Jodie Sweetin, who portrays Full House‘s sarcastic Stephanie Tanner, gave her unfiltered take on her co-star Lori Loughlin’s fashion designer ex, Mossimo Giannulli.

While gushing over Loughlin’s new look, Sweetin, 44, couldn’t help but jab Giannulli following the couple’s separation.

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President Donald Trump’s latest scam against the American taxpayer is brazen even by his usual, shameless standards.

The president’s Department of Justice this week announced a $1.776 billion fund that will make secret payments to Jan. 6 defendants and other Trump allies who say they were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration, without any legal or congressional oversight.

That fact alone is so blatantly corrupt that it almost seems like things can’t get any worse, and yet, scratching the surface reveals yet another layer of grift.

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An America’s Next Top Model judge revealed her plastic surgery results in dramatic before-and-after photos.

In February, Janice Dickinson, a prominent model of the 1970s and ’80s, underwent a full-face rejuvenation.

On Monday, her plastic surgeon, Dr. Harrison H. Lee, posted an Instagram video showing the 71-year-old’s dramatic results.

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Growing up glued to Dawson’s Creek, Katie Holmes has always been a defining icon for me—especially when it comes to beauty and personal style. Naturally, I was thrilled to learn that we’re both fans of Merit.

The actress and filmmaker recently posted a “Get Ready With Me” (GRWM) video on Instagram, detailing all the Merit Beauty products she uses for her minimalist makeup routine. Admitting to her “ninties-kid” makeup tendencies, the 47-year-old explained that she’s drawn to understated makeup, which aligns perfectly with Merit’s brand DNA.

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Donald Trump says he may not attend his eldest son’s wedding, citing the war in Iran and “other things” in his schedule.

The president’s son, Don Jr., is set to wed socialite Bettina Anderson this weekend, saying “I do” in front of a small group of friends and family in the Bahamas.

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WWE star Ludwig Kaiser, 35, has landed in legal trouble after an elevator make-out session reportedly spiraled into a physical fight with a neighbor. According to an arrest report obtained by TMZ, the WWE personality—whose real name is Marcel Barthel—was arrested on Wednesday on a misdemeanor battery charge following an altercation inside a luxury apartment building in Orlando, Florida. A neighbor told police he entered an elevator where Kaiser and his girlfriend were already riding when the couple allegedly began what the report described as an “uncontrollably intimate” make-out session in the cramped elevator. The situation reportedly escalated after the group exited on the 12th floor and the neighbor asked the wrestler to “please have some manners.” Kaiser allegedly responded by striking the man and shoving him to the floor, according to the report. Authorities later identified Kaiser through security footage before booking him into Orange County Jail, where he was later released on a $1,000 bond. The arrest comes just weeks before Kaiser’s May 30 match in Monterrey, Mexico, against Chad Gable in a storyline showdown centered around the pair both using the “El Grande Americano” name, with Gable billing himself as the “Original” version of the character.

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Longtime Victoria’s Secret model Izabel Goulart took one of her trademark supermodel poses on the Cannes red carpet this week—but fans were too distracted by what they claimed was her dramatically different face to pay much attention to the dress.

The Brazilian supermodel hit the Cannes carpet Monday in a shimmering bustier gown with her hair pulled back into an ultra-tight ponytail, a styling choice that immediately sent social media sleuths spiraling into cosmetic-procedure speculation.

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The Mussolini family can now count at least one win among their achievements. Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter, Alessandra Mussolini, won $116,000 after securing first place on Italy’s Big Brother Tuesday night. “I enjoyed everything to the fullest, just as I am. I regret nothing,” the 63-year-old said after winning Grande Fratello VIP. Those close to her advised the former politician against her foray into reality television. “Everyone told me not to do Big Brother. But every time people tell me ‘don’t do it, don’t do it, don’t do it,’ I instantly think: ‘I’ll do it now,’” she said. Despite the controversy surrounding her, she became a big hit and was described by Italian media as “bossy, irresistible and strong-willed.” Alessandra has had a long history in the public eye, first as a Playboy model and then with a brief stint making pop music for a Japanese audience. She later moved on to her family’s preferred profession, politics, joining the neo-fascist Social Movement party in 1992. Her family’s fascist background has haunted her throughout her career as she’s switched between six parties over the decades. She resigned from the National Alliance Party in 2003 after its leader called fascism the “absolute evil.” In 2006, she told transgender activist Vladimir Luxuria, “It is better to be a fascist than a f----t,” when accused of holding that political identity. She also got into an online feud with Jim Carrey, calling him a “bastard” after he posted a political comic of her grandfather’s execution. Benito Mussolini started the fascist movement in 1919 and led Italy from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943.

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The White Lotus creator Mike White surprised Survivor viewers with an update on the next chapter of the HBO series on Wednesday.

Just before Survivor crowned its 50th winner on Wednesday, White, a two-time former contestant, called in to the show’s live finale broadcast to reveal that two current contestants will appear in the upcoming season.

“Everybody’s invited,” White, 55, told Survivor host Jeff Probst via a video call, “but there are gonna be two contestants that we’re flying out to be in the show. And they are Charlie [Davis] and Kamilla [Karthigesu].”

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A tobacco giant pumped $5 million into Donald Trump’s biggest super PAC just days before his administration cracked open the U.S. market to flavored vapes.

The cash from Reynolds American, which makes Camel cigarettes and Vuse vapes, was funneled through a subsidiary on April 30 and surfaced in a campaign finance report filed Wednesday night, The New York Times reported. The donation pushed the subsidiary’s total given to MAGA Inc.—the PAC backing Trump, 79—up to $8 million.

The decision came within about a week. The Food and Drug Administration issued fresh guidance clearing the big tobacco firms to start selling flavored vapes and seize a share of the $6 billion market now dominated by illegal Chinese imports. The agency skipped its usual rule-making procedure to push it through.

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President Trump’s agriculture secretary apparently threw a frenzied “fit” in the Oval Office over ground beef.

Brooke Rollins, 54, stormed into Trump’s office when news reached her that a Stephen Miller-led effort to ease tariffs on imported beef would pass as an executive order, Politico reported Thursday.

While Miller, the deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser, vouched that easing tariffs on beef imports would help lower prices, Rollins viewed the move as an abandonment of American ranchers and farmers—a key group in Trump’s base.

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Brad Pitt arrived at a Los Angeles event on Tuesday with a much-younger girlfriend on his arm and a brand-new hairstyle on his head.

The Oscar-winning actor, 62, attended the world premiere of a new Mercedes-Benz vehicle on May 19, accompanied by his girlfriend of four years, 33-year-old jewelry designer Ines de Ramon.

He wore a gray suit over a beige dress shirt for the occasion, casually leaving the top few buttons open, and accessorized the ensemble with a pair of oversized ’70s-style sunglasses, black dress boots, and a scruffy goatee.

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Follow Tom Sykes’ royal reporting at The Royalist on Substack, and get exclusive insight on everything going down behind the palace gates.

Confidential files have revealed how the late Queen Elizabeth II personally demanded Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor become Britain’s trade envoy.

Andrew demanded access to “youth” events and the “ballet” while on tours, they show.

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President Donald Trump remains a force to be reckoned with in Republican primaries, CNN’s data guru warned.

Harry Enten, the network’s chief data analyst, said the Louisiana and Kentucky primaries and polling for the heated Texas match-up are proof of Republican voters’ continued loyalty to the president.

“Trump is the general of the Republican Party and Republican primary voters are, in fact, his soldiers,” he said Thursday after GOP candidates who crossed Trump suffered scathing losses in their respective primaries.

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Three people have died and more than a dozen people have been quarantined after coming into contact with an unnamed substance. First responders attended a possible drug overdose call at an address in Mountainair, New Mexico, east of Albuquerque, on Wednesday. Inside, they found four people unresponsive, three of whom were later confirmed to have died. However, authorities said when responders returned to the base, several began to feel dizzy and started throwing up, ABC News reports. Officer Wilson Silver with New Mexico State Police said that two had been in a serious condition, with reports suggesting one remains in the hospital. “I guess we’re just going to have to start wearing hazmat suits into these calls and wearing oxygen,” said Antonette Alguire of Mountainair’s volunteer fire service. “It’s getting to that point where we just have to live in fear, even saving lives.” She was on call and applied CPR to one of the victims, but did not go inside the home and did not experience any symptoms. Overall, 23 people were exposed, the University of New Mexico Hospital said via ABC. The cause of the situation has not yet been determined, according to Mountainair Mayor Peter Nieto.

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Michael Keating, best known for his roles in Doctor Who and Blake’s 7, has died at the age of 79. The cause of his death has not been revealed. The London native had a long and fruitful television career, starring as Goudry in the 1977 Doctor Who story “The Sun Makers.” Just a year later, Keating landed one of his most famous roles as Vila Restal in Blake’s 7, a character he played in all 52 episodes until 1981 and in later audio projects. Keating also portrayed the recurring character of Reverend Stevens in EastEnders from 2005 to 2017. The multitalented actor remained a major part of the Doctor Who franchise, later voicing various characters in audio projects for the long-running British series. He also appeared on stage in the 1985 West End play Are You Lonesome Tonight about Elvis Presley. “His cheery presence on studio days was always most welcome. I would sit at the back of the Audio Sorcery control room hooting with laughter at his comic timing in our recordings,” Blake’s 7 producer Peter Anghelides recalled.

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CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten says some of the sharpest backlash against President Donald Trump is now coming from Americans who sat out the 2024 election.

Recent polling from The New York Times and the Pew Research Center shows that Trump’s approval rating among Americans who did not vote in 2024 now sits at -50 points. That is down from +4 points in 2024.

“They have become absolutely perturbed, I dare say they are p---ed off at the president of the United States,” Enten said on CNN News Central.

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Trump DOJ target Don Lemon issued a stark warning about the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show.

Lemon, 60, wrote an impassioned tribute to late-night and Colbert, 62, on his Substack on Thursday, which he published on Colbert’s final day as a late-night host. “Republicans love to call themselves free speech absolutists,” wrote Lemon.

“They say it constantly. They built entire political careers on it. And every time someone says something they don’t like, every time a comedian lands a joke that stings, every time a journalist asks a question they cannot answer, they find a way to make it stop.”

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Donald Trump has launched a furious tirade against the Supreme Court as he braces for a potential blow over his bid to end birthright citizenship for millions of Americans.

The court is expected to rule soon on whether Trump lacks the authority to override the citizenship protections guaranteed under the 14th Amendment, which states that all persons born or naturalized in the United States “are citizens of the United States.”

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The Trump administration has rehired a Department of Homeland Security doctor on a $324,000 salary despite an ongoing sexual harassment probe and gun, drug, and alcohol violations, a three-month PunchUp investigation has uncovered.

Dr. Alexander Eastman, 51, was removed as acting chief medical officer for Customs and Border Protection in December 2024 after whistleblower complaints triggered an internal CBP investigation. He admitted to investigators that he had been drinking beer in a bar while carrying his work firearm, and was found to have “improperly” tried to procure narcotics through his job.

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A new proposal from MAGA Congresswoman Nancy Mace would likely be a major blow for her own party.

Mace has proposed a new Constitutional amendment to bar anyone not born in the United States, including naturalized citizens, from serving in Congress.

She points to Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar, Shri Thanedar, and Pramila Jayapal, who she says make it “clear every single day their loyalty is not to America,” as among the reasons for her proposal.

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Donald Trump has been ordered by a Washington D.C. court to preserve tranches of documents from his time in power.

The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel published an opinion stating that the Presidential Records Act, designed to ensure key government documents are preserved, was unconstitutional because it encroached on the White House’s “independence and autonomy.”

But U.S. District Judge John D. Bates said he disagreed on Wednesday, ordering several executive offices to comply with the act and keep all relevant documents.

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Terrifying footage captured a lightning bolt striking the wing of a plane during a flight. The video shows the left wing of a Viva Airlines plane being struck by lightning during cloudy weather conditions, followed by a terrified scream from the passengers. The bolt briefly left a small section of the wing glowing orange as well as plumes of smoke. The plane, traveling from Puerto Escondido International Airport, Mexico, to Felipe Ángeles International Airport in Mexico City, was not seriously damaged during the incident and carried on its journey. A spokesperson for Viva confirmed to local media that a lightning strike had occurred, but stressed: “The aircraft was never at any point in danger, not in the slightest. It reached its destination without any problems.” According to the Need To Know website, the incident also occurred during the rainy season in Mexico’s Oaxaca state. It is estimated that every commercial airliner in the U.S. is struck by lightning at least once a year, but the planes are specially built in order to conduct the lightning’s currents.

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Questions are growing around the disappearance of a Republican congressman, as reports emerge that his wife also hasn’t been seen.

New Jersey Republican Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. has been absent from Washington for more than 75 days, missing a series of votes on key legislation linked to President Donald Trump’s agenda as Republicans work to defend their narrow House majority heading into the midterms.

According to NOTUS, neighbors say the 57-year-old’s home has appeared vacant for weeks, with little indication of activity.

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Lauren Boebert fact-checked President Donald Trump during a live news segment after he threatened to primary the one-time MAGA darling and called her “weak-minded.”

The Republican congresswoman, who broke with the president on the Epstein files and in her support of newly defeated Rep. Thomas Massie, scoffed at the idea that Trump could so easily oust her from Congress.

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo asked her Wednesday, “Do you think you can survive if the president gives you the thumbs down?”

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Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff failed to understand key information about Iran’s nuclear capabilities just as the Middle East conflict was breaking out, according to a report.

Witkoff, a former real estate mogul with no prior experience in diplomacy, led the U.S. delegation in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear deal in Geneva in the weeks before the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes against Tehran.

When the talks broke down and war erupted on Feb. 28, Witkoff briefed reporters on Iran’s nuclear program and did so again days later on March 3. One expert who reviewed Witkoff’s remarks suggested to Reuters that Trump’s longtime golf buddy showed “technical incompetence” in his statements, misread Iran’s proposals, and vastly inflated the country’s threat.

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A college graduate had both of her legs amputated after a cruise to the Bahamas took a terrifying turn, a lawsuit alleges. Hannah Smith, 22, was on the first day of a Carnival Sunrise cruise when she and her friend, Brooklyn Pitre, 22, booked an excursion through the Carnival app that would ferry them to nearby Pearl Island from Nassau. Smith alleges that on the May 11 trip, she was served rum punch cocktails laced with sedatives by staff on board. On the return trip, while she was “grossly impaired and compromised,” staff recommended she jump into the water to relieve herself, having earlier told her, “the ocean is your toilet.” It was at this moment that the captain turned on the propellers, and she “felt her lower extremities being sucked under the vessel,” according to the complaint. Her lower left leg was immediately amputated, but she managed to escape using her right leg and with the help of Pitre, who pulled her up. Smith lost 60 percent of her blood in the harrowing incident and required 25 surgeries, during which they amputated her right leg. Smith’s lawsuit names the tour operators, Pearl Management Group and Sun Cay, for negligence and for inflicting severe mental and physical suffering. She is also suing Carnival for recommending the partner company as a safe tour operator. Pitre also alleges in a lawsuit that a bartender groped her buttocks. A spokesperson for Carnival told the Daily Mail, “Our thoughts are with Ms. Smith, and we wish her strength and healing. At Carnival Cruise Line, we continuously strive to keep our guest and crew safe as a priority.” The other two defendants have described it as a “tragic accident.”

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A British radio station managed to kill King Charles— at least for 15 mins. Radio Caroline, which broadcasts across England, triggered its “death of a monarch” protocol on Tuesday, interrupting regular programming to solemnly declare: “This is Radio Caroline. We have suspended our normal programs until further notice as a mark of respect following the passing of His Majesty King Charles III.” The station then played “God Save the King” before going dark for 15 mins. The only problem: King Charles, 77, was very much alive—and busy with public engagements alongside Queen Camilla in Northern Ireland at the time. Station manager Peter Moore posted on Facebook apologizing for the error, explaining it was due to “a computer error at our main studio.” The station’s sudden silence alerted staff to the mistake and prompted an on-air apology. Charles was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2024.

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Fox News’ chief political analyst has offered a sobering assessment of Donald Trump’s endorsement in a Senate battle and what it may mean for an up-and-coming Democrat’s chances.

“I think that the seat is now at least in some danger,” Brit Hume said Wednesday of the Texas seat due to be contested by Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, a rising star in the party, come November.

The president threw his backing Tuesday behind Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, in a neck-and-neck battle with the incumbent, Sen. John Cornyn, for the GOP nomination. The pair are headed into a runoff next week after both failed to secure a majority in the primary in March.

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A CNN host was left struggling to pick her jaw up from the floor after a MAGA voter shared the strategy he and his wife have adopted in the face of the spiraling cost-of-living crisis.

CNN’s Erin Burnett quoted the MAGA voter’s comments in an interview with NPR earlier on Tuesday where the man said he and his wife have adopted an extreme strategy to support President Donald Trump’s agenda.

“I just try to do the cutting back that I could do to… in order to try to, you know, survive until we make it through it,” he told NPR.

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Here’s a question I’ve been asking myself lately: “Am I one of the last employees at the Penny Farthing factory?”

To put it another way: have I spent the last ten years of my career making hoops and sticks for boisterous young lads, and it turns out that the boisterous lads just aren’t super into playing with hoops and sticks anymore?! Maybe I’ve been making cozy seats for horse-buggies, or I’m a silent film actress with an annoying voice—and the world just invented talkies.

The point is, it is the year 2026 and I am a late-night television writer. I’ve spent the last decade or so writing for shows like Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and The Amber Ruffin Show. Currently, I work on the Roy Wood Jr. hosted show, Have I Got News For You on CNN. At least I think I do. Who knows if, in the time I’ve been writing this, someone bought a company that merged with a corporation that talked to a politician who read a fake tweet and now our show is being replaced by an A.I. hologram of Andrew Jackson.

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A Republican senator who lost his primary race this week after Donald Trump endorsed his opponent went scorched earth on the president’s proposed $1 billion White House ballroom.

Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana failed to advance to November’s general election after he came in third in Saturday’s primary. Trump’s handpicked candidate, Julia Letlow, finished first with 45 percent of the vote.

Cassidy has since vowed to vote against federal funding for Trump’s ballroom, which the president originally said would cost $100 million, then $200 million, then $300 million, then $400 million, and now finally $1 billion.

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Brian Houston, the founder of the Hillsong megachurch, desperately scrambled to explain why his X account had shared pornography in the early hours of the morning.

The social media account belonging to Houston was found to have shared an explicit video from an X page entitled “The Classic Pornostar Era 80/90/2000” last week at around 2 a.m. California time, where the New Zealand-born evangelist now lives.

The video remained online for several minutes before it was deleted. Houston, whose church once counted Justin Bieber and Chris Pratt among its high-profile supporters, later posted that his account had been “compromised overnight” without further explanation.

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New York’s LaGuardia Airport has shut one of its runways after a sinkhole was discovered nearby. It was found on Wednesday, when officials conducted their morning inspections, leaving them with the challenge of identifying the problem and figuring out how to fix it. New York’s Port Authority said passengers should “Expect delays and cancellations,” adding that the problem was likely only to get worse with bad weather expected. “At approximately 11 a.m., the Port Authority was conducting its daily morning inspection of LaGuardia’s airfield when crews identified a sinkhole near Runway 4/22,” the airport said in a statement on X. “The runway was immediately shut down, and emergency construction and engineering crews are on-site to determine the cause and complete necessary repairs as quickly and safely as possible. The Port Authority is in close communication with airlines and airport partners and will continue providing updates as conditions evolve. Travelers should expect delays and cancellations, particularly with forecast thunderstorms expected later today, and are strongly encouraged to check directly with their airlines for the latest flight status information.” LaGuardia is built on land reclaimed from its surrounding bays.

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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has been thrust into chaos after a deadly Ebola outbreak hit Congo.

The Department of Homeland Security implemented new restrictions for foreign travelers coming to the U.S. on Thursday after six Americans were exposed to the deadly virus.

That includes a U.S. physician, Dr. Peter Stafford, working in Congo, who has been flown to Germany for treatment after the United States delayed his evacuation amid a dispute over where he would receive treatment, according to The Washington Post.

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A new Fox News poll points to a steep slide in public approval for President Donald Trump, with even core Republican support showing clear signs of erosion.

The latest poll, conducted between May 15-18 among 1,002 registered voters, puts Trump’s approval rating at a new low across both his terms in the White House, with 39 percent approving and 61 percent disapproving.

The survey is just one of many that have put Trump’s approval at a record low in recent weeks.

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Given the groundbreaking tools at their disposal, modern filmmakers are only limited by their imaginations. Boots Riley isn’t lacking in that department, and yet, as evidenced by I Love Boosters, he has little idea how to harness his various ideas, his latest a smorgasbord of hastily sketched cultural and political ideas that would barely elicit engagement on TikTok. Simplistic, scattershot, and—worst of all—unfunny, it’s a social commentary-laced crime comedy of insufferable proportions.

I Love Boosters (May 22, in theaters) is in line with the auteur’s prior Sorry to Bother You and I’m A Virgo, insofar as it’s a candy-colored hodgepodge whose every gag seems designed to make viewers wince with embarrassment. In a hyper-exaggerated Oakland, Corvette (Keke Palmer) steals clothes and then resells them for a fraction of the cost to the masses who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford them. This makes her a “booster,” and she carries out her Robin Hood-ish endeavor with her best friends Sade (Naomi Ackie) and Mariah (Taylour Paige). Like Corvette, they wear outlandishly stylized outfits that take ostensible inspiration from everything and anything, including anime, Jackie Onassis, Midsommar, blaxploitation, and—with one bosom-heavy get-up—furries.

Riley’s mile-a-minute script isn’t interested in delineating its central trio, such that even Corvette’s foundational dream of being a fashion designer is only conveyed by a snippet of rapid-fire dialogue. At least she has that personality trait; Sade and Mariah are just brash cohorts along for the ride, with the writer/director treating them as pawns in an elaborate game of make-believe whose purpose seems to be to grate on every last nerve. All three strike memorable visual poses, but they can’t do anything with material that doesn’t sincerely care about their characters except as vehicles for Riley’s pedestrian preaching.

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President Donald Trump’s war with Iran has left dozens of U.S. airplanes damaged and destroyed, a new congressional report has revealed.

Casualties and equipment loss reports have been few and far between for a war that has cost the U.S. billions, with the Defense Department failing to publish its own comprehensive summary of the damage suffered during the fighting.

Several major incidents, such as the downing of two F-15E Strike Eagle pilots over Iran, have garnered significant attention, while other incidents have flown more under the radar. Now the Congressional Research Service says the total number of lost or damaged aerial vehicles could be as high as 42.

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Stephen Colbert thought the president’s latest boasts about his wife, Melania Trump, were “pretty weird.”

The late-night host pointed out President Donald Trump’s remarks at the annual Congressional Picnic, held on the South Lawn of the White House on May 19. During his speech, Trump complimented his wife while also questioning his own star power.

“We’re truly blessed to have such a first lady. She’s been so popular,” the 79-year-old president said.

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Superheated steam and scald burns killed a grandmother who fell down an open Midtown manhole, New York City’s medical examiner has found. Donike Gocaj, 56, plunged into the uncovered Con Edison hole on East 52nd Street near Fifth Avenue at around 11:20 p.m. Monday, moments after parking her SUV nearby. Gocaj suffered inhalational thermal injuries and blunt-force trauma to her torso, the examiner found. Her death was ruled an accident, the New York Post reported. Barbara Butcher, former chief of staff at the city’s medical examiner’s office, said: “The steam would have caused her to have scald burns on her skin, but the real cause of injury would be the inhalation.” New York City has a vast underground steam network that provides centralized heating, cooling, and sterilization to thousands of buildings across Manhattan. Forensic pathologist Lee Ann Grossberg said, “That would have been a really painful death.” A witness told how Gocaj screamed, “I’m dying,” as people scrambled to help her.

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The Daily Show picked apart President Donald Trump’s faulty war plan after an explosive New York Times report revealed what anchor Ronny Chieng described as his “stupid” strategy.

On May 19, the Times reported that the Trump administration and Israel intended to replace Iran’s supreme leader with former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

“I know people that think that Donald Trump didn’t have a plan for the war. But guess what, Libtards and military generals,” began Daily Show host Chieng. “Turns out he did have a plan. It was just very stupid.”

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Reality TV star Spencer Pratt has revealed he is running for Los Angeles mayor as a Republican because he wants to walk around the city with guns.

In an interview on CNN’s The Story Is with Elex Michaelson, the former star of The Hills was pressed on why he is running as a registered Republican to oust Democratic Mayor Karen Bass.

Pratt teased the announcement as “breaking news” before detailing his unexpected reasoning.

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The group of Finnish divers who retrieved the bodies of an Italian research team from an underwater cave in the Maldives believes they may have solved the mystery of how the group died. A member of the team from Finland told Italian press Thursday there’s a possibility the researchers, led by celebrated ecologist Monica Montefalcone, may have taken a wrong turn while trying to make their way out of the underwater complex due to a sandbank “illusion” concealing the real exit. Maldivian investigators announced earlier this week that they were looking into the possibility that Montefalcone’s group may simply have gone deeper into the cave than they had planned for. The researcher’s husband, Carlo Sommacol, whose daughter also died in what’s been described as the deadliest diving accident in the Maldives’ history, has snubbed that theory, insisting his wife would have meticulously planned the dive and that we should never have “recklessly” put the others at risk. Other experts have floated the possibility that the excursion may have been disrupted by poor visibility below water, or by bad weather above.

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The president’s gold-plated Trump Mobile smartphone has finally been released, complete with a few unmissable errors. But to Stephen Colbert, there’s still something else in the Trump universe that remains more disappointing.

“I have some wonderful news for my MAGA viewers,” began Colbert on Wednesday night’s penultimate episode of The Late Show.

“The Trump golden cellphone has finally arrived after a nine-month delay,” he continued. “Now, the only Trump item more disappointing after a nine-month wait was Eric.”

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Tucker Carlson has ripped into President Donald Trump over his weird comments about ruling a new country.

Trump flew to Connecticut on Wednesday to attend the Coast Guard Academy graduation ceremony, and before he took off from Joint Base Andrews he told the press that he was so popular in Israel that he liked the idea of being its prime minister.

“I’m right now at 99 percent in Israel,” he said. “I could run for prime minister, so maybe after I do this, I’ll go to Israel, run for prime minister. I had a poll this morning. I’m 99 percent, so that’s good.”

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Donald Trump’s latest Greenland mission appeared to end in humiliation after his controversial envoy abruptly ended his trip after a failed charm offensive in the Danish territory.

Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana, who bizarrely also served as Trump’s special envoy to Greenland, made an unofficial visit to the Arctic island’s capital, Nuuk, this week.

Landry turned up for the “Future Greenland” conference on May 19–20 after arriving in Nuuk on Sunday with no meetings locked in with any politicians, according to Reuters.

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Donald Trump’s disgraced former Border Patrol commander has accused the president’s current top immigration official of “political theater” over the president’s mass deportation policy.

Gregory Bovino, 56, was the public face of Trump’s first-year immigration crackdown. He was pulled out of Minneapolis in late January and retired in March after the fatal shooting of two Americans by federal agents. Since then, the former Customs and Border Protection official has waged an escalating public campaign against his old colleagues for going soft on deportations, as the Beast’s sister Substack PunchUp reported earlier this month.

Bovino’s latest attack came in a Wednesday X post. It followed a vow made by Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, on the Scott Jennings Show to send “a hell of a lot more agents to New York” to counter Gov. Kathy Hochul’s curbs on ICE. Bovino was unimpressed.

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Bruce Springsteen launched a blistering attack against his old nemesis Donald Trump and Stephen Colbert’s soon-to-be former bosses during the penultimate episode of The Late Show.

Ahead of a live performance on Wednesday’s show, Springsteen weighed in on the controversy surrounding the cancellation of The Late Show franchise after Colbert openly mocked CBS News for buckling to the president and settling an easily winnable lawsuit.

“I am here tonight in support of Stephen, because you’re the first guy in America who’s lost his show because we’ve got a president who can’t take a joke,” Springsteen said.

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A plane bound for the U.S. had to make an emergency stop in Canada after Homeland Security officials got wind of someone on board the flight who could have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus. The Air France flight was headed for Detroit, Michigan, when Customs and Border Protection learned of the passenger, who is from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and ordered the plane to land in Montreal. “Due to entry restrictions in place to reduce the risk of the Ebola virus, the passenger should not have boarded the plane,” a spokesperson for CBP said. Health authorities say more than 130 people have died amid over 500 suspected cases of the disease in the DRC, along with another death and at least two confirmed cases in nearby Uganda. The World Health Organization has declared the current outbreak of the disease—which can cause horrific symptoms like bleeding from the eyes—a “public health emergency of international concern.” The Bundibugyo strain behind the outbreak is thought to be less fatal than other variants, but still carries a mortality rate of up to 40 percent.

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A Republican senator who has been an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump’s war on Iran is begging donors for gas money as he faces a tough re-election campaign in November’s midterms.

Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska has repeatedly voted to allow Trump to continue attacking Iran without congressional approval, claiming Tehran has “been at war with us for almost half a century,” Alaska Public Media reported in March.

He also praised Trump for supposedly “making sure the Iranians don’t get nukes and don’t get ballistic missiles,” despite U.S. intelligence assessment findings that Iran was not developing a nuclear weapon and was at least a decade away from achieving one even if it wanted to.

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A member of the State Department’s press team made a humiliating online blunder transcribing Donald Trump’s comments about Marco Rubio.

The department posted a video to X on Wednesday of the president answering reporters’ questions about the Trump administration’s increasingly hostile stance toward Cuba.

A short transcript of Trump’s remarks accompanied the post. “PRESIDENT TRUMP: We have a lot of people in Cuba. We have the CIA there. [Rubio] is from there, so we have a lot of expertise,” the text reads. “We’re going to help the Cuban people out. We’re freeing up Cuba.”

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A former Department of Justice prosecutor has been charged with stealing a secret report regarding a criminal investigation into Donald Trump and emailing it to herself under the guise of a cake recipe.

Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, 62, who worked as a managing assistant at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of theft of government property, one count of concealing and removing a public record, and one count of altering a public record.

She is alleged to have stolen a copy of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s highly anticipated report on his investigation into Trump’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort, which a pro-Trump judge ordered to remain under seal.

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Donald Trump said he had a message for talk-show nemesis Stephen Colbert before the final episode of The Late Show—but didn’t seem to know what it might be.

Colbert ends his 11-year-run on the CBS late-night show on Thursday night, with the network promising an “extended” finale to run beyond the usual one-hour slot.

The exact runtime and details of guests have yet to be announced.

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An eager Republican lawyer swiftly raised his hand to join the exclusive board dispensing taxpayer money as part of President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund.

On Monday, Trump’s Justice Department announced the establishment of the “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” to compensate MAGA allies he claims were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration.

The Justice Department said the fund would provide a “systematic process to hear and redress claims of others who suffered weaponization and lawfare.”

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Stranger Things may be over—and Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen might have turned out to be a poor replacement—but the Duffer Brothers get back on supernatural track with The Boroughs, a charming and intriguing monster-mash mystery that functions as their spin on Ron Howard’s 1985 film Cocoon.

The story of a retirement community whose sunshiny perfection masks dark secrets, Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews’ Netflix series (May 21) takes the sorrow, pain, and frustration of advanced age as seriously as it does its spooky suspense, both of which prove inherently intertwined in this conspiratorial thriller about the quest to defeat time.

With a sterling over-50 cast headlined by Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, and Bill Pullman, it’s a consistently surprising new-by-way-of-old-school genre affair that appears primed to be the streamer’s next big thing.

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Jimmy Kimmel called out CBS for canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and urged viewers to tune out after Colbert’s final episode.

Colbert announced last July that CBS had canceled his show, with his final episode scheduled for Thursday, May 21. CBS canceled not just Colbert’s show but The Late Show itself, which was first hosted by David Letterman in 1993.

Kimmel, alongside late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, appeared on Colbert’s show last Tuesday to show his support.

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has been cornered on Donald Trump’s divisive $1.8 billion slush fund.

The Trump administration announced the “anti-weaponization fund” this week, created for individuals who believe they have been unfairly targeted by politically motivated investigations under previous administrations.

The slush fund was established as part of an agreement with the Justice Department after Trump agreed to drop a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leaking of his tax records.

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Jan. 6 rioters and election deniers are lining up for their piece of the Justice Department’s nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate so-called “victims” of government weaponization.

Various individuals associated with the Capitol riots and attempts to overturn the 2020 election, like pillow pitchman Mike Lindell and Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, have said they intend to cash in, as have non-public figures who served time in prison. They are now sharing their sob stories while expressing their appreciation for what critics say is a brazen “slush fund” by Donald Trump to reward allies.

Lindell, whose false claims about the election spurred costly defamation suits, company boycotts, and attention from the FBI, told CNN he believes MyPillow lost $400 million.

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Stephen Miller delivered a heavy dose of secondhand embarrassment as he proclaimed that he has a “secure, intact ego” and has “never had a larger fan following.”

The awkward boast fest unfolded after the White House deputy chief of staff, 40, was asked about his wife Katie Miller’s rising profile during an appearance on Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime on Wednesday.

Katie, 34, made headlines this week when it was reported that she is in talks with Paramount for a potential distribution deal of her modestly successful podcast.

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President Donald Trump is “mentally ill and cognitively deteriorating”—and one doesn’t need to be a doctor to see it, a psychologist says.

Dr. John Gartner, a former Johns Hopkins University professor, told The Daily Beast Podcast that as the president approaches 80, the signs that he has lost a step have become clearer.

“Anybody who has eyes, ears, and a brain... and hasn’t drunk the Kool-Aid or been bitten by a MAGA zombie, can see for themselves that this person is transparently mentally ill and cognitively deteriorating,” Gartner told host Hugh Dougherty.

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The chief of staff for MAGA’s favorite Democrat, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, resigned on Wednesday, according to Axios. Cabelle St. John, who has served on Fetterman’s team since he first took office in 2023, resigned from her post as the senator’s right-hand on Wednesday, a source familiar told the outlet. The senator’s staff turnover rate has been an issue throughout his term. St. John is the senator’s third chief of staff since he went to Washington, following last year’s resignation of Krysta Sinclair Juris. Juris succeeded Adam Jentleson, Fetterman’s first chief of staff, who expressed his concern over the senator’s health to New York Magazine. Fetterman’s shift from a progressive to a Trump-friendly, pro-Israel Democrat has seen his support dwindle among his blue base while rising among Republicans. Axios reported that Fetterman replied to the outlet’s report in a text, saying, “So much for the turnover issue. Clicks!” including an image that showed other political offices with allegedly higher turnover rates. Fetterman’s office did not immediately return the Daily Beast’s request for comment.

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The White House refrained from allowing an American doctor exposed to the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo to be treated promptly, according to The Washington Post.

The administration’s hesitation to admit the return of Dr. Peter Stafford, 39, to the United States delayed his evacuation for treatment in Germany, the newspaper said, citing five people familiar with the Ebola response.

Timely recognition of the infection and effective isolation are essential to providing care for the disease, which can progress to multi-organ failure in a matter of days, The Post reported.

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Seth Meyers opened up about his fellow late-night colleague Stephen Colbert’s unceremonious ousting on the eve of his final episode.

“I’m heartbroken,” the Late Night with Seth Meyers host told Deadline in Madrid on Wednesday. “It’s very sad to lose a colleague and even sadder to lose a time slot.”

“It would be one thing if Stephen was leaving and a younger person was getting a chance to have one of these jobs that are—as someone who’s experienced it—so exciting to have," the late-night host continued. “So just in general, I think it’s a very sad week for television in America.”

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The Trump administration is planning to exhume a 100-year-old report in order to bypass approval from Congress for the president’s latest vanity construction.

Last year, President Trump, 79, announced he planned to build a 250-foot Paris-style arch on federal land near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The construction has already been criticized by a group of Vietnam War veterans, who called it a “vanity project” that was never authorized by Congress. They also warned that it threatens to obscure views of the Arlington National Cemetery, where over 400,000 American service members are buried

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The costlier-than-anticipated renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington will result in “something very special,” Donald Trump promised on Wednesday.

In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote at length about the project, which he initially said would cost $1.8 million, only for the Interior Department to announce later that it would be paying $13.1 million. The resealing and painting of the pool surface in “American flag blue,” Trump has said, would be completed in time for the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations in July.

“I, together with Doug Burgum and the Department of Interior, am fixing it the right and proper way — It will last for many decades into the future,“ Trump, 79, wrote.

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Donald Trump’s favorite network is “seriously considering” cashing in on the president’s $1.8 billion slush fund aimed at financially compensating those who claim they were “politically targeted” by the federal government.

The president this week struck a deal with his own Justice Department to create a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” in exchange for dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.

While critics have condemned the arrangement as a corrupt giveaway of taxpayer money to Trump’s allies—and even Republicans are pledging to block it—some are already moving to tap into the vast payout fund.

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Chelsea Handler isn’t done tearing into MAGA comic Tony Hinchcliffe, a week after her torching of the Donald Trump fan became the highlight of Netflix’s Roast of Kevin Hart.

Handler appeared on Deon Cole’s Funny Knowing You Podcast on Wednesday, where she said that skewering the comic, as well as the evening’s host, Shane Gillis, was a no-brainer because they’re “not clever.” She added that she also knew they’d have little to retort in response to her when she was done blasting them.

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Since she first appeared on The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, former journalist Rosie Woods DiMare has found it difficult to turn off her journalist brain, even amid the messiest Housewives drama.

“As a former journalist, I love to watch it unfold,” Woods DiMare said on Obsessed: The Podcast. “You know, I am a little messy, and I am ‘Nosy, Rosie,’” she said, referring to the cast’s nickname for her. “So like, I enjoy it. I’m always going to have follow-up questions. I think they also hate that.”

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President Donald Trump’s rambling commencement speech at the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut was clouded by bizarre occurrences.

With several people needing medical attention and a deceptive mic check, the pre-ceremony festivities appear to have gone awry.

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Vanessa Trump, Donald Trump’s former daughter-in-law, has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Vanessa, who was previously married to the president’s son, Donald Trump, Jr., shared in an Instagram post that she had a “personal health update.”

“I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer,” the 48-year-old wrote. “While this isn’t news anyone expects, I’m working closely with my medical team on a treatment plan.”

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ousted the leadership of a key expert panel that determines which preventive care services Americans can access for free.

Kennedy’s purge of the two leaders of the Preventive Services Task Force comes after he called the panel “lackadaisical and negligent” last month, telling lawmakers he intended to install new members “who have a clear mission.”

The influential task force decides which medical services, like mammograms, colonoscopies, and depression screenings, insurers must fully cover. But Kennedy, 72, has hamstrung the task force by indefinitely postponing its last three meetings and allowing several seats to lapse without replacement, according to The New York Times. Half of the 16 seats are unfilled, CNN reports.

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Picking the right time to buy a new mattress can be tricky. Your mattress (and your body) will usually clue you in when you need an upgrade, but this is admittedly a big investment. So, you convince yourself you can hang on a little longer, waiting for prices to drop. Well, the time to buy is now. There are a ton of Memorial Day mattress sales out there just waiting to make your 2026 more comfortable.

Memorial Day weekend is the best time of year to invest in a new mattress—it’s basically the Black Friday for mattresses and bedding. All the big-name mattress companies are offering discounts of up to 50 percent off, which translates to hundreds of dollars in savings. With that level of savings, you can buy luxe bedding to kit out your new mattress, too.

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Brooke Shields revealed what motivates her to resist the temptation and pressure to get plastic surgery.

Shields, 60, has been a beauty icon almost since birth, making her modeling debut at just 11 months old and being declared the “face of a decade” in 1981 for her generation-defining performances.

As she has grown older, Shields has embraced a broader definition of beauty—and developed a fear of going under the knife.

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Straus Family Creamery has issued a voluntary recall impacting several of its popular organic ice cream flavors after the company identified a potential contamination risk involving stainless steel fragments. The recall affects six flavors from the company’s Organic Super Premium Ice Cream line sold in pint and quart containers with best-by dates ranging from Dec. 23, 2026, through Dec. 30, 2026. Affected products include pint-sized Vanilla Bean, Strawberry, Cookie Dough, and Mint Chip, along with quart-sized Dutch Chocolate and Strawberry flavors. The potentially contaminated ice cream was distributed across 17 states, including California, New Jersey, Texas, Florida, Washington, and Pennsylvania. The company announced it has halted production to conduct “a complete overhaul of the production line to repair the equipment and resolve the source of the potential contamination.” The recall notice states that no injuries have been reported so far. The company is urging consumers not to eat the recalled products and to dispose of them after completing a form on its website to request a replacement voucher.

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The eldest granddaughter of legendary singer-songwriter Lionel Richie made a rare public appearance alongside her mother on Monday.

​Harlow Kate Madden, who goes by Kate, attended the May 18 premiere for Stop! That! Train! with her mom, Nicole Richie, at the Harmony Gold Theater in Los Angeles.

Directed by celebrated choreographer Adam Shankman, the action-comedy stars several prominent drag performers, including Ginger Minj, Jujubee, and Monét X Change.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping may have rolled out the red carpet for Donald Trump. But they didn’t have tea time.

Trump, 79, was forced to wave off any jealousy over a private tea meeting between the Chinese leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, just days after the president wrapped up his own trip to the country.

“[Xi] told me he was going to; I think it’s good,” Trump told reporters Wednesday. “I get along with both of them, but I think it’s good.”

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President Donald Trump has defended his controversial new $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund as “peanuts” for taxpayers, even as lawsuits, ethics complaints and bipartisan criticism intensify.

The so-called slush fund was created as part of a Justice Department settlement after Trump agreed to drop a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leaking of his tax records.

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Welcome to Friends and Benefits. Follow our sex and relationships columnist into the lives and psyches of men and women, young and old, gorgeous and tragic, divine and insane. All names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of the bachelors in question.

This is the second half of a two-part series. First, read The Road Trip: Part I.

Day Three: Amarillo to Memphis, by way of Oklahoma City

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President Donald Trump dolled up his swollen hand for his rambling commencement address to the graduating Coast Guard Academy class on Wednesday.

Photos captured Trump, 79, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after his speech with a thick layer of beige foundation on his right hand.

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A GOP congressman whose reporter fiancée was insulted by Donald Trump has vowed to become a major thorn in the president’s side.

Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick on Wednesday pledged to torpedo Trump’s $1.8 billion deal with the DOJ just hours after the president disrespected the congressman’s wife, Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich.

Heinrich had tried to ask Trump earlier in the day whether he’d had a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the president ignored her and instead went on a long diatribe against Fitzpatrick.

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Cher, the “Goddess of Pop,” turned 80 on Wednesday.

From her rise to fame in 1965 as one-half of Sonny & Cher—a duo she formed with her ex-husband, Sonny Bono—to releasing 27 solo studio albums, the “Believe” singer holds one of Hollywood’s longest spanning careers.

Looking past her prolific music career, Cher has also won an Academy Award and three Golden Globes for acting. Through her decades in the spotlight, she has become a global fashion icon for her bold sense of style and her boundary-pushing, borderline-naked red-carpet ensembles.

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Whether your sleep partner is a chronic snorer or you simply need to listen to a podcast or an audiobook to fall asleep, Ozlo’s viral Sleepbuds are here to help. Developed by former Bose engineers, Ozlo Sleepbuds are a science-backed wearable engineered to help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer—all without disturbing your partner who has an earlier bedtime than you. Unlike standard earplugs and most sleep devices that simply block out background noise, Ozlo’s innovative Sleepbuds use biometric sleep-sensing technology to detect when you’ve drifted off and automatically switch your podcast, audiobook, or music to a calming sleepscape.

Designed with an ultra-comfortable, side-sleeper-friendly fit, the Sleepbuds are made to stay in all night without causing discomfort. They’re also equipped with a built-in private in-ear alarm—a game-changing feature for couples with different schedules and those who struggle to avoid hitting snooze countless times each morning. For a limited time, they’re $100 off with the code MDAY100.

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Bill Belichick’s 25-year-old girlfriend is coming after CBS News’s MAGA-coded anchor over an interview with her 74-year-old boyfriend that happened more than a year ago.

Jordon Hudson, a former Bridgewater State University cheerleader and beauty queen, posted a video from January on her Instagram Story on Tuesday of CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil, where he discussed legacy media needing to take accountability for its news coverage.

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Let us start with the plain facts, please.

The president of the United States has not reached a settlement with the United States government regarding the IRS release of his files. There was no case to be settled. A judge was about to throw it out. The case they asserted existed was meritless. The president was effectively on both sides of the issue, seeking to use a fabricated claim of harm as leverage in a negotiation with himself.

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President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy hit a new record low, with Americans drowning in the higher cost of living.

Just one in three voters, or 33 percent, approve of the way the president is handling the economy, the lowest it has ever been for both his first and second terms, according to new polling released Wednesday by Quinnipiac.

The new poll findings came as Trump continued to boast that the stock market was buoyant and that the country was “hotter” than ever.

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Jack Osbourne is firing back at online trolls who are convinced his dramatic slimdown means he’s secretly battling a health crisis.

The son of heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne unloaded on critics in a profanity-filled Instagram video Tuesday after months of speculation over his noticeably leaner physique.

The mounting concern comes after Osbourne’s stint on the U.K. reality series I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, where contestants survive on sparse food rations and grueling outdoor challenges.

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Aaron Rodgers will retire as a Pittsburgh Steeler. The star NFL quarterback said definitively on Wednesday that the 2026 season will be his last, telling a reporter who asked, “Yes, this is it.” Rodgers, 42, signed a one-year deal with the Steelers last weekend, returning despite the franchise firing longtime head coach Mike Tomlin in January. Rodgers said he considered retirement after an embarrassing first-round playoff exit, but ultimately returned to the Steelers after Mike McCarthy, who coached Rodgers for 15 seasons in Green Bay, was hired. Rodgers is known to keep to himself—so much so, he got secretly married sometime in early 2025, only revealing that he tied the knot after a reporter noticed a ring on his finger last summer. Still, Rodgers has kept his wife’s full name private, and his own teammates and their spouses have not met her, describing her as a “phantom.” Rodgers has floated retirement previously, saying last off-season that he was “pretty sure” the 2025 season would be his last. Now, he sounds much more certain about his future.

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Donald Trump has evolved into a “more mature” and “more disciplined” version of himself since his first term—at least, according to Jeff Bezos.

The Amazon founder, 62, fawned over the president in an interview with CNBC Squawk Box’s Andrew Ross Sorkin on Wednesday.

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SPF was my intro to the world of affordable, effective South Korea-based skincare. I first tried Korean sunscreen almost a decade ago after purchasing an affordable tube on Amazon by accident. I haven’t returned to American formulas ever since.

If you ask me, Korean sunscreens are far superior to American sunscreens. K-beauty sunscreens tend to be lightweight, absorbent, and mild, making them ideal for combination, oily, and acne-prone skin types. Plus, they’re often infused with skincare ingredients like antioxidants, hyaluronic acid, and niacinamide for added anti-aging benefits.

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A Tesla Cybertruck driver was arrested after he intentionally drove the vehicle into a lake right outside of Dallas. Jimmy Jack McDaniel was charged with operation of a vehicle in a closed section of the lake and various other water safety equipment violations, the Grapevine Police Department said Tuesday. Authorities rushed to Grapevine Lake late Monday evening after receiving reports of a floating Cybertruck near the shore. At the scene, McDaniel told officers he drove the car into the water on purpose to test the Cybertruck’s “Wade Mode” feature, which, according to Tesla, allows the vehicle to drive through bodies of water up to 32 inches deep. McDaniel’s plan quickly unraveled when the vehicle became disabled, forcing him and a passenger to abandon it in the water. The Grapevine Fire Department Water Rescue Team eventually removed the car. “We want to remind drivers that although a vehicle may be physically capable of entering shallow freshwater areas, doing so can create legal and safety concerns under Texas law,” the police department warned.

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One celebrity has sworn off profile interviews forever after feeling “violated” by Esquire.

Emmy-nominated actor Miles Teller, 39, told IndieWire he has not done an interview since then unless it’s on camera, for fear of being misrepresented, after his 2015 interview with the publication produced a profile that referred to him as a “d---” seven times.

The article begins, “You’re sitting across from Miles Teller…and trying to figure out if he’s a d---.”

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President Donald Trump had some difficulty sounding out words while delivering a long-winded commencement address.

While speaking at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, during its graduation, Trump, 79, slurred part of his remarks, appearing to have trouble speaking.

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Within 24 hours, Sharon Stone, 68, walked the red carpet at the premieres for Fjord and Diamond at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

Stone, 68, stunned in her dual appearances, though the actress’s gown choices—each featured certain design elements that tested a rule in the festival’s strict dress code.

“Voluminous outfits, in particular those with a large train, that hinder the proper flow of traffic of guests and complicate seating in the theater are not permitted,” according to the Cannes Film Festival‘s website.

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The Duchess of Sussex has marked her eighth wedding anniversary with a lifestyle launch, unveiling a $64 candle inspired by her royal wedding day. The new release from her brand, As Ever, presents her and Prince Harry’s wedding as a sunlit vision of “love and laughter,” even if the years since have proved far less picture perfect. “Signature Candle No. 519,” (19th May) as it is called, is described on the As Ever website as evoking “the feeling of warm sunshine and blue skies, surrounded by love and laughter,” and is “inspired by the ease and joy of a day that holds Meghan’s most cherished memories” But while the Sussex wedding was watched by millions around the world and blessed with rare British sunshine, the big day was anything but smooth, and Meghan herself has since been open about the fact that both the wedding period and the aftermath were more complicated than the fairytale image the candle appears to be selling. It’s a beautifully scented reminder that while memories fade and relationships fracture, Meghan’s brand must always play on.

Want more royal gossip, scoops and scandal? Follow all Tom Sykes’ reporting at The Royalist on Substack or listen to The Royalist podcast on YouTube.

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President Donald Trump was confused about which president was in office during the final withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan on Wednesday.

It was the latest in a series of appearances where Trump, 79, has mixed up Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

This time it took place on the tarmac while the president was defending his war in Iran to reporters.

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Trump country is looking to an unlikely hero in its fight against data centers: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

In a new documentary from More Perfect Union, the 36-year-old congresswoman left her New York City home and journeyed to a deep Trump stronghold in Georgia, where residents say a Meta data center is poisoning the water.

“If there’s a chance that anything can be done, I feel like she is going to be the one to do it,” said Beverly Morris, a Donald Trump supporter from Morgan County, where the president received over 70 percent of the vote in 2024.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

A commencement speech Donald Trump gave at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy took a cringeworthy turn on Wednesday as the president began thirsting over the attractiveness of young cadets.

The 79-year-old Commander in Chief began the ceremony sticking to his script, praising the class of 2026 and the Coast Guard’s work in defending the country.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has been indicted in the United States—an escalation in President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on the island’s communist government.

Castro, 94, is facing a charge of conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals over the Cuban military’s shooting down two planes in the Straits of Florida that were operated by the humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue in 1996.

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Wanda Sykes said that President Donald Trump has an uncanny ability to make her worry about “everything,” but one comment in particular caused her to spiral.

On Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday night, Kimmel asked the Emmy-winning comedian, 62, what her “number one” worry is when it comes to the president.

“Well, everything. Everything,” she said, “He makes you worry about everything.”

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Carson Daly wants to know “how to speak 13-year-old,” now that he and daughter, Etta, are down to just one form of communication.

The Today co-host joined the show’s fourth hour, Jenna & Sheinelle, to fill in for Sheinelle Jones, where he told Jenna Bush-Hager, “I have a 13-year-old, Etta, who is doing great, who I never speak with.”

He quipped, “Do you speak 13-year-old? Cause I don’t.” Daly, who’s hosted Today for 13 years and the singing competition show The Voice since 2011, shares four kids with his wife, Siri Pinter: Etta, 13; London, 11; Goldie, 6; and Jackson, 17.

Read more at The Daily Beast.