Justin Porter

New York

Senior Editor, Newsletters at The New York Times

Writer, newspaperman, roustabout

Articles

A Trump-Harvard Showdown

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Justin Porter

Image After freezing $2.2 billion in funding to Harvard University, President Trump turned up the pressure yesterday and threatened to revoke its tax-exempt status. The fight between the Trump administration and the nation's oldest and most elite university was headed for a showdown that could affect other U.S. institutions.
El Salvador Will Not Return Deportee

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Justin Porter

Image At a White House meeting with President Trump, El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, said yesterday that he would not return a man who was wrongly deported from the U.S. and sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador. "Of course I'm not going to do it," Bukele said when reporters asked if he was willing to help return the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. The deportation case is at the heart of a legal battle that has gone to the Supreme Court. Here's what else to know.
Tuesday Briefing: El Salvador Will Not Return Deportee

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Justin Porter

1 hour agoSHOTLIST LIMA, PERU (APRIL 14, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS SHOTS OF MEMORIAL CEREMONY FOR PERUVIAN NOBEL LAUREATE LLOSALIMA, PERU - APRIL 14: Fans gather for a tribute to Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa at the Fuente de la Fantasia in Lima's Magic Water Circuit on Monday, April 14. The tribute celebrated his literary legacy and his defense of freedom, following his passing on Sunday.
Fighting Monsters of American Folklore to Battle Trauma

2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Justin Porter

Share As days go, Hazel is having one for the books.
Fighting Monsters of American Folklore to Battle Trauma

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Justin Porter

Lanier said it was important that Hazel's story departed from the more traditional "chosen one" narrative. Hazel's powers do not come to her by right or bloodline. Anybody can be a weaver. All it takes is that, "in a moment of need, the land would chose you." Weavers are champions of the oppressed. But sometimes a wound is too great to fully heal. Sometimes all that can be done is to listen and acknowledge the pain.
Trump's Tariffs Rattle the Markets

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Justin Porter

Image Wall Street tumbled to its worst day since the pandemic yesterday in response to President Trump's major round of tariffs on U.S. imports, as countries reeling from the blow weighed countermeasures. Stocks in Asia and Europe also fell. Some European leaders vowed to retaliate after Trump slapped a 20 percent tariff on the E.U. "If you take on one of us, you take on all of us," Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said.
Thursday Briefing

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Justin Porter

Image Steel coils at a factory in Hamilton, Ontario. The trade fight widened yesterday as the E.U. and Canada announced billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports, hours after President Trump's levies on steel and aluminum imports took effect. Europe The E.U. said that tariffs would take effect on April 1, a response to about $26 billion in tariffs applied by the U.S. But bloc officials emphasized that they were ready to strike a deal. Their response will come in two parts.
"Human PLCG2 Haploinsufficiency Results in a Novel Natural Killer Cell " by Joshua B Alinger, Emily M Mace et al.

2 months ago | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Emily Mace |Justin Porter |Annelise Y. Mah-Som |Joshua B Alinger

Although most individuals effectively control herpesvirus infections, some suffer from severe and/or recurrent infections. A subset of these patients possess defects in NK cells, lymphocytes which recognize and lyse herpesvirus-infected cells; however, the genetic etiology is rarely diagnosed. PLCG2 encodes a signaling protein in NK cell and B cell signaling. Dominant-negative or gain-of-function variants in PLCG2 cause cold urticaria, antibody deficiency, and autoinflammation.
Los Angeles Battles Deadly Wildfires

Jan 8, 2025 | nytimes.com | Emmett Lindner |Justin Porter

Image Multiple out-of-control blazes in the Los Angeles area yesterday killed at least two people and seriously injured many others. The fires destroyed homes and businesses and blanketed highways in smoke. Officials warned of a dwindling water supply and said the worst was yet to come. Follow our live coverage here. Tens of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes, and more areas were placed under evacuation orders by the hour.
An Attack in New Orleans

Jan 1, 2025 | nytimes.com | Justin Porter

Image A man rammed a pickup into crowds on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing at least 10 people and injuring about 35 others before being killed by the police, officials said. The F.B.I. is investigating the attack as an act of terrorism. Follow our live updates. The suspect has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, a U.S. Army veteran from Texas.