G7, Brazil, U.S. Open: Your Weekend Briefing
Here’s what you need to know about the week’s top stories.
At G7 Summit, Trump Meets Allies Who Remain Wary of Him
Big issues being addressed in Biarritz, like trade agreements, global warming and relations with Russia, are also areas where the American president and many of his counterparts disagree.
Israel Says It Struck Iranian ‘Killer Drones’ in Syria
The military says Iran was planning to attack Israeli targets with a new kamikaze-style weapon.
The Police Photoshopped His Mug Shot for a Lineup. He’s Not the Only One.
When witness descriptions made no mention of a suspect’s facial tattoos, the police airbrushed them away for an identification lineup. The practice goes beyond one case.
Two Eggs With a Side of Avocado Toast and Instagram Fodder
The classic diner makes a comeback with fancier menus, ambitious chefs and trend-seeking customers.
Jeanine Pirro, Dan Bongino Praise ‘Animal Spirits’ Boosting Economy, Blast New York Times for Recession Warnings: ‘Stop Pretending You’re Journalists!’
On Justice with Jeanine, host Jeanine Pirro and fellow Fox News personality Dan Bongino praised the “animal spirits” that have boosted the economy under President Donald Trump and raked the New York Times over the coals for covering warnings about a possible recession: “Stop pretending you’re journalists!”
Pirro targeted the newspaper for what she characterizes as an ongoing, years-long campaign to undermine the president.
“Russia didn’t work. Racism thing isn’t working. Now they are on the recession,” she said. In the past few weeks, the New York Times has run several news stories and analysis pieces pointing to negative economic indicators, including the stock market volatility spurred by Trump’s trade war with China.
“They are pushing on recession with no evidence of that either,” Bongino said, ignoring the economic warning signs provided by the Times and many other news outlets. “I have no problem with the New York Times turning into the equivalent of tabloid journalism. It’s perfectly legal to do that. There is nothing wrong with becoming the political equivalent of People magazine. But stop pretending you’re journalists!”
Pirro agreed and offered up as a rebuttal one of the president’s tweets touting the US economy before turning to a rather different anecdotal argument to support Trump. “There is something called animal instinct that kicked in in the economy when the president was elected,” Pirro said. “Everybody started realizing the economy is going to get better. When people like the New York Times keep talking about recession. Everybody instinctively starts to pull back and [the Times] can almost make it a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
“You are right, it’s called animal spirits. You’re absolutely right, and the animal spirits are real,” Bongino added. “Economics, the allocation of scarce resources, has a psychological component. People consume and spend the wealth effect when they feel like they are doing okay. When the ‘New York Slimes’ and other outlets are sitting there telling people the hottest economy in the world is garbage, you’re not wrong by saying there’s a deep sociological, psychological effect on people.”
Watch the video above, via Fox News.
One Crazy Day Showed How Political Chaos Threatens the World Economy
An escalating trade war and unpredictable policy shifts. Also, tweets.
Summer on the Swollen Great Lakes
The lakes rose this year to levels not seen in decades. A 1,234-mile drive around one of them revealed what all that water has left behind — vanishing beaches, closed roads, new islands.
Andrew Luck of the Colts Retires From the N.F.L. After Spate of Injuries
The 29-year-old was the first pick in the 2012 draft and is in the third year of a five-year contract extension that pays him an average of $23.3 million a year.
Fire Displaces 200 Residents of a Halfway House in Paterson, N.J.
The fire destroyed the Straight & Narrow residence, which serves people recovering from addiction.