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Helen Mirren plays Golda Meir in a new biopic about the Israeli prime minister

This is by a wide margin the best portrayal of the Israeli premier put to film.

Why are we revisiting American Gladiators now?

Two documentaries spotlight the potential and pitfalls of a sport-cum-entertainment spectacle.

Tourists are in the right place

A family of tourists in your hometown clogging up the sidewalks and slowing everything down is nothing to grouch about.

From Teddy Roosevelt whiskey to Minnesota bourbon

I recently blind-tasted several Minnesota bourbons and found them to be surprisingly good.

Prigozhin’s murder reminds us of Putin’s nature

The killing of Russia's Wagner Group mercenary chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, reminds us of Vladimir Putin's essential nature. The Russian president is a calculating and remorseless killer.

Maybe the NBA isn’t a great employer after all

Even some of the biggest businesses in the world sometimes forget to make sure that only current, nondisgruntled employees are running their social media accounts.

Far away from Trump’s jail drama, Ron DeSantis and his family head to Iowa’s ‘Field of Dreams’

Ron DeSantis gripped a baseball, looked at his 5-year-old son, Mason, and lobbed him pitch after pitch. He grinned at Mason's hits and rolled his eyes when his own pitches came in too low or too high.

Trump returns to X after surrendering in Georgia

Former President Donald Trump has returned to X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, firing off his first message in more than two years just hours after he surrendered at an Atlanta jail on charges he conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss.

One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot

A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it.

Biden looks to cash in on Trump’s booking: ‘A great day to give to my campaign’

"Apropos of nothing." At the moment former President Donald Trump was being booked, fingerprinted and photographed at an Atlanta jail, President Biden was fundraising for no reason whatever.

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