Mullin shrugs off execution concerns: "No one has to watch it"
Salonby CK Smith·10h ago
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the Trump administration’s proposal to livestream the execution of a convicted mass murderer Sunday, brushing aside concerns that the broadcast...
Zelenskyy rallies allies as Putin stalls in potential ceasefire deal
Salonby CK Smith·13h ago
Russian forces struck Ukrainian energy infrastructure Sunday after President Donald Trump declared an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, raising...
"The Social Reckoning" is the journalism thriller's last stand
Salonby Coleman Spilde·16h ago
Though writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Reckoning” fancies itself a journalism thriller, the film offers only a handful of real thrills.
"SNL" declares "public executions are back"
Salonby CK Smith·17h ago
“Saturday Night Live” took aim at President Donald Trump‘s Nobel Peace Prize complaints and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s plans for a televised military execution, turning two of the...
The AI drive-thru wars aren't really about your order
Salonby Ashlie D. Stevens·19h ago
A few years ago, an experimental McDonald’s drive-thru system became convinced that two customers needed an almost ceremonial quantity of chicken McNuggets.
Ken Paxton’s security for travel cost taxpayers millions. Just 1 in 6 trips had stated business
Salonby Zach Despart·22h ago
In the summer of 2023, after he was impeached on charges of abusing his office for personal gain, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was suspended and barred from conducting any official business...
NYPD footage fuels scrutiny of ICE shooting
Salonby CK Smith·1d ago
Newly released NYPD body-camera footage showing the aftermath of an immigration enforcement shooting in New York City has intensified scrutiny of federal agents who shot a man with his 5-year-old...
TV never left "The Twilight Zone"
Salonby Melanie McFarland·1d ago
“Serling” author Alan Sepinwall didn’t know it, but he was about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind and, in his telling, unexpected connections.
Trump gets richer while gas prices soar
Salonby Troy Farah·1d ago
In mid-September, Chinese scientists announced a breakthrough in extracting hydrogen and fresh water from the ocean with about 15% better energy efficiency than older techniques.
Trump’s "Camp Donald" grift is designed to outlast his presidency
Salonby Heather Digby Parton·1d ago
The American presidency is one of the most stressful jobs there is. Presidents famously age during their terms, often starting off looking hale and hearty and, by the time they’re finished...
Meet Katie Zacharia, Trump’s new White House press secretary
Salonby Troy Farah·2d ago
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, 28, the youngest person to hold the role, served as one of the biggest and most controversial mouthpieces for President Donald Trump, describing...
Josh Hartnett turned heartthrob fame into a career of risks
Salonby Coleman Spilde·2d ago
Of all the tawdry delights in “Verity” — Michael Showalter’s adaptation of bestselling author Colleen Hoover’s massively popular psychological thriller — the best and most unexpected is how well...
Leave the Greenland sharks alone
Salonby Troy Farah·2d ago
The 1975 film “Jaws,” in which a local government hires a shark hunter to protect the town’s tourism industry, delighted me as a 10-year-old.
What will Trump do after the midterms, with nothing left to lose?
Salonby Brian Karem·2d ago
On Wednesday in the Oval Office, Donald Trump made clear that he’s not happy with how his political rivals have treated him and stoutly reserved his right for revenge. “They impeached me twice.
What Cornell says about universities’ MAGA complicity
Salonby Amanda Marcotte·2d ago
In the wake of a national story of an alleged gang rape at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in October 2024, both students and faculty are turning their ire on the Ivy League...
Trump's 40-year love affair with "The Phantom of the Opera"
Salonby Alex Galbraith·2d ago
A vulgar spectacle uses gilt and grandeur to cover for a weak mind. There’s a bit of treacle for a devoted audience, all flash, no substance.
Tech leaders embrace Trump's "super intelligence" as he calls critics "the enemy"
Salonby Troy Farah·3d ago
If people don’t widely embrace artificial intelligence out of fear or a godlike savior complex, AI’s biggest champions will try something else: labeling critics “the enemy.” That’s precisely how...
The rock critic who inspired "Saturday Night Fever" always preferred pop
Salonby Kenneth Womack·3d ago
Nik Cohn’s “Corner Boy: Loiterings New and Old” is alive with mystery, intrigue and revelation. An exquisite anthology of Cohn’s writing from his early days through the present, “Corner Boy”...
What to expect at the polling place amid uncertainty over federal agents
Salonby Alexander Shur, Votebeat·3d ago
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A health reform both parties can get behind
Salonby Larry Bucshon·3d ago
We’ve spent our entire political careers in different camps. One of us was a Democratic governor and chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
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