USA Update

It is entirely possible that former President Donald Trump will get back into the White House in large part because Americans misunderstand inflation. I’m not arguing that the inflation surge early in President Biden’s term wasn’t a real problem. It was. I’m not even arguing that all the damage done by that surge has been […]

Angela Rye said white voters should face consequences for not saving democracy if Vice President Kamala Harris does not win the upcoming presidential election. CNN host Victor Blackwell asked Rye about former President Barack Obama chastising black men for hesitating to vote for Harris. “I think that it’s wonderful that President Obama is out hitting […]

Acne Studios, the Swedish fashion house, makes $800 jeans that look like something a roofer would wear to a rave. They’re coated in paint flecks, battered as a baseball mitt and burdened with enough metal trinkets that they should weigh 20-odd pounds. Except they don’t. They aren’t covered in paint either. And those wear marks? […]

It’s a typical day in Taiwan, and China is conducting yet another round of military drills. As Chinese warships and planes yet again aggressively circle around Taiwan, Taipei scrambles its military to defensive positions across the island. Among the most important is a cohort of mobile ground units carrying anti-ship missiles to deter Chinese ships […]

Americans are in danger of losing their full benefits by the mid-2030s — and a nonpartisan budget group is warning that if Trump is elected, his policies could push the funding crisis years sooner. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a nonpartisan nonprofit that examines the impacts of fiscal policies, released a report […]

Once upon a time there was the Oscars: the most star-spangled red carpet event of the year. Then the Met Gala became the “Oscars of the East Coast,” an even more eye-popping entrance outfit event. And now there is the Academy Museum Gala, which only four years in is starting to look a lot like […]

After a few weeks of testing, Apple is finally releasing the RC versions of tvOS 18.1 and visionOS 2.1. So far, it’s unclear what are the changes the company is making to these software updates. Still, Apple has some announced features that have been delayed from the original releases of tvOS 18 and visionOS 2. […]

Throne and Liberty kicked off its launch with phenomenal player engagement. Within its first week, it boasted three million players and a concurrent peak of 336,300 players. 24 million hours among players were clocked, and viewers spent a combined 11 million hours watching it on Twitch. Yet, despite all of that, the publisher of Throne […]

A lot of time, effort and money goes into presidential and national elections in the United States, and . But combing through the data since 2009 shows that no matter who was in power, the economy seemed to be equally driven by global events, demographic developments and decisions made in the White House.  The period from 2009 […]

Featuring songs such as “Burnin’ Train,” “Last Man Standing” and “Ghosts,” the record is the basis of Springsteen’s current world tour, the band's first in more than six years, which lasts until summer 2025.