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Main storiesEditor’s letterCorporate America has a message for Donald Trump: We believe what you believe. In the months since the Republican’s election victory, Big Business has been working frenetically to erase any evidence of “woke” or un-Trumpy tendencies. Diversity, equity, and inclusion departments have been axed; climate-change groups have been abandoned (See Making Money, p.33); and anything bearing a trans flag has been shredded. Executives who once spouted progressive pablum are now talking like MAGA true believers. Just hours after killing his company’s DEI programs and fact-check systems last week (See Technology, p.20), Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast to bemoan how society has become “emasculated.” It’s a positive that America is returning to a culture that “celebrates the aggression a bit more,” said Zuckerberg. “Masculine energy is good.”…2 分
Main storiesWhat next?Los Angeles County isn’t in the clear yet and may not be for a while, said Matthew Cappucci in The Washington Post. In the short term, the Santa Ana winds are due to subside, “offering some reprieve.” But “it’s just a waiting game” until they start blowing again, and the fire risk will remain high unless the region gets some “meaningful rainfall.” Despite L.A. being in the middle of its annual “wet season,” when fires are typically rare, meteorologists see no signs of significant rain anytime soon. L.A. faces a “long road” to recovery, said Kevin Rector in the Los Angeles Times. Amid unfathomable destruction, immediate questions loom such as where the newly homeless will stay. Then there are longer-term questions, such as whether to rebuild in vulnerable areas. This…1 分
Main storiesSenators grill Hegseth, other Trump nomineesWhat happenedSenate hearings to vet President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks began this week, with defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth appearing set for confirmation despite Democrats’ questions about his history of public intoxication and sexual assault allegations and his unusually thin résumé. Hegseth, an Army veteran and former Fox & Friends host, has admitted to cheating on all three of his wives and was sued for alleged sexual assault in 2017; former co-workers have said he drank on the job. Hegseth called those allegations smears but added, “I have failed in things in my life, and thankfully I’m redeemed by my lord and savior Jesus.” When Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) asked whether Hegseth would refuse an illegal order from Trump, pointing out that as president in 2020 Trump had reportedly asked…3 分
Main storiesIt wasn’t all badJamie Fortin didn’t know what to do when a fire destroyed Friends to Lovers, the romance-book store in Alexandria, Va., she had opened just three days earlier. The store was too damaged to reopen, and she had $20,000 worth of new books coming with no place to sell them. But neighboring businesses opened shelf space in their own stores to support Fortin and her five part-time employees. “The community really stepped up,” she said. “At my grand opening, I told the customers, ‘This is as much yours as mine.’” Landing in Paris in December, Air France pilot Daniel Harding thanked his passengers for choosing the airline, then added: “Remember: Rehearsal is at 6 p.m.” That’s because a few hours later, Harding would swap his navy-blue uniform for a black tuxedo…2 分
Controversy of the weekPresident Biden: How will history judge his legacy?A president’s legacy usually takes decades to come into focus, said Matt K. Lewis in The Hill. Not this time. When Joe Biden ran for president in 2020, the “fundamental promise” of his campaign was to save U.S. democracy from the autocratic threat of a second Donald Trump term. Biden repeated the sentiment this week in a farewell letter to the nation, saying he “ran for president because I believed the soul of America was at stake.” By his own standard, in other words, the fact of Trump’s swearing-in on Jan. 20 makes “Biden’s historical legacy one of failure,” no matter what else he achieved as president. “It didn’t have to be this way,” said Anthony Zurcher in BBC News. Biden’s crises in office were largely self-inflicted, from the bungled…3 分

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