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Billy Joel reveals why he quit writing music: ‘I didn’t want to go like that’
Billy Joel doesn’t want to “dilute his legacy” by putting out music past his prime. The legendary musician, 77, explained why he quit writing songs after his 1993 album “River of Dreams” in a YouTube interview with music producer Rick Beato released Monday. “I’ve heard artists who keep putting out records and, really, they’re past…”…
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Trump Says the FBI Would Be ‘Wasting Their Time’ Investigating Lindsey Graham’s Death
Ali al-Zaidi, Iraq’s prime minister, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2026. —Graeme Sloan—EPA/Bloomberg/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is “wasting their time” if it is…
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The Bizarre Partnership Between the U.S. and Venezuela
James Story, America’s last chargé d’affaires in Venezuela before the embassy closed in 2019, left after the foreign minister passed along a message. The warning was stark, Story told me: If he stayed, he might be murdered. When American diplomats raised the flag at the embassy in March, for the first time in seven years,…
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Anger grows in Boyle Heights as warehouse fire leaves stench, flies and vermin in its wake
Nearly one month after a fire destoyed a massive cold-storage facility in Boyle Heights, the neighborhood has been overcome by the stomach-churning stench of rotting food. As facility operator Lineage Logistics works to remove over 85 million tons of weeks-old food from its 500,000-square-feet warehouse, the rancid odors have attracted throngs of rats and swarms…
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‘Uh, what?’ Lindsey Graham tribute inadvertently reveals ‘bizarre’ fetish
A reporter’s tribute to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) backfired this week after it unwittingly revealed a request from the lawmaker that left her colleagues aghast. Following Graham’s death of an aortic dissection at 71, Atlantic reporter Ashley Parker — who covered Congress for the New York Times — shared what she called a…
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‘Man of Tomorrow’: Xolo Maridueña to Return as Blue Beetle in James Gunn’s Sequel
Xolo Maridueña is set to return as Jaime Reyes aka the Blue Beetle in James Gunn’s “Man of Tomorrow,” TheWrap has learned. The film is currently in production and will act as the character’s reintroduction into the DCU. Gunn previously said that Blue Beetle is the DCU’s first character. “I mean the first DCU character,…
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What Is the Antiquities Act, and How Is the 120-Year-Old Law Being Tested by Trump?
President Donald Trump speaks before signing proclamations modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante and the Bears Ears national monuments in the White House, July 13, 2026. —Julia Demaree Nikhinson—AP President Donald Trump signed two proclamations Monday, dramatically reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah and reviving a long-running legal dispute over the limits of presidential…
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Marco Rubio’s Disappearing Signal Chat
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, like most federal officials, is legally required to retain records that he creates as part of his job. So it was no surprise that his office ended up in court last year after The Atlantic revealed that he had participated in an auto-deleting Signal chat about war plans in Yemen…
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Is it safe to eat produce? A rise in diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis sparks fears of fruit, vegetables
A surge in parasitic disease cases that can cause a prolonged bout of debilitating diarrhea is prompting growing concerns from public health officials and questions from the public about the safety of fresh produce. Experts say the risk varies in different parts of the country and that in California, basic washing of produce remains sufficient.…
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‘He’s psychotic’: George Conway comes unglued on MS NOW over Trump’s election delusion
Conservative attorney turned anti-Trump activist George Conway unloaded on President Donald Trump on MS NOW amid his latest push after six years to try to delegitimize the 2020 presidential election — a gambit in which, at least for a time, he was preparing this week to “declare” Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff illegitimate due…