Before Franz Kafka died in 1924, he had a simple wish for his friend and literary executor Max Brod: burn all of Kafka’s unpublished writing and papers. Fortunately for the rest of the world, Brod largely ignored what Kafka had said, which is why today we have works like The Castle and The Trial, not…
Warren Buffett‘s shareholder weekend in Omaha this May, and Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci‘s crypto-heavy SALT conference in London last week, might seem like two different worlds — but they had more in common than you’d think. The famed investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO welcomes tens of thousands of his shareholders to his hometown each year,…
13 Stars Who Exposed Celebrity Secrets Without Naming Names Every once in a while, celebs will name drop other celebs during interviews, unleashing all sorts of drama. But sometimes, they keep things closer to the vest and tell juicy, dramatic, and sometimes just awful stories about other famous people without mentioning their names. Here’s 13…
Published on 14/11/2025 – 12:45 GMT+1 Two weeks after using her WSJ Innovator Awards speech to call out the ultra-wealthy, pop megastar Billie Eilish has now taken her message directly to Elon Musk. Posting a series of Instagram Stories on Thursday, the 23-year-old singer shared infographics from the campaign group My Voice, My Choice, outlining…
A United States House of Representatives push to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein cleared a significant hurdle November 12, as Democrats and a handful of Republicans reached 218 signatures to force a floor vote on a bill to release the files within 30 days. There’s still a long road ahead. Recommended…
President Donald Trump is stuck on an idea: sending checks to Americans. A $2,000 “dividend” check using revenue from his global tariffs campaign. A “DOGE savings” payment using 20% of the proceeds from Elon Musk’s budget-cutting initiative. A health care plan that would funnel money away from Affordable Care Act insurance plans and direct it…
President Trump speaks to members of the press after exiting Air Force One on Nov. 9 at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Trump says he is going to “make America affordable again.” It’s a pledge he made frequently during the campaign. And now, after dropping…
Birthday wishes go out to Vanessa Bayer, Josh Duhamel and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on November 14th and learn an interesting fact about each of them. Top celebrity birthdays on November 14, 2025 Patrick Warburton arrives at…
I voted for President Donald Trump, and I support a lot of his policies and politics: Lowering taxes, brokering peace deals and ordering strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. I’ve never supported Trump because he had stellar character, integrity or a squeaky-clean past. I don’t think he does, nor do I even know Republicans who believe he’s a model of…
The demise of a key consumer protection agency could push relief for student-loan borrowers further out of reach. Attorneys for Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, wrote in a legal filing on November 10 that the administration “anticipates exhausting” the CFPB’s available funds in early 2026, meaning that after that point,…