The Justice Department confirmed Thursday it has moved ahead with multiple referrals to strip citizenship from those who have naturalized, assigning cases to U.S. attorney offices across the country. It’s an unusual push for several reasons. Denaturalization of foreign-born
The Palestinian Center for the Missing estimates that 2,700 children's bodies are buried under the rubble; 200 other children have disappeared for reasons linked to the war
This week, a museum as a site of motherhood, the amazing and terrible ways writers make their livings, Nara Smith as a performance artist? And more.
"Hyperpersonalization" is the next frontier for videogame marketing, and it doesn't sound good.
The new Xbox boss might keep games like Gears of War off PlayStation moving forward
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Thursday blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) by calling him a "lying scumbag politician" amid Senate Republicans' push to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which has been in a shutdown for almost 70
The cuts, which employees had been expecting for weeks, will be Meta's largest layoff since 2023.
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) on Wednesday said he is not interested in launching a presidential campaign for 2028. “I have zero interest in running for president in 2028. I love serving the state of Georgia. I've got two young daughters,” Ossoff said during a Wednesday
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Thursday criticized the Justice Department’s (DOJ) decision to downgrade state-approved medical marijuana to a less dangerous drug. “Marijuana today is much more potent than just ten or twenty years ago, leading to increased psychosis, anti-social
Xbox's new boss is continuing to shake things up in her attempt to 'return to Xbox'...whatever that means
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer faced a skeptical panel of appellate judges in Los Angeles on Thursday as she argued that his 2022 rape conviction should be overturned. Weinstein, 74, was sentenced to 16 years for raping an Italian model at the Mr. C Hotel near Beverly Hills in
Voters in key battleground districts say they would back the average Democrat over the generic Republican as their representative in Congress, according to a new poll from Cook Political Report (CPR). Democrats hold a six-point advantage on the generic congressional ballot,
Microsoft's new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has laid out a new strategy for what she describes as a "return of Xbox." In a joint memo with Xbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty, Sharma and Booty lay out their vision for the future of Xbox that will be judged on daily active players
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma held an all-hands meeting this morning and laid out her strategy for a "return of Xbox" with employees. While rebranding Microsoft Gaming back to Xbox was part of the agenda, Sharma also revealed that Xbox is looking into "reevaluating" Xbox exclusive games
US President Donald Trump will meet Lebanese and Israeli envoys at a new round of peace talks Thursday, with Beirut seeking a one-month extension of a shaky ceasefire set to expire. With Trump struggling to push Iran into a deal on the wider regional war, the United States is
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Lord of the Rings and Planet of the Apes star Andy Serkis on why his Animal Farm needed a fart joke and a happier ending than George Orwell's novel.
Film will focus on Blink-182 drummer's life and career as well as his recovery following 2008 private plane crash
Steam's free-to-keep promotion is offering a great side-scroller with Nocturnal, which PC gamers can download completely free of charge.
Tehran has raised safety concerns and proposed moving the Iranian team's matches to Mexico, but FIFA insists the team will stick to its U.S. schedule amid ongoing tensions
Maika Monroe will return to horror in the upcoming film Victorian Psycho
A new Fox News poll found Democrats have the edge over Republicans on economic issues for the first time since 2010. The survey, released Wednesday, found that 52 percent of respondents think Democrats would do a better job on the economy, while 48 percent backed Republicans on
The Chicago-reared, Vermont-based folk singer-songwriter Hannah Frances released her stunning album Nested In Tangles last fall. Today she’s back with the deluxe edition, headlined by a new collaboration with harpist Mary Lattimore, who adds layers of beauty to the meditative
The warehouse retailer is reportedly targeting 30 – or more – new stores a year.
I’ve never seen anything like these photos before. In October 2024, Rachel Moore had a close encounter with a humpback whale in French Polynesia and took these photos of the whale’s eye. Moore wrote of the experience: This moment of eye contact was beyond my wildest dreams.
In this new edition of The Ring, broadcast from the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs Dirk Gotink (EPP) and Maria Ohisalo (Greens) go face-to-face on the growing housing crisis in Europe.
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, entrepreneurs Tina Knowles and Ashley Graham explain how they have blazed trails to build powerful media and retail brands in highlights from a day’s worth of conversations held at Variety’s annual Entertainment Marketing Summit.
Anthropic's tightly controlled rollout of Claude Mythos has taken an awkward turn. After spending weeks insisting the AI model is so capable at cybersecurity that it is too dangerous to release publicly, it appears the model fell into the wrong hands anyway. According to
Meta, parent of Facebook and Instagram, is laying off about 8,000 employees — and eliminating another 6,000 open jobs — as it is in the midst of a companywide shift to artificial intelligence. The job cuts were announced in an internal memo to Meta staffers from the company’s
President Trump is hosting an event at the White House on Thursday afternoon centered on health care affordability. Trump is expected to announce a new deal with pharmaceutical company Regeneron, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, as part of his "most
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) on Thursday accused conservative media personality Tucker Carlson of engaging with a "dangerous" campaign of "misinformation" after recently saying he regrets supporting President Trump. Sanders told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on "Squawk
The war has spilled out of Iran and engulfed the region, leaving several thousand people dead, mainly in Iran and Lebanon, and continues to destabilise the global economy.
National Urban League President Marc Morial on Thursday slammed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a “nakedly political” move to strike civil rights advancements made by the organization. Acting Attorney General Todd
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The Irish band’s classic 1993 song is everywhere right now, from Love Story to a recent Fetty Wap album. What is it about that lush romanticism that speaks to us?
In an extremely rare fatal encounter, the 58-year-old was killed as she was walking in a mountainous area, her son told rescuers.
Fiber-optic drones developed in Ukraine are reaching the region, offering Hezbollah a cheap, precise weapon that can bypass Israel's electronic defenses
House Republicans grumbling about the structure of a “skinny” reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement — and their skepticism about prospects for passing another GOP-only funding package this year — are creating hurdles for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he aims to
The EU move to generating electricity from renewable sources has been impressive. In 2025 over 47% of the EU’s electricity was generated from renewable sources. In the third quarter of the year that figure rose to 49.3%. For the first time more electricity was produced across
For nearly 15 years, A24 has been releasing premium independent films of all genres from science fiction to horror and dramas to coming-of-age movies. And now, you can get a piece of the entertainment company’s films with their screenplay book series. Starting at $59.95 on
Spotify, a Sweden-based company founded in April 2006, is the largest music-streaming platform of them all.
Sergei Kamzin and Leonid Shorsher are Russian entrepreneurs whose business careers are closely tied to JSC City Invest Bank, an active St. Petersburg-based bank registered by the Bank of Russia on 30 December 1994, holding a universal banking license. Their story may be of
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Fifa has no plans to replace Iran with Italy at this summer's World Cup according to sources, after the switch was proposed by US President Donald Trump's special envoy.
By Joshua McElwee ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, April 23 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Thursday firmly condemned the killing of protesters in Iran, after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the Catholic leader last week for not doing so while speaking out against the U.S.-Israel war
(.) By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Iran's use of a swarm of small, fast boats to seize two container ships near the Strait of Hormuz could undermine suggestions U.S. forces have disabled its naval threat and reveals the challenges facing reopening one of the