Donald Trump has claimed that the massive ballroom he’s affixing to the White House wouldn’t cost taxpayers a dime. Unsurprisingly, the president seems to have been lying through his teeth since the beginning. According to documents obtained by The Washington Post, the White House has known for months that the ballroom would likely cost much … Read more
This past Sunday, Zac Brown delivered one of country music’s most beloved refrains: It’s not political, it’s patriotic. He also performed the national anthem. Brown sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the cage fights held on the South Lawn of the White House, standing honorably on an American flag-themed Monster Energy drink logo, beneath the glow … Read more
Sheryl Crow excoriated Donald Trump‘s White House birthday bash, which included a UFC fight, in a post to her Instagram story on Monday. “What happened last night on the lawn of the White House was disgraceful and void of decency,” she wrote. “Powerful, rich people filled the lawn to watch a violent sport that ended … Read more
Viewers who tuned into the Paramount+ livestream of UFC Freedom 250 on Sunday night, held to mark President Trump’s 80th birthday as well as the nation’s semiquincentennial, were treated to the surreal spectacle of mixed martial artists beating each other bloody in a massive cage installed on the White House lawn. But there was one … Read more
Jon Stewart spent much of Monday night’s episode of The Daily Show lauding the Knicks’ victory, describing the NBA championships win as resulting in an “overwhelming sense of joy and solidarity and diversity and community and a good amount of crying and a lot of contact high.” Stewart recounted New York’s enthusiastic reaction to the … Read more
When Donald Trump arrived in the White House in January 2025, securing a quick end to the war in Ukraine was near the top of his foreign policy agenda. Despite political backlash, he pushed ahead with this objective early in his second term by resuming dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin and initiating parallel diplomatic … Read more
After a month of calm, Pakistan carried out a fresh round of airstrikes across Afghanistan last week, killing at least 13 civilians and injuring 10 others, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Pakistan confirmed the strikes, saying it targeted militant hideouts and killed 26 fighters associated with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). At … Read more
Sheryl Crow has slammed President Donald Trump and his administration for staging the UFC Freedom 250 event last night at the White House, describing it as “disgraceful and void of decency.” The singer-songwriter, who has been very outspoken against Trump in the past, shared a post on Instagram Stories that decried the event for being … Read more
Trump administration officials concluded talks with Anthropic on Monday without lifting export controls that were imposed last week on the company’s most advanced AI models in response to jailbreaking concerns, according to three people briefed on the matter. The administration continues to believe that there are ways to disable some of the guardrails on Anthropic’s … Read more
Ian McKellen revealed at a recent film festival in Rome (via The Guardian) that he channeled his fury for Donald Trump during an action scene in “Avengers: Doomsday,” in which the 87-year-old actor returns as his iconic “X-Men” villain Magneto. The film’s directors, the Russo Brothers, instructed McKellen “to look more furious” during one scene … Read more