There were certainly many useful donations that poured in after the Marshall Fire. But there were also shoes with no match, dirty underwear and pots and pans caked with burnt food, which leads to an overburdened disaster zone and a lot of wasted time.
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastAbout the authors: James Roosevelt, Jr. is a grandson of President Franklin Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Henry Scott Wallace’s grandfather, Henry A. Wallace, served President Franklin Roosevelt as Secretary of Agriculture, Vice President, and Secretary of Commerce.Pop quiz: Who said this?“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”Well, most recently, it was Donald Trump, in an angry Truth Social post on the second day of his c
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Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesDonald Trump is set to hold a “major donor retreat” next week in Florida, and it could signal the unofficial start of the presidential veepstakes.According to an invitation obtained by Politico, special guests include “Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Tim Scott of South Carolina and J.D. Vance of Ohio, as well as Govs. Doug Burgum of North Dakota and Kristi Noem of South Dakota, and Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Byron Donalds (R-F
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / GettyListen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher.Republican operatives have been forced to rework their strategy to deal with Donald Trump’s absence from the campaign trail while he sits in court for his hush money trial in New York.With the former president only having weekends and Wednesdays off they have had to get creative about how best to utilize that time.The Daily Beast’s political reporter Jake L
The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman has big reservations about season three after the show's phenomenal success, saying: "I'm extra reluctant to do the third."
A Tokyo company's satellite encounters a big lump of space debris high above the Earth.
A fire broke out at the end of a 2,000-foot-long pier in Oceanside, California, on Thursday. A restaurant was engulfed in flames and thick smoke billowed out. It took firefighters hours to get the blaze under control.
The Japanese yen jumped against the dollar on Friday, with traders on high alert for signs of intervention by Japan's monetary authorities to support the currency. The dollar fell sharply to 155 yen from 156.8, before tracking back to around 156.23, up 0.3% on the day. Japan's Ministry of Finance was not immediately available for comment.
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Harper Beckham was pictured on Salma Hayek's Instagram with her mother, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, at her 50th birthday party. The pair look like twins in an unseen picture.
Disney/Hulu“We’re halfway there,” I said to myself at the two-and-a-half-hour mark of Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, a four-part early Christmas gift to hard-core Bon Jovi fans and a ludicrously detailed look at the pop-rock luminary’s career for everyone else.Like the anthemic songs the platinum-selling New Jersey-born singer is known for, it would take an extra step to actively dislike this very by-the-numbers Hulu documentary, but the excessive length and the overblown manner in wh
British police have charged two men with immigration offences after five migrants, including a child, died when a small boat crossed the English Channel from France earlier this week . A 22-year-old from South Sudan has been charged with assisting unlawful immigration and attempting to arrive in Britain without valid entry clearance, Britain's National Crime Agency said on Friday. Another 22-year-old man from Sudan was charged solely with attempting to arrive without valid entry clearance.
Magnolia PicturesAn adult sex comedy that’s also the most amusingly unerotic film of the year, The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed, which hits theaters April 26, treads into explicit terrain in order to chart the disaffection and confusion of a thirtysomething Brooklynite in search of direction, fulfillment, and companionship. Written and directed by star Joanna Arnow, this bracingly awkward indie—which played at last year’s Cannes, Toronto, and New York film festivals—is a
The policing minister appeared to ask an audience member if Rwanda and Congo were different countries.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/MGMEvery once in a while—in spite of the inferno of lunacy, cruelty, and soul-crushing stress flaming all around—the world resembles one that I still want to live in, that reflects my deepest values and belief in a society that is fundamentally good.By some soul-affirming miracle that’s happening right now: People everywhere can’t wait to see Zendaya and two cute boys kiss. This is my America.I can’t remember the last time I’ve observed as muc
Five migrants, including a child, were killed in a crush on board a boat crossing the Channel.
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Spain's second-largest oil company Cepsa moved forward with its strategic shift toward low carbon businesses by selling its upstream assets in Colombia while narrowing its first-quarter loss thanks to a strong refining business. The buyer is Cedco, an affiliate of Colombian oil producer SierraCol, a Cepsa spokesperson said on Friday in an emailed statement, declining to further comment on the deal. Owned by Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala and the Carlyle Group, Cepsa is investing up to 8 billion euros ($8.58 billion) in its shift towards green hydrogen and biofuels.
Two men, both aged 22, are charged with immigration offences
A millennial boss lets her employees make their own schedule, wear what they want and treats them to private yacht trips. Maddy Birdcage, 34, switched up how she ran her business after her company faced an $100,000 AUD tax debt she blames on her own micro-managing. The mum-of-two fired half her employees and started from scratch again - hiring self-motivated problem solvers, she said. She lets her team of nine bring their kids into the office during school holidays, set their own schedules and work from home when they need to. Maddy also feels it it important to treat her staff and is planning to take them on a $40k AUD overnight yacht trip when they all hit a team goal.
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