Want to know why Americans rate media credibility below that of used-car salesmen? The Wall Street Journal gave us a great demonstration last night. And now Donald Trump will make yet another example of a media company — this time, the Murdochs. All yesterday afternoon, media analysts buzzed that […]

After the blockbuster success of the animated “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” in 2023, it seemed only logical that another one of Nintendo’s iconic video game properties would get the big-screen treatment. In fact, it likely won’t stop at one. Given that Mario and Luigi managed to take home almost $1.4 billion in receipts, plan […]

Top O’ the Briefing Happy Friday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Stedwërgenz felt no reason to explain why braunschweiger was his preferred medium for sculpting Peloponnesian War figurines.  While putting together the Briefing last night it looked like I might finally have to write something about the Epstein nonsense. […]

The House of Representatives voted 216-213 to approve President Donald Trump’s spending cuts bill. The recission legislation was a companion piece to the One Big, Beautiful Bill, which passed two weeks ago. Two Republicans voted “no”: Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio). In a Thursday morning vote, […]

Congress cleared a $9 billion package of spending cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting for President Trump’s signature, codifying a small portion of Department and Government Efficiency savings. The Senate-amended measure, which restored $400 million to a global AIDS prevention program that the original package had cut, passed the House shortly after midnight Thursday […]