Can Santa Monica’s Mel’s Drive-In be saved?

The property owner has floated preliminary plans to replace Mel’s Drive-In with apartments. Preservationists want it landmarked.

Avila Chevalier insists her beef is with NYPD Commissioner Tisch, not Mamdani

Democratic nominee for Congress Darializa Avila Chevalier was a guest on WNYC's "Who's Running This Place?" The Democratic nominee for Congress maintained that she and…

Massachusetts Senate candidates on impeaching Trump

Albanese government faces battle to end year with legislative wins

With only three sitting weeks left this year, Labor has a lot of work (and negotiating with the Greens) to do if it wants to…

$500M, 30-year lease for a new Newark school moves forward

Newark's Ironbound neighborhood, in the East Ward. The school would serve the city's densely packed East Ward, with capacity for 667 students. [ more ›…

🚨Trump Just Publicly HUMILIATED Pete Hegseth, OH NO!

Former federal prosecutor Joe Thompson and the unsatisfying reckoning with social services fraud

Months after the resignations of federal prosecutors, fraud is on the tip of every Minnesota politician’s tongue. But was the fraud worse than the Trump…

Rudolph Diesel was thinking of farmers when he invented his engine

When Rudolph Diesel disappeared in 1913, many suspected foul play. The prime suspects were Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II and US oil man John D. Rockefeller.…

WATCH LIVE: Crew-12 astronauts discuss their 8-month space station mission in post-flight briefing

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from moving Forest Service headquarters to Utah

A federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling blocking the Trump administration from moving the U.S. Forest Service’s headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake…

Bipartisan permitting bill in Congress could speed energy projects, but draws green critics

WASHINGTON —Suddenly there’s hope for cutting the reams of red tape that can make getting new energy projects a seemingly endless slog. Top Republican and…

‘He’s right, Abbott is in trouble’: TX Dem Gov. Candidate reacts to leaked audio of Paxton

Could Trump’s DOJ STOP California Ballots From Being Counted?

She’s getting FIRED for this leak…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on GOP-friendly North Carolina redistricting

Trump’s JUDGE CANNON GAG ORDER Battle Just Got Very Interesting

Richmond Buzz: Spooky rules and “NO EXCEPTIONS”

​​“Richmond Buzz” is a recurring column on changes, and tidbits from the Richmond. This week: events across the neighborhood, through the rest of the month.…

Trump’s Tech Billionaire Allies Want to TAKEOVER Government

Elon Musk Controls Space. That’s a Problem. — Josh Tyrangiel

Trump tries to convince crowd his brain is FINE!