HUFFPOST - Paramount Agrees To Push Warner Bros. Deal Until Next Summer While Lawsuit Plays Out
A California-led coalition of 12 states is suing to block the $110 billion deal.
HUFFPOST - Trump Orders New Signs Outside Smithsonian Claiming Saying Some Exhibits Are Inaccurate
The move follows a report released by his Domestic Policy Council saying leaders of the Smithsonian don’t tell history “in a way that is inspiring, unifying, and worthy of our great republic.”
HUFFPOST - Supreme Court Litigator Sentenced For Tax Evasion After Gambling Millions On Poker
Thomas Goldstein has been sentenced to six years in prison for evading a multimillion-dollar IRS tax debt and engaging in mortgage fraud in a case that cast a spotlight on his secretive lifestyle as a high-stakes poker player.
HUFFPOST - 'The Show Must Go On,' Trump Says At White House Correspondents' Dinner Rescheduled After Shooting
The rescheduled dinner was taking place in the ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria hotel, a smaller venue that held only about 700 people.
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AXIOS (Donica Phifer) - Trump condemns violence, slams press at White House Correspondents' Dinner
President Trump used his speech at Friday's rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association Dinner to condemn the political violence that postponed the annual event — and in the next breath attack and insult the gathered press. The big picture: The president opened with jokes to the hundreds of assembled journalists and even made a little fun of himself, in a speech that started light — before descending into a litany of familiar complaints about reporters and prominent Democrats. Zoom out: "In America we do not yield to political violence," Trump told event attendees, referencing the gunman who opened fire outside the ballroom where he and hundreds of others were gathered for the previously scheduled dinner in April. - "In…
ABCNEWS - Pentagon lowers count of Iran war dead, sparking questions and outrage
The Pentagon's public-facing casualty database lowered the reported number of U.S. troops killed in the Iran war on Thursday, according to an ABC News review of the data.
NYTIMES (Liam Stack) - Stabbing Stirs Fear Among New York’s Jewish Community and Inflames Debate
Some politicians said Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel had created a dangerous environment. He pushed back, condemning the stabbings and defending his statements.
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NYTIMES (Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt) - Trump Meets With Top Advisers as He Weighs a Major Escalation in Iran
President Trump has insisted the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran would be a relatively short “excursion,” although it has lasted nearly five months, with no end in sight.
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NYTIMES (Zolan Kanno-Youngs) - Trump on LeBron James: ‘Maybe He’s a Racist’
President Trump has lashed out over the years at NBA star LeBron James, who has been critical of the president in the past.
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ABCNEWS - Obama surprises WNBA All-Stars at their practice at his Presidential Center
Former President Barack Obama has surprised the WNBA All-Stars at their practice at his new Presidential Center
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