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Top officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County agree on how to oversee elections, ending a legal battle
PHOENIX — Election officials in Arizona’s most populous county reached an agreement this week on how to jointly oversee the vote, ending a prolonged legal battle. Republican Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap sued the predominantly GOP board of supervisors in June 2025, alleging it illegally took control of certain aspects of election administration. The board called the…
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Federal panel reviews park fencing plan and White House visitor screening center
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is proposing to improve security around the White House by putting up a fence around nearby Lafayette Park to help limit public access when law enforcement authorities determine doing so is necessary. The proposal is scheduled for consideration on Thursday by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, according to a meeting agenda…
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Deadly Texas flood sweeps away deer in heartbreaking video — as emergency warnings issued in city where Camp Mystic tragedy struck
Tragic video shows a herd of deer being swept away in Texas as flooding turns deadly in the Lone Star State. Two flash flood emergencies are in place in Hill Country as of Thursday, with one affecting Kerrville – the scene of 2025’s deadly flooding at Camp Mystic, which killed 28 people, including 25 young…
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Soccer star Erling Haaland accepts Tom Holland’s dinner invite after initially snubbing actor
Norway soccer superstar Erling Haaland is making it up to Tom Holland after snubbing the actor’s invite to “hang out.” After the “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” posted a clip of Holland recounting the diss during his Monday night appearance, the athlete took to the comments section to extend an invite of his own. “Dinner invitation…
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Brazil Condemns U.S. Decision to Impose 25% Tariffs, Vows to Retaliate
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 26, 2025. —Andrew Harnik—Getty Images The United States’ decision to impose a new 25% tariff on many imports from Brazil has been labeled a “lamentable milestone” by the office of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da…
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Anthropic Accidentally Made the Perfect Commercial
In an impressive challenge to the idea that no publicity is bad publicity, Anthropic is now promoting itself with images of disaster, death, and human suffering. The AI company’s latest ad, which debuted during a World Cup match last week, is a perplexing 90-second artifact. The commercial opens with footage of a house engulfed in…
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Julia Garner and Foster the People frontman Mark Foster separate after almost six years of marriage
Emmy winner Julia Garner and Grammy-nominated musician Mark Foster have reportedly hit pause on their marriage. “Ozark” star Garner, 32, and the Foster the People frontman, 42, separated after nearly six years into their marriage, a source confirmed to People. The pair wed in December 2019, years after striking up a connection at the Sundance…
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‘Victimhood!’ GOP lawmaker loses it at disabled veterans in profane tirade
A GOP lawmaker went on a profane Thursday tirade insisting that disability benefits for veterans needed to be cut because they were “encouraging victimhood.” Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), a retired Navy SEAL, unloaded on the Veterans of Foreign Wars in a post on X after House Republicans were forced to pull a veterans’ benefits bill…
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Nobody Even Expects DOJ to Be Independent Anymore
The most stunning exchange of Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing to serve as attorney general came in response to an amiable question. Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana, a Republican who appears favorably inclined toward Blanche, asked the nominee whether he considered himself to be the president’s friend. Blanche, who is currently leading the Justice Department in…
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Is ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ phony or still cool? 6 writers reflect on its legacy at 75
Books that end up on high school English syllabi are meant to signal to young people their cultural importance, but only one book has been routinely positioned as simply “cool.” Since its publication 75 years ago on July 16, 1951, “The Catcher in the Rye”has been heralded as a literary baddie. With its starkly rendered…