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Another HBO Sunday night, another episode–stealing Walton Goggins White Lotus scene. But this time, in the fifth installment of the show’s Thailand-set third season, it wasn’t Goggins’ depressive Rick making viewers’ jaws drop. It was Rick’s old buddy Frank—played, in

When The White Lotus characters Chelsea, Chloe, Saxon, and Lochlan decamped to the Thai island of Koh Phangan for a Full Moon Party in the fifth episode of Season 3, they were following in the footsteps of decades of revelers.

Poll: Trump faces early challenges on the economy as a united GOP backs big change  NBC News

US strikes ‘took out’ multiple Houthi leaders: National security adviser Mike Waltz  ABC News Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and issues new warning  The Associated Press US attacks on Yemen’s Houthis kill 53; Israel-Hamas talks on Gaza continue  Al

by Ruth EGLASH Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he was seeking to dismiss the head of Israel’s internal security agency, who swiftly called the move political and said the premier expected “personal loyalty”. Netanyahu and Shin Bet head

White House Denies Violating Judge’s Order in Deporting Venezuelans  The New York Times

Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires this weekend, leaving at least 37 people dead.

Trump dismantles Voice of America with executive order  BBC.com

In an all-time record, 14 of the 68 teams in the men’s tournament all come from one conference — the SEC. In the women’s, UCLA and South Carolina are top seeds. Games tip off this coming week. (Image credit: Brandon

For the past month, the Trump administration has been cutting federal spending, causing numerous hardships for government employees, the agencies they work for and the people they serve. But veterans are among those hardest hit, and the impact goes well