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Today — 5 January 2025Main stream

How the Democrats Lost the Working Class

4 January 2025 at 22:59
The theory seemed sound: Stabilize financial markets, support the poor and promote a more secure, integrated world. But blue-collar workers were left behind.

© Will Warasila for The New York Times

The Democratic Party’s estrangement from working-class voters was crucial to Donald J. Trump’s victories in 2016 and 2024.
Yesterday — 4 January 2025Main stream

Jocelyne Wildenstein, Socialite and Tabloid ‘Catwoman,’ Dies at 79

4 January 2025 at 02:49
Her lurid divorce from the wealthy scion of an art-world dynasty earned headlines. Her elaborate plastic surgeries brought even more attention.

© Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images

Jocelyne Wildenstein in 2002. Her lavish lifestyle and cosmetic surgeries intrigued the tabloids, which called her “catwoman” because of her catlike eyes, though she insisted she had not had any work done on them.

Awaiting Sentencing, Menendez Pleads for Leniency and Blames His Wife

4 January 2025 at 00:32
As they did during his trial, lawyers for the former senator argued in a court filing that he had been led astray by his wife, Nadine Menendez.

© Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times

Former Senator Robert Menendez faces sentencing and a possible prison term after his conviction on corruption charges.
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