Famous writers at New Yorker are up in arms after fact-checker’s firing
The media company summarily dismissed four employees, including a fact-checker at the 100-year-old magazine, for “extreme misconduct.” Many of its famous writers are outraged.
Last updated: 2025-11-21 17:26:48 ET
The media company summarily dismissed four employees, including a fact-checker at the 100-year-old magazine, for “extreme misconduct.” Many of its famous writers are outraged.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, helped facilitate the deal to end the shutdown last week.
A triple murderer became the third person to be executed by firing squad in South Carolina this year, making no final statement before shots rang out.
Stephen Bryant faces a firing squad execution Friday for brutal 2004 murders. South Carolina resumed executions after a 13-year pause in 2024.
Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.
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