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Trump shrugs off sailors’ concerns of lengthy deployments: ‘Not nearly long enough’
President Donald Trump dismissed concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln’s extended deployment. Trump told reporters Friday that sailors hadn’t been deployed “nearly long enough.” The carrier’s 5,000 sailors and Marines are nine months into a deployment that was supposed to end in May, with no return date announced. Doctors aboard the ship warned crew members…
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New York City Lawmakers Push to ‘Ban the Scan’ at MSG
Privacy advocates and musicians rallied outside Madison Square Garden on Friday, pushing for new legislation to prevent facial-recognition technology at the venue and other public spaces in New York City. “MSG and its CEO, James Dolan, have been flagrantly abusing biotechnology,” City Council member Shahana Hanif said at the event on Friday, after leading a…
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Empty freezers and long lines befall food banks as SNAP cuts reverberate
Food banks across the US, from New Mexico to Oregon to Illinois, are seeing massive increases in demand as the unprecedented federal nutrition aid cuts that President Donald Trump signed into law last summer take hold, stripping benefits from millions of Americans amid elevated grocery costs—a recipe for disaster. “Our freezers are getting empty,” Eddie…
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Bumble Was Never Going to Fix Dating Anyway
Every dating app, formally or informally, has its thing. Hinge, with its earnest prompts, is wholesome. Tinder, with its quick swipes left or right, is horny. Feeld, with its 30-plus tags for communicating your romantic and sexual desires, is kinky. And Bumble, with its “women message first” rule, was meant from the start to be…
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Trump says USS Abraham Lincoln deployment ‘not nearly long enough’ amid outcry from families
Democratic lawmakers and military families are pressing the Pentagon for answers after reports emerged that thousands of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have endured food shortages, plumbing failures and severe fatigue during deployment that has stretched more than 260 days. The roughly 5,000-person crew, which left San Diego in November and has been stationed…
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Top Trump handler’s grip slips as she battles health scare: report
One of President Donald Trump‘s closest aides has been losing her pull with him, according to reports on Friday. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, who has reportedly often been a voice keeping some of Trump’s worst impulses under control, has been losing her grip over the president, insiders told The Daily Beast. “Much of the…
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Family of dead ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday says he was victim of ‘misinformation’ campaign despite plagiarism allegations
The family of ex-Cambridge University professor Jason Arday, accused of plagiarism, blamed his unexpected death Friday on a “campaign of misinformation” that “was too much for Jason.” Arday, 41, was found dead in his south London home just over a week after quitting his job over the allegations — as Cambridge announced it had launched…
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Inside Page Six’s VRT Out East party at Barlume Beach in Montauk with the OG ‘RHONY’ Housewives, Hilaria Baldwin and more
“Virtual Reali-Tea” takes the Hamptons. Celebrities, influencers and a few “Real Housewives of New York City” legends stepped out for Page Six’s VRT Out East party at Barlume Beach in Montauk Thursday night. Luann de Lesseps, 61, stunned in a hunter green matching set, while Sonja Morgan, 62, dazzled in a gold-sequin leotard and a…
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Extreme Six Flags roller coaster has been closed for over a month while state officials investigate
The X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia has been shut down for more than a month while state safety officials continue an investigation involving the attraction. The ride, first opened in 2002 as X, has been the subject of controversy and at least one high-profile lawsuit stemming from a 22-year-old man’s…
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Insiders spill on big fear driving West Wing exodus as ‘wheels come off’
President Donald Trump‘s inner circle has started to splinter as concerns grow over the commander-in-chief’s behavior ahead of the midterms, insiders revealed on Friday. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was the latest to announce her departure this week, and three other officials have exited this summer, with more expected to depart, according to The…