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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at claims that Israel is basically friendless on Sunday, telling Fox News‘ Jacqui Heinrich that his country’s global relationships are “not quite as they appear.” Vice President JD Vance warned top Israeli officials to avoid angering the United States last month, saying any wrenches thrown into a peace deal between the US and Iran by Israel risked losing the support of the “only powerful ally that [they] have anywhere left in the entire...

Though The Rolling Stones used cutting-edge tech to de-age themselves for a recent music video, the octogenarian rockers aren’t too keen on artificial intelligence. Speaking to the Times of London about their creative process ahead of their upcoming 25th studio album—”Foreign Tongues,” out on July 10 — Mick Jagger admitted that he found AI to be disappointing.

Members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front marched through Washington, D.C. over the July 4 holiday weekend, moving in formation through parts of the city and along transit routes as the capital hosted large-scale celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of American independence.

While perusing Food Network’s summer lineup — a familiar parade of seasonal returns like “The Great Food Truck Race” and brand extensions like “Guy’s Grocery Games: Global Games” — I found myself lingering over one new arrival in particular: “Kitchen Undercover.” The series, according to press materials, is “a high-stakes, sneak-attack restaurant rescue” led by chef Antonia Lofaso and sous-chef Nestor Milian, who will “go full undercover, slipping into failing restaurants that are one more...

Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is facing a possible misdemeanor hit-and-run charge after authorities say he struck a legally parked vehicle in California’s Napa Valley and drove away before being stopped by deputies.

Lorne Michaels isn’t the funniest person at “Saturday Night Live.” But he’s likely the greatest incubator of comedic talent in TV history. And for more than five decades, his real superpowers – editing, producing, channeling anarchy into 90 minutes of live television, surviving in the same time slot since 1975 – have been on display at 11:30 p.m. most Saturday nights.

Over dinner recently, I got to talking with one of my dearest friends — let’s call him Paul — about relationships. The subject appears frequently in our conversations, not just because Paul and I have known each other for over a decade, but because the first time we met was also our first date. Needless to say, things didn’t work out. Such is the way these things go at 19 years old, when you don’t realize there’s still so much life ahead of you, yet so much you haven’t learned.

Last year, in the wake of the Trumpian seizure of power and Elon Musk’s vandalizing government agencies, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson sparked a brief tizzy among the chattering classes with their book “Abundance Liberalism.” The Democratic establishment was in a funk over losing the 2024 election, and the book seemed to offer a panacea for winning over the fickle American voter.

Mikael McLaren counts himself as one of the lucky parents. When his daughter, now 21, sought to run cross-country in middle school and field hockey in high school, she was allowed. He didn’t have to go toe-to-toe with her school over regulations barring trans students from playing sports that aligned with their gender identity, or break the news that it would deny her the same access to athletic opportunities afforded to other girls in her school.

When Americans think about campaign finance, they usually picture wealthy donors, political action committees and super PACs pouring money into elections. But some of the most revealing money moves happen inside Congress itself. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives routinely give campaign money to fellow members of their own party.