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Ex-Trump official says president is being ‘propped up’ by allies who are using him
President Donald Trump is being propped up by those in a position to manipulate him, a former Trump admin official has claimed. Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly served as White House communications director in Trump’s first term, believes that those pulling strings behind the scenes are readily and easily able to manipulate the president. Scaramucci has…
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Katie Couric calls Matt Lauer’s alleged rape victim Brooke Nevils ‘very brave’
Katie Couric feels nothing but empathy and respect for Brooke Nevils, who accused Matt Lauer of raping her. The former “Today” show co-host, 69, told Page Six that she has not read Nevils’ memoir, “Unspeakable Things: Silence, Shame and the Stories We Choose to Believe,” but did “read an excerpt.” “I feel terrible for her,”…
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The US Military Just Arrested One of Its Soldiers for Making Ghoulish Polymarket Bets, and It Shows How Deep the Moral Rot of Prediction Markets Really Goes
Amid the carnage as the United States invaded Venezuela earlier this year, millions of dollars furiously changed hands on Polymarket — resulting in massive financial windfalls that immediately spurred allegations of insider trading. One anonymous bettor in particular made out like a bandit, netting some $410,000 in winnings on extremely well-timed bets that Venezuelan president…
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Ex-GOP staffer spots ‘really interesting’ sign of Dems advancing in ruby red state
Yard signs in a ruby red state signal authentic voter enthusiasm that could change the game, according to a former GOP insider. Kurt Bardella, a former staffer for Republican Senator Olympia Snowe and Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, appeared on MS NOW on Saturday, where he flagged unexpected Democratic momentum in deep-red Texas, citing grassroots enthusiasm…
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The hidden signs in your gut that may indicate Parkinson’s disease before symptoms emerge
Go with your gut. Researchers at University College London have isolated a “microbial signature” in the gut that could help predict Parkinson’s disease in patients who aren’t yet showing symptoms. The potential breakthrough can’t come fast enough, as global cases of this neurodegenerative disease continue to ramp up at record speed. Up to 1.5 million…
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The U.K. Smoking Ban Is Illiberal
Cigarettes have always been noxious to me: As a kid, I stole my grandpa’s Marlboros and hid them deep in a trash bin. In college, Chesterfields made the kisses of a woman I loved taste carcinogenic. When I lived in Spain, smoky air in my favorite bar made my lungs burn. And no law has…
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Internal email reveals Senate GOP ‘terrified’ as 3 states shift: ‘The left is crushing us’
An email to supporters of Republicans in the Senate said the party is “terrified” as Democrats advance on their midterm odds in three unexpected states. The National Republican Senatorial Committee — the party’s nationwide campaign arm for the GOP in the Senate — sent out a panicked email to donors in which it disclosed the…
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The Strange Comfort of a Rewatch
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. A familiar dilemma: You open Netflix, determined to watch something new. Twenty minutes of scrolling later, after having…
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China will send giant pandas to Atlanta again
BEIJING — Atlanta will have giant pandas again. China announced it will send two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta in Beijing’s latest panda diplomacy effort, despite tensions with Washington, less than a month before a much-anticipated visit by President Trump to Beijing. The China Wildlife Conservation Assn. said in a statement that male panda Ping Ping and…
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Report on Kash Patel’s drinking may have an unexpected consequence: analyst
FBI Director Kash Patel may have saved himself from President Donald Trump’s wrath with his lawsuit against The Atlantic, a political analyst has claimed. Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick on April 20, 2026, following a bombshell investigative report detailing his alleged excessive drinking and erratic…