President Donald Trump’s long-running fixation on rewriting how the country remembers its past surfaced again last week when he praised Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and suggested the South might have won the Civil War if not for the crippling loss at Gettysburg, a remark that underscored Trump’s tendency to whitewash one of the nation’s…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 02: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Chris Smalls attends the “Union” screening during the 62nd New York Film Festival at Francesca Beale Theater on October 02, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for FLC) The Met Gala arrest came as activists organized a broader demonstration outside the star-studded…
Source: AMIRHOSSEIN KHORGOOEI / Getty As we pass the 60-day mark of the war in Iran, it’s become abundantly clear that this is not going to end anytime soon. One of the focal points of the conflict has been the Strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world’s oil and fertilizer supply passes. President…
The world was shocked when Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant died tragically on Jan. 26, 2020, and his wife, Vanessa Bryant, was left a widow. Vanessa not only lost her husband of 19 years, but she also lost her 13-year-old daughter, Gianna (Gigi). The NBA star and Gigi died along with seven others after the…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 04: Aariana Rose Philip attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating “Costume Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images) The trailblazing model’s debut marks a milestone moment for disability representation at fashion’s biggest night. Aariana Rose Philip…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 04: (L-R) Rihanna and A$AP Rocky attend the 2026 Met Gala celebrating “Costume Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Their signature timing matched the moment, with her dramatic gown and his…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 03: Taraji P. Henson attends “Tyler Perry’s Straw” New York Screening at The Plaza on June 03, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images) The actress says she’s “confused” by stars showing up as backlash grows over Jeff Bezos’ role in funding the high-profile event. Taraji…
A United Airlines passenger flight took a detour onto the New Jersey Turnpike and became the wildest hit-and-run the internet has ever seen. May 3 started like any other day for bakery truck driver Warren Boardley, Jr. of Baltimore, who was on his usual route, hauling bread in a tractor-trailer to Newark Liberty International Airport….
Donald Trump has spent decades commanding attention, but lately it’s the moments when he seems to drift away from it that keep going viral. The setting looked routine — another White House event designed to spotlight policy and praise. Trump wasn’t even technically the focus of the remarks, standing off to the side as the…
Former President Barack Obama is sharing a surprise that nobody saw coming, and it has the internet working overtime. Since leaving the White House back in 2017, Obama created the Obama Foundation, an organization that mentors young leaders, and its headquarters are in Chicago at the newly built Barack Obama Presidential Center, which opens on…
