South Park returned with a new episode on Wednesday, focused on online betting, Israel’s war on Gaza, and President Donald Trump’s attempts to abort a baby that’s due after he impregnated Satan. But FCC Chairman Brendan Carr seemed to take the most abuse during the episode, something that was to be expected after Carr tried […]
DHS Uses Nintendo’s Pokémon Music and Video in Latest Bizarre Tweet
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has spent recent months posting some of the most bizarre material that’s ever come from an official U.S. government account. And now we can add “Fascist Pokémon” to the list. The official DHS account published a one-minute video on X and Instagram on Monday that opens with footage of […]
‘It’s Too Much Liquid’: Trump, RFK Jr. Still Gunning for Vaccines as Autism Cause
As expected, President Donald Trump and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the podium Monday afternoon to blame acetaminophen (known by the brand name Tylenol) for causing autism—an assertion that many experts reject. But both men also took some time to point the finger at one of their favorite scapegoats: vaccines. Throughout yesterday’s […]
Trump and RFK Jr. Blame Tylenol For Autism in New Report, but Experts Push Back
President Donald Trump and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have officially found scapegoats to blame for rising rates of reported autism cases. In a report published today by HHS, the government has linked the use of acetaminophen (better known as Tylenol) during pregnancy to the neurodevelopmental condition. Trump made the […]
Trump Hints at the Murdochs Joining the TikTok Deal
The details keep trickling in on the American takeover of TikTok, though whether they actually provide clarity or just muddy the waters further is debatable. The latest tidbit offered by Donald Trump: Conservative media magnate Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan might be a part of the group of American investors who will be buying […]
TrumpRx: White House Considering Trump-Branded Prescription Drug Website
White House officials are considering launching a website that would allow Americans to purchase cheaper prescription drugs directly from pharmaceutical companies, according to a report from Bloomberg. And incredibly, officials are seriously thinking about slapping President Donald Trump’s name on the project. The potential website would reportedly let consumers search for various drugs and be […]
Looking to Buy an Electric Vehicle? You Should Do It Before October
For more than a decade now, climate-friendly policy has protected and boosted the American electric vehicle industry. In the past two years, that has been in the form of the electric vehicle tax credit that was a part of former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. Now, all of that is due to expire on […]
Tim Cook Swears Tariffs Aren’t to Blame for iPhone 17 Pro Price Hike
Apple CEO Tim Cook wants everyone—especially Donald Trump—to know that the company’s new iPhone Pro price hike has nothing to do with tariffs. “There’s no increase for tariffs in the prices to be totally clear,” Cook told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday, the launch day for Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup. Earlier this month, Apple announced […]
Trump Pardoned Him. Now He Won’t Have to Pay Back $660 Million
The SEC has dropped civil enforcement cases this week against many of the people pardoned by President Donald Trump, according to the New York Times. One of those cases was against Trevor Milton, the founder of the now-defunct electric and hydrogen vehicle company Nikola, who was sentenced to prison for fraud in late 2023. Milton […]
Trump Gives Suspiciously Vague Update on TikTok Deal
On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that negotiators from the U.S. and China had agreed on a “framework” for a deal that would give an American company control of TikTok. And while most people assumed we would hear about the details this week, we’ve arrived at Friday, and it’s still unclear what might be […]