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Trump’s Truth Social Stock Just Hit Its Lowest Point Ever
Earlier this year, president Donald Trump was caught executing thousands of stock trades — only to directly inflate their values by publicly praising them or lowering regulatory hurdles they face. Ironically, the same grift is struggling at his own enterprise. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), a company being publicly traded under the president’s initials,…
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Chief of staff to former NYC Mayor Eric Adams, 3 others charged in federal bribery probe
NEW YORK — A chief of staff to former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with accepting more than $100,000 in bribes to steer a lucrative migrant shelter contract to a Queens hotel, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. Frank Carone’s arrest Wednesday was the latest in a string of corruption allegations that…
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Insiders reveal Trump’s disturbing ‘fascination’ with gory details of deadly attack
President Donald Trump was reportedly “fascinated” with the gory details regarding Israel’s Operation Grim Beeper, the 2024 attack that saw thousands of pagers explode simultaneously and brutally maim thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah members and civilians alike, including children, according to a new book. “Trump ‘regaled’ his guests with horror stories of the destruction that the…
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Sony Pictures Entertainment Invests $100 Million, Takes Minority Stake in Cosm
Sony Pictures Entertainment has made a $100 million strategic investment in the global technology, media and entertainment company Cosm. As lead investor in a Series C financing round, SPE has acquired a minority ownership stake and its chairman/CEO Ravi Ahuja will join the company’s board of directors. SPE said the investment will advance its focus…
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Bode Miller says arrest was over friend’s cannabis. Cops say skiing great had psychedelic mushrooms
U.S. alpine skiing great Bode Miller is facing two misdemeanor drug charges following his arrest in Idaho earlier this month. The actual drug involved and who possessed it isn’t clear, with Miller and the arresting officer providing different accounts of those details from the June 6 arrest in Fremont County. The six-time Olympic medalist has…
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Will this 13-year-old girl be the next dictator of North Korea?
In the last few years, there has been a notable shift in the state propaganda coming out of North Korea. A young girl — maybe 13 or so — has become a fixture at most major state events. Before an intercontinental ballistic missile launch, she can be seen side by side with her father, North…
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Lawmaker gives Trump nominee a tongue-lashing over insulting Senators: ‘You’re telling me’
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) pressed Konstantinos Ligris, President Donald Trump‘s nominee for Assistant Attorney General, during a tense hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday after discovering the Department of Justice hopeful had posted several social media attacks on lawmakers. Whitehouse mentioned the comments during the nominee’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, pushing Ligris to respond.…
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FIFA World Cup Fever Heats Up as ‘Spider-Man’ Swings Higher | 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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Independent U.N.-commissioned experts accuse Israel of targeting Gaza children, repeat genocide claim
JERUSALEM — A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations accused Israel of deliberately shooting children in Gaza and repeated its accusation that Israel has committed genocide in the territory. Israel vociferously denies claims that it committed genocide during its 2½ year war in Gaza. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian…
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Trump is ‘sleepwalking into a bruising wakeup call’: columnist
There’s a peculiar dialect spoken only at Donald Trump rallies, one where “winning” and being “loved” mean roughly the same thing, observed a new column. The Bulwark’s Andrew Eggers pointed out how the 80-year-old president, greeting supporters this week at a factory in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, declared “I won this place so much,” attacked “Dumocrats”…