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Minnesota dad who shoved conservative reporter says he’s second-guessing living in US after backlash
A Minnesota father accused of assaulting a conservative reporter at an anti-ICE protest says he has been overwhelmed by the “nonstop” backlash against his family. “It’s a little overwhelming and makes me second-guess even living in this country, to be honest with you, with all that’s going on,” Chris Ostroushko told One America News Network in an interview published
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In Britain, Steve Hilton was inspired by California. Now, he calls it the worst-run state
Steve Hilton is a former Fox News host who has unexpectedly emerged as a leading candidate in the race for governor with a message that California is a failed state in need of radical reform. But his sudden rise in California politics comes a decade and a half after he pitched the U.K. Conservative Party
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Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money.
If you’re reading this, chances are you care a lot about fighting climate change, and that’s great. The climate emergency threatens all of humanity. And although the world has started to make some progress on it, our global response is still extremely lacking. The trouble is, it can be genuinely hard to figure out how
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With ‘Donnyland,’ Ukraine Becomes Latest to Propose Naming Something After Trump
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on April 18, 2026. —Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images In peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, an unusual proposal has reportedly emerged: naming a contested 50-mile-long, 40-mile-wide sliver of Ukraine’s industrial heartland “Donnyland,” a nod to both “Donbas” and U.S. President Donald Trump. Ukrainian officials first
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New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations
New gas projects linked to just 11 data center campuses around the US have the potential to create more greenhouse gases than the country of Morocco emitted in 2024. Emissions estimates from air permit documents examined by WIRED show that these natural gas projects—which are being built to power data centers to serve some of
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ICE raids and migrant pay cuts are devastating California economies
Along the southern stretch of California’s Central Coast, President Trump’s crusade against immigrants has left a visceral mark. It seems these days that almost everyone there has seen or felt the aftermath of an immigration raid: cars with shattered windows left idling and businesses emptied of their usual employees and patrons. The human toll is
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The Supreme Court will decide if migrants can be sent back to war zones
Imagine that you are a foreign national vacationing in New York when a civil war breaks out in your home country. Political dissidents, as well as bystanders who are unfortunate enough to get in the way of the warring factions, are being killed by the thousands. Meanwhile, the tourist visa allowing you to remain in
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GOP puts pressure on ‘ruby red’ state to make up for Virginia gerrymander loss
Republicans are pointing fingers after a narrow redistricting loss in Virginia undermined President Donald Trump’s national gerrymandering crusade, effectively erasing months of GOP gains and creating a stalemate in the high-stakes redistricting battle. Republican insiders acknowledged their party should have invested more heavily and earlier in Virginia, where Democrats narrowly won a referendum on a
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What to Know About the U.K.’s Generational Smoking Ban
Many cigarette butts have been stubbed out in some street furniture in London, England, on Sept. 24, 2025. —Richard Baker—In Picturtes/Getty Images This may be the last year in the U.K. that an 18-year-old can, on their birthday, buy a pack of cigarettes. For anyone whose 18th birthday comes in 2027 or later, the government
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6-month-old baby girl found abandoned in Times Square: NYPD
A baby girl was found abandoned in Times Square Tuesday night, according to police. The NYPD responded to a 911 call of a baby left alone in a stroller around 11 p.m. near W. 44th Street and Broadway. A 6-month-old baby girl was found abandoned in Times Square Tuesday night, according to police. The 6-month-old