Recent polls shows Elon Musk's approval ratings at a low mark as DOGE faces public backlash over federal cuts and efforts to elect a conservative to the Wisconsin Supreme Court faltered.

Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., introduced the Trade Review Act of 2025 after President Donald Trump's new tariff strategy.

"The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg offered encouragement to the anti-Trump resistance movement on Thursday, after previously encouraging mass protests.

Tom Cruise presented new footage from “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning," and recognized his late "Top Gun" co-star Val Kilmer at CinemaCon.

A group of House Democrats will visit the southern border in California on Friday to "conduct oversight of Trump admin border policies firsthand."

A Texas father is speaking out about the stabbing death of his 17-year-old son during a high school track meet after an apparent seating dispute.

The series also stars Beth Grant, Jennifer Nettles, Jolene Purdy, Damon Herriman, and Maxwell Jenkins.

Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.

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Craig Pawson gets us under way. Could be lively, this one.

St. Totteringham’s Day thoughts:

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The twin brother of the 17-year-old high school football star who was stabbed to death at a Texas track meet said the siblings didn’t know the murder suspect.

Seemingly every NBA season, we get a late-season breakout from a player on a mid-tier team that gets overlooked.

The actor stepped on stage at Caesars Palace at the Colosseum to showcase his upcoming film "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" on Thursday.

Bill and Melinda Gates are excelling after their divorce, but there were some bumps in the road to get there. Melinda opened up to People about where she stands with her ex-husband as well as the stress of going through their split in her book “The Next Day.” Watch the full video to learn more...

Thursday could be one of the most important nights of the entire NHL season. 

Everyone's hitting bombs in the Bronx these days.

Quentin Tarantino would never make a Quentin Tarantino movie for Netflix. However: For some reason, David Fincher would.

The U.S. economy has largely withstood inflation and high interest rates. But tariffs could bring new price increases and put a damper on hiring.

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An OnlyFans creator who goes by Jessica Wetz was one of the latest additions on the campaign trail for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh — until the party said Thursday it would no longer be working with her due to comments she made about the Holocaust. Read More

“Bianca ignored Kim but it was still important to let her know she’s there if and when she ever needs someone to talk to,” the insider says.

Celebrity trainer Jay Cardiello shares which exercises helped Jennifer Lopez get those incredible abs — and how you can achieve a rock-hard core after 50.

The talk show host will never abandon her trusty high-waisted bottoms.

Defense chief and others discussed US military operations on messaging app that included journalist

The inspector general of the Department of Defense (DOD) is launching an investigation into Pentagon secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the encrypted messaging app Signal to discuss sensitive information about military operations in Yemen.

The probe, announced on Thursday, follows a bipartisan request from the Senate armed services committee after allegations emerged that highly precise – and most likely classified – intelligence about impending US airstrikes in Yemen, including strike timing and aircraft models, had been shared in a Signal group chat that included a journalist.

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TikToker Abbey Marie (aka @a.marie29) took to the social media platform to share a few clips of what she came across at her local store and "shocked" and "disgusted" doesn't even cover it. 

The Pentagon’s official watchdog revealed Thursday that it is conducting an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in Signalgate.

Composer Cristóbal Tapia de Veer announced his sudden departure during a new interview published ahead of the Season 3 finale.

And what business executives are saying behind closed doors.

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Norville, the former host of NBC's "TODAY" show who began anchoring "Inside Edition" in 1995, shared her decision during Wednesday's broadcast.

"I think it's going very well," Trump told reporters on the White House lawn.

“I’m fighting for my life,” she said.

A source with knowledge said the next editor will likely be more junior and have a slimmer salary.

The Democrat delivered the longest Senate speech in history. We asked urologists one pressing question about it

On Monday evening, Cory Booker, a Democratic senator for New Jersey, took the floor to denounce the harm he believes Donald Trump and his administration have inflicted on the United States. “Our country is in crisis,” he said, decrying the economic chaos, mass layoffs and tyrannical acts of the administration’s first 71 days. He stopped speaking 25 hours and five minutes later, making it the longest Senate speech in history.

Many praised Booker for the rousing political act. Some were also impressed by a particular physical feat: namely, he seemingly didn’t pee once the whole time. (A rep for Booker confirmed to TMZ that he did not wear a diaper during his speech.)

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The husband of nursing influencer Hailey Okula opened up about the heartbreaking final moments he spent with his wife before she died from complications from giving birth to their first child.

In New York City, there’s still at least one place left untouched by modern tech. At Gramercy Typewriter Co., there isn’t a screen in sight — the most advanced piece of technology may just be the cordless landline phone propped up on a counter. “I prefer to type someone a letter over an email any...

When the White House published a complete list of its reciprocal tariffs — running over several pages and naming close to 200 countries and territories — it was topped by China, a country of more than 1.4 billion people and home to the second largest economy in the world, after the United States. Its reciprocal tariff rate was 37 per cent. Read More

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from southern city of Rafah in one of war’s biggest mass displacements

An Israeli bombing of a school turned shelter in Gaza City has killed at least 27 people, rescuers said, and hundreds of thousands in the Rafah area are fleeing in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war amid Israel’s newly announced campaign to “divide up” the Gaza Strip.

Three missiles hit Dar al-Arqam school in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood on Thursday afternoon, the civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said, killing several children and wounding 100 people.

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Discovery in Altadena months after fires brings deaths in Eaton fire up to 18, while 12 people killed in Palisades fire

Months after wildfires tore through Los Angeles communities, officials announced this week they had discovered another set of human remains, bringing the death toll in the disaster up to 30.

Investigators were dispatched to Altadena on Wednesday to investigate possible human remains in the community, which was hit hard by the Eaton fire in January. The special operations response team confirmed that the remains were human, the Los Angeles county medical examiner’s office said in a statement.

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Phrases used to smooth over tense social situations have meanings beyond the sum of their parts, study suggests

Bonobos use a combination of calls to encourage peace with their partner during mating rituals, research suggests.

The discovery is part of a study that suggests our close evolutionary cousins can string together vocalisations to produce phrases with meanings that go beyond the sum of their parts – something often considered unique to human language.

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Neeson steps into the role of the bumbling detective made famous by Leslie Nielsen in the TV show and film series created by the Zucker Abrahams Zucker team

The first footage has been released of Paramount’s upcoming reboot of the much-loved Naked Gun series of spoof police movies. The new film stars Liam Neeson has Frank Drebin Jr – revealed to be the son of Leslie Nielsen’s bumbling detective from the original films.

The trailer introduces him a considerably slicker operator to his late father, disabling a baddie in a schoolgirl disguise with a sharpened lollipop. He is then seen tearfully addressing a photograph of Drebin Snr, as offspring of Captain Ed Hocken (George Kennedy) and, more controversially, Officer Nordberg (OJ Simpson) are seen following suit.

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Oscar-winner set to take on role as godlike lion usually perceived to be male in upcoming adaption of The Magician’s Nephew

Meryl Streep is in talks to play Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Narnia film, according to reports. According to Nexus Point News, and confirmed by Deadline Streep, 79, is being lined up to star in Netflix’s film, which will be adapted from The Magician’s Nephew – the sixth of CS Lewis Narnia series of novels, but the first in chronological terms.

In the Narnia books, Aslan is a dignified and quasi-omniscient lion, generally seen to be male and usually interpreted as an allegory for Jesus. The Magician’s Nephew centres on two children, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer, who discover the magical world through Digory’s uncle Andrew. Daniel Craig is also in talks for the film, with speculation rising that he will play the uncle. Charli XCX is also in line for a role, rumoured to be Jadis, the White Witch.

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