WASHINGTON — More than 18 months after President Donald Trump launched the most sweeping tariff program in generations, supporters of the policy say it is delivering on several of its core promises. They point to new federal revenue, stronger leverage with trading partners and the early signs of a manufacturing rebound. The program has been through major legal turbulence. In February, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not au

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators working during the Biden administration obtained personal information on hundreds of thousands of Republican supporters, including people who bought red MAGA hats, according to a newly released memorandum from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley. The October 14 memo says records obtained through subpoenas in the Arctic Frost investigation and former special counsel Jack Smith’s inquiry included spreadsheets covering more than

From Ford’s V8 to the iPhone’s glass to rockets that land themselves, some of industry’s biggest leaps began as orders engineers called impossible In 1903, George Bernard Shaw wrote that the reasonable man adapts himself to the world, while the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. “Therefore,” he concluded, “all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” More than a century later, the engineers who worked for Henry Ford, Steve Jobs and Elon Musk

ST. PETERSBURG — A rarely displayed series by Salvador Dalí is giving museum visitors a chance to discover a different side of an artist whose name is closely associated with melting clocks and dreamlike landscapes. The Florida Holocaust Museum opened Dalí’s Aliyah on October 7 in partnership with neighboring institution The Dalí Museum. Featuring 23 of the suite’s 25 works, the exhibition continues through early January 2027. The light-sensitive graphics offer a limited oppo

The threat does not always arrive as a foreign operative crossing a border. Sometimes it appears on a smartphone screen, in a concealed fundraising network or through an American citizen persuaded that killing neighbors serves a sacred cause. For Islamist extremists seeking to weaken the United States, operating within American society can offer opportunities that overseas terrorist organizations cannot easily create themselves. But understanding that threat requires precisio

BEND, Ore. — Kaylub Giamanco was driving past his daughters’ elementary school on Wednesday afternoon when he saw a teenager shooting at a pickup truck. Within minutes, the 36-year-old carpenter had followed the gunman inside Silver Rail Elementary School and shot him dead in a classroom. Police say a teacher was struggling with the gunman for his shotgun at the time. Authorities say the October 15 attack killed three boys, ages 5, 8 and 11, and 25-year-old teacher Megan Lamb

A successful podcast is no longer just an audio show. It can become a media brand spanning YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, TikTok, Instagram, X and Facebook. Full episodes build relationships, short clips attract viewers, and social accounts keep the conversation moving. Together, those assets can form a valuable business. But popularity alone does not establish what someone will pay for it. The starting point is sustainable earnings. Buyers want to know how much money rema

New York’s civil fraud case against Donald Trump raises a question that reaches beyond the president: When does legitimate oversight become an excessive intervention in private business? Attorney General Letitia James had a statute authorizing her lawsuit. But possessing legal authority does not settle whether its use was proportionate, prudent or fair. From that perspective, James overreached. She turned disputes arising from commercial borrowing into a sweeping prosecution

SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. — A Safety Harbor man is in jail without bond after Pinellas County deputies say he shot his girlfriend during an argument outside a downtown bar Tuesday night and then ran her over as he drove away with his young daughter in the car. Christopher “Dodge” Smith, 40, was arrested on charges of attempted first-degree murder and child abuse. The victim, identified as Smith’s girlfriend Jessica Antolini, 30, remained in critical condition as of Wednesday aftern

Nike’s falling sales have revived criticism of its embrace of progressive causes, with opponents arguing that the company alienated customers who wanted athletic footwear without political messaging. That criticism identifies a potential risk of divisive marketing. However, available reporting does not establish how much, if any, of Nike’s current decline resulted from political backlash. The financial pressure is substantial. Nike’s latest quarterly revenue fell approximatel

MIAMI BEACH — Art Basel Miami Beach is preparing a smaller, substantially redesigned fair this December, changing how collectors encounter galleries at one of Florida’s most prominent cultural events. The 2026 edition will feature 272 exhibitors, while its main Galleries sector drops from 226 participants last year to 204. The fair’s footprint inside the Miami Beach Convention Center will shrink by approximately 12 percent, according to organizers and reporting by The Art New

Nearly two decades after his show went off the air, a new A24 film reopens the debate over televised justice Chris Hansen spent the mid-2000s telling suspects to “have a seat.” Now Hollywood is inviting audiences to take a hard look at Hansen himself. Primetime, a crime drama from studio A24 released in September, stars Robert Pattinson as a television host modeled on Hansen. The film is inspired by “To Catch a Predator,” the hidden-camera segment that turned Hansen into a ho

Elon Musk’s business empire looks very different than it did a year ago. His rocket company absorbed his AI startup, went public in the largest IPO ever, and now rivals Tesla as his most valuable holding. But the scorecard is mixed: soaring valuations sit alongside thin margins and heavy losses. Tesla: Steady Cars, Squeezed Profits Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in the third quarter, comfortably beating the roughly 462,000 analysts expected. It was the second straight quart

When crime scene technicians bagged three 9mm shell casings from the freezing pavement of West 54th Street in December 2024, they didn’t just recover evidence of a Fortune 500 CEO’s assassination. They found the source code for a new American insurgency. Etched into the brass were three words: Delay. Deny. Depose. Major networks immediately scripted the assassination of UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson as an isolated tragedy – a horrific, inexplicable aberration. Wit

When federal agents searched David J. Rush’s Virginia home, they uncovered the kind of fortune usually associated with a Hollywood heist: hundreds of gold bars, stacks of cash and luxury watches. But the man behind the collection was a former senior CIA official whose access to government secrets had helped him obtain extraordinary sums of taxpayer money. On October 6, 2026, Rush, 49, pleaded guilty in federal court in Virginia to wire fraud. What initially emerged as a case

France’s debate over Islam has become a struggle over national identity, religious freedom and the authority of the state. Claims of an “Islamic takeover,” however, go beyond what demographic evidence and the country’s constitutional framework establish. France remains a secular republic. Its constitution guarantees equality before the law regardless of religion and requires respect for all beliefs. Those principles provide the framework for a difficult debate: how to confron

Tony Stark can be arrogant, reckless and exhausting. He interrupts people, flaunts his wealth and often assumes he is the smartest person in any room. Yet those flaws help explain why audiences love him. Beneath the armor and sarcastic remarks is a man struggling to become better than he used to be. When Robert Downey Jr. introduced the character in Marvel’s Iron Man in 2008, Stark offered a different kind of superhero. He was neither a humble outsider nor a solemn guardian.

Making friends once seemed effortless. School, first jobs and young families created repeated encounters with people navigating similar stages of life. Somewhere along the way, those opportunities became fewer, calendars became fuller, and friendship started requiring something it rarely needed before: a plan. After 40, the challenge can become especially noticeable. A move, divorce, career change or retirement may disrupt a social circle built over decades. Even people surro

CNN’s impending change of ownership has sparked concern over editorial independence, job security and the network’s future, with contributor Kara Swisher publicly seeking an exit while newsroom leaders try to reassure employees. The transaction involves Paramount Skydance’s approximately $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company. Scheduled to take effect October 6, the merger places CNN and CBS News under the same corporate ownership, led by Dav

Garth Brooks has spent decades filling arenas. In one peculiar corner of the internet, however, fans of comedian Tom Segura have assigned him another, entirely fictional occupation: serial killer. That absurd premise fuels Bodies in Low Places, the satirical book by Matthew Cox and Pierre Rausini. Published in 2025, the book borrows the language of investigative journalism to explore a deliberately outrageous question: What happens when a country music superstar becomes the c