Why the Olympics won’t have a Balogate

President Donald Trump’s call to FIFA President Gianni Infantino urging him to review U.S. striker Folarin Balogun’s red card has thrust the politics of global sport back in the spotlight — and it’s raising questions about how the Olympic movement plans to navigate a White House that has an interventionist approach toward the world’s biggest…

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How Alien: Earth reinvented the Xenomorph for our planet

As its title suggests, Alien: Earth was always going to bring Alien‘s Xenomorphs to our home planet. So how would the series adapt the legendary movie monster to its new environment? That was the challenge the staff at Wētā Workshop faced going into their work on Alien: Earth. Vaughan Flanagan, a supervising art director at…

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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best…

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Hochul knocks Trump’s ‘slush fund’

AFTER 57 DAYS, THE BUDGET IS DONE! TAXING TRUMP’S BUCKS: Gov. Kathy Hochul believes there should be ramifications for anyone who accepts cash from President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund — and the money should go toward helping New Yorkers. “I have no problem with there being consequences for people who accept that money,” she told…

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