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Hayden Panettiere’s final PETA campaign captured weeks before her death marked lifetime of advocacy work
Hayden Panettiere, who died suddenly at the age of 36, is being remembered for her final campaign with the animal rights group PETA, shot in Los Angeles just weeks before her death. The images, released this week, show the actress protesting against marine parks such as SeaWorld, which PETA says condemn dolphins to a lifetime…
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What’s with Trump’s war against the US Navy?
So far, the president has insisted that the Navy go back to using steam, decreed that the Strait of Hormuz will be a U.S. territory, and demanded that new aircraft carriers be redesigned to make them look “better.”
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New PE Firm BlackSun Raises $1 Billion For Sports, Media Fund
BlackSun Private Equity, a newly launched firm led by figures from politics, sport and entertainment, has raised $1 billion for its first fund, with another $1 billion committed, targeting investments in professional sports and franchise ownership. Unlike many private equity firms now circling sports franchises, BlackSun says it will emphasise community and stakeholder participation, extending…
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Live updates: Trump campaigns in South Carolina, Vance heads to Ohio
President Trump is set to hit the campaign trail on Friday in an attempt to give Republican Sen. Darline Graham (S.C.) one last boost before the special GOP primary runoff on Tuesday. Graham, a political newcomer who replaced her late brother Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), is going up against Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) for the…
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Wet Leg Cover The Cardigans For Deutsche Telekom’s New Gen Z Campaign
Wet Leg frontwoman Rhian Teasdale stars in a new Deutsche Telekom campaign called “Not A Passenger,” aimed at Gen Z audiences and framed around reclaiming personal agency amid the noise of social media, influencers and AI content. The accompanying video is styled as an homage to the Cardigans’ 1998 video for “My Favorite Game,” with…
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Bridget Phillipson accuses senior Reform and Conservative politicians of making racist statements
Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson has accused senior figures in Reform UK and the Conservative Party of making racist statements, as part of a wider warning that racism and sexism are becoming “normalised” in Britain. Speaking on the Guardian’s Politics Weekly podcast, she named Conservative shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy and Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick, rejecting…
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Iran labels new US sanctions ‘unjust’
Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s Parliament, pushed back Friday against “unjust” U.S. economic sanctions placed on the country by the Trump administration earlier this week. “We must plan for the unjust sanctions so that we can overcome them,” Qalibaf told a group of economic representatives in Baghdad, according to a message shared on…
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‘Woke’ by any other name: Stop erasing the terms of our survival
Author Andrea D. Pringle argues that while the term “woke” may be evolving in political discourse, the underlying spirit of Black vigilance and awareness remains essential for addressing systemic injustices.
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Polls can mislead: Do your own homework before you vote
After big misses from several polls in recent weeks, people are wondering what to believe.
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Whole Hog Politics: A chilly forecast for the Senate GOP from Alaska
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Hill Insider members can join us live today at 9 a.m. EDT as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] Elon Musk may succeed in November at repealing Alaska’s nonpartisan primary system. Whether you think that’s a…