Photo illustration showing the Samsung Group company logo displayed on a smartphone screen. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Samsung Electronics on Friday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue, though its operating profit dropped sharply from the previous three months due to higher R&D expenses in its chips segment. Here are Samsung’s fourth-quarter results compared with […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law on Thursday changes to the state’s public records statute that allow law enforcement agencies to charge hundreds of dollars for body camera footage. Though such videos are central to watchdog reporting and police oversight, Ohio opted to join a handful of states that have made it easier for […]
Few journalists have ventured as deep into the shadows of American power as The Intercept’s James Risen. A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Risen waged a remarkable seven-year battle against the federal government to protect his sources, risking imprisonment to defend press freedom. As he prepares to retire from journalism, he joins this week’s Intercept Briefing to […]
Bourbon Street hadn’t even reopened when House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., was settling on what he saw as one of the main culprits behind the deadly New Year’s truck-ramming attack: DEI. In a Thursday interview with a talk radio station in New Orleans, Scalise claimed that diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives bore part of […]
J Studios | Digitalvision | Getty Images In Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s fictional short story, “Minimum Payment Due,” the main character is trapped in credit card debt and desperate for a way out. The fact that the experience is common — more than a third, or 38%, of adults in the U.S. have credit card debt, according […]
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia told the Azerbaijani leader, Ilham Aliyev, in a phone call, “that the tragic incident took place in Russian airspace.”
Environmental Protection Agency staffers are demanding that the agency end its partnerships with Israel amid the ongoing siege of Gaza. Staffers with the EPA and Department of Energy published an open letter Thursday demanding that the EPA end collaboration with Israel on energy and environmental partnerships. The agency exchanges information with Israel and cooperates with […]
From the very first word of the show—Tom Hanks‘ distinguished “Hi”—the studio audience was all in on Saturday Night Live‘s Christmas episode. There was no stodgy political cold open for us to suffer through this week before Christmas, not when host Martin Short was being ushered into the five-timers club. Hanks was quickly joined by […]
Martin Short kicked off his monologue for his fifth time hosting “Saturday Night Live” by joking that he had to get through it quickly, because “I have 10 sketches to get to where I play an elf.” He then added: “Also, I left my Uber driver waiting, and you know how testy Matt Gaetz can […]
Saturday Night Live legends Tina Fey, John Mulaney, Tom Hanks, Paul Rudd, Melissa McCarthy and more returned to Studio 8H on Saturday for Martin Short‘s induction into the show’s Five-Timers club. SNL‘s Five-Timers club commemorates those who have hosted the legendary sketch show five times. The group honors new inductees with a special robe-like jacket. […]
