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A Single Strike Won’t Shut Off the Gulf’s Desalination System
Across the region, facilities tied to water and power—including desalination plants—have been damaged or exposed to risk as Iranian strikes extend beyond traditional targets. A single strike, however, is unlikely to shut off the gulf’s water supply. The system is designed to absorb isolated disruption, but sustained or multisite attacks would begin to strain supply
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Right-wing pundit arrested for DUI after unsuccessfully trying to namedrop GOP sheriff
A former Phoenix-area prosecutor turned right-wing pundit tried to use her connection to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to get out of a DUI arrest, but failed because she was reportedly so intoxicated she couldn’t even pronounce the sheriff’s name right, The Arizona Republic reported on Monday. According to the report, 54-year-old Rachel Alexander was
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New Nancy Guthrie ransom note sent to TMZ claims to know her location
TMZ received yet another purported ransom note Monday claiming to know where Nancy Guthrie’s body is — and who is responsible for her kidnapping, the founder of the gossip site revealed. “We got another letter today from this person, an email saying, ‘I know where her body is, and who the kidnapper is, give me
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Howard Stern sued by ex-assistant as she exposes alleged hostile work environment
Howard Stern and his wife, Beth Stern, are being sued by their former assistant for allegedly creating a hostile work environment. The couple’s ex-executive assistant Leslie Kuhn states she started working at their 20,000 square foot Southampton mansion in New York at their request in May 2024, in documents obtained by Page Six. Kuhn says
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Inside Sources Say Sam Altman Is a Sociopath
You don’t build a trillion dollar AI empire by being a saint. In a seeping new investigative piece from The New Yorker, numerous tech insiders paint a picture of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as a relentless liar who wants everyone to like him while manipulating even the people closest to him to get what he
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Holocaust museum staffers say institution censoring itself to avoid Trump wrath
Two former employees at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., have revealed that the institution preemptively changed its programming to avoid the Trump administration’s criticism, according to a Politico report on Monday. As President Donald Trump returned to his second term in office, the museum cut a workshop titled the “fragility of democracy”
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Melissa Gilbert defends ‘canceled’ husband Timothy Busfield amid ‘hell’ of child sex abuse case
“Little House on the Prairie” alumna Melissa Gilbert remains steadfast in her support for husband Timothy Busfield, the Emmy-winning actor who has been embroiled in a child sex abuse scandal since earlier this year. Gilbert, in her first sit-down interview since Busfield’s indictment in February, told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos she trusts her husband “with
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‘Very angry’ Trump is rolling heads as aides break bad news to him: analysts
President Donald Trump is finally beginning to face reality as his inner circle confronts the realization the Iran war, long thought to be his ticket back to popularity, is instead sinking the GOP even further ahead of the midterms, Greg Sargent and Kate Aronoff discussed as part of a recent podcast under The New Republic.
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Seoul spy agency says it’s fair to view teen daughter of North Korean leader Kim as his heir
SEOUL — South Korea’s spy agency says it’s now fair to view the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as his heir, its strongest assessment yet on the rising political status of the girl who it believes could extend her family’s rule into a fourth generation. The girl, dubbed by state media as Kim’s
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Nobel winner warns Trump planning ‘truly awful’ act — and demands his immediate removal
A Nobel Prize-winner has called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked against Donald Trump following a series of failures. Paul Krugman suggested Trump knows the war in Iran is now a lost cause, but that the president would not pull out of the conflict. Speaking in a post published to his Substack, Krugman suggested