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Senate confirms Trump pick Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed President Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, bringing new leadership to the world’s most powerful central bank at a fraught moment for the global economy. Warsh was confirmed Wednesday in a largely party-line vote. His nomination had been thrown into doubt in recent months after Republican Sen. Thom Tillis…
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MAGA candidate caught at posh Bel Air Hotel — after campaigning from a trailer: report
MAGA Los Angeles Mayor candidate and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt has claimed that death threats prompted him to check into a famed hotel and apparently ditch his trailer, raising questions among his critics. Pratt, who lost his home in the Pacific Palisades during the devastating January 2025 fire, has claimed throughout his campaign…
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Vance jokes Trump is holding ‘Apprentice’ contest between him and Rubio for 2028 successor
Vice President JD Vance brushed off questions about a possible 2028 GOP primary matchup between himself and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — joking that President Trump is drawing on his experience as host of “The Apprentice” while analyzing who should be his successor. “I just don’t think it sounds like the president of the…
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The real reason Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta never dated exposed in new biography
“Grease” co-stars Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta would have dated if it weren’t for the actor’s devotion to Scientology, according to a new biography about the late singer. In his book “A Little More Love: The Life and Legacy of Olivia Newton-John,” writer Matthew Hild shares a conversation the Australian icon reportedly shared with a…
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Image of water polo players in Speedos sparks feud. Mom demands SoCal school officials resign
An online photo of a group of high school water polo players in Speedos has sparked a heated controversy in Temecula, with the mother of one of the players calling for two school board members to resign for allegedly “sexualizing” the image. The dispute was sparked two weeks ago when Sharon Sardina heard from a…
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New GOP move could wipe out one of the last Black-majority districts in the Deep South
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) announced a special legislative session to redraw congressional maps ahead of the 2028 elections — a move that could deliver Republicans a stranglehold on the state’s congressional delegation and put a crosshairs on one of the last rural Black-majority congressional districts in the South. The announcement comes in the wake…
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Mary Todd Lincoln and the Double Standard of Mental Illness
The Lincoln family, from left Mary Todd Lincoln, Robert Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln, and Abraham Lincoln, in an 1866 lithograph by Currier & Ives. —Glasshouse Vintage/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images American history has long applied a gendered double standard to mental illness, granting men empathy and dignity while branding women unstable and unworthy.…
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Coca-Cola manufacturer to shutter major Southern California plant
A regional Coca-Cola manufacturer will shut down a plant in Ventura after over 100 years in production. Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling will close the plant on July 10, the company announced in a recent state filing. “We regularly assess our locations, products and services to ensure we can continue driving sustainable growth and innovation across our…
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FBI chief Kash Patel ‘padding the stats’ to make himself look good: insiders
FBI Director Kash Patel strutted into a Senate hearing Tuesday, brandishing a large black placard of statistics and daring his critics to dispute them. But current and former law enforcement officials say those numbers are a sham. “They are absolutely padding the stats and claiming arrests they would not have claimed [previously],” one current FBI…
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Jamie Foxx and girlfriend Alyce Huckstepp are expecting a baby, the actor’s third
Jamie Foxx and Alyce Huckstepp are leveling up their relationship, with a little one of their own on the way. The Oscar-winning “Ray” actor, 58, is expecting a baby with girlfriend Huckstepp, The Times confirmed Wednesday. The baby will be the pair’s first but the third for Foxx, who is also the father to 32-year-old…