California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced Sunday that he would not run for California governor, a decision he said was grounded in his belief that his legal efforts combating the Trump administration as the stateβs top prosecutor are paramount at this time in history. βIn this moment, my place is here, on the front lines,…
FOXBOROUGH, Mass.Β βΒ The MVP chants for the second-year quarterback of the New England Patriots rang throughout Gillette Stadium on Sunday night. The Chargers, meanwhile, were haunted by their own echoes. Another playoff game. Another one-and-done exit. The gutty season of quarterback Justin Herbert again ended with a whimper, a 16-3 loss on a night when the…
Jamie Dimon, the JP Morgan Chase chief, and Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will jointly host an event at next weekβs World Economic Forum, two months after the Wall Street behemoth said it would open a vast new office in London in the wake of a budget which exempted the banking sector from punitive tax rises….
And it all comes around again. The least meaningful β most meaningless? β of the big Hollywood awards shows, which is to say, among the ones that are shown on broadcast television, the Golden Globes (edition 86, if you can believe it) handed out a passel of trophies Sunday night from a ballroom in the…
πListen to Politics At Sam And Anne’s on your podcast appπ As global instability continues to dominate the prime minister’s agenda, is the threat to his premiership receding? After a rollercoaster week of foreign events, and now the possibility of the collapse of the Iranian regime, Sam and Anne assess the perception of his actions…
The Rams will play the Chicago Bears in an NFC divisional round game at Soldier Field in Chicago next weekend. The NFL is expected to announce the day and time of the game Sunday night. Itβll be the first playoff meeting between the teams since the NFC title game at the end of the 1985…
The UK’s largest supermarket chain had its busiest days ever over Christmas, reporting “strong” growth thanks to sales of fresh food as customers sought to eat more healthily. Tesco’s busiest ever days were 22 and 23 December, the group said. Behind the recorded 3.7% UK sales growth in the 19 weeks to 3 January was…
One battle is in the rearview for Teyana Taylor. The multihyphenate entertainer has secured the Golden Globe for supporting actress in a motion picture for her performance as revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills in Paul Thomas Andersonβs black comedy βOne Battle After Another.β Taylor beat out Ariana Grande (βWicked: For Goodβ), Amy Madigan (βWeaponsβ), Emily Blunt…
A cabinet minister has refused to be drawn on whether the UK would support the US if it decided to take military action against Iran amid widespread protests in the country. Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said she was “not going to get into commentary on the comments from another country about their foreign policy or…
HOUMA, La.Β βΒ For nearly 50 years, James Blanchard has made his living in the Gulf of Mexico, pulling shrimp from the sea. Itβs all he ever wanted to do, since he was around 12 years old and accompanied his father, a mailman and part-time shrimper, as he spent weekends trawling the marshy waters off Louisiana. Blanchard…