Former President Donald Trump continues to cement his frontrunner status in the 2024 Republican presidential primary despite being indicted and facing multiple other criminal investigations.
Eleven-time champion coach Phil Jackson said in a recent interview that he no longer watches NBA basketball, saying that the league was trying to appeal to a "certain audience" with social justice efforts. On a recent appearance on the "Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin" podcast earlier this month, Jackson told host Rick Rubin that he had...
Senate Democrats finally broke the logjam in the Senate Judiciary Committee this past week by advancing seven judicial nominees for confirmation votes. It was the first time since mid-February that judicial nominees were advanced to the full Senate and only happened with GOP help, giving Democrats some hope the panel can operate effectively in the...
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is stepping down after admitting to an “inappropriate relationship” with someone in the company, Comcast announced on Sunday. “I had an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company, which I deeply regret,” Shell said in a statement. “I'm truly sorry I let my Comcast and NBCUniversal colleagues down, they are...
China’s growing influence provides a model for those who seek to repress religious institutions On March 24, Honduras became the latest Latin American country to switch its allegiance from Taiwan to the People’s Republic of China. Costa Rica ended its diplomatic ties with Taiwan back in 2007, while Panama, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic all severed...
The Twitter accounts for late celebrities are being marked as subscribers of the platform’s new Twitter Blue service, sowing further confusion for users after legacy verification check marks were removed from accounts last week. The accounts of late Lakers star Kobe Bryant, actor Chadwick Boseman, rapper Mac Miller and journalist Anthony Bourdain all appeared with...
After months of wintry weather battered the West Coast with torrential rains and snow, California’s hillsides are now bursting with orange, yellow and purple hues so vibrant that they are visible from space. Tourists are coming in droves to see these so-called “super blooms,” which occur when large amounts of precipitation in natural landscapes intersect with...
Environmentalists and local residents are sounding the alarm after the Biden administration approved two new liquefied natural gas terminals for the Texas coast. The administration has billed the expansion of natural gas exports as a means both to help allies decarbonize and maintain U.S. influence in global energy markets. But local communities say that they're...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday argued Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — not Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — is calling the shots in the Republican caucus. “Speaker McCarthy, in order to become Speaker, had to cut some deals we still don't know the details on. Do you think he's actually running his caucus? Or...