Looking back at it now, 10 years later, the warning signs were clear from the start — from the first trailer, in fact. Its initial image was a shot of a speeder zooming past the wreckage of a long-forgotten battle, an X-wing in the foreground dwarfed by a Star Destroyer in the background. Following it […]
When President Donald Trump roared to victory in 2024, conservatives told themselves a number of just-so stories. Biden-era profligacy had driven the Democratic Party into its grave, leaving MAGA Republicans to plot America’s future alone. Former President Barack Obama’s “coalition of the ascendant” had permanently splintered. Most importantly, wokeness was spent as a cultural force. […]
After years of Scandinavian and Bauhaus-inflected minimalism, no-frills graphic design, and the Marie Kondo-inspired culling of closets, clutter is suddenly back in style. According to the New York Times, a Ralph Lauren Christmas was the trend of the holiday season, although you don’t need to shop at Ralph Lauren to get the look. Cost-conscious consumers […]
The American republic is tottering toward its 250th birthday like a character in a Jimmy Buffett song: debauched and in debt, but with its Stanley cup half full and its flip-flops still flapping. Meanwhile, American English remains forever young, a furnace of deregulated creativity. The French language is regulated by the “immortals” of the Académie […]
Two lawsuits urging Wisconsin to redraw its congressional maps that currently favor the GOP may not be resolved until after the 2026 midterm elections, which could help President Trump's push for red state redistricting in order for Republicans to keep control of the House of Representatives. Julie Zuckerbrod, an attorney representing Democrats in one of...
Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care PRESENTED BY COALITION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE The Big Story GOP unveils health bill without ACA subsidies Republican House leadership is pushing ahead with a bill they will bring to a vote next week that includes items that are broadly popular in the party. They...
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) on Friday said some of the photos found in the home of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein depict "people engaged in sexual acts." The Virginia Democrat made the confirmation when asked on "The Arena with Kasie Hunt" on CNN. When Hunt asked if there were men other than Epstein engaged in...
Congressional Democrats on Friday sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth requesting the full, unedited video taken of U.S. strikes on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2, with the second strike killing survivors clinging to their vessel. The letter was written "to stress our grave concerns surrounding their circumstances" and...
ATLANTA — Roblox, the blockbuster gaming and social platform with more than 110 million daily users, is facing mounting legal challenges across the United States that accuse it of not protecting kids from predators. At least four states have sued the platform. Nearly 40 million of its daily users are children under the age of 13 —...
House Republicans on Friday unveiled a health care bill they will bring to a vote next week that includes items that are broadly popular in the party, like cost sharing reductions and reforms to the pharmacy benefit manager industry, but will exclude extension of expiring enhanced ObamaCare subsidies. The process will allow for an amendment on extending...
Two products designed for infants are being recalled over their potential to cause serious harm, and even death, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
Democratic strategist James Carville mapped out on Thursday what he sees are possible problems with Rep. Jasmine Crockett's (D-Texas) announcement to run for Senate, saying she broke the "first rule of politics." "First of all, she seems like she's well-educated," Carville told his "Politics War Room" podcast co-host Al Hunt. "Seems like she's got a...
President Trump said Friday his choice for the next chair of the Federal Reserve should consult him on setting interest rates. Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview he was leaning toward selecting either National Economic Council head Kevin Hassett or former Federal Reserve board of governors member Kevin Warsh for the role....
The federal government has threatened to withhold millions of dollars in highway aid from New York if it continues to issue trucking licenses to foreign drivers without proper verification.
Connecticut health officials on Thursday reported the state's first case of measles since 2021 after an unvaccinated child traveled internationally. The case was detected in a child younger than 10 years in Fairfield County, according to a statement from the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH). Measles symptoms generally appear within a week or two...
The University of Michigan dismissed head football coach Sherrone Moore on Wednesday, citing an investigation that found he engaged in "an inappropriate relationship with a staff member."
