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Trump delivers childlike ‘bing, bing, bing’ recap of latest Iran war action
Trump delivers childlike ‘bing, bing, bing’ recap of latest Iran war actionTrump’s bizarre mimicking of missile defense strikes came during a historic televised cabinet meeting held at Camp Davidtrib.alHoward Stern longtime co-host exits show amid ex-staffers’ outrage over layoffs
Howard Stern’s longtime radio co-host exits show amid outrage over layoffsSiriusXM franchise has reportedly let go of a dozen stafferstrib.alBars are switching their focus back to Gen X as younger Gen Z stops drinking
Bars are switching focus back to Gen X as younger Gen Z stops drinkingGen X is keeping the drinks flowing - just not until late-night closing timetrib.al‘Drunk’ Carnival cruise passenger allegedly stomped fiancée, threw her down ship’s stairs
‘Drunk’ cruise passenger arrested after allegedly throwing fiancée down ship’s stairsCarnival staff had already revoked Noah Alexander Cox’s ‘drinking privileges... for the entirety of the cruise for safety reasons,’ according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independenttrib.alTrump blames Minnesota and Gov. Tim Walz for cyberattack that feds have traced to Iran
Trump blames Minnesota and Tim Walz for cyberattack that feds have traced to IranTrump has a history of downplaying U.S. intelligence community conclusions when it benefits him politicallytrib.alTrump tells Americans ‘you’re not going to get anybody better’ than Todd Blanche for AG. Here’s what he really means
Trump says nobody is better than Blanche. Here’s what he really meansThe ‘slush fund’ may be dead but Trump isn’t killing or even narrowing his IRS immunity deal brokered by the man he wants running the DOJ, Alex Woodward writestrib.alTrump blames Minnesota and Gov. Tim Walz for cyberattack that feds have traced to Iran
Trump blames Minnesota and Tim Walz for cyberattack that feds have traced to IranTrump has a history of downplaying U.S. intelligence community conclusions when it benefits him politicallytrib.al‘Drunk’ Carnival cruise passenger allegedly stomped fiancée, threw her down ship’s stairs
‘Drunk’ cruise passenger arrested after allegedly throwing fiancée down ship’s stairsCarnival staff had already revoked Noah Alexander Cox’s ‘drinking privileges... for the entirety of the cruise for safety reasons,’ according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independenttrib.alA haunting 911 call, handwritten notes and murder scene visit: All the evidence from week 1 of Lindsay Clancy’s trial
The chilling evidence shown at week 1 of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trialPatrick Clancy testified for days about what led up to him finding the lifeless bodies of his three young children in his basementtrib.alPete Hegseth gets his way as Scouting America drops its inclusion spaces
Pete Hegseth gets his way as Scouting America drops its inclusion spacesOne of Scouting America’s biggest gatherings has eliminated dedicated spaces for gay youth, women and scouts of color as the organization faces from the Pentagon to pull back diversity effortstrib.al18-year-old found dead in home owned by congresswoman’s husband had been shot, cops say
Teen found dead in house owned by congresswoman’s husband was shot, copy sayPolice have made no arrests in the shooting of 18-year-old Yoseliani Ann Marte Ocasio, whose death has been officially ruled a homicide stemming from domestic violencetrib.alCouncil packed with Trump allies aims to change historic site protections so he can remake DC in his image
Trump-aligned agency aims to change historic site protections as he remakes DC‘For us, it felt like a bait and switch,’ says Ira Matt of the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, which holds a seat on the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservationtrib.alTHE INDEPENDENT VIEW | Ceuta needs our help, not our hysteria
Ceuta needs our help, not our hysteriaEditorial: The arrival of thousands of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave in a single day is neither a local difficulty nor a one-off emergency – it is an international humanitarian crisis that demands a coordinated responsetrib.alSome college students reinstated after university unenrolled more than 500 freshmen just days before move-in
Some students reinstated after college unenrolled 500 just days before move-inUniversity officials said students were removed for failing to meet payment-related deadlinestrib.alVivek Ramaswamy’s awkward campaign speech ends in just minutes as he’s booed and heckled
Vivek Ramaswamy’s awkward campaign speech ends in minutes as he’s booed and heckled‘You’re a political cretin and you need to get the f*** outta here!’ one person shouted at the Republican gubernatorial nomineetrib.alANALYSIS | Trump ignored warnings and betrayed a Texas Republican. That personal vendetta could cost him the Senate
Trump betrayed a Texas Republican despite warnings. Vendetta may cost him the SenateTrump’s decision to throw John Cornyn and Thom Tillis under the bus might cost him for the remainder of his presidency, Eric Garcia writes. Worse, he refuses to learn from the mistaketrib.alF-35B stealth fighter jet crashes near Marine Corps base in California trib.al/1egpiTU
F-35B stealth fighter jet crashes near Marine Corps base in CaliforniaThe crash near San Diego's Miramar Air Base has been classified as a ‘Class A mishap’trib.alUS citizen faces felony charge for allegedly giving customs agents a code that erased his phone
Citizen accused of giving customs agents a code that erased his phoneSamuel Tunick of Atlanta was charged with obstruction after allegedly having his phone wiped when federal authorities seized ittrib.alTrump won’t give up the fight over his hush money case in ‘urgent’ attempt to scrap his felony convictions
Trump demands ‘urgent’ decision to scrap his felony convictionsTrump’s legal team is desperately trying to get his criminal case dismissed in federal courttrib.alOregon vet sues AI company saying misdiagnosis of cancer tumor led to 11-year-old dog’s death
Oregon vet sues AI company saying cancer misdiagnosis led to 11-year-old dog’s deathThe lawsuit alleges Zoetis altered its original report and later admitted in a phone call that similar misidentifications had occurred with other clientstrib.al