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Hegseth gets worked up when pressed on war cost: ‘You afraid to take ownership of this?’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was visibly upset as a Democratic lawmaker questioned the cost of the Iran war during the first hearing since the conflict started. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), an Iraq war veteran, asked Hegseth if he advised President Donald Trump to attack Iran during the House Armed Services Committee hearing. “I’m just asking
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Defying protocol, Trump relays details of private conversation with King Charles III
LONDON — In the world of diplomatic faux pas, it could have been a lot worse. At Tuesday’s state dinner honoring King Charles III and Queen Camilla, President Trump said that during a private meeting earlier in the day the British monarch had agreed with him that Iran should never be allowed to have nuclear weapons. “We’re
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‘Don’t screw it up’: Lawmaker mocks ‘incompetent’ Pete Hegseth over Pulp Fiction flub
A California Democrat mocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to his face for mixing up dialogue from the 1994 film “Pulp Fiction” with a biblical passage. The self-styled “secretary of war” repeated an air rescue group’s prayer based on Ezekiel 25:17 and borrowed from a monologue delivered in the film by actor Samuel L. Jackson during
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How the ‘Widow’s Bay’ Team Made a Horror Comedy That’s Actually Funny and Actually Scary
A lot of writers have it: the project in the drawer that they keep returning to, working on, over the course of many years. Maybe it’s a book. Usually, it’s a book. For Katie Dippold, it was “Widow’s Bay.” Dippold, who created, showruns and executive produces the new Apple TV series, has been thinking about
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LA singles are flocking to luxe West Coast grocer, Erewhon, to get dates: ‘Better than the apps’
Every major city claims to have the ‘worst dating scene,’ but if you live in Los Angeles, the drag of being single might as well be alleviated over a $25 Strawberry Glaze Erewhon smoothie. Desperate LA singles, fed up with dating apps, are now scouring the aisles of the luxe grocery chain for their happily-ever-after
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Man gives home run ball back to young Guardians fan. Now her mom wants folks to leave him alone
Guardians fan Evelyn Moore got a pretty cool souvenir from Monday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays — a two-run home run ball hit by Cleveland second baseman Daniel Schneemann. The 11-year-old softball player from New Philadelphia, Ohio, almost got the ball right after Schneemann hit it in the bottom of the fifth inning. But,
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Activists tried to free 2,000 dogs from a Wisconsin research lab. Then came the tear gas.
It’s exceptionally rare that the tiny, perpetually marginal, and politically outmatched animal rights movement manages to capture national attention. A lack of attention is that movement’s core problem and central organizing conundrum. How can it convince the public to make space in their minds for something they’d really, really prefer not to: the industrialized torture
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‘MAGA religious base is deteriorating’ as Trump’s affronts to Christians pile up: expert
Donald Trump’s turn towards attacking religious leaders who have parted ways with him on issues such as war and the treatment of immigrants has created a crisis of faith between the president and a key segment of his base, according to an expert’s analysis. According to evangelical scholar Rob Schenk, writing for Mother Jones, the
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‘Columbo’ star Peter Falk’s daughter dead by suicide at 60
Peter Falk’s daughter Jacqueline Falk died by suicide on Monday. She was 60. Jacqueline hanged herself in a Los Angeles home, according to the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office. TMZ was the first to break the news Wednesday. Peter Falk’s daughter Jacquelin Falk (pictured above in September 1998) passed away Monday. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via
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‘Mind-blowing’ Trump polling shows president in ‘worst position he has ever been’: analyst
CNN’s Harry Enten was so worked up over “mind-blowing” new polling on President Donald Trump and the economy that his voice cracked. Inflation remains the top concern for American voters, just as it was when they elected the 79-year-old president to a second term in 2024, but polls show Trump’s approval on the issue has