The social media app Bluesky wasn’t born out of the storm clouds surrounding Elon Musk‘s Twitter-turned-X, but its growth in popularity is a direct response to a perceived shift to the right for users who prefer to “Tweet.” Bluesky is a microblogging platform that acts, looks, and operates like X. It began as a research […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary — A dozen children sprint across the green lawn around the forsythia bushes, which are in full saffron-colored bloom. Sárkány rét (“Dragon Meadow”) is a beautiful park overlooking the Danube, with a view of Budapest’s famous landmarks: the Buda Castle, the famous parliament building, and the Basilica of St. Stephen. Gabor, a father […]
Though the Virginia gubernatorial election is more than six months off, it’s shaping up as a crucial indicator of political winds ahead of the 2026 midterm elections and a test of President Donald Trump’s and fellow Republicans’ political strength a year after he won a second, nonconsecutive term. Virginia and New Jersey are the only […]
President Donald Trump has never been one to sit on the sidelines. Whether negotiating billion-dollar real estate deals, sparring with political rivals, or commanding the world’s most-watched television stage, he thrives in the spotlight. But in his second term, Trump has turned his attention to a new arena — one where sweat, grit, and glory […]
The Studio, Seth Rogen’s new auteur project on Apple TV+, deserves credit for openly bragging about how expensive it is. In its second episode, the real-life actress and director Sarah Polley schemes her way into getting Rogen’s Matt Rennick, head of the fictional Continental Studios, to spend $800,000 for the rights to a Rolling Stones […]
President Donald Trump capped a tumultuous week in Washington and Wall Street by suspending most of his aggressive tariffs regime for 90 days, acknowledging investors and the general public “were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid.” Trump acted after one of the biggest drops in the stock market since the pandemic. Interest […]
In the end, it wasn’t the $7 trillion in equities lost after “Liberation Day” that made President Donald Trump pause. He didn’t dither over his congressional consiglieres’ panic over whether the White House‘s impending trade war would jeopardize their crusade to extend the landmark 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. He didn’t move because of […]
Val Kilmer was a movie star who perceived something lacking in the business of being a movie star. Although he had the countenance of a leading man and was born with a name that, though authentic, sounds almost made-up in the manner of, say, Rock Hudson, Kilmer consistently resisted and rejected the machinations of modern […]
The Handmaid’s Tale burst onto the TV scene eight years ago and launched its sixth and final season earlier this month. From the start, it is an exercise in blunt-force storytelling, eschewing moral subtlety in favor of a didacticism intended to remind progressives of their inherent goodness. The Sons of Jacob, rulers of the Christian-nationalist […]
President Donald Trump is warning Mexico he may impose sanctions and more tariffs on the country if it doesn’t give Texas the water he believes it owes. Trump said Mexico owes Texas 1.3 million “acre-feet” of water under the 1944 water treaty, and he said he halted water shipments to Tijuana, a city bordering California, […]
