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Trump goes on midnight rampage against GOP lawmaker
President Donald Trump has intensified his retribution campaign against Republican lawmakers who don’t toe his line, launching a scathing midnight attack on Kentucky Rep. Tom Massie after a GOP senator lost his race. “Tom Massie of Kentucky, the worst and most unreliable Republican Congressman in the history of our Country, is an even bigger insult…
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Netflix’s Greg Peters on Why It Walked Away from the Warner Bros. Discovery Deal
Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters —Courtesy Netflix At the end of 2025, Netflix was poised to complete a blockbuster deal: acquiring a major Hollywood studio. But in February, in a shocking reversal, the streaming giant walked away from its $82.7 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery after refusing to counter Paramount Skydance’s revised offer of…
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Should a high-voltage power line run through California’s largest state park? Critics are furious
BORREGO SPRINGS, Calif. — A planned high-voltage power line in the San Diego County desert has sparked outrage over its proposed path through the heart of California’s largest state park. At nearly 650,000 acres, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is known for its sprawling solitude: miles of lunar rock faces and sandy washes frame spindly Ocotillo stands, wildflower…
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How to prepare for a huge disaster when you live in a tiny apartment
It often feels like we’re on the brink of disaster: Diseases lurk behind every corner and global instability threatens the economy. But beyond the doomsday scenarios, it’s important to be prepared for more practical reasons: Extreme weather events, for example, have become a fact of life. It can all be a lot to worry about…
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Maduro’s alleged ‘bag man’ Alex Saab arrested less than 3 years after Biden pardon: report
Alex Saab, a 54-year-old Colombian businessman and close ally of captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, was reportedly deported after his February arrest in a joint US-Venezuelan operation. The development comes less than three years after former President Joe Biden pardoned and released Saab in a controversial 2023 prisoner swap. The high-profile arrest highlights a new level of…
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Nearly 1,900 vanished in and around Guadalajara. Now the World Cup arrives
MEXICO CITY — The highway from the Guadalajara city airport to downtown is newly paved and the city’s famous roundabout has gotten a $4-million facelift. The city is abuzz with renovation projects as Guadalajara prepares to host four World Cup soccer matches in June. But there’s one thing the 3 million fans expected to flock to the…
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Being a Crappy Boss to AI Chatbots Pushes Them Toward Spouting Marxist Rhetoric and Organizing With Their Compatriots, Researchers Find
The 19th century German economist Karl Marx identified a basic tension in human labor: squeeze workers too hard, and they’ll eventually start fighting back. It’s a contradiction capitalists have spent untold billions of dollars and decades trying to resolve, often through automation technology like AI — remove human workers from the payroll, the thinking goes,…
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Trump spent two days with Xi in Beijing. Was he outplayed?
HONG KONG — As President Trump left Beijing on Friday, Chinese social media resurfaced a familiar nickname for the president — flattering at first glance — declaring that Chuan Jianguo, the “Nation Builder,” had returned. It was not meant as a compliment. The nation he is building, according to the Chinese, is not the United States but…
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Take Control of Your Debt With These Free Tools
Apps for budgeting and personal finance do a good job of tracking your money as you earn and spend it. Some also have excellent debt calculators that help you figure out how to pay off your debts. Each debt calculator is a little different. Some suggest a specific method for paying down debt, while others…
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Meet the FBI-trained drone warriors who will guard the skies at the World Cup
Team USA is getting ready to defend its goal against swarming World Cup attackers on the field next month – while Team Fed is deputizing local authorities to fend off swarms of potentially deadly drones in the sky. The US has appropriated $250 million this year to battle “nefarious and unlawful” drone use. “Drones are…