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Nobel winner warns Trump planning ‘truly awful’ act — and demands his immediate removal
A Nobel Prize-winner has called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked against Donald Trump following a series of failures. Paul Krugman suggested Trump knows the war in Iran is now a lost cause, but that the president would not pull out of the conflict. Speaking in a post published to his Substack, Krugman suggested…
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How Bill Hader Inspired Stephen Colbert to Write ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie After ‘Late Show’ Exit
Stephen Colbert took Hollywood by surprise last month when news broke of his first big post-“Late Show” move: writing a new “Lord of the Rings” movie for Peter Jackson. And while it’s no secret that Colbert is a super fan of the franchise, he might never have pursued the passion project were it not for…
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DSA-backed city attorney challenger pushes two-day-a-month office rule as City Hall emptiness crisis explodes
One of the contenders for Los Angeles city attorney is pushing a jaw-dropping plan: requiring government lawyers in the office just two days a month. The proposal, reported by the LA Times, lands as frustration boils over across City Hall, where prior California Post reporting exposed closed doors and a hollowed-out downtown stripped of its…
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As Meghan Markle made palace demands, ‘unhappy’ Prince Harry was a man who had ‘bitten off more than he could chew’: book
Prince Harry appeared to have “bitten off more than he could chew” after marrying Meghan Markle — who even started “vetting” his public speeches after their wedding, according to royal writer Hugo Vickers. When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex settled into Frogmore Cottage, their Windsor Estate home gifted by Queen Elizabeth II upon their…
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Lone Jar of Nutella Drifts Around Cabin of Moon Spacecraft
We were watching with bated breath as the crew of NASA’s historic Artemis 2 mission became the farthest any humans had ever ventured from Earth. Just after 2 pm Eastern time, the four astronauts reached a maximum distance of 252,752 miles as their Orion spacecraft whipped around the Moon. Sharing the momentous occasion was a…
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Trump holds fast to Tuesday deadline, threatening Iran’s bridges and power plants
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday that the United States and Iran are at a “critical point” in negotiating a potential ceasefire agreement, but the chances of reaching a deal by a Trump-imposed deadline on Tuesday evening appeared uncertain. In a lengthy news briefing at the White House, the president echoed an expletive-laden Easter Sunday warning to…
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‘Total cuckoo town’: Even Alex Jones now fears ‘nightmare that Trump has become’
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warned that President Donald Trump might use nuclear weapons on Iran because he is a “dementia risk.” “Hands down, in my 32 years on air, nothing has ever even come close to how much danger we’re in and the insanity of what’s unfolding and the nightmare that Trump has become,”…
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This Is Not How Presidents Typically Communicate
When Theodore Roosevelt marveled that he possessed “such a bully pulpit,” he used bully to mean wonderful or superb. Donald Trump’s schoolyard taunts and wartime bombast have turned the presidential podium into a platform for threatening harm or intimidating enemies, especially ones deemed inferior—a very different definition of bully. Once again, the 47th president has…
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E-bike battery starts fire inside San José apartment, killing 1
One person died in an apartment fire ignited by a faulty e-bike battery in San José last week, authorities said. Two people were in the apartment around 8:30 a.m. on Friday when the battery in an e-bike began sparking and smoking, starting a fire, the San José Fire Department wrote in a Facebook post. One…
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‘He’s going to drop a nuke’: Fear as Trump threat leaves details vague
President Donald Trump issued a serious threat for Iran on Monday, prompting shocked reactions online. Trump was speaking during a White House press conference when he made the unsettling comment referring to the ongoing conflict. “The entire country could be taken out in one night. And that night might be tomorrow night,” he said. The…