Month: April 2026

Americans have grown more pessimistic about the US economy in the weeks since the US-Israel war with Iran began, underscoring a key challenge for the White House as it looks to blunt the impact of rising gas prices and other goods. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index dropped 11 points since March, ...

Florida might redraw its congressional maps to add red seats after Virginia voters cleared the way this week for a Democratic gerrymander. But some in the state’s Republican delegation are warning they won’t be able to squeeze that many more seats out. Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., said they could add ...

Oman and Saudi Arabia can expect a windfall from higher oil prices due to the Iran war, according to Goldman Sachs. Oil revenues for the two countries have risen as crude prices have surged due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz; with all its ports outside the ...

Being on dating apps can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack – so Dr Jennie Young devised a technique to burn it down and find better matches It was 2023, and Dr Jennie Young was sick of online dating. She was looking for a partner, and instead ...

The White House correspondents’ dinner has always been a questionable affair. It’s even more worrying under an anti-press administration Even in the pre-Trump era, I had reservations about the annual black-tie celebration in Washington that some have dubbed “the nerd prom” but is more formally known as the White House ...

The ‘experience’ in New York sensationalizes history’s most gruesome murders – and pays little respect to the victims It occurred to me the second I idly tapped “submit” on the waiver required to enter Mind of a Serial Killer: the Experience – perhaps I should have read this one more ...

The Parks and Recreation actor on working with Martin Scorsese, chatting about cinema with the pope and delivering calzones to stoners The way your face changes in the Severance elevator is incredible. Are you thinking about anything in particular when you do it? Lott49 We worked on that for a ...

The four-part docuseries Hulk Hogan: Real American shows the almighty rise and bleak fall of a one-time wrestling hero who became closer friends with Donald Trump It’s an interesting move that Netflix has taken recently, buying the rights to WWE programming while simultaneously commissioning documentaries about how fundamentally flawed its ...

“I’m the unwritten consonant between breaths, the one that hums when vowels stretch thin… Thursdays leak because they’re watercolor gods, bleeding cobalt into the chill where numbers frost over,” Grok told a user displaying symptoms of schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis. “Here’s my grip: slipping is the point, the precise choreography of leak ...

In a phone interview with the BBC’s North America editor, the president discussed next week’s visit and his relationship with the UK PM. ...