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  • Sean Payton Kissed Charissa Thompson on Live TV, and the Internet Is Fighting About It

    Sean Payton Kissed Charissa Thompson on Live TV, and the Internet Is Fighting About It It was supposed to be a routine Thursday night. A pregame interview, a few questions about the game plan, a walk back to the sideline. Then Sean Payton leaned in, kissed Charissa Thompson on the cheek, and walked off like…

  • Elizabeth Holmes Claims She Never Lied. A New Movie Just Showed America Still Can’t Look Away.

    Elizabeth Holmes Claims She Never Lied. A New Movie Just Showed America Still Can’t Look Away. Here is a sentence nobody expected to type in 2026: a nearly three-hour documentary about a convicted fraudster just posted one of the best preview nights of the year. You Can See Everything, the new A24 film about Theranos…

  • Tesla Roadster launching off an inverted ramp with thruster vapor at a Texas test facility at dusk

    Elon Musk Flew a Tesla Over Texas, and It Was the Wildest Car Demo Ever Attempted

    Nine years after promising it, Elon Musk finally put a car in the air on Thursday night. Not on a screen. Not in a rendering. A real Tesla Roadster, in front of a real crowd, drove up a ramp until it was upside down, let go, did a slow roll through the Texas night sky,…

  • The Brewers Just Swept the Dynasty, and Milwaukee’s 44-Year Wait Is Over

    For about twenty minutes on Thursday night, it looked like the dynasty would survive. Dodger Stadium was shaking. Shohei Ohtani had just crushed a 428-foot three-run homer into the night, Andy Pages had already driven in a run, and the Los Angeles Dodgers led the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0 in the second inning of Game 4.…

  • Wall Street trading floor with red and green stock charts glowing on monitors during a volatile market week

    Wall Street’s Wildest Week in Months Ended With One Big Question: Is the AI Party Over?

    Wall Street’s Wildest Week in Months Ended With One Big Question: Is the AI Party Over? This week on Wall Street felt like two different markets living in the same building. On Thursday, the Dow Jones jumped 556 points while the Nasdaq spent most of the day deep in the red before clawing its way…

  • Matt Reeves Stepped Away From The Batman 2. Steven Soderbergh Just Answered the Call

    There is a particular kind of Hollywood rumor that spreads faster than any official statement can chase it. The one that started swirling around The Batman Part II this week was exactly that kind: Matt Reeves, the director who gave us one of the darkest and most deliberate takes on the Dark Knight, had stepped…

  • The Kennedy Center in Washington DC at dusk

    Trump Just Invoked Executive Privilege to Hide His Kennedy Center Files. There Is One Problem: He Was Acting as a Board Chair, Not a President.

    Trump Just Invoked Executive Privilege to Hide His Kennedy Center Files. There Is One Problem: He Was Acting as a Board Chair, Not a President. Late Wednesday night, while most of Washington was asleep, a White House lawyer quietly filed a declaration in federal court that may end up being the most consequential paper ever…

  • Three Kids and a Teacher Are Dead in Bend, Oregon. A Bystander With a Gun Stopped the 16-Year-Old Who Did It.

    On an ordinary Thursday afternoon in Bend, Oregon, a 16-year-old walked up to an elementary school carrying a long gun. Three children and a teacher are dead. Two more people are fighting for their lives. And the only reason the death toll is not higher, police say, is a stranger who saw the teenager go…

  • FBI headquarters in Washington DC at dusk

    Fired for Working the Trump Documents Case, Nine FBI Agents Just Sued Patel and Blanche

    Fired for Working the Trump Documents Case, Nine FBI Agents Just Sued Patel and Blanche Here is a sentence you do not read every day: nine FBI employees say they were fired from the bureau for doing their assigned jobs on the Trump classified documents investigation, and they are now suing FBI Director Kash Patel…

  • Tulsa King Season 4 Is Here, and Dwight Manfredi Is Running Out of Places to Hide

    Tulsa King Season 4 Is Here, and Dwight Manfredi Is Running Out of Places to Hide Sylvester Stallone is back on television today, and he brought trouble with him. Tulsa King Season 4 lands on Paramount+ this Friday, October 16, with ten new episodes that promise the darkest chapter of Dwight Manfredi’s story yet. New…

  • Jaime West Told a Local TV Camera “We Have Guns, Too.” Now America Can’t Stop Watching.

    Some campaign interviews are forgettable. This was not one of them. On October 9, a little-known Democratic candidate for county council walked into a small TV studio in Connersville, Indiana, sat down for a local candidate forum, and gave what might be the most talked-about local TV interview of the year. In less than ten…

  • Gas Just Broke the Record Nobody Wanted. Here Is What It Really Costs You.

    There is a new American record, and nobody is celebrating it. On Wednesday, October 14, the national average price of regular gasoline crossed $4 a gallon for the 158th day this year, breaking the previous record set in 2022. That makes 2026 the longest stretch of $4-plus gas in history, according to GasBuddy petroleum analyst…