William J. Pulte, Director of US Federal Housing FHFA, speaks to the press at The White House on Thursday, July 24, 2025. Sarah L. Voisin | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte to be the acting director of national intelligence will place the president’s housing agency attack dog…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Horse racingβs Triple Crown season ends Saturday with the Belmont Stakes, and for the eighth straight year there will be no sweep. In one sense that might not be the worst thing, since this Belmont will be the third straight contested over 1ΒΌ miles at Saratoga instead of the traditional 1Β½ miles at…
Anthropic, the firm behind AI assistant Claude, submitted a confidential filing to go public with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The firm, valued at close to a trillion dollars, could make its market debut by the end of the year as it sees a surge in interest for its range of AI…
Sit at a table with a bunch of actors and it inevitably becomes an impromptu acting class, one in which even the Michelle Pfeiffer is leaning over to observe. At least thatβs what happened on a recent afternoon when The Envelope gathered six actors from some of this seasonβs most talked about television series for…
Andrew Left, founder of Citron Research, arrives at federal court in Los Angeles, California, US, on Monday, July 7, 2025. Activist short seller Andrew Left is set to appear in federal court Monday in a securities fraud case that shook the industry a year ago, setting up a battle over investor tips and free speech….
Residents in the city of Monterey Park will be the first in the nation to vote on a permanent ban on data centers Tuesday. If approved, Measure NDC would prohibit data centers within the city limits and could only be overturned by another vote. Yard signs saying βNo Data Centerβ in English and Chinese with…
COLLEGE STATION, TexasΒ βΒ As Augie Lopez trotted around the bases late Monday night, the small contingent of USC fans could finally be heard at Blue Bell Park. With one towering blast to right field, the Trojansβ designated hitter silenced Texas A&Mβs rowdy 12th Man. Lopezβs three-run home run helped push the Trojans over Texas A&M 7-1…
Sabrina Carpenter is seeking a restraining order after an alleged stalker tried to open her front door, was arrested, then came back the next two days. The harrowing sequence of events began just over a week ago, but the alleged stalker has been spotted near the βPlease, Please, Pleaseβ singerβs home since April, according to…
The Trump administration plans to drop the Department of Justice’s $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” in the face of legal and political pushback to it, reports said Monday. The fund was created as part of a settlement of President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. It is intended to compensate people who…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Trump administration is backing away from plans to create a $1.8-billion fund to compensate people who claim the government was weaponized against them, a retreat that comes amid a cascade of legal setbacks and a revolt within members of the Republican Party. But Senate Democrats say the concession is not enough, and are pushing…