Gary Hershorn/Corbis News/Getty Images On July 6, the Liberty Belle — Disney World’s iconic steamboat off Liberty Square — made its last voyage along the Rivers of America. After it pulled into port, the ship and Tom Sawyer Island, also located on the “rivers,” permanently closed. It’s certainly the end of an era, but don’t...
SanyaSM/E+/Getty Images Don’t call it a comeback: COVID never left. Yes, the pandemic bug that dramatically altered the lives of just about everyone on the planet has let up (thanks again for that vaccine, science), but has never exited our lives completely. Wily in the ways that viruses often are, the coronavirus is constantly evolving,...
TikTok The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), a massive omnibus championed by Donald Trump, has passed both the House and Senate (though it needs to go back to the House for another vote). The latest iteration of the bill would see enormous federal spending cuts, including more than a trillion dollars in Medicaid —...
The Washington Post/The Washington Post/Getty Images Every year, July 1 marks an important day for schools. That’s when they receive access the federal funds Congress has allocated to them for the upcoming school year. Schools have planned for this money — there’s no other way to hit the ground running in August or September. But...