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‘Fool me once…’ Lawyers argue Kennedy Center should not meet same fate as the East Wing : NPR

‘Fool me once…’ Lawyers argue Kennedy Center should not meet same fate as the East Wing : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

A general view shows the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on January 10, 2026. Two lawsuits are calling to halt the closure of the Center for renovations. Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio trustee, is also asking for the removal of President Trump’s name from the Center, an act that was not approved by Congress. Since the name change, artists have cancelled performances and ticket sales have declined. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Lawyers made arguments in hearings for two separate lawsuits against President Trump and the Kennedy Center’s board this week. Representative Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio trustee of the Center, is suing to remove President Trump’s name from the Center and stop its closure for renovations. In a related lawsuit, a coalition of cultural preservation and architecture groups, including the American Institute of Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is also suing to halt the closure until the Center submits renovation plans to Congress for its approval. Less than two months into his second …

Red Wing built the IronFlex work boot with data from 3 million foot scans

Red Wing built the IronFlex work boot with data from 3 million foot scans

Published by Jenni Sidey

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Sign Up For Goods 🛍️ Product news, reviews, and must-have deals. If your work boots have ever felt cramped across the ball of your foot, Red Wing has a stat that explains why. The Minnesota bootmaker engineered its new IronFlex boot line using fit data from more than three million worker foot scans collected through the company’s in-store scanning system. After analyzing all that info, the company came up with a roomier forefoot and toe box to address how the human foot is actually built. Three million scans Red Wing has been capturing 3D foot scans in its retail stores through a partnership with Volumental, a Stockholm scanning company whose hardware turns a stocking-foot stand-up into a digital foot model in about ten seconds. Years of running customers through it gave the Red Wing a population-scale dataset of what actual work feet look like across a varied population. That dataset drove specific design changes in the …

Kengo Kuma to Design National Gallery’s New Wing

Kengo Kuma to Design National Gallery’s New Wing

Published by José Betancourt

The National Gallery in London has selected Kengo Kuma and Associates, the Tokyo-based firm known for designing the V&A Dundee in Scotland, to design its new extension as part of Project Domani, the institution’s £750 million ($995 million) campaign to transform its campus and expand its collection into the 20th and 21st centuries. Two UK-based firms, BDP and MICA, will collaborate with Kuma on the project, which is subject to ratification at the end of a standstill period ending April 16. The new wing will be built on the site of St. Vincent House, which currently houses a hotel and office complex and will be demolished as part of the expansion. The new wing, expected to open in the early 2030s, will add approximately 15,000 square feet of exhibition space, a roughly 15 percent increase, according to the Art Newspaper. Related Articles The wing is expected to cost around £350 million ($464 million), with the rest of the Project Domani funds expected to go toward post-1900 acquisitions and to create an endowment fund to cover …

Trump shows off new East Wing ballroom renderings amid scrutiny: What to know

Trump shows off new East Wing ballroom renderings amid scrutiny: What to know

Published by Sam Flores

President Trump touted updated plans for his multimillion-dollar White House ballroom construction project Sunday evening, amid heightened scrutiny. The president unveiled the new designs to media outlets aboard Air Force One.  “I think it will be the finest building of its kind anywhere in the world,” Trump told reporters. “A lot of people are giving… Source link

Lionel Jospin (1937-2026): ‘Highly respected moral and intellectual figure among left wing’ – Spotlight

Lionel Jospin (1937-2026): ‘Highly respected moral and intellectual figure among left wing’ – Spotlight

Published by Sam Flores

François Picard is pleased to welcome Damien Lecomte, political scientist and researcher at CRPS-CESSP, Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne University. According to Dr. Lecomte, there is a persistent tension between unity and fragmentation in French politics, and the legacy of Lionel Jospin illustrates this paradox: a figure of moral integrity and intellectual rigour who successfully governed a broad left-wing coalition, yet was ultimately defeated by a divided electorate on the left. Jospin died on Sunday at the age of 88. For Dr. Lecomte, what emerges from both historical reflection and recent French municipal elections is a deep structural challenge. The left remains anchored in urban strongholds, but struggles to reconcile its moderate and radical components, while the right faces similar pressures in balancing traditional conservatism with the gravitational pull of the far right. Meanwhile, the National Rally continues its steady territorial implantation, particularly outside major cities, reshaping the political landscape not through dramatic victories but through cumulative local gains. This produces a fragmented political field in which no camp easily achieves coherence. Electoral dynamics are increasingly shaped by geography, …

Glenn Beck’s AI George Washington Is a Right Wing Sexual Fantasy

Glenn Beck’s AI George Washington Is a Right Wing Sexual Fantasy

Published by Sam Flores

The founding era’s premier beefcake is uniquely adaptable to an alpha aesthetic. He was famous for his bearing—his height, musculature, and command. The gimmick works because Washington has always been the most physically legible of the founders. Thomas Jefferson praised him as “the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback,” and later biographers, whom I dub “the thigh men,” would marvel at the way his legs gripped the flanks of a horse. That’s not how we talk about the rest of the founding fathers—Jefferson bookish, Madison short, Adams annoying. But Washington is obviously imposing. His monument doesn’t even have a face. It’s just a giant phallic symbol visible from nearly anywhere in the capital. The founder-to-president pipeline is populated by a bunch of guys who played JV to get into college, and Washington didn’t even go to college. He went straight to the frontier. (No matter that he was an autodidact, obsessive in his research.) Mr. Neutrality has vanished. In his place, Beck installs a digital body. Not a simulacrum of his real …

The West Wing icon reveals his favourite memories from the show

The West Wing icon reveals his favourite memories from the show

Published by Daniella Wilson

It’s almost 20 years since the final episode of Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed political drama The West Wing, bringing an end to the fictional Bartlet administration for good. It remains widely regarded as one of the greatest TV shows of all time, not only for its popular ‘walk and talk’ shooting style (typically a one-camera tracking shot) and fast-paced dialogue, but its central themes of idealism, duty and optimism, especially around American politics. Over two decades on, Bradley Whitford, who played the witty White House deputy chief of staff Josh Lyman, reflects that it continues to resonate as almost “progressive pornography” when it comes to left-wing Democratic policies. “It’s civic porn,” Whitford tells Radio Times. “It’s progressive pornography, like really well-intentioned, well-informed people trying to make the world better. It’s insane.” Though Whitford – who stars in the new Colleen Hoover film adaptation Reminders of Him – has “so many” fond memories from the seven seasons on the show, one of his favourite on-set memories comes from a special guest star’s performance. “There’s so many,” Whitford …

Ireland wing Lowe out of rest of Six Nations with groin injury

Ireland wing Lowe out of rest of Six Nations with groin injury

Published by Sam Flores

Feb 26 : Ireland will be without experienced wing James Lowe for the remainder of the Six Nations Championship after he was ruled out with a groin injury, officials said on Thursday. Lowe limped off after 20 minutes of Ireland’s 42-21 victory over England at Twickenham last weekend and will now miss the home games against Wales (March 6) and Scotland (March 14). New Zealand-born Lowe, 33, earned his 45th cap against England following his debut in 2020 and has been a key part of coach Andy Farrell’s set-up in recent years. He was, however, left out of the defeat by France in Paris that kicked off the 2026 campaign, before returning to play in the win over Italy in the side’s second fixture. Ireland are third in the Six Nations table, six points behind leaders France. Source link

Trump’s Wild West Wing Pardons: Inside the Absolutions of Todd Chrisley, Carlos Watson, Sidney Powell, and Other Boldface Pardonees

Trump’s Wild West Wing Pardons: Inside the Absolutions of Todd Chrisley, Carlos Watson, Sidney Powell, and Other Boldface Pardonees

Published by Sam Flores

After the verdict, his daughter Savannah spent $460,000 to hire Alex Little, from the Tennessee law firm of Litson, to navigate an appeal and potential pardon petition. Having previously worked at the International Criminal Court and former president Jimmy Carter’s peace initiatives in Africa, with a brief stint as a CIA analyst, Little was not an obvious choice to build a powerful network among MAGA Republicans. But his work on a case involving Amazon had seemingly impressed Jim Trusty, who later defended Trump against charges of mishandling classified documents. And during Little’s defense of Brian Kelsey, a Tennessee state senator charged with violating campaign finance laws, he encountered David Warrington, who also worked for Kelsey and subsequently became Trump’s White House counsel. After Trump resumed power, Little submitted a clemency petition for Kelsey, who was pardoned just weeks after his sentence began. Little, long an appeals lawyer, quickly became a pardon-focused attorney, telling VF the “real problems” in Chrisley’s original conviction appeared unusual in such a high-profile prosecution. “Going into the appellate argument, we had …

Louvre’s Denon Wing Springs a Leak, Damaging One Painting

Louvre’s Denon Wing Springs a Leak, Damaging One Painting

Published by José Betancourt

The Louvre‘s Denon Wing, an area of the Paris museum that hosts masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, and many more, sprang a leak on Thursday night, marking the latest difficult turn for an institution that is facing fallout from last year’s heist, scrutiny over its infrastructure, and continued work stoppages. A union spokesperson told Reuters on Friday that the leak happened in Room 707 of the museum, which reportedly holds works by artists such as Bernardino Luini and Charles Meynier. The French broadcaster BMF TV also confirmed news of the leak, reporting that the Louvre had internally labeled it an “emergency situation” and a “major water leak.” Related Articles The Meynier painting, an 1820 work called Triumph of French Painting: Apotheosis of Poussin, Le Sueur and Le Brun, was damaged as a result of the leak, which caused “two micro-tears” and the “slight lifting of the paint layer,” a museum spokesperson told BFM TV. The artwork will undergo further investigation as the museum seeks to repair it. Notably not contained in …