Pete Hegseth is a modern-day Narcissus: preoccupied with image, extravagantly unqualified for his position yet extraordinarily self-assured, morally bankrupt, intellectually barren and as empty as a shattered amphora.

Establishment Democrats spent a full year complaining the Left forced them to be “woke.” But then a left populist, Graham Platner, threatened to win in Maine, so they went right back to trying to cancel someone over old internet posts.

I had to try it out for myself.

US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.

With energy affordability set to dominate national politics, Peter Hubbard and Brionté McCorkle explain why a down-ballot Georgia race is ground zero for the fight.

Authorities in Florida are searching for suspects who investigators say pulled off an elaborate heist to steal thousands of dollars in shoes from a Martin County mall this week. The thieves reportedly cut through Treasure Coast Mall’s concrete roof before dropping into a Champs Sporting Goods location sometime between midnight and 8 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said the suspects stole hundreds of pairs of Nike shoes, bagged them and loaded up a getaway vehicle parked outside before leaving the scene.

Dear members of the University of Michigan’s Honorary Doctoral Degree Committee, It is with trembling hands and a certain degree of anxiety that we are writing to make the inevitable nomination of President Donald Trump for an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Michigan. We cannot imagine a more appropriate candidate in the current historical moment. Trump represents our University’s values and ethical convictions like no other. He has not only provided the political climate and resources for the University to turn into the empty shell that it now is, but has also given so many in our leadership the inspiration to crack down on civil and constitutional rights, attack academic freedom and turn their back on common human decency. Many have characterized Trump as an amoral person who is incapable of understanding actions that are not guided by pure self-interest. By this criterion, the University is now quintessentially Trumpian

Thirteen people were shot dead and at least 15 others injured on Bloody Sunday in January 1972 at a civil rights demonstration in the Bogside area of Derry.

Pipeline giant TC Energy urged CSIS to brief Canada’s biggest companies on security threats — raising concerns about surveillance

Baltimore county high schools have gun detection system that alerts police if it sees what it deems suspicious

By the time the cops showed up to arrest him for sharing a derisive meme responding to the killing of Charlie Kirk, Larry Bushart Jr. had posted on Facebook more than 100 times on Sunday alone. It was past 11 p.m. on September 21, and Bushart, 61, was still up with his wife at their home in Lexington, Tennessee, a small city halfway between Nashville and Memphis. It had been a normal weekend. On Saturday, they went to see a community theater performance of “Arsenic and Old Lace.” The next day, they moved furniture to prepare for a new carpet delivery. And, as he did almost every day, Bushart spent hours on his phone, posting on Facebook a torrent of liberal memes. Born and raised in West Tennessee, Bushart worked as a police officer and sheriff’s deputy for 24 years, then spent another nine with the Tennessee Department of Correction before retiring from law enforcement last year. His politics made him an outlier among his neighbors. Like many people, he reserved his most strident opinions for the internet. On Facebook, Bushart slammed President Donald Trump and his followers, whom he likened to a cult. He quarreled with vaccine skeptics and fought with election deniers. As things took a darker turn during Trump’s second term, Bushart posted memes decrying the president’s increasingly authoritarian moves. After Kirk’s killing on September 10, Bushart posted furiously, repeatedly, about why the right-wing activist did not deserve to be lionized — and warning about the escalating assault on free speech. His posts were not limited to his own feed. That Saturday morning, in a Facebook group called “What’s Happening in Perry County,” Bushart spotted a thread about an upcoming candlelight vigil honoring Kirk in the county seat of Linden, a small town some 45 minutes away. He fired off a rapid series of trollish memes. One showed a scene from “The Sopranos.” “Tony, Charlie Kirk died,” Carmela Soprano says. “Who gives a shit,” Tony replies. Another quoted Kash Patel’s press conference after Kirk’s murder, where he said, “I’ll see you at Valhalla,” depicting the FBI director in a Viking costume and holding a rubber chicken. The most vulgar meme appeared to capture the moment Kirk was shot, accompanied by the words, “Release the Epstein Files.” But it was a more innocuous post that would soon send Bushart’s life spiraling out of control. It was an image he had previously posted to his own feed to little response: a photo of Trump alongside a quote, “We have to get over it.” The meme, which had been circulating for more than a year, drew from remarks Trump made after a January 2024 school shooting in Perry, Iowa. Beneath the quote was a line providing context: “Donald Trump, on the Perry High School mass shooting, one day after.” Above the image were the words “Seems relevant today.”

In their (hi)stories of successful losers as well as all the winners who fail perfectly, Jon Bois and Alex Rubenstein find our most human shapes.

The LAX-pressway must be stopped

The Brightline has been hailed as the future of high-speed rail in the United States, but it has one big, unignorable problem.

Developers wanted the supertall’s cement façade to be a pristine white. Turns out that’s not great for durability.

The pardon of the former Binance CEO came nearly a week after President Trump commuted the 87-month prison sentence of former New York Rep. George Santos.

U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella, Jr., said the suspects allegedly used high-tech cheating technology to steal millions of dollars from secretly rigged underground poker games.

Days after advocates said they witnessed children who were zip tied at a law enforcement raid on Sunday in southwest Idaho, federal law enforcement agencies denied that claim. At 3:34 p.m. Wednesday, Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Sandra Yi Barker told the Idaho Capital Sun in a written statement that “Reports suggesting children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets during the October 19 FBI-led operation in Wilder are completely false.” But less than an hour after denying any kids were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets at the raid, the FBI clarified that no “young” children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets. At 4:18 p.m., Barker released an updated statement adding “young” before the word “children.” “Reports suggesting young children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets during the October 19 FBI-led operation in Wilder are completely false,” the updated statement read. KIVI-TV first reported on the FBI’s modified statement, saying the FBI’s update came after the news outlet sent the FBI a photo reportedly of a 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.

A Calgary dog named Phoebe fetched more than laughs after she became Alberta’s newest—and most unlikely—certified bartender. Phoebe, a nine-year-old pug owned by Calgary resident Darcy Chalifoux, successfully obtained a valid provincial ProServe certification—the mandatory training required to legally serve alcohol in Alberta. In the past, she has also passed the online portion of a defensive driving course through the Alberta Motor Association (AMA).

Selling the lies of the Iraq War took months. With Trump and Venezuela, there’s no pretense of anything other than regime change.