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Right-wing civil war explodes at ‘woke Reich traitor’ Candace Owens speaking in Russia
Conservative podcaster Candace Owens is facing a firestorm from within her own movement after speaking at a Kremlin-backed forum in St. Petersburg alongside sanctioned Russian officials — and the backlash from the right has been savage. Radio host Mark Levin fired the opening shot Wednesday, calling Owens a “Woke Reich traitor” on X. Far-right activist…
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Bari Weiss Wanted to Modernize ‘60 Minutes.’ Instead, She May Have Killed It | Analysis
Can “60 Minutes” be saved? That’s the question on everyone’s mind following the firing of veteran correspondent Scott Pelley in a spectacularly nasty and public blow up. The firing along with the other shake-ups at the newsmagazine last month leaves only Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim as remaining correspondents to pick up the…
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Human wars are displacing and killing hidden nations of animals
Upon returning home from his time as a volunteer ambulance driver in World War I, naturalist Henry Beston famously described wild animals as “other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth.” Fast-forward to today, as Arabian humpback whales navigate between sea…
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‘Something going on?’ Doctor raises alarm as key hair-loss drug vanishes from Trump chart
President Donald Trump’s latest medical results have something unsettling buried in them, Dr. Jonathan Reiner posted to X on Thursday — and what it means exactly is obfuscated by a conspicuous absence in his medication records. At the core of the issue, wrote Dan Diamond for The Washington Post, is the drug finasteride, a common…
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How to Know Whether to Greet Someone With a Hug, Handshake, or Wave
—Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Image: PeopleImages/Getty Images) When you see someone, whether you know them or not, you have to make a quick decision: Should you give them a hug? A handshake? Maybe just a wave? Some awkward half-lean that lands somewhere in between? You’ve got maybe four seconds to decide—and if you and the…
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The AI Bubble Has Become So Surreal That It’s Now Propping Up the Toilet Industry
With AI company valuations screaming into the trillions of dollars, it can be hard to find the pulse of the AI boom. So to put it in terms the average person might relate to, let’s just say AI hype has gotten so ridiculous that it’s now propping up the Japanese toilet industry. Absurd as that…
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As we approach July 4, the capital is, fittingly, a mess
Just a month out from America’s celebration of its 250th birthday, the national capital is a mess. And I’m talking about the sites central to the pilgrimages that millions of Americans make each year to Washington, especially the White House. The once-verdant park remains a construction site, with makeshift fencing only partly obscuring the vast…
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Congress faces ‘ticking time bomb’ over looming ‘catastrophic system failures’ threat
At the same time that Donald Trump is demanding $1 billion for his ballroom to fill the space where the East Wing used to be, congressional leaders are facing the prospect that the Rayburn House Office Building where they work is falling apart and needs a massive renovation. To the tune of an estimated $9…
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‘Scary Movie’ Review: The Crass Horror Comedy Is Back, Whether We Like It or Not
Criticizing a “Scary Movie” is a lot like giving Julius Caesar’s eulogy. It may seem like critics are burying these crass, foolish parodies, but really, we’re paying them the ultimate compliment. These “Scary Movies” don’t exist to be taken seriously. If they make any statement at all, they’re saying nothing deserves be taken seriously. So…
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‘60 Minutes’ correspondents met to discuss futures after Scott Pelley firing: show ‘no longer exists’
The remaining three correspondents at “60 Minutes” huddled this week to discuss their futures following the firing of Scott Pelley, according to a report, as former star Steve Kroft warned that the iconic newsmagazine “no longer exists” in the form viewers have known for decades. Bill Whitaker, Lesley Stahl and Jon Wertheim met on Wednesday…