内容摘要：His art is a powerful statement on America, whether you ever knew him as a person or not. The characters in his life, even if they are gorgeous and tragic, are mere footnotes.

His art is a powerful statement on America, whether you ever knew him as a person or not. The characters in his life, even if they are gorgeous and tragic, are mere footnotes.

Consumer and business confidence in the economy has fallen sharply since Trump began rolling out tariffs, and a measure of Americans’ outlook for the future of the economy dropped to aMany polls find that most of the public sees the economy as fair or poor. A survey last month by the Pew Research Center found that 63% of Americans still see inflation as a “very big problem.”

Apparel company Lululemon on Thursday became the latest retailer to warn that slumping consumer confidence will hurt sales, while the parent company of Tommy Bahama, Lilly Pulitzer, and Johnny Was stores said that sales slowed to start the year as consumer sentiment darkened.Nike previously issued a similar warning and expectations from major retailers like Target and Walmart have grown subdued as customers pull back.BAGHDAD (AP) — The American University of

celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students Saturday at a campus that was once a palace built byOfficials said they hope the graduation will mark the beginning of a new era in higher education in Iraq rooted in modernity, openness and international academic standards.

The university was inaugurated in 2021 on the site of the al-Faw Palace, built on an island in the middle of an artificial lake by Saddam in the 1990s to mark the retaking of the peninsula of the same name during the war.

After the U.S.-led invasion that unseated Saddam in 2003, it was used as a U.S. coalition military headquarters called Camp Victory. It was later developed into an American-style university with a core liberal arts program through funding by influential Iraqi business owner Saadi Saihood.— Nearly six years have passed since

last album, “i, i” was released, but that wasn’t the last we heard from him. His influence is everywhere in contemporary popular music; his world has changed ours, from 2007’s debut album, “For Emma Forever Ago,” recorded in his father’s hunting cabin, to alltours and features with stars from Bruce Springsteen to

In October, he released indie folk EP “SABLE,” whichas arriving like a siren, warning the listener of some intensity ahead. On Friday, that intensity arrives in the form of a new full-length album, “SABLE, fABLE.”