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Yesterday — 31 August 2025Main stream

Chevron’s Boss Says the World Will Need Oil for a ‘Long, Long Time’

31 August 2025 at 17:01
Mike Wirth, who has seen many booms and busts over the more than 40 years he has been with the energy giant, said that “when the world stops using oil and gas, we’ll stop looking for it.”

© George Etheredge for The New York Times

While Mike Wirth, the chief executive of Chevron, said oil production was still in demand, his company is also investing in new technologies, like hydrogen, lithium and renewable fuels.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Benny Johnson Was Fired for Plagiarism. At the White House, He’s Embraced.

30 August 2025 at 17:01
Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster, has enjoyed rare access and promotion from the Trump administration.

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Benny Johnson, a podcaster, was invited by the White House to sit in the new media area at the administration’s press briefing in August.

Can This Chef Revive Babbo, Mario Batali’s Signature Restaurant?

30 August 2025 at 05:31
Mark Ladner, a master of Italian cooking and a Batali protégé, is reinventing the Manhattan restaurant under the same famous (and infamous) name.

© Colin Clark for The New York Times

‘The Queen of Versailles’ Puts Her Life in the Hands of a ‘Wicked’ Diva

29 August 2025 at 20:52
A 2012 documentary asked if Jacqueline Siegel was a benefactor or victim of American greed. A new musical starring Kristin Chenoweth raises doubts.

© Marisa Chafetz for The New York Times

Afternoon at the Met Museum: Siegel and Chenoweth are part of the musical’s producing team.

John Malone Helped Create the Modern Media Industry. He’s Not Sure We’re Better Off.

29 August 2025 at 22:32
John Malone helped create the modern media industry over the last half century. In a new memoir, “Born to Be Wired,” he looks back on what he has wrought.

© Ryan David Brown for The New York Times

John Malone, a captain of the media industry over the past several decades, aboard his yacht in the Boothbay region of Maine.

Their Beach Home in the Hamptons Is a Driveway

Tucked among exclusive real estate, a family’s 18-foot-wide strip of land is not just an oceanside parking spot. It’s their legacy.

Mr. Nathan at the foot of the sandy driveway. The plot, marked by turquoise-painted driftwood poles, is 18 feet wide by several hundred feet long.
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