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‘It’s just not safe’: Trump admin funding cut marked by experts as a ‘threat’
A White House budget proposal for 2027 has infuriated experts who believe Donald Trump’s administration would make air travel dangerous. Cuts to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) were flagged by the document, which if passed could see the agency’s funding cut drastically. Experts speaking to The Hill warned there could be a dangerous privatization effort
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Who Is Black Comedy For?
Early in his career, before he became a household name, Dave Chappelle attempted to get a series off the ground at Fox. It was 1998, and the network had already welcomed Black comedies such as Living Single, Martin, and In Living Color—shows that implied a vested interest in Black taste. Chappelle might have expected to
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Chase Infiniti and Lucy Halliday tell how they lead a teenage rebellion in ‘The Testaments’
Are viewers ready to return to Gilead? Less than a year after “The Handmaid’s Tale” concluded its startling and emotionally draining look at what can happen when unchecked power and totalitarianism become codified, Margaret Atwood’s dystopian saga expands on screen with “The Testaments” — and shifts focus to the simmering rebellion of teenage girls, led
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Trump’s Iran truce already in jeopardy as key ally refuses major element
The 10-point peace plan offered by Iran and accepted tentatively by President Donald Trump is already in jeopardy after a major U.S. ally announced their refusal to abide by a key element of the agreement. One of the 10 conditions in the peace plan is that Israel halt its strikes on Lebanon, but on Wednesday,
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Mayor Bass has a new goal for the LAPD: Forget growing, just stop shrinking
When she ran for mayor four years ago, Karen Bass said she wanted to regrow the Los Angeles Police Department to the 9,500-officer force it was before the ranks began to shrink. Now up for reelection — and facing a budget crunch — Bass says her plan has shifted. The aim going forward, she told
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Disgraced Venezuelan generals accused of seeking Trump deal with election conspiracy lies
While Donald Trump’s polling numbers continue to slip amidst a rudderless and costly war with Iran that is sending gas prices soaring, he appears to be laying the groundwork to intervene in the upcoming midterm elections with a steady drip of rhetorical provocations and administrative actions. And, while he claims not to be considering calling
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Fitness fans are traveling around the world for ‘runcations’ — where 3 miles a day is a laid-back holiday
When Elizabeth Arnold and her daughter visited Greece from Denver, Colorado in August of 2021, it wasn’t to sunbathe on a beach in Mykonos or take in the ruins of Athens. Their sightseeing looked pretty different from that of the typical tourist as they ran along a coastal trail in Kastro, on the island of
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‘Jersey Shore’ star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro’s girlfriend calls cops to Miami home over alleged domestic dispute
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro’s girlfriend, Kirsten, called the police to the “Jersey Shore” star’s Miami home for a “domestic dispute” last month. Per a police report obtained by TMZ, Kirsten called 911 to the reality star’s $1.2 million mansion on March 29, requesting help retrieving her belongings after informing Ortiz-Magro that they needed to separate. Kirsten told
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Why this author’s spray-painted ‘Kill Dick’ stencil art is all over L.A. sidewalks
In the back corner booth at a diner in Los Feliz, writer Luke Goebel is shaking off last night’s drive down from San Francisco. “I will just have to warn you I drove like 100 miles an hour through Big Sur,” he says, leaning in over the Formica table. “OK, 90 miles an hour through
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Trump’s Iran deal handed them an ‘extraordinary amount of leverage’ over the US: MS NOW
Donald Trump’s last-minute ceasefire dealwith the leadership of Iran was greeted with a great deal of skepticism on MS NOW on Wednesday morning with co-host Jonathan Lemire astounded by concessions the normally combative president agreed to. On “Morning Joe,” the ten-point agreement brokered by Pakistan was broken down point by point by a panel of