President Donald Trump on Thursday defended a controversial campaign ad by Vivek Ramaswamy featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, his Democratic opponent in the Ohio gubernatorial race. Trump’s defense of the ad came after widespread bipartisan backlash to it because, among other things, Acton’s stepfather had been charged with sexual abuse of her when…
British television executive Philip Edgar-Jones witnessed plenty of people rocket to fame while at the helm of the long-running reality show βBig Brother,β so he had some words of wisdom for his daughter when she was on the verge of stardom herself. Actor Daisy Edgar-Jones, 28, spoke with Jenna Bush Hager on the Oct. 22…
Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, listens during a reconvened legislative session to vote on Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s amendments to the Virginia budget, Monday, June 29, 2026 at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va. (Mike Kropf/Richmond Times-Dispatch via Getty Images) Mike Kropf | Richmond Times-dispatch | Getty Images Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas has been…
Snobs may bemoan the lack of a fancy big spender, but Milwaukee vs. Tampa Bay is a subversively fun baseball showdown.
A missile industry veteran has been tapped as Iran’s new defense minister, replacing the previous minister who was killed on Feb. 28, the first day of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. Iranian parliamentarians overwhelmingly approved the appointment of Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi, 68, as the country’s new defense chief on Sunday. Β Akhlaghi studied chemical…
Nicolai Tangen, chief executive officer of NBIM, at the Norges Bank Climate Conference in Oslo, Norway, on Oct. 21, 2025. Naina HelΓ©n JΓ₯ma | Bloomberg | Getty Images Β Norway’s sovereign wealth fund β the largest in the world β said Thursday that its investment portfolio delivered a loss of $30 billion in the third…
David Krumholtz is explaining why he wasnβt able to join his fellow β10 Things I Hate About Youβ co-stars during their reunion on βDancing With the Stars.β The actor, who portrayed Michael in the β90s rom-com, was missing from the ballroom during the Oct. 20 Dedication Night episode when Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gabrielle Union, Larisa Oleynik,…
The U.S. ordered non-emergency government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks on the kingdom escalate. The move comes as the U.S. and Israeli militaries have drawn up specific plans for renewed strikes on Iran after next month’s midterm elections, according to The New York Times, citing unnamed U.S. officials. Planning…
They spent $1,000 in 2015 for a βtimeless ticket.β When they went to cash in for the World Series, the payoff was underwhelming.
Washington β Fr. Joseph Coleman feared he would never again see his father, Stephen Hubbard, when they had a brief phone conversation last year while Hubbard was in a Russian prison. “He was expressing a very extreme tiredness with life, the life that he was experiencing at that time. I don’t want to say suicidal…