On September 8, at least 800 peaceful protesters holding signs that read “I oppose genocide/I support Palestine Action,” were arrested in London’s Parliament Square, some on grounds of supporting an illegal organization under the United Kingdom’s Terrorism Act. The Labour Party administration of Prime Minister Keir Starmer had banned Palestine Action (PA), a group that […]
Even an uptick is unlikely to deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates at its meeting next week.
New sanctions can’t come soon enough for some Republicans.
Republicans have proposed several short-term funding options, but Democrats want them to negotiate.
Once we accept deadly violence as a normal part of American life, we’re done for.
Wednesday’s fatal shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was greeted with widespread grief, horror, and shock by many MAGA and right-wing figures, some of whom counted Kirk as a friend or cited him as an inspiration for their own work. But while many simply expressed their grief for Kirk and his family, and politicians on […]
Richard Burton’s legacy is one of contradictions. He is both a towering figure of 20th-century popular culture and a bright, brief candle whose peers made indelible marks on the 21st, too. He managed to achieve success as both a classical stage actor and marquee-name movie star at a time when slippage between those worlds was at a minimum. He was nominated for an Oscar seven times, but never won. His relationship with Elizabeth Taylor—with whom he co-starred in many films and stage productions, most famously Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?—is remembered as an epic love story despite their twice divorcing. He described himself as a socialist, or indeed a communist, but moved to Switzerland to avoid paying taxes, wryly commenting, “I believe that everyone should pay them—except actors.” Famously an alcoholic, he claimed to drink to stave off the deadness of being offstage. Sometimes his alcoholism was functional; other times he was reportedly so drunk, like while filming The Klansman (1974), that he had to shoot all his scenes sitting or lying down. By his forties, he had become frail and weak. By 58, he was dead.
Oracle’s stock had its best day since 1992, making co-founder Larry Ellison the world's richest person.
The Trump ally and right-wing influencer was shot in the neck.