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These Strange A.I. Videos Boosted Spencer Pratt’s Campaign—and May Be the Future of Politics
Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is seen speaking with the media outside Don Antonio’s restaurant on June 02, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. California held its primary elections on June 2nd, which includes the primary for Mayor of Los Angeles. —HIGHFIVE—Bauer-Griffin—GC Images While Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass drew enough votes in Tuesday’s primary…
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Maine Has a Graham Platner Problem
We don’t know what Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, wrote in his sexually explicit texts with women other than his wife—six, according to his campaign; a dozen, according to an ex-aide—but do we need to? The glaring question that the texts pose to voters about the presumptive Democratic nominee at…
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‘Wrong choice’: Fox News host shocks co-hosts by slamming return of Confederate statues
Brian Kilmeade surprised his Fox & Friends co-hosts Thursday by breaking with the conservative line on Confederate monuments — declaring that Robert E. Lee shouldn’t have a statue because he “made a choice, and it was the wrong choice.” The moment came after co-host Carley Shimkus noted that a Lee monument removed from a Charleston,…
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Trump Accuses California Democrats of ‘Cheating’ Over Pace of Vote Counts
California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump speak to press upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport in California on Jan. 24, 2025. —Mandel Ngan—Getty Images President Donald Trump accused California Democrats of “cheating” and “trying to steal” the elections from Republican candidates as the state continues to count votes in what may be…
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The Iran War Isn’t Only Trump’s to End
A U.S. official told Axios that on Monday that Donald Trump read Benjamin Netanyahu the riot act for wanting to launch strikes on Beirut, which could collapse American negotiations with Iran. The message, the official said, was “You’re fucking crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates…
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As Angels fans urge Arte Moreno to sell the team, the least he can do is try to win
In Section 533 of Angel Stadium, high above the foul pole in right field, where fans enjoying pretzels and helmet nachos wore Angels caps and Mike Trout shirts, a kindly usher approached. As a row of kids delighted in mixing cotton candy and frozen lemonade into an only-at-the-ballpark dessert, the usher alerted the parents that…
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Dire alarm as Trump creates ‘irreparable blind spot’ in predicting earthquakes and floods
The Trump administration is opening up an “irreparable blind spot” in the nation’s ability to predict natural disasters, according to experts. The National Science Foundation announced plans to dismantle a $368 million deep-sea observation system just days after President Donald Trump fired all members of an independent board that oversees the foundation, and CNN’s Bill…
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The Ball brothers’ head coach at Chino Hills, Steve Baik, is the new coach at Calabasas
Steve Baik, who coached Chino Hills to an unbeaten basketball season in 2016 led by brothers Lonzo, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball, is returning to high school basketball. Calabasas announced on Wednesday he will be its new basketball coach. Baik, who left Chino Hills and then guided Fairfax to a City Section Open Division championship in…
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Barrett gives ominous signal on how she’ll swing on Trump’s most important fights: expert
A little-noticed Supreme Court concurrence may have just telegraphed how right-wing justice Amy Coney Barrett will rule on some of the most consequential legal battles of the Trump era, according to a detailed analysis by Georgetown University law professor Steve Vladeck. At issue is a May 26 ruling in Margolin v. National Association of Immigration…
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Alzheimer’s patient gets back speech, continence and memory after 5 grams of experimental drug
What a trip. After a decade of cognitive and functional decline, an 80-year-old patient with advanced Alzheimer’s disease showed remarkable signs of recovery. All it took was a single dose of an experimental hallucinogen to get her speaking more than she had in years — and that’s just the top of the list of her…