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

When the President, in his first public remarks about the military campaign, appeared at the White House on Monday, he didn’t say a word about regime change, aspirational or otherwise, or even nod to the brave protesters whom he had so recently urged to rise up against their leaders. He also did not discuss the

Ukraine conducted a landmark airstrike in late February, using domestically produced FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles to hit a military production facility deep inside Russia. The strike on the Votkinsk complex, which produces a range of ballistic and cruise missiles for the Russian military, marked the first time Kyiv had successfully targeted a strategically significant Russian

Elon Musk‘s X is promoting itself to potential advertisers with a new deck that underlines its commitment to brand safety, according to the leaked deck shared with Business Insider. It comes after the AI chatbot shared “deepfake” sexualized images of women and children — a practice it stopped in late January after a backlash. The company

Donald Trump was seen with a rash on the side of his neck during the Medal of Honor Ceremony on Monday, fueling more speculation about the state of the president’s health. In a statement, Trump’s personal doctor said that the rash was caused by a cream that the president was using as a “preventative skin