State Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin), a Williamson County Republican who could be next in line to lead the chamber, made a substantial investment in Elon Musk’s Tesla as the state coordinated The Boring Company’s Music City Loop deal last year. Johnson bought 50 shares of the corporation, whose vehicles will exclusively service a proposed

SpaceX is preparing to file confidential IPO paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission as early as this month, with sources tellingBloomberg the company is targeting a valuation exceeding $1.75 trillion and a potential listing in June 2026. If it comes together at that price, SpaceX would eclipse Saudi Aramco’s 2019 record and instantly enter

Lauren Sánchez is giving rare insight into one of the most emotional moments from her wedding to Jeff Bezos. The former journalist married the Amazon founder with a ceremony in Venice, Italy on June 27, 2025, during which all three of her children got to give a speech. The philanthropist is a mom to son

Ike Barinholtz may play degenerates well, but, off screen, the writer, comedian and star is something of a trivia savant. In fact, as his Studio co-star Seth Rogen likes to tell everyone who comes through their Apple TV hit, Barinoltz has won Jeopardy! – both the celebrity and non-celebrity versions. Now, the man who plays

President Donald Trump is hosting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House later Tuesday. Trump is expected to hold a meeting with Merz at 11:15 a.m. EST. Watch live in our video player above. The topics of discussion is sure to include Iran, although Merz’s visit was confirmed by the German government before Trump

The US justice department has dropped legal proceedings against four law firms that stood up to retaliatory executive actions by Donald Trump for representing clients or causes the president did not like. A number of other law companies made settlements with Trump’s administration in the months after his second presidency began to avoid consequences, including

One of the most experienced celebrity journalists in the biz has launched a newsletter. Dan Wakeford — who has been the boss at People, Us Weekly, and In Touch and Life & Style, as well as the much-discussed Messenger — is going it alone with Celebrity Intelligence. The first issue, out Tuesday, offers an analysis

The first votes of the 2026 midterm cycle will be cast on Tuesday, with a pair of high-stakes US Senate primaries in Texas that will test both parties’ appetite for political change in the Trump era. Voters across the state will decide their nominees for a critical Senate seat, as well as for several key

I’ve spent the last several days checking with foreign policy experts, analysts and specialists in the Middle East for their understanding of Donald Trump’s real goal in Iran, and how anyone (including him) will know he’s achieved it. Several told me that Trump is seeking the kind of “war” that the US executed in Venezuela

Long-awaited changes to student-loan repayment are a step closer to reality. The public comment period on President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes to repayment and borrowing concluded on Monday. The Department of Education will now evaluate the comments and determine whether it will change its proposed rule before moving to final implementation in July. The department’s

Prada dressed seven celebrities for the 2026 Actor Awards on Sunday, offering a mix of house signatures, playful colour and sharply executed tailoring. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Pink, The Prada Way Starting with Michelle Williams, this is the most Prada dress you will ever see: pink, embellished and slightly too long in length. The surprise is

Donald Trump has criticised Keir Starmer again over the UK’s refusal to aid the offensive strikes on Iran, saying the “relationship is obviously not what it was”. Starmer had issued his strongest rebuke yet of Trump’s action in Iran, saying the UK did not believe in “regime change from the skies” and defended his decision

In a statement directed at Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, “Mr. Rubio admitted what we all knew: U.S. has entered a war of choice on behalf of Israel. There was never any so-called Iranian ‘threat.’” Araghchi’s comments came after Rubio on Monday gave a new explanation from

Do real photos show celebrities like Stevie Nicks, Bob Dylan, and Barry Manilow posed in front of their $80 million private jets? No, that’s not true: A network of fake fan pages are publishing nearly identical copy/paste clickbait stories. The posts have AI-generated images of the celebrities posed with private jets. While some celebrities do

Pete Hegseth on Monday showed the bombast typical of the shock and awe start of America’s wars as he promised victory over Iran. “We will finish this on ‘America first’ conditions of President Trump’s choosing, nobody else’s, as it should be,” the defense secretary said at the Pentagon. But his comment fatefully recalled another promise,

Elon Musk‘s artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, has been the subject of concern from various federal agencies regarding the safety and dependability of its AI tools. This has led to a debate within the U.S. government about the selection of AI models for deployment. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that multiple federal agency officials have

Thousands of delegates will arrive in Beijing this week for China’s annual Two Sessions, one of the most important events in the country’s political calendar and a rare opportunity for the global media to see Beijing’s top lawmakers up close. The Two Sessions” are concurrent gatherings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese