WASHINGTONΒ βΒ For much of Donald Trumpβs second term, Republican senators have largely stayed in line, wary of defying a president with a history of targeting those who cross him. This week, that dynamic noticeably shifted. Senate Republicans blocked two of Trumpβs legislative priorities, angered by the push to create a $1.8-billion federal fund to compensate people…
βStrip Law,β a new cartoon premiering Friday, finds Netflix in an Adult Swim state of mind, which is to say there was no thought of it being made for everybody. (Possibly including some of the people it was made for.) Itβs rude, lewd, surreal in a banal sort of way, at times ridiculously violent β…
Hillsborough campaigners have hailed a “momentous” day as a bill to force public officials to tell the truth is finally introduced into parliament. The Public Office (Accountability) Bill, known more commonly as “Hillsborough Law”, will be tabled on Tuesday, after a nearly decade-long fight to get it on the statute book. Politics Live: Speaker grants…
A system that thousands of schools and universities use was offline Thursday due to a cyberattack, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals and underscoring education’s dependence on technology. The hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach at Instructure, the company behind the learning management system Canvas, said Luke Connolly, a…
The Crystal Palace, a music and dining joint in Bakersfield launched by Buck Owens β which hosted just about every country music star in America over the years β has abruptly shut its doors. The closure of the temple of country music, an important piece of San Joaquin Valley history, prompted an outpouring of grief…
CHICAGOΒ βΒ Since the Trump administration announced its intention to accelerate and forcefully detain and deport thousands of immigrants here, the Chicago area is a split screen between everyday life and a city under siege. As many people shop, go to work, walk their dogs and stroll with their friends through parks, others are being chased down,…
TAMPA, Fla.Β βΒ Scoring runs at Steinbrenner Field should not be as hard as the Dodgers made it look this weekend. The spring training ballpark, which is doubling as the Tampa Bay Raysβ temporary home this season after Tropicana Field was shredded in an offseason hurricane, has small Yankee Stadium-inspired dimensions that played even shorter in this…
President Trump recently called Colombiaβs leader, Gustavo Petro, a βsick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States.β Petro, meanwhile, has labeled Trump a murderer and compared him to Adolf Hitler. But on Tuesday, the two leaders made nice β mostly β in a closed-door meeting at the White House that…
After a landmark 50th season β complete with multiple celebratory events and a slew of Emmy nominations β βSaturday Night Liveβ is ready for some changes. NBC announced Tuesday that five new cast members would be joining the storied series for the upcoming 51st season after a handful of individual cast members shared that they…
PITTSBURGHΒ βΒ It was just one moment in the midst of a persistent Dodgers scoring spree. But in the context of a long and decorated career, Freddie Freemanβs run-scoring single into shallow center field carried weight. In the seventh inning of the Dodgersβ 12-3 win against the Pirates on Tuesday, Freeman notched his 2,500th major-league hit. βIt…