Retiring Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) has managed to keep Nebraska’s “blue dot” in Republican hands for a decade despite its leftward shift, but now, his retirement is giving Democrats their clearest opening yet to flip the Omaha-area seat. Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District has been dubbed the state’s “blue dot,” with former Vice President Kamala Harris […]
The near-apocalyptic critical and commercial failure of the big-screen satire Digger should be taken as the most encouraging of cultural indicators. Here is a movie that is so deeply woke in its ideas and attitudes that it deserves to be called pre-woke. Director and cowriter Alejandro G. Inarritu’s outraged portrayal of a venal, lawless, environment-destroying […]
Name one memorable episode of the late-1980s NBC sitcom A Different World. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Sure, the Cosby Show spinoff featured, in the first of its six seasons, both Lisa Bonet and Marisa Tomei, two fascinating actresses heading in diametrically opposite career directions. And yes, the character name Dwayne Wayne will forever ring a […]
Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, a South African jurist, is the recipient of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts in promoting peace and international law. She was announced as the winner of this year’s prize early Friday morning at a press conference by the Norwegian Nobel Committee held in Oslo, Norway. She will officially receive […]
An emerging advocacy group is lobbying Congress for softer relations with Cuba after its founder toured the island with a now-sanctioned state agency. Cuban Americans for Cuba visited members of Congress in multiple Capitol Hill trips since April to urge against U.S. economic blockades, according to the group’s online posts. Florida native Danny Valdes, the […]
The attacks in Thursday night’s general election debate between Michigan Senate candidates Abdul el Sayed and Mike Rogers began with the very first question, with the candidates trading personal insults and clashing over surveillance technology, immigration enforcement, healthcare, gas prices, and U.S. policy in the Middle East while producing no policy agreements. The barbs were […]
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Democratic opponent Troy Jackson found at least one area of agreement during their second televised debate Thursday night: they both vehemently denied offering special interests insider access or that campaign contributions influenced public policy. Collins, the centrist Republican who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee and is seeking a sixth term, […]
SpaceX announced a plan on Thursday to transform its Starlink satellite constellation into the next major U.S. mobile carrier capable of competing with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. The aerospace company, led by Elon Musk, struck a deal to acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum that will advance Starlink’s wireless capabilities by enabling the signal to pass […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — The second debate for Iowa’s open House seat quickly turned into an exchange of personal attacks over financial corruption and exploiting one another’s families during the campaign. Republican land developer Joe Mitchell and Democratic state Rep. Lindsay James have been bitterly engaged in a heated race for the state’s 2nd Congressional […]
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) feuded in a fiery debate over personal scandal allegations and the Trump administration’s handling of top voter issues, including affordability, data centers, Iran, and immigration. Ossoff and Collins launched blistering attacks on each other’s character during their opening statements and throughout the hourlong faceoff inside Gray […]
