US judge blocks Trump admin. attempt to tie local counterterror funds to election changes
The move comes ahead of midterm elections in the US.
Marco Rubio would distance himself from Israel in presidential run, says Yoram Hazony
Yoram Hazony, a founder of the national conservatism movement, says Republicans risk losing the White House if they alienate Tucker Carlson’s supporters.
Kyle MacLachlan says he was David Lynch’s ‘submersible’ into dark places
MacLachlan was 23 when he auditioned for Lynch’s adaptation of Dune. The two would go on to work together on the cult classics Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. MacLachlan’s new memoir is Fictional Selves.
I didn’t think ‘Pachinko’ could be topped. Then I read ‘American Hagwon’
Min Jin Lee’s new novel is the third in a planned four-novel series about the Korean diaspora. Nearly 10 years in the making, this sweeping-but-intimate 600+ page book is overwhelming — in a good way.
Rogue AI agents targeted 3 US government websites
OpenAI’s AI agents incursion prompted the company to alert the departments and investigate the unauthorized activity.
Ken Paxton’s estranged wife urges conservative women to support GOP candidates ‘even if we’re mad at them’
Angela Paxton, who is divorcing Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton, posted a video Monday of recent remarks urging Republican women to support GOP candidates in Texas this fall even if they have reservations about them.
Man gets 6 years in prison for taking explosives to church hosting annual Red Mass for justices
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey man was sentenced on Monday to nearly six years in prison for taking homemade explosive devices to a Washington, D.C., church tha
12 moves that illustrate the brazenness of Trump’s second term
When the Trump administration began running taxpayer-funded “public service announcements” that looked suspiciously like campaign ads for President Donald Trump last week, the White House gamely maintained they were “very clearly not campaign ads.”
Trump ignites outrage from political world by ‘stealing’ from taxpayers to fund ad campaign: ‘Completely illegal’
Experts rail against ‘corrupt’ use of public dollars for ‘political propaganda’ ahead of midterm elections
Trump Sends Political Messages With Taxpayer Cash
In American politics, presidential public service announcements have encouraged Americans to get their COVID-19 vaccines, raised awareness of sexual assault or promoted volunteerism in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. With less than 40 days before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump has …