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DHS probe finds Corey Lewandowski may have improperly awarded government contracts – could face criminal referral: report
Former Special Government Employee Corey Lewandowski could be facing a criminal referral amid a federal watchdog’s investigation into Department of Homeland contracting during fired former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s tenure, according to a report. The DHS Office of Inspector General’s (DHS OIG) has found evidence Lewandowski may have been involved in improperly awarding DHS contracts…
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‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev settles lawsuit with Leviev diamond family, ending legal woes
The “Tinder Swindler” has finally escaped the legal battles stemming from his adventures in online dating, it seems. Israeli man Shimon Hayut changed his name to Simon Leviev and claimed to be part of a billionaire diamond-trading family, with several women claiming he had used the guise to seduce and con them out of buckets…
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Elon Musk abruptly postpones interview with CNBC just before airing
Elon Musk abruptly canceled a heavily promoted live interview with CNBC moments before it was set to air on Friday, leaving the network scrambling. Anchor Scott Wapner and correspondent Julia Boorstin were set to conduct what was billed as Musk’s first television interview since SpaceX went public. Boorstin announced the postponement at the Allen &…
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Trump weighed national emergency to bypass election agency before firing leaders: report
The Trump administration plotted ways to bypass an election agency before firing its leaders, according to reporting by Reuters. According to four anonymous sources who spoke to Reuters, the White House “spent months” mulling ways around Election Assistance Commission guidelines for state voting machines. Earlier this week, Trump fired two Democratic members of the commission…
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Samuel Alito may have just tipped his hand on plans as retirement rumors fly: insiders
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has ongoing plans for the Supreme Court, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. “Alito isn’t merely a favored legal mind of MAGA world,” said the report. Uniquely among the right-wing justices, “he has managed to merge pro-Trump, antiestablishment forces with the more traditional wing of legal conservatism, long dominated…
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Paramount-WBD Merger: Oregon AG Withdraws Records Request, Motion to Delay
Oregon attorney general Dan Rayfield has withdrawn the state’s records request and motion to delay the closing of the $110 billion Paramount Warner Bros. merger, according to a filing with the Multnomah County Court on Friday. The state has been investigating the merger since it was first announced in February and claimed that Paramount had…
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One toilet for every 787 people at Bay Area firework show as fog ruins spectacle
San Francisco’s much-hyped Fourth of July celebration went straight down the toilet. The deep-blue city lured an estimated 100,000 people to the waterfront for a historic fireworks display launched from the Golden Gate Bridge, only for the show to be swallowed in thick fog for much of night as transit and sanitation issues added to…
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Apple Martin looks exactly like mom Gwyneth Paltrow as she films her first big movie role
This Apple certainly didn’t fall far from the tree. Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter, Apple Martin, is following in her famous mom’s footsteps as she prepares to make her feature film debut in Nancy Meyers’ forthcoming movie, “Paris Paramount.” Photos taken Thursday from the film’s set show the young actress channeling Paltrow while working on set alongside…
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MAGA’s possible midterm scheme exposed by ex-GOP operative
Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson shared his speculations for MAGA ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. In a recent Substack post, Wilson wrote that MAGA cannot win a fair midterm election fight and plans to resort to cheating. “Let me tell you a secret about the MAGA movement that isn’t a secret at all, because…
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Trump’s team makes rare admission his Iran gamble is unraveling: report
The Trump administration admitted it’s worried that a nuclear deal with Iran is increasingly unlikely, the Wall Street Journal reported. Senior U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that a nuclear deal with Iran is “growing increasingly unlikely” in a “rare acknowledgment.” A deal to limit Iran’s nuclear capacity was one of Trump’s…