Elon Musk on X: I regret some of my posts about Trump

Elon Musk is walking it back. The world’s richest man, who just last week cheerfully announced to his 220 million X followers that Donald Trump was “in the Epstein files,” has now apparently decided that a feud with the president of the U.S. might not be such a good idea. “I regret some of my…

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Pro-Israel Democrats face major test in key Midwest races

The Democratic Party’s fight over Israel is returning to where it began. Jewish Democrats are warning the results could push them out of the party entirely. In Michigan, where grassroots anger over the Biden administration’s approach to the war in Gaza gave rise to the “uncommitted” movement in 2024, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s…

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Albany’s influence wars

DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 14 STONES AND GLASS STATEHOUSES: Gov. Kathy Hochul has raked in almost $200,000 in campaign contributions from insurance companies as she pushes for a proposal she argues would help save both their policyholders — as well as those same companies — lots of money. But while reaping that campaign cash,…

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Copperfield! The New Musical review: A rollicking, big-hearted Dickens adaptation that is not to be missed

Originally published as a serial, starting in 1849, Charles Dickens’ The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery is a tale rife with tragedy. But recent adaptations like Armando Iannucci’s 2019 movie The Personal History of David Copperfield and Jeffrey Scharf’s Copperfield! The New Musical focus on the…

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