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‘Clearly psychotic’ Trump ridiculed for ‘real polling’ rant as his popularity plummets
President Donald Trump raged on social media as his popularity drooped to historic lows. A flurry of new polling found the 80-year-old president sinking to the lowest point yet in his second term, with only a third of Americans approving of his job performance, and the only previous president with less public support at this…
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Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi Join Columbia as Journalists-in-Residence
Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi have landed their first major public roles since leaving “60 Minutes,” with Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism naming the veteran journalists its journalists-in-residence for the 2026-27 academic year. The appointments, announced Monday, come months after both correspondents exited the CBS News newsmagazine amid a sweeping overhaul under editor-in-chief Bari…
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Why the U.S. Stepped In to Prop Up Japan’s Yen Currency
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with U.S. President Donald Trump aboard USS George Washington in Yokosuka, Japan, on Oct. 28, 2025. —Tomohiro Ohsumi––Getty Images The United States and Japan coordinated to prop up the latter’s yen currency after it fell to a 40-year low against the dollar. In a statement Monday morning, Japan’s Finance Minister…
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Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after GOP senators threaten to block his attorney general bid
WASHINGTON — Acting Atty. Gen. Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Trump’s $1.8-billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate his political allies, a move that follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general. A spokeswoman for Texas Sen. John Cornyn, one of the senators holding up…
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Red state food pantries buckling as thousands lose food stamps under new GOP-led rules
YAWKEY— For more than two years, Helen Swire Comer put her own life on hold. The Lincoln County resident quit her job managing a bank to care for her aging parents, who wanted to spend their final years at home instead of in a nursing facility. Her nights were often interrupted by emergency room visits…
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The Keighley Camera: How a 20-Year Friendship Led to ‘The Odyssey’ Being Shot Entirely on Imax
Exit the sweltering Underground trains of Waterloo Station, make your way through the crowds to the exit, and take a left under a train overpass towards the River Thames. As you go up an incline along a narrow sidewalk, a cylindrical cinema comes into view with an enormous banner featuring Matt Damon as Odysseus. This…
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Mexican drug lord arrested for allegedly ordering influencer’s live-streamed murder — after she broke up with his son
A Mexican cartel leader who allegedly ordered a TikTokker’s live-streamed murder because she and his son had broken up has been arrested. Ramón Ángel Álvarez Ayala, a senior figure in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was captured by special forces in downtown Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco, on Thursday, Mexican outlet Excelsior reported. He was also…
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Sam Altman’s Parenting Strategy Sounds Low Key Horrifying
Late last year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon that raising a child was now impossible without constantly turning to AI for advice — despite humans managing just fine without ChatGPT since the dawn of time. His comments painted a dystopian picture of the future of parenting in which human connection…
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Pam Bondi ‘one subpoena away’ from a reckoning: ‘Martha Stewart went to prison for less’
Journalist and political strategist Christopher Armitage expressed frustration Monday over a “very illegal act” allegedly committed by ex-Attorney General Pam Bondi, as well as how holding her to account remained “a single subpoena” away. The act in question was Bondi’s sale of Trump media securities in April of 2025 – sales that she made just…
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‘Anna Pigeon’ Review: Tracy Spiridakos Brings Charisma to USA Network’s Breezy Park Ranger Drama
The women’s lit bestseller to television series pipeline continues to gather steam. Greatest hits include “Big Little Lies,” “Lessons in Chemistry,” and “Sharp Objects” to name a few. Among the biggest by-products of this trend has been a sharp increase in strong women’s roles for actresses from a variety of generations, from Elle Fanning to…