πListen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast appπβ―β―β―β―β―β―β― “Education, education, education” was how Tony Blair set out New Labour’s priorities in the early noughties. A quarter of a century on, what story is Sir Keir Starmer trying to tell about schools under his premiership? In this episode, Sam and Anne are joined…
An eye-watering, cough-inducing thick stench of burning plastic permeated Dodger Stadium on Sunday morning. The smoke from a Boyle Heights warehouse fire had spread into every crevice and corner of the facility, inescapable despite the masks handed out to staff. βItβs a little dark out there, little Gotham City when I was driving up,β Dodgers…
Bill Belichick isnβt the only key figure from the New England Patriots dynasty who wonβt be getting into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year. Team owner Robert Kraft also failed to receive enough votes to be included in the Class of 2026, according to multiple media outlets. The inductees will be announced Thursday…
When βDawsonβs Creekβ premiered on Jan. 20, 1998, I was 11 years old. I had never been in a love triangle or gotten drunk at a house party. Yet, like so many other millennials, I religiously set the VHS player to record βDawsonβs Creekβ every week on the WB. My parents didnβt approve of their…
Pikachu? More like Pi-ka-ching. A rare PokΓ©mon card owned by wrestler and social media personality Logan Paul sold for $16.5 million on Monday, setting a new record for the auction price of a trading card. Paul had acquired the Pikachu Illustrator card in a trade worth $5.275 million in 2021 β the most expensive PokΓ©mon…
Even before Keenan Allen returned to the Chargers last week, he was already having an influence in the receiver room. As a rookie, Ladd McConkey studied Allenβs practice film on his team-issued iPad, trying to absorb lessons from one of the leagueβs best route runners β the very player whose rookie records for receptions and…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ On the eve of the World Cup kickoff, FIFA President Gianni Infantino called for patience in the face of a series of crises that threaten to overshadow the start of the tournament, led by the case of Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who was denied entry into the United States. On Thursday, Mexico faces…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ King Charles III addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, delivering a carefully worded speech that threaded two of his most deeply held causes β climate action and the defense of Europe β to a roomful of people deeply divided on both. The kingβs address to Congress, only the second in history by a…
Northern California Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin), whose congressional district was carved up in the redistricting ballot measures approved by voters last year, announced Monday that he would not challenge fellow Republican Rep. Tom McClintock of Elk Grove. Instead, he plans to run in the Democratic-leaning district where he resides. βItβs true that I was fully…
Make no mistake. There is an active plot against Kemi Badenoch at this party conference in Manchester. The leadership will never be entirely sure which mishaps, bad stories and unfortunate events are the consequence of a deliberate strategy – and which are just another thing going wrong with a party straining to stay afloat. This…