The Full Belmonte, 4/28/2024
THE LATEST NEWS
Politics
President Biden Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times
“President Biden joked about Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner. ‘The 2024 election’s in full swing and yes, age is an issue,’ he said. ‘I’m a grown man running against a 6-year-old.’” [New York Times]
“No major American presidential candidate has talked like Trump now does at his rallies, not even Trump himself, Charles Homans writes.” [New York Times]
“Environmental rules are imposed, gutted and restored with each election. Economists say that’s creating an unstable business environment.” [New York Times]
“At Trump’s criminal trial, the testimony of David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer, offered a window into the golden era of tabloids.” [New York Times]
“As Earl Blumenauer, a longtime Oregon congressman, prepares to retire, he is trying to persuade his fellow Democrats to embrace federal marijuana legalization.” [New York Times]
Israel-Hamas War
“Hamas released a video of two hostages that appeared to have been made recently. The circumstances of how the video was filmed were unclear.” [New York Times]
“Development agencies and Middle Eastern businesses have been meeting to plan Gaza’s long-term economic future.” [New York Times]
“The U.S. military is building a humanitarian pier in Gaza. Read about how it will work.” [New York Times]
Campus Protests
At Northeastern University in Boston. Sophie Park for The New York Times
“The police arrested more than 200 protesters yesterday at Northeastern University, Arizona State University, Indiana University and Washington University in St. Louis, officials said.” [New York Times]
“Some colleges that initiated police crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protests have since taken a different tack. Others have defended the move.” [New York Times]
“See images of the student protests from Reuters.” [New York Times]
Other Big Stories
“The Louisiana Supreme Court cleared the way for a new city to be created out of part of Baton Rouge, carving out a largely white and more affluent section of the city.” [New York Times]
“A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 plane lost its emergency slide soon after takeoff, prompting it to return to New York. It was not immediately clear what caused the slide to detach.” [New York Times]
International News
Guatemalan security forces. Daniele Volpe for The New York Times
“As fentanyl has largely displaced heroin in the U.S., the world’s largest market for illicit drugs, poppy farmers in Guatemala are losing their primary income.” [New York Times]
“In Ukraine, prisoners of war are returning with physical and psychological wounds. Soldiers are sent back to active duty, often without adequate treatment.” [New York Times]
“‘I came to the U.K. for the U.K.’: Asylum seekers in Britain expressed anxiety about a law that brings the possibility of their deportation to Rwanda closer.” [New York Times]
“Lives Lived: Andrew Davis was an ebullient British conductor who brought passion to hundreds of opera performances. He died at 80.” [New York Times]