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10+ min ago (334+ words) A former advisor to Barack Obama and Joe Biden has suggested Donald Trump is "out of the loop" on his own administration. Jen Psaki, who appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, was asked whether Trump is "out of the loop" on Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's actions. Psaki, who was an advisor to both Obama and Biden during their presidencies, has suggested Trump does not have a grasp on what is going on throughout his administration, let alone in the war room. Colbert asked, "You worked for two Commanders-in-Chief and I'm just curious when you look at the various ways that these strikes on these boats, these alleged drug boats, that when these strikes have been originally reported and ordered." "When you hear about why there was a second strike, actually it was a third strike, actually there…...

24+ min ago (610+ words) By LifeZette News Staff December 5, 2025 Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday that he will halt the clearing of homeless encampments across New York City, ending a policy that has been a central focus of the Adams administration since 2022. " I Meme Therefore I Am " (@ImMeme0) December 4, 2025 MORE NEWS: J6 Pipe Bomber Suspect Brian Cole Details Emerge, Raise Massive Cover-Up Questions [WATCH] Mamdani made the comments at an unrelated press conference in Manhattan, where he stated that all encampment sweeps will stop when he is sworn in as mayor in the new year. "If you are not connecting homeless New Yorkers to the housing that they so desperately need, then you cannot deem anything you're doing to be a success," Mamdani said when asked about the Adams initiative, which has drawn criticism for failing to move the majority of affected individuals into permanent housing. He…...

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34+ min ago (622+ words) By LifeZette News Staff December 5, 2025 The suspect accused of planting two pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol on January 5, 2021, has been identified as Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia, according to two sources briefed on the arrest. Cole, 30, is in FBI custody following nearly five years of investigation and is charged with use of an explosive device, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday. The FBI took Cole into custody in northern Virginia. MORE NEWS: Mass Elementary School Teacher Arrested After "Thrusting" with Student on Lap [WATCH] He is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Friday in Washington, D.C. Authorities have not released additional details, but a federal law enforcement source told Fox that agents are carrying out "court-enforced activity" at Cole"s residence. A criminal complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington describes Cole as 5 feet 6 inches tall and…...

37+ min ago (1856+ words) Malcolm Gladwell and Liliana Segura unpack how the death penalty is administered in America. As of December 1, officials across the U.S. have executed 44 people in 11 states, making 2025 one of the deadliest years for state-sanctioned executions in recent history. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, three more people are scheduled for execution before the new year. The justification for the death penalty is that it's supposed to be the ultimate punishment for the worst crimes. But in reality, who gets sentenced to die depends on things that often have nothing to do with guilt or innocence. Historically, judges have disproportionately sentenced Black and Latino people to death. A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union released in November found that more than half of the 200 people exonerated from death row since 1973 were Black. Executions had been on a steady decline…...

37+ min ago (715+ words) Each week, Prudence'asks readers for their thoughts'on the letters she's received. Her reply will be available every Friday only for'Slate Plus members. Re Not Really a Fan of Turkey Anyway: I used to think just like the letter writer's friends. I even went so far as to call out the manager of a franchised coffee shop about how immoral it was to force workers to labor on what should be a holiday for everyone. Then a comment forced me to rethink everything. I was abruptly told to check my privilege. The manager curtly pointed out that everyone there had specifically asked to work that day, and I realized that most of the employees either needed the paycheck (hourly workers aren't typically paid for national holidays if they don't work) or wanted to escape their various home situations. I left the…...

37+ min ago (109+ words) The proximity of Skochilenko and her accuser heightens the film's sense of tragedy, the almost accidental way that lives collide and shatter'a phenomenon that can happen with terrifying ease in wartime Russia. "The incautious actions of one person, and then a second, together lead to disaster," Molochnikov told me. Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, had just given birth when she was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. A holiday gift guide: presents to thank your host. The real housewives of Moscow. What did men do to deserve this? The Prime Minister who tried to have a life outside the office. The pain of perfectionism....

37+ min ago (167+ words) Our film critics watch a lot of movies in a year. By December, their viewing slates span international standouts, festival favorites, studio blockbusters, and plenty more in between. Below, Justin Chang and Richard Brody take us through the year in film and rank the best offerings, two different ways. Solidarity being the central though hardly the only theme, I have, in continuation of a long-standing personal tradition, ranked my favorite films of the year as a series of annotated pairings, plus one trio. In the interest of spreading the wealth and honoring the spirit of 2025, my list comprises twenty-five films, plus a handful of honorable mentions. Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, had just given birth when she was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. A holiday gift guide: presents to thank your host. The real housewives of…...

37+ min ago (737+ words) Also: Alvin Ailey's annual City Center residency, the D.I.Y. virtuoso Jay Som, Alexandra Schwartz's Shakespeare-movie picks, and more. The composer Philip Venables and the director Ted Huffman turn Larry Mitchell's 1977 book "The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions" into a singspiel'revellers amble around a dim stage, accompanying themselves on harpsichord, viola da gamba, and, occasionally, plastic buckets that they beat in martial time. The first line (sung in haunting soprano by Mariamielle Lamagat) sets the key: "It's been a long time, and we are still not free." The show takes an oddly languorous approach to Mitchell's unpretentious fable, a chronicle of "faggot" resistance (via nature, via the exchange of "the magical cock fluid") against "the men." It's telling that the best moment comes when the deliciously mischievous Kit Green breaks the fourth wall'not to mention the ensemble's air of reverential uplift....

42+ min ago (89+ words) Test your knowledge of this week's big stories. More Games From Slate Slate Pears Game 110: Dec. 4, 2025 Which Field of Earth Sciences Is the Study of Water on or in the Ground? Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 4, 2025 We need to talk about your adblocker More Games From Slate Slate Pears Game 110: Dec. 4, 2025 Which Field of Earth Sciences Is the Study of Water on or in the Ground? Slate Mini Crossword for Dec. 4, 2025 We need to talk about your adblocker...