Private tensions between the world’s most powerful man and the world’s richest spilled out into a public war on Thursday, ending the alliance between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk in the most dramatic way possible. Since Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur and former leader of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, started cozying up to […]
President Donald Trump’s administration recently raised tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50%, less than three months after imposing a 25% tariff on them. But like the overall Trump policy, the steel and aluminum tariffs won’t help the United States economically. The June 3 move was a not-too-subtle rebuke to a federal court striking […]
Pavement is remembered as the epitome of ’90s slacker rock, southern California ironists who sang-talk impenetrable lyrics over meandering guitar licks, feedback, and toy instruments. With the advantage of hindsight, and with the disadvantage of living in a TikTok-ruled cultural hellscape where nothing seems that serious or that real, it’s finally obvious that Pavement made […]
Russia launched a wave of attacks against Ukraine on Friday, hitting the Eastern European country in several cities, including its capital, Kyiv. In Kyiv, four people were killed (though there were conflicting reports on that number) and 20 others were injured as Russia bombarded the Ukrainian capital with missiles and drones, according to multiple reports. […]
President Donald Trump’s administration and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have focused on the threat of artificial food dyes, promoting natural alternatives instead. However, confusion remains regarding the administration’s next steps. When Kennedy announced an artificial food dye ban in late April, it was difficult to determine its precise nature, […]
Israeli officials are concerned that the White House seems to be pivoting away from hawkish attitudes in the Middle East with its widespread layoffs. Key advocates for Israel and hawks against Iran within the National Security Council and President Donald Trump’s diplomatic team have been among many staff members let go in recent weeks. Israeli […]
Since its cinematic release on May 23, 1980, Stanley Kubrick’s horror masterpiece The Shining has terrified and perplexed audiences in equal measure. While the Stephen King novel it is based on is a classic example of what George Orwell called a “good bad book” — in other words, a superbly executed potboiler that has no […]
Caffery Bone, the literary editor of a London periodical, receives an invitation to stay at the mansion of the publication’s proprietor. It doesn’t bode well. Bone is painfully aware that Lord Ower has a track record of hosting those he wants to fire. He casts his mind back to three previous employees who had their […]
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Thursday that the Democratic Party has trouble making the case that President Donald Trump is corrupt because of the past abuses within its ranks. “When we talk about Trump’s corruption, we’re not terribly credible because the American public looks at Democrats and assumes that we’re just as corrupt,” Murphy said […]
Vice President JD Vance stepped up in support of President Donald Trump as the president feuds with former close adviser Elon Musk. Vance largely took a back seat during the quarrel, which resulted in the pair lobbing threats at each other like Trump revoking government contracts for SpaceX or Musk decommissioning the Dragon spacecraft. “President […]
