Zoe Ettinger

3 weeks ago | publishersweekly.com | Zoe Ettinger

The Haggadah, the religious text that guides the Passover Seder, recounts the story of the Jews’ liberation from enslavement in Egypt through song, symbolic foods, and the ritual of the Seder meal. The book has been adapted by Jews in every century and culture—and this spring, two music lovers are bringing a contemporary spin, and sound, to the text in The Rock ‘n’ Roll Haggadah (Simon Element, out now).

1 month ago | latintimes.com | Zoe Ettinger

President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies took to social media on Saturday to urge fellow Republicans to pass a spending bill Speaker of the House Mike Johnson unveiled earlier that day. Johnson's bill would keep federal agencies running through September 30 and would avert an impending government shutdown. "The House and Senate have put together, under the circumstances, a very good funding Bill ("CR")! All Republicans should vote (Please!) YES next week," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

1 month ago | latintimes.com | Zoe Ettinger

Kim Jong Un was pictured on Saturday inspecting North Korea's first nuclear-powered submarine, which experts say poses a major risk to the United States and South Korea. State media released photos of the "nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine," which is still under construction, in a North Korean shipyard. Un was captured beside the vessel as he was briefed on its construction progress, according to the Korean Central News Agency.

1 month ago | latintimes.com | Zoe Ettinger

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) mocked Elon Musk on X by copying his recent demand to federal workers and sharing a list of "5 things" he claims President Donald Trump accomplished this week. Schiff's list was as follows:"1. Promised more tax cuts for billionaires2. Further abandoned our ally Ukraine3. Flip-flopped on tariffs and tanked the stock market4. Completely ignored skyrocketing prices5. Went golfing"Five things Donald Trump accomplished this week:1. Promised more tax cuts for billionaires2.

1 month ago | latintimes.com | Zoe Ettinger

Convicted crypto grifter Sam Bankman-Fried was reportedly thrown in solitary confinement following an unauthorized jailhouse interview with Tucker Carlson this week. On Thursday, Carlson posted a video recording on YouTube of an interview between himself and Bankman-Fried, who is currently serving a 25-year sentence at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York. Following the interview, Bankman-Fried was moved to solitary confinement.