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Trump gets spot of good news from delayed January jobs report

January’s delayed jobs report gave President Trump a badly-needed spot of good news on Wednesday, showing the economy gained 130,000 jobs, a number well ahead of expectations. Economists expected the U.S. to have added roughly 70,000 jobs in January, with the unemployment rate

Recently Discovered: an NYC Underground Railroad Stop

The Merchant’s House Museum was NYC’s first landmarked building, but until this year, the function of a small hidden passageway in the house was unknown. When historians and preservationists examined it in detail, they found that it was built by the first owner of the house,

India, China and the regret of Gyalo Thondup

Gyalo Thondup, who died on February 8, 2026, at 97 at the Indian hill station Kalimpong, carried with him secrets of a vanished era — and a warning for the present one. As the elder brother of the 14th Dalai Lama and a principal architect of the Tibetan resistance, Thondup

Walz: Immigration crackdown in Minnesota may end in days

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Tuesday that he expects the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis to end in a matter of days. Walz told reporters that he spoke with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles earlier that morning and with White House border