You don't have to travel far to live out a scenic fairy tale. Here are seven dreamy forests in America that will transport you to another world.

HBO host Bill Maher called out late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel on Monday for not thanking him after Maher defended Kimmel during his suspension over comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer. During the latest episode of Maher’s "Club Random" podcast, the HBO host told guest Michael Rapaport that he believed Kimmel no longer liked him because he left Maher out when thanking people who supported him during the suspension. "Look, Jimmy apparently doesn't like me too much anymore because he thanked everybody but me. And I was adamant, adamant, about supporting him that week and the next week," Maher said...

A Mississippi mom shot dead one of the aggressive monkeys that escaped from an overturned truck last week to protect her young children. Jessica Bond Ferguson said she and other Heidelberg residents had been on high alert after word spread that monkeys — believed to be carrying dangerous diseases but later confirmed by officials not to be — had been roaming loose since Tuesday. Early Sunday, her 16-year-old son ran into the house, claiming he had seen one of the animals in the yard...

Disney on Monday urged YouTube TV to restore ABC and its other broadcast channels for Election Day coverage amid the streaming platform's blackout on them. “Despite the impasse that led to the current blackout, we have asked YouTube TV to restore ABC for Election Day so subscribers have access to the information they rely on,” Disney said Monday, The Hill news outlet reported. “We believe in putting the public interest first and hope YouTube TV will take this small step for their customers while we continue to work toward a fair agreement.”...

Democrats view California as a model for how the rest of the country should run. The party holds a monopoly on power there, and it is a major recruiting ground for Democratic politicians. Former President Joe Biden plucked four people from the state to serve in his Cabinet and as his running mate. It is crucial to look at how California runs to determine where Democrats want to take the country in the future. That includes California’s toleration of sex crimes and sex trafficking, lest the state “stigmatize” the LGBT community or “sex workers.”...

Ryan Neuhaus, who until Friday was chief of staff to Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, left the conservative think tank in the wake of an uproar over a statement from Roberts last week defending Tucker Carlson after he interviewed antisemitic white nationalist Nick Fuentes. A Heritage spokesperson confirmed Neuhaus’s departure. “Ryan was not fired. He offered his resignation, which was accepted,” a Heritage spokesperson told The Hill on Monday. “Ryan is a good man, we appreciate his service, and we have no doubt he will serve the movement in another capacity.”...

An emergency alert was issued for University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville on Monday afternoon warning of an "active attacker with a gun." Within 30 minutes of the first alert, UVA said on its website that 'no evidence' of an attacker had been found. The alert posted on X said the armed person is near the Shannon Library and warned anyone in the area to run, hide or fight. The college said on X that academic buildings had gone into "access control only." Newsweek has reached out to UVA via email Monday for more information...

Senator John Thune said Monday he was “optimistic” the Senate could vote to reopen the government by the end of the week. “But if we don’t start seeing some progress or evidence of that by at least the middle of this week, it’s hard to see how we would finish anything by the end of the week,” the South Dakota Republican told reporters. Asked if he was confident, he turned at the chamber doorway and said, “Don’t push it.”...

Shortly before President Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea, an urgent issue emerged. Trump wanted to discuss a request by Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang to allow sales of a new generation of artificial-intelligence chips to China, current and former administration officials said. Greenlighting the export of Nvidia’s Blackwell chips would be a seismic policy shift potentially giving China, the U.S.’s biggest geopolitical competitor, a technological accelerant. Huang—who speaks to Trump often—has lobbied relentlessly to maintain access to the Chinese market...