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Elon Musk Is Having One of His All-Time Meltdowns
What would you do if you were unfathomably wealthy? Collect superyachts, throw extravagant parties, and just generally live a care-free existence? Not if you’re Elon Musk. The former trillionaire is busy as ever waging his war on all-things “woke” — and it’s devolved into a performance which, even by his extreme standards, is a meltdown…
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Questions mount after deadly Berlin Pride attack. Here’s what to know
BERLIN — Berliners mourned Monday after the deadly attack near the city’s Pride festival as questions mounted over how the suspect was able to move freely following a conviction linked to his ties to the Islamic State group. The 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, a German citizen, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after Saturday…
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The worst year for measles in a generation
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. America formally eradicated measles in the year 2000. But like many other remnants of the 1990s — flip phones, CDs, baggy pants — measles is now regrettably and undeniably back. More…
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Trump’s ‘politically toxic’ brand causing global allies to cut him loose: analyst
President Donald Trump’s relationship with multiple world leaders has soured, and even some of his longtime allies have snubbed him, according to an analyst. James Ball, political editor at The New World, described in an analysis for The i Paper on Monday just how much Trump’s standing has faded among global powers. He pointed to…
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BuzzFeed to Lay Off 35% of Workforce After Byron Allen Takeover
BuzzFeed will lay off roughly 180 employees across BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Tasty, marking the first major restructuring since Byron Allen acquired a controlling stake in the digital media company earlier this year. The cuts, which affect about 35% of BuzzFeed’s workforce, were also disclosed Monday in an SEC filing. In a memo to employees first…
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UNC places Michael Lombardi, general manager for Bill Belichick’s team, on paid administrative leave
North Carolina has placed football general manager Michael Lombardi — a longtime confidant of coach Bill Belichick — on paid administrative leave, the university said Monday in a statement. The school didn’t provided further details. Multiple media outlets are reporting that the move is connected to a complaint filed to UNC’s human resources department. “As…
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Trump injecting ‘real poison’ into the midterms puts GOP ‘in a weird spot’: analyst
President Donald Trump is facing a huge problem in November, The Bulwark’s Sam Stein told MS NOW’s Jonathan Lemire on “The Moment” Wednesday. The problem, he noted, is compounded by Trump’s inability to course-correct in a simple way that most candidates facing a huge backlash for their party would. The president is currently demanding Republicans…
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Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Must Pay $170K in Damages After Failed New York Times Defamation Suit
Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios has been ordered to pay The New York Times $171,616.20 in damages following its failed defamation suit. On Monday, New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits awarded The Times its win after Baldoni’s production company sued for defamation following the organization’s December 2024 report on the working conditions on “It Ends…
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Republicans must save the future of conservatism from young wannabe edgelords
Young conservatives have a bigotry problem — and everyone on the right has a responsibility to reckon with it. Nicholas Rafael, the now-suspended treasurer of the New York Young Republican Club, has been linked to an X account — @basedredford — from which he allegedly sent out all sorts of bigoted and antisemitic messages. His…
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DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
The Department of Homeland Security’s top numbers-cruncher has resigned, citing the Trump administration’s “war on immigrants” on his way out. DHS has been a hub of controversy during the second Trump term: the ICE raids in American cities, the wild spending, the growing archipelago of detention centers, the attempts to hide data about it all.…