Giving Trump $70 Billion for ICE Is a Time Bomb for RepublicansIt was a year ago this month that President Donald Trump gave many Americans their first glimpse of his long-promised campaign of mass deportations. He deployed the military and immigration agents to Los Angeles for weeks of violent raids, and polls showed most Americans didn’t like it. They liked it even less when those violent raids moved to Minneapolis earlier this year and immigration agents fatally shot two Americans.
This Race Is Testing Whether Democrats Can Face Their ProblemsRepresentative Seth Moulton’s primary challenge to Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey hasn’t attracted as much national attention as the Democratic firefights over Senate nominations in Maine and Michigan. But the Massachusetts contest will also offer important clues about where Democrats go next — particularly whether they can honestly confront their greatest electoral challenges.
Phone-Free Concerts Can Restore the Power of Live MusicArtists on tour tend to follow a basic principle: the flashier the concert, the better. And with good reason. As ticket costs skyrocket — reaching an average of $136 in 2024, up 50% from 2019 — fans expect performers to deliver a TikTok-worthy spectacle to justify the eye-watering prices.
‘Scary Movie’ Cements Hollywood’s Spoof Comedy RenaissanceWhen Scream 7 arrived in theaters in February, the Ghostface turning heads wasn’t from the horror hit itself but from Scary Movie. The trailer for the long-running parody series’ sixth installment played before opening-weekend screenings of Scream 7. After an enthusiastic fan response, star, co-writer and producer Marlon Wayans announced that the film’s release would be moved up one week to June 5.
Don’t Let Wall Street Crush Japan’s Soft PowerWould you pay 99 cents to make Super Mario jump higher?