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Trump nominee for intelligence post refuses to answer questions during hearing
Walter “Jay” Clayton III, President Donald Trump’s pick for Director of National Intelligence, faced intense questioning during his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, repeatedly refusing to answer direct questions from Democrats. When Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) asked Clayton who won the 2020 election, Clayton refused to engage, saying, “I’m not gonna do this with you.”…
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‘The Odyssey’ Journeys Up the Top Titles Audiences Are Hyped For | Chart
What are the entertainment offerings that consumers are most excited about? It’s a question that marketers, distributors, advertisers and media publications are always asking. ScreenShare, a data partnership between Screen Engine/ASI and TheWrap, tracks the Top 10 most-mentioned entertainment options every week and whether each has gained or lost momentum compared to the prior week.…
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Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’
Does a software feature exist if its code has been deployed to the devices of millions of people but they can’t use it yet? Not if you work at Meta. The company’s executives have spent the last few weeks making this semantic argument about NameTag, the in-development face-recognition system that Meta built for its smart…
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Dodgers’ Mookie Betts has six Gold Gloves. And now a baseball glove company
Winning six Gold Glove awards gives Mookie Betts more than enough credibility to design and market his own leather. And that’s exactly what he is doing with LGND, a line of baseball gloves that he says are “built around versatility, craftsmanship and player-first innovation.” Betts, of course, is the Dodgers shortstop whose Gold Gloves all…
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‘Getting away with it’: Todd Blanche’s evasive maneuvers in hearing alarm legal experts
A pair of veteran prosecutors sounded the alarm as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche seems to be “getting away with it.” During a Wednesday episode of Civil Discourse, former federal prosecutors Joyce Vance and Harry Litman weighed in on the first day of Blanche’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, but were disappointed by…
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NYC’s Hooverville revival: Letters to the Editor — July 15, 2026
The Issue: Mayor Mamdani delays on clearing a large homeless encampment on the West Side. Mayor Mamdani has turned a blind eye to drug use, prostitution and disease-infected homeless encampments at the expense of Manhattan’s West Side businesses and residents (“Zo-ing back to bad ol’ days,” July 15). If it continues, we might return to…
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The staggering amount Howard Stern makes per minute despite cutting radio shows, laying off employees
Howard Stern will still be earning a hefty paycheck despite cutting down his SiriusXM show to one episode per week and laying off employees. The radio titan renewed his contract with SiriusXM for the “Howard Stern Show” with a three-year deal in December 2025. Though the amount for his current contract hasn’t been disclosed, he…
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Intel Officials Predict the Pentagon’s Bill for the Iran War Will Exceed $100 Billion
President Donald Trump restarted the Iran conflict with days of missile strikes, and US intelligence officials now estimate the total military cost of the war for the Pentagon could exceed $100 billion, according to two people directly familiar with the matter. The officials were tracking the total cost of Operation Epic Fury to be in…
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Why public health officials are ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Trump’s CDC pick
Confirmation hearings began Wednesday for Dr. Erica Schwartz, President Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a typical administration, it would not be headline news that a potential CDC director supports vaccination and other basic public health measures. But the second Trump administration is anything but typical, and Schwartz’s…
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The next Strait of Hormuz
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. If I had a nickel for every time President Donald Trump backtracked or changed course on Iran, I’d have…well, at least enough money for a gallon of $3.89 gas. Trump has…