This year, a handmade holiday comes with quite a backstory: From Grandma-made stuffed toys to costumes for iconic performances, makers have had to overcome a lot to get the goods they need to make gifts or products. The corset market explains it all. “It’s Nutcracker season,” said Rogie Sussman Faber, co-owner of the Chicago-based fabric […]
The Kennedy Center woke up with a new name and a growing political fight around it. After a vote by its board of trustees, the iconic performing arts venue is now being branded as the “Trump Kennedy Center.” It’s a move that has triggered swift backlash from Democrats, members of the Kennedy family, and legal […]
Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife, and their children were among seven people killed when a business jet crashed while attempting to land at a regional airport in North Carolina. Authorities say the plane had taken off, then quickly turned back toward the runway before going down in flames. What happened Copy URL Save […]
The man investigators believe carried out the deadly shooting at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage unit. Authorities now say he’s also linked to the killing of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor. Plus, former NASCAR champion Greg Biffle, his wife and their children were killed when a small […]
The House Oversight Committee has released another trove of images related to the investigation of convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Thursday’s release includes photos of influential and powerful people meeting with Epstein and quotes from the novel “Lolita” written on a person’s body. The release marks the fourth such release from the oversight committee. […]
In this Media Miss Minute, Minnesota’s governor is cracking down on widespread fraud in state-funded programs. And President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, dropped out of a Trump-branded hotel project in Serbia amid a growing corruption investigation. Media Miss by the left: Minnesota unveils new fraud prevention program Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz launched a new […]
President Donald Trump’s media company is making a massive pivot, moving from social media to nuclear physics. Trump Media & Technology Group plans to merge with fusion energy developer TAE Technologies in an all-stock deal valued at more than $6 billion. The companies said the merger would create one of the world’s first publicly traded […]
For the first time since Congress enacted the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, cannabis is one step closer to no longer being classified as a Schedule I drug. On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to reclassify it as a Schedule III drug, the same designation as anabolic […]
The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to change the Washington venue’s name to the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” the White House announced on Thursday. The board, handpicked by President Donald Trump, said the vote was unanimous. According to The Washington Post, the center confirmed the name change and said it […]
An internal audit at the U.S. Department of Energy will probe whether federal funding cancellations earlier this year were politically motivated. The probe is in response to a Trump Administration action in October that canceled nearly $7.6 billion in energy-related grants designated to 16 Democrat-run states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in […]
