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Taylor Sheridan’s reaction to ‘prickly’ Ed Harris’ rant over ‘Dutton Ranch’ role revealed
“Dutton Ranch” co-creator Taylor Sheridan is reportedly “pissed” about Ed Harris’ rant about his “inconsequential” role on the western spinoff. “Ed Harris will remain on the show and his role will get even bigger,” a source told the Daily Mail. “He is getting more time even though he pissed Taylor Sheridan off with his comments.…
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Spain’s Eclipse Party Is Just Getting Started
Normal days in Spain can suddenly turn otherworldly. On a trip to Málaga in April, for instance, during Semana Santa, my friends and I happened upon a midnight procession of about 50 men in hoods who were carrying a 1,000-pound sculpture of a crucified Jesus Christ on their shoulders, lit by hundreds of candles that…
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The Trump administration’s investments in corporate stocks raise fears of ‘crony capitalism’
It was about one year ago that the Trump administration announced a truly eye-opening transaction: In return for an $8.9-billion investment in the chipmaker already authorized under the Biden-era CHIPS Act, the government would take a roughly 10% stake in Intel shares — making the government Intel’s largest shareholder. Was this a good deal? For…
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Fox host panics as Trump’s agenda could be ‘effectively stopped’ for remainder of term
As polling paints an increasingly dire picture for Republicans’ midterm prospects, Fox Business host Cheryl Casone warned Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s agenda was under threat of being “effectively stopped” for the remainder of his term should Democrats retake control of Congress this November. “There’s this recent CNN poll that shows that Democrats are leading…
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The Meaning of Roots at 50
Anne Haley and her uncle Alex Haley as he signs copies of Roots Two days before my 39th birthday, I sat in a small boat making its way up a deep river lined with rooty mangrove trees. Though I had never been to this place, it felt hauntingly familiar, like an unlived memory. This was the…
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A Popular Explanation for Low Birth Rates Has a Big Problem
Society is running out of babies, and no one can agree on why. Most people around the world, including Americans, live in a country where overall fertility is below what demographers call the “replacement rate,” meaning that without migration, the population will shrink from one generation to the next. In some places, the birth rate…
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LAUSD budget crisis remains severe, fiscal experts say, as district works to calm fears
With Los Angeles public schools opening Wednesday, district leaders are downplaying fears that a looming budget crisis could lead to a county takeover, as they navigate a mandate to move forward with plans to cut thousand of jobs, pressure employees to accept unpaid furlough days and close an unspecified number of school buildings or campuses.…
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Why progressives are backing off “Woke 1”
Welcome to The Midterms, Actually. Every week I’ll be writing about two things: one big idea or trend I see forming across the 2026 primaries, and one thing I’m hearing from a voice on the ground. Let’s get into it. One big idea: Lessons from “Woke 1” Earlier this week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) flashed…
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Anger as ICE dances around judge’s demand to reveal polling place plans
Nearly 10 months after Democrats demanded records of ICE’s plans for deploying agents to polling places, the agency has turned over 576 pages of press clippings. The batch of useless — and already easily accessible — documents produced by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by…
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Disunion
February 2045 I took longer than some people to start calling it the war. And by some people, I mainly mean my husband, Asher. “This is it, Natalie,” he said to me that first Friday, back in June 2036, after watching the news coverage from Oklahoma City for three hours straight. siege: more than 300…