Votes in the House on Tuesday to end a partial government shutdown pose tricky political challenges for both Republicans and Democrats. On the Republican side, a procedural vote to tee up the funding package will test President Trump’s ability to unify the GOP’s razor-thin House majority behind his play call. Conservatives have expressed their discontent...
President Trump stockpiled millions into his super PAC, while a handful of GOP groups outraised their Democratic counterparts in the last stretch of 2025 as Republicans brace for a midterm cycle shaping up to be much like the anti-Trump 2018 midterms. Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., has more than $300 million in the bank to start off 2026, according...
The wheat collection in Gozo began in June 1942. Photo: Il-Ħaġar Museum
In 2024, The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank responsible for Project 2025 and so many guiding principles for President Donald Trump’s second term, published a white paper bemoaning the low birth rate among married women in the United States. It blamed a surprising culprit: higher education and federal policies that support students, such as subsidized loans. “If the government provides excessively generous subsidies for higher education, women and men are being artificially pushed... Читать дальше...
Under a certain strain of authoritarianism, a regime-approved vanity movie wouldn’t even need to premiere in cinemas. Cars with roof-mounted megaphones would circle the towns, announcing mandatory showtimes in the public square. Subjects would dutifully file there to watch it, emitting laughter on cue, under the eye of armed enforcers.
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Barry Manilow has been facing a cancer diagnosis as tour plans collapse, triggering fear around singer's health.
They have no idea what it was like.
As if the freezing temperatures, slippery sidewalks, high heating bills, dry, flaky skin, chapped lips and wet boots weren't annoying enough.
The ideal would be someone who could play multiple positions among first base, third base and the outfield.
Influence network experts tell The Post that the level of "crazy" seen in Minneapolis is the hallmark of "extreme communist splinter groups" allegedly funded by Shanghai billionaire Neville Singham standing cheek-to-jowl with haughtier endowment funds like the Ford Foundation.
The humble tripod is an unheralded but essential part of any film or photo shoot. It’s the key to making shots level and pans smooth, and as a piece of equipment it’s seemingly about as simple as can be, with three legs and a mount at the top. But as any photographer or filmmaker knows, setting up a tripod properly can involve dozens of moving parts, clamps, pivots, and adjustments.
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Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
Today’s theme: Sounds dandy.
Your interest in baking is a lie, although your interest in baked goods remains very much true.
Kevin Warsh, Trump's pick for Federal Reserve Chairman, is expected to vote the way the president wants, columnist Michael Hiltzik writes.
We are in the middle of a long-term geopolitical race as China, Europe and the U.K. continue pouring billions into fusion development.
Two decades after American forces invaded Iraq, the circumstances are different but the failure is unmistakable.
German video art collector Julia Stoschek is bringing her landmark video art collection to the historic Variety Arts Theater in downtown L.A., marking the first major U.S. presentation from Stoschek's foundation.
Creator Jacob Tierney, producing partner Brendan Brady and the executives who supported the series explain why it will remain thoroughly Canadian in Season 2.
Jason Alexander directs 'Sweeney Todd,' Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's masterpiece, in a revival at La Mirada Theatre starring Will Swenson and Lesli Margherita.
I let the Mexiclan — a text chat of my closest friends — know what I was about to do. Memes citing the farting scene from "Blazing Saddles" and others too rude to mention in a family paper immediately pinged on my phone.
For a large person, each flight on Southwest was a game of roulette under the airline's longtime unassigned seating policy.
A look at some of the top American athletes that are expected to compete for gold medals at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games.
Details continue to emerge about the scene at Nancy Guthrie's home. Sources said there were signs of a break-in. It's unclear whose blood was found inside the house.
The Sheriff's Department accounted for more than five times the legal expenses of any other L.A. County agency, with costs piling up due to lawsuits alleging misconduct by deputies.