America’s 250th Falls on Shabbat. That’s Fitting

The men who built this country drew, again and again, on the same ancient source.

Ex-Obama advisor mocked after questioning Chicago's response to unconscious man: 'Own a mirror?'

David Alexrod says a 911 operator refused to send help for an unresponsive homeless man outside the Art Institute of Chicago during a heat emergency.

World Cup 2026: Portugal through to face Spain after VAR drama, Salah fit to face Australia – live

⚽ All the latest news and reaction from the World Cup⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Knockout draw | Email usThe other co-hosts, the daddy hosts, are falling in love with soccer, and their national team.The game had an average of 24.429 million viewers on Fox, making it the most-watched English-language soccer broadcast in US history, the broadcaster said. The Fox telecast peaked at 31.883 million. Telemundo, which holds the Spanish language rights to World Cup broadcasts in the US, reported 9.1 million viewers over the total game window.Nobody needs an excuse to pump Sunday’s occasion up. With the final whistle nearing in England’s win over the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the local television commentator reeled off the names of England’s players one by one. In a manner redolent of the Norwegian broadcaster Bjørge Lillelien, whose “Can you hear me Maggie Thatcher?” oration in 1981 is etched into folklore, the Mexican equivalent welcomed Harry Kane and company to the bubbling cauldron that awaits. Continue reading...

Trump lashes out at Obama amid widespread State Fair mockery: 'Packed with happy people'

President Donald Trump took to social media Monday to lash out at former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden amid widespread mockery of his Great American State Fair, an event he insisted was “packed with happy people” and loved by all – despite ample evidence to the contrary.“Do you think people appreciate what a fantastic job we did in building and operating the Great American State Fair at the National Mall, packed with happy people, and everybody loving it?” Trump asked on his social media platform Truth Social. “Ask yourself this simple question, ‘DO YOU THINK THAT OBUMA OR SLEEPY JOE BIDEN COULD HAVE DONE IT?’ THE ANSWER IS NO!”Organized by the Trump-linked group Freedom 250, the fair got off to a rough start last Thursday after most of the artists previously slated to perform at the event backed out after learning of its connections to Trump. The fair has also experienced power failures that melted perishable foods and stalled a Ferris wheel, and has been ridiculed over what appear to be near-empty fields and booths.

Obama's Top Aide Trotted Out This Gentle Reminder to Dems. They Won't Like It