Beijing — The road to Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s expected visit to the United States next month is shaping up to be rockier than Beijing would have hoped. Weeks ahead of the state visit, the world’s two largest economies have revived a tit-for-tat exchange of sanctions, with Beijing unveiling multiple measures against US firms or interests…
CHICAGO — After the U.S. Treasury paid out $100 billion in tariff refunds to corporations at the end of last month, Gov. JB Pritzker wants to know where Illinois’ cut is. In a letter sent to President Donald Trump on Thursday, Pritzker asked the president to send direct payments of $1,700 to Illinois families. He…
Donald Trump has doubled down on his criticism of Jeanine Pirro after the US attorney for the District of Columbia publicly challenged his claims that vandals had damaged the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. “She said there was no vandalism. There was tremendous vandalism,” Trump told NBC News on Thursday. “So, she made a…
WASHINGTON – The labor union representing Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service workers asked a judge Thursday to block a sweeping tax audit immunity agreement for President Donald Trump, arguing it would force career employees to choose between following a political order and abiding by the law. The group joined a lawsuit filed in May…
Glenn Howerton was spotted at Mom’s Basement in Birmingham. (Kevin Chester) Glenn Howerton, Rosario Dawson and other celebrities have been spotted at several businesses around the Magic City in recent days. Bham Now previously reported on the production of “The Girlfriend” in Birmingham’s Forest Park neighborhood. Since then, filming has wrapped and some of the…
Keke Palmer Has the Perfect Reaction to Becoming Host of ‘The Voice: Celebrity’ Keke Palmer is ready to bring a little sweetness to The Voice: Celebrity. After it was announced the Nope star would be hosting the competition series’ newest spinoff, which will see an all-celebrity cast compete for judges Joe Jonas, Queen Latifah and Riley…
Merve Gül Aydoğan Ağlarcı 06 August 2026•Update: 06 August 2026 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday declined to respond directly after US President Donald Trump described Canada as “nasty,” instead stressing that Ottawa remained focused on trade negotiations, economic investment and protecting Canadian workers. Asked whether Trump’s remark signaled worsening negotiations and whether it…
If it feels like there’s been an uptick of celebrity-centric documentary projects nominated for Emmys in recent years — specifically, in the categories of best documentary/nonfiction special (one- or two-part projects) and best documentary/nonfiction series (projects of more than two parts) — it’s because there has been. Not long ago, it was rare to have…
Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe has been slammed for maintaining a close relationship with Elon Musk while holding shares in an online child safety business. Far-right tech billionaire Musk, the richest person in the world, owns the social media site X (formerly known as Twitter), which has been used to produce sexually explicit images of…
The FCC voted on Thursday to remove the cap on TV station ownership in the US, delivering a big win to media companies aligned with President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Supporters of the cap immediately said they will challenge the FCC’s action in court. They argue that only Congress has the authority to…