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[ad_1] Don’t let the made-for-Fox News spectacle of the Minnesota Occupation distract you. The most important lesson the rest of us can learn from that state’s wide and deeply spread resistance is that Minnesotans’ solidarity didn’t just spring up when Trump’s goons came to town. It was forged in nature’s annual frigid grip and a bit of isolation; these connections are not the welcome-if-tenuous threads formed during a singular crisis, they’re the carbon-steel fibers wound together by generations of consistent, need-blind aid to anyone that happens to be close by. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks alongside Republican Conference Chair Representative Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., during a press conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images House Republicans blocked a resolution in a tie vote on Thursday to limit the executive’s war powers in Venezuela, a close call for President Trump and a GOP conference that has largely steered clear of rebuking him. The resolution failed by a vote of 215 to 215, falling short of the simple majority needed…

[ad_1] Reporting Highlights No Prison: Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver avoided prison by hiring a defense attorney whom DOJ prosecutors label one of the “Friends of Trump.”  White-Collar Whitewash: The story of “Bitcoin Jesus” highlights the extent that white-collar criminal enforcement has eroded under Trump. Gift to Crypto: Prosecutors had hoped to make Ver a marquee example amid concerns about widespread cryptocurrency tax evasion. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. Days into President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, a cryptocurrency billionaire posted a video on X to his hundreds of…

[ad_1] Politics / January 22, 2026 The court’s conservatives appear likely to block Trump from firing Lisa Cook—not because they care about principle but because they care about the Fed. Ad Policy A woman protested outside the Supreme Court as it heard oral arguments in Trump v. Cook, about’s Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.(Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Trump v. Cook, a case that centers on Donald Trump’s illegal attempt to fire Federal Reserve Board commissioner Lisa Cook. The…

[ad_1] Young and the Restless indicates that it doesn’t look like Sienna Bacall (Tamara Braun) is going to stick around Genoa City much longer. She’s planning to go back to LA as soon as it’s safe. And when she goes, Noah Newman (Lucas Adams) is going to be heartbroken, and it could open the door for Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver) to make a move. We’re going to talk about how the Matt Clark (Roger Howarth) mess being resolved is going to lead to Noah being crushed and Audra possibly making a play for him once Sienna is out of the…

[ad_1] Troye Sivan is reclaiming the narrative after a TikTok doctor publicly dissected his appearance and suggested that he get cosmetic procedures. The singer-songwriter, 30, wrote about aging, self-image and the pressure to remain perpetually youthful in a new Substack post published on Wednesday, January 21, in which he vented about the unsolicited plastic surgery advice he received before revealing the doctor issued him a “thoughtful” apology. “I oscillate constantly between feeling like i’m aging in a good way, getting ‘sexier’ with time, and then feeling like gollum’s very close pop-singing relative,” Sivan began his post. “So decrepit, somehow both…

[ad_1] Jaime King Second Husband Files For Divorce Published January 22, 2026 6:13 PM PST Jaime King’s second husband, banker Austin Sosa, is withdrawing from their marriage … because he just filed for divorce. Austin beelined it to court Thursday and filed to divorce Jaime … according to online records. The reason for the split is unclear … but the divorce filing comes just weeks after there were reports linking Jaime to another man, hotel owner Vikram Chatwal. For her part, Jaime reportedly denied she was seeing Vikram, insisting their hangouts in Los Angeles were all business … but that…

[ad_1] Genre:  Sci-Fi / Action Release Date: December 18, 2026 Director: Joe Russo & Anthony Russo Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Cast: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Vanessa Kirby, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright, Paul Rudd, Wyatt Russell, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Simu Liu, Florence Pugh, Kelsey Grammer, Lewis Pullman, Danny Ramirez, Joseph Quinn, David Harbour, Winston Duke, Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hiddleston, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Channing Tatum, and Pedro Pascal. Plot Summary: Avengers: Doomsday is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers.…

[ad_1] Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as mayor of New York City was historic for multiple reasons: He’s the youngest mayor in NYC history and the first Muslim mayor the city has ever had. As Uproxx’s Jeremy Hecht points out, he’s also the first mayor to reference a member of The Lox during his inauguration speech. Mamdani said: “And throughout it all, ‘We will’ — in the words of Jason Terrence Phillips, better known as Jadakiss or ‘Ja’ to the mwah’ — ‘be outside.’” Jeremy notes, “This referenced an iconic moment during Jadakiss’ Verzuz battle where he got on stage and said…

[ad_1] Days of Our Lives has Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien) really mad that her plan to punish Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) by bringing back Dimitri von Leuschner DiMera (Peter Porte) is backfiring in a big way. And now Gwen wants to get rid of her cheating hubby again ASAP. And Leo also wants the hunk gone. We’re going to talk about whether former best friends Gwen and Leo can put their differences aside and work together to get Dimitri gone. Dimitri von Leuschner DiMera and the Failed Wedding Sabotage on Days of Our Lives Now, let’s get into it. We…