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Disbelief as Dr. Oz caught using fake numbers to attack Dem states — and agency admits it
An investigative journalist was in disbelief Friday as President Donald Trump’s Medicare chief was caught using wildly inflated numbers to attack a Democratic state — then his own agency admitted the figures were bogus. A new analysis from investigative journalist Marcy Wheeler flagged that The Associated Press caught Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for
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Trump quietly offloading Iran failure on Vance ‘sensing the war’s unpopularity’: analysis
A war launched by President Donald Trump to weaken Iran may instead reshape his own political legacy – and hand a high-stakes dilemma to Vice President JD Vance, according to a new analysis in The Atlantic. In an opinion piece published Friday, foreign policy expert Karim Sadjadpour said while Trump “went to war intending to
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Artemis II’s success has America again reaching for the stars
And they’re back! The Artemis II crew has returned to terra firma after an insane 14-minute dive through the atmosphere, slowing from nearly 25,000 mph to just 20 before splashdown off the California coast, with the capsule’s outer surface hitting temps above 5,000 degrees. So ended the history-making, 10-day, 685,000-mile flight, the first manned trip
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‘Summer House’ stars Amanda Batula and West Wilson reunite at NYC bar after confirming romance
She’s certainly “living life” again. “Summer House” stars Amanda Batula and West Wilson were spotted together at a NYC bar on Friday — nearly two weeks after confirming their romance. It’s the first sighting of Batula and Wilson out in public together since they dropped their relationship bombshell on March 31, and it comes just
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Prep talk: Palisades’ Jake Norr gets two holes in one, shows he’s City Section title favorite
It was a moment playing golf that anyone and everyone looks forward to celebrating. Jake Norr, a junior at Palisades High, made a hole in one earlier this week at Woodley Lakes Golf Course. It was part of a nine-hole round that left him six-under-par and stamped himself as the favorite to win the City
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Blundering Trump just got walloped with bad news as America’s nightmare month continues
Friends, Trump gas — like Trump shoes, Trump cologne, the Trump Bible, Trump shoes, Trump NFTs, Trump crypto, Trump resorts, and Trump University — is turning out to be a ripoff. The average cost of gas tracked by the AAA was $4.17 a gallon yesterday. The station at the end of my street is selling
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Well-timed bets on Polymarket tied to the Iran war draw calls for investigations from lawmakers
NEW YORK — Calls inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket are increasing after the latest instance in which groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a major geopolitical event hours before it occurred. On Wednesday, the Associated Press reported that at least 50 new accounts on Polymarket placed substantial bets on
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Hegseth’s key Iran claim collapses as US intel finds Iran has thousands of missiles
One of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s main defenses of the U.S. decision to negotiate a controversial ceasefire with Iran is that its ballistic missile program has been “functionally destroyed.” But that claim has now been shot down by U.S. intelligence assessments, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. “Iran still has thousands of ballistic
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These are all the cookbook authors you can see at the L.A. Times Festival of Books
Bring your cooking questions to the L.A. Times Food x Now Serving booth at this year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on April 18 and 19 at USC. We’ve got an impressive lineup of authors signing their books, and our own L.A. Times Food writers and editors will be on hand to chat. You
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Ex-prosecutor floats new theory behind Melania’s sudden Epstein remarks
Former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg suggested Melania Trump’s surprise address denying Epstein connections was an attempt to preempt damaging revelations. Speaking on MS NOW, Aronberg identified journalist Michael Wolff as the key figure linking Melania to Epstein through photographs with Trump, Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell. Aronberg theorized that Melania’s statement was timed