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CBS’s Bari Weiss increases ties to MAGA billionaires — and another media dynasty: report
Despite her high-profile role as the head of CBS News, Bari Weiss is entering into a new dalliance with a conservative billionaire — leaving no doubt where her sympathies lie, according to a new report. Media watchdog Status has uncovered an expanding professional relationship between Weiss and Mathias Döpfner, the chief executive of Axel Springer,…
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Trump, Rubio and a Zombie State In Venezuela
A volunteer rescuer stands next to a Venezuelan flag on debris from a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on July 15, 2026, following the June 24 twin earthquakes. —Juan Barreto-AFP via Getty Images For decades after the 1967 Caracas earthquake, seismologists warned Venezuelans that a major earthquake was coming. And we had…
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Keep antivax politics out of foster parent licensing
What do we owe children in the foster care system? At a minimum, safety. Which is why it’s so concerning that the Trump administration recently omitted guidance on vaccine requirements for foster homes. Given that the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has well-known reservations about the efficacy of vaccines, maybe this…
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We’re Taking Hobbies Too Far
—Mitch Diamond—Getty Images A few weeks ago, a clip from Dominican Sisters Open Mic, a podcast featuring Catholic nuns, went viral. “Do you have a hobby, sister?” one nun asks the other. “I do not have a hobby,” the nun replied, noting that a “hobby, to me, feels like just something else to do.” That…
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The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts says it’s releasing an online toolkit this week for criminal defense attorneys designed to uncover whether police used surveillance technologies—facial recognition, automatic license plate readers, gunshot detection systems, and more—to build the cases against their clients in secret. The toolkit, which the group describes as the first of…
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It’s no longer illegal to destroy the one thing endangered species need most to survive
The greatest threat to animals in the US and globally is the destruction of their habitat — replacing grasslands with farms, cutting forests for timber, building suburbs atop wetlands. It’s the main reason why hundreds of species have been listed under the Endangered Species Act, which gives federal protection to species that are currently at…
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‘The dots connect’: Ex-prosecutor flags 5 red alerts in week from hell for Trump
Former federal prosecutor Joyce White Vance argued that this week’s most consequential legal stories aren’t isolated events — they’re a single, coordinated pattern of democratic erosion the press keeps covering in pieces. In a Substack analysis cross-posted to Bluesky and X, Vance identified five interlocking stories she insists must be read as a whole —…
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New York leads nation in school spending — despite 12% fewer students
New York is spending more on education than any state in the nation despite shrinking schools and 12% fewer students than 15 years ago, an eye-opening new report found. Empire State enrollment could see another double-digit decrease by 2031 as population growth stagnates and birth rates plummet — which would mean New York is shedding…
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Hulk Hogan-themed NYC bar nearly died with WWE legend — until his son stepped in to save project
A New York hospitality veteran’s dream project — and a $7 million investment — nearly died along with Hulk Hogan. But Page Six hears the late Hulkster’s son, Nick Hogan, has stepped into the ring to make sure fans gets to experience his father’s final vision. Rich Rosen, a longtime New York nightlife veteran, told…
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AI’s Execution Problem
—fotograzia—Getty Images As AI reshapes institutions, industries, and economies, innovation has gained the spotlight. We celebrate breakthroughs in models, advances in science and engineering, and a new wave of startups promising to redefine entire industries. Yet, in boardrooms, an uncomfortable pattern is emerging: the organizations that talk the most about AI “innovation” are often the…