Brianna: A Mother’s Story review – surely this exploitative documentary should not have been made | Television
IT can make sarcastic TVs without anyone having any toxic drops on their screen. Documentaries of subjects torn from headlines are especially candidates. The documentary has been terrifyingly centred around the bereaved families these days. Now, Brianna: Let's go to the story of her mother. Brianna is Brianna Guyy. Scarlet Jenkinson, 16, was murdered in […]
Trump says he would ask Hegseth to review if flight times should be classified
President Trump said Wednesday that he would ask Defense Secretary Pete Hegses to see what kind of information, especially flight times, to classify, after it is included in the signal group chat. The White House claimed that after the Atlantic released a screenshot on Wednesday, Hegseth showed specific information related to the weapon used and […]
What Is Free Speech? by Fara Dabhoiwala review – a brilliant history of a weaponised mantra | Politics books
tHis book arrives at an interesting moment. Elon Musk declared himself a “free speech absolutist.” JD Vance is worried that European freedom of speech is “retreating.” Donald Trump issues an executive order that “restores freedom of speech and ends federal censorship.” Meanwhile, journalists are routinely abused and threatened by lawsuits and enemy of the brand […]
The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami review – what if AI could read our minds? | Fiction
aSarah Hussein, who takes over her home at Los Angeles International Airport, is asked by immigrants and customs officials to step aside and take her to the interview room. The basics of this scene are familiar. You probably saw something like that in the movie, or dreamed that it was happening to you. Probably already […]
Irena’s Vow review – the extraordinary tale of a real-life Holocaust rescuer | Movies
hEre is an extraordinary, true, real story. For more than two years during World War II, a teenager named Irene Gut kept 12 Polish Jews safe from the Nazis hidden underground just below their boss, a Nazi officer. After the war, Gut moved to America, and until the mid-1970s he never spoke a word about […]
Trump’s DOJ Launches Review Of Law Firms That Participated In ‘Weaponized Lawfare’
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has begun reviewing law firms that participated in “weaponized law,” in response to President Donald Trump's memo covering fraud by lawyers pursuing lawsuits against the federal government, a spokesman told the Daily Callenor News Foundation. Trump issued it Note Saturday aims to “prevent abuse in the legal system and federal […]
Love and Loss: The Pandemic 5 Years On review – is it time to wake up from this collective amnesia? | Television & radio
“rWill the pandemic be repeated? ” In 2025, it's that you were temporarily surprised by the sudden memories of the 2-meter rule after you found someone wearing a face mask on the street. It may seem that the nation is experiencing collective memory loss for what has led to the highest death toll since World […]
A Climate of Truth by Mike Berners-Lee review – a white-hot takedown of environmental policy | Politics books
In In July 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Snack and energy secretary Grant Shapps issued a defense of their decision to expand UK oil and gas production in the North Sea. The move, they argued, was necessary to prevent household energy prices from rising sharply across the country. It was, to say the least, an obvious […]
Othello review – Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal’s underwhelming blockbuster | Broadway
wIth is the smell of destiny and regression in the air. It's no surprise that perhaps Broadway's hottest tickets this season are for tragedy 400 years ago. There was a lot of ado about Othello's box office revenue, a new rendition of Shakespeare's classic movie star. The show at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre starring Denzel […]
Mahmoud Khalil legal team given more time to review immigration case
The judge gave the legal team of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil more time to consider immigration cases during Friday's hearing in Louisiana. Halil, a 30-year-old green card holder who is married to a US citizen, was arrested by immigrants and customs enforcement officers on March 8th. He has not been charged with a crime, […]