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All But Five US States Are Currently Experiencing Droughts
Only a few days into what looks to be a summer for the history books, droughts are already sweeping the United States by storm. According to fresh data from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s drought monitor, all but five US states — Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Alaska, and Hawaii — are completely drought free. And if you…
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DGA ratifies four-year contract with major studios
The Directors Guild of America on Thursday night said it approved a four-year contract with major studios. The new contract will boost studio contributions to DGA’s healthcare plan, increase minimum salaries and offer AI protections. The DGA declined to say how many voted in favor of the contract, but in a memo to members, union…
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‘Vile’: Megyn Kelly’s rant denounced as ‘shockingly racist’
Right-wing podcaster Megyn Kelly was denounced as “shockingly racist” for a rant celebrating a Supreme Court ruling against Haitian refugees. The court’s conservative majority ruled 6-3 to overturn decisions by federal judges blocking the Trump administration from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 350,000 asylum seekers from Haiti and another 6,100 from Syria, and Kelly…
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Trump Never Recovered From Elon Musk’s Tenure as ‘Co-President,’ Authors of ‘Regime Change’ Say
New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan told the hosts of “Morning Joe” on Friday that Elon Musk‘s stint as “co-president” last year created a level of “destabilization” from which the Trump administration has never recovered. Haberman and Swan stopped by MS NOW to once again discuss their new book, “Regime Change: Inside…
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‘A Relief to Rip My Heart Out of My Chest’: How Olivia Wilde Turned Her Pain Into The Invite
Olivia Wilde on the set of The Invite —Courtesy of A24 Olivia Wilde beelines for the sprinklers, a respite from the sun on a sweltering May day in Central Park. We’ve logged some 10,000 steps since meeting at the Alice in Wonderland statue, where the actor-director snapped a picture for her son, who just played…
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Trump fires off potshot at ‘milk toast’ Fox News journalist with misspelled insult
President Donald Trump fired off at Fox News journalist Shannon Bream on Friday for apparently not defending his deportation record strongly enough, attacking her using a misspelled insult. “The Average Daily Catch and Repatriation is, by far, the Highest under President Trump. No other president comes close,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth…
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Where to Stream All the ‘Jackass’ Movies
A staple of the comedy genre has forever been watching people get hurt, and nowhere is this more evident than in the continuing legacy of the “Jackass” franchise. What started as a MTV reality series in which various jackasses performed increasingly stupid stunts for the benefit of the cameras before them eventually evolved into a…
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Why Summer Travelers May Still Be Met With High Airfares After the U.S.-Iran Deal
People make their way through George Bush Intercontinental Airport ahead of the FIFA World Cup game in Houston on June 9, 2026. —Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle—Getty Images Airlines are set to encounter significantly lower fuel costs due to the interim U.S.-Iran peace agreement, but travelers are unlikely to experience immediate financial relief. During the Iran war,…
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Terrifying ‘doublet’ earthquakes add to California’s seismic dangers. Venezuela shows the risks
The first earthquake, measuring magnitude 7.2, struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening with horrific force. But just 39 seconds after it started, an even more powerful magnitude 7.5 temblor struck, making a catastrophic disaster even worse. A seismic one-two punch, which seismologists call a “doublet,” has added to the unease over what is shaping up to…
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Trump’s big immigration bet backfires spectacularly: ‘The damage is easy to miss’
One of President Donald Trump’s key promises has been that, by deporting millions of migrants, new jobs would become available to American citizens, but according to a recent study, the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has largely had the opposite effect. “During the first nine months of 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations led directly…