Ben Shapiro, the conservative pundit and Daily Wire editor, is planning to give a talk at U.C. Berkeley in September, a free-speech test for a campus that has erupted in protest and sometimes violence against events featuring right-wing figures. “I look forward to speaking to students of all viewpoints at Berkeley,” Shapiro said Sin a…
White House economic policy czar Gary Cohn is considered to be the top candidate to replace Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen at the end of her term next year, according to Politico. Cohn, the National Economic Council director, has previously denied any interest in the job. There’s already an expected backlash from progressives who would…
The pressure is building on Jared Kushner in the days after revelations that he attended a meeting with an attorney linked to the Russian government. And now he’s apparently under investigation for possible ties to the Kremlin’s fake news campaign against Hillary Clinton. According to McClatchy, an unidentified source close to Russia special counsel Robert…
Mark Zuckerberg toured a North Dakota drilling rig on Tuesday. The Facebook boss peppered industry workers in the No. 2 U.S. oil-producing state with questions about automation, safety and fracking — but forgot to wear his goggles. The visit to North Dakota, which pumps about 1.1 million barrels of oil per day – more than…
Society has managed to solve a lot of problems since the Industrial Revolution. We’ve now got luxuries like running water, indoor toilets and apps that keep track of your menstrual cycle. But, for the love of God, we are struggling to figure out how to keep protesters off stages where famous people are performing. After…
The mastermind of the Bridgegate lane closure scandal, which helped derail New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s presidential ambitions, avoided a prison sentence on Wednesday, after U.S. prosecutors praised his help in their investigation. David Wildstein, 55, a former executive at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and a high school classmate of…
President Trump’s private lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, may quit in frustration, according to a New York Times report Tuesday. Kasowitz, who has represented the president for years and is a close ally, is seeking to advise Trump on the Russia investigation. But according to the Times report, he and his associates are frustrated at being kept…
(JTA) — Mayim Bialik’s latest acting gig has her traveling in time — and promoting environmentalism. In a humorous commercial for Israeli seltzer company SodaStream, the Jewish actress (“The Big Bang Theory”) and neuroscientist stars as an anthropologist in the year 2136 recalling an encounter with a near-extinct species: “The Homoschlepiens.” The Homoschlepiens — among them actor Kristian…
Aras Agalarov, the billionaire whose pop star son has become embroiled in the Trump-Russia scandal, is selling his New Jersey mansion for $7 million, according to the New York Post. He bought the house for $8 million in 2007. The current price reportedly includes furniture. Agalarov is married to Irina Agalarova, who is Jewish. Emin…
Steven Spielberg has been the brains behind scads of late 20th century classic movies — it was only a matter of time before a film that puts him at the center of the screen rather than behind it. Director Susan Lacy is releasing an HBO documentary about the legendary director in which she interviewed dozens…
Jewish words are hard. Jewish names are sometimes harder. “Manafort and Pres Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kosher met with Veselnitska,” read the Fox and Friends chyron the morning of July 12. Jonathan Levine, senior editor of Mediaite, pointed this gaffe out in a shared tweet the same morning: “Jared Kosher” pic.twitter.com/VqFXkQNczR — Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) July…
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