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Stars Who Served in the Military

by Wonderwall.com Editors Wonderwall May. 26, 2025May 26, 2025

By Wonderwall.com Editors 7:07pm PDT, May 26, 2025

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In honor of Memorial Day on May 26, 2025, we're taking a look at some of the stars who've served our country — and other nations — as members of the military, starting with this iconic actor…

Chuck Norris acquired his mad martial arts skills as an air policeman in the U.S. Air Force. He joined up in 1958 and was stationed in South Korea, where he began training in Tang Soo Do. After four years in the service, he opened a chain of karate schools. The rest is history!

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Star Wars franchise actor Adam Driver joined the United States Marine Corps shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. After serving for nearly three years, Driver was badly injured in a mountain biking accident, which resulted in his medical discharge, after which he went to college and studied drama at Juilliard. In 2006, he and now-wife Joanne Tucker founded Arts in the Armed Forces, a nonprofit that brings arts programming to veterans, active-duty service members, support staff and their families.

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Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot served in the Israel Defense Forces for two years after graduating from high school. In her native country, service is mandatory for all Israeli men and women. While in uniform, the future action hero worked as a combat trainer. "I taught gymnastics and calisthenics," she told Maxim.

Gadot valued her time in the military: "In Israel serving is part of being an Israeli. You've got to give back to the state. You give two or three years, and it's not about you. You give your freedom away. You learn discipline and respect," she told Glamour magazine.

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Magnum P.I. alum Tom Selleck often takes on roles that play to his innate masculinity and toughness, but it seems the Blue Bloods actor has some life experience to back it up. During the Vietnam War, he was drafted and served in the California National Guard from 1967 to 1973.

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Alexander Skarsgard was 19 when he began his national service in the Swedish military. "I come from a very bohemian family, grew up in an urban environment so the notion of being in the military in the islands running around with a gun was very foreign to what I believe in and how I was raised," the Emmy winner told the Tribune News Service in 2018 of serving 18 months in the SäkJakt ("protect and hunt") unit, which focused on anti-sabotage and anti-terrorism in the Stockholm archipelago. "But for some reason, I felt a strong desire to do it. There was something about the challenge of it. … I had three guys on my team and we were out on the islands and had to be self-sufficient for a long time. It taught me a lot about planning and organizing and leadership and the dynamics within a group. And I feel I matured a lot while I was there. That was a huge shift. There were moments I hated it, but in hindsight I'm very glad I did it." The True Blood and Big Little Lies star completed his service in 1996.

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Drew Lachey — one-fourth of the boy band 98 Degrees — joined the Army Reserves as a teen. "I went right into the Army out of high school and signed up to be a medic," he told CBS News.

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Jeff Bridges — as well as older brother Beau Bridges — served eight years in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. Jeff joined up at 18 after graduating from high school. In 2011, the Bridges brothers and actor dad Lloyd Bridges, who also served, were honored with the USCG's Lone Sailor Award, which celebrates Coast Guard vets who have distinguished themselves in their subsequent careers.

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Back in the late '70s, rapper-actor Ice-T spent four years in the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division. Ice joined up at 19 as a way to provide for his infant daughter.

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Hollywood's favorite cowboy was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Clint Eastwood was stationed on the central coast of California, where he served as a lifeguard and earned the rank of corporal. He never made it to Korea with the rest of his unit, though: When they were deployed, he was entangled in an investigation into the crash of an aircraft on which he was a passenger.

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In 1965, the Governator served exactly one year in the Austrian army in order to fulfill his homeland's requirement for all 18-year-old males. But Arnold Schwarzenegger was no dream soldier: He spent a week in military prison for going AWOL during basic training. What caused the bodybuilder and future movie star to skip out on his duty? The Junior Mr. Europe contest — which he won.

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After graduating from high school, future Oscar winner Morgan Freeman turned down a drama scholarship to attend Jackson State University to instead pursue his dream of becoming a fighter pilot. But his service in the Air Force wasn't what Morgan expected — rather than flying the skies, he served as a mechanic and radar technician. "I had this very clear epiphany," he told AARP Magazine. "You are not in love with this; you are in love with the idea of this."

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After he was expelled from Kansas State University for the second time, funnyman Drew Carey decided it was time for a change of pace. "I just had to get out on my own," he told Time magazine. "I didn't have a place to live, and I was sleeping on my brother's couch." He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, where he served for six years. "The Marines was a fresh start — that is why they shave your head," said the sitcom star-turned-Price Is Right host.

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We know him as The King, but as a member of the U.S. Army, Elvis Presley only earned the rank of sergeant. He was drafted in 1958 and after receiving special offers from the Navy, Army and Special Services, decided to enlist in the Army as a regular soldier. "The Army can do anything it wants with me," he famously said. The rocker was deployed to Germany after training. During his two years of service, he reportedly donated his military pay to charity, bought TV sets for his base and purchased an extra set of Army fatigues for everyone in his outfit.

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Britain's Prince Harry spent 10 years in the British army. He served two tours in Afghanistan, the first in 2007 and 2008 and the second in 2012 and 2013. Though he in 2013 revealed he'd killed Afghan insurgents during attacks against the Taliban when he was an Apache attack helicopter co-pilot gunner, in his January 2023 memoir, "Spare," the Duke of Sussex disclosed — for the first time — how many people he killed during his second tour of duty: 25. Harry writes in his memoir that he flew on missions that resulted in "the taking of human lives." He says he felt neither proud nor ashamed, explaining that during combat, he thought of those who died as "chess pieces taken off a board, bad guys eliminated before they kill the good guys."

During an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Harry slammed media outlets that put a "dangerous spin" on what he wrote — which is, in context, thoughtful and nuanced — when they claimed he "boasted" about killing: "My words are not dangerous but the spin on my words is dangerous," he said, adding that "the most important thing is to be honest and be able to give space to others to be able to share their experiences without any shame" and that his "whole goal" and "attempt with sharing that detail is to reduce the number of suicides" among veterans.

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Like many on this list, Oliver Stone joined the military after being drafted during the Vietnam War. The filmmaker requested combat duty. From 1967 to 1968, he served in the U.S Army in Vietnam with the 2nd Platoon of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry and was wounded in action twice. The director is one of the more decorated celebrities and has military awards that include the Bronze Star for valor, the Purple Heart with an oak leaf cluster, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

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We pity the fools who came up against Laurence Tureaud when he served in the Military Police Corps. Mr. T enlisted in the U.S. Army after he was expelled from Prairie View A&M University. He so excelled in the Army that he was named top trainee of his training cycle and was promoted to squad leader.

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Comedy star Rob Riggle was a U.S. Marine for 23 years — first on active duty for nine years and then as a member of the Marine Corps Reserves. The Step Brothers and The Daily Show star — a trained pilot who completed two tours in Afghanistan — retired from the USMC in 2013 as a lieutenant colonel. "It made me mentally tough, which is what you have to be in show business," he once told Marines Mag.

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Before he coined one of the most popular dance crazes in modern history, Stanley Kirk Burrell — better known as music star MC Hammer — spent three years in the U.S. Navy. The rapper joined up after failing to launch his career as a professional baseball player. He served as a petty officer third class aviation store keeper until he was honorably discharged.

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Stand-up star Sinbad served in the U.S. Air Force as a boom operator on refueling planes. It was during this time in 1981 that he competed as a comedian in the Air Force Talent Contest. He was dishonorably discharged in 1982. "I wanted out because I had achieved all that I could achieve," he told The Morning Call. "I wanted to get on with my life; the Air Force wanted me to re-enlist. We had a problem. I went AWOL, mockingly impersonated an officer and, as the final insult, parked my car facing the wrong way at the base. By the time I was discharged, I had no rank, no sleeves, no shirt. I spent the next couple of years hitching rides on Greyhound buses from one comedy club to another."

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If we had to venture a guess, we'd bet music star Shaggy wasn't so "shaggy" while serving as a field artillery cannon crewman in the U.S. Marine Corps. The singer enlisted in 1988 just after he relocated with his family from their native Jamaica to New York City. "I didn't know what I was getting into, so I decided to go with the one with the good uniform — because I figured at least I could pull chicks in it," he told Navy Times. Shaggy went on to serve during the Persian Gulf War.

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Before he claimed the Mirrorball Trophy on Dancing With the Stars, J.R. Martinez served in the U.S. Army as an infantryman. He was deployed to Iraq in February 2003. Two months later, he suffered burns over 40% of his body when a Humvee he was driving hit an IED. The explosion marked the end of J.R.'s Army career, but it launched his career as a motivational speaker and, later, soap opera actor on All My Children.

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Members of BTS — the wildly successful K-pop group — have slowly but surely been serving their country. In August 2023, it was announced that Suga (second from left), one of seven singers in the group, was set to start his mandatory military service in South Korea, which requires all able-bodied men 18 to 28 to serve between 18 and 21 months in the military. In 2020, South Korea's National Assembly changed its Military Service Act to allow K-pop stars to postpone joining until they're 30 (the Korean government already gives special exemptions to athletes, classical and traditional musicians plus ballet and other dancers if they've achieved a level of prestige in their art).

"We would like to inform our fans that SUGA has initiated the military enlistment process by applying for the termination of his enlistment postponement," Big Hit Music said in a statement. "We ask you for your continued love and support for SUGA until he completes his military service and safely returns. Our company will spare no effort in providing support for our artist."

Other members of BTS who have previously joined the South Korean army include Jin (third from left) in 2022 and J-Hope (far right) in 2023. The group previously announced that the group, which has been on hiatus as members do their patriotic duty, is planning to reconvene "around 2025 following their service commitment."

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Actress Carly Schroeder, who's appeared on shows like Lizzie McGuire and in movies like Rites of Passage, joined the U.S. Army in 2019. The actress told Inside Edition, "If you can survive Hollywood, I think you can survive the Army." She graduated from basic combat training in July 2019 and completed Officer Candidate School that September, emerging as a second lieutenant.

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In 2019, Playboy scion Cooper Hefner joined the United States Air Force after stepping down as chief of global partnerships at his late father Hugh Hefner's Playboy Enterprises empire. In 2020, Cooper — whose dad served in the Army — took to Instagram to share photos of himself in uniform during a family visit weekend amid basic training, captioning it, "I'm proud to serve my county in the United States Air Force. I'm proud to be an Airman." In recent years, he's explored the idea of running for the California Senate as a Democrat.

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Miss America 2024 Madison Marsh was a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force when she was crowned on Jan. 14, 2024. The former Miss Colorado, who was also a master's student at the Harvard Kennedy School's public policy program at the time, is the first active-duty Air Force officer to ever win the Miss America title.

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Master Japan's Train System With These Top Digital Travel Tools

by Wonderwall.com Editors Wonderwall May. 26, 2025May 26, 2025

Japan's train system is one of the most efficient and extensive in the world, connecting cities, towns and scenic countryside with impressive punctuality. But for first-time travelers, navigating platforms, transfers and train types can feel overwhelming — especially when language barriers come into play. That's where tech-savvy travelers gain the edge. With a reliable eSIM, you can access real-time train data, booking apps, translation tools and more from your smartphone. Whether hopping on the Shinkansen or figuring out a local subway line, digital travel tools simplify your journey and save time.

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Get Your Bearings With Hyperdia or Navitime

Two of the most popular apps for planning rail travel in Japan are Hyperdia and Navitime. These platforms help you search train routes by departure time, station name and preferred train type. Navitime, in particular, offers offline access, fare calculators and walking directions between transit points.

Having a Japan travel eSIM means you can use these apps on the go without relying on patchy Wi-Fi or waiting until you return to your hotel. You'll be able to find the fastest routes, avoid unnecessary transfers and get accurate fare estimates, even during rush hour.

Use Google Maps Like a Local

Google Maps in Japan is surprisingly accurate and well-integrated with public transportation data. It gives detailed directions for train transfers, platform numbers and even the best car to board for quicker exits. You'll also get real-time updates if there are delays or track maintenance changes.

Accessing these updates as they happen requires constant internet access — something your eSIM handles effortlessly. Whether planning your next destination from a café in Kyoto or rerouting during a missed train in Osaka, your mobile data ensures you're never lost for long.

Reserve Shinkansen Seats With SmartEX or JR-East App

For long-distance trips on Japan's famous bullet trains, apps like SmartEX (for JR Central and JR West routes) or JR-East Train Reservation allow you to book and manage seat reservations. These are especially useful during peak travel seasons when trains fill up quickly. You can also switch train times, upgrade to Green Car seats and check train availability on the fly.

An eSIM lets you make these bookings while you're still sightseeing, without waiting to reach a hotel lobby or station ticket machine. This kind of mobility is essential for digital nomads and flexible travelers.

Stay on Track With Station Navigation Apps

Japanese train stations, especially in big cities like Tokyo and Osaka, are vast and multi-leveled. Station navigation apps help you find exits, restrooms, elevators and the fastest routes between platforms. Apps like Tokyo Subway Navigation and Station Master are beneficial for avoiding long walks or crowded passages.

With a Japan travel eSIM active on your device, these tools work instantly, helping you reduce confusion and avoid missing your connection. This is especially handy for travelers with luggage or tight schedules.

Translation and Sign Reading Made Easy

Even though many signs in Japan's stations include English, more detailed information, such as local announcements, platform instructions and emergency notices, may only be in Japanese. Apps like Google Translate can scan signs or allow real-time conversation translation.

Instead of scrambling for help, use your connected phone to translate instantly, ask for directions, or read instructions. Your eSIM ensures these functions work smoothly underground, in a rural station or in a rush.

Manage Mobile Payments and IC Cards on the Go

Japan's IC cards — like Suica, Pasmo or ICOCA — are used not only for trains but also for convenience stores, vending machines and more. Many travelers now link these cards to Apple Wallet or Google Pay, making mobile payments faster and simpler.

Stay connected via your eSIM. You can top up your IC card balance, manage accounts and track usage from anywhere. This eliminates the need to find a recharge machine at the station or carry exact change.

Live Updates on Delays, Cancellations and Alternate Routes

While Japan's trains are famously punctual, weather events and maintenance can still cause delays. Having mobile access to train company websites or regional news sources helps you stay informed. Some apps even suggest alternate routes when delays occur, saving valuable time.

With a stable data connection, you're always in the loop. Whether it's a typhoon warning, service update or crowded train alert, your phone becomes your most reliable travel companion.

Conclusion

Japan's train system is a marvel — but navigating it smoothly takes more than luck. With the help of modern travel tools, apps and live information, you can confidently explore the country from Tokyo to Hokkaido without getting lost in translation. Backing all these tools is the power of a Japan travel eSIM, which gives you fast, flexible and continuous access to the internet without swapping cards or hunting for Wi-Fi. It's the digital travel companion that keeps you informed, on time and ready for every platform change ahead.

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A New Power Couple's Glam Night Out, Plus More Can't-Miss Celeb Pics the Week of May 19, 2025

by Wonderwall.com Editors Wonderwall May. 25, 2025June 5, 2025

By Wonderwall.com Editors 12:38am PDT, May 25, 2025

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Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley hold hands in Rome on May 24, 2025.

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April Love Geary feeds a glass of Champagne Telmont to husband Robin Thicke at the amfAR Gala during the Cannes Film Festival at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, on May 22, 2025.

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Pedro Pascal attends the premiere of Ballerina — a spinoff of the John Wick franchise — at the Cineworld Leicester Square theater in London on May 22, 2025.

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Helen Mirren attends the 78th Cannes Film Festival premiere of Colours of Time in France on May 22, 2025.

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Miley Cyrus arrives at the Jimmy Kimmel Live! studios in Hollywood on May 22, 2025.

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Paris Jackson attends the amfAR Gala during the 78th Cannes Film Festival in France on May 22, 2025.

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Barbie Ferreira and Lukas Gage have a Euphoria reunion at a launch party for Emporio Armani Fragrances' Stronger With You Parfum in Los Angeles on May 22, 2025.

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Elle Fanning attends a photo call for Sentimental Value during the 78th Cannes Film Festival in France on May 22, 2025.

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Ayo Edebiri attends the premiere of the eighth season of Netflix's Big Mouth at the Egyptian theater in Hollywood on May 22, 2025.

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Adrien Brody and girlfriend Georgina Chapman share a laugh as they leave the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, on May 23, 2025.

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Jesse Metcalfe poses with Emporio Armani Fragrances' new Stronger With You Parfum at a launch party in Los Angeles on May 22, 2025.

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Kathy Bates attends TheWrap's Showrunners and Creators of Emmy Season Breakfast at The Maybourne Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills on May 21, 2025.

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Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker attend a photo call for the third season of And Just Like That… at Crane Club in New York City on May 21, 2025.

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Emily Ratajkowski shoots a Gucci advertisement on the beach in Cannes, France, on May 22, 2025.

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Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas attend the premiere of Ballerina — a spinoff of the John Wick franchise — at the Cineworld Leicester Square theater in London on May 22, 2025.

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Cynthia Nixon attends a photo call for the third season of And Just Like That… at Crane Club in New York City on May 21, 2025.

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Elle Fanning attends the 78th Cannes Film Festival premiere of Sentimental Value in France on May 21, 2025.

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Long-term partners Bo Derek and John Corbett attend a photo call for the third season of And Just Like That… at Crane Club in New York City on May 21, 2025.

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Teri Hatcher attends the 78th Cannes Film Festival premiere of The History of Sound in France on May 21, 2025.

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Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker attend a photo call for the third season of And Just Like That… at Crane Club in New York City on May 21, 2025.

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Lynda Carter attends the Paley Honors Gala, where she was recognized with The Paley Honors Award, in New York City on May 19, 2025.

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Kristin Davis attends a photo call for the third season of And Just Like That... at Crane Club in New York City on May 21, 2025.

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Ice Spice teams up with kate spade new york at Girls Inc.'s Wellness Mini Summit at The Young Women's Leadership School in New York City on May 21, 2025.

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Alyson Hannigan and Sarah Michelle Gellar have a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunion at a celebration of the Lifetime Original Movie Pretty Hurts in Hollywood on May 20, 2025.

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Shakira performs at the Centre Bell in Montreal on May 20, 2025.

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Scarlett Johansson attends the 78th Cannes Film Festival premiere of A Private Life in France on May 20, 2025.

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Natalie Portman waves as she arrives for an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in New York City on May 21, 2025.

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Halle Berry attends the 78th Cannes Film Festival premiere of The Phoenician Scheme in France on May 18, 2025.

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Dakota Johnson attends an afterparty presented by Minuty and Veuve Clicquot following the 78th Cannes Film Festival premiere of Splitsville at Lucia Cannes by Nikki Beach Hospitality Group in France on May 19, 2025.

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Kenan Thompson attends the 46th Annual Sports Emmy Awards at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City on May 20, 2025.

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Jessica Biel attends the premiere of Prime Video's The Better Sister at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City on May 20, 2025.

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Sofia Vergara prepares to leave the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, on May 21, 2025.

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Adria Arjona attends an afterparty presented by Minuty and Veuve Clicquot following the 78th Cannes Film Festival premiere of Splitsville at Lucia Cannes by Nikki Beach Hospitality Group in France on May 19, 2025.

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Elizabeth Banks attends the premiere of Prime Video's The Better Sister at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City on May 20, 2025.

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Angela Bassett meets her new wax figure at Madame Tussauds Orlando in Orlando, Florida, on May 20, 2025.

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Natalie Portman attends the premiere of Fountain of Youth at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on May 19, 2025.

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A$AP Rocky cradles Rihanna's baby bump at the 78th Cannes Film Festival premiere of Highest 2 Lowest in France on May 19, 2025.

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George Clooney and Harvey Fierstein attend the 78th Annual Tony Awards nominees luncheon presented by Cunard at the Rainbow Room in New York City on May 19, 2025.

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Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan attend a photo call for Karate Kid: Legends at Trafalgar Square in London on May 20, 2025.

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Dakota Johnson attends the 78th Cannes Film Festival premiere of Highest 2 Lowest in France on May 19, 2025.

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Harrison Ford attends Apple TV+'s FYC event for Shrinking in Hollywood on May 18, 2025.

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Jason Momoa and girlfriend Adria Arjona attend the 78th Cannes Film Festival premiere of Highest 2 Lowest in France on May 19, 2025.

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Jessica Biel waves outside the Good Morning America studios in New York City on May 20, 2025.

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Nicole Scherzinger attends the 78th Annual Tony Awards nominees luncheon presented by Cunard at the Rainbow Room in New York City on May 19, 2025.

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Eiza Gonzalez attends the premiere of Fountain of Youth at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on May 19, 2025.

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Angela Bassett waves outside ABC Studios in New York City on May 20, 2025.

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Helena Christensen, 56, rocks a pink one-piece as she makes her way to take a dip in the ocean at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, on May 19, 2025.

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Hugh Jackman looks dapper outside the Good Morning America studios in New York City on May 19, 2025.

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Pamela Anderson waves as she steps out in New York City on May 19, 2025.

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Tom Cruise waves at fans as he heads out in New York City on May 19, 2025.

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Congressman Slammed for Sleeping Through Vote on Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

by Katherine Tinsley Wonderwall May. 24, 2025May 24, 2025

By Katherine Tinsley 5:23am PDT, May 24, 2025

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Donald Trump is one step closer to getting his "Big Beautiful Bill" passed, but the lawmaking process left one New York congressman exhausted.

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New York Congressman Andrew Garbarino slept through the final vote to pass Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill after Congress' all-night session.

"Andrew Garbarino did not make it in time. He fell asleep in the back, no kidding," House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed on Thursday, May 22.

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Congress went into chamber sessions at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21. The bill wasn't passed until around 7 a.m. on Thursday, May 22.

"I'm going to just strangle him," Mike Johnson joked, noting how Andrew Garbarino's ill-timed nap affected the bill's total vote count.

"But he's my dear friend," the speaker added.

Johnson released a follow-up statement after the incident: "[Garbarino] is highly regarded by me and all our Members as one of the most trusted, reliable, and talented colleagues in the House, and if it were not for his unique contributions and tireless efforts, we simply would not have achieved what we have in this Congress," he said.

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A source from upstate New York told the New York Post that local Republicans were apologetic about Andrew Garbarino "coming across like a buffoon."

"He's losing his juice as the most senior congressman," the source said. "I'm getting calls from party leaders that this guy is disloyal to [Donald] Trump. He was known in the past to be very independent from the party."

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Andrew Garbian's slip-up inspired memes and left many of Donald Trump's allies outraged.

"It sounds like a Republican primary challenge is in order," Trump adviser Roger Stone said. "If Garbarino can't be bothered to support the president, on what is perhaps the single most significant tax reduction legislation to pass the House since the 1980s, then the President's supporters can't be bothered to support Garbarino."

"Missing the budget vote is a very real concern for me and the local Conservative Party leaders," State Conservative Party chairman Gerard Kassar noted. "Whatever the reason, it's a great disappointment."

Politicians on the other side of the political aisle were also outraged: "It's just incredible. It's beyond belief," Democratic Suffolk County Executive Pat Halpin fired back. "It's clearly one of the most important votes — whether you're for it or against it. While Garbarino slept, health care took a huge hit."

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A rep for Andrew Garbarino said in a statement that the politician "stepped out and inadvertently missed the vote."

"He was present throughout the lead-up to the legislation's consideration and fully intended to support it," his office added.

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Despite snoozing through votes, Andrew Garbarno played a pivotal role in advocating for Donald Trump's SALT tax cuts.

"I am proud to have been the leading voice on Long Island during negotiations on this key reconciliation bill," Garbarino said in a statement. "I fought to lift the cap on SALT and ensure hardworking Long Island families see the benefits of this important legislation."

"I was moments away from the House floor, to vote 'yes,' when the vote was closed. While I am frustrated that the vote was closed before I was able to cast my vote, I am proud of the work we accomplished to deliver huge results for Long Island," he continued.

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Despite his exhaustion, Andrew Garbarino continued to support the bill.

"I congratulate President Trump on getting this bill passed and look forward to voting 'yes' when it comes back to the House floor from the Senate," he shared.

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Trump Makes Big Move on the Border

by Katherine Tinsley Wonderwall May. 24, 2025May 24, 2025

By Katherine Tinsley 5:19am PDT, May 24, 2025

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Donald Trump is continuing his plans to strengthen U.S. border protection, as the president's administration will deploy 1,115 additional service members to the U.S.-Mexico boundary.

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According to the U.S. Northern Command, service members will support the organization to provide "enhanced sustainment, engineering, medical, and operational capabilities as part of the Department of Defense's continued whole-of-government approach to gain full operational control of the southern border."

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Almost half of the military personnel deployed to the border are associated with engineering companies, battalions and brigades and will be responsible for carrying out construction-related tasks.

Aside from using the military, Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," which was approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday, May 22, set aside $175 billion for border security, with $46.5 billion of that budget allocated for building a new wall at the border.

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Since Donald Trump began his second presidential term, there has been a reported 93% decrease in people illegally crossing the Mexican-American border.

In April, federal agents noticed fewer than 10,000 migrants tried to cross the southern border.

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During the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump took a strong stance against illegal immigration. The president has since implemented controversial deportation policies.

After his second inauguration, Trump declared that the military must "defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity" of the U.S.

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Latest Harvard Attack

by Molly Claire Goddard Wonderwall May. 24, 2025May 24, 2025

By Molly Claire Goddard 5:18am PDT, May 24, 2025

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Another federal judge is keeping the guardrails on Donald Trump and his administration.

On Thursday, May 22, the current president and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the cancellation of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) at Harvard, forcing international students to return to their home countries. However, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White in California issued a nationwide injunction halting the action.

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In blocking Donald Trump's action against Harvard and its students, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White prohibited the administration from arresting or detaining any foreign-born students on the basis of their immigration status.

In his decision, the legal authority emphasized how the action "wreaked havoc" on the lives of students from other countries.

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In a Thursday, May 22, statement, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed Donald Trump and his administration were making the bold move in response to Harvard's lack of action toward antisemitism on campus.

"This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus," she alleged. "It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments."

"Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused," the former governor of South Dakota continued. "Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country."

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Harvard fired back at Kristi Noem, Donald Trump and the extreme action from the Republican administration to kick international students off campus.

"We are fully committed to maintaining Harvard's ability to host our international students and scholars, who hail from more than 140 countries and enrich the University — and this nation — immeasurably," a spokesperson for the college said in a statement. "We are working quickly to provide guidance and support to members of our community. This retaliatory action threatens serious harm to the Harvard community and our country and undermines Harvard's academic and research mission."

On Friday, May 23, Harvard sued the Trump administration over the matter.

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In April, Kristi Noem and Donald Trump threatened Harvard by claiming they would take away federal funding and revoke student visas if they did not comply with their rules about protestors on campus.

"If Harvard cannot verify it is in full compliance with its reporting requirements, the university will lose the privilege of enrolling foreign students," a Wednesday, April 16, letter from the administration to the school warned. "Harvard bending the knee to antisemitism — driven by its spineless leadership — fuels a cesspool of extremist riots and threatens our national security. With anti-American, pro-Hamas ideology poisoning its campus and classrooms, Harvard's position as a top institution of higher learning is a distant memory. America demands more from universities entrusted with taxpayer dollars."

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Prominent Democrat Tells Progressives to Get Their Own Party

by Katherine Tinsley Wonderwall May. 24, 2025May 24, 2025

By Katherine Tinsley 5:17am PDT, May 24, 2025

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Democratic campaign strategist James Carville recently advised Arizona's Democratic Party chairman, Robert Branscomb, to "shut up" and create a new progressive party if he doesn't like what the Democrats are doing.

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According to The New York Times, Robert Branscomb had been "clashing with staff members over personnel decisions and accused them of sabotaging him by withholding financial documents."

The outlet also reported that Branscomb "wrote to party members detailing the infighting and attacking Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, both Democrats, for criticizing one of his staffing choices."

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In a video posted to Politicon's YouTube on Thursday, May 22, James Carville applauded Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego for pushing back against Robert Branscomb.

"You ain't been elected to s***. So why don't you shut up?" Carvile said after reading the report in The New York Times.

Arizona has a history of being a Republican state, and Carville hinted at Branscomb's ideologies being a threat to the Democratic Party's progress in the state.

"That's the problem with this, these people from the 'progressive' whatever the f*** that is, that come into these state parties that didn't do anything that have outstanding Democratic elected officials," Carville said. "He's fighting with the governor. We finally have a Democratic governor, and this guy exemplifies to me what's wrong with that wing of the party."

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Robert Branscomb reportedly declared, "I will not be coerced, and I will not be silenced."

James Carville was seemingly annoyed by Branscomb's attitude.

"Well why don't you just shut up anyway? Because you haven't gotten elected to anything. And why don't you pay attention and work for the people that are out there who are not just trying to win elections but are actually winning elections?" Carville said.

"You got one goal, dude, that's to win elections, not run your j****** mouth, which is all this guy Branscomb is good for," he added.

He then suggested that progressives should consider leaving the Democratic Party: "They need to really consider whether they're Democrats or not," he said. "Maybe they ought to go join the pronoun justice – social, I don't know, equity party or whatever they're doing. … When you don't respect people who go out and win elections and work and put their names out front and dare to lose then there's no use for you in Democratic politics. That's my view."

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James Carville depicted Robert Branscombe's grievances as a larger issue within the party.

According to the television personality, in Nevada, Democrats had "one of the most successful state parties in the history of the United States," but a majority women state legislature took over and turned it "into a useless glob of nothing."

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James Carville suggested Democrats need to address the rising progressive sector within the party.

"You got one goal, dude, that's to win elections, not run your jack*** mouth, which is all this guy Branscomb is good for," Carville said.

"They need to really consider whether they're Democrats or not," he said. "Maybe they ought to go join the pronoun justice–social, I don't know, equity party or whatever they're doing."

"When you don't respect people who go out and win elections and work and put their names out front and dare to lose then there's no use for you in Democratic politics," the strategist noted, as Republicans currently have majority of the three branches of government. "That's my view."

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Social Security Boss Had to Google Job When He Got It

by Katherine Tinsley Wonderwall May. 24, 2025May 24, 2025

By Katherine Tinsley 5:17am PDT, May 24, 2025

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Donald Trump's head of Social Security, Frank Bisignano, recently revealed that he had to Google his appointment before transitioning into life on Capitol Hill.

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Frank Bisignano, who previously had a successful career in finance, reportedly raised eyebrows while discussing his role with staffers.

"So, I get a phone call and it's about Social Security. And I'm really, I'm really not, I swear I'm not looking for a job," Bisignano said, according to a May 22 ABC News report. "And I'm like, 'Well, what am I going to do?' So, I'm Googling Social Security. You know, one of my great skills, I'm one of the great Googlers on the East Coast."

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ABC News reported Frank Bisignano has beeen disappointed by media leaks within the agency.

"I'm like, 'What the heck's the commissioner of Social Security?'" Bisignano, who is now running the federal agency that millions of Americans depend upon, told his team.

"Put that as the headline for the Post: 'Great Googler in Chief. Chief in Googler or whatever,'" Bisignano added.

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A Social Security official informed ABC News that Frank Bisignano is "working to transform the agency into a premier service organization."

"He is visiting offices and meeting employees to hear their ideas for how the agency can better serve customers in-person, on the telephone, and online," the official said. "As the Commissioner evaluates the agency, he has been clear that SSA will have the right staffing to deliver Americans their hard-earned benefits."

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When Donald Trump became president, critics worried about him dismantling Social Security Services, but Frank Bisignano is hoping to strengthen the system.

"Clearly, Commissioner Bisignano was poking fun at himself so that everyone in the room felt comfortable having an open conversation about improving service for the American people," the official stated.

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White House spokesperson Liz Huston hinted at Frank Bisignano being picked for his role due to his successful career in finance.

"Commissioner Bisignano brings a valuable and much-needed outside perspective to the Social Security Administration," Houston told ABC News. "Commissioner Bisignano's proven success in the financial services industry uniquely positions him to lead the Trump Administration's commonsense efforts to modernize the agency and improve its efficiency."

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Frank Bisignano told managers in the meeting that Social Security is "not going away" and that Donald Trump agrees with protecting the federal agency.

"This is America's, you know, safety net — it's not going away. And hopefully you hear me say this every day," he said. "You know who wants me to tell people that? Guess. The president."

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Trump Blocked by Federal Judge

by Molly Claire Goddard Wonderwall May. 24, 2025May 24, 2025

By Molly Claire Goddard 5:12am PDT, May 24, 2025

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One legal authority is shutting down Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education.

On Thursday, May 22, Boston U.S. District Judge Myong Joun of Massachusetts ordered that the president and his administration must rehire the workers laid off after Trump signed an executive order to gut the government entity to reduce costs.

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In Judge Myong Joun's opinion, he made it clear that Donald Trump's effort eliminate the Department of Education was unlawful without the consent of Congress.

"It is only reasonable to expect that an RIF [reduction in force] of this magnitude will likely cripple the Department. The idea that Defendants' actions are merely a 'reorganization' is plainly not true," the legal document reads.

"Defendants do acknowledge, as they must, that the Department cannot be shut down without Congress's approval, yet they simultaneously claim that their legislative goals are distinct from their administrative goals (improving efficiency)," Joun explains. "There is nothing in the record to support these contradictory positions."

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In response to Judge Myong Joun's ruling, the Department of Education claimed Donald Trump and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon were justified in firing the federal employees.

"President Trump and the Senate-confirmed Secretary of Education clearly have the authority to make decisions about agency reorganization efforts, not an unelected Judge with a political axe to grind," spokeswoman for the government entity Madi Biedermann claimed in a statement. "This ruling is not in the best interest of American students or families. We will immediately challenge this on an emergency basis."

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Earlier this year, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and Donald Trump allegedly dismissed 1,300 employees to wind down and eventually end the Department of Education.

"That was the president's mandate," she confirmed during a March interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham about the commander-in-chief's executive order. "His directive to me clearly is to shut down the Department of Education. What we did today was to take the first step of eliminating what I think is bureaucratic bloat."

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After Donald Trump signed off on the action, Democrats publicly spoke out against the end of the government program.

"The Department of Education (ED) appears to be abandoning the millions of parents, students and borrowers who rely on a functioning federal student aid system to lower education cost," Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts wrote in a letter opposing the move.

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Supreme Court Split on Charter School

by Molly Claire Goddard Wonderwall May. 24, 2025May 24, 2025

By Molly Claire Goddard 5:11am PDT, May 24, 2025

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The Supreme Court is divided over funding for a religious charter school.

On Thursday, May 22, the highest court in the United States became deadlocked when voting on whether or not Oklahoma could provide money to a religiously based education establishment without violating the separation of church and state.

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Due to her 15 years teaching at the University of Notre Dame's law school, Justice Amy Coney Barrett excused herself from the vote. The college is also representing one of the parties in the case: St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School.

With the 4-4 split, the Supreme Court did not issue a written decision acknowledging how each judge voted on whether or not taxpayers should be funding the religious school.

Now, previous court rulings that allowed taxpayer-funded voucher money to go to religious education establishments — but blocked public schools and charter schools from teaching religion — will continue to stand.

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The controversial case stems from the five-member Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approving St. Isidore's operation application in a 3–2 vote in June 2023.

In response, State Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a lawsuit against the board, claiming the decision would "open the floodgates and force taxpayers to fund all manner of religious indoctrination, including radical Islam or even the Church of Satan."

The suit puts into question the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause, forbidding religious discrimination and the Constitution's Establishment Clause, which restricts the government from helping one religion over another.

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The Supreme Court held oral arguments on the case in April. Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh stated during the hearing, "All the religious school is saying is, 'Don't exclude us on account of our religion.'"

"Our cases have made very clear — I think those are some of the most important cases we've had — of saying you can't treat religious people and religious institutions and religious speech as second-class," he added.

Chief Justice John Roberts questioned, "What do you do with Fulton [v. City of Philadelphia] — the state agency that refused to deal with the religious adoption services. We held they couldn't engage in that discrimination. How is that different from what we have here?"

Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor lamented how students at St. Isidore's would "have to accept the teachings of the church with respect to certain principles."

More left-leaning Justice Ketanji Brown added that "it's not being denied a benefit that everyone else gets" if the school was denied its charter school application.

"It's being denied a benefit that no one else gets, which is the ability to establish a religious public school," she claimed.

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'Today' Anchor Loses Husband To Brain Cancer: Stars Mourning Spouses

by Wonderwall.com Editors Wonderwall May. 23, 2025May 23, 2025

By Wonderwall.com Editors 1:44pm PDT, May 23, 2025

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World-famous entertainers are hardly immune to the tragedies of life, including losing a spouse. Join us as we take a look at Hollywood's most famous widows and widowers, starting with a television star…

Following her prolonged absence from the Today show in early 2025, Sheinelle Jones' colleagues sadly confirmed the passing of her husband of 17 years, Uche Ojeh, from brain cancer. He was 45.

"With profound sadness, we share this morning that Uche Ojeh, the husband of our friend and Today co-host Sheinelle Jones, has passed away after a courageous battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma," Savannah Guthrie announced on the Friday, May 22, episode of the morning show. "There are no words for the pain we feel for Sheinelle and their three young children. Uche was an incredible person. We all loved him. And so we want to take a moment to tell you more about the remarkable man who was Sheinelle's perfect partner in life."

The duo married in 2007 and share three children: older son Kayin and a pair of twins — son Uche and daughter Clara.

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After almost 15 years of marriage, Liam Neeson became a widower when his wife, actress Natasha Richardson, died on March 18, 2009, after sustaining a head injury in a ski accident in Canada. The mother of two was 45 when she died. "That's the weird thing about grief. You can't prepare for it. You think you're gonna cry and get it over with. You make those plans, but they never work," Neeson told Esquire in 2011. "It hits you in the middle of the night — well, it hits me in the middle of the night. I'm out walking. I'm feeling quite content. And it's like suddenly, boom. It's like you've just done that in your chest."
More than a decade later, he's still in mourning: "[He] will be haunted for life by what happened," a source close to the Oscar-nominated actor exclusively told RadarOnline.com on the 16th anniversary of Richardson's death in 2025. The insider added that the actor from Northern Ireland "has always been of the opinion work is the only thing that will save him from spiraling into a pit of absolute despair over Natasha's death." Though he's dated here and there over the years, "his dating life has never really gone anywhere" since his late wife died because "she was his true love," the source noted, adding that Neeson remains surrounded by a "cloud" of sorrow all these years later. "We fear that his continuing sadness over the loss will reunite him with Natasha by sending him to an early grave," the insider concluded.

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After The Beatles broke up, Paul McCartney went on to record music solo and with his wife, Linda McCartney, and their band, Wings. On April 17, 1998 — after almost 30 years of marriage — the photographer and animal rights activist passed away at 56.
"Both my mum and Linda died of breast cancer. We had no idea what my mum had died of because no-one talked about it. She just died," Paul later told the BBC. "The worst thing about that was everyone was very stoic, everyone kept a stiff upper lip and then one evening you'd hear my dad crying in the next room. It was tragic because we'd never heard him cry. It was a quiet private kind of grief." As Paul mourned Linda, he "cried for about a year, on and off," he said. "You expect to see them walk in, this person you love, because you are so used to them. I cried a lot. It was almost embarrassing except it seemed the only thing to do."
Paul was later married to Heather Mills for four years and has been wed to current wife Nancy Shevell since 2011.

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On March 18, 2021, actor Richard Gilliland passed away, leaving behind his wife of nearly 34 years, "Designing Women" co-star Jean Smart. "He was a great dad, and he made me laugh every day," the "Hacks" actress told Variety months after Richard's sudden death from a heart condition. "Him passing away was just not ever even a thought. And it's changed every moment of my everyday life; every atom of my existence I feel like is altered."

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Actor Steve Buscemi lost his wife of 31 years, artist and filmmaker Jo Andres, to ovarian cancer on Jan. 6, 2019.
After being diagnosed in 2015, she underwent chemotherapy and went into remission, but her cancer returned in 2017. "The pain was the hardest thing," the "Reservoir Dogs" and "The Big Lebowski" actor later told GQ. "People who are going through that, it's painful. It's painful to die from cancer. There's just no way around it."
Jo's death led the widower to think about his own. "If I should happen to go not suddenly, I hope I could be as present as Jo was," he said. "She led the way. She was surrounded by friends and family. She really faced it. I really don't think she was afraid of dying. I think it was just a whole series of 'Oh, I don't get to do this anymore.'"

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Kellie Pickler — the country music singer who came to fame on season 5 of "American Idol" in 2006 — lost her husband of 12 years, country music songwriter and producer Kyle Jacobs, to suicide on Feb. 17, 2023. Kyle, who penned tunes for everyone from Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw and his wife to Kelly Clarkson, Wynonna Judd and Trace Adkins, was 49.
Six months after Kyle's death, Kellie broke her silence in a statement to People magazine, telling fans, "One of the most beautiful lessons my husband taught me was in a moment of a crisis, if you don't know what to do, 'do nothing, just be still.' I have chosen to heed his advice."
She continued, "Thank you to my family, friends, and supporters, for the countless letters, calls, and messages that you have sent my way," Kellie continued. "It has truly touched my soul and it's helping me get through the darkest time in my life. As many of you have told me, you are all in my prayers."
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Katie Couric's husband of nine years, lawyer and NBC News legal analyst Jay Monahan passed away from colon cancer at 42 on Jan. 24, 1998.
"I was so worried about letting go of hope, because I didn't want Jay to spend whatever time he had left just waiting to die," Katie told People magazine in 2021. "I think it takes extraordinary courage to be able to face death, and I think I was too scared, honestly."
The journalist has moved on, marrying John Molner in 2014, but lives with the lessons of being a widow. "I understand the fragility of life in a way that will always be with me," she says. "It also makes me realize the futility of being mad at somebody, of petty arguments. I always think about what David Cassidy said on his deathbed: 'So much wasted time.'" Katie sought treatment for the disease herself after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022.

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On Jan. 10, 2016, supermodel Iman became a widow when her husband of almost 24 years, music star David Bowie, died at 69 following an 18-month battle with liver cancer. "I don't think it will ever go away, but the acceptance of it, and the remembrance of the joy, rather than saying every memory that, 'Oh, I wish he was here, I wish we could experience this together.' Now I remember the 26 joyful years I had with my husband," the supermodel — who welcomed daughter Lexi with the music icon — said on the "Today" show in 2021, adding that she could never remarry. "People say to me when they talk, 'Oh, I loved your late husband,' and I said, 'He's not my late husband, he's my husband,' so that's how I feel about it. This was truly the love of my life, and I just wait until I meet him again."

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In February 1992, Hole singer Courtney Love married Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Barely two years later on April 5, 1994, Kurt died by suicide at their home in Seattle, Washington, leaving behind Courtney and their 19-month-old daughter, Frances Bean Cobain. His body was found by an electrician working on the property three days later.
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"Only Murders in the Building" star Martin Short became a widower on Aug. 21, 2010, when his wife of 30 years, Nancy Dolman, passed away from ovarian cancer. "Our marriage was a triumph. So it's tough," the "Saturday Night Live" alum told AARP in 2019. "She died in 2010, but I still communicate with her all the time," he noted. "It's 'Hey Nan,' you know? How would she react to this decision or that, especially regarding our three kids." Martin and Nancy are seen here in 2009 — less than a year before she died.

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"Wonder Woman" star Lynda Carter lost her husband of 37 years, Robert Altman, on Feb. 3, 2021. The attorney, who was 73, died of myelofibrosis — a rare type of blood cancer. "It's totally frightening. I don't know who I am without Robert," Lynda told People magazine later that year. "It still gets me. I just can't believe I've lost him."

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John Travolta lost his wife of 28 years, actress Kelly Preston, on July 12, 2020, following a two-year battle with breast cancer that was not publicly revealed until she passed away. "I said [to my son], 'Ben, you have always loved the truth, and I'm going to tell you the truth about life. Nobody knows when they are going to go or when they are going to stay," John said on Kevin Hart's talk show, revealing how he spoke to the youngest of his three children about death. "Your brother [Jett] left at 16. Too young. Your mother left at 57. That was too young. But who's to say? I could die tomorrow. You could. Anybody can. So let's look at it like it's part of life. You don't know exactly. You just do your best at trying to live the longest you can."

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Dancer, fitness instructor and "The Talk" co-host Amanda Kloots lost her husband, Tony-nominated Broadway actor Nick Cordero, on July 5, 2020, after a 95-day battle with COVID-19 and ensuing complications. The couple were married for just short of three years when Nick passed away. "I miss having someone to come home to, and I miss laughing with somebody," Amanda — who's now a single mom raising their son, Elvis, who was born in 2019 — told CBS News in 2022, sharing that she hopes to find love again. "I wanna have another person in my life. I want Elvis to have a father figure in his life. You know, you're not taking the place of Nick. It's not ever that. It's just that Nick was a part of my life."

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"The Dukes of Hazzard" star John Schneider lost wife Alicia Allain at 53 on Feb. 21, 2023. "My beautiful Smile is pain free, living in her new body alongside Jesus," the "Smallville" actor — who married the actress-producer, who was also his indie filmmaking partner, "before God" in 2019 (they reportedly made their union legal later that year after his long divorce from his second wife was finalized) — wrote on Facebook alongside photos of Alicia, who had battled breast cancer in recent years, and their wedding rings. "Please respect our privacy during this time of grief. Please do not ask any questions." He also asked his followers to share "any pictures of us and our obvious love and adoration for each other" in the comments section of his post. "Lastly," he added, "hug those you love tight and let them know how you feel. We always did."
In the days that followed, John continued to post amid his grief, captioning photos of himself kissing his late wife, "I simply have no words but… I miss you desperately Mrs. Schneider" and "For me, this is what love looks like." He also shared another pic of himself holding Alicia, writing, "This is a time of unimaginable sorrow for me. Grief is much too small a word. I've heard it said that 'with great love comes great sorrow.' I had no idea what that meant until now."

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Punk music legend John Lydon's wife of 44 years, Nora Forster, died at 80 on April 6, 2023, after living with Alzheimer's since 2018. The former Sex Pistols singer's band, Public Image Ltd., announced the heartbreaking news in a statement that same day: "It is with a heavy heart that we share the sad news that Nora Forster — John Lydon's wife of nearly 5 decades — has passed away. Nora had been living with Alzheimer's for several years. In which time John had become her full time carer."
A few months before Nora's death, John — aka Johnny Rotten — reflected on Nora's Alzheimer's diagnosis in an interview with London's Sunday Times: "All the things I thought were the ultimate agony seem preposterous now," he said of his love, a German publishing heiress, actress and model who was a well-known music promoter. "It's shaped me into what I am. I don't think I'll ever get over it. I don't see how I can live without her. I wouldn't want to. There's no point."

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Five-time Emmy winner Stanley Tucci lost his first wife, social worker Kate Spath, with whom he had three children, to breast cancer at 47 on April 27, 2009, just days after they celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary. The "Prizzi's Honor" actor later opened up about how her death turned his life "completely upside down" and how "sad" and "difficult" it was to eventually leave the home where Kate died, he said on Justin Long's "Life is Short" podcast.
Though the "Searching for Italy" host eventually moved on, marrying British literary agent Felicity Blunt — the sister of his "The Devil Wears Prada" co-star Emily Blunt — in 2012, "You never stop grieving," he told "CBS Sunday Morning" in 2021. "And it's still hard after [all these] years … and it always will be hard. But you can't let it, and she would never want any of us to ever wallow in that grief and let it take over our lives. She would never want that. She wasn't like that."

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Comedian Patton Oswalt's first wife, true crime author Michelle McNamara, died in her sleep at 46 on April 21, 2016. The "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" writer's death was later attributed to an undiagnosed heart condition combined with the "effects of multiple drugs" including Adderall, Xanax and fentanyl, the coroner confirmed. "Of course I thought of her today," Patton posted on Instagram on the fifth anniversary of her death. "And I also thought of [our daughter] Alice, and how the loss shaped her and continues to shape her. And how Meredith [Salenger, whom I married in 2017] swooped into our lonely, broken lives and helped put the pieces back together, stronger and sleeker than they were before. This dark day gets a little less dark every year when I see how Alice — a living piece of Michelle safe in the hands of Meredith — keeps walking in light. I'm there to catch the shadows that try to creep in at the edges, or from behind. I'm good at spotting them, and then Alice helps me laugh them away. And what's left is this beautiful, living memory."

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When the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, died from a stingray attack on Sept. 4, 2006, he left behind wife Terri Irwin and their two kids, Bindi Irwin and Robert Irwin.

"I keep saying this, and I think maybe 15 years later people are finally starting to believe me, Steve was it for me," Terri — who runs the Australia Zoo with her kids — told QWeekend in 2021. "That's just the way it is. I had a big, big love and it was enough to last a lifetime."

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Rick Moranis became a widower when his wife of about five years, makeup artist Ann Belsky, died of breast cancer on Feb. 4, 1991 — one day before her 35th birthday. The "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Ghostbusters" actor subsequently took a 24-year hiatus from Hollywood after her death to focus on raising their twins.

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Beth Chapman, who starred alongside husband Duane "Dog" Chapman on the hit A&E show "Dog the Bounty Hunter" and its spinoffs for years, died at a hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 26, 2019, from complications of cancer. Beth, who was 51 when she died, was diagnosed with stage 2 throat cancer in September 2017 and went into remission, but by late 2018, the disease had returned and spread. Beth was Duane's fifth wife. She had two children with Duane, with whom she'd been involved for 15 years before they finally married in 2006.
"I loved her so much," a grieving Duane told Hawaii News Now, sharing that Beth left little notes around the house — including in pillowcases, on the sink and in his shaving kit — for him to find in their home after she died. "I'm gonna see my honey again. That's all we can do is hope."
In 2021, he married rancher Francie Frane, a widow who'd also lost her spouse to cancer. "With Francie, I'm allowed to speak about Beth, we speak about her husband. We cry. We hold each other," Duane told TMZ.
Four years after Beth passed away, Dog revealed an unexpected blessing: He'd recently learned that decades earlier, he fathered a son who was born on the same day Beth died: June 26. "For the last four years, this day was a terrible reminder of one of the greatest losses of my life," Dog, a father of 13 with multiple women, wrote on Instagram in 2023. "But God redeemed this day when I discovered my son Jon, who I just met recently, was born on this day. So now instead of sorrow, this day has a new meaning."

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Soap opera icon Susan Lucci lost her husband of 52 years, Helmut Huber, on March 28, 2022. He was 84. Nearly a year later, the "All My Children" actress opened up about her grief, telling "Good Day New York" that the Austrian TV producer had been a "very special big presence" and "very take-charge in a good way" as well as "caring, a caregiver, funny [and] smart. … not to mention very handsome and [he had a] cute accent." When asked if she felt ready to date again, Susan made it clear she was not. "Everybody's different, and I just miss him and he's worth missing," she said. "He was really, really the love of my life."

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President Joe Biden knows pain. He tragically lost his first wife, Neilia, and their 1-year-old daughter, Naomi, in a car accident while they were out Christmas shopping on Dec. 18, 1972 — just weeks after he was elected to the U.S. Senate for the first time. Their sons, Hunter Biden and Beau Biden, survived the crash with minor injuries; Beau died from a brain tumor in 2015. In 1977, Joe married Jill Biden, with whom he had a daughter, Ashley.

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In December 1980, Pierce Brosnan married his first wife, Cassandra Harris, with whom he shared a son, Sean, as well as her two children from a previous relationship, Charlotte and Chris, whom Pierce adopted after their biological father passed away. In 1987, Cassandra was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She passed away at 43 on Dec. 28, 1991, leaving the "Remington Steele" and James Bond actor a widower. (Sadly, daughter Charlotte succumbed to the same disease in 2013.) Pierce went on to find love again with Keely Shaye Smith, whom he married in 2001; they share two sons.

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Actor Damian Lewis lost his wife of 13 years, "Harry Potter" and "Peaky Blinders" star Helen McCrory in April 2021 after a private breast cancer battle. She was 52. "She has been utterly heroic in her illness. Funny, of course — generous, brave, uncomplaining, constantly reminding us all of how lucky we've been, how blessed we are. Her generosity has extended to encouraging us three to live. Live fully, take opportunities, have adventures," Damian wrote in The Sunday Times of his late love, with whom he shares two children. "She has shone more brightly in the last months than you would imagine even the brightest star could shine. In life, too, we had to rise to meet her. But her greatest and most exquisite act of bravery and generosity has been to 'normalize' her death. She's shown no fear, no bitterness, no self-pity, only armed us with the courage to go on and insisted that no one be sad, because she is happy." He added, "I'm staggered by her. She's been a meteor in our life."

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On Dec. 8, 1980 — 11 years after they were married — Yoko Ono became a widow when John Lennon was shot and killed by a crazed fan of his band, The Beatles. John was Yoko's third husband; she never remarried. She has worked to continue his legacy, funding the Strawberry Fields memorial in Manhattan's Central Park, the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland and the since-closed John Lennon Museum in Japan. This portrait of John and Yoko was taken just a month before his murder.

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Celine Dion's husband and manager, René Angélil, passed away in Las Vegas on Jan. 14, 2016, following a prolonged battle with throat cancer. He was 73. "Losing my husband, for my [three] kids to lose their father, it was quite something," the music star — René's wife of 21 years — told the "Today" show in 2021. "I feel like René has given me so much through the years and still today. I see my kids. I look at them — we live with him. We still live with him. He's part of our lives every day." Celine is still not ready to move on. "I'm not thinking about a relationship and falling in love again. I don't," she said. "Do I have to say that it will never happen anymore? I don't know. I don't know."

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Ginnie Newhart — the wife of comedy legend Bob Newhart — died at 82 on April 23, 2023, following a long illness. Bob took to Twitter to mourn his wife of more than 60 years, writing, "She was our rock and we miss her terribly." The actor died at 94 on July 18, 2024.

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After 73 years of marriage, Queen Elizabeth II became a widow when her husband, Prince Philip, died at 99 in April 2021. She herself passed away just 17 months later. She was 96.

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Vanessa Bryant became a widow on Jan. 26, 2020, when retired NBA star husband Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on their way to a basketball game just north of Los Angeles. "This pain is unimaginable [but] you just have to get up and push forward," Vanessa told People magazine in 2021. "Lying in bed crying isn't going to change the fact that my family will never be the same again. But getting out of bed and pushing forward is going to make the day better for my [three other] girls and for me. So that's what I do."
Vanessa got her start as a video vixen appearing in music video's for Snoop Dogg and other rappers — which is how she met Kobe in 1999 when he was 21 and she was 17 and still in high school.

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In September 2023, the first season of "The Golden Bachelor" — a "The Bachelor" spinoff starring 72-year-old widower Gerry Turner, a retired restaurateur, father and grandfather from Indiana — debuted on ABC. The series chronicled the senior citizen's search for love, with 22 women between 60 and 75 vying for his heart — and a few months later, he proposed to the winner, Theresa Nist, 70. The couple married during ABC's "The Golden Wedding" special, which aired on Jan. 4, 2023 — then three months later announced plans to divorce amid issues with where to live and how to remain close to their respective families.
Gerry married his high school sweetheart, Toni, in 1974. They lived a happy and full life, welcoming daughters Angie and Jenny and, later, granddaughters Charlee and Payton. But in 2017 after 43 years together — just six weeks after Toni retired — she suddenly fell ill and died, leaving Gerry a widower. "She got robbed, every day that goes by, that's the thought that I have," Gerry told "Good Morning America."
His daughters encouraged him to sign on for "The Golden Bachelor," but Gerry wasn't sure if he should do it. He told "GMA" he has a framed photo of his late wife on the dresser in his closet and "every morning I [would] give her the nod [and ask], 'So what do you think about this?'" he said. "For a while it was like, I was having a hard time figuring out if she would be OK [with it]. But we always told each other when one of us goes, we want the other one to be happy. She's up there rooting, she's saying, 'Yeah, Gerry, do this.'"

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Iran Shuts Down Trump's Nuclear Deal Hopes

by Molly Claire Goddard Wonderwall May. 23, 2025May 23, 2025

By Molly Claire Goddard 1:13pm PDT, May 23, 2025

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Donald Trump thinks nuclear talks with Iran are going great — but the country's leaders seem to have a different take.

During a press briefing on Thursday, May 22, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that the president feels optimistic about the negotiations. However, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi later clarified that his country will not budge on a deal with the United States.

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Ahead of the Friday, May 23, talks in Rome, Karoline Leavitt expressed how Donald Trump thought the negotiations with Iran were "moving along in the right direction."

"As the president told me and he's told all of you, this deal with Iran could end in two ways: It could end in a very positive diplomatic solution or it could end in a very negative situation for Iran. So that's why these talks are taking place," the media liaison explained.

The Republican leader also discussed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "potential deal with Iran."

"The president has made it very clear to not just Prime Minister Netanyahu but also the world that he wants to see a deal with Iran struck if one can be struck," Leavitt said. "He does not want to have to take the latter option, the more severe and negative option. He wants to see a deal. The president is a dealmaker and believes strongly in diplomacy, and he made that clear to the Prime Minister but also to all of you and frankly, the rest of the world."

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Despite Donald Trump's optimism, sources claimed to CNN that the negotiations seem unlikely to end in an agreement.

According to insiders, the problem stems from the United States' requirement that Tehran dismantles its uranium enrichment program.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi took to X to share insight into what Iran needed to get a deal done with America: "Figuring out the path to a deal is not rocket science," he wrote. "Zero nuclear weapons = we DO have a deal. Zero enrichment = we do NOT have a deal."

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Donald Trump's Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff will host the discussion with an Iranian delegation on Friday, May 23. Top State Department official Michael Anton will also be present for the negotiations.

"We have one very, very clear red line, and that is enrichment. We cannot allow even 1% of an enrichment capability," Witkoff emphasized during an interview that aired on ABC's This Week.

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James Comey Rips Trump's FBI Chief

by Molly Claire Goddard Wonderwall May. 23, 2025May 23, 2025

By Molly Claire Goddard 3:18am PDT, May 23, 2025

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James Comey has some choice words for the man in his former job.

During a Tuesday, May 20, appearance on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, the former FBI director slammed the current chief of the department, Kash Patel, after reports surfaced Donald Trump's staffer was skipping essential briefings.

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When the show's guest host, John Berman, asked James Comey about the allegations that Kash Patel isn't adequately performing the duties of FBI director, the lawyer did not hold back exactly how he felt about the new incumbent.

"I'm not the least bit concerned about that, given that nothing in his life will have prepared him to be FBI director," Comey remarked about Patel. "I'm fine if he is out doing other things and letting the career people make the decisions about operations, about priorities that would be better for everybody."

"Do you think the career people are making the decisions behind the scenes?" Berman questioned.

"It's hard for me to say. I mean, I'm sure they are because they know what they're doing," the former republican added. "So, if you're going to go from being an outsider who knows nothing about the institution to the inside, you're going to have to rely on the career people."

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John Berman also pressed James Comey about the allegation that Kash Patel and Donald Trump's administration deported migrants to South Sudan against a federal judge's order. "What do you see here? Do you see prosecutors willing to push the envelope more?" the host asked.

"I can't tell. There's certainly a lot of aggressive rhetoric in that way, but it is suicidal from a career perspective, for a lawyer for the United States Department of Justice to violate — knowingly violate a court order," Comey explained. "There will be consequences that will be life changing for that lawyer. So, I don't know whether we've moved from a lot of aggressive talk, which is characteristic of the Trump world to lawyers actually making that life changing decision."

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Per numerous sources close to Donald Trump's White House, members of the FBI have been perplexed by how often Kash Patel has been skipping out on their daily "director's brief" meetings or showing up way past their start time.

"Officials who worked on the morning director's briefings were told that the schedule was changed because Patel sometimes failed to arrive on time," Ken Dilanian of NBC News claimed.

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While Kash Patel may be putting the Washington, D.C., rumor mill into overdrive with his job performance, he recently blamed former FBI leaders like James Comey for conducting the agency with political bias that he claims he and Donald Trump have to fix.

"You're about to see a wave of transparency," Patel explained during a Sunday, May 18, appearance on Maria Bartiromo's Fox News show.

"You asked in the beginning how the FBI was weaponized," he said. "Well, the FBI hijacked the constitutional responsibility of the Department of Justice and the Attorney General and James Comey and others specifically decided what cases to prosecute and not prosecute. Don't believe me? Go to the videotape in the Hillary Clinton investigation."

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New Claims About Biden's Memory Issues Surface

by Molly Claire Goddard Wonderwall May. 23, 2025May 23, 2025

By Molly Claire Goddard 3:17am PDT, May 23, 2025

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Joe Biden's deteriorating mental state seemed to be America's best-kept secret.

In Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's bombshell book, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, insiders claim the 82-year-old suffered from "significant limitations" with memory while serving as the commander-in-chief of the United States.

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In a passage obtained by RadarOnline.com, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson cite a 2023 interview Joe Biden did with Justice Department special counsel Robert Hur, where his declining mental state is evident as he failed to recall how long he was Barack Obama's vice president.

"Biden's recorded conversations from that time were described as 'often painfully slow, with Mr. Biden struggling to remember events and straining at times to read and relay his own notebook entries,'" the tell-all claims. "Flash forward to the fall of 2023, when Biden had his interviews with the special counsel's office. Summing up their impressions, Hur concluded: 'Biden's memory was worse.'"

"Biden seemed to have difficulty grasping the fact that his vice presidency lasted from January 2009 until January 2017," they alleged. "Once, trying to understand a point in time in 2013, he asked, 'Well, if it was 2013 — when did I stop being vice president?'"

"'2017,' a White House lawyer reminded him," the journalists continued. "'So, I was vice president,' he said. 'So, it must've come from vice president stuff. That's all I can think of.'"

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In another troubling instance of Joe Biden's conversation with Robert Hur, the Democrat could not remember when his son Beau Biden passed away from brain cancer in 2015.

In obtained audio of the interview, Joe questioned, "What was happening though was…What month did Beau die?"

"Oh God, May 30," a White House attorney present for the discussion chimed in.

"Am I making any sense to you?" the former senator from Delaware asked the people present in the room.

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When Robert Hur's report was made public, special counsel to Joe Biden Richard Sauber and his personal counsel Bob Bauer slammed any speculation the president's mental health was in decline.

"We do not believe that the report's treatment of President Biden's memory is accurate or appropriate," Sauber and Bauer said in a statement. "The report uses highly prejudicial language to describe a commonplace occurrence among witnesses: a lack of recall of years-old events."

A representative for the Biden administration even called the review "politically motivated."

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On Sunday, May 18, Joe Biden and his camp revealed he'd been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer.

"Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone," their statement read.

As Americans wonder how long the left-wing politician was battling the disease, oncologist Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel claimed to MSNBC's Morning Joe, "Oh yeah. He did not develop it in the last 100-200 days. He had it while he was president. He probably had it at the start of his presidency, in 2021."

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Throughout Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's read, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, they make the case that there were two versions of Joe Biden as he served as the leader of the United States.

"The first one is the one that everybody got to know during his vice presidency," they claim. "And the second one was kind of a non-functioning Joe Biden. And that non-functioning Biden would rear his head increasingly starting in, like, 2019, 2020. And then, as his term went on, more and more behind the scenes."

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Trump Resorts to Name-Calling in the Oval Office

by Katherine Tinsley Wonderwall May. 23, 2025May 23, 2025

By Katherine Tinsley 3:16am PDT, May 23, 2025

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Donald Trump lost his cool in the Oval Office during South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's visit to the White House on Wednesday, May 21, after a journalist attempted to ask him about his push to accept South African refugees and the luxury jet he accepted from Qatar.

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Donald Trump exploded after NBC News' Peter Alexander questioned his decision to accept a $400 million luxury plane from Qatar's royal family.

"Why are you talking about that? What are you asking that for? You know, you oughta get out of here," Trump yelled at the journalist.

"What does this have to do with the Qatar jet?" Trump continued, referencing the meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was seated beside him. "They're giving the United States Air Force a jet. Okay? And it's a great thing."

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Donald Trump later attacked Peter Alexander's credibility.

"We're talking about a lot of other things. Is NBC trying to get off the subject of what you just saw?" he asked.

"You are a real — you know, you're a terrible reporter," the president continued. "Number one, you don't have what it takes to be a reporter. You're not smart enough."

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Donald Trump, who has been a vocal critic of legacy media organizations, later threw jabs at Peter Alexander's employer.

"You ought to go back to your studio at NBC, because [Comcast Chairman] Brian Roberts and the people that run that place, they ought to be investigated," he said.

"They are so terrible the way they run that network," he claimed.

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Donald Trump stopped Peter Alexander from asking follow-up questions about the alleged "genocide" in South Africa, calling the reporter "a disgrace."

"His name is Peter something. He's a terrible reporter," the president said in a room full of Alexander's peers.

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Despite the scrutiny, Peter Alexander was committed to questioning Donald Trump's claims.

"If they're committing genocide, why invite [Ramaphosa] to the White House?" Alexander asked, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sat beside Trump.

"Quiet, quiet," the commander-in-chief angrily replied.

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Donald Trump later accused the media of ignoring the "genocide" occurring in South Africa, even though a judge from the country called the claim "clearly imagined" and "not real."

"If the news wasn't fake, like NBC, which is fake news … if they weren't fake news like this jerk that we have here," the real estate tycoon said while pointing to Peter Alexander. "If we had real reporters, they'd be covering it."

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According to Donald Trump, white farmers in South Africa are being targeted. However, the BBC reported there were 26,232 murders in the country last year, and of that group, only eight were farmers.

The outlet also reported that the data doesn't specify race.

"There are all white farmers being buried and he asks about a jet that was given. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. You are so bad, you're such a bad reporter," Trump told Peter Alexander.

"'So why did they give us a plane to the United States Air Force?'" Trump continued, mocking Peter Alexander. "That's what that idiot talks about after viewing a thing where thousands of people are dead."

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Following the spat with Peter Alexander, Cyril Ramaphosa joked about Donald Trump's luxury jet: "I'm sorry I don't have a plane to give you," the South African president said.

"I wish you did," Trump replied. "If your country offered the United States Air Force a plane, I would take it."

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Trump Violated Another Court Order, Judge Rules

by Molly Claire Goddard Wonderwall May. 23, 2025May 23, 2025

By Molly Claire Goddard 3:15am PDT, May 23, 2025

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A court is shutting down one of Donald Trump's bold political moves again.

During an emergency hearing on Wednesday, May 21, U.S. District Judge with the Court of Massachusetts Brian Murphy ruled that the Department of Homeland Security "unquestionably" violated legal authority by sending a group of illegal immigrants to South Sudan.

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During the hearing, Judge Brian Murphy claimed Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland Security did not give migrants enough time between their notice of deportation and removal for a chance to contest the decision.

"It was impossible for these people to have a meaningful opportunity to object to their transfer to South Sudan," the legal authority explained in court. "The Department's actions in this case are unquestionably violative of this court's order."

According to reports, the illegal immigrants were alerted of their deportation on Monday evening and were placed on a plane heading to South Sudan on Tuesday morning. Although the flight did land in the region, the people onboard were allegedly kept on the aircraft in ICE custody.

Per insiders, the notice the migrants received of their eviction from the United States was only given to them in English, even though the people in question do not understand the language.

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Judge Brian Murphy previously issued a ruling stopping Donald Trump and his administration from deporting migrants without due process.

Despite ordering the emergency hearing over the group sent to South Sudan, Murphy has not yet made a decision on whether to order the return of all or some of the deportees.

During the hearing, the judge made clear he "intends to amend his previous ruling to give a more specific time frame before people can be sent to third countries."

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This is far from the only legal hurdle Donald Trump has faced in the past week. On Friday, May 16, the Supreme Court ruled the right-wing leader could not use the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act to send a group of alleged Venezuelan gang members out of the United States until a lower court ruled on the matter.

"The Government has represented elsewhere that it is unable to provide for the return of an individual deported in error to a prison in El Salvador where it is alleged that detainees face indefinite detention," the Supreme Court said in their ruling. "The [Texas] detainees' interests at stake are accordingly particularly weighty. Under these circumstances, notice roughly 24 hours before removal, devoid of information about how to exercise due process rights to contest that removal, surely does not pass muster."

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In typical fashion, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account to rail against the Supreme Court ruling.

"The Supreme Court has just ruled that the worst murderers, drug dealers, gang members and even those who are mentally insane, who came into our country illegally, are not allowed to be forced out without going through a long, protracted and expensive legal process, one that will take, possibly, many years for each person and one that will allow these people to commit many crimes before they even see the inside of a Courthouse," he wrote on Friday, May 16.

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Peter Doocy Calls Out Trump's 'Awkward' Oval Office Meeting

by Katherine Tinsley Wonderwall May. 23, 2025May 23, 2025

By Katherine Tinsley 3:14am PDT, May 23, 2025

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Donald Trump met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, May 21, as the Republican continues to claim that a "white genocide" is occurring in the African nation. Fox News' Peter Doocy later described the meeting — which went off the rails when Trump verbally attacked an NBC News reporter — as incredibly "awkward."

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Fox News' Peter Doocy compared Donald Trump's time with Cyril Ramaphosa to his explosive meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"I didn't even know that you could dim the lights in the Oval Office, which is decades old. Seems like a place that would just have an on or off switch, but President Trump called for the lights to be dimmed so that he could show this multimedia presentation to basically call the visiting South African president's bluff," Doocy said.

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Cyril Ramaphosa met with Donald Trump to refute the former reality star's "white genocide" claims, but Peter Doocy implied he was unsuccessful in that goal.

"The South African president came here to say there is no genocide happening in South Africa. President Trump basically said, 'Okay, well, then what's all of this?' And he showed political leaders and opposition leaders in South Africa saying some very heinous and violent things for several minutes," Doocy said.

"And he just made the South African president and the rest of the South African delegation sit there in the half-dark room and watch it," he continued. "And afterwards, President Trump did want to talk a little bit about trade and his visiting famous golfer friends from South Africa got to speak as well."

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A South African judge previously called the genocide assertion "clearly imagined" and "not real," but Donald Trump continues to assert that Afrikaners are being systemically oppressed.

"He said he has not made up his mind, despite the presentation that he had his staff cut and put forward, he's not made his mind yet about whether or not there's genocide happening," Peter Doocy recalled.

"That is something the South African team strenuously denies, and it's worth pointing out that is definitely the most awkward Oval Office meeting since [Volodymyr] Zelensky was here," he continued, referencing the time Trump asked Ukraine's president to leave the White House after their meeting turned sour.

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Cyril Ramaphosa seemed largely unfazed by Donald Trump's claims, and he did not appear to cut short his time in Washington, D.C., in response to the former reality star's rhetoric.

Peter Doocy pointed out that it seemed Trump's meeting with Ramaphosa "ended a little bit better" than his meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky because "the South African delegation is not leaving early."

"They will be sticking around for lunch," Doocy noted.

"But really when you watch that, it seems like the Trump foreign policy doctrine is a lot like the old slogan for the MTV show The Real World: 'Where people stop being polite and start getting real,'" he said. "And that's what we just saw from President Trump."

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Trump Slammed for Weak Stance on Putin

by Katherine Tinsley Wonderwall May. 23, 2025May 23, 2025

By Katherine Tinsley 3:14am PDT, May 23, 2025

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Donald Trump is continuing to push for Russia and Ukraine to come to a ceasefire agreement, but the president has been accused of showing favoritism to Vladimir Putin.

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Rebeccah Heinrichs discussed Donald Trump's approach to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on Fox News on May 19.

Fox News host Trace Gallagher asked Heinrichs if she was "optimistic" that the president had a "good talk" with Vladimir Putin.

"No, Trace. Actually, I was pretty deflated after I heard the president's remarks because I was really hopeful that President Trump would impose costs on Putin in order to compel him to finally agree to an unconditional ceasefire, which Ukraine has agreed to — agreed to weeks ago," Heinrichs replied.

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Rebeccah Heinrichs, who is a policy expert, shut down Donald Trump's hopes of Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky coming to an agreement.

"So, Russia continues to stall. And despite President Trump's optimism, Russia is the one that continues to act aggressively against Ukraine," she said.

"President Trump thankfully has still said there's other things that he's left on table: imposing biting sanctions against energy and banking," Heinrichs continued.

"But until President Trump really decides to get tough on Putin, I don't see Putin deciding that he's going to end this conflict, which he started," she added.

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On Monday, May 19, Donald Trump gushed about his chat with Vladimir Putin on Truth Social: "Just completed my two-hour call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. I believe it went very well," he wrote.

"Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War," he continued. "The conditions for that will be negotiated between the two parties, as it can only be, because they know details of a negotiation that nobody else would be aware of."

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Donald Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, later clarified previous comments her boss made about the war and Vladimir Putin.

"The president did say he believes Putin is winning the war, but he NEVER said 'Putin isn't ready to end war.' In fact, he said several times throughout the call that he believes Putin wants peace and wants the war to be over," Leavitt said, according to The Daily Beast.

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Trump Flubs Genocide Evidence With Photo From Wrong Country

by Molly Claire Goddard Wonderwall May. 23, 2025May 23, 2025

By Molly Claire Goddard 3:13am PDT, May 23, 2025

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Donald Trump's meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was quite eventful.

During the world leaders' sit-down in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday, May 21, the commander-in-chief of the United States tried to show sufficient evidence that there is a "genocide" of white farmers in South Africa. However, the picture Trump presented as evidence showed an atrocity in a completely different country.

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During the contentious meeting, Cyril Ramaphosa tried to impose on Donald Trump that it isn't only white farmers who are being killed.

"There is criminality in our country," Ramaphosa explained in the gathering in front of the press. "People who do get killed, unfortunately, through criminal activity, are not only white people — the majority of them are Black people."

"The farmers are not Black," Trump said, cutting off his fellow politician. "I'm not saying that's good or bad, but the farmers are not Black. The people are being killed in large numbers, and you saw all of those gravesites."

"Death of people, death, death, death, horrible death, death," the former star of The Apprentice added while reaching for a paper with a horrific photograph on it.

Instead of the image showing anything about the alleged mass deaths of white farmers in South Africa, the picture appears to be of Red Cross workers responding to a mass r*** and murder site in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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The major slip-up comes after Donald Trump reportedly sped up the process of granting white South Africans refugee status in the United States while he continues to be tough on immigration for other nationalities and parts of the world.

He made the change, he said, "because they're being killed and we don't want to see people be killed."

"Now, South Africa leadership is coming to see me — I understand sometime next week — and we're supposed to have a G20 meeting there or something; but we're having a G20 meeting. I don't know how we can go unless that situation's taken care of. But it's a genocide that's taking place that you people don't want to write about, but it's a terrible thing that's taking place," he said during a meeting with the press on Monday, May 12.

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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa seemed perplexed by Donald Trump's statements about what is allegedly taking place in the nation he governs.

"We think that the American government has got the wrong end of the stick here, but we'll continue talking to them," Ramaphosa said during a conference in Ivory Coast last week.

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Fox News' Peter Doocy seemed to pick up on the awkward tension between Donald Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa during their meet-up.

"The South African president came here to say there is no genocide happening in South Africa. President Trump basically said, 'Okay, well, then what's all of this?' And he showed political leaders and opposition leaders in South Africa saying some very heinous and violent things for several minutes," the rightwing journalist said during a Thursday, May 22, broadcast. "And he just made the South African president and the rest of the South African delegation sit there in the half-dark room and watch it. And afterwards, President Trump did want to talk a little bit about trade and his visiting famous golfer friends from South Africa got to speak as well."

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Musk Is 'Political Kryptonite,' CNN Data Analyst Says

by Katherine Tinsley Wonderwall May. 23, 2025May 23, 2025

By Katherine Tinsley 3:13am PDT, May 23, 2025

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Elon Musk's Tesla brand has been on the decline since he aligned himself with Donald Trump and began running DOGE. A new CNN report shows how he became "political kryptonite."

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CNN's chief data analyst, Harry Enten, discussed a new poll that revealed Elon Musk's approval rating continues to be on the decline. Ipsos revealed the tech billionaire has a -17 net favorability rating in the U.S. in comparison to his 2017 +24 rating. The study also discovered Musk has a shocking -91 net favorability among Democrats.

"How unpopular is he?" Enten asked during a news segment. "How low can you go? Oh my!"

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Before aligning himself with right-wing politics, Elon Musk was a popular businessman and public figure.

"Whoa! He fell through the floor!" Harry Enten said. "You can't really go lower than that."

"I guess you could go down to minus 100 points. But he became political kryptonite," Enten said. "He was greatly disliked by the American public, and greatly, greatly, greatly disliked by Democrats."

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In the early stages of Donald Trump's second term, the president praised Elon Musk as his businesses began to decline. However, Trump has noticeably decreased the frequency he discusses the Tesla founder.

"From January 20 to April 4, he posted about [Musk on social media] 40 times," Harry Enten said. "From April 5 onward, zero, zero, zero!"

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Harry Eten thinks Donald Trump is aware of Elon Musk's declining popularity.

"Donald Trump knows brands very well. He knows political brands, and he knew that Elon Musk's political brand's time had run out," Eten speculated. "And therefore, Elon Musk is taking a step back from politics."

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Smarter Crypto Mining Begins with DRML Miner's AI Engine

by Wonderwall.com Editors Wonderwall May. 22, 2025May 22, 2025

DRML Miner, a pioneer in blockchain-powered mining infrastructure, has announced the deployment of its next-generation AI-driven optimization engine, a powerful enhancement designed to streamline contract selection, minimize operational drift and unlock peak performance across its global mining network.

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Launched as part of DRML's long-term innovation roadmap, the system blends algorithmic intelligence with user-centric design to increase profitability while reducing energy overhead. The tool offers dynamic contract recommendations, real-time performance tuning and smart energy balancing based on user input and network conditions, transforming the way individuals and institutions participate in computational asset generation.

"Our mission isn't just about mining coins; it's about mining smarter," said Alyssa Taylor, CEO of DRML Miner. "With this new engine, users aren't just leasing hashpower — they're influencing intelligent infrastructure that evolves in real-time to suit their financial goals. This isn't passive income. It's precision income."

Unlike traditional platforms where users manually select contracts based on static metrics, DRML's new engine processes over 70 variables — including token volatility, contract yield curves, market saturation and power efficiency to auto-optimize each mining cycle.

The technology is embedded across both desktop and mobile interfaces, making it easy for users to monitor asset performance, receive predictive suggestions and rebalance their portfolio with a single tap.

This rollout follows months of internal testing, where beta users reported up to 19% higher net returns when compared to standard plan execution.

DRML Miner's new engine introduces features such as autopilot contract matching, yield forecast dashboards, adaptive user profiles and power reallocation logic that shifts loads to data centers operating on the most cost-effective and renewable energy sources at any given time. All existing and future mining contracts now function under this evolving intelligent framework.

The system supports mining for a diverse range of digital assets, including BTC, ETH, DOGE, XRP, USDC and SOL. Users can begin with as little as $10 or scale to institutional-tier contracts of $100,000 or more.

In addition to its technical edge, DRML Miner maintains a sustainability-first approach. Its AI infrastructure operates across 100+ mining hubs in low-carbon energy zones spanning Northern Europe, Central Asia and North Africa. The company's architecture relies entirely on renewable power, reinforcing its commitment to green computation.

New users can claim a $10 welcome bonus and activate their first plan without setup costs. All contracts come with daily payouts and optional affiliate rewards, allowing users to generate commissions simply by sharing their link — no deposit required.

DRML Miner has positioned itself as an innovation-first platform that caters equally to individual users and institutional capital. By blending AI precision with low-barrier access, the company continues to reshape the economics of crypto mining in a way that is clean, scalable and intelligent by design.

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Founded in 2018 and headquartered in London, DRML Miner has served more than 7 million users across 180+ regions. The platform is trusted for its robust cloud infrastructure, fully transparent returns and unwavering focus on ethical, eco-powered blockchain technology.

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Behind BTC's Soaring Price: How Cloud Mining Becomes the New 'Passive Income' Choice for Cryptocurrency?

by Wonderwall.com Editors Wonderwall May. 22, 2025May 22, 2025

Top cryptocurrency analyst Peter Brandt reports that miners have recently taken advantage of Bitcoin's impressive price rise, realizing nearly $39.6 million in profits as the price soared to over $100,000.

Data shows that Bitcoin is decoupling from the U.S. stock market and trading closer to gold, which once again proves Bitcoin's growing role as a safe-haven asset against global economic turmoil. With the rapid development of the digital economy, cloud mining has become an important trend in the blockchain industry. As a leader in cloud mining investment, KixaMiner is committed to revolutionizing the way people mine in the cloud.

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The Appeal of KixaMiner

KixaMiner makes earning money easy and fun with its straightforward and transparent investment approach. Users can start mining effortlessly using just a smartphone or internet-connected device, eliminating the need for expensive hardware or complex technical challenges. From guaranteed returns to a transparent, fee-free environment, KixaMiner is paving the way for profitable cloud mining, making passive income in this space more accessible than ever.

Kixa Miner: Where Sustainability Meets Profitability

Founded in 2020, KixaMiner powers its operations with recyclable wind and solar energy, offering users an efficient and eco-friendly way to generate wealth in their spare time. With over 100 mining farms and 3+ million mining devices worldwide, all running on renewable energy, KixaMiner has earned the trust and support of more than 10 million users thanks to its stable returns and security.

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Incredible Profit Opportunities

KixaMiner is renowned for its unique daily passive income, with potential earnings reaching $5,289 or more — turning millionaire dreams into reality. Imagine earning substantial income without constant effort or complicated setups — that's the power of KixaMiner.

Security & Sustainability

In cloud mining, trust and safety are paramount. KixaMiner operates in full compliance with corporate governance, legal and regulatory standards. Our governance framework follows the principles of the U.K. Corporate Governance Code (2018), ensuring your investments are protected while you focus on profits. All mining farms use renewable energy, making cloud mining carbon-neutral. By protecting the environment while delivering high returns, KixaMiner ensures every investor enjoys both opportunity and profit.

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KixaMiner is transforming cloud mining investments. The passive income it delivers is the ultimate goal for every investor and trader. Our mission is to empower anyone, anywhere to engage in transactions — reducing reliance on financial institutions, breaking free from financial stress and paving the way to wealth freedom.

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Conservatives Were Right About Biden, Jake Tapper Says

by Katherine Tinsley Wonderwall May. 22, 2025May 22, 2025

By Katherine Tinsley 2:43am PDT, May 22, 2025

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Joe Biden's cognitive health was a concern during his 2024 presidential campaign. The topic is the subject of Jake Tapper's new book, Original Sin.

Tapper shut down rumors about the then-president's well-being leading up to the 2024 election — which Megyn Kelly pointed out during a recent interview with him.

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Joe Biden pulled out of the 2024 election after he struggled during a presidential debate, but Jake Tapper didn't ask the president about his cognitive skills before the event.

"Not only did you ignore the Jackie Walorski moment when you had him 13 days later, but you ignored the freeze-up that he had at the Juneteenth celebration," Megyn Kelly told Tapper on the May 20 episode of "The Megyn Kelly Show."

In the summer of 2022, after previously commenting on Walorski's death, Biden publicly called on her during a public conference, indicating he'd forgotten she died. Two years later, he appeared to bizarrely freeze as everyone around him danced during the middle of a Juneteenth celebration.

"You ignored what happened at the G7 when he wandered off and Giorgia Meloni, prime minister of Italy, had to go find him," Kelly continued, referencing another time Biden appeared unwell that Tapper failed to investigate.

"You ignored the freeze-up at the George Clooney L.A. fundraiser," she added. "You didn't cover it. You only covered it after the debate, after George Clooney wrote his op-ed [asking Biden to step down]."

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"Nobody made you do that," Megyn Kelly told Jake Tapper. "Your network at every turn was telling us those were, quote, 'cheap fakes,' and you were not combatting that narrative."

"CNN was actively misleading us on what our very eyes were showing us," Kelly alleged. "That's the truth, that's the record."

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Jake Tapper's previous reporting seemingly failed to capture Joe Biden's decline, but the journalist chose to explore the challenges he didn't acknowledge on air in his book.

"I will acknowledge that after I was named moderator, co-moderator of the debate, I tried to make sure that my coverage was fairly vanilla, both about [Donald] Trump and about Biden, because I just wanted to get to the debate," Tapper told Megyn Kelly.

"Frankly, [I'm] surprised that either one of them agreed to have me as a moderator because both sides disliked me so much," he later added.

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Jake Tapper — who previously claimed he doesn't "belong to any political party" — gave credit to conservative media while discussing his own shortcomings in his reporting.

"I remember that moment, the glitch at the immigration event, not getting much attention outside of conservative media at all," he said, referencing a June 2024 instance in which Joe Biden seemingly forgot the name of his Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas.

"[Original Sin co-writer] Alex [Thompson] and I are here to say that conservative media was right and conservative media was correct, and that there should be a lot of soul-searching, not just among me, but among the legacy media to begin with — all of us — for how this was covered or not covered sufficiently. 100%. So, I mean, I'm not here to defend coverage that I've already acknowledged I wish I could do differently," he continued.

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Jake Tapper also admitted that he apologized to Donald Trump's daughter-in-law, former co-chair of the Republican National Committee Lara Trump, for initially trying to depict her as ableist for asking about Joe Biden's well-being.

Tapper previously implied Trump was mocking Biden's stutter, but he later admitted she was right for asking questions about the president's wellbeing.

"I've already apologized to her," Tapper told Megyn Kelly.

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Republican Floats Investigating Trump Crypto Business

by Katherine Tinsley Wonderwall May. 22, 2025May 22, 2025

By Katherine Tinsley 2:43am PDT, May 22, 2025

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Donald Trump and his family have found success in cryptocurrency, but the president's rising impact on the industry could be a conflict of interest — a key point that members of his party are starting to admit.

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Congressman Rich McCormick — a Republican from Georgia — addressed Donald Trump's conflict of interest on The Dan Abrams Show after host Dan Abrams expressed his concerns over the president having his own meme coin.

"The Trump family and its partners have made like $320 million in trading fees alone since the president's meme coin launched. You okay with all this?" Abrams asked McCormick.

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Rich McCormick replied by comparing Donald Trump's role in cryptocurrency to Hunter Biden selling his artwork.

"At least it's an honest conversation this time," McCormick said.

"Before, when people are selling artwork from a son of a certain president for exorbitant amounts, it was considered not really an issue, and I'm not sure why," he continued.

He then admitted, "I think maybe it needs to be addressed."

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Rich McCormick later explained how congress analyzes potential misconduct.

"I look at the strict conversation about what we get compensated for as congressmen and as senators and the conflict of interest [reviews] that we have to do every year to make sure we don't have a conflict of interests," he said. "The presidency has much more. And that's something maybe we as a Congress take a look at."

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Dan Abrams agreed with Rich McCormick that Congress should "take a look" at potential conflicts of interest: "You're saying that, yeah, we may have to look into that. I mean, it seems to me like you definitely have to look into it, right? It seems like it's sort of unambiguous about the potential risks," he said, adding that he would expect "straight shooters" in Congress to look into the president's crypto ties.

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Rich McCormick said the concern is the legality of Donald Trump's meme coin influence, not necessarily the ethics behind it.

"It's not an investigation. It's wide open. It is transparency," he said. "It's not a matter of if it's happening or not."

"That's where the investigation would come," he continued. "We know it's happened. The question is, is it legal? I don't think it's illegal. If it's illegal, it'll be prosecuted because nobody's hiding anything. The question is, should it be illegal? That's the question you're asking."

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Rich McCormick also addressed the $400 million jet Qatar gifted Donald Trump, which was revealed through a media report.

"I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have been able to hide a gift for $400 million," he said.

"That's true. That's true that eventually it would have become public, but for now, the only reason we know about it is because of a media report," Dan Abrams pointed out.

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Trump Warns House Republicans to Back Off Medicaid

by Molly Claire Goddard Wonderwall May. 22, 2025May 22, 2025

By Molly Claire Goddard 2:41am PDT, May 22, 2025

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Donald Trump sent a strong message to Republicans on Capitol Hill.

During a closed-door meeting on Tuesday, May 20, the current commander-in-chief reportedly told right-wing politicians not to "f*** around with Medicaid" as he continues to try to get people to support his "big, beautiful bill" in Washington, D.C.

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Two people present in the room alleged Donald Trump explicitly instructed Republicans "don't f*** around with Medicaid" during the gathering of right-wing politicians.

The bold remark comes as the former star of The Apprentice made the case for why changes should be made to the health program: "We're not doing any cutting of anything meaningful," Trump explained. "The only thing we're cutting is waste, fraud and abuse."

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However, not all right-wingers were on the same page about the message from Donald Trump and the way the bill currently exists. Republican Representative Chip Roy of Texas expressed wanting more conservative addendums to the bill such as an imposition of work requirements for able-bodied people to take advantage of the entitlement.

Representative Dusty Johnson from South Dakota noted of Donald Trump's stanch instructions for the bill, "He paints with some colorful phrases, many that we hear more often here than we do in South Dakota."

Despite the delivery, Johnson knew what Trump wanted in the end: "When he says don't touch things, he means don't make adjustments to the bill as drafted. The president is the world's best salesman. You could tell that he moved the room," he told the press.

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As the bill currently stands, in 2029, an 80-hour-per-month work requirement on able-bodied adults ages 19 to 64 on Medicaid will go into effect. Also, Medicaid beneficiaries whose annual incomes are over the federal poverty line of $15,650 will be required to pay up to $35 per medical service.

According to an initial Congressional Budget Office projection, 8.6 million are at risk of losing their coverage.

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One person who is not fond of Donald Trump's proposed bill is usually supportive Kevin O'Leary.

"This is anti-American. It's against small business. I've never seen anything like it. You want to talk about [a] big, beautiful bill? This is a big, ugly piece of that bill. It's got to get fixed," the Shark Tank star said during a Tuesday, May 13, appearance on Varney & Co.

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