The new PBS Masterpiece series Marble Hall Murders is a sumptuously filmed “cozy” with an unthreatening structural complexity. The Viking Cruises crowd will eat it up with a Christofle spoon. Like its predecessors, Magpie Murders (2022) and Moonflower Murders (2024), the new show is based on a book by Anthony Horowitz, who returns here as […]
Dogs bark, ducks quack, and populists offer free stuff. Enrique Pena Nieto dispensed around 10 million TV sets to low-income Mexican households. Hugo Chavez gave Venezuelans steeply discounted refrigerators, air conditioning units, and, again, TV sets. In Argentina, Evita Peron would personally hand out children’s toys, sewing machines, clothes, and kitchenware. None of these (for once […]
During Donald Trump’s first run for the presidency, China, the economic behemoth that was gutting America’s manufacturing base and flexing its muscles in East Asia, was his favorite punching bag. Yet as Trump was seeking to reclaim the presidency after four years in the political wilderness, his new foreign target was much closer to home: […]
Costco’s board of directors rejected anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, noting the company will defend “respect and inclusion” as efforts are underway nationwide to strike the practices. The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, has sent several companies, including Costco, a proposal that argued the organization should conduct an evaluation...
MSNBC host and political reporter Alex Wagner will launch a podcast focusing on President Trump's policies and the impact they are having on American voters as she steps away from the anchoring desk during his first 100 days. The limited weekly series, dubbed "Trumpland," will contain anecdotes and reporting from across the country as part...
President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday afternoon, following a flurry of actions since he was inaugurated for a second time on Monday. Watch the signing in the video above. The event is expected to start at 2:30 p.m.
The Senate is expected to debate Pete Hegseth's nomination to serve as President Trump's Defense secretary on Wednesday afternoon following a procedural vote to advance his nomination. Republicans are moving ahead on Hegseth’s nomination to lead the Pentagon, and a new report detailing allegations of abusive behavior by the nominee have seemingly not dissuaded them. Ahead of...
House Speaker Mike Johnson replaced Rep. Mike Turner as chair of the House Intelligence Committee with Rep. Rick Crawford, citing a desire for "fresh horses" and not directly involving President Donald Trump in the decision.
The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in overwhelming bipartisan fashion, making him the second member of President Trump’s national security team to be approved by the upper chamber. Senators confirmed Ratcliffe in a 74-25 vote. Twenty-one members who caucus with Democrats voted with every present Republican. Sen. John Fetterman...
A Democratic Mississippi state senator introduced legislation this week that would make it unlawful for men to masturbate "without the intent to fertilize an embryo," with the lawmaker criticizing anti-abortion measures that only "focus on the woman’s role." The bill, dubbed the Contraception Begins at Erection Act, was introduced by state Sen. Bradford Blackmon on...
Tensions between technology leaders Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were on full display this week after the Tesla CEO slammed the new artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project, Stargate, which is being funded in part by Altman's company. The back-and-forth began Wednesday morning when Musk, an ally and adviser to President Trump, claimed the...
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to reinstate a federal anti-money laundering law at the federal government’s request as a legal challenge proceeds in a lower court. The court’s emergency stay halts, for now, a federal judge’s injunction that blocked the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which would require millions of business entities to disclose personal information...
Fox News reporter Peter Doocy praised former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and the rest of the Biden White House press team for continuing to call on him for questions during press briefings despite tension while he covered President Biden's administration. "I would say that in the briefing room, a lot of the tension is...
CNN is making changes to its weekday lineup as part of a larger restructuring and cost-cutting effort across the company. The cable channel announced Thursday that longtime anchor Wolf Blitzer's nightly "Situation Room" show will move to mornings, which he will now co-host with anchor Pamela Brown from 10 a.m. to noon. Anchor Jake Tapper's...
Five wild-born elephants that have long inhabited a two-acre plot in a Southern Colorado zoo will not be able to pursue their own release, the state's highest court ruled this week. Responding to a petition from an animal rights group, the Colorado Supreme Court decided that although these female African elephants are "majestic," the "interests protected by the...
Legislation to revoke China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations was introduced Thursday by a pair of bipartisan House lawmakers, building on a Republican effort last year to repeal Beijing’s preferential trade status. The bill would solidify efforts by the U.S. across successive presidential administrations to impose more costs on China over what is criticized as Beijing’s...
Democratic strategist David Axelrod said Tuesday former President Biden gave “a gift” to President Trump by pardoning his family minutes before the latter’s inauguration. Calling the move “egregious,” Axelrod said Biden should not have done it at the end of his presidency. “Man up, and if you’re gonna do it, do it, but don’t do it literally...
