The Kennedy Center’s board of trustees on Thursday voted to put President Donald Trump’s name on the institution’s facade in Washington, D.C., testing the limits of a judge’s order on the matter. The board voted to add the inscription “Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump” below the Kennedy Center sign, according to Rep. […]
A judge in Nevada on Thursday dismissed for the second time a case involving six defendants who faced charges of illegally claiming they were the state’s electors after President Donald Trump was declared the loser in the 2020 presidential election. In her ruling, Clark County District Judge Mary Kay Holthus tossed out forgery charges against […]
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won his election to stay on as the member of Parliament for Clacton-on-Sea, walking away with victory from a race where his only competition was a trashcan-wearing space alien. Farage handily won the coastal town’s election with 63% of the vote compared to just 27% for Binface. Neither the Labour […]
Outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was a full-throated defender of President Donald Trump at the podium, but she typically served up the MAGA message with a smile. That’s not to say the 28-year-old’s briefings weren’t combative, especially as she mixed it up with reporters from some of Trump’s least favorite media outlets, including […]
Vermont voters scanning this week’s Republican primary ballot may have wondered whether they were seeing double — or triple, or even quadruple. There, appearing four times, was candidate H. Brooke Paige. The 73-year-old Republican, known for his bow ties, hats, and persistent presence on Vermont ballots, was running for secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, […]
EXCLUSIVE — Republican congressional candidate Catalina Lauf spent four years writing about what she believes is broken in American politics. Now, she is asking voters to send her directly into the institution she argues needs to change. Lauf, a former Trump administration official and businesswoman, is making another bid for Congress, this time in Florida, […]
Global inflation is experiencing a renewed upward tick driven by recent energy price spikes from the Iran war and supply chain pressures, among other challenges to keeping prices low. After years of postpandemic inflation cooling, central banks across the world have recently raised rates, and some analysts predict the Federal Reserve could do the same, […]
House Democratic members are having a tough 2026 cycle, with seven incumbents losing their primaries as a restless base revolts against the party’s establishment. Seventy-eight-year-old Rep. John Larson (D-CT) marked the latest such loss, losing his Tuesday primary to 47-year-old former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin. Larson had served in Congress for almost three decades but […]
Though I once checked email in a room where others watched Elf (2003), I have otherwise not seen a Will Ferrell performance since his 2000 turn as George W. Bush (“Strategery!”) on Saturday Night Live. Those wishing to relitigate the merits of Anchorman (2004) or Step Brothers (2008) will need to look elsewhere. What I […]
In the crowded ranks of television’s supporting actors, few have burned themselves into our memories with the force of Vincent Pastore. For a handful of seasons on The Sopranos, he played Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero with such lived-in authenticity that his character’s fate (*spoiler alert*) of sleeping with the fishes seared itself into our imaginations. […]
