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Almost-forgotten atrocity in Vietnam War holds lessons for the Trump era
One of the last major underreported stories of the Vietnam War — a six-month campaign by U.S. troops that killed thousands of Vietnamese civilians — may now get the attention it deserves, thanks to a superb Dutch documentary that premiered in the Movies That Matter Festival in the Hague in March. The movie, called “Soldier’s…
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Experts skewer Stephen Miller’s ‘wildly false’ new claim: ‘He thinks Americans are idiots’
Stephen Miller claimed this week that the federal budget could be balanced simply by cutting payments to ineligible recipients — and experts, economists, and legal analysts wasted no time calling it out as fantasy. “Based on what I’ve heard, we could balance the federal budget if the only dollars that went out of the treasury…
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Matthew Perry’s assistant is last to be sentenced over his ketamine death
The final sentencing in the 2 1/2-year investigation and prosecution following the drug death of Matthew Perry will be of the personal assistant who sat at the center of the entire affair, buying the ketamine that would cause the death of the “Friends” star and injecting him with the lethal dose. Kenneth Iwamasa, 60, is set to be sentenced…
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How to Save the Global Trading System
The World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during the WTO ministerial conference in Yaounde, Cameroon on March 26, 2026. —AFP via Getty Images The future of the global trading system is on the line. President Donald Trump’s tariff wars areoften cited as the principal source of today’s trade uncertainty, but American frustration with the…
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Chalamet’s quest for greatness ‘is what every actor is thinking.’ ‘Beef’ stars included
Cailee Spaeny looks at Charles Melton, her co-star on the Netflix limited series “Beef,” asking for help. “Wait a minute … how long were we attached?” Melton smiles and reaches for her hand. “We’ve been attached our whole lives.” Have they? Given how they tease and finish each other’s sentences, it sure feels that way.…
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Mamdani’s plan to squash private landlords will be nothing but a disaster for tenants
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is right about the lack of decent, affordable housing in the city, but he’s worse than clueless about solutions. That’s the take-away from the housing plan he dropped Tuesday. Hizzoner blames Gotham’s housing woes on greedy landlords, so his “solution” is to hand as much ownership as possible to government and community…
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Iran Did Not Win the Meme War
A woman watches a Lego-style video about the Iran war on April 28, 2006 in Berlin, Germany. —DPA-picture alliance via Getty Images A panicked Lego Donald Trump flips through a folder marked “Llrey Epstein File.” A cackling Lego Benjamin Netanyahu eggs him on, and a Lego Satan looks on pleased. Then Lego Trump fires a…
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Department of Labor Tells Employees to Report Anyone Prioritizing DEI
Late last week, employees at the Department of Labor received a long email strongly urging them to file whistleblower complaints and report instances of “diversity, equity, and inclusion”-related discrimination or retaliation. In short, employees were told to alert the government of DEI compliance in any way. The email, sent on Friday and viewed by WIRED,…
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Industry was warned for years about chemical ‘runaway’ dangers. Then came near-catastrophe in O.C.
The chemical industry has been well aware of the risks of the type of thermal runaway reaction that forced 50,000 people from their homes in Orange County last weekend, reviving years of warnings from researchers about the potential dangers. Nearly 15% of incidents in the U.S. involving uncontrolled chemical reactions between 1980 to 2001 were…
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The 2026 economy could have been great — if not for Trump
President Donald Trump has put the US economy through the wringer. Since taking office, he has: Imposed large and evershifting tariffs on imports, thereby driving up consumers’ costs and businesses’ uncertainty. Engineered a collapse in both legal and unauthorized immigration, which has undermined growth and labor specialization. Manufactured a global energy crisis that has pushed…