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The 7 Best New Movies on HBO Max in April
HBO Max‘s film library expanded again this month with a wide array of new arrivals, including two of the greatest science fiction movies ever made, which just so happen to belong to the same franchise. Some of the streaming service’s other April additions include a 1940s noir that remains one of the genre’s shining touchstones,
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Fired Adams staffer returns to City Hall with pending lawsuit against Big Apple
A fired staffer of former Mayor Eric Adams has rejoined city government — while also continuing to sue the city for alleged discrimination in his termination two years prior. Hassan Naveed was hired by the Mamdani administration as the chief of staff to the deputy mayor for community safety, writing online Monday that he was “thrilled”
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California judge rebukes Trump-backed plan that bypasses state authority in oil pipeline restart
In a rebuff of the Trump administration’s push to restart oil pipelines off California’s Central Coast, a state judge has ruled that a recent executive order does not override state regulations concerning oil operations. It remains unclear exactly what effect the ruling may have on pipeline operator Sable Offshore Corp., which faces a number of
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The lucky few who can apply for tariff refunds
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is letting businesses apply for tariff refunds — but consumers who ate those costs via higher prices are out of
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Trump’s Cabinet has lost 3 women in 2 months
This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Grace and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. President Donald Trump’s second Cabinet was never exceptionally diverse from the start. And in the past two months, three women have been fired or resigned. The first to go, on March
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Dodgers put struggling closer Edwin Díaz on injured list, recall Jake Eder
DENVER — The Dodgers announced Monday they placed closer Edwin Díaz on the injured list with what the club described as “loose bodies” in his right elbow. Díaz, 32, has a 10.50 ERA in seven appearances this season for the Dodgers, who made a splash signing the to reliever on the free-agent market to a three-year $69
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Jeers as MAGA-friendly Apple CEO steps down: ‘Made iPhone boring and bribed a dictator’
The internet jeered Apple CEO Tim Cook after it was announced on Monday that he is stepping down. Apple said in a statement that Cook will transition to the executive chairman role on Sept. 1, and that hardware expert John Ternus will assume the chief executive role. The move ends Cook’s 15 years of leading
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‘Doogie Howser, M.D.’ alum dead at 73
Actor Rif Hutton, best known for appearing on “Doogie Howser, M.D.” and “JAG,” has died. He was 73. Hutton’s family told TMZ he died at his home in Pasadena, California, on Saturday after a more than one-year battle with brain cancer. They noted he was surrounded by loved ones at the time of his death.
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Environmental groups sue Trump administration over approval of new ultra deep-water drilling project
Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday over its approval last month of oil company BP’s ultra deep-water drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico. The groups sued on the 16th anniversary of the nation’s worst offshore oil spill 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, when BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig sent 134 million
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Another Trump Cabinet member ousted as White House touts ‘phenomenal job’
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be the next Trump administration official to depart, the White House announced on Monday. Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, announced DeRemer’s departure in a post on X. “Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector,” Cheung wrote. “She has