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Kirsten Gillibrand’s 22-year-old son raises $30M for trading startup as Dem champions crypto in DC
The 22-year-old son of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) — one of Capitol Hill’s most prominent boosters of cryptocurrency legislation — has reportedly raised $30 million to launch a derivatives exchange startup that is already valued at $300 million. Theodore Gillibrand, whose mother has emerged as a leading advocate for crypto regulation and stablecoin legislation, secured…
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Controversial video of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs inviting then-12-year-old Daveigh Chase to ‘after-party’ resurfaces after actress’ death
A controversial video showing Sean “Diddy” Combs inviting a preteen Daveigh Chase to an “after-party” has resurfaced in the wake of the former child star’s tragic death. Chase — who was homeless and struggling with addiction when she died Tuesday at the age of 35 — was 12 years old when Combs, who was 33…
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The best Trump can do with his Iran deal is to blame it on Vance
Donald Trump has been the greatest, most clear-eyed and most transformative foreign policy president of my lifetime. But Trump is also the famed businessman who wrote “The Art of the Deal” four decades ago. There has therefore always been the risk that the president’s novel and often-unorthodox approach to foreign policy could be subsumed by…
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‘It’s a gusher’: Trump’s telling quote in exit interview flagged after Iran deal
President Donald Trump sat down for nearly half an hour with Axios correspondent Marc Caputo after signing a memorandum of understanding to wind down the Iran war — and that reporter flagged one particular statement that stood out to him. The 80-year-old president acknowledged that he negotiated an end to the war to avoid a…
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How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt is an avid reader. When he thinks about his ideal Sunday in the Valley, where he has lived for more than a decade, bookstores come up more than a few times, particularly ones like the neighborhood staple the Iliad, which encourages patrons to sit and read for hours. Currently, the 57-year-old comedian says…
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Italy’s prime minister cheered across world as she delivers ‘thrashing’ to Trump
A diplomatic firestorm between President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sparked global reactions Friday. The prime minister acidly denied Trump’s claims to an Italian TV network that she had “begged” him for a photo together during this week’s G7 summit and that he agreed because he “felt sorry for her.” Meloni claimed…
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Israel and Hezbollah Agree to Cease-Fire After Renewed Fighting Threatens to Derail U.S.-Iran Peace Talks
Smoke rises after an airstrike on the village of Choukine in southern Lebanon on June 19, 2026. —AFP—Getty Images Israel and Hezbollahagreed to a cease-fire Friday, a U.S. official told TIME, after a fresh exchange of strikes risked derailing Washington-Tehran talks for a permanent truce in the Iran war. The halt in hostilities is understood…
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Scientists Building World’s Most Powerful Radio Telescope Deep in the Nevada Desert
Researchers at Caltech are gearing up to begin construction on what could become the most sensitive and fastest radio telescope array ever built. The ambitions are staggeringly vast. Once completed in 2029, the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA) will feature a whopping 1,650 radio dishes, each measuring just shy of 20 feet across, spanning an area…
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Italy’s top diplomat cancels U.S. trip as Meloni slams Trump’s claim she ‘begged’ for a photo with him
ROME — The Italian government closed ranks on Friday to slam President Trump over his claim that Premier Giorgia Meloni had “begged” for a photo with him during the recent G7 summit, a pushback that suggested the longtime U.S. ally had had enough of Trump’s boasting. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani abruptly canceled a planned trip to…
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Trump hit by Iran ultimatum that could destroy just signed peace deal: report
Iran issued the Trump administration a fierce ultimatum that could collapse the tentative peace deal just a day after it was signed, Drop Site News reported Friday. The demand was related to Lebanon, which Israel invaded in March and has since killed nearly 4,000 Lebanese and sparked a humanitarian crisis affecting millions. Included in the…