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Lineage will miss deadline to clean up the Boyle Heights warehouse site, council member says
The city-imposed deadline for Lineage to clean up millions of pounds of rotting food from a burned warehouse in Boyle Heights is Friday, and it does not appear that the company will finish the work on time, a city official said. “I am deeply disappointed and angry,” said Councilmember Ysabel Jurado in a news release.…
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Jim Acosta relishes Trump’s ‘rats’ jumping ship: ‘Starting to see what’s coming’
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s departure is a sign that things are only going to get worse for the Trump administration, former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta said on the latest episode of his show. Acosta opened by giving a sendoff to Leavitt’s career, which she says she is ending to focus on motherhood for…
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Meet the 17-year-olds behind the finance world’s favorite Gen Z newsletter
Wall Street’s new guilty pleasure started as a lunchroom debate between pre-calc and chemistry classes. Passing the Torch, a newsletter covering markets, economics, politics and culture, was founded in 2025 by Jasper Gould and Emile Chilingirian, both now 17, while they were sophomores at the prestigious Berkeley Carroll prep school in Park Slope. It now…
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Perez Hilton’s sister gives update on celeb blogger’s injuries after suicide attempt, details his ‘long road’ to recovery
Warning: The content below contains graphic details. Perez Hilton (real name: Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr.) remains hospitalized after his devastating suicide attempt on Aug. 4 — and his physical and mental road to recovery is expected to be a long one. In an exclusive interview with Page Six, Hilton’s sister, Barbara Lavandeira, gave an emotional…
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Kennedy Center Board Votes to Put Trump’s Name Back on the Building, Testing Judge’s Order
A person walks past scaffolding and a large protective tarp covering the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, guarded by two security guards, in Washington, D.C., on August 13, 2026. —Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images The Kennedy Center board on Thursday voted to put President Donald Trump’s name back on the building’s…
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Bernie Sanders says he can’t get involved in every race. Some allies wish he would.
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he can’t be everywhere at once — even though some of his allies want him to be. Democratic socialist Francesca Hong lost by less than 4,000 votes in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary, an outcome several high-profile progressives are blaming on Sanders and other top national progressive leaders for staying out of the…
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Trump is sued over selling early access to his posts on Truth Social
Things people don’t want to do this summer, as evidenced by poor ratings: Watch CBS news anchor Tony Doukopil. Tune into Paramount+’s sci-fi teen drama “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.” Read President Trump’s Truth Social posts. No matter how much Trump posts, and he has been posting a lotlately, traffic to the platform he uses as…
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‘Who is telling him this is a good idea?’ Joe Rogan stupefied by Trump’s latest cash grab
President Donald Trump’s latest personal money ventures have left celebrity podcaster Joe Rogan completely floored — and outraged. Rogan gave last-minute backing to Trump’s campaign in 2024, but since then has recoiled from many of Trump’s policies, including his mass deportation plans. In his latest show, Rogan and comedian Shane Gillis raged against Trump’s latest…
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Those shock gloves ICE plans to buy can bring strong men to their knees in less than a second
WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to buy thousands of special gloves that would allow agents to administer electronic shocks — a tactic the gloves’ manufacturer describes as a non-lethal “soft empty hand” for controlling people. But videos posted by the manufacturer, Compliant Technologies of Richmond, Ky., show that the effects of the gloves are…
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The Iran war’s mental toll on US sailors
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 cracks are starting to show in President Donald Trump’s Iran campaign. What’s happening? Conditions on a US warship deployed in the Middle…