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34+ min ago (265+ words) If anyone can handle an around-the-globe bachelorette party, it's the woman who spent two years circling the world on the Eras Tour. And according to a new report, Taylor Swift's friends are already treating the lead-up like its own mini world tour as plans for her bachelorette party start to fall into place. Insiders told the publication that Swift will reportedly host the getaways herself as her bridesmaids " a group that allegedly includes longtime friends Selena Gomez and Gigi Hadid " map out "at least three or four" bachelorette-style weekends. The goal, per the source, is to carve out time to celebrate, plan, and spend long weekends together as Swift's wedding to Travis Kelce moves closer. For now, though, it appears that the bridal party is taking center stage. The insider claimed that Swift's friends and both mothers " Andrea Swift and…...

49+ min ago (398+ words) The self-styled secretary of war reportedly ordered a second missile strike on two alleged smugglers who survived an attack on a boat administration officials say was carrying drugs from Venezuela to the U.S., and many military and legal experts say Hegseth's "no quarter" order violated international and U.S. laws. "I don't know that that happened and Pete said he did not want them, even know what people were talking about, so we'll look in "we'll look into it," Trump told reporters. "But no, I wouldn't have wanted a second strike. The first strike was very lethal, it was fine, and if there were two people around, but Pete said that didn't happen. I have great confidence." Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, joined with Democratic lawmakers in condemning Hegseth's alleged "kill everyone" follow-on order as illegal, and…...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago (917+ words) From Israel to Elon Musk's SpaceX and other giant companies in the US and Europe, arms producers had a profitable 2024. Revenues from sales of weapons and military services by the 100 largest global arms-producing companies reached a record $679bn in 2024, according to new data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The Gaza and Ukraine wars, as well as global and regional geopolitical tensions and ever-higher military expenditures, increased revenues generated by the companies from sales of military goods and services to customers domestic and abroad by 5.9 percent compared to the year before, the organisation said in a report published on Monday. The bulk of the global rise was attributed to companies based in Europe and the United States, but there were year-on-year increases in all regions except for Asia and Oceania, where issues within the Chinese arms industry drove…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago (519+ words) Every time we would prove an accusation false, NYT pivoted to the next allegation," the tech mogul writes An attorney for David Sacks called a Sunday story by the New York Times a hit piece" and a willful misunderstanding" of the tech mogul's special government employee status as the Trump Administration's AI and crypto adviser, saying many details of the roughly 4,000-word article, with five bylines and months of reporting behind it, are easily debunked. Sacks posted a copy of the four-page letter sent from his Virginia-based attorneys to the Times' general counsel Sunday on X. Five months ago, five New York Times reporters were dispatched to create a story about my supposed conflicts of interest working as the White House AI & Crypto Czar," Sacks wrote in his post. Every time we would prove an accusation false, NYT pivoted to the…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago (109+ words) President Donald Trump defended his remarks calling Tim Walz "seriously retarded" on Sunday, insisting there was "something wrong" with the Minnesota governor. During a Q&A with the president on Air Force One, a reporter asked,You mentioned Tim Walz and you called him what many Americans do find an offensive word, "retarded." Do you stand by that claim of calling Tim Walz retarded?" He concluded, "Yeah, there"s something wrong with Walz." Trump railed against Walz in a Thanksgiving message posted to Truth Social on Thursday, describing the governor as "seriously retarded." Walz responded by urging Trump to release his MRI results. Watch above via the White House....

1+ hour, 37+ min ago (424+ words) President Donald Trump crowed about the "magnificent" ballroom he's planning at the White House, prompting a wave of outraged reactions. The president set off shockwaves by abruptly demolishing the East Wing last month in preparation for the ballroom he's been musing about, and he hyped his plans Sunday night on Truth Social after a report last week showed him at odds with architect James McCrery II over the size and scale of the project. Trump statement on Truth Social posted Nov. 30, 2025 at 5:58 p.m. EST Other social media users offered reactions, fact checks and other commentary. "I must have missed Trump on the campaign trail saying that building a ballroom at the White House was one of his top priorities," posted NBC News reporter Lawrence Hurley. "That's all well and good, but it does nothing for me or other ordinary taxpayers," opined…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago (447+ words) Reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen closed to within 12 points of leader Lando Norris heading into final round in UAE next weekend. By Andrew Semple and News Agencies Four-time Formula One (F1) world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing kept the three-way 2025 drivers" championship battle alive with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri after securing victory in the penultimate race of the season at the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday. Verstappen closed to within 12 points of McLaren"s Norris, who finished fourth at Lusail Circuit, heading into the 24th and final round in Abu Dhabi next weekend. Norris"s teammate Piastri finished second in the race after starting on pole position and is now 16 points behind in the championship battle. But the Australian is still in with a chance to win the drivers" title. Carlos Sainz of Williams finished third in Qatar to round…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago (361+ words) President Donald Trump was grilled about his decision to pardon former president of Honduras and convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernandez on Sunday while simultaneously boasting about his efforts to crack down on drug trafficking. During a Q&A with reporters on Air Force One, Trump was asked by a reporter about his decision to pardon Hernandez, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking and weapons charges in June last year. "You have made so clear how you want to keep drugs out of the U.S. Can you explain more about why you would pardon a notorious drug trafficker?" questioned the reporter. After Trump replied, "Well, I don't know who you're talking about," the reporter specified,Juan Orlando Hernandez." "Well I was told" I was asked by Honduras, many of the people of Honduras, they said it was…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago (384+ words) President plans to honor Sarah Beckstrom, who was fatally shot, as well as Andrew Wolfe, who is in critical condition Donald Trump said on Sunday that he invited the family of a national guard member fatally shot last week to the White House, adding that he spoke to her parents and they were "devastated. US army specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was killed in a shooting on Wednesday in Washington DC. Her fellow service member, US air force staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains hospitalized in critical condition. Vigils across West Virginia have taken place in their memory. The president said he's discussed a White House visit for the parents of both members of the West Virginia national guard. "I said: "When you're ready, because that's a tough thing, come to the White House. We're going to honor Sarah, Trump told reporters. "And likewise…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago (375+ words) The "Terminator" director says he wrote the script for the first "Avatar" before "Titanic," but had to wait years for technology to catch up James Cameron did not use generative AI to create characters for "Avatar: Fire and Ash," and the prospect of doing so is "horrifying to me," he told CBS News Sunday. The upcoming release required the movie's team to "build an ocean " the movie's stars filmed in a 250,000 gallon tank, and digital artists took those shots to create the characters on screen. "So, performance capture, we use a whole bunch of cameras to capture the body performance of the actor," he explained. "And we use a single camera (or now we use actually two) to video their face. They're in a close-up 100% of the time. But there's a beautiful thing about being in a close-up 100% of the…...