Recently, some U.S. politicians have pointed out that Adolf Hitler dismantled a constitutional republic in “one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes” as they draw comparisons between Nazi Germany and the current U.S. administration. If you’re wondering exactly how things went down in 1933, you’re in luck — this timeline will […]
Two of Sen. John Fetterman’s longest-serving staff members are leaving his team as the senator takes a more open approach to President Donald Trump than many of his Democratic colleagues are. Charlie Hills, Fetterman’s communications director, and Tré Easton, his legislative director, are set to soon depart the Pennsylvania Democrat’s office. Both men worked on […]
Greg WyshynskiJan 23, 2025, 06:18 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Utah Hockey Club said it still expects to announce a permanent name and identity before the 2025-26 NHL season despite having “Utah Yetis” refused by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. “Since acquiring Utah’s NHL team, we have been carefully […]
President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for three of his siblings and two of their spouses, citing concerns that they will be targeted by “baseless and politically motivated investigations.” The White House announced the pardons just minutes before President-elect Donald Trump entered the Capitol Rotunda to be sworn in as the next commander […]
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“Wolf Man” partial poster Universal Pictures The reboot of Wolf Man appears to be no match for Mufasa: The Lion King at the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend box office. Released by Universal Pictures—the studio behind such monster movie classics as Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein and of course, The Wolf […]
Mohammed Badra/EPA-EFE / Shutterstock / Mohammed Badra/EPA-EFE / Shutterstock President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office for a second time on Jan. 20, and big changes are expected due to his proposed policies. While he has promised the country a shift in the economy, it might not be in the way people expect. Instead […]
If our feckless corporate overlords have anything to say about it, 2025 is going to be a banner year for office style. We’re not totally surprised: long before folks were kvetching about HR-mandated return-to-work policies, we clocked a shocking amount of fellas getting capital-D Dressed to hit the office once, twice, even three times a […]
Before November’s election, Elon Musk said the government efficiency commission he’d establish under a second Donald Trump administration would slash the federal budget by “at least two trillion” dollars. Now, as Trump prepares to take office and the time comes for the Department of Government Efficiency to start making good on those lofty promises, Musk […]
WASHINGTON — By the standard President Biden set himself, the core purpose he proclaimed when he ran in 2020, it is impossible to assess his one-term presidency as anything but a failure. “We are in a battle for the soul of this nation,” Biden said as he began his campaign in 2019. “If we give Donald […]
