The United States is celebrating 250 years of independence from Europe, which allows us to appreciate such things as not dying a death that could be easily prevented by having access to air conditioning. Approaching the beginning of July, France has already seen more than 1,000 excess deaths from heat as a heat wave sweeps […]
In the span of just 120 hours, from June 29 to July 3, we witnessed a cultural occurrence so unprecedented it was almost uncanny: all of the planets in the sports universe aligned. Four-time World Cup-winner Germany lost to Paraguay (Paraguay!). The Netherlands, so often the nearly men of international soccer, fell to Morocco, and […]
How one feels about Apple TV’s new 10-part Cape Fear adaptation will depend largely on whether one buys Javier Bardem’s well-worn tough-guy routine. In 2012’s James Bond movie, Skyfall, the Spaniard played an ex-MI6 agent damaged in body and soul, but he hid his character’s depravity behind a layer of icy politeness. Even the 57-year-old’s […]
A Maine brewery owner on Wednesday threw his hat in the ring to replace Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner following accusations of rape. Dan Kleban, owner of Maine Beer Company in Freeport, published a Wednesday Substack post expressing his interest in the nomination after suspending his Senate campaign last October to endorse Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D)....
The United States launched a fresh wave of attacks on Iran on Wednesday, marking the second successive night of offensive action. The new strikes, which were announced in a social media post by U.S. Central Command (Centcom) shortly after 4 p.m. EDT, were far from a surprise. President Trump had told reporters earlier in the...
Patrick Dempsey will not attempt to go from the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital to the real U.S. Senate. Dempsey, a native of Lewiston, Maine, who is perhaps best known for his role on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," said Tuesday he will not run for Senate in his home state, as Democrats in Maine and across the nation call on...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling for an investigation after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shot a Mexican immigrant in Houston on Tuesday. An ICE spokesperson said officers with the agency had tried to conduct a vehicle stop as part of a targeted operation. The driver, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, did not follow...
Republicans are preparing to launch an $8 million ad blitz against the candidate selected to replace Maine Senate Democratic nominee Graham Platner in the wake of sexual assault allegations. In May, the super PAC Pine Tree Results spent $2 million on YouTube and television ads bashing Platner and still has $8 million left to fight...
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s staffers on Wednesday accused the Democratic party of excluding grassroot supporters from determining who would replace the embattled party nominee in the November general amid allegations of sexual assault. Platner’s campaign manager, Ben Chin, sent out a text blast alleging the Maine Democratic Party told staffers they’d "have no role...
Maine Democrats are looking to quickly turn the page on Senate candidate Graham Platner’s imploding campaign and select a new nominee ahead of a looming Monday deadline, but escalating tension between his campaign and the state party is threatening Democrats’ hopes of salvaging a race critical to flipping the Senate this fall. Maine Democratic Party...
Vice President Vance made a stop in Milwaukee on Wednesday to tout the administration’s crackdown on fraud, announcing that the Labor Department has launched investigations into foreigners involved in the H-1B visa program. H-1B visas are employer-sponsored, nonimmigrant visas that allow U.S. companies to hire foreign workers with specialty skills. “Here’s a simple principle, ladies...
The two Democrats vying for Massachusetts’s Senate seat wrestled to position themselves as the challenger in this race during a Wednesday debate, amid a growing appetite from voters across the country for antiestablishment candidates. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) launched his challenge for Sen. Ed Markey’s (D-Mass.) seat last fall. The 47-years-old congressman is calling for generational change...
The U.S. military resumed strikes against Iran on Wednesday, aiming to further decimate its ability to disrupt maritime traffic, hours after President Trump threatened to unleash a “big attack” on the country. "At the direction of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command forces have started conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade their...
An Iranian official on Wednesday warned Gulf states that Iran has “no red lines” when it comes to its defense, following a threat from President Trump to launch another “big attack” on Iran in retaliation for its attacks on commercial ships. “The Gulf states that have stood alongside Trump in the Iran-America regime conflict should...
President Trump on Wednesday kindled a significant thaw in relations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when the two met on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey, as Ukraine seizes the initiative in its more than four-year war against Russia. Trump announced the U.S. would buy Ukrainian drones and, even more importantly, gave a...
