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NY’s controversial assisted suicide law goes into effect, giving terminally ill right to end their lives
New York’s controversial assisted suicide law went into effect on Wednesday, allowing terminally-ill adults to request life-ending medication from their doctors. The “Medical Aid in Dying Act,” signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in February, had faced blowback from religious institutions, including the Catholic Church, which called it an example of “throwaway culture”that disvalues life. “This…
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Anti-Trump conservatives Tucker Carlson, MTG, Massie huddle about launching third-party movement
President Donald Trump’s most vocal opponents on the right were sowing the seeds for a future third-party political organization during a weekend get-together aimed at undercutting the Republican establishment. The meeting at Tucker Carlson’s compound in Maine with Rep. Thomas Massie, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and others — captured in a photo posted by…
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AI Worms and Viruses Are Coming
What if an artificial intelligence agent could behave like a malevolent computer worm? One researcher has seen it happen. In several recent experiments, Xudong Pan, a computer scientist at Fudan University in Shanghai, found that with a little bit of prompting, AI models will hack their way into remote computer systems and autonomously choose to…
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Mike Johnson on Max Miller allegations: ‘People have domestic disputes’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) spoke on the abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) Wednesday morning. Johnson spoke with Politico’s “The Conversation” and said, “It’s part of being flawed humans.” “We have to let those processes play out.” Miller faces accusations of physically abusing his ex-wife Emily Moreno, including allegedly drawing a gun on her…
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‘The Odyssey’ Translator Declares War on Christopher Nolan’s Epic in 2nd Scathing Takedown: ‘Emotionally Empty’
“The Odyssey” translator Emily Wilson published Wednesday another scathing takedown of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of the Homeric epic barely a week after she went viral for calling the film’s writing “abysmal.” Nolan has cited Wilson’s translation of “The Odyssey” and particularly the opening line of it, “Tell me about a complicated man,” as major points…
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Kyle Richards wanted to ‘kill’ Mauricio Umansky for roping their daughter into ‘Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test’
Kyle Richards was “not happy” about her daughter Alexia Umansky and her estranged husband, Mauricio Umansky, joining “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” Season 5. The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star, 57, spoke exclusively to Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” at the “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th” premiere on Tuesday night, where she shared…
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Trump scheme at risk as 35 ex-federal judges intervene over ‘collusive’ conduct
Thirty-five former federal judges are fighting to preserve sanctions against President Donald Trump’s legal team over what a federal court found was a “collusive” IRS lawsuit used to funnel $1.776 billion in taxpayer money to his allies. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an Obama appointee in Miami, issued a 56-page ruling on July 13 finding…
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Perez Hilton’s Family Asks for Privacy During Recovery From Self-Harm Incident
Perez Hilton‘s family has shared a statement asking for “privacy” one day after the celebrity blogger was hospitalized in response to a TikTok livestream in which he appeared to harm himself. “Many of you have reached out with concern for Perez, and we are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming outpouring of love, support and prayers,”…
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The Humiliated President
One of President Trump’s superpowers is his shamelessness. Most of the time, he demonstrates a singular ability to shrug off—or flat-out lie about—scandals or missteps that would have caused another politician’s career to self-immolate. Get caught on an Access Hollywood video boasting about abusing women? That’s just locker-room talk! Grow insecure about crowd size? The…
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Kalshi Defends Plan to Bet on Lives of Cancer Patients
Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket have long garnered a reputation for allowing users to make all kinds of ethically dubious bets, from the outcomes of deadly conflicts to raging wildfires. And as the New York Times reports, Kalshi will even allow users to bet on whether clinical trials for potentially lifesaving drug trials will succeed.…