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Trump claims he’s served 3 terms while bragging he ‘aced’ cognitive tests
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has served three terms as president and bragged about passing his cognitive exams — something he thinks all presidential or vice presidential candidates should be “forced” to do. The boast about his mental fitness came amid a flurry of Truth Social posts in which he inaccurately referred
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Why ‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Saw Ratings Rise While Other Streaming Shows Suffered a Sophomore Slump
“The Pitt” has officially avoided the sophomore slump, with Season 2 averaging 16.2 million viewers in the U.S. to date, per HBO Max, an impressive and increasingly unique 57% rise from its first run. While the Noah Wyle-led medical drama closed out its second installment to series-high ratings that doubled the audience of the Season
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D4vd talked ‘losing relationships’ in interview after he allegedly killed Celeste Rivas
Only hours after he allegedly stabbed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas to death, singer D4vd gave an interview talking about how “losing relationships” inspired his upcoming album. D4vd, real name David Burke, participated in an interview April 24, 2025 — the day after he allegedly murdered Celeste Rivas at his Hollywood Hills home, to talk about his
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How Big Is the American Dream House?
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. “When I was nine or ten and lived in a dark fourth-floor apartment in a building that had seen better days, I fantasized mansions that were more suited to my romantic nature,” Linda Lewis wrote
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MAGA Is Confused About ‘Animal Farm’
If you read George Orwell’s classic political satire Animal Farm in seventh grade, you probably remember the basic contours of the plot: fed up with human rule, a group of well-intentioned barnyard animals set up their own egalitarian society, with disastrous results. Published in 1945, Animal Farm has a timeless (and, certainly, contemporarily relevant) message:
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Hegseth clashes for a second day with Democrats in Congress over the Iran war
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth clashed with Democratic lawmakers in Congress for a second day Thursday, rejecting senators’ accusations that the Iran war was launched without evidence of an imminent threat and waged with no coherent strategy. In his opening statements for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Hegseth called Democratic lawmakers “reckless naysayers” and “defeatists
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Trump favorite’s sudden demotion fuels White House gossip mill
A top aide of Donald Trump has been mysteriously demoted after a meteoric rise through the administration’s ranks. Josh Gruenbaum, 40, will now only work for Trump’s Board of Peace, according to a report by Politico. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told the outlet that Gruenbaum “will continue to advance the President’s agenda of enhancing
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How Peter Gold’s WG Pictures Hit a $33K Per-Screen Average Without Spending a Dollar on Ads
Peter Gold’s debut as a film distributor hit a $33,138 per-theater average when “Our Hero Balthazar” opened March 27 on one screen at the Regal Union Square in New York — enough to top the specialty box office in its first week. The 26-year-old co-founder of WG Pictures nabbed the highest per-theater average in the
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Teddi Mellencamp bravely showcases brain surgery scars as she battles stage 4 cancer: ‘Sick of the wigs’
Teddi Mellencamp bravely showcased her brain surgery scars as she continues to battle stage 4 cancer. The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum posted a picture of her shaved head via Instagram Thursday, revealing the surgery scars from her emergency brain surgery last year. Also in the carousel, she posted a snap of her signature long,
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The CDC’s New Messaging May Be Damaging Trust in Vaccines, Study Says
—Witthaya Prasongsin—Getty Images Vaccines have long been considered by experts to be among the most studied medical interventions, and on the whole, Americans are still broadly supportive of them. But during President Donald Trump’s second term, the agency that makes recommendations about vaccines—the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—has, without new scientific evidence,