We already know this rule: You aren’t permitted to leave a museum without running into a gift shop. I also discovered late last week in Paris that you can’t walk out of the newly restored Notre-Dame cathedral without passing a large gift zone near the arrow that points to Sortie de secours. And you can’t […]
At first glance, Blackie & Co.: Blackbirds in My Garden, by the English writer Hockley Clarke, is quite unsurprisingly a nice little book about blackbirds. Namely, two birds, father and son, whose relationship with Clarke began one bitter night in 1962. It was Europe’s coldest winter in 80 years, and, to give the bird a […]
The Army announced Wednesday that its Janus Program has selected five companies to build nuclear microreactors at five military installations, committing up to $2.2 billion to an effort that could eventually put more than 20 reactors across War Department facilities. It is the latest evidence that President Donald Trump’s revival of American nuclear power could […]
President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland added a new security dimension to Iceland's EU referendum, with 275,000 eligible voters weighing in.
NASA’s Artemis II test flight is set to launch later Wednesday, marking the first crewed mission to head toward the moon in more than five decades. The crew, including U.S. astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, as well as Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, are set to take a 10-day voyage orbiting the moon. During...
President Trump on Wednesday endorsed funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol through the special budget reconciliation process that allows Republicans to fund the agencies without needing Democratic support, setting a June 1 deadline for the bill. His endorsement effectively puts him on the side of a two-track plan that the Senate had...
Viewership for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament reached record levels this March, driven by several high-profile matchups in the Elite Eight and exploding interest in the games thanks to sports gambling. The NCAA, in conjunction with its media partners at CBS and Turner Sports, said this year's tournament garnered the largest audience the bracket-style, single-elimination...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a nearly flat 2027 rate notice update for Medicare Advantage, which could result in higher premiums, reduced benefits, and narrower provider networks for the 35 million seniors relying on the program.
President Trump said on Wednesday that Iran has asked the U.S. for a ceasefire, saying he would consider the proposal once the Strait of Hormuz is “open, free, and clear.” “Iran's New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!”...
Democratic leaders on Tuesday ripped President Trump’s executive order that cracks down on mail-in voting and creates a nationwide eligible voters list, as the president seeks to use his authority to exert more control over federal elections ahead of the midterms. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) criticized the order as an “unlawful power grab,”...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will weigh President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The president is scheduled to be in the courtroom, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments. At least twice this week he has ripped into the 14th Amendment's citizenship guarantee. At 9 p.m. EDT, Trump will...
President Trump said that U.S. membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is “beyond reconsideration,” marking one of his strongest rebukes of the alliance to date. “I would say [it’s] beyond reconsideration. I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way,”...
Keep reading for our interview with an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney who is the challengers' counsel of record. President Trump is headed to Supreme Court this morning to see up close when his bid to end birthright citizenship falls into the justices' hands. The face-to-face moment will make Trump the first known sitting...
