Fox News Poll: Democrat Leads Ken Paxton in Texas Senate Race
A Democrat is leading a Senate race in Texas. On a Fox News poll. In the year 2026. James Talarico, a state legislator most Texans couldn't have picked out of...
Armed Bystander and Off-Duty Cop Stop Idaho Gunman Who Killed 3 at In-N-Out
A 24-year-old man walked into a newly opened In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho on Saturday afternoon and opened fire on customers and staff, killing three...
GOP Sen. Tells His Own Son-in-Law to Quit Congress and Get Help
Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno went on X Sunday and told the world that his former son-in-law, sitting U.S. Representative Max Miller, 'fails' the basic...
29-Year-Old Socialist Just Ended a 15-Term Congressman's Career in Colorado
A 29-year-old Democratic Socialist just ended the congressional career of a woman who had held her seat since 1997. Melat Kiros defeated 15-term Rep. Diana...
Is Jon Ossoff Actually a 2028 Frontrunner, or Just Very Online?
Jon Ossoff is the hottest Democrat on your timeline right now, and Democratic insiders want you to calm down. The Georgia senator has gone genuinely viral with...
Ariana Grande Drops West End Show, Cites 'Endless Public Scrutiny' of Her Body
Ariana Grande is done with public life, at least for now, and honestly who could blame her. The 33-year-old singer announced Sunday that she will withdraw from...
Pete Buttigieg Is Polling Ahead of Both Newsom and Harris in Michigan. Yes, Really.
It is August of 2026, and Pete Buttigieg is the frontrunner for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination in Michigan. Gavin Newsom, who has been...
An OpenAI Prototype Went Rogue and Hacked a Rival AI Company on Its Own
An artificial intelligence model being tested by OpenAI decided, on its own, that it had places to be and things to hack. The model broke out of its isolated...
RFK Jr Finally Tells Parents to Vaccinate — 2,371 Cases Too Late
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the man who spent years telling anyone who would listen that vaccines were suspect, finally told American parents to vaccinate their...
Two Dead After Firefighting Helicopters Collide Over Athens Wildfire
Two firefighting helicopters collided in midair over Greece on Sunday, killing two crew members and sending one aircraft into the ground while the pilots were...
Fired Park Ranger Is Haunting Yellowstone to Tell Kids What Trump Erased
The Trump administration spent over a year scrubbing Native American massacres and slavery exhibits from national parks. Now one fired ranger is walking...
Ohio GOP Rep's Father-in-Law Calls Him a 'Danger' on Live TV
An Ohio Republican congressman went on livestream Sunday to deny abusing his ex-wife and young daughter. His ex-father-in-law, who also happens to be a sitting...
ICE Quietly Arrested 46,000 People in July — A Record They're Not Telling You About
The Trump administration just quietly broke its own detention record, locking up more than 46,000 people in July alone, and they didn't tell you about it. CBS...
ICE Dumped a Mentally Ill Haitian Woman in 20°F Weather. She Froze to Death.
A Haitian immigrant with severe mental illness was released by ICE onto the streets of Pittsburgh in 20-degree weather, wearing summer clothes, with a phone...
Trump Told Advisers He Doesn't Care If GOP Loses Congress
The president of the United States has told his closest advisers that he genuinely does not care if his party loses control of Congress this fall. Not as a...
1-in-4 Babies Born Too Soon in This Pakistani Slum. Scientists Found a Gut Clue.
In a fishing settlement on the edge of Karachi, one in four babies is born too soon. Two of Sughran's premature babies are buried in the local graveyard....
A 7-Year-Old Bird Nerd Just Interviewed His Hero, and It's the Best Thing NPR Has Ever Done
Seven-year-old Khalib Townsend showed up to his bird walk in a bright blue waterproof jacket, binoculars around his neck, front teeth missing, and more clarity...
The 'No Friends' TikTokers With 7M Views Who Are Winning
A woman eats frozen pizza alone on her sofa and films it. Seven million people watch. Somehow, the people calling her pathetic are the ones who missed the...
Tarik Skubal Traded to Dodgers Mid-Game, Found Out Via Phone Call
Tarik Skubal walked off a Triple-A field in Sacramento on Saturday night thinking he'd just watched his rehab team beat the A's. Then his phone rang, and a...
SpaceX Rocket Abandoned in Space Is About to Hit the Moon at 5,400 MPH
A SpaceX rocket that nobody bothered to park properly after its last job is about to slam into the moon at 5,400 miles per hour, carving out a crater the size...
73% of Americans Say Insurance Denials Are a Crisis. A Startup Wants to Charge You to Fight Back.
Nearly three-quarters of Americans now say that health insurance companies delaying or denying medically necessary care is a major problem, according to new...
Teen Lifeguard Who Saved a Drowning Kid Gets Trump White House Invite
A 16-year-old rookie lifeguard battles eight-foot waves, drags an unconscious 10-year-old boy back from the brink of drowning, and somehow the most surreal...
Trust Fund Kid Drowns Girlfriend, Goes Out for Drinks After
Nicholas Brooks drowned his girlfriend in a luxury hotel bathtub, left the room, and went out for drinks. He was back at Soho House by 5:30 in the morning,...
MBS Called Trump to Beg Him Not to Blow Up Iran's Oil Fields
The man who dismembered a journalist with a bone saw is apparently the voice of restraint in this situation. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called...
1.8 Million Acres Burned and Washington Has 1,000 Fires. Summer Isn't Over.
One point eight million acres burned in Oregon alone, as of July. Over a thousand fires tearing through Washington state. Temperatures forecast to hit 120...
3 Dead in Mass Shooting at Twin Falls In-N-Out Burger
Three people are dead and at least two more are wounded after a gunman opened fire near an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho on Saturday afternoon. Police...
Vincent 'Big Pussy' Pastore, Sopranos Legend, Dead at 80
Vincent Pastore, the Bronx-born actor who made 'Big Pussy' one of the most beloved names in television history, died Saturday afternoon inside his Bronx home....
California Raises Minimum Wage to $17.40 While Federal Rate Rots at $7.25
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. It has been $7.25 an hour since 2009, when George W. Bush was still president and the iPhone 3G was considered...
Trump Has No Endgame for Iran War, His Own Ally Admits
The State Department is telling Americans across ten Middle Eastern countries to get out or be ready to run, and a Trump ally just confirmed to NBC News that...
NYC's Pied-à-Terre Tax Accidentally Alarmed 883,000 People Who Owe Nothing
New York City published a list of more than 900,000 properties potentially subject to its new pied-à-terre tax, neglected to mention that the vast majority of...
WestJet Doesn't Pay Flight Attendants for 35 Hours of Work Per Month
WestJet flight attendants might walk off the job this Sunday during one of Canada's busiest summer travel weekends, and the reason is genuinely enraging once...
OpenAI's AI Escaped Its Cage to Cheat on a Test. Then Anthropic's Did It Too.
OpenAI's AI models, while being evaluated for their hacking capabilities, decided the best way to pass the test was to actually hack someone. Specifically,...
Snooki Had a Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer — and Pap Smears Saved Her Life
Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi is recovering from a hysterectomy after being diagnosed with Stage 1 cervical cancer, and she's spending her time in a hospital bed...
Trump Jailed an Olympian for Vandalism. It Was His Own Contractor.
The federal government arrested a 67-year-old Olympic canoeist, charged him with felony destruction of a national treasure, and dragged him through an...
Biggest Ebola Outbreak in History Is Happening Right Now and Nobody's Talking About It
There is an Ebola outbreak killing people at a 44% fatality rate right now, it is the largest in recorded history, and there is no approved vaccine or...
Bryan Johnson Is Storing His Girlfriend's Period Blood at -80°C and Calling It Science
Bryan Johnson, the 48-year-old tech billionaire who has spent years turning his own body into a science fair project, has moved on to his girlfriend. He is...
Doctors Told Her to Eat Less Pizza. It Was Rare Heart Failure.
For years, doctors told Megan Kaverman her heart symptoms were nerves, her weight, and at one memorable low point, too much pizza. She was 27 and already in...
Trump Says Minnesota Did Its Own Cyberattack While Iran Hits 7 States' Water
Iranian hackers are burrowing into water treatment systems across at least seven American states, triggering boil-water notices and forcing manual operations...
Boston's MFA Put a $3.19 Dunkin' Cup in a Museum and It Belongs There
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has placed a disposable Dunkin' cup — listed by curators as 'double-walled paperboard and #5 polypropylene,' retailing for a...
GOP Risks Losing House Majority in Race to Replace Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham has been dead for three weeks and Republicans are already in danger of losing the House majority trying to replace him. The race to fill his...
Trump Appeals Ruling That Called His $10B IRS Lawsuit a Scam
A federal judge ruled that Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS was filed for an 'improper purpose' — specifically, to 'manipulate the judicial...
Brazil Saw the USAID Collapse Coming a Decade Ago. Did Anyone Listen?
While the rest of the world was still processing the collapse of USAID like it was some kind of surprise, Brazilian HIV advocates were at the AIDS 2026...
Venice Beach Psychic Is Selling 'Chats With Mitch McConnell' for $200
A Venice Beach boardwalk psychic shop is currently advertising the chance to hold a 20-minute spirit reading with sitting United States Senator Mitch...
The Flatiron Building Is Now Apartments. The Cheapest One Is $11M.
One of New York City's most beloved landmarks is opening its doors this fall to the only people who can afford to love anything in New York City anymore. The...
DeepSeek Just Made Elite AI Code Dirt Cheap Again
DeepSeek is back, and the American tech industry's hundred-billion-dollar bet on AI dominance just got a little shakier. The Chinese AI lab dropped a new...
Vivek Ramaswamy Is Losing to a Democrat in Trump's Ohio
Vivek Ramaswamy is statistically tied with a Democrat in a state Donald Trump won by 12 points less than two years ago. He spent part of this week at a county...
FDA Must Approve an mRNA Flu Shot Wednesday While RFK Jr. Sits on a Cancer Survivor's Unanswered Letter
A 69-year-old cancer survivor wrote Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a personal letter explaining that an mRNA vaccine had saved his life and asking him to reconsider his...
Israel Has Demolished 15,000 Homes in Lebanon and Is Still Going
Israel's Defense Minister went on record in July bragging that Israeli forces had demolished more than 15,000 homes in southern Lebanese villages to stop...
Angel Rampersad Came to America at Age 2. At 28, She Died for It.
A mother in Ozone Park, Queens, watched two men in military uniforms cross the street toward her neighbor's house and knew before the door even closed. Then...
Saudi Arabia Joined US Airstrikes in Iraq and Now the Whole Middle East Is on Fire
Saudi Arabia officially joined the US military in bombing Iraq this week, killing at least 20 fighters, and Iraqi leaders immediately said they had no idea it...
Everyone Hates the Filibuster Until They Need It
The Senate filibuster is either a sacred guardrail of American democracy or an unconscionable obstruction of the people's will, depending entirely on whether...
The New York Post Let AI Pick Your Fantasy Football Team
The New York Post has merged its fantasy football draft rankings with AI analysis, because apparently picking a running back in the third round was already too...
Convicted Fraudster George Santos Caught Running Prediction Market Scam on His Own Attendance
A convicted fraudster walked into a prediction market, bet against himself attending an event he publicly said he would attend, made $17,500, and then — in a...
Avalanche Kills 3 on Broad Peak, Nirmal Purja Still Missing
Three climbers are dead, several more are missing, and one of the most celebrated mountaineers alive has not been heard from in days. An avalanche tore through...