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U.S. Mint to Start Producing $1 Coin Featuring Trump’s Face
—Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent/X The United States Mint will begin producing a $1 coin etched with President Donald Trump’s face, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Wednesday. The new coin is in commemoration of the U.S.’s recent 250th birthday and will “honor the enduring legacy of liberty and a lasting symbol of patriotism,” according to…
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Political commentator fact-checks Trump and Cruz’s claims on the economy
President Donald Trump celebrated on Truth Social a June consumer price index decline of 0.4% and an annual inflation rate of 3.5%, claiming credit for reducing “Democrat-caused inflation.” “Great News America!” He began, “The Dumocrat caused inflation is way down from what it had been, and we will bring it down still further. MAGA!” Senator…
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Ex-Obama and Trump Advisors Agree: Paramount-WBD Merger Is Good for Hollywood | Guest Column
The proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. could be one of the largest financial transactions in American history. And now 12 state attorneys general, led by California AG Rob Bonta, filed an antitrust lawsuit to block it, in part voicing concerns about a “free and independent press.” The Writers Guild of America…
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‘You won’t even let me answer!’ Todd Blanche erupts at Cory Booker over Maxwell moves
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) pressed Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to respond to questions about why Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum security prison camp and demanded answers surrounding the controversial merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers/Discovery when the two got in a fiery back-and-forth. Booker was questioning Blanche at the…
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Olivia Dean sings for lovers, fighters and immigrant families at Crypto.com Arena
U.K. pop-soul singer Olivia Dean’s grandmother took her first plane ride at 18, when she emigrated to the U.K. from Guyana. Dean poignantly recalled the move on her song “Carmen” on Tuesday during the first of a two-night run at the Crypto.com Arena . “My Grandmother made me the person I am,” Dean said, introducing…
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Trump’s CDC nominee stumbles under GOP lawmaker’s grilling: ‘He’s fed up’
Trump critic Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Wednesday pressed the president’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asking if she would stand up to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Politico reported. Erica Schwartz, if nominated, would work under Kennedy, who previously fired Susan Monarez for pushing back on the Trump…
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Family of teen killed in horse-drawn carriage crash begs NYC to ban industry: ‘Let his death not be in vain’
The family of a teen tourist who tragically died after being thrown from a horse-drawn carriage pleaded with Big Apple lawmakers to finally push forward legislation to ban the dangerous industry. “I would not wish this on any family in the world,” the boy’s father, Deepak Mahajan, said as he sat next to his teary-eyed…
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How Madonna turned ‘mourning into music’ and ‘hunkered down’ to write No. 1 album after devastating losses
Madonna turned devastating personal losses into one of the most successful albums of her career. “She was really locked in,” a source close to the music icon told Page Six exclusively about the making of “Confessions II,” as she and Stuart Price — who co-produced ‘Confessions II’ and 2005’s ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’ —…
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Scottish independents should back England, needles conservative leader
Tory Leader Kemi Badenoch was in a jovial mood during the usually combative PMQs by calling for all MPs to unite behind England against Argentina this evening. Badenoch said that while Keir Starmer may be “disappointed that he won’t be emulating his hero Harold Wilson in winning multiple elections … we all hope that he…
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Federal government installs reworked panels about slavery at George Washington’s Philadelphia home
PHILADELPHIA — The Trump administration followed through on its pledge to rework and then reinstall panels about slavery at the site of President George Washington’s home in Philadelphia. Critics have warned that the new panels replacing the ones exhibited since 2010 whitewash the history of slavery. They were installed Wednesday morning in the same area where the…