House Majority Whip Tom Emmer urged calm on Monday as oil prices surged amid fallout from the Iran war, calling the conflict a “short-term experience” during an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “Yes, there are going to be some temporary effects on our domestic economy, but as soon as this is taken care of, those…
9 March 2026 Judd Apatow thinks its hard to write political comedy now because Donald Trump’s administration is so “ridiculous”. Judd Apatow thinks political comedy is tricky right now The 40-year-old Virgin filmmaker believes the current climate in the US is hard to write about because the president and his officials are already behaving in…
As the war in Iran spreads, Kyiv is eagerly offering its hard-won expertise and advanced technology to counter Iranian drones.
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First, we have an update on measles cases in the U.S. South Carolina’s measles outbreak grew to nearly 1,000 cases last week, according to data from the state department of health. The outbreak,…
Microsoft today announced the general availability of Agent 365 and Microsoft 365 Enterprise 7, two products designed to bring security and governance to the rapidly growing population of AI agents operating inside the world’s largest organizations. Both become available on May 1st, alongside Wave 3 of Microsoft 365 Copilot, which expands the company’s agentic AI…
Day 4 of the 2026 World Baseball Classic started with a near-cycle and a whole lot of math. South Korea’s Bo Gyeong Moon rocketed a 430-foot homer to open the scoring gates and then added an RBI double and an RBI single to help his team establish a 5-0 lead over Australia in a must-win…
Thamma, a genre-bending supernatural romance, reimagines love through an unexpected lens, blending emotion, mystery and mythology into a deeply human story. Flipping the classic Beauty and the Beast trope, the film explores beauty, vulnerability and the idea of the ‘beast’ in a fresh, contemporary way. Don’t miss the world television premiere of Thamma only on…
Many in Iran feel helpless in the face of their entrenched system, and some are becoming increasingly embittered by the fierce American and Israeli bombardment.
The Oklahoma City Thunder look to extend their winning streak to six games when they take on the visiting Denver Nuggets in a key Western Conference matchup on Monday night. Denver is coming off a 142-103 loss to the New York Knicks on Friday, while Oklahoma City defeated Golden State 104-97 on Saturday. The Nuggets…
EXCLUSIVE: They’ve disrupted a high-profile charity baseball game, public appearances by politicians and fossil fuel company executives, and even a Broadway show – a production of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People. “They” are Climate Defiance, a group of young activists led by founder Michael Greenberg who use controversial tactics to demand urgent action on…
