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CNN host parses Trump’s strange slip-up in Iran statement: ‘Maybe a Freudian slip’
President Donald Trump proclaimed the Strait of Hormuz has been re-opened, but that’s not exactly how he put it. The 79-year-old president notified Americans that Iran would begin to allow “full passage” in what he inaccurately identified as “the Strait of Iran,” the narrow waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman that
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Trump Nominates Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC Director
Dr. Erica Schwartz —U.S. Department of Health and Human Services After nearly eight months without an official director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), President Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz to head the nation’s public-health agency, he announced in an April 16 post on Truth Social. Schwartz has spent
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ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds
Their backgrounds stand out. And not in a good way. Two bankruptcies and six law enforcement jobs in three years. An allegation of lying in a police report to justify a felony charge against an innocent woman — an incident that led to a $75,000 settlement and criticism of his integrity. A third job candidate
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Insider: GOP ‘screwed’ as Supreme Court liberals shut down midterm redistricting
Liberal justices on the U.S. Supreme Court are reportedly “slow walking” a redistricting decision to effectively deter additional states from trying the tactic before the midterm elections. On Friday, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told War Room host Steve Bannon that liberals on the court were plotting to prevent Republican-led states from gerrymandering
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Netflix Stock Tumbles 9% on Weaker Than Expected Earnings Forecast
Netflix shares tumbled 9% on Friday after a weaker-than-expected forecast during its first quarter earnings. The streamer’s Q1 profit grew 82% to $5.23 billion, or $1.23 per share — helped by a $2.8 billion break-up fee from abandoning its Warner Bros. deal — as revenue climbed 16% to $12.3 billion, driven by higher pricing, ad revenue and
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String of missing or dead scientists ‘too coincidental’ not to be major concern, congressman says — as 11th mystery emerges
A string of US scientists who have either disappeared or died is a matter of urgent national importance, a member of the House Oversight Committee insisted Friday — as a UFO researcher became at least the 11th added to the list of mysteries. Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) said his office had already been eyeing some
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Dianna Russini’s friend reveals how she’s coping after Mike Vrabel photo scandal
Dianna Russini is “going through a very difficult time” after bombshell photos of her and New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel surfaced, according to her friend. Russini’s former ESPN colleague, Jon “Stugotz” Weiner, confirmed he recently “spoke” to the sports journalist during the latest episode of his Fox Sports radio show, “Stugotz and Company.” “She’s going
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Why Gatorade is ditching athletes as its core market
Sixty years after it invented sports drinks, Gatorade is making a surprising pivot: It’s no longer focusing primarily on athletes. PepsiCo, Gatorade’s parent company, said Thursday that the brand wants to broaden its reach to non-athletes who are looking for ways to hydrate, whether they’re on a long flight, going for a walk or nursing
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Trump struggles to gather GOP support for his unpopular surveillance program
Twenty Republican lawmakers joined Democrats early Friday morning to block President Donald Trump’s push for a longer extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, defying the president’s explicit call for GOP support, as reported by the Associated Press. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, permits national intelligence agencies to surveil overseas communications without a
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Pentagon Disturbed as Its Fleet of Drones Is Left Bobbing in the Ocean When Elon Musk’s Starlink Fails
Two dozen unmanned surface vessels — autonomous boat drones, basically — were left floating in the Pacific ocean after a massive outage of SpaceX’s Starlink internet service left them adrift. That event, first reported by Reuters, left the experimental robots disconnected and bobbing in the ocean for nearly an hour off the coast of California.