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3 Republicans Join Democrats in Closest Senate Vote Yet to Halt Iran War
Senator Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, voted for a measure to halt the Iran War for the first time on Wednesday. It still failed in a 49-50 vote. —Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Senate Republicans on Wednesday narrowly blocked the strongest congressional effort yet to force an end to the war with Iran,…
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Four Financial Journalists Accused of Being Fake AI-Generated Puppets That Shill Crypto in Forbes, HuffPost, and More
Four prolific financial journalists are facing serious questions over whether they’re actually real. Welcome to digital media in 2026! An investigation by The Press Gazette found that four allegedly human freelance journalists who’ve published articles shilling specific crypto coins — in outlets including Forbes, Investing.com, HuffPost, CoinTelegraph, VentureBeat, and The Street, no less — strongly…
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Newsom to propose fund to help California wildfire victims rebuild
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom will propose a new $100-million fund to help wildfire victims afford loans to rebuild their homes under a revised budget plan set to be released Thursday. The Newsom administration estimates that thousands of victims of the Los Angeles wildfires cannot afford to rebuild, blaming a lack of access to affordable loans and…
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The Supreme Court abortion pills case, explained
Abortion pills have been on a bit of a journey in the United States over the past few weeks. It starts in Louisiana: The state sued the Food and Drug Administration late last year, seeking to eliminate access to the abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth and mail order. On May 1, the US Fifth Circuit…
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Trump’s DOJ considers settling a massive IRS lawsuit
The Department of Justice is holding internal discussions about settling President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his 2019 tax returns, according to the New York Times. Trump claims the IRS failed to prevent his returns from being publicized. The lawsuit, filed in January, raises conflict-of-interest questions…
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Toronto Film Festival to Host 53rd Student Academy Awards This Fall
The Student Academy Awards are headed to Toronto. The Academy announced on Wednesday that its annual awards ceremony, meant to recognize the best in filmmaking from undergraduate and graduate students, will be held for the first time at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). TIFF will host the 53rd Student Academy Awards at the TIFF…
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Donald Gibb, ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ and ‘Bloodsport’ actor, dies at 71
Donald Gibb, the actor who played the hulking fraternity bro Ogre in “Revenge of the Nerds” and Ray “Tiny” Jackson in “Bloodsport,” has died. He was 71. Gibb’s son Travis confirmed his father’s death to TMZ on Tuesday evening after he died earlier that day at home in Texas surrounded by family. Gibb, a former…
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Report reveals crying GOP lawmaker read a poem for female staffer who rejected him
A North Carolina Republican congressman currently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee sent a young female staffer a guilt-laden text message after she declined his dinner invitation — and later wept while reading her a rhyming poem at her going-away party as the entire office looked on in discomfort, according to new reporting from…
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‘Ted Lasso’ Star Christo Fernández Joins US Pro Soccer Team: ‘Maybe I’m Just a Crazy Man With Crazy Dreams’
“Ted Lasso” star Cristo Fernández returning to his roots as a real profession soccer player. Fernández joins the USL Championship team El Paso Locomotive “after an extensive two-month trial with the team,” the organization shared Tuesday. The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men’s soccer league in the United States sanctioned by the U.S. Soccer…
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Bus, semitruck and car collide in Santa Clarita, leaving 13 injured
More than a dozen people were injured, four critically, after a Santa Clarita city bus, a gravel truck, and a white sedan collided Wednesday morning at Centre Pointe Parkway and Golden Valley Road. The major crash prompted a massive emergency response, with 10 ambulances called to the scene as Los Angeles County Fire Department crews…