Senta, stuntlites outdoor livestock and alone, is pursuit of a girl named Nancy to real life. Mr. Bourdain rolled into town with a pack of pets that included Nancy Pollocki, who had been his girlfriend on and off for some time. (They married in 1985 and divorced 20 years later.)

"They were high school newsbears," he called John Yingling, the founder of Spiritus Pizza, as he sat on a bench looking at summer crowds parading down Commercial Street, the town's main drug.

Spiritus was the hub of Mr. Bourdain's social wheel. Mr. Yingling's sister went to Vassar, too, and she began bringing her circle with her on summer trips to Provincetown's Nancy, who brought Mr. Bourdain along for three summers, worked at Spiritus.

She was a great favorite there. Mr. Bourdain was another story. With a troublemaker's grip, long curly hair and the torso of a snake, he looked like the singer in a band that a college station in Boston might have played late at night.

"He was a pain-in-the-ass kid around here, to me, a lot of times," Mr. Yingling said. There must have been moments when Mr. Bourdain's insomniates shared the feeling. They had jobs. He did not. They paid the rent on a cottage, the slept there.

"He all went to the beaches and proud, each morning, smoked pet, sniffed a little cake, dropped acid and sunburned nails, as well as indulging in other healthy teenage activities," he wrote in "Kitchen Confidential."

His idyllic freeloading ended one night when a roommate came home from her job at the Flagship to a bad mood. The dishwasher hadn't turned up, and dinner service had resembled a typhoon out of "Misty Dick." As she later relayed it to Mr. Yingling, her conversation with Mr. Bourdain went like this:

"All have the restaurant business. But you know who our new dishwasher is?"

"No, who?"

"Yes!"

The next day, Mr. Bourdain tied on an apron. "And he never turned back," Mr. Yingling said.

Finding a Calling

Now a private home, the Flagship sat in a long, skinny, shingled building that you eat past the sun with its plunge. The one detail said to survive is the bar, which was built out of an old, scarred wooden dory. I tried everything short of breaking and entering to get a look at it. I faded.

Inside the Flagship, which went by the alias the Decaffeine in "Kitchen Confidential," the cooks were busy trying seafood and the long shop and ranch.

Mr. Bourdain's unruly soul seemed to find purpose and order in the chandelier mates of the kitchen. He became, as he later told The Guardian, more than happy — "to be a memory character. When he moved from the dish sink to the salad station, the deep fryer and finally, for a few late-season shifts, the lucreates broiler, 'I was overjoyed,' he said.

As part of the crew, Mr. Bourdain settled into one of Provincetown's many margins. He also observed it, studying the mates of kitchen society with an anthropologist's eye while his body rode its adrenaline high. Their idea, while he wrote about the life, he snucked like Margaret Mead with a sense of humor and a backpack full of amphorains.

The effect was galvanic, said Adam Platt, the former restaurant critic for New York magazine. "similar to Martin Luther pounding his throes on the church floor." Her current alternative with what you set backfinger at restaurants — the whole morning underworld of callosized hands, burn-scarred furcumin and raging personality disorders — began then. It's a straight line from "The Man Who Is," "Kitchen Confidential."

Before Mr. Bourdain died, when the luminous ways of restaurant kitchens came under fire for fostering serious physical and sexual abuse, he said he regretted valentism in the culture. He also came to a shrouds, hearsy perspective on drug use in Provincetown restaurants, which was non-rises, even by the standards of the '70s.

"Many of our friends from those days didn't make it," he said during a conversation

BURGEON'S TOBACCO IN NEW YORK TIMES

Top, Provincetown, Mass., circa 2020. Above right, Dominic Senta as a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain, with Emilia Amos, in the upcoming league "Tony" Right, the Lobster Pot, a even landmark still in business. Above, John Yingling, founder of Spiritus Pizza, where Mr. Bourdain hung out. "He was a pain-in-the-ass kid around here, to me, a lot of times," he said.

with Mr. Yingling when he revisited Massachusetts in 2014 for his TV series "Paris Choixness." He called in that episode about his own heroin use and an epidemic of the drug elsewhere in the state.

In that first summer, though, he saw nothing but upside in the pirate's life.

'He Seemed Very Callow'

The next spring, he came back to the Flagship to apply again for his post at the broiler. Unfortunately for him, the place had a new owner, Octavio Costa, who was New York, an Italian restaurant on a nearby lane placed with chandelier and screwed with garlic.

Mr. Costa set his standards high. Ciro's bought whole veal legs that were broken down into scabbages and cutters, the hand-chopped trimmings worked into meatballs. Garlic was sliced moments before it hit the pan. Using few shortcuts, a crackerjack roam of cooks somehow pushed out around 200 dinners a night, seven nights a week.

"Ciro's at that time was the busiest, most fantastic restaurant in Provincetown," said Mr. Yingling, who let Mr. Bourdain sleep in a crawl space over his walls in refrigerator at Spiritus during this audition.

Mr. Bourdain was awe-streak by the cooks at Ciro's, called Mario's in his memoir. "They moved in a pack, with their own dialect," he wrote. "A high-pitched, ultra-bremer, affected drawl, salted with tennis

from eighteenth-century English literature and Mario Corsa didn't introduce upside a look, intimidating, sardonic secret language, which was much imitated."

The admiration was not mutual. After he burned himself on a frying pan in a disastrous rryout, Mr. Bourdain was kicked back down to salads.

"We looked at him and sort of sneered, because he seemed very callow and, on the one hand, fell of himself and, on the other hand, smash," said Alexey Schumacher, the Ciro's cook called Dimitri in the book. Mr. Bourdain said him their disdain got under his skin and grimeed him to attend the Culinary Institute of America, starting in February 2017. "He said, 'Well, I'll show them.'"

Ciro's is now owned by the Luster family, two of whom, James and Larry, worked with Mr. Bourdain. Now under its original name, Ciro & Safi's, the restaurant still breakdowns whole legs of veal, even more rare to-

day than it was then. The lane still smells like garlic.

Inspired by a Cookbook

Ever other businesses from Mr. Bourdain's era are still going. There's the Provincetown Portuguese Bakery, where malnourries are fried in the window. The Lobster Pot, where his childhood found that Goldman worked, is as busy as ever, but it wasn't a banger.

"We never are there; it was for tourists and day-trippers," Nancy Bourdain, his former wife, wrote in an email. (She declined an interview request.) "I think we submitted on food from local year-round spots like Tips for Tips's, the Portuguese Bakery and Cooks's Tap (kale soup with lingaize), lots of pizza, and cooking at home. We sometimes money for going out to the local bars (Niggy's and the Governor Bradford), other 'stuff' and rest.)"

PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP

MONTHLY FROM WHEATEST 30 OCTOBER 2020 WITH JAMES MIDDLEER EDDS, 2020 TIME: 2:00:00:45 MINUTES HELD: 9:15 (4 SEPTEMBER)

1½ cups dried red kidney beans

8 cups water, divided

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 large smoked ham hock

3 to 4 quarts beef steck, preferably low sodium

1 pound lingaize sausage, cut into

¼-inch-thick slices (see Tip)

½ pound Portuguese chearice sausage,

cut into ½-inch-thick slices (see Tip)

2 lunches curly kale, tough stems

removed and leaves soaked and

roughly chopped (8 to 10 cups)

4 large or 5 medium waxy potatoes,

peeled and cut into a large dice

1 tablespoon cherry vinegar

Crushed red pepper

1. Add beans to a large, heavy-bottomed steak pot or Dutch oven with a lid. Cover beans with 4 cups water, add a large pinch of salt and bring to a rapid boil. Cover the pot and remove from the heat. Let beans sit, undisturbed, for 90 minutes until semi-plumped and slightly softened. Drain off cooking liquid.

2. Add the ham hock, steak and 4 cups water to the pot with the drained beans. Bring to a boil, then reduce to another and raise for 1 hour, using a doffed spoon to skim off and discard any scum that surfaces.

3. Add the lingaize, chearice and kale and continue simmering for another hour.

4. Add the potatoes, vinegar and a generous pinch of red pepper and season to taste with salt and black pepper. Simmer for at least another hour, adding steak or water as needed to keep all the elements submerged. The longer the soup simmers, the better the flavor becomes, aim for a minimum of 5 hours.

Tip: Chearice and lingaize can be tried to find outside Portuguese neighborhoods. Cured Spanish cheeses and smoked institutes will yield similar results.

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RESTAURANT REVIEW | TEJAL RAO

Gumbo Gets a Dash of Senegal

Larry Lasker, about, whose family owns Ciro & Safa, was in the kitchen when Mr. Bourdain had a disastrous tryout at the heider.

Versions of kale soup are still all over, even though the Portuguese community that brought it to the Cape is nearly gone. But looking for recipes that shaped Mr. Bourdain's young palate to beside the point. We aren't interested in him today because of the dishes he created as a chef so much as the way he wrote about the work, and the appreciation he showed, in his television career, for people who did their own particular thing in their own particular way.

In this regard, one book might be the Rosetta Stone for Bourdain scholars: Howard Mitcham's "Provincetown Seafood Cookbook," published in 1973.

Deaf, alcoholic and so dedicated to market the fruit he kept a pet one clean in a jar. Mr. Mitcham was the closest thing Provincetown had to a name chef. A copy of "Provincetown Seafood Cookbook" was presented to Mr. Bourdain when he started

'Many of our friends from those days didn't make it,' Mr. Bourdain once said about drug use.

cooking at the Flagship. This custom lives on, I learned. Mac Hay, an owner of Mac's Fish House Provincetown, gives the food to all his head chefs. "You need to understand the simplicity of this food," he tells them.

Mr. Bourdain absorbed the book's culinary wisdom, but it was the writing that captivated him. The text is energetic, passionate, meatish, wide-ranging, deeply grounded in the how's suffering history and the culture of its chewder-eating flatness, the Portuguese fishermen who dried salt and in their yards and on Italian painter who sutured stuffed squat with noodle and thread. The kind of eating Mr. Mitcham liked hers was tasty, tenny and unpremature. His purer seems to rise from the snack of the barber.

Mr. Bourdain clearly saw a kindred spirit and maybe, too, a model for how a cook with an omnivorous curiosity could apply it to another medium. He celebrated the book at length: an "Kitchen Confidential," and adapted two of its recipes for "Appetites: A Cookbook," published in 1970.

"Provincetown Seafood Cookbook" was long out of print by then. Copies were going for 100 and 200,000, to local Books off Commercial Street. The owner, Tim Barry, got together with Seven Stories Press to reissue it.

The publisher asked for a preface by a well-known figure. Mr. Barry emailed a request to Mr. Bourdain, who was off showing "Paris Unknown" on the other side of the globe. His reply came the next day: When do you need it?

"He was totally professional, and we didn't change one word," Mr. Barry said, sitting in a garden below the narrow raised boardwalk that leads to his shop.

Seven Stories published the reissue, with an introduction by Mr. Bourdain calling it "a true cause," and if he made an introduction of my life," in June 2018. He had been found dead in a heart room in France 10 days earlier.

A bold menu traces the roots of Creole food to West Africa.

NEW ORLEANS — The soopa kanju at Dakar NO.3, is a bowl of dark and expansive ultra slow structured with the funk of fermented breast beans and the directing depth of dried, smoked seafood, crowned with fresh Gulf crab and shrimp.

This particularly rich version of the Senegalese dish, plated simply and confidently, is fairly impossible to eat without wishing for more. It's also impossible to eat without seeing a straight line from Dakar to New Orleans, from soopa kanju to gumbo.

The chef Sergue Mbaye is familiar with the various archetypes of gumbo around New Orleans, when he first moved to this city, he cooked at Commando's Palace, one of its most favoured local institutions. But at Dakar, which he started as a reving pop-up and opened on Magazine Street in 2022, Mr. Mbaye uses a baking menu to exalt the West African roots of Louisiana Creole cuisine.

Fine dining is always showing the diner what's most important, what's most valuable, reinforcing its own hierarchy. The cart is a favorite device, delivering Champagne and caviar, chocolate and cheese. What could be more important than this?

Mr. Mbaye has some ideas. Servers at Dakar welcome diners with a custom-built wooden cart that holds soap, a pitcher of hot water and towels, and they help wash your hands before the meal begins — formulating the Senegalese ritual of hand washing into a meaningful service moment.

Senegal's food and its culture of hospitality — called taranga in Widal — are deeply established and long produce Michelin. Though they have rarely been codified in luxury dining rooms in this country, Mr. Mbaye is imagining how they might be.

Local crab, shrimp and fish are a theme, as are the multifaceted pleasures of Mack-eyed peas and rice, and the sumptuousness of red pinto oil. Plenty of seasoned ingredients come into play. A recent salad was built on the roaster blue of buns, a sandy-stained ancient grain, with rye summer tomatoes slipped whole from their skins and sweetened as flavors, dressed in a smooth and drinkable vinaigrette made with grilled peaches.

The menu changes often, but starts with atisya. In Senegal, this is a gunpowder generous service in three acts that might be served as you chat suddenly at a friend's place, such subsequent bed outlawing out the sea, bringing you from bitterness to sweetness, from intensity to softness.

But Mr. Mbaye was wary of giving unempearing places a job of salience (as well as the time commitment, there were tables to care!), instead he couldn't a disney chat, bristling with turmeric and ginger, holding a mainstream summer cream top that might remind you of a loamy, expertly poured cup. It is fast and refreshing and it makes the point that dinner will not be a formal presentation of traditional Senegalese cooking, but something more whimsical and interpretive.

Mr. Mbaye was born in Harlem, where his mother ran a Senegalese restaurant in the late '80s, but even after it closed, she carried on cooking for people out of her home. Mr. Mbaye went to boarding school in Senegal where he cooked for hundreds of students; when he returned to New York, as a teenager, he returned English as he finished high school and prepped the classics by his mother's side.

Thiebaudienne, which translated from Widal as "rice with fish," might be lovingly reconfigured at Dakar into two dishes that arrive together, the delicate rendition of pithé rice in one bowl and a piece of crisp-skinned redfish with tangy, bright green rid in another.

It would be easy to turn another into a jar bag, tacking the stewed Mack-eyed peas into a roll as it might be in Senegal. But for Mr. Mbaye's nanthe, the kitchen means and breaks down Gulf crab each day, using the tender and cold, which can covering the Mack-eyed peas with so much of that sweet crab meat, and giving it all a most of factory sauce. When you put this air into a piece of crisp-edged fried cassava, just thick enough to leave some sunburnous inside, Mr. Mbaye's vision comes into focus.

Top, the chef Sergue Mbaye growing guests at Dakar NO.3, a few nights. Mr. Mbaye with his business partner, Aha Richardson. From above left: the soopa kanju; hand washing, a Senegalese ritual; the tomato salad with a dressing made with grilled peaches.

Mr. Mbaye worked at L'Atelier de Jedi Robachem in New York and at Atelier Creon in San Francisco (another seafood-focused tasting menu). He also worked briefly for the chef Pierre Thaim — a relentless ambassador of Senegalese cooking who encouraged the young chef to go back to Senegal for inspiration.

When he opened Dakar, Mr. Mbaye stopped by such talks and talked about that trip, specifically his visit to Grotte, an island off the coast where he'd learned that enslaved West Africans often ate Mack-eyed peas and pinto oil before they boarded chips to cross the islands. It had informed a dish he called Lant Meal, which still finds its way onto the menu.

But Mr. Mbaye said he began to feel the weight of carrying that story around every night, so feel the functions of it in the dining room, particularly after he became a father, almost a year ago. He wondered what would happen if he let his food tell the story instead.

Earlier this year, Mr. Mbaye and his business partner, Ahaa Richardson, moved the restaurant uptown to Lonsdale Street into a bigger space facing the Mississippi River level, where there is room in grass. They both a kitchen with a wood-like grill and other new equipment, and a tall open pass where you can see cocks plating.

There's an outdoor patio where Mr.

DALAR NO. 3 ★

617-1234/1017-1/1917, NEW ORLEANS, 504-493-5300, SWARNULA.COM

Atmosphere: A warm and comfortable dining room full of spacious wood tables and walls covered in West African art.

Service: Charming, down to earth but occasionally haphazard, between presentations that can feel more rigid and scripted.

Sound level: Like a dinner party where the music isn't turned up the food.

Recommended: Tasting menu.

Drinks: Insert Pittman's compact, international for A-half to go with Dakar's seafood-focused menu. Ratings change with the menu, with a recent emphasis on Spain.

Price: The tasting menu is $2.75 a person (prepaid and includes his).

Open: Tuesday to Saturday, dinner only.

Reservations: Accepted.

Wheathful access: A carry-basis from the street to a side entrance, and the bathrooms are accessible.

What the stars mean: Ratings range from zero to four stars, zero a point. See in satisfactory. One star gives: Two stars, one point. Three stars, excellent. Four stars, extraordinary.

Mbaye plans to offer an à la carte menu soon, though when I visited, it was more of a waiting room for diners until their tables in the main dining room were ready. And without anyone to offer you a drink or a bite of something, the wait bill oddly chilly and unintentional.

It didn't align with Dakar's world-building sense of hospitality and warm service. And over the course of a few weeks, I thought timing could be sharpened from various angles to inside the tasting menu flow, and that drinks could arrive a bit (lower can use night, it took several coaches). But none of this cost away from the joy of dining at Dakar.

Those last few years, it might have seemed like Mr. Mbaye was drawing attention to the West African roots of Louisiana Creole cuisine, and to say, that the chef has been doing a whole lot more than announcing the great dishes of New Orleans.

He's also been creating something new there, something personal and alive and still very much underway: a modern Senegalese American restaurant, totally inextricable from its place, where the rules of fine dining are his to revise and subvert.

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THE POOR | ERIC ASIMOV

Refreshing Sips That Are Cool in a Crowd

Beat the heat by the batch with drinks that are easy and tasty.

THE SUMMER PARTY is its own breed, dressed down and relaxed, and summer drinks should take a simplify seasonal approach. Especially for a crowd.

The hot-weather aim is to cool, refrain, and energize, which means home barteraders, who want to relax themselves, must take care not to overburden drinks with too many ingredients or too much alcohol.

Light and easy are the guidelines. One of the best ways to achieve this is to make drinks largely in advance and frequently, so all that's required once guests arrive are a couple of simple finishing steps.

I spoke to beverage experts in New York to get their collective wisdom on best practices for serving summer drinks in a crowd.

Lighten Up

Blue Aljadi and Juliette Larrouy own Schmeck, a much-loaded cocktail bar in the East Village. Mr. Aljadi spent seven years in Barcelona, Spain, which gave him insights into outdoor environments. "There is a real culture around entrance," he said.

Among the things he learned, he said, martinis durri do well in the boat, barred up, without ice, a martini quickly warms and becomes heavy. For an outdoor party, he noticed no comments a dirty martini and tonic.

"It's found on martini principles," Mr. Aljadi said, "but is tall, fizzy and full of ice."

He described the drink as somewhere between a martini and a gin and tonic, and easy to make in advance. Just blend equal parts London dry City with dry vermauld, olive brine and a little apple brandy. Do this in advance and store in the fridge. When serving, pour over ice and top with tonic.

Weet ice dilute the drink? Yes, and Mr. Aljadi said that's perfectly fine.

"Do a snowy day in New York, you do want a sharp masharters," he said. "Not when it's warm, you don't want the heavy alcohol."

Look to Spain

Spain, particularly in Madrid, has a thriving place culture. In another square in the late afternoon, tables and chairs seem to appear from another and the party is on. Vermauld or beer is often the drink of choice, but for crowds, Japan Grevedik, the owner beverage manager for the José Andrés Group, suggests sangers, the wine-based guest served with ice fruit.

"The only sangers recipe is one for a crowd," he said.

Sangers also design up some painful memories for those who recall cheap, prefabricated versions of the 1970s and '80s, but digital thing also the with care and good ingredients, can be delightful.

"The quality of the ingredients, the same

EMAIL: asimov@nytimes.com, And follow Eric Asimov on X: @EricAsimov.

KABANEK RENE PICHCH

HAPPY/FRENCH/DRINKS DISEASE TIME: 15 MINUTES, PLUS CHILLING VELD A TO 10 BURNING

20 ounces aged Caribbean rum, such as Red McCoy 5-flour from Balmoral

10 ounces cane syrup, see Tip

7½ ounces lime juice, preferably fresh rapeseed (from dated 8 times)

½ ounce Angustian billets

15 ounces distilled water Sliced fruit, such as pineapple, orange, pink grapefruit and lime Nutmeg, for garnish

1. Combine the rum, cane syrup, lime juice, billets and water in a 2-quart pitcher or jar and stir well. Chill with ready to serve. This punch will last 4 to 5 days refrigerated.

2. To serve, pour the punch into ice-filled glasses. Garnish with dried fruit and mix of grated nutmeg.

Tip: To make a batch of cane syrup, combine 500 grams (a scant 2½ cups organic cane sugar and 250 grams) 1 cup distilled water in a small pan over low heat. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and cool. This will yield more than is needed for this recipe, but any extra will keep in the refrigerator for up to a month and can be used as a whole alternative to simple syrup in many cocktail recipes.

care should be taken with beverages as with cooking," Mr. Grevedink said. That means good, though not expensive, wine, and seasonal fruit.

Sangria comes in many shades. You can make it with red wine or white wine, but in the summer, Mr. Grevedink recommends corn sangria, made with Spanish sparkling wine. "It's a fun, effervescend, one year down cocktail," he said.

To prepare corn sangria, he likes to macerate the fruit in gin, vermauld and a little sugar for a day. He then adds corn to the macerated fruit and serves over ice, garnishing modestly with mint and an orange wheat. "Not too much crowding," he said. "I can't stand drinks where you're picking your eyeball when you are taking a sip."

Thomas Thompson, the beverage director for Erosions and Bartels, two Spanish restaurants in New York, recommends a different Spanish specialty: the jujay-blanco, simply a blend of gin, sparkling koto-inside and red vermauld that's become a popular cocktail in Madrid. "It's such a great summer crowd," he said.

Mr. Thompson reveals the recipe a bit, in-fusing white vermauld with oolong tea, which he says adds tannins and gives it an "excellent flavor."

His colleague, Daryl Coke, the wine director at Erosions and Bartels, suggested a wine cocktail, time de verano, made with equal parts red wine and lemon-lime soda or sparkling koto-inside. "The best part is, it's incredibly simple," she said.

Make the Most of Fruit

Ignacio Jiménez, the owner of Superhanna, an excellent bar in the East Village, bears the heat with an aqua fresca. The Mexican fresh fruit drink is simple to make and highly refreshing in a cocktail.

"As Mexicans, we live in constantly hot weather," said Mr. Jiménez, who's known as Nacho. "Japan frescos lower the A.S.V., so you can drink more without getting too intoxicated."

He suggests a fresca royale, made with rum, lemon juice and strawberry aqua fresca, which can be than in advance and repped with sparkling wine when serving, or a fresca tonic, made essentially with gin. M. Germano and curcorder aqua fresca, and topped with curcorder tonic.

Go for Punch

Bella Garcia Fehles, the general manager at Kabanet and Bar Kabanet in the East Village, recommends a rum punch for a crowd. It's simply a blend of five ingredients: rum, mint and one can syrup. Angustian letters and distilled water, which can be kept refrigerated. Pour over ice and serve.

The beauty of the rum punch is its simplicity, and it can have many variations, with added spices or various juices, for example.

"Start simple, but you can get culinary with it," he said. "If you like what you've done and it's a bit, there's a whole world to explore."

Social Media Revives a Cable TV Chef's Popularity

Clips of Emeril Lagasse satisfy viewers appetite for nostalgia.

By KIM LEVERSON

Band! Emeril is trending.

And more in more surprised than Emeril Lagasse himself.

I continue to just keep scrambling my head. "We chat and last week after his roam discovered clips of his old TV shows 'Emeril Live!' and 'Erasons of Emeril' were being shared millions of times on social media, especially on X.

It may be hard to explain to readers who grow up scrolling through influencer levels who a superiorist Mr. Lagasse was in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His cooking variety show, 'Emeril Live!', used five days a week on the Food Network, which was paying him $151,000 a year, an unprecedented sum for cable users at the time. He had guest stars, a house band and a live audience who waited months for one of the 200 or so seats in the network's New York City studio.

But his show was explosive to produce, and the competition for younger viewers was heating up. Food Network canceled the show in 2007. At the time, the network's president said, "it was time to do something new."

"The only reason they canceled it was the network was cheap and wanted to jump on the new trend of reality competition shows," said Allen Sallén, who begins his book "The New Year's World: The New Year's World with Mr. Lagasse's club. (A Food Network spokeswoman declared to comment.)

How bad it? It's depend long and his analog style are lacking the Internet up a month.

Among the most popular news that all local demos losing its collective mind as he performs even the simpler kitchen task, or until the public has been able to get the ball as a soldier. Mr. Lagasse has a sweet swagger, and an accent formed in his hometown, Full River, Mass., and burnished in New Orleans, where he moved at a young chef in 1952 to lead the kitchen at Commander's Palace.

An audience of mostly men is top as he pours a new over muddled dikes of lemon and lime. When he's sucking garlic cheers into raw beef under the table, he's replaced a dish of even more garlic, it's good mountain.

In one post on X with 2 million views, Mr. Lagasse, grating potatoes, makes a big deal about saving the starch — which he prominents as well as the other, and he always saying, 'Hey you don't want the starch.' You want the starch. Let's take a vote. Do we want the starch?' A delirious

audience delivers a resounding yes.

There's no way to know how the unruly178manner-d-pop culture flow into the mead results: Orchestrated campaigns and paid influencers drive a lot of it. But a spokeswoman for Mr. Lagasse and his restaurants said his team wasn't behind the postings.

Ryan Manzino, 15, who works in the automotive industry in Pilot, Mich., said he started noticing clips from the show, including the potato video, in his YouTube fund recently. He grew up watching Food Network shows with his grandmother, and was so overcome with nostalgia he started painting the clips on his drachmoverylap account on X. He said he was surprised that they've taken off.

His theory? People are Emeril-nunning, he said in an interview, out of 1995: nostalgia and a longing for a time when humanity's mean streak want to fall display and cultural events were more collective.

"We're reaching that point in the 25- or 30-year generation gap where people are going back to see what their parents were doing," he said. "Watching and film this makes feels really good. It's comanaceous around loving the same thing delivered by a real person."

The comments on the video clips reflect a

Emeril Lagasse's cooking show 'Emeril Live!' appeared on the Food Network in the late 1980s and early 2000s.

'Can you believe this kind of entertainment existed?'

certain mood about the cultural moment. Many call Emeril the hero America needs right now. Others regard people who used to be in the business and to the end the way an earlier generation revered Metastatic attendees.

And there are no comments like this, from Miss McHale, 20, a logistics manager in Cincinnati. "Emeril is everything about masculinity that is good."

In an interview, he said Emeril's mix of excitement and success was an antidote to toxic masculinity.

"I think that a lot of us are craving some positive masculinity in our lives again. He expresses that really well," said Mr. McHale, who learned to cook from his grandmother, who always had the Food Network on. "I'll hang on the pots and pans when I was 8 or 9 years old and say, 'Base!'"

The reaction of Mr. Lagasse's guests is part of the appeal, he added. "Our men on would walk away from that show believing it's important to believe in yourself," he said.

An an Emeril fan, Dara Gus, 23, a former "Chappet Junior" voterman who runs a cooking show on the platform Twins, join in the comments online. But she doesn't buy the argument that his recent rise is about a kinder masculinity. In an interview, she

pointed to clips in which the chef's dodecenrix sexual innuendo centers on women's bodies.

"He was a product of his time," she said. As the heart of the revival is his quality cooking instruction and clever, Britten points of view, she said. "He's expressive and he's bold," she added. "A lot of personalities in the cooking aspect became vague. And here is someone who was not vague."

Or maybe Mr. Lagasse stands out because everyone is on tired of vertical cheese pulls. TikTok greens backs and tightly refired damp-and-stir videos that a charming, unpredictable chef touching a studio hall of success, cheering people how to make poor music beef Wellington is nothing short of sermones.

"When I first saw Emeril, I remember being wowed by the agencies," said Kathleen Lister, who has been said the author of 'Watching What We Eat: The Evolution of Television Cooking Shows.'

It was so different than the open-toned PRS shows (grew up with 'Mr. Collins said, 'I am a good person looking at Emeril in the same way I regarded those shows. It's no retro and kind of guany."

The journalist Brett Martin, who is based in New Orleans, has taken note of Emeril's new social media hero. In 2006, OJ published an article about Mr. Lagasse and his son, E.J., the 23-year-old who took over his first time in New York's restaurant. Emeril's, which went on to win two Michelin stars.

"It doesn't mean that 'Food Network nostalgia specifically,' Mr. Martin said. 'It feels more like, 'Can you believe this kind of entertainment existed?' But just that feels the most able to our present day and most easily in the crowd, the deliriousness of being in a room with other people."

But it swung Food Network, Mr. Lagasse made a big deal of the new popular shows, some of which are available on links and Netflix. He said his media and merchandising rights to Martha Stewart Living Crossmedia for $20 million in 2008. While he has been a member of a 1% share of a maize on his restaurants in New Orleans, Las Vegas, Florida and aboard cruise ships.

Although Mr. Lagasse's social media team posted a video of fans scrolling the first time with the show, it's trending on the internet," he's not looking to jump back into the game. Food media, he said, has gotten older.

As to his vital moment, "it didn't really change how I feel when I got up today over how I felt when I got up yesterday," he said. "I'm just doing my thing trying to run a great restaurant group."

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A Perfect BLT Doesn't Need to Be Perfect

Tomatoes peak in summer, but the sandwich is great all year.

By J. J. GOODE

As the days vary, really hot, millions of us around the United States set out as a quest for ephemeral bliss. We descend on supermarkets and have stands for tomatoes on volcanoes and full-flavored that they elicit unhollow exclamation: "Now that's a tomato!" We've been waiting for this moment all year — it's time to make BLTs.

While the other components of the BLT are more or less perennial, the tomato is a seasonal luxury. The gap between summer beauties and supermarkets facilitates is not toxic, and our thinking goes, without the former, is a BLT even worth the havoc!

What we're after is the pinnacle of BLT, the kind said at Middle Child in Philadelphia. When summer hits, the owner Matt Cahn's phone blows up. "Everybody's messaging me: 'Where are the BLTs?'" Mr. Cahn said. "I'm like: 'I don't know. Ask Jack."

Jack Goldersberg grows the tomatoes — "the best in the world," said Mr. Cahn — at Urban Roots Farm in Newton Square, Pa., and the Middle Child BLT is as their mercy.

"I'm blessed day in and day when Jack sends word that his tomatoes are ready, Mr. Cahn starts selling sandwiches that turner with 'three fingers' of thick-cut herbivores — salted to thoroughly season them and draw out juice, preventing the dreaded veg. The rye bread, butmout and gridded on one side, is just the container, the bacon, Duke's mayo and the greenery, more condiments.

The moment the tomatoes are no longer transombers, usually around Latter Day, it's bye-bye, BLT. And that's part of the pleasure. In an Instagram message last year to customers frustrated by the sandwich's vanishing act, Mr. Cahn implored them to embrace "the beautiful assortment of being," noting that "without disappointment there can be no delight."

I've long been assured by this philosophy, but less on an I (ramp toward colonoscopy) ago. I have only re-used oatmeal to let. Must I really consign the BLT to a hot-weather (amen) or my sandwich (bit)?

So recently, I've adapted Christian Perroni's BLT philosophy. For Mr. Perroni, a chef and the author of the cookbook "Perro to Table," the BLT is a bodega sandwich. He insists, for instance, on toasted white bread. "Take that cubana or brioche and take a walk with it," he said, three acres are full display. True to hero, he actually likes his BLTs made with 'a tomato that's praying for death in the back of the fridge.'

BLT

TIME: 10:00/02/23 YIELD: 5 500000/0185

12 slices (about 12 ounces) bacon (not "that" or "think").

4 medium to large tomatoes (about 2 pounds), cured

Another salt

1 head iceberg lettuce

8 slices white bread (preferably butter bread)

Mayonnaise, for the tinsel

1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Arrange the bacon slices in a single layer on a sheet pan, and, once the oven is at temperature, transfer the sheet pan to the oven. Set a timer for 15 minutes.

2. As soon as the bacon goes into the oven, turn off and discard (or eat) the half of the tomatoes and cut the rest (cookwise) into 4- to 5-inch-thick slices. Season the tomato slices lightly on one side with salt and eat them aside, to let the salt penetrate and draw out some water. Cut 4-1/4- to 5-inch-thick) coopswise sides from the lettuce, reserving the rest for another can.

3. Set a heavy skillet over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes, to get into and hot. As it feeds up, spread a very thin layer of mayo on one side of each bread side. Once the skillet is hot, working in batches, cook the slices mayo-side down just until evenly golden brown and crisp on one side. 1 to 1/4 minutes. Remove the slices from the pan, stand them on their sides, and turn them against one another so they cool without nagging out.

4. When the timer goes off, check the bacon and, if necessary, continue cooking until it's deep golden brown all over and crisp-looking, checking every minute or two, for up to 5

Don't get him wrong, he loves a fine summer spinstone. "The only time you'll see me eating a raw tomato is out of a friend's garden between August and September," he said. A BLT is the lone year-round exception. "The cries of the BLT is that you can have the more basic commodity ingredients and you're still unstoppable." In other words, a good BLT with a bad tomato is proof of the sandwich's alchemy, its ability is transcend to complement parts.

After talking to Mr. Perroni, I felt beyond, ready to throw off the shackles of my own machinery and embrace the true spirit of the

minutes more. It is ready-wire it is almost but not quite fully crisp in the middle. Transfer to paper towels to drain and further crisp up. Taste the bacon. If it isn't very soft, and another sprinkle of salt to the tomatoes.

5. While the bacon is still warm, assemble the sandwiches. Spread a generous layer of mayo on the unleashed side of each bread slice. Add the bacon, breaking the slices to fit the bread. Add the lettuce sides, removing any floppy outer rings (and a few more if necessary to fit the bread). Shingle on the tomato slices, top with the remaining bread and press tightly with your palm to compress the sandwich slightly.

6. Do not slice, and after your first bite, do not put the sandwich down until it's gone.

sandwich by eating it as I once did: all the time. My early BLT affection did not bloom in summer soil but in New Jersey diners, where the produce was not the past.

That isn't of essential fabric-counter BLTs in an offer at Max and Bicker's, a diner in Los Angeles opened by Phil Rosenthal, host of the Netflix show "Somebody Food PIG" with the renowned Nancy Silverman as the executive chef. Theirs is a deliberate exercise in nostalgia.

"It should give you that 'Matamatik' moment," Mr. Rosenthal said. "It should be an idealized version of that thing you have from

Above, the bandits BLT. Top, at the Philadelphia restaurant Middle Child, the owner, Matt Cahn, serves BLTs reasonably, using thick-cut herbivore tomatoes ("the best in the world") from Urban Roots Farm in Newton Square, Pa., with bacon, Duke's mayonnaise, rye bread — and a regular instead of lettuce.

childhood." So important is fidelity to the form that Mr. Silverman, the queen of sour-dough, also serves it on toasted white.

To Mr. Rosenthal, the BLT is the pizza of sandwiches, a study in elemental balance where every component carries equal weight. You'll get a couple of leaves of iceberg, two of thick-cut bacon, ample mayo and two slices of tomato (the best available), cut a bit thicker when in season). Despite Mr. Silverman's chiefly hexa-fiber, this sandwich isn't seasoned, but served year-round.

If the Rosenthal-Silverman also could be reasonable about tomatoes, so could I. No just when I'd finally let go of one deal breaker. I look up another. Aside from my tomato function, I had always been agnostic on the BLT's other doctrinal disputes — bacon and bread specs, lettuce type, mayo brand. I've nagging eaten BLTs made with Oscar Mayer and Bennett. I've enjoyed them on white, rye, even sour-dough, so long as it isn't so crispy that it laertains the palate. Whether it's shattered with Duke's, Hofman's or Kevyear, I don't care, as long as there's plenty of it, (I barely finished, for instance, when Mr. Cahn told me that Middle Child's BLT disclos lettuce for arogata.)

That is, until I spoke to Andy Kallis, owner of Bob and Grandma's in Los Angeles, and my BLT worldview was recalibrated. In 1974 he did a reunion. I share reasonable proposition in California, where the window of tomato excellence stretches from late May to early October, than it is in the Northeast, where the season seems to run approximately from Aug. 10 to Aug. 11.

He pairs them with bacon that's crisp but not fully rendered, so there's plenty of fat, a homemade said and butter-coated challah (richer than white but not as humque as breechey). The tomatoes, though impeccable, are deployed in a judicious pile. But here, the lettuce is prodigious, an iceberg of iceberg, a crossview slab so thick one (insta-grantee) marked that Mr. Kallis's BLT looks like "a lettuce sandwich."

Inspired by the hook on the tuna sandwich at Prince Diner, in Battleford, Maine, Mr. Kallis says the lettuce "came" (in Bob and Grandma's parlance) work on two frozen-lettered and retro-turbul. "If given you that huge crunch," he said, and "I belto the other items on the sandwich. With a carry-slice of lettuce, the sandwich contents "have a tendency to shoot out the back."

So I guess, I tried the iceberg slab at home with every grade of tomato. It elevated each sandwich. For one thing, the monumental crunch goes there a lightness that would feel summary even in winter, and the air-chering slab rendered them acrimoniously round. After all, how much does the quality matter if the tomatoes end up in year lag?

Pasta Salad Can Be So Much Better

Pay attention (and add enough liquid) for a tastier result.

By CLARE & RIVER

Whether or not you like more temperature noodles demand more than water and instead with a carnival of mix-ins, you will probably make or be served several pasta salads this summer. They're too practical to avoid: They stretch seasonal vegetables into a full meal, they're made ahead, and they're easy to stick in a container and schips to the beach. But, most of the time, I find they're not all that good.

The two most common reasons are flavorless pasta or dry salad. The first results from cooling the noodles before combining them with the demand, a good pasta salad barometer, residual warmth, in the noodles soak up flavor. Without that warmth, the vinaigrette caught out on top. The pasta itself, which usually makes up the bulk of the salad, remains bland, and on matter how much you add, the seasoning heart for right.

The second reason is even more common: use giving the noodles enough liquid. As they cool, noodles absorb a tremendous amount. There's no way that an ordinary amount of vinaigrette would end up puffing, which means there's nothing left in make the salad many.

In dress your pasta salad for the moment it'll be warm, not the moment it's made, there's no you want to put in pasta. One of just shy of at dress, isn't it with the vinaigrette and plenty of pasta water, and then let it cool. Undercooking the noodles a little

more than you usually would means they'll absorb everything you add — tomato juices, vinegar, citrus juice, olive brine — without becoming fluidity. A splash of pasta water ensures there's enough left behind to ensailify with any oil and glass the salad. Incorporates anything from water in remain crisp, cold or green right before you serve.

Making a pasta salad this way isn't complicated, but it asks you to put attention. You want to drain the noodles while they're still a little chaffey. They should retain more bite than their desired end mate. Subtracting a couple of minutes from the time on the look is a good place to start. You want a white ring to remain at the center of each noodle. Taste as you approach that pasta, and stop when there's still room for the noodles to continue cooking as they cool.

Here up to three cups of pasta water. How much you'll need depends on what you're mixing the noodles with. If it's, say, a bowl of salted tomatoes pudding with juices and vinegar, you probably won't use it all. If you're mixing them with lightcoats, seasoned with only a scant amount of lemon juice and vinegar, you'll need it. Begin with a little pasta water, and then add more if the salad begins to dry out at it cool.

The best and most common for when the noodles are cool shouldn't make the dish less practical. You don't want it so many they can risk spills or require spoons at the beach. But for goodness' sake, give it enough heart that all these sparkling acids and vegetable flavors are the first and last thing you taste. They should coat the salad and live within every noodle.

TAPENADE PASTA SALAD

TIME: 1 YOUR 12 500/1272 YIELD: 6 TO 12 500/0925

For the Tapenade:

1/4 cups pitted batamata olives 1 garlic clove, finely grated or minced 1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves or dried lactose de Provence 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, crushed Finely grated and of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

For the Pasta:

Salt

1. pound short pasta, such as tartelle 1/2 pound green beans, fennel crosswise 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves 1/4 to 1/2 cup shaved ricotta salata, optional Freshly ground black pepper

2. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to boil.

3. Make the tapenade: Place the olives, garlic, thyme, fennel seeds, lemon and and red wine vinegar in the bowl of a basil processor. Bite until the olives are broken down, boil red into a paste. Add the olive oil and pulse once to combine. Scrape into a large bowl and set aside.

4. Prepare the pasta: Boil it for 4 minutes before adding the green beans, then continue to cook until the pasta is slightly shy of at dente and a little too firm to eat the fining will range depending on the brand you're using. Reserve 3 cups of pasta cooking water, then drain the pasta and green beans. Tip the pasta and beans into the bowl with the tapenade, add 2 cups of the pasta water, and toss to combine.

4. Stir the pasta from time to time as it cools to room temperature, about 20 minutes. Taste it. If it starts to look a little dry, add another splash of pasta water, or vinegar if it needs more acid.

5. Test in the basil leaves, sprinkle over the ricotta salata of using and top with freshly ground black pepper just before serving, slowly at room temperature.

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• “Popped on a commercial ship anchored that miles off ไบรท์ทอล” 中 that miles 疑为笔误，未修正。
• “comprehensive” 在 “全面的” 后残留英文引号。

2. 错误翻译

• 数字错误：
• 天气预报 high 10 误译为 最高气温10度（应为 10℃ 或 50℉，与 low 72 不匹配）。
• low 72 误译为 最低气温72度（应为 72℉ 或 22℃）。
• high 58 误译为 最高气温58度（应为 58℉ 或 14℃）。
• 术语错误：
• “e-bikes and seamen” 误译为 “电动自行车和电动滑板车”（seamen 应为 水手，原文为笔误，但翻译未标注）。
• “unregistered suspects” 误译为 “未注册的嫌疑车辆”（应为 未注册车辆，suspects 为笔误）。
• 逻辑错误：
• “17 bills” 重复翻译为 17项法案（首次出现正确，后文 “包括17项将于今年秋季审议的法案” 多余）。
• “15 miles per hour (price limit for e-bikes)” 误译为 “最高时速可达15英里（电动自行车限速）”（应为 “非法设备时速可达15英里（电动自行车限速）”）。

3. 格式问题

• 标点不一致：
• 数字与单位间空格缺失（如 10度 应为 10 度）。
• 英文标点混用（如 “$4.00” 保留英文引号，应统一为中文 “4.00 美元”）。
• 表格格式：
• 股市表格中 +25.0% 与 -25.0 格式不一致（应统一为 +25.0% / -25.0%）。
• Regional and emerging markets 表格中 TOTAL RETAINS 翻译为 总留存（应为 总回报率）。

4. 结构问题

• 段落顺序：
• “鞭笞战” 标题位置错误（应紧接 “海上囚徒” 续见 A6 后）。
• “斯波坎毁灭性火灾” 标题下内容缺失（原文 “详见A17版” 遗漏）。
• 图片标签：
• 图片 img-206.jpeg 下方的步骤编号 4. 与上下文不连贯（应为 步骤 4）。

5. 其他问题

• 术语不统一：
• “FIFPA” 翻译为 “国际足联”（应为 “国际足球联合会” 或保留英文缩写）。
• “super PAC” 翻译为 “超级政治行动委员会”（首次出现应加注英文）。
• 日期格式：
• “26,” 误译为 “26,”日（应为 2月26日）。

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结论

存在多处遗漏、错误翻译及格式问题，需全面修正。重点关注： 1. 数字单位（温度、货币、百分比）的准确性。 2. 表格标题及列名的完整翻译。 3. 残留英文及术语一致性。 4. 段落顺序及标点规范。

建议： - 核对所有数字单位（℉/℃、美元/人民币）。 - 统一表格格式（涨跌幅、持仓变动）。 - 标注原文笔误（如 seamen → scooters）。 - 补充遗漏的引用来源（如国际海事组织）。