House committee subpoenas Leon Black in the middle of closed-door interview about Jeffrey Epstein
The House Oversight Committee interviewed Leon Black behind closed doors Friday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesThe House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Leon Black...
Judge blocks Trump plan that would limit graduate student loans in nursing and other fields
A federal judge has blocked part of a Trump administration plan that would have limited access to loans for students...
The Superhero Movie That Crashes and Burns
The success of last year’s Superman film proved there was still some interest in comic-book movies, all these years into...
A Brookings paper just accidentally explained Zohran Mamdani
They weren’t trying to write a political story, not really. Mark Muro and his colleagues at the Brookings Institution published...
Ann Blyth, who played wicked daughter in ‘Mildred Pierce,’ dies at 98
Ann Blyth, a Hollywood actress who earned an Oscar nomination in her teens for playing Joan Crawford’s venomous screen daughter...
Mike Johnson seethed with ‘anger’ as Trump blew up GOP midterm lifeline: report
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was seething with “anger” after Trump scrapped a housing bill Republicans were counting on as...
Venezuela’s unnatural disaster
Marian Da Silva Parra is a human rights lawyer and a postdoctoral research scholar at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights...
Scientists Just Discovered How Long Humans Have Been Laughing, and It’s Way Longer Than You Think
We all have our own unique laugh patterns. Our own signature laugh sounds. It should be no surprise that our...
Mamdani’s rent freeze is official. One chart shows who stands to benefit.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rent freeze will take effect for leases beginning October 1, 2026. Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesNYC Mayor Zohran...
The Supreme Court’s Era of Meaningless Rights
The six Republican appointees on the Supreme Court have made one thing clear: People may have rights, but in many...
