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Trump spills on supposed call to Biden after 2020 defeat: ‘The rest is history!’
President Donald Trump revealed new details Wednesday regarding a supposed phone call he had with former President Joe Biden following his 2020 election loss, one that he claimed was “well received,” but “not acted on.” Trump’s claim was couched in a lengthy rant shared on his social media platform Truth Social against Anthony Fauci, the…
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Residents Furious at Plan to Seize and Destroy Their Homes for AI Data Centers
As dozens of cities across the US are forced to scrap their plans to build power-hungry data centers, some civic leaders are no longer asking. According to new reporting by Fortune, the state of Georgia’s for-profit utility company, Georgia Power, is looking to demolish and pave over some 30 homes — and 330 parcels of…
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As L.A.’s sidewalk vendors cut corners, restaurants pay the price
When gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra casually advised the National Assn. of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials to bypass California’s traditional brick-and-mortar restaurants — arguing that you don’t get “real street tacos” from a long-standing establishment, but from the guy who makes them “in his little cart” — he likely thought he was delivering a charming,…
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Trump’s worst fear revealed as he faces GOP ‘reckoning’: analyst
President Donald Trump, not even halfway through his second term in office, is about to see his worst fear realized as he faces a reckoning within the Republican Party, according to a new analysis. The Atlantic analyst Jonathan Lemire argued this week that Trump has “crashed into reality” as he “flails” both internationally and domestically.…
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Festival Must-Haves, Field-Tested at Lost Lands and Electric Forest
The best festival gear, of course, depends on which festival you’re attending, the weather, your sleeping arrangements, and a ton of other factors. But as a longtime festival veteran, I’ve field-tested enough gear (and made enough mistakes) to have solid recommendations for preventing blisters, dehydration, a dead phone, and other common pitfalls in most situations.…
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The LAPD has quietly stopped putting many public records online
Nicholas Shapiro, a professor at UCLA, was scrolling the city of Los Angeles’ online data portal one day this spring when he noticed something odd. A trove of Los Angeles Police Department records that were once regularly posted online was suddenly nowhere to be found. The records — everything from audio recordings of emergency dispatch…
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‘Who was president!?’ Trump defender shut down as he dodges Dem’s fact check
A Republican trying to defend President Donald Trump’s legacy was shut down on live television Wednesday with one simple question that he would not answer. The argument erupted on CNN Wednesday morning ahead of a contentious Senate hearing, when Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) will haul in his longtime bogeyman Dr. Anthony Fauci back to the…
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Glen Hansard, Oscar-winning actor and musician, dead at 56 after motorcycle crash
Glen Hansard, an Oscar-winning musician and actor, died in a motorcycle crash in Ireland on Wednesday. He was 56. The “Once” star was killed in a single-vehicle crash at the Strawberry Beds in West Dublin just before 4:30 a.m., the Irish Times reported. An Garda Síochána, the national police service of Ireland, confirmed that someone had tragically…
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Where Does India’s Cockroach Movement Go From Here?
Cockroach Janta Party Protest In Mumbai A demonstrator wearing a cockroach mask during a protest organized by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in Mumbai, India, on July 16, 2026. —Indranil Aditya—NurPhoto via Getty Images India’s burgeoning youth-led protest movement won a key victory over the weekend with the resignation of the country’s Education Minister, Dharmendra…
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Eight years after deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, Tree of Life rabbi bids farewell
PITTSBURGH — After surviving the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, after presiding over multiple funerals for his slain congregants, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers struggled to pray. “There was this emptiness to it,” recalls Myers, of Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. He turned to the biblical Book of Psalms — its hymns, poetry and prayers covering “the…