The White House was at it again on Sunday, posting yet another AI-generated image of President Donald Trump – this time as a muscular Jedi – to mark Star Wars Day, celebrated every year on May 4. But what was meant to be a cheeky political dig quickly spiralled into mockery, as sharp-eyed fans were…
Sixteen people were shot and at least one was killed Sunday during a large party at a home in Houston, where police said gunfire broke out after an uninvited guest was asked to leave. An 18-year-old man was pronounced dead at the hospital, and the injured ranged in age from 16 to 40, the Houston…
A very unfamiliar question has taken over the internet: Can 100 average men defeat one adult male gorilla in a fight? It all started on April 24, when X user Michael Sherrills posted the question online. A random thought quickly went viral. Social media users started sharing memes, polls, and funny responses relating to the…
Trump removed his national security adviser President Trump announced yesterday that he was removing his national security adviser, Michael Waltz, naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as his interim replacement. It was the first major personnel overhaul of top White House aides, and the kind of move he had wanted to avoid in his second…
Elon Musk recently announced his intention to increase his focus on managing Tesla. (AP photo) Tesla’s board members contacted multiple executive search firms approximately a month ago, seeking potential candidates to succeed Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal, which cited sources familiar with the discussions.The Wall Street…
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally trying to fire three members of the company’s board. In the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, the media organization said the White House emailed three of the company’s five directors on Monday, telling them that their…
The White House on Tuesday denounced Amazon’s reported plans to disclose the cost that US tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump were adding to its products, and slammed the retail giant for its past ties to China. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she had discussed the Amazon plan, reported earlier by Punchbowl News,…
Harvard challenges US funding freeze in case that may redefine federal oversight Harvard University, the oldest and wealthiest institution of higher learning in the United States, is at the center of a historic legal battle that could reshape how far the federal government can go in disciplining universities. With more than $2.2 billion in federal…
The Trump administration said it plans to announce measures as early as Tuesday to ease the impact of tariffs on imported cars and car parts to give automakers more time to relocate production to the United States. Tariffs of 25 percent on imported vehicles and on auto parts will remain in place. But the tariffs…
The House on Monday overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation to criminalize the nonconsensual sharing of sexually explicit photos and videos of others — including A.I.-generated images known as “deepfakes” — and to mandate that platforms quickly remove them. The vote of 409 to 2 cleared the measure for President Trump, who was expected to quickly sign…