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Jan. 6 officers take first step toward defeating Trump’s insurrectionist ‘slush fund’
Two of the most recognizable police officers from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to kill the Trump administration’s $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” before it can pay out a single dollar to the rioters who beat them. Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges…
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My Rabbi Was Killed in the Bondi Shooting: What His Memory Teaches Me
Mourners gather outside the funeral service of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a victim in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, at Chabad of Bondi on December 17, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. —Jeremy Piper—Getty Images On the evening of December 14, the unthinkable happened. Rabbi Eli Schlanger (my rabbi) organized a Chanukah candle-lighting ceremony on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.…
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Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86.
WASHINGTON — Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman and leading liberal who brought new visibility to gay rights and crafted the most significant reforms to the financial system in a generation, has died. He was 86. Frank died late Tuesday, according to Jim Segel, Frank’s former campaign manager and close friend. After representing broad swaths of Boston’s…
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‘GOP senators are running scared’ as data guru spots startling evidence in Texas
CNN’s Harry Enten found evidence to suggest Democrats have a real shot at picking up a Senate seat in deep-red Texas. President Donald Trump announced his endorsement Tuesday of state attorney general Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in a May 26 runoff election, and Enten told “CNN News Central” that Republicans were right…
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Insane video shows MTA car explode in huge fireball near Wall Street’s Charging Bull
Dramatic video shows an MTA car exploding in an enormous fireball just steps from Wall Street’s iconic Charging Bull statue, sending screaming New Yorkers sprinting for safety. Footage showed the vehicle initially burning fiercely during the Tuesday evening rush hour just outside the MTA’s headquarters at 2 Broadway, a block from the iconic statue. It…
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Jack Osbourne lashes out at ‘f–king insane’ trolls labeling him ‘grossly underweight’
Jack Osbourne lashed out at “f–king insane” trolls criticizing his weight loss in a fiery video. “I cannot believe I’m having to actually make this,” the reality star told his Instagram followers on Tuesday. “If I see one more article written about me saying how I’m ‘sick,’ I’m ‘grossly underweight’, [that I’m] ‘health crisis Jack’…
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‘Out of Touch’: Democrats Criticize Trump After He Dismisses Soaring Gas Prices as ‘Peanuts’
President Donald Trump speaks in front of the American flag as he departs the White House on May 12, 2026. —Kevin Dietsch—Getty Images President Donald Trump managed to draw the ire of Democrat lawmakers after he dismissed soaring gas prices triggered by the Iran war. “This is peanuts,” Trump said of the spike. “I appreciate…
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Who Can Be Trusted When Everyone Is Vulnerable?
To have one OnlyFans-themed show debut on Apple TV this spring seems timely; to have two feels either like an acknowledgment of just how much our most intimate relationships are mediated through screens now, or like a cry for help. Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, created by David J. Rosen, stars Tatiana Maslany as Paula, a professional…
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Police say dozens of people and organizations could be charged over deadly 2017 London fire
LONDON — British police said Tuesday they will ask prosecutors to consider charging 57 people and 20 organizations with criminal offenses over the Grenfell Tower blaze, almost a decade after the deadliest fire in Britain’s modern history killed dozens. The Metropolitan Police said files of evidence will be submitted to prosecutors by the end of September, with…
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‘He’s a vegan!’ Trump melts down in bizarre rant over Texas Democrat
President Donald Trump uncorked an unfocused, rambling attack on Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico on the tarmac on Wednesday morning to reporters. “He believes in six genders, he takes hits at Jesus Christ, he’s wearing a mask six months ago. Anybody wearing a mask six months ago doesn’t get it,” said Trump. “And he’s…