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Shock as GOP leader moans that history’s ‘oppressors’ don’t get celebrated
A House Republican berated Smithsonian history director Anthea Hartig, suggesting that historical ‘oppressors’ should receive more celebration. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), chair of the House Oversight subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, called the hearing Tuesday to challenge how the National Museum of American History tells the nation’s story. It marked the first time a…
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Israel is building a miles-long earthen barrier inside Gaza, entrenching its division
CAIRO — The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the more than 50% of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according to satellite imagery, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave. More than 14 miles have been constructed in recent months, running through Palestinian…
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White House advisers scramble to derail Trump’s ‘barrage’ of new tariffs: report
Faced with the possibility that the Republican Party is headed for a wipeout in the November midterms, White House insiders are attempting to head off a Friday announcement by President Donald Trump of new tariffs. Trump is preparing to impose what the Financial Times is calling a “barrage” of fresh tariffs on dozens of countries…
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Stubborn vagrants at NYC’s Intrepid encampments set up new shelters in game of cleanup Whack-a-Mole
Stubborn vagrants are refusing to abandon their filthy encampments along Manhattan’s West Side, in some cases setting up new shelters a block away after city workers push them out, locals said Tuesday. After weeks of gripes from locals, City Hall finally began dismantling some of the makeshift shelters that turned part of the Big Apple…
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‘Cosby Show’ star Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s widow suing actor’s mom for $1.2M in prenup promises
Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s widow, Tenisha, filed a lawsuit against the actor’s mom, Pamela Warner, over a prenuptial agreement dispute. Tenisha claimed in the suit, which was filed on July 20 — one year to the date of the “Cosby Show” actor‘s drowning death — that her husband left behind $1.2 million in broken promises when he…
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America’s Summer Camps Are Facing a New Climate Reality. Here’s How They’re Adapting
Day campers at Reseda Park in the San Fernando Valley use buckets for a water fight at the Valley park where temperatures hovered around 100 degrees. —Brian Vander Brug/Los Angeles Times—Getty Images Anna Ellena-Rosenau remembers summers at Mountain Meadow Ranch Summer Camp, founded by her grandfather 70 years ago. Nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains…
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When will Sunset Boulevard reopen? Here’s what we know about filling the massive hole
Officials have made progress in fixing a massive water system rupture on the Sunset Strip that sent 17 million gallons of water into surrounding neighborhoods. But Sunset Boulevard has been closed for six days. And officials still won’t say when it will reopen. Thursday’s break was on a riveted steel pipe from 1916 that is…
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Trump administration opens investigation into Harvard’s financial aid for international students
The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students, adding to the barrage of federal inquiries the Trump administration has opened in its battle against the Ivy League school. Justice Department officials announced the new review Monday, saying Harvard’s foreign funding disclosures “raised concerns” about…
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Todd Blanche is ‘daring’ retiring GOP senator to defy Trump: legal expert
Todd Blanche has thrown down the gauntlet to challenge a retiring Republican senator to defy President Donald Trump and vote against his confirmation as attorney general. The White House has been actively pushing Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) to confirm Blanche, currently the acting attorney general, but political scientist and ethics expert Norman Ornstein said Trump’s…
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We’re Admittedly Terrified That They’ve Now Invented Invisible Drones
We can think of no possible way that a newly invented invisible drone can be used nefariously. Rather than relying on camouflage, the flying gizmo created by researchers at Northwestern University exploits the motion blur effect in our fallible human vision to almost disappear by spinning at an absurd 25 times per second. This is…