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Friday

March 13, 2026

Cockburn

What will the FBI learn in their UFC fighter seminar?

As the FBI investigates two potential terror attacks on US soil, the bureau’s director Kash Patel has been racking his brain for better ways to protect the American people. Apart from firing counterterrorism agents, his plans include partnering with UFC fighters to train the world’s premier law enforcement agency. The elite fighters will head to Quantico as part of an “overall initiative by the FBI to provide its agents with exciting, innovative training options,” according to a UFC press release. Patel is calling the training session a “historic seminar,” though Cockburn suspects, based on Patel’s Winter Olympic foray into elite sports with the US men’s hockey team, the vibe might be closer

Tuesday

February 3, 2026

Clare McHugh

The strangeness of Melania Trump

Long ago, in a different world, I edited a magazine called InStyle Weddings, which showcased the nuptial celebrations of the rich and famous. Melania Knauss Trump graced the cover of our spring 2005 issue, in her wedding gown, next to the headline “Behind the Scenes at the Trump Wedding.” My boss at the time had attended Donald and Melania’s January 2005 knot-tying at Mar-a-Lago, as an invited guest, alongside other Manhattan media machers, plus politicians, movie stars, famous athletes and… Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump Organization furnished the quotes for our article, and also approved all the photos. That the occasion was a precisely orchestrated publicity event as much as a wedding

Monday

January 26, 2026

Neal Pollack

Melania the movie will send Bluesky ballistic

As America stayed inside at the weekend, terrified and frozen, the White House hosted its own movie night: the first-ever screening of Melania, an insider-access documentary about the First Lady, directed by the disgraced Brett Ratner. This film that old-school Hollywood wouldn’t touch with a barge-pole is coming to theaters everywhere on Friday, whether you see it or not. The Hollywood Reporter, which met the devil at a crossroads in exchange for access, posted exclusive photos of the event, which included “black-tied VIPs, monogrammed popcorn tubs and a military band playing movie tunes”, as well as bespoke black-and-white cookies bearing Melania’s name. The band actually played “Melania’s Waltz,” a special

Thursday

December 18, 2025

Cockburn

Watch: First Lady releases trailer for MELANIA

“Here ve go again” says Melania Trump to the camera at the start of the new trailer for MELANIA – a feature documentary on the First Lady from Jeff Bezos’s Amazon Studios. This House of Cards-style breaking of the fourth wall seems to promise a certain intrigue in the movie to come. The trailer, which is soundtracked an Amadeus-esque orchestral score, has a few eyebrow-raising moments, like when the First Lady interrupts her husband’s rehearsal for a speech. “My proudest legacy will be that of peacemaker” says Trump. “Peacemaker and unifier,” she corrects him. She also teases Trump (who she calls “Mr. President”) about not having watched one of his broadcasts. “Ya, I will watch it on