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10+ min ago (238+ words) Supporters of Donald Trump, who believed everything he touches turns to gold, are finding out the hard way that investing in the president has turned into a bad bet. According to a Saturday report from the Wall Street Journal, since Trump was inaugurated in January, shares in the parent company behind the president's Truth Social platform have spiraled downward 75 percent and the numbers for Trump-branded "meme coins" have suffered a worse fate as of late. With the Journal reporting that the market has "soured" on Trump brands, reporter Jack Pitcher wrote, "Digital "meme coins" named for Trump and first lady Melania Trump are down 86% and 99% since inauguration day, respectively. And one of the Trump family"s crypto ventures, a token called World Liberty Financial, has dropped roughly 40% since its September launch." Noting the market for such investments have also seen…...

20+ min ago (509+ words) Your Vox Membership goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership, we'll give one to someone who can't afford access. It's a simple way for you to support Vox's journalism and share it with someone who needs it. The world is aging out of killing one another. One source of good news " favored both by me and, apparently, venture capitalists " is what's known as a "narrative violation." A narrative violation occurs when everyone thinks one thing, but the actual evidence suggests the opposite. And few narratives are more persistently violated than one common belief: "Violent crime is always going up." A weekly dose of stories chronicling progress around the world. Now, recently updated data from the World Bank looks at the picture from a global perspective and finds something astonishing. Between 2000 and 2023, the international homicide rate fell…...

23+ min ago (70+ words) President Zelenskyy's chief of staff has resigned after investigators searched his home amid a corruption scandal. What we know about resignation of top Ukraine official President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff has resigned after investigators searched his home, as a widening corruption scandal engulfs one of Ukraine's top negotiators in efforts to end the war. Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports from Kyiv with what we know....

24+ min ago (445+ words) Two children killed in Israeli strike inside Gaza's 'safe zone' Syria rules out military action after Israel's Beit Jinn attack How Gaza is entering an uncharted era of foreign guardianship As MAGA turns on Zionism, Israel First right stokes Islamophobia How Yalla! Let's Talk became the Arab diaspora's leading podcast Inside Amir: A quiet portrait of leaving Iran Israeli fire killed two Palestinian children in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, a hospital reported, marking the latest deaths of Palestinians as a shaky ceasefire with Hamas held. The two brothers, aged 11 and 8, died when an Israeli drone struck close to a school sheltering displaced people in the town of Bani Suhaila, according to staff at Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the killings. At least 352 Palestinians have been killed across the territory…...

27+ min ago (287+ words) President Donald Trump declared Saturday that all airspace over and surrounding Venezuela should be considered closed, a major declaration amid the United States" rising escalations against the South American nation.To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"The Trump administration has ramped up pressure on Venezuela in recent months, starting with its lethal strikes against suspected drug-carrying vessels in the Caribbean, strikes that have killed at least 83 people and have been condemned by critics, experts and lawmakers alike as "extrajudicial killings."Beyond the strikes on sea vessels, the Trump administration has also discussed plans to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, has deployed an aircraft carrier strike group…...

33+ min ago (151+ words) Now 79, President Donald Trump continues to feel highly competitive with a wide range of people, from former President Barack Obama to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) to fellow real estate developers. Trump will insist that he has a higher IQ than past Republican presidents, and he repeatedly brags about how well he thinks he plays golf. But according to sports journalist/author Rick Reilly (of Sports Illustrated and ESPN fame), Trump's claims about his golfing record are wildly exaggerated. Trump once again bragged about his golfing record during a livestreamed conversation with troops on Thanksgiving 2025. Reilly, however, is questioning Trump's "38 club championships claim." On X, formerly Twitter, Reilly posted, "Ha! Trump adds about 10 every time he brings this up." Brancolini adds, "During his Thanksgiving call, Trump insisted that all of his tournament wins had been 'legitimate' and then launched into a…...

40+ min ago (263+ words) Slate reports videogames stuff a lot of entertainment into one sandbox, and some of them augment their storylines with every kind of conspiracy imaginable. But how seriously do players take conspiracies that try to rope aliens in with an over-controlling order of the Knights Templar and a "bloodthirsty" Pope Alexander VI " a pope more known for nepotism, unexciting papal decrees and for his reputation as a patron of the arts? Media critic and scholar Cameron Kunzelman tells Slate no more than any other media source. But Kunzelman said today a wide variety of conspiracies are getting "mashed together" into big ugly "metaconspiracies." "Where conspiratorial movements at one time were seen as discrete from one another, now they kind of attach to each other and they get folded into QAnon," said Kunzelman, whose new book "Everything is Permitted" claims that this…...

50+ min ago (470+ words) Well, last year I cracked. They did something I considered cruel, and I called them out on it. While my text was harsh, it was fair, on point, and simple: I don't like this behavior, don't include me in it again. To say I started World War III is an understatement. The response I received back was pages and pages of accusations, self-pity, and unhinged anger. Most I could write off as a person with low emotional intelligence feeling threatened. But then came the bomb: She threw in my face that my dad basically intentionally got her pregnant while cheating on my mom. I was 1 when this happened. You're right, and your husband and dad unfortunately care about the appearance of peace and togetherness more than they care about how you feel. If your stepmother apologizes, you can reevaluate your…...

50+ min ago (517+ words) Young girl writing in a notebook. Care and Feeding is Slate's parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, There's a girl, "Claire," in my 9-year-old daughter "Rachel's" class whom she doesn't like. Rachel complains that Claire is "fat, stupid, and ugly and needs to be flushed down a toilet." The trouble is that my husband has come up with what I think is an inappropriate way for our daughter to be channeling her feelings. He gave her a journal and told her to write out everything she hates about Claire and why, instead of being mean to her. His logic is that we can't force Rachel to like Claire. He says this is a healthy way for Rachel to express herself. I don't think encouraging a child to make lists…...

50+ min ago (880+ words) You're settling into the bed of your hotel room when, suddenly, you get a knock on the door. What's going through your mind? Maybe someone ordered you a Room Service surprise? Maybe there's an issue with the hotel? Or maybe something strange is afoot? A user on TikTok recently sparked discussion after recalling her own bizarre hotel experience. Specifically, she's asking why the hotel decided to inspect her room'twice. In a video with over 146,000 views, TikTok user Sylvia Longmire (@spintheglobe) recounts a strange experience she had at the LINQ Hotel in Las Vegas. According to Longmire, she was in her room one morning when she suddenly got a knock on the door. "I had my Do Not Disturb sign on the door, so I was surprised that somebody was knocking so strongly," she recalls. When she got to the door,…...