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Hunter Biden WhatsApp message fuels GOP assertions of corruption, even after plea
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department’s five-year probe into Hunter Biden lurched toward a conclusion this week with the announcement of a plea deal that will likely allow President Joe Biden’s [Read More…]
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HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra calls post-Roe US ‘a tale of two cities’
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One of the nation’s top health officials is calling attention to the disparity between states on abortion access one year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned [Read More…]
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Garland responds to IRS whistleblower allegations in Hunter Biden case
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday gave his most detailed and direct defense yet to allegations raised by IRS agents of potential wrongdoing and political influence in the Justice Department’s [Read More…]
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Paramount+ cancels 4 series, including ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’
Eduardo Araquel/Paramount+ Paramount+ canceled four of its original series on Friday, June 23. The affected shows are Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Star Trek: Prodigy, Queen of the Universe and The Game, Variety reports. The streamer also announced plans to pull [Read More…]
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Reality Roundup: ‘RHOP’s’ Monique Samuels files for divorce, ‘Vanderpump Rules’ alum Stassi Schroeder sued, & more
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what’s happened in the world of reality television this week. The Real Housewives of New Jersey During an episode of the Namaste B$tches podcast Real Housewives [Read More…]
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Michael J. Fox calls wife Tracy Pollan “my forever summer girl” in birthday tribute
C Flanigan/Getty Images Michael J. Fox can’t help but gush over wife Tracy Pollan. The actor took to Instagram on Thursday, June 22, to celebrate his longtime wife — and former Family Ties co-star — on her 63rd birthday. “‘She showers [Read More…]
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In stunning rebuke of Putin, Wagner chief says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was based on lies
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said the Kremlin’s justifications for its invasion of Ukraine are based on lies, in another extraordinary attack on the country’s military [Read More…]
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Missing Titanic submersible live updates: OceanGate co-founder defends CEO’s commitment to safety
File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — All passengers are believed to be lost after a desperate dayslong search for a submersible carrying five people that vanished [Read More…]
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3M agrees to $10.3B settlement over claims it polluted drinking water with ‘forever chemicals’
RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — 3M announced Thursday it has agreed to pay $10.3 billion in settlements in response to allegations in polluted water in towns and cities across the United States with toxic chemicals. [Read More…]
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Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas to join ‘Paddington 3’
StudioCanal Paddington Bear is going to be accompanied by some new but familiar faces on his next adventure. Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas and Emily Mortimer are all in talks to join the third installment of the Paddington franchise, titled Paddington in Peru, Deadline [Read More…]
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In brief…
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first TV series, FUBAR, which premiered on May 25, led Nielsen’s streaming charts for its premiere week of May 22-28, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The action comedy drew 1.53 billion minutes — or 25.57 [Read More…]
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Racing yachts have close encounter with pod of orcas near Strait of Gibraltar
Ocean Race (LONDON) — Racing yachts had a close encounter with a pod of orcas near the Strait of Gibraltar on Thursday, race officials said. Crew members aboard a rival pair of 65-foot yachts were [Read More…]
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Missing Titanic submersible live updates: OceanGate co-founder defends CEO killed in implosion
File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — All passengers are believed to be lost after a desperate dayslong search for a submersible carrying five people that vanished [Read More…]
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LGBTQ community, security experts worry about rising violence amid Pride events
Norberto Cuenca/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Pride month events continue in June, members of the LGBTQ community and security experts are expressing concerns about growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment in the U.S. “We are in the [Read More…]
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More excessive heat on the way in Texas: Here’s what to expect
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma are under heat alerts Friday, through the weekend and into next week. The heat dome will build into the Southern Plains this weekend into [Read More…]
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Supreme Court rejects challenge by Texas and Louisiana to Biden deportation policy
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a state-led challenge to the Biden administration’s deportation policy. The court ruled 8-1 that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to bring the case. The [Read More…]
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2024 GOP candidates to address abortion at Faith and Freedom Coalition event
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A robust field of 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls descend upon Washington on Friday and Saturday for one of the first multi-candidate cattle calls of the primary cycle, with their positions [Read More…]
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Hunter Biden makes appearance at state dinner as he faces tax charges
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just days after agreeing to plead guilty to tax-related misdemeanors, Hunter Biden on Thursday night attended a White House state dinner with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The [Read More…]
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Texas AG Ken Paxton’s wife barred from voting in his impeachment trial
P A Thompson/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton goes on trial later this year in the state Senate after being impeached, one lawmaker in the chamber will be barred from [Read More…]
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Termination boards: How physicians are providing abortions within exceptions allowed by bans
fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shortly after a Tennessee trigger ban on abortion went into effect last September, a group of maternal fetal medicine specialists, family planning physicians, bioethicists, neonatologists and a lawyer gathered to [Read More…]