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How Trump Is Changing the ‘Horrible’ Front of the White House in Latest Renovation Project
A protective tarp covers the scaffolding and columns on the North Portico of the White House on July 12, 2026. —Kevin Carter—Getty Images President Donald Trump is renovating the front of the White House, which he describes as being “horrible” and in “deplorable condition.” Denouncing mounting criticism from Democratic lawmakers over the attention and funds…
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What Is Punctuation For?
I was a novice editor, he was an experienced writer, and the first article he turned in revealed a virtuosic command of comma placement. He opened with long, slow clauses; picked up speed with shorter ones; withheld all commas for a gloriously terse thesis statement; and then, crash! A mass-casualty pileup of appositive phrases. Grammarians,…
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Tim Heidecker isn’t worried about Alex Jones exploding, metaphorically speaking
Tim Heidecker, known as the Tim in “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” and for “On Cinema at the Cinema,” a 16-year conceptual soap opera barely in the guise of a movie review show, is now also the creative director of the Onion’s guerrilla takeover of Alex Jones’ InfoWars. With a Texas appeals court…
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Todd Blanche’s ‘comeuppance’ singled out by legal expert in humiliating Trump IRS ruling
A federal judge’s pointed jab, with implications of legal wrongdoing, will haunt acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as he is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will decide whether to strip the “acting” from his title. During an appearance on MS NOW on Tuesday morning to review Donald Trump’s major court loss…
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‘We Felt Betrayed’: Maine’s Democratic Socialists Weigh Next Move After Platner’s Collapse
From left: Troy Jackson, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Graham Platner during a Fighting Oligarchy event in Portland, Maine, on May 25, 2026. —Sophie Park–Bloomberg via Getty Images The race to replace Graham Platner is on, as Maine Democrats on Monday announced a June 25 convention to field a replacement for the scandal-plagued Senate candidate. As…
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Permanent daylight saving time is on the table. Would California scrap being on standard time?
A proposal to make daylight saving time the year-round default nationwide is once again coming before Congress. And, as in the past in both California and nationally, proponents and opponents of the switch cite the potential effects (good or bad) on health, business and agriculture as reasons to support or oppose the plan. The House…
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Rattled White House fears ex-aide took millions for op now working against Trump: report
A former campaign manager for President Donald Trump is sparking outrage in the White House after accepting millions of dollars in exchange for peddling an online influence campaign, one that U.S. officials believe is directly undercutting the president, Time reported Monday night. “We’re talking about American influencers who are being paid by a foreign country,…
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Cruise expert exposes all the hidden fees costing travelers thousands of dollars — and the easy ways to save
It’s never rough seas for cruise connoisseur Carol Nicole. Nicole, 47, has been cruising for nearly six years, hitting the seas an impressive 33 times. And as a newly minted travel agent, she guarantees smooth sailing for her clients — and her over 68,000 “cruise besties” she’s dubbed on TikTok. “That’s my whole mission as…
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Mozilla Wants to Build a ‘Rebel Alliance’ for Open-Source AI
—Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller—SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Mozilla, the non-profit behind the Firefox browser, is reinventing itself as a champion of open-source AI, in what its president Mark Surman says is an attempt to build a “Rebel Alliance” resisting the concentration of power in the tech industry. On Tuesday, Mozilla released its first “state of…
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This German Man Is on a Quest to Cut the Perfect Slice of Bread
Fine precision German engineering has long been a selling point for exports like machinery and cars. But have you ever considered bringing that kind of exactitude to the breakfast table? Wouldn’t your morning toast be improved by a little math? Shouldn’t your day start with elegantly—nay, exquisitely proportioned food? If the answer to any or…