What we are reading December 10, 2025
Here are a few articles that caught our attention this week.
‘The mission is dead’: Federal workers say the shutdown made an ‘extremely trying year’ worse
“As if morale wasn’t already non-existent, it sure is now,” one federal worker said.
Anastasia Obis
Why Do Trump’s Favorite Tech Bros Look So Sad?
This was supposed to be their year—but a historically unpopular president and fears of an A.I. stock market crash loom large over Silicon Valley.
Nitish Pahwa
Trump is threatening to get rid of one of the biggest reasons prices have remained in check | CNN Business
When President Donald Trump introduced his “Liberation Day” tariffs in April, many economists predicted Americans would soon experience massive price increases. While inflation has ticked up in the eight months that passed, it’s been nowhere near levels initially projected.
Elisabeth Buchwald
Trump Pardons Drug Trafficker Who Backed Network State City
Trump pardoned Honduras’s ex-president, convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine. He championed Prospera, backed by Thiel and Andreessen.
Gil Duran
Frank Gehry, celebrated architect of wildly imaginative buildings, dies at 96
Among his many masterpieces are the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin’s DZ Bank Building. Gehry was awarded every major prize architecture has to offer, including the field’s top honor, the Pritzker Prize.
John Rogers, Associated Press
Why Mike Johnson Is Miserable and House Republicans Are Furious
Speaker Mike Johnson is losing control of the House Republican Caucus
Philip Elliott
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