In the wake of the news that Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are stepping away from the Star Wars trilogy they had planned to develop for LucasFilm, HBO has reportedly cancelled one of its highly-anticipated Game of Thrones prequels. According to Entertainment Weekly, the network has scrapped Jane Goldman’s (X-Men: First…

As the House’s impeachment inquiry extends into its fifth week, the Trump Administration is struggling to overcome a series of setbacks lobbed by the courts, Congress, and its own senior staff. The White House’s challenges are unfolding on both legal and political grounds. On Oct. 25, a federal judge ruled that the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry…

Congress had long ago established annual immigration quotas that discriminated against certain national origins, but White House officials considered even these quotas to be too generous. They brandished an obscure provision of immigration law that excluded visa applicants “likely to become public charges.” A new and stricter interpretation of the public charge provision could effectively…

Back in May, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West welcomed their fourth child — a baby boy named Psalm. However, as is customary with the Wests — who aren’t exactly known for their choices of traditional monikers for their children — the road to naming Psalm wasn’t straightforward. Before his arrival, Kim revealed that she’d been…

You probably remember that back in May, Kim Kardashian West went to the Met Gala red carpet wearing a dress that defied all human proportions. PA Kim decided to incorporate her own body into the “Camp” theme of this year’s Met, by wearing a corset that cinched her waist in so tightly that she had…

(GREENVILLE, Texas) — A man suspected of opening fire at an off-campus college party in Texas, killing two people and injuring 12 others, was arrested Monday. Brandon Ray Gonzalez, 23, of Greenville, Texas, was arrested at the auto dealership where he worked less than 48 hours after the shooting, Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks said.…

Ever since I was a child, I’ve had this agitation. It seems entirely plausible that I could burst into flames. The thought began when I was 9 or 10 years old. I had a friend named Tony who had the Time Life: Mysteries of the Unknown books, which I read constantly. There was this small…

(CLAYTON, Mo.) — A jury has recommended a St. Louis County police sergeant be awarded nearly $20 million after finding the department discriminated against him because he’s gay. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the jury’s verdict came Friday in a 2017 lawsuit brought by Sgt. Keith Wildhaber. The Brief Newsletter Sign up to receive the…

On the anniversary of the first crash of a Boeing 737 Max, the CEO will begin two days of testimony before Congress by telling lawmakers that the aircraft company knows it made mistakes and is throwing everything into fixing the plane. Dennis Muilenburg says that after Boeing finishes upgrading flight-control software on the Max, it…