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President Trump delivered the longest State of the Union in history at 1 hour and 47 minutes, using the address to paint a rosy economic picture, attack Democrats as 'crazy' obstructionists, and assert unilateral authority over tariffs while glossing over brewing military tensions with Iran.
Director Clint Bentley discusses adapting Dennis Johnson’s novella "Train Dreams" by balancing fidelity to the book’s spirit with the necessity of cinematic expansion, transforming a stream-of-consciousness narrative about an early 20th-century logger into an Oscar-nominated meditation on time, grief, and the epic quality of ordinary working-class life.
Guillermo del Toro discusses his lifelong obsession with Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein,' which he first read at age 11 and identified with the creature's profound loneliness, culminating in an Oscar-nominated adaptation that uses the 1818 text to explore themes of paradox, suffering, and humanity through operatic visuals and meticulously researched period dialogue.
Senator Katherine Cortez Masto, a moderate Democrat and former attorney general, explains her decision to support withholding funding from the Department of Homeland Security, citing ICE's transformation into an unaccountable force that violates constitutional rights and targets non-criminals including families of local police officers.
New 'agentic' AI coding tools like Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex now allow non-programmers to build complex software and websites through simple conversation, potentially displacing entry-level developers while the technology begins improving itself recursively.
Great home coffee starts with a burr grinder and fresh beans, while choosing between drip machines, pour-over, or moka pots depends on whether you prioritize convenience, control, or intensity in your daily brew.
Julia Staler discovers her seemingly conventional Midwestern father is bisexual during a shocking phone call, only to reveal her own bisexuality in return, forcing them to rebuild their relationship from scratch while confronting how hiding their identities had created distance between them.
The Trump administration, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has engineered an acute fuel crisis in Cuba by cutting off oil shipments from Venezuela and Mexico through tariffs and regime change in Caracas, pushing the 67-year-old communist regime to its most precarious position yet.
The Trump administration, led by Cuban-American Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has engineered Cuba's worst economic crisis in 67 years by cutting off oil supplies from Venezuela and Mexico, creating conditions experts believe may finally force regime change after decades of failed US attempts.
Tech giants are spending hundreds of billions on massive AI data centers, flooding rural communities like St. Joseph County, Indiana with projects that promise high-paying construction jobs but spark intense backlash over strained resources, anonymous developers, and loss of rural quality of life.
Julia Quinn discusses the surreal success of Bridgerton's Netflix adaptation, revealing how the series organically grew from a planned trilogy to eight books, her unexpected journey from medical school to bestselling author, and the writing challenges of managing eight siblings' love stories while maintaining the joyful essence that defines the franchise.
The Trump administration is moving to repeal the 2009 "endangerment finding," the legal foundation for all federal climate regulations, following a years-long covert campaign by conservative lawyers who secured funding and drafted the executive orders now being implemented.