Zuckerberg's Investor Group Wants Election Campaign Amnesties

Commentators criticized the judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case.

My students were experts on the fringe aspects of American culture. They also had strong criticisms of how Muslims were portrayed.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyNow that the first Donald Trump criminal trial is reaching its end, I find myself wondering what its conclusion will mean for the upcoming presidential election. There’s been a lot of conversation about what will happen in the event of a Trump conviction, but nothing about the other possible outcome: What if the jury returns a verdict of not guilty?And that’s when I started to panic.I hadn’t really considered the peril of a failed prosecution when Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg first announced charges against Trump related to the Stormy Daniels hush money scheme. Trump trials tend to pop up so often, and in so many different contexts, that they have the feel of a long-running soap opera recycling the same tired storylines.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyIt’s been just six months since “Me & U” singer Cassie Ventura filed an explosive lawsuit against her ex, Sean “Diddy” Combs, accusing the rapper and mogul of rape, beatings, and even executing a car bombing. The suit was settled under undisclosed terms less than 48 hours after Ventura filed, and yet it seemingly opened the floodgates for a succession of similar lawsuits against Combs, who’s since been accused by multiple plaintiffs of sexual misconduct.Then, last week, surveillance footage emerged of Combs assaulting Ventura in a hotel room hallway. The rapper’s attempt at an Instagram apology video could do little to stem the tide against him. For anyone who was still giving him the benefit of the doubt at this point, that video was the last straw. And now, as a result of the lawsuits, federal raids, and hard video evidence, several prominent figures and institutions are urgently reevaluating their past associations with Combs.Last year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams gave Combs a key to the city. In an interview with PIX11 on Monday, Adams said that he was “deeply disturbed” by the surveillance video and that he was “taking everything under analysis” to figure out what further action the city might take in terms of potentially rescinding the key.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyEarlier this year, a Southern California pastor named Tim Thompson welcomed former President Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba to a stage. “I gotta say this is really refreshing from New York City,” Habba chirped at the fancy wedding venue and equestrian center in Temecula. “I’m in God’s country now.”“Knowing the president the way you do,” asked Thompson, who runs the nonprofit ministry Our Watch, “can you give us three things tonight that we as a group can be praying for him?”Habba told Thompson’s flock they should pray for America, non-believers, and Trump’s family, adding that, “He’s gonna go down as the best president this country has ever had.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesEven before his criminal hush money trial began last month, former President Donald Trump’s leadership PAC was burning through hundreds of thousands of dollars every day.Now, according to Trump’s Save America leadership PAC’s most recent filings with the Federal Election Commission, the former president started this month at least seven figures in debt to his lawyers.Trump’s Save America leadership PAC—which he has used as a legal slush fund—owes $1.1 million to five different law firms. That’s in addition to the nearly $3.3 million the committee doled out last month on legal consulting.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Mogrel MediaThe new biopic The Apprentice received an eight minute ovation at Cannes and is generating considerable attention—as well as threats of legal action—for its attempt to depict how Donald Trump came to be, well, Donald Trump.But the tutelage of a young Trump by the diabolical political fixer Roy Cohn that the film’s director, Ali Abassi, says is at the heart of this origin story only deepens the mystery of our present electoral reality.Cohn’s win-at-any-cost strategy ultimately led him to disaster. He ended up disbarred and in continued denial of his sexuality even as he died of AIDS.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/HandoutWith his delightfully silly roles on shows like The League, Veep, and The Good Place, comedian Paul Scheer has always projected a sense of unencumbered fun. That’s partly why, as he explains in both his new memoir Joyful Recollections of Trauma and on this episode of The Last Laugh podcast, he was so hesitant to divulge the very real pain that dominated much of his childhood.Scheer talks about how comedy helped rescue him from the violently abusive household in which he was raised and has continued to be an essential part of his life as he raises children of his own. He also tells some unbelievable stories about his bizarre run-ins with celebrities like Christopher Walken and Bill Cosby, describes the unique experience of improvising opposite Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm, and explains how he was able to emotionally move past four unsuccessful auditions for Saturday Night Live.The stories that Scheer tells about growing up in Joyful Recollections of Trauma are anecdotes that he has been telling “in a very happy way” for years. But at a certain point, he realized that many of them are “incredibly traumatic to everybody else hearing them.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Sony PicturesWho the hell gave Garfield a smartphone? Granted, the world has changed significantly in the 46 years since Jim Davis’ comic strip about the adorably misanthropic orange tabby cat was first published. But Garfield’s tastes have remained constant. The portly fella hates Mondays with almost the same intensity as he loves lasagna—and don’t even get him started on Odie, the yapping canine he deigns to share Jon Arbuckle’s suburban palace with. These are characteristics that anyone with even a vague familiarity with Garfield knows, but they’re defining traits that The Garfield Movie (in theaters May 24) is barely concerned with.Instead, Garfield’s first cinematic outing since 2006’s Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties—remarkably, this is the cat’s first entirely animated feature film—molds Garfield into the any-cat. With a phone in his paws, Garfield has access to everything he loves at the tap of a claw, and the ability to avoid most things he detests. While this could be a clever way to update Garfield’s antics for the modern day—inserting new obstacles in the long road back to bed—his newfound love of tech lazily strips Garfield of his most integral quality: cynicism. The Garfield Movie fundamentally misunderstands the charm of Garfield. A phone wouldn’t solve all of this cat’s problems; it would exacerbate them. Cynicism is the flavor of the moment, something that everyone is deeply entrenched in thanks to our constant proximity to screens. Yet, for Garfield—the most pessimistic feline in the world—the smartphone somehow makes everything better.It’s no surprise, then, that the film’s storyline is as conventional and vacant of character as its vision of Garfield is. In this new adventure, Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt, who doubles down on criticisms of his Super Mario Bros. Movie accent with some of the most robotic voice work in recent memory) finds the rhythm of his ideal life jeopardized by the return of his father, the scrounging outdoor cat Vic (Samuel L. Jackson). Though their reunion makes for a steady emotional undercurrent, Garfield and Vic’s ensuing adventure is so safe and systematic that the movie’s titular character is almost entirely swallowed up by it; plop any other iconic cartoon into this movie, and you’d still have a decent excursion. While its animation is pleasant enough and the slapstick humor is milked for all its worth, The Garfield Movie lacks the relatable attributes we crave from Garfield, propping up a decades-old IP for a feature-length commercial disguised as a movie.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Apple TV+On the Apple TV+ series Trying, Rafe Spall and Esther Smith play one of TV’s most compassionate and loving couples. So when we connect over Zoom to discuss the show and Spall, a tall and charming London native, earnestly looks into the camera and exclaims, “Oh no! You’re freezing,” I’m genuinely touched.“Oh yeah, thanks,” I reply, wrapping myself tighter in my cardigan. “My apartment is always cold, but I’m OK.”They double over laughing. The actors are so endearingly parental on Trying that, having just watched episodes of the new season, which launched Wednesday, I assume they are concerned about my well-being and comfort.Read more at The Daily Beast.

"Connections" is almost a year old and has taken the world by storm. Newsweek is here with hints to help you solve it.

After its public debut on November 1, 2021, "Wordle" went from having 90 players to 300,000 in a matter of months and remains hugely popular.

Severe storms hit Texas last week, with thousands of residents still without power.

“She wants to make it clear that she is not expecting to ever walk again. She has accepted the reality of her situation. But she has an amazing spirit and an overall positive outlook, focusing on what she can do.”

El equipo de campaña de Donald Trump anunció el martes que empezará a aceptar donaciones en criptomonedas como parte de un esfuerzo por construir lo que calificó como un “criptoejército” de cara a las elecciones presidenciales.

President Biden was blasted on social media and by experts after telling Morehouse College graduates that Georgia's voting law doesn't allow voters to drink water in line.

A group of 27 Republican attorneys general is asking the Supreme Court to hear a case brought by Mexico that seeks to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for cartel gun violence.

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan assembled a panel of experts to determine whether to request arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, ultimately deciding to pursue both.

Lainey Wilson says rejection she's experienced made her want success "that much more." The country star details her road to fame in a Hulu special, "Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country."

"This year is pretty cut and dry that we have a concerning problem on our hands," a hurricane expert has told Newsweek.

The “Beverly Hills, 90210” alum, 60, clashed with a group of brazen bikers after they attacked his vehicle on Hollywood Blvd on Dec. 31, 2023.

Ireland, Spain and Norway are recognizing a Palestinian state, the three announced Wednesday. It will take effect May 28.

State TV in Iran reported that the political leader of Hamas, which Tehran has backed, was in the capital for the funeral. It was not immediately clear how many foreign dignitaries would attend.

Israel has recalled ambassadors and said the decision sends the message that "terrorism pays."

Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita completed the scaling of Mount Everest for a record 30th time Wednesday, his second climb this month to the top of the world.

"We spend too much time being worried about escalation," a leading French lawmaker told Newsweek.

Pentagon spokesman Charlie Dietz told Newsweek the U.S. does not support strikes inside Russia but oil refineries play a major role in the Kremlin's war effort.

Dear Abby weighs in on a wife's suspicion her husband is poisoning her and a husband having a midlife crisis.

In another day of testimony from Michael Cohen in the NY v. Trump trial, Trump's former lawyer admitted under oath that he stole from the Trump Organization.

The 28-year-old successfully made it from one side to the other as he kept his arms extended to keep his balance while a few buddies caught the heart-pounding moment on tape, including with the help of a drone.

Videos of the incident show huge twisters tearing through the countryside, along with severe damage to the town of Greenfield.

Zhang Zhan has been released from a Chinese prison after serving four years for charges related to reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan

The “Friends” actor had been undergoing ketamine infusion therapy, but his last treatment was more than a week before his death.

Nearly 33,000 voters in Kentucky backed "uncommitted" over Joe Biden in the Democratic primary on Tuesday.

“I could hear this roaring, like the proverbial freight train, and then it was just done.”

NY v Trump has not been an impartial tribunal. It’s an Orwellian show trial with a preordained outcome. There’s no presumption of innocence, only the expectation of guilt.

La Fundación de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles y el programa Shoes That Fit entregaron 600 pares de calzado deportivo a cada estudiante de la Academia Payne STEAM en Inglewood

California voters will choose between Fong and Boudreaux again in November in an election that will determine who serves a full, two-year term in Congress.

“There was a lot of blood.” 

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said that no one above or "beneath" the law, saying that she plans on drinking Grey Goose to celebrate her re-election.

Aaron Boone said he “probably” should have brought in a different reliever in the eighth inning of the Yankees' 6-3 loss to the Mariners on Tuesday.

Europe's landmark rules on artificial intelligence will enter into force next month after EU countries endorsed on Tuesday a political deal reached in December.