White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is known, for better or worse, as more than just a mouthpiece for the Oval Office and President Trump. She’s a staunch defender of the current president’s policies, even when fact-checked. She’s become the brunt of many jokes for her brash and unfettered loyalty, but it’s usually based on…
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Jimmy Kimmel had a field day Wednesday in response to a Wall Street Journal investigative report that Elon Musk has fathered “many mini-Musks” in an attempt to “seed the world in his own image.” But the late night host did not seem all that surprised by the revelations of the report — we already knew he loves babies. “I mean, he spent $300 million to get one elected president, he loves them so much,” Kimmel joked, getting a dig in at President Donald Trump. “Elon Musk is the subject of an investigative report into his harem of baby mamas,” the host began in his “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” monologue. “The Wall Street Journal of all places published a bonkers account of Musk’s efforts to seed the world in his own image. The story said he’s been using his social media platform to recruit women to carry his children, and then he buys their silence with multi-million dollar nondisclosure agreements. Who said romance is dead?” While the Journal reported that it is believed that the tech billionaire has fathered “at least
A judge denied Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman’s last-minute motion on Thursday to delay Erik and Lyle Menendez‘s resentencing hearing. The hearing is now set to move forward as planned on Thursday, with the Menendez brothers appearing in virtual attendance from a prison near San Diego. Hochman’s Wednesday night motion contended that the hearing should be rescheduled to give the court and presiding judge Micheal Jesic enough time to obtain a risk assessment report of the brothers that was requested in February by California Governor Gavin Newsom and conducted by the state’s Board of Parole Hearings. Jesic clearly disagreed and rejected Hochman’s motion early Thursday. Hochman argued during a press conference Thursday morning that the report “constituted additional facts that the court should consider in deciding whether or not the Menendez brothers do pose a risk of danger to society.” “These additional facts are based on a review that the parole board does that is comprehensive,” Hochman stated.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow referred to President Donald Trump’s administration being found liable for contempt of court to the metaphorical phrase “the thing right on the edge of the abyss,” saying the camp’s failure to adhere to a judge’s deportation order is pushing the country closer to the brink of peril. “If you want to know where contempt of court is on the map of the death of the republic, it’s that thing right on the edge of the abyss,” the host said after reading U.S, District Judge James E. Boasberg’s ruling on Wednesday night’s episode of “The Rachel Maddow Show.” On Wednesday, Boasberg stated he had found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court, warning that he could prosecute officials for not following the orders he issued back in March that directed the camp to turn planes around that were transporting deportees to a prison in El Salvador, per AP News. “You’re approaching the cliff, there’s the signs telling you you’re getting close to the edge and then you go p
Fatma Hassona, the Palestinian subject of the forthcoming Cannes 2025 documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk,” was killed Wednesday by a direct Israeli missile strike on her home in Gaza. The Palestinian photojournalist and artist was just 25 years old. Hassona, who was known as “Fatem” by her friends and loved ones, died just one day after Cannes sidebar ACID announced it would be showing Iranian director Sepideh Farsi’s new documentary, “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk,” as part of its 2025 lineup. A co-production between Iran, France and Palestine, the documentary explores Farsi’s relationship with Hassona and the “window” she provided to “see fragments of the ongoing massacre of Palestinians.” The attack on Hassona’s home killed her, as well as nine members of her family. “We, filmmakers and members of the ACID team, met Fatma Hassona when we discovered Sepideh Farsi’s film ‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk,’ during the Cannes program,” the ACID team wrote in a statement posted Thursday o
“The Daily Show” host Ronny Chieng is starting to suspect the United States may be on the wrong side of history when it comes to the tariff war between the U.S. and China. Wednesday night’s opening monologue was entirely devoted to the issue, starting with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s response to American Vice President JD Vance repeatedly calling Chinese citizens “peasants.” “Let those American peasants wail before the 5,000-year-old civilization of the Chinese nation,” Xi said. “F–k, that went so hard,” Chieng said on Wednesday night. “Oh no, are we the Drake in this beef? Are we the certified peasants?” The late night host then countered that Xi’s 5,000-year-old flex isn’t as intimidating as Xi may think it is. “Half the people here don’t even think the Earth is that old,” Chineg said. “Also, let’s just be real. There’s no way that Americans are the peasants here. Do peasants have medical debt? Didn’t think so. Checkmate, China.” As the segment continued, “The Daily Show” played a news clip discussing Ch
Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind the president’s Truth Social app, is calling on the SEC on Thursday to immediately investigate a British hedge fund for taking a $105 million short position against it. The company, in a memo sent to the SEC, said the bet on Trump Media’s shares dropping is “suspicious” and a “potential manipulation” of its stock price. Trump Media is questioning why the hedge fund, Qube Research & Technologies, recently disclosed its roughly six million-share short position in Trump Media only in Germany; Trump Media trades on the Nasdaq exchange in the U.S. under the symbol DJT. “Neither Nasdaq, NYSE Texas, nor any other source has been able to confirm when the trades disclosed by Qube were conducted or if they were conducted at all,” the memo said. Trump Media added: “The above factors, especially when combined with the history of suspicious trading surrounding DJT stock — including DJT appearing on Nasdaq’s Regulation SHO Threshold Security List continuously for more than
Apple CEO Tim Cook has once again managed to shield the company’s flagship products from steep U.S. tariffs, thanks to his ongoing relationship with President Donald Trump. After Trump announced a 145% tariff on goods imported from China, Cook began working behind the scenes to secure exemptions for Apple devices assembled overseas. The strategy worked.…
American Express released Q1 earnings Thursday. The credit card company beat earnings estimates and maintained its guidance for 2025.
WASHINGTON — Internet giant Google was slapped with a loss in federal court Thursday when a judge ruled the company unfairly dominated digital marketing. The ruling gives federal prosecutors the authorization they would need to break up the company’s advertising products. The lawsuit filed by the Justice Department and 17 states accuses Google of antitrust violations through its digital ad marketing strategies. It says Google “rigged the rules of auctions” for online ads by leaving web publishers, advertisers and general consumers few other options. The department says Google packaged its technology for placing digital ads with other services to force advertisers to use more of its products. Competitors did not have the same degree of control over the online ad technology, the Justice Department argued. Google reported annual revenue of $348 billion in 2024. Roughly 80% of it came from advertising sales on its sites and affiliated network. Much of the rest comes from apps and other products it sells. The stat