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Stephen Colbert on The Late Show earlier this week CBSThe Late Show host Stephen Colbert brought back his “Escalator Investigator” character for a second day this week, as US president Donald Trump continued to complain about an escalator at the United Nations. “Ever since Trump got back into office, he’s been waging a campaign of vengeance against his enemies, who he believes have been trying to take him down,” Colbert said. “Now, he’s focused all of his rage on the one foe who refused to take him up, and that is the U.N. escalator.”AdvertisementThe escalator stopped suddenly when Trump and first lady Melania Trump reached it on Tuesday. Colbert liked the video of Trump stopped on the escalator so much that he not only showed it again, but promised to keep doing so. “Because I will enjoy showing that footage every night until May.”Colbert’s show has been cancelled, with the final episode airing in May 2026.

They gave my day closure — a safe feeling that someone principled was paying attention to what was going on in our country. “Double orgasm on a school night” sex. ), and because we both believed sex was special — so special it should be done and developed with a special person. None of this is because we’ve become younger or more flexible or started having tantric sex (though never say never). It’s because we’ve come to see each other again — not through the fog of exhaustion or distraction, but through the clarity of shared attention.

Corey Mylchreest as Jamie and Sofia Carson as Anna in "My Oxford Year." The story begins with Ella (Carson) leaving to fulfill a lifelong dream, studying at Oxford. Almost immediately upon arrival, Jamie (Mylchreest), a charming and rakish man, speeds past her in a vintage car, soaking her with water. In the book, Ella (whose character’s name is Anna in the film), eventually realizes that there may be more to Jamie’s commitment phobia than originally thought. Sofia Carson as Anna in "My Oxford Year."

But there’s one well-intentioned habit in particular that longevity experts say can actually take years off your life instead of adding more to it: eating too much animal-based protein. In general, there are two types of proteins: animal-based proteins and plant-based proteins. Research has shown that plant-based proteins are healthier than animal-based proteins. “Excessive consumption of animal-based proteins can actually accelerate aging and undermine cellular health, contrary to popular belief,” she said. This not only compromises heart health but also affects overall cellular function and longevity,” Bhanote said.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGSometimes kids tell you what they need directly while other times you need to put some effort into understanding what’s going on. AdvertisementFor guidance, we asked a number of mental health professionals what phrases kids say that you should never ignore. AdvertisementStatements About Feeling LowIf a kid is struggling socially or with their self-image, they might say things like:I hate myself. Likewise, kids will sometimes say things like the statements above or say “I hate my life” when they are experiencing some sort of temporary distress. Kids don’t like to feel like you are trying to lead them toward a particular interpretation.

Dads’ brains change too — and it appears that these changes have an impact on their sleep and mental health. Saxbe and her fellow researchers found that fathers lost brain volume — their brains grew smaller — after they became parents. It’s important to note that a loss of brain volume, which sounds negative, doesn’t correspond with a loss of brain function, or of cognitive decline. A loss in brain volume isn’t the only physiological change that dads who engage in caregiving undergo. Advertisement“Prolactin is commonly elevated in vertebrate fathers who help care for their young, suggesting it often helps support fathers’ care,” Gettler said.

“The church, as they understand it, is in competition with public schools for the minds of their children,” Clarkson said. A law passed this year bans LGBTQ+ themed clubs and other diversity, equity and inclusion groups in public schools. “Patriot Mobile Action believes to save America, we must save our Public Schools,” the website reads. The annual gathering of conservative lawmakers and influencers was held in Dallas, a few months after the Keller school board races. The 900-page playbook, put together in the lead-up to the 2024 election, details the policies the next conservative president should push for, including inserting religion into public schools and taxpayer-funded private religious schools.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The Justice Department’s petition has been shared with lawyers for parties challenging the order, but is not yet docketed at the Supreme Court. AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. The justices did not decide at that time whether the underlying citizenship order is constitutional. AdvertisementAlso in July, a federal judge in New Hampshire blocked the citizenship order in a class-action lawsuit including all children who would be affected.

AdvertisementIt augurs the worst crackdown on political dissent in generations. AdvertisementSo what kind of speech is now subject to a person or entity potentially being deemed a domestic terrorism threat? The memo explicitly states that groups espousing “extremism on migration, race, and gender” are under suspicion as supporters of domestic terrorism. Vance alluded to stripping nonprofit groups like Open Society and the Ford Foundation of their tax-exempt status. Even the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, which has generally been sympathetic to Trump, has strongly sided with protections for the kind of core political speech targeted by Trump’s memo.

I’ve survived the negative attention thanks to a strong support network from my husband, family, friends and fellow sex workers. Courtesy of MelRose MichaelsThis type of shaming is a common experience for sex workers. She didn’t read the note aloud, but over the next several weeks she continuously threatened that she would. Then I had another idea: a line of clothing to help sex workers take back public spaces. Her latest projects include SexWorkCEO.com, a platform to help sex workers think like entrepreneurs, and the sex-worker-focused fashion line Networthy.

My mom didn’t say much. I had those moments too — brief flashes of warmth, of a father who made me laugh or feel seen. “After years working in Saudi Arabia, my dad came home and made me represent the country for U.N. Day at school,” the author writes. So when we saw the news about Duterte, it didn’t stir anything in us — not outrage, not closure, not even relief. My brothers and I didn’t just share a father; we chose each other.

And he does an amazing job in his country.”AdvertisementExperts have thoughts about Trump’s ‘opinionated people’ quip. Anadolu via Getty Images President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan photographed in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington D.C., United States on September 25, 2025. Instead, he thinks Trump is focused on “winning the moment,” and that there’s no “continuity of mind” for him — or at least very little. Support HuffPost Already contributed? McAdams pointed out that Trump sandwiched his remarks about opinionated people in between saying, twice, that Erdogan is “tough.”Advertisement

Leonardo DiCaprio via Associated PressLeonardo DiCaprio would’ve been an Oscar-winning actor with a totally different name, if one agent had his way. It’s Leonardo DiCaprio’. Now you’re Lenny’,” he recalled the agent saying. Leo appeared on the podcast alongside his One Battle After Another co-star, Benicio Del Toro, who said the same thing happened to him. ‘You’re Benny Del’,” Del Toro said.

“They want to have transgender for everybody,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday, referring to Democratic support for transgender rights. It’s possible some Democrats will support the measure when it comes up for another vote next week. But Democrats would likely need something more substantive than a suggestion of a possible future negotiation over the ACA tax credits. Klobuchar also said Democrats are willing to negotiate on their demands — but that Republicans need to first agree to sit down with them. “We want to negotiate with them to make this health care crisis less bad.