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Trump’s attendance at the Knicks’ historic NBA championship game faces mounting criticism
The New York Knicks return to Madison Square Garden Monday night, riding a historic 13-game playoff win streak with two wins from the NBA championship, but amid the excitement, President Donald Trump’s attendance at Game 3 forced the cancellation of watch parties across New York City. MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” panelists questioned whether Trump’s attendance…
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Platner takes cues from Mamdani, AOC to claim billionaires shouldn’t exist: ‘They got it because they cheated’
PORTLAND, Maine — Embattled Senate hopeful Graham Platner on Sunday swiped a page from New York City fellow lefties Zohran Mamdani and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to rant about how billionaires shouldn’t even exist. The Democratic leading candidate jokingly added to the jam-packed crowd at a local Elks Club that the country’s 1 percenters should even be…
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Temperatures to warm up in time for first U.S. men’s World Cup game in Los Angeles
Temperatures in Los Angeles are expected to warm up this week, coinciding with the first game of the U.S. men’s World Cup on Friday at SoFi stadium. An upper level trough across the Pacific Northwest, which has been keeping temperatures cooler, is expected to break down, according to the National Weather Service. It should begin…
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Pete Hegseth ‘backtracks’ on ‘repugnant’ religious policy after GOP beatdown
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reversed course Monday on a Pentagon religious classification policy that had enraged Republican allies — after Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) called it “repugnant,” phoned President Donald Trump directly, and demanded an immediate fix. The controversy stemmed from a May 20 memo, first reported by Military.com, signed by Under Secretary of Defense…
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Alix Earle punched in the face during Monaco night out
Alix Earle got her “first punch in the face” during a night out with pals in Monaco over the weekend. The influencer was attempting to exit a party when a man attempted to get security’s attention on her behalf — and accidentally hit her. Breathless with laughter, Earle reenacted the punch for her TikTok followers…
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The UK Is Betting on a Billion-Dollar AI Supercomputer to Kick Its Addiction to US Tech
The UK government has laid out a $1.47 billion plan to shake its dependence on foreign-made artificial intelligence hardware. Under the measures, announced Monday, the UK will spend more than $1 billion on a national AI supercomputer. It will be stocked with $530 million worth of hardware, including $200 million that will go toward specialist…
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Celebrating a wedding amid the Ebola outbreak: No kisses or close contact, but love lives here
BUNIA, Congo — There were no kisses, long embraces or a crowded dance floor packed with well-wishers. But there was love. As Congo is battling an Ebola disease outbreak that has killed nearly 100 people out of the more than 500 confirmed cases, local authorities have raced to slow the disease with strict measures, including by limiting…
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Federal judge deals Trump’s immigration agenda devastating blow
A federal judge ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump’s order to impose a $100,000 fee on businesses for H-1B visa applications was “unlawful” and ordered it to be “vacated in its entirety,” as flagged by Politico’s Kyle Cheney. First unveiled last year, Trump’s plan to impose the hefty fee was met with immediate scrutiny…
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Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
One day after WIRED revealed that Meta had quietly embedded an unreleased face-recognition system into an app installed on more than 50 million phones, the company removed it, according to a WIRED analysis of the latest version’s code. The most recent version of Meta AI, a companion app for its line of smart glasses, strips…
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Republican senators warn surveillance program may lapse after Trump intel pick backlash
WASHINGTON — Republicans are warning the White House that a critical surveillance authority is likely to lapse this week amid bipartisan backlash over President Trump’s pick to lead the nation’s intelligence community. Sen. Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sounded the alarm over the…