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Taylor Swift to have multiple outfit changes for wedding event, Monse designers top contenders
Why choose one dress, when you could have several eras in one day? A source tells Page Six that Taylor Swift is expected to have multiple outfit changes during her highly anticipated wedding celebration to Travis Kelce next weekend. We’re told there are several custom dresses in the running that she will choose from, with…
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Controversial billionaire tax will appear on November ballot
Proponents of a tax on California billionaires vowed on Thursday to move forward with their November ballot measure despite mounting opposition from many of the state’s most powerful political forces. A labor union spent $31 million gathering signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot in an effort to offset federal healthcare funding cuts that…
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‘Love Island USA’ Boots Casa Amor Arrival Alannah Keyser After Racist Comments Surface
“Love Island USA” booted yet another Season 8 cast member due to racist comments surfacing during the show’s rollout. Alannah Keyser, whose time on the Peacock dating show began with the onset of Casa Amor on Sunday, was removed from the villa after a video and social media posts resurfaced that saw the contestant using…
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Anthropic Thinks Its Own Success Is Key to Making AI Safe
Anthropic has spent the last five years warning the world about how advanced artificial intelligence could enable mass destruction, destabilize society, and cause a litany of other grave harms. But simultaneously, it has become one of the most powerful forces pushing AI capabilities forward. The company is now among the top developers and distributors of…
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Newsom blesses Uber ballot measure truce — but fight over car crash lawsuits continues
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Thursday to crack down on inflated profits stemming from car crash lawsuits, blessing a hard-fought compromise between Uber and the state’s trial attorneys that averts a November showdown between two of California’s most powerful and moneyed lobbying forces. The deal, the fruit of months of negotiations, takes aim at…
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Psychologist flags ‘deeply troubling’ pattern behind ex-Trump official’s departure
Former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard seemed to depart from the Trump administration without a peep, but one psychologist argued on Thursday that she represented a “deeply troubling” pattern of officials who may not be working in the best interest of the American people. The Washington Post recently published a bombshell investigation revealing that…
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Voter verification needed to build trust in mail-in ballots
Americans should never have to choose between making voting easy and making it difficult to cheat. A healthy democracy can and should do both. That’s the wrong question. That’s why the latest controversy over the US Postal Service’s proposal to require states to share voter information before mailing ballots misses the broader point. Critics, mostly…
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Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan launch ‘behind’-the-scenes book
For a stratospherically high-level media bash, the launch of “Regime Change” — the new book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan of the New York Times — was surprisingly butt-centric. Paying homage to institutional journalism as only an Aussie could, Swan said, “I once heard one of my favorite magazine writers compare an editor to…
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The Strait of Hormuz might be entering a new era: report
Iran has discussed plans with Middle Eastern neighbors and China to establish permanent tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Wall Street Journal reporting. According to reports by the Wall Street Journal, Iranian officials estimate charges for security, safety, and environmental services could generate $40 billion annually for participating states. The scheme represents a…
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Americans Deserve Answers From Hegseth
In September 1862, General George B. McClellan, the general in chief of the Union Army, had just repelled the Confederate advance under Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Antietam. But, as Lee’s battered army retreated across the Potomac River, McClellan failed to pursue him—leaving Lee’s army mostly intact. Abraham Lincoln relieved McClellan that November…