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How far will Trump go in Iran?
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. We’re now more than five weeks into President Donald Trump’s unpopular and apparently unprovoked war with Iran, and any decisive “victory” still seems far off. The US and Israel have dominated
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Mike Johnson’s ‘bait-and-switch’ leaves ‘even closest allies furious’: report
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing a “healthy amount of anger” from House Republicans after committing what Punchbowl News described Tuesday as a “cardinal sin,” one that left many Republicans in a difficult spot. Johnson is currently working to end the partial government shutdown, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) having remained unfunded
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Dear Excuse My Advice: My 11-year-old daughter is addicted to social media — how do I reverse the damage?
Gail Rudnick and Kim Murstein — the no-nonsense hosts of hit podcast series “Excuse My Grandma” — are The Post’s brand-new advice columnists. From family feuds to friendship fallouts, money, marriage and sex, there’s no topic too taboo to tackle, and the native New Yorkers will hash out each issue from their differing perspectives to tell the
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Trump isn’t ready to accept his strategic failures in Iran
President Trump delivered a speech last week meant to project control over the war he launched against Iran. Markets heard something else. Oil prices surged, investors recoiled and the president still did not explain what political end this war is supposed to produce. These are the visible signs of a war whose objectives are shrinking
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MAGA rages at far-right Fox News icon who ‘suggested Trump is the anti-Christ’
A former Fox News host who now solo broadcasts to millions of right-wing followers has caused a MAGA meltdown by, according to some, insinuating that Donald Trump is the anti-Christ. Long known as a friend and ally of the president, Tucker Carlson has lately upset MAGA for his criticisms, often related to the Iran war.
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California smashburger pioneer is for sale but still dishing them up
REDDING — The tale of one of California’s oldest smashburger joints begins during the Great Depression, with an 18-year-old named Bud Pennington. In 1938, Pennington pitched a tent outside the hiring hall for workers building the Shasta Dam, set up some tree stumps for seats and started hawking grub. Twenty-five cents bought a cup of coffee, a
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He Started a Social Network Alone. Then 5 Million People Signed Up
If you haven’t heard of UpScrolled before, a brief primer: It’s a social media platform not too different from, say, Instagram or TikTok. You can share photos or short videos, follow accounts, comment on posts, and amass a following of your own. Nothing too earth-shattering, right? UpScrolled founder Issam Hijazi would beg to differ. Indeed,
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Exploring the moon while cutting NASA? Why Trump’s 2027 budget misfires
The oldest, most enduring cliche about government policy is the one about how budgets are political, not fiscal, documents. The Trump administration’s budget proposal for the 2027-28 fiscal year, unveiled Friday, seems designed to set a new standard for partisan ideology as a spending standard. You may have seen news coverage of the budget’s top
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6 drugs that were invented for one thing — but now treat another
Just think, we may have never gotten the “Oh, oh, oh, Ozempic!” jingle stuck in our heads if it wasn’t for a creepy, bottom-dwelling fish. Dr. Joel Habener of Massachusetts General Hospital unexpectedly discovered GLP-1 in the 1980s while analyzing the pancreatic genes in anglerfish. Habener’s team identified the precursor to GLP-1, a hormone that regulates
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Inside Jack Schlossberg’s ‘power breakfast’ with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton
Jack Schlossberg — who is campaigning to win New York’s 12th Congressional District — sat down with civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton for coffee and conversation, but there were no commitments. The duo had a “power breakfast” at The Regency in New York City last week, where they reminisced about the political scions mom