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6+ min ago (428+ words) President Donald Trump'lambasted ABC senior political reporter Rachel Scott on Monday, calling her "terrible" and the "most obnoxious reporter" in the White House press corps. The president raged at Scott after she asked a follow-up question on whether he would release classified footage of a September 2 military strike on a suspected drug boat " an attack that has led to controversy in recent weeks, with critics of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claiming there was an illegal second strike on the vessel. "Are you committing to releasing the whole video?" Scott asked. "Didn't I just tell you that?" Trump said. "You said it was up to Secretary Hegseth," Scott replied. "You are the most obnoxious reporter in the whole place. Let me just tell ya, you are an obnoxious " actually, a terrible reporter," Trump responded. "And it's always the same thing…...

9+ min ago (791+ words) The ballerina was a teen navigating a new life in NYC while training at the highest level. "I have to say, we love it so much," says Peck of the two blending the personal and the professional. "I think the reason it works so well is because we were dance partners for a very long time before we even went out on our first date." She hopes the book will help the next generation of dancers, who often find themselves under intense pressure from a young age. "You're just kind of expected to know everything at age 9 or 8 or whatever, and you get thrown into ballet class. And some kids don't have ballet parents " I was lucky to have a dance mom, but some don't," she says. The book has also inspired her own reflection as a child dancer, having…...

9+ min ago (373+ words) If you'll allow us to spoil the ending to one of this year's leading Best Picture contenders for just a second, One Battle After Another ends with Leonardo DiCaprio's Bob lying back on his couch, joint in mouth, after proudly waving his teenage daughter off as she heads out to join an anti police brutality protest 3 hours away. It's only fitting then that One Battle After Another topped the 2026 Golden Globes nominations with nods in nine categories, but it's far from the only film about parenting holding its own in the upcoming award season. Jennifer Lawrence is among the Best Actress nominees for her visceral depiction of postpartum depression and the agony of settling into domestic life in Die My Love. She will compete in the drama category alongside Jessie Buckley for her role in Hamnet. In it, Buckley is…...

10+ min ago (451+ words) A famous YouTuber who makes videos about "architecture, sacred geometry, and AI-consciousness evolution" has accepted a plea deal for assault and reckless conduct after mowing down a New Hampshire cop with his Jeep in an incident he labeled "a massive misunderstanding." "This is not the outcome I hoped for, and not the outcome that reflects the severity of what happened," said Bartlett Patrol Officer Cameron Emmett in a victim impact statement delivered at Erik Conover's sentencing hearing on Friday, according to local ABC affiliate WMUR. "A police officer being run down during the course of duty is not a minor incident," Emmett told the court. "I know it's a difficult situation for everyone present that day," Conover, 36, said Friday at his sentencing. "I deeply regret my actions," he told the court. "I was suffering from a mental health acute bipolar…...

11+ min ago (249+ words) President Donald Trump lashed out at an ABC reporter and reversed his position on Monday afternoon after saying he would push to release the video of an alleged drug boat strike that has come into question. Trump was taking questions from the press following a roundtable discussion about agriculture at the White House when ABC's Rachel Scott asked about the footage of an attack in the Caribbean, which a top intel lawmaker warned last week appeared to confirm that the U.S. committed a war crime. "Mr. President, you said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on Sept. 2 off the coast of Venezuela," Scott said. "I didn't say that. You said that. This is ABC fake news," Trump said. "You said you would have no problem," Scott said. Trump said the boat was "loaded up…...

11+ min ago (269+ words) Progressive podcaster Jennifer Welch attacked Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk for being an "absolute grifter" whose organization "makes women less safe." Welch made the comments during her I've Had It Podcast with co-host Angie Sullivan, after they played a clip of Kirk giving advice to young New York career women to stop looking " to the government as a solution to put off having a family or a marriage because you're relying on the government to support you instead of being united with a husband." Welch raged that Kirk has benefited from the Civil Rights movement, which has allowed her to be a full-time working mother, while preaching submission to men. "You are an opportunistic grifter who weaponizes your gender to demean women," Welch said. "And, you are a walking, talking, breathing example as to why nobody, number one, wants…...

13+ min ago (864+ words) Syrians have taken to the streets to celebrate the first anniversary of the removal of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. From fear to freedom: Syrians reflect one year after Assad Syrians have taken to the streets to celebrate the first anniversary of the removal of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad amid renewed optimism that conditions will continue to improve as the country recovers from the effects of nearly 14 years of war. Fireworks rang out, and flags dotted cities across the country on Monday, marking one year since the al-Assad dynasty fell after a lightning 11-day offensive by opposition forces ended its 53-year rule. Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa, wearing a military uniform, performed the dawn prayer at the Umayyad Mosque in the capital, Damascus, early in the morning to mark the anniversary. In a speech after the prayers, al-Sharaa pledged to rebuild Syria....

13+ min ago (262+ words) A former Democratic congressman is warning that Donald Trump and House GOP leaders could exploit a "craven, but shockingly constitutional" clause to hold onto their majority even if Democrats win the 2026 midterms. Writing in The New Republic, ex-Rep. Steve Israel notes that Article I, Section 5 empowers the House " and Speaker Mike Johnson " to overrule certified election results by deciding who is "qualified" to sit, a power historically used only once, in a disputed 1984 Indiana race. Israel suggests Trump allies could use this authority to invalidate Democratic victories and maintain a "rubber-stamp majority," calling it a potential constitutional coup that courts would struggle to stop.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag. "Craven" constitutional loophole could let GOP keep House even if Democrats win "Craven" constitutional loophole could let GOP keep House even if Democrats win…...

13+ min ago (315+ words) Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) looks to be trying to take down House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on her way out of Congress, according to an analyst. The New York Republican launched an attack on the embattled House speaker as he sets up a vote on a defense funding bill and attempts to cobble together a health care package, and MS NOW's Hayes Brown said Johnson could be facing a mutiny. "Stefanik, who is running for governor of New York, has become the figurehead of a growing frustration with Johnson's speakership " despite being a member of the caucus's senior leadership," Brown wrote. The GOP congresswoman said she believes a majority of Republicans would vote for new leadership and compared Johnson unfavorably to his predecessor Kevin McCarthy, and she managed to force a MAGA-coded provision back into the defense bill against the…...

20+ min ago (525+ words) The agency's commissioner-general condemns raid as a direct violation of international law. Israeli forces have raided the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem, seizing items and replacing the UN flag with Israel's flag. In a statement on X, the agency's commissioner-general, Philippe Lazzarini, said Israeli police, accompanied by municipal officials, forcibly entered its compound in Sheikh Jarrah early on Monday morning. "Police motorcycles, as well as trucks and forklifts, were brought in and all communications were cut. Furniture, IT equipment and other property was seized," he said. "The UN flag was pulled down and replaced with an Israeli flag." UNRWA has not used the building since the beginning of the year after Israeli authorities ordered the agency to vacate all of its premises and halt operations inside Israel. Lazzarini…...