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Andrew Lloyd Webber warns Broadway is in ‘dire danger’ amid early close of ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’
Broadway is on life support, warns Andrew Lloyd Webber. After news broke that “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” — a reimagined version of his global phenomenon “Cats” — will be closig after just four months, the musical theater impresario made a desperate plea online. He urged “theatre owners, unions and producers” to work together to save…
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Markwayne Mullin rebuked by House Dem after ICE killings: ‘You’re back on the front page!’
Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) unloaded on Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin after the fatal shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Biddeford, Maine, and Houston, Texas. According to The Hill, Magaziner delivered a furious speech on the floor of the House in response to the violence. “When will this madness stop? When he took his…
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DOJ subpoenas law firms that caved to Trump as ‘pitched legal battle’ erupts: NYT
Law firms that cut deals with Trump to stop executive orders are now fighting a secret courtroom battle, the New York Times reported. According to the Times, the Justice Department has issued subpoenas to 13 elite law firms, including nine that struck deals with Trump early in his second term to fend off “crippling” executive…
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A Record-Breaking Heat Wave Is Sweeping Across the U.S. This Week. Here Are Some of the Cities It Will Hit Hardest
Men cool off at a fire hydrant in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood in the Manhattan borough of New York City on July 2, 2026. —Charly Triballeau—AFP/Getty Images Parts of the U.S. will be facing record-high temperatures this week, just a couple weeks after large swaths of the country sweated through a days-long heat wave over…
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Who Really Controls the Strait of Hormuz?
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Yesterday, President Trump wrote on Truth Social that the United States would become the “GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,”…
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Nevada’s GOP governor busted for pressuring cop to drop red-light ticket
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (R), who is running for re-election, avoided a traffic citation after identifying himself to a Las Vegas police sergeant, according to body camera footage obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. On May 15, the officer pulled over Lombardo’s Ford pickup near Mandalay Bay for a suspected red light violation. The Governor’s…
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Ex-sea captain accused of raping Merchant Marine cadet in 2019 finally heads to NYC trial
An accused sicko cargo-ship captain who allegedly drugged and raped a Merchant Marine Academy cadet during a 2019 work-study program is finally headed to trial in Brooklyn. Opening statements are set to start Wednesday in the trial of John Merrone, who nearly spilled out of his wheelchair headed to court for pre-trial proceedings Tuesday. The…
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Kelly Bensimon and celebrity chef ‘lucky to be alive’ after terrifying head-on crash in Florida Uber
Kelly Bensimon just got a frightening dose of reality. The star of E!’s “Golden Life” and celebrity chef Andrew Molen were injured Monday afternoon when they were involved in a violent head-on crash in Sarasota, Fla. We hear the pair were in an Uber, which turned left onto busy Tamiami Trail and was rammed by…
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Man Killed by Vehicle While Fleeing ‘Encounter’ With Federal Immigration Officers in Florida, Official Says
The eastbound lanes of SR 16 between Outlet Mall Boulevard and Inman Road in St. Augustine, Fla., are shutdown after a fatal collision. —St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office/AP A man was killed on Tuesday morning while running from U.S. immigration officers in Florida, according to a spokesperson for the state highway patrol, marking the third…
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Marco Rubio ‘selling his soul’ over one lie that could end his career: expert
Political heavyweight Pete Buttigieg predicted that Marco Rubio is never going to recover from “selling his soul” for one lie. During an interview on The Bulwark Podcast with former GOP operative Tim Miller, Buttigieg talked about how much Rubio has fallen in his eyes since becoming Trump’s secretary of state. When Miller asked how Rubio…