DAILYCALLER (Leena Nasir) - Floyd Mayweather Forced To Cancel Mike Zambidis Over Looming Litigation
He's accused of taking millions in advance funds, then ghosting organizers
HUFFPOST - People Are Comparing The Obama Library Opening Performers To Trump’s Freedom 250 Disaster
“And not one of them will announce that they were tricked into doing it,” one X user wrote.
NYTIMES (Brad Plumer) - Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects
It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines, spending roughly $2.5 billion to get companies to abandon their wind projects.
NYTIMES (Annie Correal, Edward Wong and Jeffery C. Mays) - U.S. Officials Told Colombia to Cancel President’s Meeting With Mamdani
The State Department canceled President Gustavo Petro’s visa last year after he attended a pro-Palestinian rally in Manhattan. He had planned to attend a forum led by Mayor Mamdani of New York.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Steph Whiteside) - Which Freedom 250 performers have pulled out of concert series?
Artists who backed out say they were not told the event had political ties.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, others drop out of Freedom 250 concert | RISING
OPINION: Six out of nine musical acts who were listed as performers for the upcoming Great American State Fair have since said they will not be performing, with several saying they feel the event is too political. #Freedom250 #StateFair #MartinaMcBride
DAILYCALLER (Leena Nasir) - Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, The Commodores Among List Of Artists Bailing From Great American State Fair
'I... was assured this was a nonpartisan event'
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - More top artists drop out of Freedom 250 event
Poison's Brett Michaels and country singer Martina McBride both withdrew from the event after other artists denied their involvement or withdrew due to political concerns.
REDSTATE (Rusty Weiss) - Fans Shred Country Star Martina McBride After She Caves to Mob and Bails on Great American State Fair
HUFFPOST - Another Major Star Drops Out Of Donald Trump-Backed Freedom 250 Concert
The lineup for the Trump-aligned Great American State Fair on the National Mall is shrinking.