Pvt. Joker from Full Metal Jacket is coaxing his teammates to guess the correct word in a game of “Alias.” According to the rules of the game, Joker can only give his team members hints while the rest of the class watches and laughs at their stumbles. The setup is surely familiar to teachers of […]
President Donald Trump is renewing his push for Congress to pass the Protect College Sports Act, attending Saturday’s No. 1 Texas-No. 14 Tennessee game in Knoxville days before the Senate is expected to pass the bill Monday — the furthest a collegiate sports bill has ever gotten in Congress. The bill was introduced in May […]
The Kansas Senate race should be an easy seat for Republicans to hold. Democrats haven’t elected a senator to Kansas in 94 years, and in the last competitive race, in 2020, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) ended up winning by roughly 11 points. But Republicans may be bleeding support in Kansas amid rising fuel prices in […]
The first round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in 18 days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or before the 10th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The second round will go out on Oct. 21 to those born between […]
The narrative surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war shifted dramatically from the start of the summer to the end. In early summer, for the first time since Ukraine’s ill-fated invasion of Russia’s Kursk province in 2024, Western capitals and media claimed that Ukraine was winning, with the boldest predicting outright victory. Lines at Russian gas stations, crippled […]
Diamonds are the New York City Ballet’s best friend, or so it would seem after their season-opening performance on Sept. 22 of George Balanchine’s Jewels, culminating in a radiant display by its raven-haired principal, Mira Nadon, dancing the role originated by Suzanne Farrell in 1967. Nearly 60 years after its wildly successful premiere, which brought […]
Progressive Democrats are jockeying to shape the Democratic Party’s approach to artificial intelligence, pushing for heavy restrictions on the rapidly developing industry. The hard-left wing of the Democratic Party has been sharply critical of the AI industry’s rapid, largely unregulated growth, warning that the risks of the technology advancing faster than developers can keep pace […]
CNN has been barred from traveling on Air Force One with President Donald Trump and the White House press pool during the president’s trip to Tennessee on Saturday, the outlet said. CNN reported on Friday that is was supposed to be part of the television pool traveling with Trump to Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday as […]
President Donald Trump canceled nearly $1 billion in unspent federal funding on Friday night, marking the second “pocket” rescission overall in 50 years, each issued by Trump during his second term. Trump’s Friday evening rescission strips back $810 million in funding for several immigration and refugee programs, foreign debt-relief programs, grants given to businesses that […]
Democratic Texas State Rep. Gina Hinojosa ripped former President Joe Biden’s approach to his immigration policy in an interview this week, saying his policies on illegal immigration hurt Democrats in the 2024 election cycle. “Biden’s problem is he didn’t lead on immigration,” Hinojosa said in an interview with Politico. “He was silent mostly. He hid […]
