A federal judge ruled Thursday that Montana can't enforce a first-in-the-nation law banning the video sharing app TikTok in the state while a legal challenge to the law moves through the courts.
Defending his Napoleon from grumbles caused by early rumors of historical inaccuracy, director Ridley Scott snapped that “when I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the f*** up then.’” Scott had a point, or so it seemed. This is the man who made a movie about a gladiator whose death in the arena restores the Roman Republic. And in the words of Aristotle, “σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν” — “it slapped” (loosely translated). Not only is it always right first and foremost to judge a work of art on its own terms, but also Scott in particular has earned the benefit of the doubt many times over. So I set out to watch Napoleon not to carp about whether he had really fired cannon at the Pyramids during his invasion of Egypt but to see if it was good.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Mediators were scrambling to extend an Israel-Hamas truce set to expire after daybreak Friday, as the two sides appeared to be struggling to agree on how to continue the daily exchanges of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel that have sustained the week-long pause in fighting....
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) took a swipe at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) standing in the GOP presidential primary during a debate Thursday on Fox News. “This is just a reminder…It’s a question some people are probably asking — I know Nikki Haley’s campaign is asking: When are you going to drop out and at...
A former marine pleaded guilty to firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Orange County, Calif., according to a Thursday press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California. Chance Brannon, who is from San Juan Capistrano, Calif., was an active-duty Marine when he firebombed the clinic in March 2022, according to...
The Trump campaign blasted Gov. DeSantis as a "thirsty OnlyFans" model on Thursday for agreeing to debate with California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Fox News.
The Fox News debate between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis became heated as the two sparred about COVID-19 and tax policies.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., criticized Sen. Dick Durbin for allegedly blocking her request for a subpoena looking into Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs.
A liberal Washington Post column praised Gov. Gavin Newsom as "patriotic" for running a "shadow campaign" against Biden and slammed Democrats who have stuck with Biden in 2024.