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Bring the Kids Along

Once I was a toddler, we not often went on massive household journeys.
A part of that’s generational. I used to be born within the ’60s, when the lives of youngsters and their dad and mom have been extra separate. Air journey was nonetheless particular and, in my household, reserved for the adults. However there was one thing innate, too. I believe some persons are wanderers, and others are usually not. We had a trip home in the identical state as our “actual” home, and when trip time rolled round, that’s the place we went.
In my very own life as a mother or father, I’ve leaned arduous the alternative approach. I’ve {a photograph} of my son at 2½, peering into a flowery bathtub at a lodge in Paris. Earlier than he was 10 he’d traveled to China. I didn’t take a global flight till my junior 12 months of school.
The pandemic put our journeys on maintain for some time; our 2020 journey to Japan is now deliberate for later this 12 months. But it surely appears as if everyone seems to be on the transfer and households aren’t leaving anybody dwelling with the babysitter. Resorts are ditching “no kids” guidelines. Generations are heading off collectively, usually with grandparents and grandkids sharing their very own journey and leaving dad and mom out of it. That form of shift in how we trip impressed me and my colleagues on The Instances’s journey desk to place collectively a particular package deal printed this week on household journey.
Why take the youngsters alongside? I believe that these of us who do hope our youngsters will probably be extra curious, extra tolerant and higher in a position to negotiate the world. We take our youngsters to museums, hoping our love of tradition will rub off; we discover the pure world, hoping to get them to lookup and expertise the earth’s magnificence; we combine in some historical past with the child-centric actions to assist them perceive the tides that proceed to hold us alongside.
On that journey to France when my son was little, we went to Giverny to see Monet’s home and dragged him by means of the Louvre in a stroller. We additionally rented a farmhouse within the south of France that was surrounded by vineyards. One morning, an enormous blue grape-harvesting machine arrived, driving by means of the rows of vines and pulling the ripe grapes into its maw. My son was enthralled. For him, it was the spotlight of the journey.
And who’s to say he was unsuitable?
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Donald Trump ready to give up in Manhattan subsequent week within the first indictment within the U.S. of a former president, and the police there braced for protests.
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The Manhattan district lawyer, Alvin Bragg, resurrected the Trump case by changing a skeptic in his workplace and including a veteran lawyer to steer the inquiry.
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Russian troops captured criminals as they withdrew from a Ukrainian metropolis and took a few of them on an odyssey by means of 5 prisons and 5 nations.
CULTURE CALENDAR
🍿 “Tetris” (out now) and “The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film” (Friday): Only a few weeks previous the season finale of HBO’s hit collection “The Final of Us” and we’re crashing into two consecutive weekends of ’80s online game diversifications — Apple TV+’s “Tetris” and the extremely anticipated big-screen animated model of “It’s a me, Mario!” Possibly the trade is lastly realizing that as a result of video games are many issues, their diversifications may be something (a zombie post-apocalypse collection, a Chilly Battle dramedy, a foolish household movie).
📚 “Discovering Me” (Tuesday): This 12 months, Viola Davis grew to become one of many uncommon artists to notch an EGOT, having received an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. She joined the membership by successful a Grammy for narrating her best-selling memoir. You may get that audiobook or look ahead to the paperback, out this week.
Huevos Rancheros
I’m a powerful advocate of eggs for dinner, particularly when they’re paired with wealthy beans and zesty sauce, as they’re in traditional huevos rancheros. However after all you can make Kay Chun’s majorly flavorful model of the dish any time of day, and with outstanding ease.
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Window purchasing: The inside décor retailer KRB in Manhattan is an element store and half workshop for experiments in mixing objects of various high quality and provenance.
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ADVICE FROM WIRECUTTER
Elevate the Easter basket
Easter morning is only a week away, and should you’re gathering goodies for the youngsters, Wirecutter has concepts. There’s sweet, after all; we’re a fan of Cadbury Mini Eggs, Jelly Bellies and seasonal treats from See’s. Easy springtime toys like bubbles, sidewalk chalk and leap ropes are traditional. We additionally like anchoring a basket with a particular e-book, stuffed animal or toy — a candy Folkmanis hand puppet and a white Lego rabbit are new favorites. Looking for a basket? As an alternative of a junky model that’ll find yourself within the landfill, a cute canvas tote or a cheap plastic seashore bucket can sub in properly. — Kalee Thompson
Ladies’s N.C.A.A. basketball championship: Iowa upset South Carolina final evening, 77-73, ending the Gamecocks’ good season behind one more outstanding sport from Caitlin Clark, who had 41 factors. The Hawkeyes will play Louisiana State, which beat Virginia Tech. The Tigers have made a serious turnaround in simply two years beneath Coach Kim Mulkey. It helps to have Angel Reese, a star ahead, whose 33 double-doubles this season tied an N.C.A.A. file. 3:30 p.m. Japanese tomorrow on ABC.
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So What Is the Debt Limit Anyway? Here’s What to Know.

The wrangling over the nation’s debt limit raises a lot of questions, including what it actually is and why the United States has one.
Here’s everything you need to know.
What is the debt limit?
The debt limit is a cap on the total amount of money that the United States is authorized to borrow to fund the government and meet its financial obligations.
Because the federal government runs budget deficits — meaning it spends more than it brings in through taxes and other revenue — it must borrow huge sums of money to pay its bills. Those obligations include funding for social safety net programs, interest on the national debt and salaries for members of the armed forces.
Approaching the debt ceiling often elicits calls by lawmakers to cut back on government spending. But lifting the debt limit does not actually authorize any new spending — in fact, it simply allows the United States to spend money on programs that have already been authorized by Congress.
When was the debt limit reached?
The United States officially hit its debt limit on Jan. 19, prompting the Treasury Department to use accounting maneuvers known as extraordinary measures to continue paying the government’s obligations and avoid a default. Those measures temporarily curb certain government investments so that the bills can continue to be paid.
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen has warned lawmakers that the United States could run out of cash in early June if the borrowing cap isn’t raised or suspended.
How much debt does the United States have?
The national debt crossed $31 trillion for the first time last year. The borrowing cap is set at $31.381 trillion.
Why does the United States have a debt limit?
According to the Constitution, Congress must authorize government borrowing. In the early 20th century, the debt limit was instituted so that the Treasury would not need to ask Congress for permission each time it had to issue debt to pay bills.
During World War I, Congress passed the Second Liberty Bond Act of 1917 to give the Treasury more flexibility to issue debt and manage federal finances. The debt limit started to take its current shape in 1939, when Congress consolidated different limits that had been set on different types of bonds into a single borrowing cap. At the time, the limit was set to $45 billion.
While the debt limit was created to make government run more smoothly, many policymakers believe that it has become more trouble than it’s worth. In 2021, Ms. Yellen said she supported abolishing the debt limit.
What happens if the debt limit is not raised or suspended?
If the government exhausts its extraordinary measures and runs out of cash, it would be unable to issue new debt. That means it would not have enough money to pay its bills, including interest and other payments it owes to bondholders, military salaries and benefits to retirees.
No one knows exactly what would happen if the United States gets to that point, but the government could default on its debt if it is unable to make required payments to its bondholders. Economists and Wall Street analysts warn that such a scenario would be economically devastating, and could plunge the entire world into a financial crisis.
Will military salaries, Social Security benefits and bondholders be paid?
Various ideas have been raised to ensure that critical payments are not missed — particularly payments to the investors who hold U.S. debt. But none of these ideas have ever been tried, and it remains unclear whether the government could actually continue paying any of its bills if it can’t borrow more money.
One idea that has been proposed is that the Treasury Department would prioritize certain payments to avoid defaulting on U.S. debt. In that case, the Treasury would first pay the bondholders who own U.S. Treasury debt, even if it delayed other financial obligations like government salaries or retirement benefits.
So far, the Treasury seems to have ruled that out as an option. Ms. Yellen has said that such an approach would not avoid a debt “default” in the eyes of markets.
“Treasury systems have all been built to pay all of our bills when they’re due and on time, and not to prioritize one form of spending over another,” Ms. Yellen told reporters earlier this year.
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Investor favourite Mehmet Şimşek set to return as Turkish finance minister

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to appoint Mehmet Şimşek as finance and treasury minister, according to a person familiar with the negotiations, a move that would bring back to the government an economist who is widely respected by foreign investors.
Şimşek, a former senior Merrill Lynch economist, would be re-entering Turkey’s government at a time when the country’s $900bn economy is under intense strain and foreign investors have fled after years of unconventional policies pursued by Erdoğan’s government.
If he is appointed, it would be a signal that Erdoğan may be willing to reverse his unorthodox policies, which many blame for triggering an acute cost of living crisis as the lira has tumbled to record lows against the dollar.
Şimşek was Turkey’s deputy prime minister for economic affairs. He had served as finance minister from 2009 to 2015, when he assumed the deputy prime minister role. He stepped down in 2018 when Erdoğan appointed his son-in-law as finance minister, but has now found common ground with the president on key policy matters, according to the person familiar with the talks.
Erdoğan, who was re-elected to a new five-year term as president on Sunday, is expected to unveil his new cabinet on Saturday. Turkey’s government did not immediately comment on the matter. The news that Şimşek was set to be appointed was first reported by Bloomberg.
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Clayton sheriff’s office employee arrested for ‘encouraging’ people to steal from inmates
Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen has arrested a fifth employee in less than one week.
Sarai Tatiana Ali, a contractor with the sheriff’s office, was arrested and charged with obstruction and being a party to a crime.
Sheriff Allen says Ali aided and abetted suspects and shared confidential information before encouraging her crew to steal from inmates.
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“I would rather have one good deputy than 100 crooked ones,” Allen said in a statement on Thursday night. “I won’t stop until I get every last one of them out of my agency.”
Jail records show that Ali was booked into the Clayton County Jail just before midnight on Wednesday. She is currently being held on a $5,500 bond.
Ali’s arrest comes as part of Allen’s “Operation Clean House.”
Less than an hour before Ali was booked into the jail, fellow contractor Iyana Dixon was booked, jail records show. She was accused of using a stolen credit card at a Macy’s department store.
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Both arrests come just days after three others were arrested.
Correctional Officer Tabitha Clifton and nurse Jessica Castellanos were arrested on Friday and accused of giving contraband to inmates.
Less than 24 hours before, Correctional Officer Sean Hollinshead was accused of “orchestrating” an attack on an inmate.
Allen says Hollinshead placed an inmate into a high-risk housing unit where he was beaten and stabbed. They say he then failed to provide aid to the inmate.
Dixon is still being held in the Clayton County Jail while Hollinshead, Clifton and Castellanos have since been released.
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