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Larry Summers Won't Fulfill Teaching Obligations After All
Yet More Fallout
for Larry Summers
Nov 20, 2025 12:30 AM CST

Yet More Fallout for Larry Summers

In wake of Epstein email release, he's taking a break from teaching at Harvard

(Newser) - Harvard economist Lawrence Summers is stepping away from his teaching and administrative roles at the university as the school investigates his connections to Jeffrey Epstein , the New York Times reports. Summers, who previously served as Harvard's president, will also step down as director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business...

Texas Releases Abbott-Musk Emails, but There's an Issue

Nearly 1,400 pages are now available, but almost all are redacted

(Newser) - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office has released almost 1,400 pages of emails with Elon Musk's companies—though the vast majority are blacked out, per a new report from ProPublica . The release comes after a public records request from the Texas Newsroom, which sought to shed light on...

Amid Epstein Fallout, Larry Summers Apologizes

Former Harvard president says he will step back from public life

(Newser) - Larry Summers, the former Harvard president and Treasury secretary, is stepping back from public roles after his email exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein surfaced in a batch of newly released documents . "I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused," Summers said Monday, adding...

World's Power Players Sought Advice From Jeffrey Epstein

Newly released emails reveal world leaders, other big names regularly sought sex offender's counsel

(Newser) - A new batch of emails reveals that disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was a go-to adviser for a global roster of high-profile figures, even after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to prostitution charges. The 20,000-plus pages of correspondence, released by House lawmakers, show how former world...

Maybe Hold Off Before Clicking That 'Unsubscribe' Button

Wall Street Journal reports that you may be inviting even more spam into your inbox by doing so

(Newser) - As you sift through all of those unwanted spam emails in your inbox, you may be tempted to click on the "Unsubscribe" button that appears on many of them. It turns out that may be the worst thing you can do, with cybersecurity experts now warning that responding to...

Microsoft: We've Entered the Era of the 'Infinite Workday'

Report backs up the assertion using 365 data

(Newser) - Forget clocking out at five—Microsoft says the boundaries of the traditional workday have vanished, with workers now so tethered to their jobs they're experiencing the "infinite workday," reports Quartz . In a report released Tuesday that analyzes data from its 365 suite (specifically "trillions of...

What the DoD Did This Week: Killed Those DOGE Reports

Civilian employees at Pentagon no longer have to send bulleted list each week detailing their work

(Newser) - Good news for civilian workers at the Pentagon who've been forced to send weekly emails documenting their work: You don't have to do that anymore. The directive kick-started earlier this year across various federal agencies by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency group, which instructed staffers to...

Governor Pushes Back After Paper Demands 4 Emails

Iowa's Kim Reynolds cites confidentiality issues in keeping emails from Des Moines Register

(Newser) - Iowa's governor is taking the Des Moines Register to court over four withheld emails, sparking a legal clash that could shape how much the public gets to know about state government communications. Kim Reynolds filed a lawsuit in Polk County against the Register in response to the newspaper's...

Email to Pete Hegseth From His Mom Is Raising Eyebrows

Penelope Hegseth is now disavowing her 2018 letter in which she accused him of abusing women

(Newser) - "The family dynamics of Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, have burst out into the open," reports the Guardian , after a six-year-old email to him from his own mother was leaked to the media. The New York Times got its hands on the 2018...

NYT Columnist Explains Why He 'Euthanized' His Gmail

Ezra Klein killed off his Google email account due to the overwhelming amount of content

(Newser) - Ezra Klein remembers feeling "chosen" two decades ago when he scored a coveted invite to join Google's new Gmail service, which promised much more storage in users' inboxes and robust search capabilities. He now admits he's no longer a Gmail devotee, as of a few months ago:...

RFK Jr. Campaign Backs Away From Email on 'J6 Activists'

Team now disavows fundraising email that deems inmates 'stripped of their Constitutional liberties'

(Newser) - Donald Trump has made no bones about publicly supporting individuals incarcerated for the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol . Now, the campaign of another 2024 presidential contender is walking back its own assessment of the jailed rioters in a fundraising email.
  • The email: The campaign of independent candidate Robert
...

DeSantis Aide Used Back Channel in Migrant Flight Talks

Larry Keefe, Fla. governor's safety czar, was known as 'Clarice Starling' in messages to Vertol Systems

(Newser) - A top aide to Ron DeSantis might be known as Larry Keefe in real life, but in a secret back channel he used with a contractor that was seeking a deal to transport migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard , he called himself by a more familiar name: "Clarice...

Post Has More Ginni Thomas Election Emails

They show she implored Arizona lawmakers to disregard 2020 vote, name 'clean' electors

(Newser) - The Washington Post has obtained more messages from Virginia "Ginni" Thomas in regard to her efforts to keep former President Trump in office. Thomas—wife of the Supreme Court's Clarence Thomas—emailed two Arizona lawmakers in November 2020 and implored them to disregard vote results showing a victory...

Tech Firm Mogul's Antisemitic Email: 'Jews Are Behind This'

Entrata's Dave Bateman resigns from board after tying Jewish people to vaccine conspiracy theory

(Newser) - "I write this email knowing that many of you will think I'm crazy after reading it." That's how Utah tech entrepreneur and GOP fundraiser Dave Bateman started off his message to state leaders and members of the tech industry on Tuesday, suggesting he had at least...

Emails Show Trump's Big Push to Overturn Election

Former president pressured top Justice Department officials to hold up results

(Newser) - A newly released batch of emails show that former President Trump and top aides were using all the leverage of the White House in their late-hour push to block the results of the 2020 election. Specifically, Trump and chief of staff Mark Meadows pleaded with Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen—...

Staff's Initial Glee on Bonuses Email Soon Turns to Ire

Train company slammed for sending 'phishing simulation test' under guise of extra payment

(Newser) - After working through the pandemic, employees of a UK railway company were excited to see an email in their inboxes indicating gratitude from management. Per CNBC , the message from higher-ups at West Midlands Trains indicated to 2,500 staff members they'd soon be receiving a bonus. "We realize...

Our Email Use Is 'Literally Inhumane'
Our Email Use Is
'Literally Inhumane'
OPINION
Mar 2, 2021 10:55 AM CST

Our Email Use Is 'Literally Inhumane'

Cal Newport argues we need alternatives to constant work messaging

(Newser) - You hear a ping and look down at your phone to see that you have another email on top of hundreds still unread. If you immediately feel anxious, Cal Newport understands. The professional world has embraced email to such a degree that it now relies on near-constant communication at the...

New Microsoft Tool to Keep 'Reply All' Messes at Bay

'Reply All Storm Protection' feature to keep Office 365 users' inboxes clear of 'reply all' messages

(Newser) - Other than a reaming from your boss or a missive announcing a daylong company meeting, there are few work emails that prompt more dread and annoyance than one that ends up getting caught in an endless "reply all" chain. Per ZDNet , Microsoft now says it has a solution to...

Michael Flynn's Legal Team Says Emails Prove a Setup

President Trump agrees

(Newser) - Michael Flynn's legal team is trying to get the case against him dismissed, and his lawyers say newly released documents from the FBI show why. The judge in Flynn's case on Wednesday unsealed the documents, which include notes written by FBI agents as they discussed strategy before interviewing...

Clinton Emails: Violations, but No 'Deliberate Mishandling'

State Department wraps up 3-year investigation

(Newser) - A three-year-long internal State Department probe into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server has wrapped up, and dozens may be facing disciplinary action, though, per the AP , the investigation found "no persuasive evidence of systemic, deliberate mishandling of classified information." According to a report submitted...

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