While most of Washington is obsessed with either the reality show that is President-elect Donald Trump’s transition or the hand-wringing and blame-gaming over Democrats’ election loss, a potentially critical political storyline is brewing in Michigan. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan shocked the Michigan political world by announcing he would run for governor in 2026 — but…
President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has fallen in Syria, almost 14 years after an uprising against it began and more than half a century after his father launched the family’s brutal dictatorship. Rebels led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham movement took control of Damascus early on Sunday after sweeping through the country over the previous…
President-elect Donald Trump vowed to make immediate and sweeping changes after he takes office on Jan. 20, such as pardons for those convicted in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, and said he wants to find a legislative solution to keep Dreamers in the country legally. In an interview with Kristen Welker, moderator of NBC…
There’s been a spicy development in the world of media buyouts, with investor George Soros leading a consortium that has paid $82.5 million (approximately £65 million) for chicken-wing YouTube interview series Hot Ones. It’s a saucy twist in the extraordinary saga of an internet phenomenon that has grown from modest origins to become an essential…
Bryn Terfel – Still, Still, Still Still, Still, Still is a cradle song – a lullaby – that originated in Austria in the mid-1800s. I first sang it under the baton of Mack Wilberg, the music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He penned this version with a beautiful string arrangement. At a drop of…
Sean “Diddy” Combs is no stranger to the headlines, but recent allegations have thrust him into a storm of controversy. The shocking lawsuits include allegations of assault and misconduct, and as these cases unfold, some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry—like Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z, Lil’ Kim, and Mary J. Blige—have been named in…
If my mother were alive, she would be disappointed at what her Republican Party has become. But not surprised. She had witnessed the GOP inching its way toward scapegoating some Americans to score political points with others in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, and thought the tactic, while canny and often effective, betrayed longtime African…
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — The US grew a lot in the past 40 years. One of them was Vivek Ramaswamy, who was born in 1985 and is one of two wealthy men tasked by President-elect…
Jay-Z denied allegations that he raped a 13-year-old girl with pal Sean “Diddy” Combs while an unnamed female celebrity watched. In a statement to Page Six, the “Empire State of Mind” rapper, 55, said the re-filed lawsuit from Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee is a “blackmail attempt.” “What [Buzbee] had calculated was the nature of these…
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Reem Ajour says she last saw her husband and then 4-year-old daughter in March, when Israeli soldiers raided a family home in northern Gaza. She is haunted by those chaotic last moments, when the soldiers ordered her to go – to leave behind Talal and Masaa, both wounded. Eight…