The German company Steinbach Volkskunst has created a popular nutcracker doll depicting Donald Trump at his desk in the Oval Office. Priced at $379, the doll's cost may rise due to impending tariffs imposed by the real-life US president, posing a significant challenge for the manufacturer, which sells over 95% of its production in the US.
“It’s a very subtle difference,” said astrophysicist Alain Brizard from Saint Michael’s College in Vermont.
US judge will not curb immigration enforcement in places of worship
U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington, who was appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term in office, found that the organizations [suing over this practice] likely did not have legal standing to bring the case because the claims that they faced harm were speculative.
Courtesy of Perplexity AI, here's a little essay on the history of sanctuary.
In summary, sanctuary has evolved from a strictly religious concept into a broader social and political practice rooted in moral convictions about protecting vulnerable individuals. Its history reflects humanity’s enduring commitment to mercy and justice across centuries.
Trump on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of security clearances of SentinelOne executives and employees, part of a campaign to use the might of the U.S. government to crush his political opponents.
On the other side, we are shedding excess labor in the federal government and bringing down federal borrowings," Bessent told Tucker Carlson on Friday. "And then on the other side, that will give us the labor we need for the new manufacturing."
What a plan! Kick all those worthless work-at-home deadbeats out of their cushy government jobs and put them to work making microchips.
What could possibly go wrong?
(Yes.)
The Constitution assigns Congress the power “To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.”
But our Commerce Intern, Howard Lutnick, says “Let Donald Trump run the global economy,” Lutnick instructed. “He knows what he’s doing. He’s been talking about it for 35 years…You’ve got to trust Donald Trump in the White House.”
But I can think of a few other things he's been talking about for 35 years — or more. Would you want him to fix any of them?
The group will be “investigating weaponization, rooting out deep-seeded politicization, exposing unauthorized disclosures of classified intelligence, and declassifying information that serves a public interest.”
Tulsi, is we know, is a recognized expert in declassifying information.
The use of AI and Signal reinforces concerns among cybersecurity experts and government ethicists that DOGE is operating with limited transparency and that billionaire Musk or the Trump administration could use information gathered with AI to further their own interests, or to go after political targets.
…simply outrageous.
Not to mention illegal, if that matters anymore.
Not being able to read urgent weather alerts could be a matter of life or death, said Joseph Trujillo-Falcón, a researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who has worked with NOAA researching how to translate weather and climate information to the public, including the use of artificial intelligence.
The question of who's commiting fraud on whom remains open.
In the meantime, take care of your neighbors.
There is no other vegetable that Germans obsess about as much as white asparagus. They can discuss for hours whether it should be eaten with melted butter or Hollandaise sauce, served with smoked ham or schnitzel, or should come with a side of potatoes boiled whole or peeled, cut into slices and fried with bacon and onion.
Americans have a lot of crap lying around.
New York Post sees the sunny side.
Kennedy has previously also recommended Vitamin A as a measles treatment, along with good nutrition. While Vitamin A has been shown in some studies in developing countries to lessen the severity of symptoms, it can lead to liver toxicity in high quantities.
But "the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine," he says now, On X.
X.
On Thursday, he dined with LIV Golf players celebrating the start of a three-day tournament at Trump National Doral Golf Club. On Friday he spent nearly six hours at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach. On Saturday he played in a tournament at his golf club in Jupiter, Fla., winning his second-round matchup of the Senior Club Championship and advancing to the championship round on Sunday, the White House said. Trump said on Sunday that he won the tournament.
Nero fiddled as Rome burned, says the legend.
(During a meeting at the Kennedy Center, President Trump shared an anecdote about his childhood musical potential, reportedly stating he had a "high aptitude for music.")
But Nero never won a Senior Club Championship.
Eager to gain access to an exclusive establishment near Harvard University, biotech executives, doctors, lawyers and politicians filled out applications and handed over IDs, work badges and personal references.But…and WSJ buries the lede on this one…
The brothel, where young Asian women used names like Tulip and Tiki, also operated just outside Washington, D.C., but Virginia prosecutors said they declined to pursue charges against johns there.Military attack plans (hello, signalgate!) are not classified but this definitely is.
