LIV Golf Is Dying of Boredom
Once you got past the Saudi-backed league’s business drama, what you were left with was watching sensationally wealthy, morally compromised middle-aged men go to work.
What the U.S.-Iran War Means for China
Jonathan Czin, a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s China Center, discusses how the ties between China and Iran have been overstated, and what the conflict might mean for the future of Taiwan.
Donovan or Dempsey? New USMNT retrospectives lend more fuel to a long-running debate
Clint Dempsey’s docuseries and Landon Donovan’s memoir show that there is no single path to US soccer stardom Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter Back in 1993, Bora Milutinović offered a succinct diagnosis of the American men’s soccer player: “This is the problem with these people: they don’t have a problem.” What … Read more
Why are White House journalists partying with Trump? | Margaret Sullivan
The White House correspondents’ dinner has always been a questionable affair. It’s even more worrying under an anti-press administration Even in the pre-Trump era, I had reservations about the annual black-tie celebration in Washington that some have dubbed “the nerd prom” but is more formally known as the White House correspondents’ dinner. Was it really … Read more
Democrats say cuts to social security have caused ‘customer service chaos’ for American seniors
Report from Elizabeth Warren calls Trump administration cuts to Social Security Administration ‘catastrophic’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Cuts to the Social Security Administration have caused “customer service chaos” for millions of older Americans and those with disabilities who rely on the agency’s services, according … Read more
SPLC saw revenue surge after Charlottesville rally as DOJ alleges informant ties
The Southern Poverty Law Center more than doubled its revenue in the months following the deadly 2017 Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally — a surge now drawing renewed scrutiny after a Department of Justice indictment alleged the group paid an informant tied to the event’s organizers. The 2017 rally, which left one woman dead, became … Read more
Lindsey Graham says blockade against Iran ‘could become global soon’
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said in a Wednesday post on X that he expects that the U.S. blockade against Iran “could become global soon.” The long-serving lawmaker noted that he had spoken to President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday morning. “I had a very good call this morning … Read more
Senate Republicans approve budget measure, teeing up bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol
Senate Republicans voted early Thursday morning to approve a budget measure to unlock the path to fund ICE and Border Patrol without any Democratic votes.
I went to a gory serial killer exhibit – has America’s true crime obsession gone too far?
The ‘experience’ in New York sensationalizes history’s most gruesome murders – and pays little respect to the victims It occurred to me the second I idly tapped “submit” on the waiver required to enter Mind of a Serial Killer: the Experience – perhaps I should have read this one more closely. Just what were they … Read more
RFK Jr agenda suffers another loss as trans advocates hail ‘huge step forward’
Judge’s repeal of Trump ban on gender-affirming care for children ‘a meaningful win for patients’, experts say A federal judge overturned the Trump administration’s ban on gender-affirming care for children on Saturday, decrying Robert F Kennedy Jr’s “wanton disregard” for the law that “causes very real harm to very real people”. It’s another loss for … Read more