A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Agency for Global Media must reverse its decision that put more than 1,000 Voice of America employees on leave, dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to gut VOA. The same judge recently said the appointment of Trump ally Kari Lake, who oversaw the job cuts

It was supposed to be easy. In the weeks after President Trump authorized the military raid to snatch Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, he would tell pretty much any audience about how flawlessly the operation had gone. During a late-January phone call with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, who was seething after federal immigration agents killed two

In February 2025, Donald Trump nominated Joe Kent, a 2020-election conspiracy theorist with links to the Proud Boys and white supremacists, as head of the National Counterterrorism Center. What could possibly go wrong? Kent’s beliefs did not complicate his tenure, during which Trump continued smearing minorities and insisting the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.

Elon Musk leaves a meeting with House Republicans in the basement of the US Capitol building on March 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Getty Images Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Tennessee teenagers are suing Elon Musk’s company xAI

“I’m not a journalist,” says the TikTok influencer turned podcaster. “I think it is insulting to journalists to say what I do is journalism” Jake Shane wants his celebrity guests to know they have full veto power over the content of his podcast, Therapuss, where he’s talked to stars from Charli XCX to Selena Gomez.

Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, testifies during the House Homeland Security Committee hearing titled “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland,” in Cannon building on Wednesday, December 11, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent on Tuesday announced he will resign in response to the

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates has made a bold prediction about the three jobs which will survive the rise of Artificial Intelligence. When it comes to technology and the businessman’s thoughts on the subject, many tend to listen – almost as if he led the pioneered the computer revolution, or something of the sort.

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A video of Nicole Kidman stealing the spotlight from Jeff Bezos and his wife on an Oscars after party red carpet has gone viral—and the internet is obsessed. A clip of the 58‑year‑old Moulin Rouge! star strutting past the billionaire business mogul and his wife, Lauren Sánchez, and quietly pulling focus from the cameras has

Rob Lowe ; John Boyega.Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty ; Barry Brecheisen/WireImage While some celebrities have gotten lucky breaks, others in Hollywood are born with it. Rob Lowe and John Boyega are just some of the entertainment industry heavy hitters to call St. Patrick’s Day their birthday — and we’re green with envy. St. Patrick’s Day is

Ireland’s Prime Minister, or Taoiseach, Micheál Martin is expected to unveil more than $6 billion in deals Wednesday when he meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington. But the usual St. Patrick’s Day festivities will no doubt be dampened by the Iran war and lingering tensions over trade, tariffs, and Irish policies that the

Warren Buffett didn’t authorize buying back a single share of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA +0.43%) (BRKB +0.40%) during his last six quarters as CEO of the conglomerate. His successor, Greg Abel, reversed course almost immediately after taking the helm. Interestingly, though, Berkshire’s share price is higher than it was during much of the period when Buffett

The richest person in the world and the most well-known person leading the cause against creating more people like him have many differing views on taxing the ultrawealthy. But now, Elon Musk and Sen. Bernie Sanders, two men on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum, are using the same math to make opposite arguments for

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Closing arguments are set to kick off Tuesday in a trial pitting Elon Musk against Twitter shareholders who say the world’s richest man engaged in a pattern of deceptive behavior that misled investors as he attempted to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform in

A planned summit between Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping — one of the most consequential diplomatic meetings of the year — has been pushed back by roughly a month, with the Iran war cited as the reason for the delay. Trump announced the postponement on Monday, speaking to reporters at the White House.