https://meenews.co/post/6a20b08aee6011c3f4ea97da Queen Creek’s infrastructure is struggling to keep up as population booms te 2026-06-03T22:54:02.021Z Queen Creek’s infrastructure is struggling to keep up as population booms QUEEN CREEK – Almost 20 years ago, Queen Creek received its first permanent stoplight, marking a significant step in its rapid growth. Today, amid growing public concern about traffic congestion, the town  is trying to decide its next significant step in transportation infrastructure. When that stoplight was installed on Nov. 6, 2006, Queen Creek’s population boom was already beginning. However, the town that once was a rural afterthought exploded in the next decade. Its population grew  126% between 2010 and 2020, and now sits at just under 90,000. With the increase in population and development came an increase in demand for better infrastructure to support it, and the city has been playing catch-up ever since. A trip to downtown Phoenix can take 90 minutes during rush hour. Julian Dresang, deputy public works director of transportation for Queen Creek, said the town has poured millions of dollars over the last 10 years into trying to keep up with demand, but improvement is not a quick process. “One of the hard parts about construction is we can’t just do it overnight, right?” he said. “So when we decide we’re going to do a project, we have to plan that project, design that project, then construct that project. So, it’s frustrating.” On top of the need to address roads, Queen Creek also lacks public transportation. For Foster Murray, a Walmart employee who doesn’t drive, it means commuting to and from work can be a challenge. “It does make things a little difficult, because you really have to rely on Uber and Lyft and rideshare apps to get around, which can add up,” they said. While city officials are aware of the topic, the current population density as well as a large public sentiment against introduction of public transportation has kept their focus on improving the roadways, Dresang said. “I think as the town continues to grow, continues to develop at that density, at some point in the future, it might make more sense,” he said. “But right now, the best investment we feel is to invest in our current road system.” Queen Creek’s population is far from the only people its infrastructure services. The recently incorporated town of San Tan Valley, as well as several other large communities in Pinal County, use roads such as Ellsworth, Ironwood and State Route 24 as the gateway to the Phoenix metro area. This congests the roadways to an even greater extent.  Ellsworth alone sees over 50,000 vehicles per day. The Arizona Department of Transportation has a potential solution in the pipeline, but it is still years from fruition. The proposed  State Route 505 would be a north-south corridor stretching from U.S. 60 at Houston Avenue to Interstate 10 in Eloy, a connection spanning about 55 miles. The proposal would give Pinal County a much more efficient roadway to Maricopa County and would likely remove much of the congestion in Queen Creek.  The catch: The proposal is still in the earliest stages, and still has not sought funding for design or construction, ADOT spokesman Garin Groff said. In fact, it could be completely abandoned if it isn’t recommended to ADOT officials by the end of 2027. “It is important to note that when we have a selected alternative, one of the possibilities we always put out there is a no-build alternative, or a do-nothing,” Groff said. No timeline exists for the potential freeway to be started, he said. For now, residents such as AAMCO employee Sara Wall will continue to have to battle traffic congestion, while the city and ADOT work on solutions. For her, it is getting difficult to grapple with. “It seems like there’s just no rhyme or reason to it,” she said. “It seems like they don’t really have a good organized plan.” Dresang has a message for those who are feeling unheard: “20 years ago, we had one traffic signal. Now, we have nearly 100. So understanding, looking back at that growth, we’re a much different place than we were.” The post Queen Creek’s infrastructure is struggling to keep up as population booms appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20b076ee6011c3f4ea97d1 Glendale’s Kaitlyn Terry finds her way back to WCWS with Texas Tech te 2026-06-03T22:53:42.076Z Glendale’s Kaitlyn Terry finds her way back to WCWS with Texas Tech PHOENIX – When Kaitlyn Terry was 3, a purchase cemented her future softball career, all thanks to a marked-down left-handed mitt. “We went to the Nike outlet in Anthem. Right-handed gloves were like 50 or 60 bucks, and they had all the left-handed gloves marked down to $4,” said Joe Terry, Kaitlyn’s father. “And at that point, we decided she was going to be left-handed.” Little did her parents know that decision would shape her into the one-of-a-kind player she is today. The Glendale native is an all-around pitcher/utility player for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and is competing for a national championship as Tech takes on the University of Texas in the championship series beginning Wednesday. “It’s definitely a blessing playing for the people back in Arizona,” Terry said. “There are not many players who come out of Arizona who can be in this position, so it’s just playing for the people back in Arizona and playing for my family.” Terry started playing softball at 4 and was already a step above the rest. “She always played up. She was always the youngest on her team until she was about 14,” her father said. “She got to start playing with her own age, and actually started getting recruited, so it’s been from there on up she was being recruited and watched.” By 16, Terry was already committed to playing softball at the Division I level after playing at Greenway High School, but not with the Red Raiders. Terry spent her first two years of her collegiate career at UCLA. In her two seasons spent in California, Terry left her mark in the pitching circle, claiming Pac-12 First-Team honors her freshman year and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, and made it to the Women’s College World Series. During her sophomore campaign, Terry moved from exclusively pitching to playing both ways, all while leading the Bruins’ pitchers with a 20-5 record, and once again making it to the WCWS. “She’s a gamer, and we knew from a young age,” said Kristy Terry, Kaitlyn’s mother. “ She had the mindset when she was very young of the game in general. I think she had the mindset before she had a talent, per se.” In June 2025, Terry announced on Instagram that she would transfer to Texas Tech for her junior year, standing out in all areas of the game. Dominating in the circle and at the plate, Terry is tied for first on the team in batting average at .438 and leads the team with a 1.80 ERA. “Coach Glasco just lets me be me,” Terry said. “And that’s maybe not something I got at my old school, but I think it’s just playing for my younger self again, and they just brought a side out that I needed that I didn’t get the past two years.” What separates Terry is her drive to compete. “She’s just a competitor,” her father said. “She doesn’t want to lose. It doesn’t matter to her who she’s playing. Who’s in the other dugout. She plays the exact same way every game; she just wants to win, and that’s what drives her. She’s always been like that.” Texas Tech softball coach Gerry Glasco appreciates her drive. “When you watch KT, you see the ultimate competitor,” Glasco said in a postgame press conference Sunday. “Just greatness. The competitiveness is like a Bobby Hurley. Just greatness is what I see. Tonight I saw her and her greatness giving everything she had to our ballclub.”  While the star power of the Red Raiders speaks for itself, the bond of this tight-knit group pays benefits, too.. “It’s been amazing, and it’s been great to see her so happy with this team,” her mother said. “They’re one. They have each other’s backs, and it’s amazing to see.” Terry herself is just one half of the dynamic duo that makes up Tech’s talented pitching rotation. NiJaree Canady is the senior half and right-handed counterpart of the Terry-Canady combo and was a part of the reason Terry made the leap to Lubbock. “I love being by her side. That was also a big reason I wanted to come here,” Terry said. “I wanted to be by somebody’s side who is an elite pitcher, knowing that she needed help, and I know exactly what my role is, being exactly where I am. Just watching her pitch is amazing.” While this is not Terry’s first run at a shot for the national title, the pressure is on as the Red Raiders and Longhorns are meeting again, as both teams were in the championship last year, with Texas ultimately winning. Terry tries not to let the expectations overcome her. “I try not to think about the pressure,” Terry said. “Obviously, nerves are going to come tomorrow and the next day, but we just kind of think about it as just another game. Yeah, it’s the championship, but knowing it’s just another ball game, a game that we play pretty much every single day.” Terry is soaking in every minute. “Being here is just a blessing, and now being here in the championship, I’m glad it’s with this group of girls and this coaching staff, this team for Texas Tech,” Terry said. “And even the Lubbock community, the way they show out in Oklahoma City, it’s insane. Just knowing you have so many people behind you, that there is so much support here at Texas Tech, and it’s just so amazing.” The post Glendale’s Kaitlyn Terry finds her way back to WCWS with Texas Tech appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20b060ee6011c3f4ea97b6 Missing 15-year-old girl found dead in southern Arizona te 2026-06-03T22:53:20.144Z Missing 15-year-old girl found dead in southern Arizona Her death was described by the sheriff's office as being "suspicious." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20b04bee6011c3f4ea97ad Man dies after found unconscious in Phoenix pool te 2026-06-03T22:52:59.556Z Man dies after found unconscious in Phoenix pool Phoenix firefighters pulled the man from the water but he could not be revived. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20b032ee6011c3f4ea9796 Vendors beware: New Arizona law aims to crack down on underage vape sales te 2026-06-03T22:52:34.553Z Vendors beware: New Arizona law aims to crack down on underage vape sales Key Points: Arizona lawmakers pass legislation to crack down on retailers selling vaping devices to minors Bill restricts packaging and design of vaping products, including bans on cartoon characters and celebrity images Legislation does not impose taxes on vaping products despite containing nicotine Arizona lawmakers have given final approval to what proponents are calling the state’s first ever set of tools to crack down on retailers who sell vapes and other alternative nicotine products to minors. House Bill 4001 includes restrictions on how these items can be packaged, with specific prohibitions on using visuals like cartoon characters and celebrity images to promote the products, and even how the devices can be designed. There also is first-time-ever requirement for state licensing and new penalties for those who are found to repeatedly sell vapes and tobacco to minors, including $10,000 fines and the suspension of licensing. Foes, however, said the measure doesn’t go nearly far enough given what they’ve called a lack of resources to actually find offending retailers. And they point out that while the devices contain nicotine, the state is not imposing the same taxes it does on cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products with the same chemical. Brian Hummell, who lobbies for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, said he will urge Gov. Katie Hobbs to veto the measure when it comes to her desk. He said his fear is that lawmakers, thinking they’ve solved the problem of teen vaping, will conclude they’ve done enough and see no need for further revisions. “Let’s do something next year,” Hummell said, saying no bill is better than this. But Rep. Jeff Weninger, who guided the package over a host of hurdles and compromises, called the legislation nothing short of “historic.” The Chandler Republican said it was the first time in years that all sides, including tobacco companies, vape manufacturers and dealers, retailers and even the Attorney General’s Office have agreed to sit down and get behind something that they can support. More significantly, he said that nothing in HB4001 precludes future lawmakers from making other changes. “That’s how you get things done in the Legislature,” Weninger said, beginning with incremental change that can get the necessary votes for approval. And that, he said, is something that Hummell doesn’t understand. “He doesn’t negotiate,” Weninger said. The legislation starts by providing — for the first time ever in Arizona law — a definition of “alternative nicotine products.” That includes anything that contains nicotine, intended for human consumption in any form, but is not combustible. That, then, becomes the base for new regulations, starting with advertising. Off limits would be any “cartoon-like fictional character that mimics a character primarily aimed at entertaining.” Also banned would be celebrity images or anything designed to look like products normally marketed to minors. Vaping products also could not be sold if they are designed to look like something else, like school supplies, smart phones, backpacks, cosmetics, toys, or food or beverage products. The legislation allows offending products to be seized. “It attacks the illicit vapes coming in from foreign countries that we don’t know what’s in it by providing licensing,” said Weninger. And then there are the fines. There already are some penalties for the sale of tobacco products to minors. But these are petty offenses which usually result only in a fine. HB4001 not only expands the fines to include vaping products but establishes an entirely new penalty structure. That starts at $500 for selling to minors. But it goes up to $10,000 for four or more violations within 24 months, a criminal conviction, and the loss of the ability to sell both tobacco and vaping products for a year. Hummell was not impressed. “There are no additional resources that are put into the enforcement mechanism,” he said. Hummell said that the Attorney General’s Office reports it currently does about 2,000 checks of retailers right now to ensure they are not selling tobacco to minors. And he said there are anywhere from 5,500 to 8,000 retailers. What that means, Hummell said, is that on average, there would be just one compliance check every 36 months. And that, he said, makes the ultimate penalty “pretty far-fetched” because no one would get inspected four or more times in that 24-month period. There’s one more big objection to HB4001. Unlike tobacco products, there would be no such levy on vaping products even though they, too, contain nicotine. The levy on a pack of cigarettes is now $2 a pack, with similar levies on chewing tobacco and cigars based on either number or weight. The revenues are earmarked for programs that fund early childhood development, health care, research and prevention programs. Rep. Cesar Aguilar said one benefit of the higher taxes – aside from the programs they fund – is to deter people from smoking in the first place. “The tax did such a good job that people stopped smoking,” said the Phoenix Democrat. But now that has made vaping a more affordable option, particularly for children. And Aguilar told colleagues during voting on the measure that he thinks he knows the reason behind opposition to similar levies on vaping. “Because there is money to be made,” he said. “And ‘Big Vapes’ and alternative nicotine don’t want to deter children from smoking.” The lack of a new tax also means no new money for the programs that have been funded by the now-diminishing revenues from tobacco taxes. One impacted program is First Things First, which uses a 2006 voter-approved tax on tobacco to fund programs for early childhood education and development. In the 2008 budget year, taxes generated $164.8 million. For the 2025 budget year, that was down to $88.6 million. Weninger, however, said putting a tax hike into the legislation would have just killed the entire package. “And then we’re just back at the status quo,” he said, with no change at all. Anyway, Weninger said, if groups want more dollars for their programs they can do what they did in 2006: put the issue to voters. In fact, he suggested, they might even add a new levy on marijuana to raise a lot more money. “I think it would actually pass,” he said. That political reality of having to compromise to get the necessary votes – versus ending up with nothing – was brought home by Rep. Kevin Volk. The Tucson Democrat said he sees the issue from the perspective of a business owner, recognizing that higher prices drive down demand. So he crafted his own regulatory proposal, one that would have imposed a tax on vaping products equal to 50% of the retail price. Projections from the Seidman Research Institute at Arizona State University said that kind of levy would raise anywhere from $45.5 million to $64.4 million a year His bill, however, did not get a hearing. But Volk voted for Weninger’s measure, saying he recognized that any advance in regulation was going to take time and compromise. “This is a piece of the puzzle,” Volk said, with the possibility he said to do “so much more” in the future. The post Vendors beware: New Arizona law aims to crack down on underage vape sales first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20b018ee6011c3f4ea9770 Trump says anti-fraud efforts are uncovering billions in waste, claims savings could balance budget te 2026-06-03T22:52:08.304Z Trump says anti-fraud efforts are uncovering billions in waste, claims savings could balance budget President Donald Trump on Wednesday touted Vice President JD Vance's anti-fraud efforts and claimed Republicans are uncovering enough government fraud to potentially balance the federal budget, while accusing Democrats of resisting investigations because they are "in on the act." In a Truth Social post, Trump praised Vance and Republican officials for what he described as a nationwide effort to identify fraud and waste in government spending. "Vice President JD Vance and Republicans are doing a great job hunting down Fraud in the various States," Trump wrote. "Billions of Dollars is being found, and we've just started!" Trump's comments come as the administration has sought to highlight anti-fraud efforts led by Vance. In April, Fox News Digital reported that Vance's newly created anti-fraud task force had identified nearly $6.3 billion in government contracts believed to be tied to potentially fraudulent businesses. Officials said nearly 400 businesses would be required to prove they had legitimate operations and physical addresses. JD VANCE'S TASK FORCE FLAGS NEARLY $6.3B IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS GOING TO POTENTIALLY FRAUDULENT BUSINESSES The president argued that the amount of fraud being uncovered could have major implications for federal spending and taxes. "If we found it all, we would literally be able to balance the Budget, and simultaneously reduce Taxes, cutting them even more than I have already done, which is a RECORD!" Trump wrote. Trump did not provide evidence that fraud findings identified by Republicans would be sufficient to eliminate the federal deficit. While the president argued uncovering fraud could eventually balance the budget, the administration has not publicly released figures showing identified fraud totals approaching the size of the annual federal deficit. BESSENT SAYS MINNESOTA FRAUD RECOVERY COULD HELP FUND TRUMP’S $1.5T DEFENSE PLAN The anti-fraud task force was established by executive order in March, and is chaired by Vance. The administration has said the initiative is designed to identify fraud, waste and abuse across federal programs and government contracts as part of a broader effort to reduce spending and strengthen oversight. Trump also sharply criticized Democrats, saying he was surprised efforts to uncover fraud had not received bipartisan support. "Amazingly, Dumocrats are fighting us all the way," Trump wrote. "This is something that I am surprised at, because I thought this would be a Bipartisan effort." JD VANCE WARNS BLUE STATE OFFICIALS COULD FACE PRISON OVER BILLION-DOLLAR FRAUD EPIDEMIC Trump went on to suggest Democrats may oppose such investigations because they have a vested interest in preventing further discoveries. "It's looking like they're in on the act," Trump wrote. The president further claimed Democrats do not want Republicans to uncover what he described as "Hundreds of Billions of Dollars of FRAUD!" Trump later compared Democratic opposition to anti-fraud efforts with several other issues that have become central themes of his political messaging, including transgender athletes competing in women's sports, mail-in ballots, voter identification requirements and proof-of-citizenship requirements for voting. The administration has made rooting out waste, fraud and abuse a recurring focus of its messaging as it seeks to reduce government spending and defend broader fiscal policy initiatives. Democrats have argued Republicans frequently conflate fraud, waste and policy disagreements when discussing federal spending reductions and have questioned whether projected savings touted by the administration can ultimately be realized. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20b004ee6011c3f4ea9767 Fox News Channel dominates ABC in weekday primetime, delivering highest-rated May for a midterm election year te 2026-06-03T22:51:48.312Z Fox News Channel dominates ABC in weekday primetime, delivering highest-rated May for a midterm election year Fox News Channel defeated ABC in weekday primetime and delivered the highest-rated May in network history for a midterm election year, according to data from Nielsen Media Research. In addition to finishing as the third highest-rated network in all of television during weekday primetime, FNC averaged 2.8 million viewers during weekday primetime, surpassing ABC's 2.7 million viewers and matching ESPN despite extensive coverage of the NBA and NHL playoffs. The network also commanded nearly 60% of the cable news audience share across both total day and primetime and accounted for the top 85 cable news telecasts during the month. FOX NEWS BEATS CBS IN PRIMETIME VIEWERSHIP WITH STRONGEST MONTHLY PERFORMANCE IN A YEAR Across viewership, FNC delivered 210,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic and was also number one on cable news with Asians, Hispanics and upscale viewers throughout the total day in May. By contrast, ABC recorded its lowest-rated May primetime performance of the 21st century among both total viewers and the 25-54 demographic. "CBS Evening News" also remained below 4 million viewers for the second consecutive month, while "CBS Mornings" posted the lowest-rated May in the program's history with 1.8 million viewers and 296,000 in the 25-54 demographic. Fox News' top show "The Five" once again finished as the top-rated show in cable news, averaging 3.6 million viewers and 317,000 viewers in the key 25-54 demographic surpassing the likes of CBS' "CIA," ABC's "Celebrity Jeopardy!" and ESPN's first-round NBA playoff coverage. At 8 p.m. ET, "Jesse Watters Primetime" led cable news primetime with 3.1 million viewers, while "Hannity" averaged 2.7 million viewers, easily outpacing MS NOW's 9 p.m. lineup of "The Rachel Maddow Show" and "The Briefing with Jen Psaki." FOX NEWS TOPS ALL NEWS BRANDS ON YOUTUBE WITH STAGGERING 362 MILLION VIEWS DURING MAY Fox News' Laura Ingraham also maintained her status as the highest-rated woman on cable news with her show "The Ingraham Angle" averaging 2.5 million viewers. "Gutfeld!" continued its remarkable run atop late-night television, averaging 2.9 million viewers during May, outperforming ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," "Late Night with Seth Meyers" and Comedy Central's "The Daily Show." Meanwhile, Fox News' flagship evening newscast "Special Report with Bret Baier" averaged 2.7 million viewers and continued narrowing the gap with broadcast competition, leading "CBS Evening News" in 19 top markets including New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. The show also beat ABC's "World News Tonight" in the Jacksonville, New Orleans and Memphis markets. FOX NEWS CHANNEL WALLOPS CNN, MS NOW VIEWERSHIP DURING FIRST QUARTER OF 2026 "Fox & Friends" remained the number-one cable news morning program for the 63rd consecutive month, averaging 1.3 million viewers, defeating CNN and MS NOW combined among total viewers and leading CBS and ABC in major markets. Throughout the day, "America's Newsroom," "The Faulkner Focus," "Outnumbered," "America Reports" and "The Story" all averaged between 1.8 million and 1.9 million viewers during the month. Fox News also won every hour of weekend cable news among both total viewers and adults aged 25-54 beating CNN and MS NOW by double and triple-digits. On Saturdays, Kayleigh McEnany's "Saturday in America" was the most-watched cable news program of the weekend with more than 1.7 million viewers. On Sundays, "Sunday Morning Futures" ranked as the day's highest-rated program with 1.7 million viewers, while "Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy" led Sunday primetime with more than 1.5 million viewers. The ratings report comes as a recent New York Times/Siena poll found Fox News was the leading single source of news among registered voters nationwide, ahead of all other national television, cable and print news organizations. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20aff0ee6011c3f4ea975e Celebrate America's 250th with these patriotic keepsakes and collectibles, from $16 te 2026-06-03T22:51:28.387Z Celebrate America's 250th with these patriotic keepsakes and collectibles, from $16 As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, commemorative products are already hitting virtual store shelves. From 250th anniversary American flags and patriotic baseball caps to challenge coins minted by one of the country's oldest mints, these are some of the standout items worth checking out. READ MORE: America 250 is coming: What to know and the best commemorative gear to buy America's 250th birthday only happens once — so get a flag that marks the occasion. Reminiscent of the original flag, this Amazon pick has the classic red-and-white stripes, 13 stars and a "250 Years" graphic at its center in honor of the anniversary. Once the celebration ends, store your flag in this glass display case. Celebrate America's 250th birthday by drinking your favorite beer from this patriotic stein. This collectible from The Bradford Exchange features a bold gold design on the front of a red, white and blue body. A golden eagle is perched on top, representing the freedom Americans hold dear. Original price: $37.94 An America 250 baseball cap is an everyday accessory you can wear wherever you go. It comes in eight different colors, ranging from navy blue to army green and even bright pink. The large design on the front has everything you want — an eagle, Lady Liberty and the Liberty Bell alongside a bold American flag. Original price: $26.99 Whiskey enthusiasts can enjoy their nightcaps in this one-of-a-kind Luigi Bormioli glass, embossed with "We Hold These Truths" and "America 250" on one side. The Italian-made glass is lead-free and crafted for exceptional clarity. READ MORE: The FOX News Wine Shop lets you sip American wines at home — here's how it works Add this historic 250th commemorative coin to your collection for just $50. It shows the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence and is inspired by John Trumbull's famous painting. The oldest private mint in the U.S. produces this coin for a limited time. Original price: $26.99 This 250th rectangle keepsake fits neatly on any shelf or bookcase, adding a subtle tribute to America's birthday. Your purchase supports Monticello, which is owned and operated by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, an organization that preserves the historical memory of the nation's third president. Original price: $79.99 Fanatics' limited-edition USA 250 tee gives you a more neutral option that lets you show your American pride. From the 13 gold stars representing the original colonies to the large 1776 graphic on the back, every detail nods to the country's founding. Save 20% on this item when you use code 20TEES. READ MORE: This breathable men's polo just dropped to its lowest price ever on Amazon — just $10 Two top symbols of the country — an eagle and an American flag — come together in a unique sculpture that fits into any yard. The large eagle mounts to a fence post and any other flat surface, and the removable 250th flag slides right into the secure holder. For anyone who prefers to showcase their American pride, this USA 250 stacking ring gives you a collectible you can wear every day. When stacked, the ring resembles an American flag, complete with a bold simulated diamond star to top off the look. Snag an America 250 T-shirt with a flag motif on the front and back. The shirt honors the nation's milestone birthday, but is lightweight and soft enough to wear on the Fourth of July and beyond. For more deals, visit www.foxnews.com/deals Original price: $16.95 A mug is the perfect affordable item to remember the occasion. This design blends an eagle, American flags and bright stars together, creating a striking design worthy of the proudest American. If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can get some of these items sent to your door ASAP. You can join or start a 30-day free trial to start your shopping today. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20afdcee6011c3f4ea974c Rep. Al Green tells Homeland Security Sec. Mullin to 'shut up' after calling him a racist at hearing te 2026-06-03T22:51:08.392Z Rep. Al Green tells Homeland Security Sec. Mullin to 'shut up' after calling him a racist at hearing Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was caught on video calling Homeland Security Sec. Markwayne Mullin a "racist" during a House committee meeting Wednesday focused on department funding. Following the initial outburst, Green proceeded to tell Mullin to "shut up." The Homeland Security secretary could be seen cocking his head in apparent surprise, as Green continued the verbal attack, repeating "shut up." "Did you just tell me to shut up," Mullin asked. DEMS THROW HOUSE INTO CHAOS AFTER 10 MODERATES JOIN GOP TO PUNISH AL GREEN As the sound of the gavel rang out, Green shouted back, "It's my time." "I'm not going to let anybody call me a racist chairman," Mullen calmly told Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, who serves as the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Green denied making the comment before again asking Garbarino to "tell him to shut up." The chairman called for the encounter to be suspended following Green's escalation at the House gathering. Green has a history of aggressive outbursts, having been ejected from President Donald Trump's primetime address to a joint session of Congress for a second year in a row in February. He was recently defeated in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas' 18th Congressional District by freshman Rep. Christian Menefee. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20afadee6011c3f4ea9703 Measles cases at an Arizona detention facility triggered a new quarantine in El Paso te 2026-06-03T22:50:21.914Z Measles cases at an Arizona detention facility triggered a new quarantine in El Paso This article was originally published by El Paso Matters. Nearly 180 detainees are under quarantine for possible measles exposure at Camp East Montana, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Fort Bliss, city health officials told El Paso Matters on Wednesday. The facility initiated quarantine after 16 detainees were identified as contacts of two confirmed measles cases at a detention facility in Arizona, city officials said. The detainees arrived at Camp East Montana before the Arizona measles cases were confirmed, Dr. Hector Ocaranza, city and county health authority, said in an email statement to El Paso Matters. City, state and federal officials didn’t say when the quarantine began. But it appears the quarantine started at the detention center several days before state and local health officials were notified of possible measles exposures. A Catholic group was turned away Sunday from a planned Mass and told there was a quarantine to protect against measles spread, said a person familiar with the situation, who asked not to be identified. The chain of communication among federal, state and local authorities raises questions about whether ICE delayed notification on potentially serious public health matters.  As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, there were no detainees at Camp East Montana showing symptoms of measles, and no indication of measles spread in the El Paso community linked to these exposures, Ocaranza said. Chris Van Deusen, a spokesperson for the state health department, said a group of detainees were also quarantined for measles exposure at the West Texas Detention Facility in Sierra Blanca. The detention centers are quarantining because of different possible exposures to measles cases in other states, he said in an email. Earlier this year, measles infected 16 detainees at Camp East Montana and eight people in the community. All of the community cases worked for the federal government or had ties to immigration detention facilities. The outbreak was linked to a surge of measles cases in the West Texas Detention Facility in Sierra Blanca, which receives transfers from Camp East Montana. READ MORE: How measles reporting gaps by ICE, hospital delayed El Paso’s response to outbreak The quarantined detainees at Camp East Montana are separated into two groups for monitoring: 130 men with quarantine scheduled to end June 11 and 48 women with quarantine scheduled to end June 20. No one in either group has reported symptoms, Ocaranza said. A worker at Camp East Montana who answered the phone Tuesday said the facility remains open to visitors, depending on the quarantine status of the detainee they’re visiting. Timeline raises questions again about timely communication El Paso Matters initially asked city and federal officials about a possible quarantine at Camp East Montana on Monday. City officials initially said on Tuesday they hadn’t received notification of any communicable diseases at the detention center. On Wednesday, they said that state health officials had notified them Tuesday afternoon. Chris Van Deusen, a spokesperson for the state health department, told El Paso Matters at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday that he was not aware of the quarantine. Then, in a follow-up Wednesday, Van Deusen said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the state agency Tuesday about groups under quarantine at both Camp East Montana and the West Texas Detention Facility in Sierra Blanca.  ICE did not respond to El Paso Matters’ initial request for comment. The Department of Homeland Security later confirmed the Camp East Montana quarantine Wednesday afternoon. The agency did not respond to questions about when the quarantine began and if any contacts were transferred to the West Texas Detention Facility. SEE ALSO: ‘I am scared to be here’: Lawsuit seeks to halt ICE’s Camp East Montana operations over alleged standards violations Following the wave of measles cases earlier this year, email records obtained by El Paso Matters revealed how communication gaps challenged epidemiologists’ ability to contact trace and contain the spread. Ocaranza and DHS didn’t respond to questions from El Paso Matters on whether El Paso public health officials had received adequate and timely notification about the current quarantine at Camp East Montana. “It is a longstanding practice to provide comprehensive medical care from the moment an alien enters ICE custody,” an unnamed DHS spokesperson said Wednesday in an email statement. “This includes medical, dental, and mental health services as available, and access to medical appointments and 24-hour emergency care.”  DHS did not respond to questions about the measles situation at Camp East Montana and the West Texas Detention Facility. PODCAST: Emails reveal confusion, failures in El Paso measles outbreak response The state health department is coordinating with the medical team at the West Texas Detention Facility and the U.S. Marshals Service regarding several detainees who were exposed to confirmed measles cases, Ocaranza said. The city health department relaunched its measles dashboard earlier this year with a list of community exposure sites, which included the El Paso County Jail, where federal detainees are also held. Patrick Gailey, chief deputy of the El Paso County Detention Bureau, said if inmates are brought from outside agencies such as the Marshals Service, they have to report whether the individual was exposed so they can immediately be isolated and notify jail staff to make sure that staff is also protected. “Right now we don’t have anyone at the jails who has measles,” Gailey told El Paso Matters. “Right now we have zero reports of any measles outbreak or chicken pox.” Gailey said all inmates are given a medical screening upon entering the facility and if there is a measles exposure inmates would be put in a 21-day quarantine. Measles is a highly contagious respiratory disease that often causes a fever and rash. People are considered contagious four days prior to rash onset. Elida S. Perez and Robert Moore contributed to this story. The post Measles cases at an Arizona detention facility triggered a new quarantine in El Paso appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20ab05ee6011c3f4ea9698 In Alabama Ruling, Supreme Court Signals Limited Role for Federal Courts in Redistricting Fights te 2026-06-03T22:30:29.586Z In Alabama Ruling, Supreme Court Signals Limited Role for Federal Courts in Redistricting Fights In an emergency ruling on Tuesday night, the court’s conservative majority gave a first glimpse into congressional district battles under a weakened Voting Rights Act. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a8d6ee6011c3f4ea9628 Angels outfielder Jo Adell goes full Jose Canseco and gives up a home run off his head te 2026-06-03T22:21:10.791Z Angels outfielder Jo Adell goes full Jose Canseco and gives up a home run off his head Wake the kids. Call the in-laws. Stand outside and wait for your mailman, because everyone needs to know that we have a new sports blooper that will be seen for decades to come, and it's courtesy of Los Angeles Angels outfielder Jo Adell. Yes, again. While he made news recently for robbing three home runs, back in 2020, Adell was in the news after a deep fly ball bounced out of his glove and over the wall. It was ruled a four-base error, something that most of us had no clue was even a thing until it happened. Now, fast-forward six years, and Adell is back in the news, and it's because of a picture-perfect Jose Canseco impression. ANGELS OUTFIELDER JO ADELL INCREDIBLY ROBS THREE HOME RUNS IN WIN: ‘GREATEST DEFENSIVE GAME I’VE EVER SEEN’ No, not like that... or like that... We're talking about a homer that made it over the fence after a quick bounce off the crown of his hat. It happened when the Angels hosted the Rockies on Tuesday. Colorado first baseman TJ Rumfield hit a deep fly ball that looked as though Adell was going to reel it in with no problem. In fact, it even fooled the announcers at first. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Aw man, you hate to see that... but let's watch it again in slow motion. It was nearly a carbon copy of the infamous Canseco blooper, but it looked like Adell may have gotten a bigger piece of the ball with his glove before it clocked him in the forehead. "I was toward the line, and I felt like I had a little bit longer way to go than I normally do on a route like that and just missed it," Adell said, per MLB.com. "It hit off my hat. I don’t know if I overran it and took a step over. But it was kind of the icing on the cake because I was [bad] all the way around the whole day today." You feel for the guy, because this is going to be sticking around for a long, long time. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a8c2ee6011c3f4ea961f Venezuelan gang members who entered US illegally plead guilty to gunning down two unarmed Americans te 2026-06-03T22:20:50.874Z Venezuelan gang members who entered US illegally plead guilty to gunning down two unarmed Americans Federal authorities announced on Wednesday that four members of the notorious Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) pleaded guilty to the May 2024 murders of two unarmed American citizens in New York City. The gang members, who entered the U.S. illegally, allegedly gunned down Claretha LaQuesha Daniels, 44, and Justin Lawless, 36, in the middle of a residential Bronx street, while also shooting and wounding a third victim, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Keiber "Keybe" Jaen Martinez, Samuel "Klei" Gonzalez Castro, Eferson "Jefferson" Morillo-Gomez, and Keineyer "Keiner" Ibarra-Mujica pleaded guilty in federal court to murder through the use of a firearm and using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. 'GOTAWAY' ILLEGAL AND TREN DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBER ACCUSED IN SUBURBAN HOTEL MURDER A fifth TdA member recently pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and a gunpoint carjacking, bringing the total number of convicted TdA defendants in the case to eight. Law enforcement officials described Tren de Aragua as "one of the most vicious gangs on planet earth." "They rape, maim, and murder for sport," U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Markwayne Mullin wrote in a statement. "Under President [Donald] Trump’s leadership, we are targeting and removing gang members from our communities and ensuring those that committed crimes in our country face justice." VENEZUELAN GANG'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS SURGE IN TENNESSEE'S FOUR MAJOR CITIES U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said that after the TdA members illegally crossed the border, they flooded New York City streets with "guns, drugs, sex trafficking, and violence."  Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche added the terrorist group has "no place and no future in the United States," and vowed the Justice Department will destroy the organization. Originally a Venezuelan prison gang, TdA has rapidly expanded into a transnational terrorist organization operating in cities like New York. The group enriches itself through unlawful human smuggling across the border, armed robberies and trafficking a ketamine-mixed drug known as "tusi." The gang is particularly notorious for the violent sex trafficking of young women, referred to by the gang as "multadas." The women are smuggled into the U.S. and forced into commercial sex work to pay off smuggling debts. TdA members maintain control over their victims by threatening their families, assaulting them, and tracking down and kidnapping women who attempt to flee. The convicts face a maximum sentence of life in prison. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a6cfee6011c3f4ea9583 Heroic ICE officers, staff member open up on growing dangers: ‘Am I going to die?' te 2026-06-03T22:12:31.437Z Heroic ICE officers, staff member open up on growing dangers: ‘Am I going to die?' Two ICE officers and a staff member honored by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin for their actions during the 2025 sniper attack on the Dallas ICE Field Office spoke exclusively to Fox News about the chaos that unfolded that day and the growing threats they say ICE officers now face across the country. Mullin awarded the officers medals for their heroic actions during the attack, when a sniper fired 17 shots from a nearby rooftop at the Dallas facility. Marco Solis, a deportation officer, said he was sitting at his desk when bullets started tearing through the building. "I got hit in the head with something," Solis said. It was actually debris, sheetrock from the bullet penetrating multiple walls. Caught me off guard. I didn’t know where it came from, right? You just hear a snap come through the door or through the window, the walls. And it wasn’t until that second round came through the wall that I actually watched it tumble on the roof that I realized that we were getting, we had an active shooter on our hands." INSIDE DALLAS ICE FACILITY IN AFTERMATH OF SNIPER ATTACK THAT KILLED TWO DETAINEES The officers said the attack quickly turned into a life-or-death rescue mission as detainees were struck by gunfire. Andres Goche, also a deportation officer, said he and others worked to pull wounded detainees to safety. "It was Mr. Goche here that actually physically pulled those victims out of that van, that transport van, and brought them into our processing area, setting up that triage area for us," Solis added. "It is a concern that goes through every law enforcement officer," Goche said. "Am I going to die? Am I gonna get injured? Am i gonna… It comes with the job. It’s a hazard that comes with a job, right?" Goche said. SECOND DETAINEE DIES AFTER DALLAS ICE FACILITY SNIPER ATTACK, FAMILY SPEAKS OUT The recognition comes as ICE officers have faced threats, violence and growing hostility at facilities across the country. "This is a new reality for every deportation officer, every ICE employee that’s out there throughout the nation," Goche said. "It’s something that we’ve come to terms with. The best hope that we can hold onto at the moment is to continue to rely on each other and emphasize the importance of our training."  Solis, who has spent more than 18 years in federal service, said he has never seen the environment become this dangerous. DALLAS ICE SHOOTING TRIGGERS HEIGHTENED SECURITY AT FACILITIES NATIONWIDE: 'TRULY DISTURBING' "I think everybody in the law enforcement profession understands the risks and accepts them," Solis said. "I don’t think I’ve witnessed it be this violent or this volatile in my entire 18 years of federal service. It’s a way of life for us now. It’s just a reality that we’ve had to come to terms with." The officers also addressed misconceptions about ICE, saying officers and their families are increasingly being targeted simply for enforcing federal immigration law. "Our families, especially our families, shouldn’t have to carry the burden or barrage of threats thrown at them simply because their significant other, their loved one, their family member, is an ICE officer just enforcing the immigration laws of the United States that are enacted by Congress," Solis said. NO CAGES, DUE PROCESS RIGHTS INTACT: ICE AGENTS SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT Goche said much of the anger toward ICE is fueled by misinformation and agitators. "These are paid actors. They’re paid individuals with one purpose, which is to cause disturbance, to agitate, and to try to derail us from our mission priorities," Goche said "I want to give my message across to the American people. We’re not here, we’re not the bad guys," he continued. "We’re officers, we’re human beings, we have families, we have the same interests as many other people out there in this beautiful country." Christopher Pyne, an enforcement removal assistant, said the actions of the officers that day showed the humanity behind the badge. "These men were willing to risk their lives to save one of our detained. Like, we’re human beings, and we recognize that, you know everyone that we deal with are human beings," Pyne said. Solis said officers do not do the job for awards or recognitionZ  "It’s humbling. I don’t believe anybody does it for any awards or accolades or recognition. It’s just the right thing to do, whether anybody’s looking or anybody’s gonna recognize you for it," Solis said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a6bbee6011c3f4ea957a Son of 1993 WTC bombing victim calls NJ Democrat primary winner 'disappointing' over terror ties te 2026-06-03T22:12:11.430Z Son of 1993 WTC bombing victim calls NJ Democrat primary winner 'disappointing' over terror ties Michael Macko, the son of a man killed in the 1993 World Trade Center (WTC) bombing, said he is disappointed after an acquaintance of a convicted terrorist involved in his father’s death won a New Jersey House primary. Democrat U.S. House candidate Adam Hisham Hamawy has faced scrutiny over his ties to Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted of inciting the WTC bombing that killed six people and injured thousands in 1993. Macko, a "lifelong Democrat" born and raised in New Jersey, expressed his dissatisfaction with Hamawy’s victory Tuesday in the Garden State. "It’s just so disappointing… that this is the best candidate that we can come up with," Macko told "The Story" on Wednesday. BERNIE SANDERS, AOC-BACKED DEMOCRAT WINS KEY HOUSE RACE AS GOP FAILS TO EXPAND FRAGILE MAJORITY His father, William Macko, a Marine veteran, was 57 when he was killed in the WTC bombing. He was having lunch in the basement when the bomb exploded in the parking garage. "When your father was killed at the hands of terrorists while he was in his workplace, especially prior to 9/11 – which was just unfathomable… at the time – you become almost a single-issue voter," Macko said. "This is just something that… I can't look past," he added. NEW JERSEY DEMS SNUB ENDORSING SOCIALIST CANDIDATE MAMDANI AS GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION LOOMS Hamawy met Abdel-Rahman, an influential leader among al-Qaeda terrorists known as the "Blind Sheikh," at a New Jersey middle school forum in 1991. He later testified as a witness for the defense in Abdel-Rahman’s case. The New Jersey Democratic primary winner was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. Hamawy testified as a witness for the defense and has faced lingering questions about his association with the sheik. "[Hamawy] also testified that the Blind Sheik was preaching about jihad against America, and then… at the same time, while actually plotting a jihad that killed my father," Macko noted. While Abdel-Rahman did not directly participate in the WTC bombing, several of his followers did. He was later arrested on charges of a plot to wage "urban terrorism" against the U.S. by targeting landmarks, including the George Washington Bridge. Hamawy’s campaign previously told Fox News Digital that his former affiliation with Abdel Rahman amounts to "guilt-by-association" shaming. MIKIE SHERRILL STAYS SILENT AS NEW JERSEY POLITICIANS REACT TO CONVICTED COP KILLER'S DEATH Macko questioned claims from Hamawy’s campaign that the Democrat had no ties to Abdel-Rahman after the cleric’s arrest. "It was the time leading up to him, you know the time that he spent with him, you know between 1991, 1993 when the bombing was being planned," he said. "Hamawy was traveling with him around the country, acting as an interpreter. And even during the trial, he testified that he translated a fax in 1993," Macko added. "That's the year that the bombing took place. It's just too much of a coincidence that Hamawy did not have any idea of what was going on." According to court testimony, Hamawy accompanied the Blind Sheikh to mosques, which, according to the Washington Free Beacon, is where several WTC bombing suspects would meet. Court records characterized Abdel-Rahman’s Jersey City mosque as a "jihad office." In a statement, Hamawy’s campaign wrote that the New Jersey Democrat "condemns that man’s violent rhetoric and actions, and all violence, hatred, and terrorism." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a6a7ee6011c3f4ea9571 Fox News Poll: Democratic unity, Republican crossovers shape Ohio Senate race te 2026-06-03T22:11:51.439Z Fox News Poll: Democratic unity, Republican crossovers shape Ohio Senate race President Donald Trump carried Ohio by more than 11 percentage points in 2024, but a new Fox News survey finds his standing in the Buckeye State has deteriorated — a development that is benefitting Democrat Sherrod Brown in the Senate race.  By a 15-point margin, Ohioans view Trump negatively: 42% hold a favorable opinion and 57% an unfavorable one. That’s more than a 20-point swing compared to his +6 net positive rating (52-46%) in the November 2024 Ohio Fox News Voter Analysis election survey. The poll of Ohio voters, released Wednesday, finds Trump’s ratings are about on par with views of Republican incumbent Senator Jon Husted (41% favorable, 50% unfavorable), while challenger and former Ohio Senator Brown is viewed significantly more positively (53% vs. 44%). That helps Brown outperform Husted by a 53% to 45% margin in the race to fill the state’s Senate seat.  His 8-point lead is outside the poll’s margin of sampling error.   FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS SEE AI REGULATION AS URGENT, RANK SAFEGUARDS AHEAD OF INNOVATION Brown garners fully 98% support among Democrats compared to Husted’s 86% among Republicans.  Brown also receives backing from outside the democratic base: 31% of non-MAGA Republicans and 13% of all Republicans.  Only 2% of Democrats pick Husted.  Husted is favored by White evangelical Christians (+32 points), rural voters (+11), and White men without a college degree (+7).  Brown is preferred by voters under age 35 (+33), independents (+18), and women (+14).  Non-white voters favor Brown by 58 points, while the race is a dead heat among White voters (49% each).  And the candidates are nearly tied among voters ages 45 and over (49-48%), while Brown leads by 23 points among those under age 45. The candidates are competing for the Senate seat Husted currently holds after being appointed to replace JD Vance when Vance became vice president. Brown is hoping to return to the U.S. Senate after he narrowly lost his seat to Bernie Moreno in 2024.  About 7 in 10 of both Brown’s (73%) and Husted’s supporters (69%) are certain of their choice. Overall, about one in four say they may change their mind before voting.  FOX NEWS POLL: 'RESILIENT DISCONTENT' DEFINES THE US MOOD AT 250TH ANNIVERSARY By a 6-point margin, more Democrats (82%) than Republicans (76%) say they are extremely or very motivated to vote this November.  Most Brown supporters, 68%, describe their vote as mainly for him rather than against Husted (30%).  Those who are backing Husted are less enthusiastic about their candidate, with 58% saying their support is mainly for him rather than against Brown (39%). In a state Trump carried with 55% of the vote, the survey finds being too close to him is now more of a liability than being too liberal.  Some 39% of Ohioans are concerned Brown is "too liberal," including 13% of his supporters. For Husted, 46% overall are worried he is "too close" to Trump, including 10% of his backers.  Inflation dominates, with 43% saying it is the most important issue in their Senate vote.  All others trail far behind, including healthcare (12%), immigration and border security (11%,) political divisions (9%), jobs (8%), Iran (7%), abortion and crime (4% each).  Notably, inflation is the top issue among independents (50%), Democrats (44%), Republicans (40%), MAGA (34%), and 2024 Trump voters (39%). Voters focused on inflation favor Brown by 14 points, as do healthcare voters by 44 points, while those prioritizing immigration and border security go for Husted by 76. On their family’s financial situation, 39% of Ohio voters say they are falling behind, up from 32% who said the same in the 2024 FNVA survey.  The largest number, 49%, say their family is holding steady, down 9 points. "There’s good reason for the Democrats to be bullish on Ohio," says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts Fox News polls with Democrat Chris Anderson. "The state remains solidly Republican, but Democrats are united against Trump allies and independents prefer Brown." In the race for governor, Ohio voters are divided: half back Democrat Amy Acton (50%) and nearly half favor Republican Vivek Ramaswamy (49%). Fourteen percent who prefer Brown in the Senate race cross-party lines to support Ramaswamy.  Most Democrats (93%) go for Acton, while most Republicans favor Ramaswamy (89%). Independents back Acton by 8 points (51-43%). Nearly twice as many Acton supporters (38%) as Ramaswamy backers (21%) say their vote is mainly "against" the other candidate. Seven in 10 of each candidate’s supporters are certain of their choice. Although views of Acton are positive by 9 points (46% favorable vs. 37% unfavorable), 16% are unable to rate her. Ramaswamy’s ratings are positive by 1 point (45-44%), while Vance’s are underwater by 7 (45-52%), and opinion splits on sitting GOP Gov. Mike DeWine (48-48%). CLICK HERE FOR CROSSTABS AND TOPLINE By more than 2-to-1, Buckeye voters oppose having an AI data center built in their area (32% favor, 65% oppose).  That opposition is across the political spectrum, as majorities of Democrats (72%), independents (64%), and Republicans (59%) are against building data centers. Conducted May 28-June 1, 2026 under the joint direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News Poll includes interviews with a sample of 1,015 Ohio registered voters randomly selected from a statewide voter file.  Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (109) and cellphones (653) or completed the survey online after receiving a text message (253).  Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ± 3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher.  In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.  Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics of respondents are representative of the registered voter population.  Results among subgroups are only shown when the sample size is at least N=100.  Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a693ee6011c3f4ea9568 NC State and Virginia moving game back to Charlottesville is a huge win for college football te 2026-06-03T22:11:31.512Z NC State and Virginia moving game back to Charlottesville is a huge win for college football The current state of affairs in college football is reaching a tipping point. Between Congress and the NCAA jockeying for power and NIL, the transfer portal and eligibility rules being a big mess, it's hard to look at the state of college football without wondering about the long-term health of the sport. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Any college football fans looking for even the slightest of wins will be elated to hear that we may have gotten one in the form of Virginia and NC State moving their matchup this upcoming season from Brazil back to the friendly confines of Charlottesville. Before we go any further, I understand this may be a massive bummer to any Wolfpack or Cavalier fans who bought tickets and made travel arrangements to see this game in Brazil and were maybe planning an extended vacation down there. RILEY GAINES: COLLEGE SPORTS IS BROKEN – HERE’S HOW TO FIX IT But this is unequivocally a good thing for the sport of college football. Let me be perfectly clear on this: I don't even like college football games being played at neutral sites on American soil, save for a few exceptions like The Red River Shootout or The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Seeing a game get shipped off to a foreign land for no good reason is even more disgusting. I've written extensively in the past about the globalization of football and how it has gotten out of hand. Between the NFL going increasingly global and college trying to follow its lead, I'm not a fan of seeing our greatest sport being played overseas. I didn't like it when we started playing week zero games in Dublin, and I sure as hell didn't appreciate this game being played in Brazil, so the fact that cooler heads prevailed and brought this ACC showdown back stateside is music to my ears as well as the ears of college football purists everywhere. College football games should be played on college campuses. End of story. I don't know why that is such a hard concept for the people in power to grasp, yet here we are. Most Power 4 stadiums are cathedrals and deserve to host as many home games as are humanly possible within a given season. Plus, student sections are a sacred tradition in college football. Moving the games off campus only weakens the fan representation from a student's perspective. It would be hard enough for the average sophomore at UVA to make the trek to a neutral site in Charlotte, let alone to South America. I don't know why the NCAA hates its own fans so much, but let's all just be happy that just this once, college football got a win it desperately needed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a669ee6011c3f4ea9545 ‘I Love It’: Trump Is Still in Favor of $1.8 Billion Payout Fund te 2026-06-03T22:10:49.513Z ‘I Love It’: Trump Is Still in Favor of $1.8 Billion Payout Fund Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said on Tuesday that the administration was “not moving forward with the fund, period,” after the plan drew bipartisan backlash. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a655ee6011c3f4ea953c Trump Signs Executive Order Removing Job Protections From Federal Workers te 2026-06-03T22:10:29.517Z Trump Signs Executive Order Removing Job Protections From Federal Workers The order is a response to resistance during the first Trump administration, when senior career government officials routinely pushed back against policies that appeared to exceed legal boundaries. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a427ee6011c3f4ea94cb Republicans uniting to beat Talerico: Paxton tells ‘Ruthless’ te 2026-06-03T22:01:11.369Z Republicans uniting to beat Talerico: Paxton tells ‘Ruthless’ In an exclusive interview following last week’s runoff victory in Texas, Republican nominee Ken Paxton told the Ruthless Podcast that his party is uniting behind him to beat Democrat State Rep. James Talarico in the general election. "We’ve got to go on and beat the Democrat. That's the key. The guy that I'm running against, as you well know, is quite radical and maybe would have trouble getting elected in California if he's so radical," the Texas Attorney General said in an interview that will be released Thursday morning.  After receiving President Donald Trump’s endorsement, Paxton defeated incumbent Senator John Cornyn. With Republicans currently holding a 53–47 majority in the Senate, Democrats hope that Talarico will flip the pivotal Longhorn State seat blue. Talarico has faced controversy for comments where he cited his faith to defend abortion, referred to God as non-binary, and said the subject he thinks about most is transgender children. In a state known for its barbecue, Talarico also committed to running a "no-meat campaign" in 2022. ‘GOD IS NON-BINARY’: TEXAS DEM NOMINEE TALARICO’S PAST REMARKS ON ABORTION, RACE AND GENDER DRAW SCRUTINY Podcast co-host John Ashbrook noted that Democrats are trying to reshape Talarico’s image heading into the general election. "This guy is somebody who is a complete lunatic, and they are trying to reshape his image into something that everybody knows it's not," Ashbrook said. "I mean, you can see their tweets. You can see they're all working overtime to try to pretend like this guy is some kind of moderate, and we know that he is a left-wing lunatic." Paxton visited the DC studio on a trip to the capital city to meet with President Trump and Senate Republicans. The candidate was seen walking out of Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-S.D.) office on Wednesday. JOHN THUNE GOES 'ALL IN' FOR KEN PAXTON AFTER BITTER PRIMARY RIPPED GOP APART In his first interview since the meeting, Paxton told the Fellas that it was his first time meeting Thune in person.   "I don’t think I'd ever met him, actually, in person," Paxton said. "[Thune was] very gracious, I think [we had] a good conversation about the future and working together and making sure that we make sure that Texas stays Republican because we need it to. If we lose Texas, I think the whole country's in trouble." Bloomberg previously reported that Paxton had scheduled a fundraiser with the state’s other senator, Ted Cruz.  In follow-up reporting, the Washington Reporter covered that Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) would cohost Cruz’s event. Paxton’s interview took place as part of the Ruthless Midterm Interview Series, an ongoing initiative to interview major candidates across the country. The hosts have already interviewed candidates in 15 states, with more scheduled ahead of the November midterms.  Texans will head to the polls for the general election on November 3rd to decide between Paxton and Talarico. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a413ee6011c3f4ea94c2 Unruly passengers could be banned for life from multiple airlines under new proposal te 2026-06-03T22:00:51.436Z Unruly passengers could be banned for life from multiple airlines under new proposal Airline passengers who become abusive or disruptive during flights could soon face bans from multiple carriers under a new proposal being considered. The plan would allow airlines in the U.K. to share information about problematic passengers — and potentially prevent those individuals from booking flights with other airlines, according to reporting by the BBC. Currently, travelers banned by one airline can often simply book with another carrier. FLIGHT PASSENGER YELLS, ‘I WANT OFF,’ CALLS CREW ‘IDIOTS’ AND YANKS OPEN EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR Government officials are expected to meet with airlines this month to discuss how a national database of disruptive passengers could operate, the same source reported. The unusual proposal comes as airlines continue to deal with incidents involving intoxicated, aggressive or unruly passengers, particularly during busy travel periods. "Everyone should be able to enjoy a pint at the airport, but antisocial behavior on flights is totally unacceptable," a government source told the BBC. The national database would be co-operatively managed by the government and the airline industry, the BBC said.  OUTRAGED PASSENGERS SAY PARENTS DITCHED ROWDY KIDS IN COACH WHILE THEY UPGRADED TO FIRST CLASS Not everyone is convinced such a proposal is the right solution. Gary Leff, a Texas-based travel industry expert and author of the blog "View From the Wing," told Fox News Digital that significant questions remain about how such a system would work in practice. "Government coordination in creating a travel blacklist — which encourages one airline's ban to apply to several — raises huge due process concerns," Leff said. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER He noted that airlines may have different standards for banning passengers and different procedures for investigating onboard incidents. "A dispute with a flight attendant about a carry-on bag in the overhead bin, and whether a passenger said something offensive or was misunderstood, can escalate," Leff said.  "The airline backs up their employee, and now it's no longer just a decision about whether to do business with one customer again, but whether that individual has a right to travel at all." Leff also questioned whether the proposal would significantly reduce disruptive behavior. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "It's often mental health or substance abuse that causes disruptive behavior [aboard a plane]," he said.  "Ratcheting up the penalty, including lifetime travel bans, may not have much of an effect on someone in that condition. It also provides little role for recovery." Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian proposed a similar system in the United States in 2022 — but the idea never gained traction, Leff noted. The proposal sparked debate online, with some travelers supporting tougher consequences for disruptive passengers. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Good, I don't want to fly with them either," one Reddit user wrote. Another commenter called the proposal "a great idea," saying that passengers, airline employees and others involved in air travel would benefit from stronger measures against unruly travelers. Others questioned who would decide whether a passenger belongs on a nationwide ban list. "Who's going to determine who's problematic enough to get banned, and under what criteria?" one user asked. Several commenters also raised concerns about due process — and whether airlines should have the power to effectively prevent someone from flying across multiple carriers. "This is something that needs an impartial judge to decide on," another Reddit user wrote. "Not something an airline should decide on its own." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a20dee6011c3f4ea940e House passes War Powers Resolution to force Trump to end the war he launched against Iran te 2026-06-03T21:52:13.032Z House passes War Powers Resolution to force Trump to end the war he launched against Iran President Donald Trump salutes as a U.S. Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Declan J. Coady at Dover Air Force Base on March 7, 2026 in Delaware. Six soldiers from the 103rd Sustainment Command were killed in action by an Iranian drone strike on March 1 in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a resolution Wednesday to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran and require congressional approval for further military action in the country. The 215-208 vote, in which four Republicans voted with all Democrats to adopt the resolution, is the strongest rebuke to date against Trump’s handling of the months-long war that has left more than a dozen military troops dead, killed thousands of Iranian civilians and disrupted global supply chains of fertilizer and oil with the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz.  The War Powers Resolution nearly passed the House last month, but failed on a 212-212 tie. The measure is a tool for Congress to limit the president’s ability to initiate or escalate military actions. Several similar efforts in the Senate have failed. However, following the Republican primary loss of Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Louisianan joined with Democrats and several GOP senators in a vote to move the measure forward. A vote on final passage on the Senate measure has not been scheduled. Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, sponsored the resolution in that chamber. Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has a separate War Powers Resolution that would force the president to withdraw troops from Lebanon. Israel, with weapons and funding from the United States, has launched an assault on that nation. The passage of the resolution in the GOP-controlled House was the latest sign of growing dissent against Trump among congressional Republicans.  Senate Republicans balked at Trump’s effort to create a nearly $1.8 billion fund to pay people who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Justice Department, including those who were convicted and later pardoned by the president for attacking the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.  The Trump administration backed away from the fund after disputes over it halted work on legislation to fund immigration and deportation activities for the rest of the president’s second term. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a1f5ee6011c3f4ea93ef Dave Roberts calls criticism of Dodgers' spending 'lazy,' says rivals should 'look in the mirror' te 2026-06-03T21:51:49.990Z Dave Roberts calls criticism of Dodgers' spending 'lazy,' says rivals should 'look in the mirror' The Los Angeles Dodgers are ruining baseball. That's the endless complaint from a number of uninformed fans, outside observers, certain media members and opposing owners happy to push for a salary cap to guarantee themselves more profits. A few years ago, however, they were the laughingstock of the sport. When they won the 2020 World Series in Arlington, these same fans and outsiders called it a "Mickey Mouse ring" that didn't count. The Dodgers then won 106 games in 2021, only to be eliminated in the playoffs by an Atlanta Braves team that went 88-73. After winning 111 regular season games in 2022, they won just one postseason game, losing in the NLDS to the 89-73 San Diego Padres who finished 22 games back in the standings. In 2023, they once again won 100 games, only to get swept in the NLDS by the 84-78 Arizona Diamondbacks. After all these failures, fans derisively referred to the Dodgers as "chokers," without a single full-season title since 1988. In each of these seasons, the Dodgers ranked at or near the top in team payroll. They still lost in the playoffs to teams that won under 90 games. Fast forward two years, and they are now presented as villains in a way no other team has since the late 1990s Yankees teams. And it's pretty clear they realize how poorly reasoned these complaints actually are. SMALL MARKET MLB TEAMS ARE OUTPERFORMING BIG PAYROLLS, UNDERMINING OWNERS' PUSH TO CANCEL 2027 SEASON "My honest opinion is the majority of takes about the Dodgers couldn’t be more lazy," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told Bob Nightengale of USA TODAY Sports this week, "that it’s just about the payroll. It’s about the draft. It’s about layering on where we pick in the draft annually. The player development. How we acquire international talent. How we perform consistently at the major-league level. "I actually think it’s a competitive advantage in the sense that people feel that way, and not look at themselves in the mirror and see how they can operate things better. So that’s beneficial for us." Utility man Miguel Rojas agreed. "At the end of the day," he said, "it’s not about wasting money or spending money to buy the best players because that’s not going to guarantee you anything. You can see it. There are another five or six clubs close to us in payroll, and they haven’t accomplished it. That’s why people aren’t talking about them, because they haven’t won. "People just talk about us." The Dodgers came from behind late in Game 7 of the 2025 World Series, shocking the Blue Jays in Toronto. Who were the players responsible? Max Muncy, who the Dodgers picked up essentially for free as a minor-league free agent, hit a towering home run in the eighth inning to make the score 4-3. Miguel Rojas, a backup signed by the Dodgers for virtually nothing, by today's baseball standards, to provide depth, hit the game-tying homer in the ninth inning. Will Smith became the hero in the 11th inning, a player the Dodgers drafted at the end of the first round and turned into one of the best catchers in the sport. The 2024 NLCS MVP was Tommy Edman. The hero of Game 3 of the 2025 World Series was reliever Will Klein, who was DFA'd twice last season by the Seattle Mariners and Athletics. LA identified some qualities in his repertoire they believed could be improved, and it's possible they don't win the series without him. "Having the payroll and the depth that gives you," Roberts added, pointing out the team's player development, "certainly is a benefit. No one’s debating that. But I do think that the players we acquire, how we play the game every night, getting younger players to assimilate in a star-studded clubhouse, that’s important. That’s hard to quantify, but that’s of value. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "If you look at the World Series the last couple of years, there’s a lot of home-grown guys making league minimum that have been on postseason rosters." Again, if "buying" a championship were possible, why haven't the Mets and Yankees won in the last 15 years? The Mets, for example, haven't won since 1986. They've spent a nearly identical number on player payroll as the Dodgers have over the last five seasons. The Yankees haven't won since 2009, despite routinely ranking in the top three. Of course, money is an advantage. It's also not the only thing that matters. The Dodgers' key acquisitions this past offseason were Kyle Tucker and Edwin Diaz. Diaz had an ERA over 10 before going down for several months with arm surgery. Tucker is having the worst season of his career, hitting just .235 with four home runs. Meanwhile, LA's bullpen has been helped out by Klein, homegrown player Kyle Hurt, Edgardo Henriquez, Jack Dreyer, Alex Vesia and Blake Treinen. Their ability to find talent everywhere is the reason they surpass other teams who spend more. And it's why they're such an easy excuse. Identifying unheralded players is hard. Complaining about money is easy. Oh, and as Roberts said, it's lazy too. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a1e2ee6011c3f4ea93e6 Republicans defy Johnson to advance Democrat-backed Ukraine aid te 2026-06-03T21:51:30.551Z Republicans defy Johnson to advance Democrat-backed Ukraine aid House Democrats scored a rare victory on Wednesday after the chamber voted to advance a security package providing new military aid for Ukraine and imposing steep sanctions on Russia. The Democrat-sponsored legislation cleared a procedural vote 218-204 with all Democrats present voting in the affirmative. Seven members of the House Republican conference supported the measure in a notable display of defiance against GOP leadership.  The security package would reaffirm U.S. support for Ukraine and NATO, authorize more than $1 billion in new military assistance, support Ukraine's postwar reconstruction, and impose new sanctions on Russia and entities that support its war effort if Moscow continues the war, among other provisions.  The measure now heads for a vote on final passage, where it is expected to pass as soon as Thursday.  ANOTHER NATO ALLY SIGNS ONTO EUROPEAN NUCLEAR UMBRELLA AS CONTINENT BOOSTS SELF-DEFENSE Its fate in the Republican-controlled Senate remains uncertain, where a bipartisan effort to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia has stalled for more than a year despite overwhelming support. Trump is expected to veto the legislation if it reaches his desk. The vote came after Democrats and a handful of Republicans teamed up to force consideration of the legislation over the objections of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who controls the floor.  Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Don Bacon, R-Neb., and Kevin Kiley, I-Calif., crossed party lines to sign the Democratic-led discharge petition, a legislative maneuver that allows lawmakers to trigger a vote on legislation with majority support. "This is our opportunity to provide the leverage that could prove decisive in ending this conflict on acceptable terms in a way that will deter future Russian aggression," Kiley, an independent who caucuses with Republicans, told Fox News Digital in an interview. "It’s just inconceivable that we should not be having additional sanctions against working with Putin," Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., who supported the underlying bill’s advancement, told Fox News. "Over and over again, we need to be standing with the courageous people of Ukraine." "We need to stop what Putin is doing, which is trying to resurrect the Soviet Union," he added. 6 HOUSE REPUBLICANS DEFY TRUMP ON KEY AGENDA ITEM IN DEM-PUSHED VOTE The measure was vigorously opposed by Republican leadership, who argued the pro-Ukraine measure was poorly drafted and undermined the administration’s efforts to end the years-long conflict, which has been estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands. The bill calls for NATO countries to increase defense spending to 2% of GDP prior to NATO’s Washington Summit — an event that occurred nearly two years ago in July 2024. Trump also secured a newer commitment from allies in 2025 to hike defense spending to 5% of their economic output over the course of a decade.  Additionally, the legislation mandates that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a taxpayer-funded outlet, have its funding restored after the Trump administration sought to cut off the outlet's congressionally approved funding in 2025. Federal courts later ordered the funding restored amid an ongoing legal battle. The Russia-Ukraine war has continued with no end in sight, despite Trump’s vow to end the conflict upon returning to office. Proponents of the Ukraine Support Act argue that the legislative branch should pressure the Trump administration to take a harder line against Russian President Vladimir Putin. "This is the moment for Congress to assert itself," Kiley told Fox News Digital. "We’re seeing just further brutality on the part of Russia now, and so I think that if Congress gets involved in a meaningful way, it could provide the decisive leverage to finally bring about a resolution." The successful discharge petition is the latest instance in which a majority of lawmakers have worked around Johnson’s opposition to put legislation on the floor.  "Democrats have repeatedly governed in the minority as if we were in the majority, and we're going to do so again this week," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Tuesday, arguing his party is displaying support for "the free world, for democracy, for truth and the Ukrainian people" by forcing a vote on the security package.  The use of discharge petitions, a rarely used tool historically deployed by the minority, has exploded under Johnson’s leadership. A coalition of Democrats and a handful of Republicans has used the legislative maneuver to force votes on legislation compelling the release of the Epstein files, extending legal protections to Haitian nationals and overturning a regulation targeting federal employees' collective bargaining rights. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a1ceee6011c3f4ea93dd Former primary rival resurfaces to challenge scandal-plagued Graham Platner in Maine Senate race te 2026-06-03T21:51:10.632Z Former primary rival resurfaces to challenge scandal-plagued Graham Platner in Maine Senate race Scandal-plagued democratic socialist Graham Platner’s continued controversies have led his former primary rival to speak out and remind Mainers that she remains on the ballot despite having suspended her campaign. Platner has been hit with one controversy after another, though he remains the heavy favorite heading into next Tuesday’s primary contest, as his only active opponent, David Costello, has failed to gain traction. But Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who suspended her campaign for Senate earlier this year, dropped a potential bombshell in comments to a Lewiston Sun-Journal columnist by suggesting Democrats could still vote for her in their effort to unseat 30-year incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, New England’s last remaining federal Republican officeholder. "People have the impression that I withdrew or dropped out," Mills said, according to columnist Steve Collins. "I simply suspended active campaigning. I am still on the ballot," said Mills — an outspoken Trump critic who got publicly reprimanded by the president during a White House lunch earlier this year over the subject of biological men in girls’ sports. DEM PRIMARY TURNS UGLY: MILLS UNLEASHES BRUTAL ATTACK ON SANDERS-BACKED PLATNER IN CRUCIAL SENATE SHOWDOWN While fundraising struggles were cited in Maine media reports as a key reason Mills paused her campaign, Platner has charged ahead through one controversy after another. His "Totenkopf" chest tattoo — one used by German Nazi concentration camp guards — has been the controversy most frequently cited by Republicans, while his campaign also became embroiled in a separate controversy when a consultant asked Massachusetts-based sports media personality David Portnoy to collaborate on an anti-private-equity campaign against the Boston Red Sox front office. Portnoy balked at the suggestion, citing his Jewish faith and Platner’s Nazi tattoo. Platner also defended himself after a Reddit post resurfaced in which he called former Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial candidate Teddy Daniels a "dumb motherf----er" for being badly wounded in a Taliban siege, blaming "poor marksmanship" by the Afghan terrorists for the Republican’s survival. Otherwise dormant since April 30, Mills’ campaign X account sprang back to life June 1 with a post commemorating Pride Month. PLATNER CONTROVERSIES FUEL SPECULATION ABOUT LITTLE-KNOWN MAINE BALLOT REPLACEMENT PROVISION "Everyone deserves the freedom to live authentically and marry who they love without fear. I’m proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community, today and every day," Mills said. Meanwhile, Steve Collins wrote in the column containing Mills’ comments that an increasing number of female independent and Democratic voters in Maine are troubled by Platner’s scandals. He wrote that their collective umbrage is "more likely to kill [Platner’s] campaign… than greedy millionaires." Susan Collins’ counterpart in the Senate is registered Independent Sen. Angus King Jr., who caucuses with Democrats and reliably votes with them. Fox News Digital reached out to the Platner campaign and Mills’ office for comment. The Pine Tree State’s primary is June 9. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20a1a4ee6011c3f4ea93bb House Advances New Sanctions on Russia and Aid to Ukraine te 2026-06-03T21:50:28.653Z House Advances New Sanctions on Russia and Aid to Ukraine After G.O.P. leaders blocked additional aid to Ukraine, six Republicans and an Independent joined Democrats to force the measure to the floor against the wishes of the speaker. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209f76ee6011c3f4ea933f Justice Department launches Title VI investigation into DEI programs at Arizona State University te 2026-06-03T21:41:10.642Z Justice Department launches Title VI investigation into DEI programs at Arizona State University The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced on Wednesday that it launched an investigation into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at Arizona State University (ASU) after it identified recent viral videos indicating the school denied equal treatment to students based on race, color or national origin. In a statement released by the DOJ, officials alleged the discrimination was carried out while the university was attempting to hide its practices from federal scrutiny, prompting the investigation. "No student should be denied access to opportunities or resources because of race, color, or national origin," said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. "The United States is committed to keeping universities free of unlawful discrimination — especially when they try to hide illegal conduct to avoid oversight and compliance." TOP MEDICAL SCHOOL MOVED DEI OFFICE TO SECRET LOCATION AS IT TRIES TO 'EVADE ACCOUNTABILITY': LEGAL GROUP Federal law requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to open their doors to students on an equal basis, regardless of race, color or national origin. ASU is one of the nation’s largest universities and is a major recipient of federal funds. The division’s investigation will examine whether ASU subjects its students to illegal discrimination through its DEI policies in admissions, recruitment, scholarships, tutoring and the provision of educational support, according to the DOJ. An ASU spokesperson told Fox News Digital the university "complies fully with federal law and does not discriminate in admissions." "Not only would doing so violate Arizona Board of Regents and ASU policy, but ASU has since 2010 operated under a state constitutional provision that prohibits preferential treatment or discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public education," the spokesperson said.  "ASU is aware of the Department of Justice’s press release regarding an investigation and of the ‘recent viral videos’ referred to in it," they added. "The university has no comment on these videos, as ASU does not comment on secret video recordings of its employees who are not authorized to speak on behalf of the university." DOJ officials clarified the Civil Rights Division has not reached any conclusions about the subject matter of the investigation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209f49ee6011c3f4ea9300 Judge dismisses deportation case against Tucson Dreamer te 2026-06-03T21:40:25.666Z Judge dismisses deportation case against Tucson Dreamer Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209d34ee6011c3f4ea92ad Country star Wyatt Flores announces new album 'Scared of Heights,' new song out Friday te 2026-06-03T21:31:32.711Z Country star Wyatt Flores announces new album 'Scared of Heights,' new song out Friday Rising country music star Wyatt Flores has a new album on the way. The 24-year-old singer from Oklahoma is riding a lot of positive momentum in the genre, and his red dirt style is a massive hit with fans. Few have enjoyed rises in popularity over the past year like he has, and Flores now appears ready to take things to the next level. Flores hopped on Instagram earlier in the week to share some major news: COUNTRY MUSIC SENSATION WYATT FLORES SHOCKS INTERNET WITH NEW SONG, UNEXPECTED COLLABORATION He has a new album coming out. Flores announced that "Scared of Heights" will be released on July 31, and his new single "Half the Man" comes out this Friday. The talented singer announced the following on Instagram: SABRINA CARPENTER, 'AMERICA'S GOT TALENT' WINNER RICHARD GOODALL AMONG BREAKOUT MUSIC STARS OF 2024 You can check out the post below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. It's great to see the world of country music continue to explode, and Flores is right at the front of the movement. His song "Drive All Night" made waves as soon as it came out, and I have no doubt his upcoming album will also be outstanding. His fans wouldn't expect anything less. Now, fans sit and wait until July 31! It's going to be a very fun summer of country music. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209d20ee6011c3f4ea92a4 Trump suffers rare House defeat as bipartisan vote moves to withdraw troops from Iran conflict te 2026-06-03T21:31:12.793Z Trump suffers rare House defeat as bipartisan vote moves to withdraw troops from Iran conflict President Donald Trump suffered a rare defeat in the House of Representatives on Wednesday after Democrats joined by a handful of Republicans voted to sharply curb his war powers in Iran.  Lawmakers voted 215-208 to withdraw troops from using military force against Iran absent congressional authorization.  All Democrats present voted for the measure to effectively halt the U.S. military campaign against Iran. Meanwhile, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Warren Davison, R-Ohio, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Tom Barrett, R-Mich., were the lone Republicans to buck the president and support the war powers resolution. Massie, an ardent foe of the president who lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger, and Davidson, a libertarian-aligned lawmaker have criticized the war in Iran. Meanwhile, Fitzpatrick and Barrett are both facing potentially difficult re-election bids in swing districts. SWING-DISTRICT REPUBLICAN BREAKS WITH TRUMP, PUSHES LIMITS ON IRAN WAR A majority of Republicans, however, sided with the president as Democrats sought to put them on the record. "It’s just a total BS vote. I think there’s no Democrat, no Republican that can tell you what forces they would want pulled from Iran," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., told Fox News. "They just want a stupid political vote, which is what this is." The successful war powers vote is largely a symbolic loss for Trump given an expected presidential veto and the lack of a veto-proof majority. Even if Congress did cobble together a supermajority to force the president’s hand, it’s unclear whether Trump would ultimately withdraw U.S. forces. Trump administration officials have repeatedly argued the 1973 War Powers Resolution requiring congressional oversight of military action is unconstitutional.  The Senate advanced a similar resolution curbing the president’s war powers in May. But Democrats in both chambers have not yet gotten behind a bicameral measure that could be sent to Trump’s desk.  US ALLY KUWAIT CONDEMNS 'BRUTAL AND ONGOING IRANIAN ATTACKS' AFTER AIRPORT WAS HIT The GOP defections come as a growing number of Republicans have started to sour on the president’s handling of the war. For weeks, Trump has floated a potential deal with Iran to end hostilities, but both sides have continued to trade strikes amid stalled negotiations. Roughly six in ten voters oppose military action against Iran, according to a Fox News poll published in May. However, 72% of respondents said the U.S. is winning the war. Some Republicans argued the war powers resolution would undermine efforts to end the conflict, which they said has largely subsided since the first ceasefire was announced in early April. "It doesn’t seem like it’s much of a war at this point," Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-Ariz., told Fox News. "I know there's some skirmishes back and forth, but we’ve got to give President Trump the latitude to negotiate." "So people who are trying to get in his way, I think, are being a little foolish right now," he added. "The war for all intents and purposes ended back in April." Republican leadership initially delayed the vote on the Democratic-led resolution in late May following attendance issues among GOP lawmakers. "We had a vote because of this president's war of choice that was going to pass. We had the votes. Without question, and they knew it," House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., who led the resolution, told reporters following the scrapped vote. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209cf6ee6011c3f4ea9283 Park Service Awards No-Bid Contract to Cover Bridge Statues in Gold te 2026-06-03T21:30:30.235Z Park Service Awards No-Bid Contract to Cover Bridge Statues in Gold Originally estimated to cost $2.4 million, the government will now spend $5 million to restore the bronzes in time for Independence Day. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209adaee6011c3f4ea9213 Shopping for America 250? Here's what's actually made in the USA — and what's imported te 2026-06-03T21:21:30.473Z Shopping for America 250? Here's what's actually made in the USA — and what's imported As America 250 approaches, more shoppers are seeking out products made in the United States. We rounded up standout American-made brands and identified which products are still manufactured domestically and which ones are imported. From All American Clothing jeans and Estwing tools to select New Balance sneakers  and All-Clad cookware, these are the tried-and-true American-made picks worth buying. READ MORE: America 250 is coming: What to know and the best commemorative gear to buy Made in the USA: All American Clothing, Tecovas Few clothing brands still manufacture or assemble products in the United States, but these brands continue to make select items here at home. Imported: Levi's, Wrangler These brands manufacture most of their clothing overseas, but they're still known for producing durable, long-lasting pieces. A pair of All American Clothing jeans uses 100% cotton from domestic farms. They have a diamond-shaped gusset that lets you move more freely, and they're one of the few pairs of jeans still made in the U.S. for less than $100. The Wies Made Artcher jacket provides a classic jean jacket style with denim from Georgia. Inspired by vintage hunting jackets, it provides extra room to move comfortably, and the brass hardware (also crafted in Georgia) elevates the jacket even more. If you're shopping for a rugged pair of jeans, Tecovas' heritage denim line uses American-milled denim from Georgia. The Slim Straight fit has a tailored look through the hips and thighs, with a roomy straight leg below the knee. Made in the USA: New Balance (select styles), Danner, Keen Few sneaker brands still manufacture footwear in the United States, but New Balance, Danner and Keen produce select styles domestically using American-made materials and even U.S.-based factories. Imported: Most New Balance styles While New Balance manufactures some sneakers in the United States, many of its more affordable styles come from factories overseas. This pair of American-made New Balance shoes has FuelCell foam cushioning for all-day comfort and better arch support. A suede-and-mesh upper adds breathability, while giving you an athletic look. For a pair of long-lasting work boots, go with U.S.-made Danner steel-toe boots. The lightweight design and unlined leather help reduce sweat buildup. An electrical hazard rating provides extra protection against workplace shocks. READ MORE: 16 tough men's work boots for mud, rain and grit – from Timberland to Carhartt Keen's Durand collection includes waterproof hiking boots made in America. The all-terrain traction and heel lock ensure your feet stay secure on rocky trails, muddy fields and even icy slopes. Made in the USA: Saatva, WinkBeds, Naturepedic Several mattress brands continue to manufacture their products in the United States. These three are known for building mattresses domestically using high-quality materials. Imported: Many boxed mattress brands Many bed-in-a-box brands source some of their materials or components from overseas, even though final assembly usually takes place in the United States. Original price: $2,179 Saatva's Classic mattress includes a lumbar zone that works to keep your spine properly aligned, no matter what position you sleep in. Its pillow-top design brings a softer feel, and the coil-and-foam construction gives you and your partner long-lasting support. Each mattress is made to order and delivered fully expanded with white-glove service. Original price: $2,570 Customize The Winkbed to your liking with four firmness options. The award-winning bed combines gel foam and coils to balance support and comfort. A breathable cover also lets you sleep cooler. Original price: $2,399 A Naturepedic organic mattress uses only certified organic materials. The zippered design lets you personalize the feel by adding or removing stuffing as needed. Customers can also exchange layers during the first 100 days. Made in the USA: All-Clad, Lodge These brands continue to manufacture select cookware in the United States, producing everything from stainless steel pots and pans to cast-iron skillets. Imported: T-fal, Cuisinart Though extremely popular and affordable, these brands manufacture much of their cookware overseas. While these products aren't American-made, they're still known for their reliability and durability. A factory in Pennsylvania makes this 12-inch All-Clad pan. The versatile build and included lid can sear, steam and simmer all your favorite foods. It even safely goes in the oven, letting you move seamlessly from the stovetop to the table. Cast iron pans give you a deep sear and even heat distribution others can't. This 3-piece set from Lodge includes different sizes, all pre-seasoned right out of the box. Made in Tennessee, they're great camping companions. Enjoy two pans in one with a Lodge Dutch oven. The lid doubles as a frying pan or fits over the pot when you want to bake, roast or steam. Cast iron construction distributes heat evenly, reducing hot spots that can burn your food. Made in the USA: Estwing, Leatherman If you're shopping for a new hammer or multi-tool, these particular brands continue to manufacture many of their products in the United States. Imported: Craftsman, Ryobi, Stanley These popular tool brands manufacture many of their products overseas. While they aren't American-made, they're still widely used and trsuted. Original price: $36.99 Estwing's reduction grip hammer is an American-made, ultra-durable option that’s easy to hold. Forged from a single, solid piece of steel, you get no breaking points, ensuring the tool lasts longer. Plus, the grip is built to absorb shock as you work. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209ac6ee6011c3f4ea920a New ways to prevent flu revealed in 'accidental' lab breakthrough, study finds te 2026-06-03T21:21:10.624Z New ways to prevent flu revealed in 'accidental' lab breakthrough, study finds An accidental lab discovery has opened the door to entirely new ways of preventing the flu. While investigating how influenza replicates, researchers discovered that different flu strains use completely different strategies to infiltrate human cells, SWNS reported. By targeting the specific molecules the viruses rely on, scientists found that they could block them from entering new cells and halt their replication altogether. 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE GETTING YOUR FLU SHOT, ACCORDING TO DOCTORS Researchers say these "fundamental insights" into seasonal influenza highlight a clear path toward developing better preventive medications. "The hope is that fundamental, curiosity-based research like this helps to pave the way for novel strategies to treat and prevent influenza infections," principal investigator Dr. Emily Bruce, from the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine, said in the SWNS report. While several flu strains cause illness, H1N1 and H3N2 influenza A viruses are the most common. However, current flu tests cannot differentiate between them, and clinical treatments are identical for both. Although vaccines and antivirals are available, Bruce noted a "dire" need for better medications to stop the virus from spreading cell to xxcell. "You don’t get sick when a virus is in one cell," he noted. "You get sick because a virus replicates itself and goes into many more cells." HOW LONG YOU’RE CONTAGIOUS WITH THE FLU — AND WHEN IT’S SAFE TO GO OUT The study, which was published in The Journal of Virology, originally aimed to map how viral RNA segments are transported within cells to create new viral particles. The team used H1N1 and H3N2 viruses isolated from the nasal passages of positive patients in 2022. During the investigation, the team unexpectedly stumbled upon a cellular pathway that blocked the virus from entering lung cells, SWNS reported. RESEARCHERS LOCKED FLU PATIENTS IN A HOTEL WITH HEALTHY ADULTS — NO ONE GOT SICK The data revealed that when a specific human protein called Rab11B was depleted, H3N2 viruses failed to enter human lung cells. H1N1 viruses were completely unaffected. Using reverse genetics, the team mapped this defect and uncovered a brand-new, H3N2-specific role for Rab11B during viral entry. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES This discovery challenged the scientific assumption that all flu viruses enter cells the same way. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER "Viruses are like pirates from different countries hijacking someone’s ship," Bruce said. "Different viruses, like different types of pirates, use different methods to get onboard." "We had previously thought that all flu viruses used the same way to get into a cell, but we discovered that this is not true," she went on. "H1N1 and H3N2 need different proteins to get in, and if you get rid of the right protein, a specific virus can’t get in." While these findings identify a critical cellular pathway for viral entry, the study was conducted using isolated cells, the researchers acknowledged. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Further research is needed to determine whether blocking the protein is safe and effective within a live, complex human respiratory system. Bruce and the team hope to conduct further research to determine whether this Rab11B-dependency is a fundamental property of H3N2, or if it's a trait unique to currently circulating flu strains. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209a9dee6011c3f4ea91e1 Eric Swalwell Won More Than 18,000 Votes Despite Suspending His Campaign te 2026-06-03T21:20:29.033Z Eric Swalwell Won More Than 18,000 Votes Despite Suspending His Campaign The former House member withdrew from the California governor’s race amid allegations of sexual assault. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209859ee6011c3f4ea915d Rupert Everett confesses 'I ruined myself' trying to build muscle for leading man roles te 2026-06-03T21:10:50.007Z Rupert Everett confesses 'I ruined myself' trying to build muscle for leading man roles Rupert Everett is revealing the dark side of Hollywood's body-image pressures. The veteran actor said years spent trying to sculpt the perfect leading-man physique have left him dealing with serious physical consequences decades later. "I ruined myself. Now I'm almost crippled as a result," Everett confessed to The Guardian. SYDNEY SWEENEY SHARES HOLLYWOOD'S DISTURBING BEAUTY DEMAND WHEN SHE WAS 16 YEARS OLD The "My Best Friend's Wedding" star, 67, noted that years of intense weightlifting in the 1980s and 1990s have left him dealing with lasting health issues. He explained how he neglected key aspects of training that could have helped protect his body from injury. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I could never be bothered to do all those things, like stretching, which were necessary for lifting weights, because your tendons get tighter and tighter," Everett said. BILLY BOB THORNTON ABANDONS HOLLYWOOD'S EXTREME BODY TRANSFORMATION DEMANDS AFTER HEALTH CONCERNS "So boring. I didn't do any of that. So now my demise will be musculoskeletal, I think." Before Everett hit the weights, he found another way to bulk up his appearance. The British actor confessed he secretly wore custom-made bodysuits designed to make him look bigger, stronger and more muscular — even on movie sets. "I met these two queens in Tufnell Park [north London] who made bodysuits, and they made me a false bottom, false calves, false shoulders, false everything." Everett explained. "Yes [I wore them], in everything." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER According to Everett, the custom-made enhancements helped him display the image he felt was expected in the entertainment industry at the time. When asked whether directors were aware of the bodysuits, Everett said that he kept the secret to himself. "No! I'd go into the fittings for the costumes with all my things on," he replied. Fox News Digital has reached out to Everett for comment. Everett has built a decades-long career spanning film, television and theater, earning acclaim for roles in projects including "My Best Friend's Wedding," "An Ideal Husband" and "The Madness of King George." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2096d3ee6011c3f4ea90d8 Arizona cannot afford to keep obesity treatment out of reach for Medicaid patients te 2026-06-03T21:04:19.753Z Arizona cannot afford to keep obesity treatment out of reach for Medicaid patients Dr. Douglas Maready Imagine as a physician having treatment available that could help someone eliminate their chronic condition but not be able to provide it — not because it is out of stock, or because they do not meet the prescribing criteria, but simply because their health care plan does not cover it. This is the reality I see every day in my practice from patients diagnosed with obesity. Every day, I meet with people who have spent years trying to manage their disease through diet changes, exercise, behavior changes and other lifestyle modifications, and still suffer from the symptoms of their disease. What I’m describing isn’t just affecting a small subset of the population, either. Arizona is in the midst of a public health crisis. More than two-thirds of adults in our nation are classified as having obesity or overweight, and in Arizona’s Medicaid program alone, more than one-third of beneficiaries are living with the disease, and it’s driving billions of dollars in other health complications. If willpower alone could equal pounds shed on the scale, then most of my patients would never need to see me. The ongoing struggle many people face is due to the fact that obesity is a complex disease that can’t be cured with the same treatment approach for everyone. Obesity is driven by a range of biological, genetic, environmental and psychosocial factors, which really needs an individualized treatment plan that can consist of different tools. It always should include counseling on diet, exercise and behavior changes, but it often needs medication or even surgery. It’s not a one-size-fits-all or even a one-size-fits-most approach. Therefore, it is vital that patients be able to access every tool in a clinician’s toolbox to treat the disease. One major tool — GLP-1 obesity medications — remains unavailable for many Arizonans, especially low-income patients who rely on Medicaid. This treatment option represents a major medical breakthrough in obesity treatment. They not only enable significant weight loss, they also eliminate comorbidities. It begs the question: Why aren’t these drugs covered? Time and again, the justification is the same: the medications are too expensive. I understand the importance of fiscal prudence, which is why I argue that this talking point is misleading. It ignores the cost of doing nothing — the cost Arizona is already paying. Untreated obesity leads people to develop a number of serious conditions such as diabetes, heart attacks, hypertension, liver failure, stroke and even some cancers, just to name a few. All of these conditions are incredibly costly to treat and often result in more trips to the emergency room, lengthier hospital stays, and the need for intensive care. A recent study found obesity resulted in $201 million in additional Medicaid spending in Arizona and had a $1.1 billion negative impact on the state’s budget. Obesity also caused households to collectively spend $694 million in higher medical costs. When faced with the argument that the cost of GLP-1 obesity medications is too high, we must understand the facts: we are already paying for the disease. We are simply paying for the complications instead of investing in treatment that addresses the root cause. The cost for these medications is also changing, and federal efforts could help Arizona afford Medicaid coverage. By working with drug manufacturers or through federal CMS programs such as the BALANCE Program, our state can access these medications at a lower cost. It is worth noting that we do not deny coverage for treatment for other chronic diseases because of their cost or because patients may also need to make lifestyle changes. We do not withhold medications for hypertension or diabetes and tell patients to solve those diseases on their own. Obesity should be treated with the same seriousness and compassion as any other chronic disease. At the same time, we do have to make lifestyle counseling a more integral part of our treatment plans. I strongly believe expanding access to comprehensive obesity treatment, including coverage for FDA-approved medications, will improve patient outcomes and reduce long-term health care costs across our system. Recent models have shown this. Healthier patients require fewer medical interventions, especially when conditions that create additional diseases and complications are treated early. Arizona has an opportunity this legislative session to lead with evidence-based policy that recognizes obesity for what it is: a chronic disease deserving of comprehensive treatment. Dr. Douglas Maready is chief medical officer at Forte Well-Being and president of the Arizona Obesity Organization. The post Arizona cannot afford to keep obesity treatment out of reach for Medicaid patients first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2096baee6011c3f4ea90ac Knicks vs. Spurs NBA Finals preview: why one expert is picking New York to win the series te 2026-06-03T21:03:54.230Z Knicks vs. Spurs NBA Finals preview: why one expert is picking New York to win the series At the beginning of the season, I did a podcast with my good buddy, Geoff Clark. We picked our winners and discussed a variety of things from the NBA. There was talk about MVP and who would finish where, but I took the Thunder to win the NBA Championship. I doubled down with that at the beginning of the playoffs. I then tripled down on them by saying they would win Game 7 at home. I was wrong, and now we have the Knicks and Spurs in the NBA Finals. Getting to the postseason is half the battle, so let’s take a little bit of a look at how teams got here, then the matchups, and ultimately, my pick for who wins and the series spread. The Knicks were the third seed in the Eastern Conference at 53-29. They had a strong season, but I wouldn’t exactly say it was overly impressive. They were just 22-19 on the road in the regular season, and that, to me, is an indicator that a team might not be very good. Role players tend to play worse on the road, but there is more to it than just that. It can be a sign of a lack of focus or something else, as well. Whatever it is, they’ve been fine in the postseason, going 12-2 with their two losses by a combined two points. The Spurs had a much more difficult trip to get here, but their regular season saw them go 62-20 and secure the No. 2 seed in the conference. They have home court advantage here, and were 32-8 during the regular season at home. They have, however, lost three games at home this postseason. The Portland Trail Blazers took them to five games, the Minnesota Timberwolves (an ailing team) took them to six games, and the Thunder lost in seven. The Thunder were also missing their second-best player and a very good role player. 2026 NBA FINALS PREVIEW: NEW YORK KNICKS VS SAN ANTONIO SPURS BEST BETS FOR SERIES, MVP PLAYER PROPS I’m not trying to diminish the Spurs' accomplishments, but they didn’t exactly beat 100% healthy teams, and they struggled while doing it. If the Knicks had that happen to them, everyone would be discrediting them. The Knicks did get their own share of luck, now playing a team that went seven games in their previous series for the third straight time. Rest is a big advantage, but that doesn’t always mean everything. The Spurs are young, so I really don’t see fatigue being much of a factor. Keep in mind, this Knicks team also has a lot of miles on it, having played in the Conference Finals two years in a row, and having been under Tom Thibodeau who runs players into the ground for a few years. Despite playing just 14 games this postseason, the team has played a lot of hoops over the past few seasons. In terms of matchups, I expect to see Stephon Castle guarding Jalen Brunson. He’s the key to slowing the Knicks offense. Victor Wembanyama will be against Karl-Anthony Towns and do his best to help off and change Brunson’s drives, just as he did against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The key, in my opinion, is that OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges have to win their matchups. De’Aaron Fox hasn’t been a big scorer for the Spurs, but he brings that speed element that can be extremely difficult to deal with. NBA FINALS BETTING GUIDE: WHY JALEN BRUNSON AT +140 IS THE BEST POINTS LEADER VALUE IN THE SERIES The benches are fairly even, but the Spurs do have Keldon Johnson, who won the Sixth Man of the Year, and they have Dylan Harper. This team actually just has an embarrassment of riches if we’re being honest. We’ve seen the key to beating the Spurs – when the Thunder were knocking down their outside shots, they pushed the Spurs to the brink. When they weren’t, they struggled to score. Even in Game 7, one guy, Cason Wallace, was the lone bright spot for the Thunder role players as he was knocking down triples. So what is the Knicks' weakness? I don’t know that they have one. I’ve said this before, but Brunson is not as good as Gilgeous-Alexander, and he struggled in the series against the Spurs. This is going to be a tough matchup for both teams. Both of them will be inexperienced here. The more emotional team and the tired team should be the Spurs. However, in the NBA Cup, we saw the Knicks find ways to attack them. At the same time, the Spurs were the better team for three quarters of the game. That’s how I see this series. We may look back on it and say, the Spurs were the better team for most of the games, but the Knicks closed it out. I’ll take a shot and upset the entire New York fan base by taking them to win the series, but I also like the Knicks +1.5 games at -140. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2096a6ee6011c3f4ea90a3 Detective arrested after allegedly pulling gun on fellow officer for microwaving fish at police station te 2026-06-03T21:03:34.241Z Detective arrested after allegedly pulling gun on fellow officer for microwaving fish at police station A South Carolina detective was arrested and fired after he allegedly pointed his department-issued firearm at a fellow officer inside a police station, with a report citing an arrest warrant alleging the confrontation stemmed from the officer microwaving fish in a communal microwave. Michael Debiase, 46, was a detective with the Myrtle Beach Police Department. He was arrested June 2, and charged with pointing and presenting a firearm at a person. The New York Post reported, citing an arrest warrant, that Debiase allegedly pointed the weapon after becoming upset about another police officer microwaving fish at the station. The Myrtle Beach Police Department announced that it had "separated employment" with Debiase following an internal investigation into the incident. MASSACHUSETTS POLICE OFFICER SHOT BY COLLEAGUE DURING SERVICE OF RESTRAINING ORDER According to a statement posted on the department's Facebook page, the alleged incident involved Debiase "removing his department-issued firearm from its holster while in the PD briefing room and pointing it at another officer." The department did not specify whether the firearm was loaded. "He was placed on administrative leave immediately following the incident while investigations were conducted by the Myrtle Beach Police Department's Office of Professional Standards and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. Based on information learned during the Office of Professional Standards investigation, several policy violations were identified," the statement said. The department said its employees are entrusted with "professionalism, integrity, sound judgment, and respect for others." DALLAS POLICE EMPLOYEE FIRED AFTER ALLEGEDLY LYING ABOUT COLLEGE DEGREE "This incident does not reflect the values demonstrated by the men and women of the Myrtle Beach Police Department every day. However, it does demonstrate our commitment to accountability and our willingness to address conduct that falls short of our expectations," the statement continued. "The Myrtle Beach Police Department takes violations of policy and professional standards seriously. We remain committed to maintaining the trust of our community by holding our employees accountable and ensuring they uphold the high standards expected of those who serve the City of Myrtle Beach." According to South Carolina law, pointing a firearm at another person is a felony punishable by a fine determined by the court or a prison sentence of up to five years. MINNESOTA PROSECUTOR CHARGES ICE AGENT IN GUN INCIDENT AS SAVANAH HERNANDEZ CASE REMAINS UNCHARGED Debiase was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Horry County and released several hours later, according to court records. No bail was set. A representative for the Myrtle Beach Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for additional comment. Debiase is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 14. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209692ee6011c3f4ea909a Bessent sets record straight on Trump team dinner clash that nearly turned into a throwdown: ‘Kick his a--’ te 2026-06-03T21:03:14.310Z Bessent sets record straight on Trump team dinner clash that nearly turned into a throwdown: ‘Kick his a--’ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed his past clash with Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump’s newly tapped acting intelligence chief, after senators pressed him Wednesday over reports that he once threatened to punch him at a dinner party. "Did you actually tell Pulte you were going to punch them in the face," asked North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis on Wednesday, referencing reports from 2025 that Bessent threatened Pulte during a dinner.  "No sir, I actually said I was going to kick his ass," the secretary quipped.  The exchange during the Treasury's budget hearing renewed scrutiny of earlier reports detailing a clash between the two men, coming just days after Trump announced that the Federal Housing Finance Agency director would take on one of the government’s most sensitive national security responsibilities. DEM LASHES OUT AT BESSENT DURING HEATED COMMITTEE HEARING EXCHANGE: 'EXCUSE ME' Reports at the time found that Bessent allegedly accused Pulte of undermining him with the president and threatened to punch him in the face while at a dinner in September. But as senators pressed him about Pulte's elevation to acting director, Bessent downplayed the flared tempers and revealed that he called Tuesday to congratulate him. "Many teams squabble in the locker room and go out in the field," responded Bessent when asked if he was comfortable with Pulte’s appointment. When asked at the time about the alleged dinner quarrel, Bessent commented in September that it is not unprecedented to have Cabinet members to have physical altercations.  "Treasury secretaries dating back to Alexander Hamilton have a history of dueling," Bessent said in a CNBC interview. DC DINNER TURNS CHAOTIC AS CODEPINK ACTIVISTS CORNER TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT: 'BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS' Trump tapped Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte after former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced she would step down last month to support her husband following his diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer. TRUMP NAMES BILL PULTE ACTING DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE Pulte will remain FHFA director and chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while serving in the new post. Bessent also made headlines in April 2025 for an alleged face-to-face with SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk. The two men reportedly entered into a shouting match while in the West Wing over who would lead the IRS, Axios reported at the time. Democratic lawmakers have expressed their disagreement with the Pulte pick, calling his qualifications into question. "Trump's appointments of Bill Pulte to serve as acting director of national intelligence appears to have been a hastily considered backroom deal based on loyalty to Trump, not the security of our nation," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. "What exactly are Bill Pulte qualifications? Does he have a national security background? The answer would be no. Does he have a military background? The answer would be no. Does he have a law enforcement background? The answer would be no," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. He added, "What qualifies Bill Pulte to hold one of the most important national security positions for the United States of America? One thing, apparently, that Bill Pulte is willing to say anything or do anything that Donald Trump demands, no matter how reckless, vengeful or unlawful Donald Trump's demand may be." Fox News Digital reached out to the Treasury Department and DNI for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20967eee6011c3f4ea9091 WATCH: Sanders lashes out at GOP ‘morality’ while rallying behind Dem with Nazi-linked tattoo te 2026-06-03T21:02:54.313Z WATCH: Sanders lashes out at GOP ‘morality’ while rallying behind Dem with Nazi-linked tattoo Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., lashed out at towel-clad Republican staffers outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's (DSCC) headquarters this week after they confronted him and other top Dems over their support for scandal-plagued Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. Video obtained by Fox News Digital shows the Republican protesters, including staffers from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), dressed in towels to mock a sexually suggestive Kik profile photo of Platner that showed the Democratic Senate hopeful shirtless with a towel around his waist. "Do you support Graham Platner even though he's on Kik?" one protester asked Sanders outside the DSCC headquarters in Washington, D.C., where Platner and other top Dems were seen entering and exiting to meet with the embattled candidate ahead of his June 9 primary. Platner's campaign has been dogged by controversies, including a tattoo recognized as a Nazi symbol that he has since covered up, resurfaced Reddit posts that blamed rape victims, pushed racial stereotypes, mocked a Purple Heart veteran, and encouraged political violence, among other controversial comments on the popular blogging platform. WATCH: DEM SENATORS EXCUSE PLATNER'S CONDUCT AT CRISIS HUDDLE WITH EMBATTLED MAINE CANDIDATE Meanwhile, Platner's issues continued just days ahead of his primary after it was reported Platner had exchanged sexually-explicit text messages with other women during his marriage and had an active Kik profile featuring a shirtless mirror selfie with a towel around his waist, a photo GOP staffers appeared to mock outside the DSCC by showing up in towels. Kik is an anonymous messaging app linked to child exploitation cases, which child-safety groups have criticized as a "predator’s paradise." Chants of "Platner is a creep!" and "Delete your Kik!" alongside signs that read "PEDO PLATNER MESSAGED KIDS" could be seen in video of the demonstration caught by Fox News Digital. "Are you with the Republican party?" Sanders shot back in response to the protester's question about Platner's Kik account. CORY BOOKER ADMITS GRAHAM PLATNER 'HAS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER' FOLLOWING LATEST SCANDAL "It doesn't matter," the protester returned before Sanders lashed out about Republican "morality" amid the heated back-and-forth. "Are you talking about morality and corruption? With President Trump?" Sanders shouted at the protesters as he pointed back at them. "Have a nice day," he said before walking off. Fox News Digital has found no evidence that Platner communicated with minors on Kik. The controversy surrounding the account centers on the app’s child-safety reputation, the sexually suggestive profile photo and its emergence alongside separate reporting about Platner’s sexually explicit messages with women during his marriage. Meanwhile, Platner has disputed portions of the reporting surrounding his personal life, while his wife has criticized the disclosure of private details about their marriage. He has also apologized for past online comments and said the tattoo, which he has since covered, was obtained years ago without knowledge of its Nazi associations. The confrontation outside the DSCC underscored the increasingly public effort by Republicans to turn Platner’s controversies into a liability for national Democrats, including Sanders and other top party figures who have continued to stand by him ahead of Maine’s June 9 Democratic Senate primary. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20966aee6011c3f4ea9088 Joe Pavelski helps former teammate Tomas Hertl snap brutal goal drought at perfect time te 2026-06-03T21:02:34.394Z Joe Pavelski helps former teammate Tomas Hertl snap brutal goal drought at perfect time The Stanley Cup Final got off to a hot start on Tuesday night with a wild shootout between the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights, with the latter coming away with a 5-4 win. It was a back-and-forth affair with Carolina scoring on the first shot of the series from Nikolaj Ehlers, who tacked on another later in the period for good measure. But Vegas battled back to tie and then take the lead, and it was Tomas Hertl who potted what proved to be the game-winner. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! That was noteworthy because it was his second game-winner in three games. TOMAS HERTL SCORES GAME-WINNER AS GOLDEN KNIGHTS RALLY TO BEAT HURRICANES IN GAME 1 OF STANLEY CUP FINAL What's wild is that earlier this postseason, Hertl was in the midst of a 29-game goal drought. Hertl's former San Jose Sharks teammate, Joe Pavelski, was shocked to hear that stat during Game 3 of the Golden Knights' series against the Anaheim Ducks. "I knew he wasn't producing a lot, but I mean, I didn't know how much, I guess," Pavelski told NHL.com. "Then I heard one of the announcers say 29 games, and I was like, 'What?' But then they said how many chances he's been getting." So, Pavelski picked up his phone and called his former teammate. "My old teammate called me, Joe Pavelski, and he actually helped me a lot," Hertl said according to Sportsnet. "He’s a great goal scorer who has gone through a lot. He kind of called me and talked to me about just what to do, and I think the next day it was done; I got my first goal." Hertl scored in Game 4 against Anaheim, then again in Game 5. Then came the game-winning goal in Game 3 against the Avalanche, and now another against Carolina. This is one of those things you need if you want to win the Stanley Cup, but you just have to get lucky: you need guys to heat up at the right time. Hertl is doing it, and so is center Brett Howden, who leads the team with 11 goals this postseason after scoring 12 through 58 games in the regular season. Pavelski said he didn't do anything special when he called Hertl, but sometimes a quick pep talk is all it takes. "I didn't do anything special," he said. "I just reached out more or less just to check in as a friend. He was already playing good enough to produce more than what had gone in for himself. It was just reminders of a couple little things he could do, and he's just been really good." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209656ee6011c3f4ea907f 'The View' erupts after Hostin declares 'I would hold my nose' and vote for scandal-plagued Graham Platner te 2026-06-03T21:02:14.464Z 'The View' erupts after Hostin declares 'I would hold my nose' and vote for scandal-plagued Graham Platner Co-hosts of "The View" feuded on-air over whether Democrats should hold their noses and support Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner as he remains embroiled in multiple controversies. "Yesterday, I was sort of on the fence," co-host Sunny Hostin recalled. "I’m like, ‘Character matters, morals matter. I can’t believe that this is the person in Maine to take on Susan Collins.’ I’m now convinced that we are really in a bad place in this country. Democrats have to take over the Senate. They have to take over the House. They have to bring some semblance of normalcy back to this government." "If I lived in Maine, I would hold my nose and I would pull that lever and vote for him," she concluded. "That’s it." "I vehemently and strongly disagree with this," co-host Sara Haines replied. "I knew you would," Hostin retorted. WARREN CONFRONTED ON CALLING CONTROVERSIAL SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER HER 'KIND OF MAN' While Haines agreed that it is up to the people of Maine to decide who should represent them, she argued Americans need to do some soul-searching about political tribalism and basic standards of decency. "We have too many crappy people with no character, no integrity in D.C. And if we are going to say ‘Donald Trump is a problem. Look at this person, look at this person, look who he surrounds himself with’ — we can’t plug our nose and send someone there that’s an antisemitic person, racist, bigoted, sexist, you name it," she said. "His marriage is the least of my problems," Haines added. "In fact, that reminds me of just a church-going regular person. It’s everything else that is problematic to me that I would never be able to endorse. This is where it becomes so partisan, because it’s all about what jersey are you wearing?" She went on to say that she would rather vote for Platner’s opponent, Susan Collins, citing her bipartisan record. JOHN FETTERMAN ERUPTS OVER 'CREEPER' GRAHAM PLATNER, SUGGESTING HE'S A 'NAZI SYMPATHIZER' Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin argued that there is enough time for the Democratic Party to field a better candidate. "I’m just so deeply uncomfortable with the fact that it feels like we have Nazis to the right of me and Nazis to the left of me," Griffin said of modern politics in general. "I feel like we can't let that out of our sight. "Because we do," Haines agreed. "That’s where the extremes are meeting." Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee in Maine’s Senate race, has been dogged by scandals ranging from allegedly having sent sexually explicit messages to multiple women while married to his wife Amy Gertner, to having had a tattoo for decades that resembled the Nazi SS Totenkopf skull and crossbones insignia associated with concentration camp guards. "I mean, there’s so much baggage out there to be used by both sides," co-host Whoopi Goldberg said as she lamented the state of politics in general. She then referenced multiple political scandals when she said, "There has to be people out there who have not been accused of wearing bad tattoos or feeling up people." "Yes, we’re all flawed," she added, "But, come on." CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "All I’m saying is, I think we at some point should think about doing better on both sides," Goldberg said. When she noted Platner’s claim that he was not aware of the tattoo’s associations, Haines immediately pushed back, baffled as to how somebody could be unaware for 20 years that their tattoo had Nazi connections. "I’ll vote for the guy who says ‘I didn’t know," Goldberg said. "You criticized other folks for doing this," Griffin retorted. "My point does not change," Goldberg said, adding, "We need a better caliber, and it’s on us!" Fox News Digital reached out to Platner’s campaign and did not receive an immediate response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20962bee6011c3f4ea9061 Bessent Calls Clash With Bill Pulte a ‘Locker Room’ Fight te 2026-06-03T21:01:31.911Z Bessent Calls Clash With Bill Pulte a ‘Locker Room’ Fight Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had an argument with the housing finance director last year but now supports his appointment as acting director of national intelligence. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209617ee6011c3f4ea9058 New Intelligence Chief’s Expertise: Pursuing Trump’s Enemies te 2026-06-03T21:01:11.913Z New Intelligence Chief’s Expertise: Pursuing Trump’s Enemies Tulsi Gabbard’s replacement as the director of national intelligence has no known national security experience. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209602ee6011c3f4ea903c Defense tech is flooded with money, but who’s built to last? te 2026-06-03T21:00:50.403Z Defense tech is flooded with money, but who’s built to last? Defense tech is red hot right now. Anduril and Mach Industries just doubled and quadrupled their valuations, respectively, and the U.S. government is proposing a 40% increase in defense budget. A wave of new startups is chasing those government contracts, but according to Ross Fubini, the venture in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2095ecee6011c3f4ea9033 UA's former Chávez Building reverts to original name te 2026-06-03T21:00:28.393Z UA's former Chávez Building reverts to original name Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209168ee6011c3f4ea8ec5 NBA Finals Game 1 preview: Why the Knicks at +5.5 could be the smart bet against the Spurs te 2026-06-03T20:41:12.304Z NBA Finals Game 1 preview: Why the Knicks at +5.5 could be the smart bet against the Spurs I feel as though I’ve written about 2,000 words about the NBA Finals already, and we haven’t even had the first tip-off. It probably isn't enough to do the series justice, either. This is such a great matchup and series that I am genuinely looking forward to every game. The first one will give one team an upper hand, but obviously can’t dictate the entire series. There should be some testing out and checking the other’s game plan, but this will still be must-watch TV as the Knicks battle the Spurs in Game 1. I have to give it to the Knicks; this is what they expected when they fired their coach after last season. I’ve always liked Tom Thibodeau, so maybe I am the wrong person to write this, but I felt like he got a bad shake here. It feels a little like the Warriors when they fired Marc Jackson. The next guy came in, altered the offense a bit, but used the great defensive system in place, and they became instant winners. The Knicks still have a long way to go to even be in the conversation with the Warriors' dynasty, but there are still some comparisons we can make. Tonight, their biggest thing to figure out will be how the Spurs plan to play Jalen Brunson. If Brunson can get to his spots, the team has little to worry about in this series. If he struggles to find spots or has to alter his shot because of Victor Wembanyama, then they are going to need to have a game plan for later games. Karl-Anthony Towns is a guy I expect to get a lot of facilitating and three-point shooting. I just don’t see him attacking Wemby. The Spurs pulled off the upset and promptly started looking like they already won a championship. It is a bit concerning to me to see some of the videos and clips. I’ve never been in the situation, so maybe the emotions are normal. However, I look at hockey teams that go through much more grueling games to win, and they are so superstitious about celebrating the Conference Finals victories that they don’t even touch the trophies. Are the Spurs ready for this? Do they need anything more than a bunch of young athletic veterans and a freak of nature? 2026 NBA FINALS PREVIEW: NEW YORK KNICKS VS SAN ANTONIO SPURS BEST BETS FOR SERIES, MVP PLAYER PROPS We will find out by June 19 if they need anything else. In this one, I’m looking forward to seeing how they play Brunson. A lot of teams try to attack Brunson on defense, and I expect the Spurs to do that as well. However, the Knicks have done a good job of hiding him. For all the guys that call Towns soft, and I agree to a certain extent, I think he can at least be athletic enough to annoy Wembanyama – but not stop him. Stephon Castle, Julian Champagnie and Dylan Harper need to hit their open threes as the Knicks' defense collapses. If they do that, no team is beating the Spurs. In this one, I expect the teams to try to figure each other out. I don’t expect them to push the pace. It is too important for both teams to really see what they are trying to do and what their opponent is trying to force them into. The spread, in my opinion, is getting a bit too disrespectful to the Knicks. I get that New York isn’t quite as great on the road, normally, but they did just beat teams by at least 14 points in each of the past three road games. I’ll take my chances on the Knicks +5.5 here as I think they can win this one. This is the game the Spurs might have the least focus after the exhaustion from Game 7. I also think that the Knicks have been sitting and waiting, healthy, for their opponent. While they had to prepare for both, I’m sure it isn’t like they went halfway on the prep for either. I’m also taking the under as I think this has a slow pace and the teams will be methodically looking for opportunities and exploring options. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a209154ee6011c3f4ea8ebc Reporter's Notebook: Rebels threaten to upend GOP agenda amid growing frustrations with Trump te 2026-06-03T20:40:52.313Z Reporter's Notebook: Rebels threaten to upend GOP agenda amid growing frustrations with Trump You always knew Lady Elaine Fairchilde would sow chaos on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood when she uttered the incantation "boomerang-toomerang-soomerang!" Lady Elaine was the mischievous puppet on the show who bore a resemblance to Rod Stewart. She often waved around her boomerang if someone in the Neighborhood of Make Believe ticked her off, and she would literally flip the neighborhood upside down with her "boomerang-toomerang-soomerang!" That’s where we stand with things these days on Capitol Hill. The vote margins are really tight in both the House and Senate. Republican lawmakers are frustrated with the President over the war and the economy. That’s to say nothing of the now-abandoned $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. Then there are lawmakers who the president helped unseat in their primaries: Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Bill Cassidy, R-La. And now President Trump is insisting on a primary challenge against Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Col., in 2028 over her support of Massie, and he didn’t back Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, who ended up losing his primary, too. HOUSE GOP TENSIONS ERUPT AS REPUBLICANS TURN ON EACH OTHER HEADING INTO YEAR'S END We haven’t even gotten into various skirmishes between the President and retiring Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., over the January 6th riot, or the investigation into former Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. And there are pockets of resistance within the party from Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine — with the latter facing a competitive re-election bid this November. With all of that, there is a "disaffected caucus" of Republicans now serving on Capitol Hill. In addition, some Senate Republicans are seething at the White House actively working against Cornyn and Cassidy. Some congressional Republicans on the ballot this fall are now trying to put some real estate between themselves and a president growing unpopular within his own party on Capitol Hill. Senate Republicans are forging ahead to finally fund ICE and Border Patrol. Threats to attach language to curb the anti-weaponization fund derailed those efforts in late May. Republicans now believe they can keep everyone in line and pass that bill without lawmakers abandoning ship. Republicans may struggle to pass an additional measure focused on reducing the cost of living, cutting taxes, reducing gas prices, paying for the war in Iran or even funding the government this fall. Lawmakers have to approve a renewal of a controversial spy program known as FISA Section 702 before mid-month. But that’s grown more complicated after the president installed Bill Pulte — who has no background in national security — as interim Director of National Intelligence. This is why some Republicans believe that the legislative process could be stymied. These disgruntled Republicans could make things pretty hard for the GOP brass and President Trump the rest of the year. And like Lady Elaine Fairchilde on Mr. Rogers’ show, any one of them could proclaim "boomerang-toomerang-soomerang" and turn the entire Congressional neighborhood upside down. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., spoke with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday. The South Dakota Republican says Blanche was "very definitive" about the end of the compensation fund. Thune said he thought that it would help clear the way to pass the ICE/Border Patrol bill. REPUBLICANS RECOIL AS TRUMP'S BILLION-DOLLAR DOJ 'SLUSH FUND' FOR ALLIES THREATENS ICE, BORDER PATROL PLAN "I'm not guaranteeing that happens yet. We're still continuing to have conversations with our members," said Thune. "Everything comes down to a function of math. It's ‘Do we have the votes? Do we have 50 votes to execute on on getting a bill like that across the floor?’" Johnson met with President Trump on Monday and discussed the weaponization fund which threw Capitol Hill into a tizzy two weeks ago. "I believe that it is off the table for consideration," said Johnson about the fund. The Speaker communicated to the president how the fund made passage of an ICE/Border Patrol bill exponentially more challenging. "I told them that it was a difficult prospect right now given our vote tallies," said Johnson. Blanche was declarative when testifying about the DOJ budget request before the House Appropriations Committee. "We are not moving forward with the fund, period," said Blanche. TRICK OR TREAT: CONGRESS FACES 'CHAMBER OF HORRORS' AS GOVERNMENT FUNDING DEADLINE LOOMS But Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., wasn’t convinced. "Is there any way that you could put this in writing?" she asked Blanche. "I think they would love to be reassured that this fund will not progress." "I'm not trying to be flippant with you. I'm just saying. I'm telling you it's not (moving forward)," replied Blanche. Meng asked if she could have something on paper. "There'll be a transcript of what I say here so that will be in writing," said Blanche. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wasn’t impressed by the announcement, either. "Trump has not killed this slush fund. He has not revoked the special tax immunity he gave himself and his family. He has not ended the corruption. He hit a temporary roadblock. That's it. Any toothless promise by Trump is worthless. His promises are worthless. The only way to end this scheme is abolish it by law," said Schumer. HOUSE GOP FEARS PRIMARY LOSERS COULD JEOPARDIZE RAZOR-THIN MAJORITY At his hearing, Blanche reiterated that President Trump’s "settlement agreement" with the IRS over the leak of his tax returns remains intact. This infuriated Democrats. "You just gave the President's family of tax immunity to the tune of about $100 million," said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the top Democrat on the Appropriations panel. And that’s where the GOP’s disgruntled caucus may come in. Congressional Republican resistance to President Trump has grown in recent weeks. For instance, Cassidy cast the pivotal ballot allowing a procedural vote on an Iran war powers measure to forge ahead. This came after Cassidy lost his Senate primary to Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., and former Rep. John Fleming, R-La. That said, lots of lawmakers rarely deviate from their customary political convictions – even if they’re on their way out the door. Over the years, I’ve had a number of people suggest to me that various Members might be willing to vote for this or that in a lame-duck session after they either lost or are retiring. However, history shows they don’t change. Lawmakers usually remain loyal to their convictions and constituents – even as they exit. They don’t suddenly support something or oppose something – just because they are short-timers and their vote could help the party or their leadership. By the same token, lawmakers with one foot out the door don’t undergo a magical conversion if they’re angry at losing and vote one way or another for spite. But rarely have we had a Congress where the votes in both bodies are so marginal. And even if it’s just a lawmaker or two who strays, it wouldn’t take much to pull a Lady Elaine Fairchilde, holler "boomerang-toomerang-soomerang" and turn Capitol Hill upside down. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208f00ee6011c3f4ea8e56 Arizona is handing its AI future to other states — one ‘No’ vote at a time te 2026-06-03T20:30:56.875Z Arizona is handing its AI future to other states — one ‘No’ vote at a time Andrew Gould As John Adams once said, “Facts are stubborn things.” The world is changing, and AI, along with data centers that provide the necessary infrastructure for AI, are a critical piece of our economy and national defense. We will not be competitive in the world economy, nor will we be able to protect our citizens — especially from belligerent nations like China — without data centers and AI. For those who bemoan this reality, and wish to harken back to a simpler time, I can only offer my condolences. America must embrace this reality, and instead of seeing it as a problem, view it as an opportunity. The critics of data centers fall into two camps. On the one hand, there are emotional and political attacks by political demagogues seeking to manipulate public opinion — and yes, worse yet, there is disinformation propagated by the Chinese who seek to undermine our economy and military. But there are also communities and individuals who raise legitimate questions about the impact of data centers and AI on water, the environment, jobs and the quality of life in America. Arizona has become ground zero for this debate. While global demand for cloud computing is exploding, policymakers across Arizona’s cities and towns are making it harder to build the AI infrastructure facilities that enable Americans to access these life-changing tools. Arizona built a top-five data center market, and its mayors are now methodically dismantling it. While the Arizona Legislature spent years constructing the tax structure and permitting environment that put Arizona on the map, these mayors and council members are undoing that work one unanimous rejection at a time. Tucson turned away $3.6 billion. Chandler turned away $2.5 billion. Phoenix rewrote its zoning code after approvals were already in motion. The companies that walked away do not issue press releases about it. They just take the capital to states such as Texas and Utah, where local and state officials understand how these data centers can serve as economic drivers. Although these politicians cite environmental and energy concerns in their protest of data center construction, in many instances, these claims grossly overstate the impact on the environment and ignore new technologies that significantly lessen the water needs for these facilities. They also fail to acknowledge that the tax revenues generated by these data centers can often mitigate many of these concerns. And while AI will change some jobs (although trades like mechanics, construction workers, and plumbers will not be affected), and some jobs will be lost, there will also be new jobs and opportunities. When automobiles were invented, farriers lost their jobs making horseshoes, but new jobs were created for auto mechanics. In short, the opponents of data centers and AI rely on a fallacy that new technology results in producing the same amount of goods with less workers. But historically, that has not been the case. Rather, new technologies have allowed America to produce more goods with the same number of workers — and in the process, generate more revenue and income for workers. Virginia has already shown what getting this right looks like. By building a stable, predictable regulatory environment over two decades, the state turned data center investment into an economic engine that generated nearly $40 billion in output in 2025, supported more than 112,000 jobs, and delivered sustained tax revenue to state and local governments. These resources are not going to big tech — instead, they are creating jobs for electricians and pipefitters earning 25% to 30% above comparable wages, providing HVAC workers with multi-year project pipelines, and supporting local tax bases built on long-term capital investment that does not relocate when the political winds shift. Arizona had the foundation to build something comparable. With over $600 billion invested by Nvidia and TSMC to build AI chips on American soil for the first time, these companies sent a clear message early in the race: the foundation for American AI infrastructure will be built in Arizona. That foundation is now being pulled apart by officials who have convinced themselves that opposition is the same thing as oversight. The deeper issue is not about any single project or council vote. It is about whether the United States intends to lead the infrastructure buildout behind AI and the digital economy, or whether it will regulate and delay its way into second place while China pushes ahead. As Lee Iacocca once said, “You either lead, follow, or get out of the way.”  Nevertheless, local officials and activists seeking to arbitrarily block data center construction will say they are responsible environmental stewards, but take note — instead of providing an alternative path forward, they are simply saying no to our best path to global AI leadership. While many of these issues can be addressed, there is a point at which guardrails become a veto on land, on water rights, on grid access, and on permitting. More importantly, cities have ignored or undermined fundamental property rights by dictating how, and even whether, private property may be used for its highest and best use. At that point, the debate is no longer about responsible development. It is about whether development happens at all. The math is not complicated. Arizona’s data center incentive costs the state $38 million a year and returns an estimated $863 million in state and local taxes, a roughly 22-to-1 ratio. Virginia runs the same playbook and gets $3.51 back for every dollar forgone. The officials dismantling Arizona’s program aren’t protecting taxpayers. They’re handing that return to Texas and other states. Or worse, forcing property owners to forego these projects altogether, which is the equivalent of handing a victory to America’s competitors. Residents who want their state at the forefront of the AI economy need to make that known, loudly, before the next unanimous “no” vote makes the choice for them. America is a land of opportunity. No place represents that more than Arizona. And while data centers must pay attention to the input and wishes of the community, Arizonans must also recognize the importance of these facilities and try to partner with them. And most importantly, facts, and what is truly in the best interests of Arizonans, should drive our decisions on data centers — not politics or personal agendas. We owe that much to the people of Arizona. Andrew Gould is a former Arizona Supreme Court justice and a partner at Holtzman Vogel law firm. The post Arizona is handing its AI future to other states — one ‘No’ vote at a time first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208cfbee6011c3f4ea8da6 Treasury secretary dodges questions on whether Trump still has lifetime IRS audit immunity te 2026-06-03T20:22:19.353Z Treasury secretary dodges questions on whether Trump still has lifetime IRS audit immunity Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a U.S. Senate Committee on Finance hearing on June 3, 2026. The department's budget request for fiscal  2027 was the subject of the hearing. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The day after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund was dead, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent evaded questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday about whether President Donald Trump, his family and the Trump Organization would be absolved from future tax enforcement, another part of the president’s IRS settlement. During a budget oversight hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Bessent repeatedly cited “ongoing litigation” to sidestep lawmakers’ inquiries into the settlement details the administration negotiated to voluntarily drop Trump’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the IRS for the 2019 leak of his tax returns. Committee Chair Mike Crapo said he wanted to give Bessent a chance to “set the record straight, understanding there is ongoing litigation.” “What can you share with us about Treasury and the IRS role in the settlement agreement, specifically since IRS CEO Frank Bisignano signed the settlement agreement?” Crapo of Idaho asked. Bessent responded that Treasury was represented in the case by the Department of Justice and so “any additional questions about the settlement or the fund should be addressed to the Justice Department and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.” Sen. Ron Wyden, the committee’s top Democrat, said during opening remarks that Bessent “owes the committee an explanation of what the Treasury knows about the dirty settlement.”  “That’s because his department was involved from beginning to end,” the Oregon senator added. “Treasury was a defendant and a negotiator in the lawsuit.” Moments later, Wyden asked, “Does the IRS audit immunity given to Trump, his family, and his businesses still stand? I’d like a yes-or-no answer to that. I got five minutes, I’m gonna use them for these questions, okay, so that we understand what’s at stake here. This immunity deal is the biggest scam against the taxpayer in American history.” Bessent responded: “As Albert Einstein said, that doing the same thing, expecting a different answer is the definition of insanity.” “You’ve given no answers on this subject, and that’s why I’m going to ask these questions,” Wyden said. “Because, as I said, there’s ongoing litigation,” Bessent replied. Fund fails to launch Trump, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, as well as the Trump Organization sued the IRS and the Department of Treasury for $10 billion in damages for leaking his tax returns to news outlets. The contractor responsible for the leak was sentenced in early 2024. On May 18, the Department of Justice announced the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund for “victims of lawfare.” Under intense worry, even from Republicans, that Jan. 6 defendants who assaulted police could receive reparations, Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday that the DOJ would “not be moving forward with the fund.” The creation of the fund had mired Senate Republicans’ path to approving a bill that would fund immigration enforcement for multiple years. Trump had wanted the bill on his desk by June 1. ‘FOREVER BARRED’ But lawmakers are still searching for a clear answer on the department’s May 19 settlement addendum declaring “The United States RELEASES, WAIVES, ACQUITS, and FOREVER DISCHARGES each of the Plaintiffs from, and is hereby FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing, any and all claims, counterclaims, causes of action, appeals or requests for relief … including tax returns filed before the Effective Date.” Senate Democrats and legal advocates representing multiple plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging the settlement criticized the arrangement Tuesday. The Department of Justice did respond to a request for comment, and the White House referred States Newsroom to the DOJ and the Trump Organization. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208ce0ee6011c3f4ea8d7e Trump expected to attend Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals Game 3 at Madison Square Garden te 2026-06-03T20:21:52.146Z Trump expected to attend Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals Game 3 at Madison Square Garden President Donald Trump is expected to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden on June 8, OutKick confirmed through a source familiar with the plans. The New York Post was first to report the news Wednesday. That means the president is expected to be in the building for one of the biggest nights in modern Knicks history. The Knicks will host an NBA Finals game for the first time in 27 years after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals. New York last reached the Finals in 1999, when it lost to the Tim Duncan-led Spurs in five games. The team again finds itself up against San Antonio, but this version is led by rising NBA star Victor Wembanyama, the 22-year-old Western Conference Finals MVP. The president previously said he had been invited to attend a Finals game by several people, including Knicks owner James Dolan. "I think I’ll be going to one of the games," Trump said last week when asked about the Knicks’ run. Trump also said he had planned to attend Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals before New York ended the series early with a four-game sweep of Cleveland. "I was going to go on Wednesday," Trump said. "But they closed it out very quickly. ... Boy, what a team." NEW YORK KNICKS SWEEP CAVALIERS TO REACH FIRST NBA FINALS SINCE 1999 AFTER DOMINANT GAME 4 BLOWOUT The president, a New York native and longtime sports fan, praised the Knicks for finally breaking through after decades of frustration. "It’s great to see," Trump said. "The Knicks have really suffered for years." Trump’s expected appearance at MSG would add another layer to what is already one of the most anticipated sporting events in New York in decades. The Knicks have not won an NBA championship since 1973, and their return to the Finals has turned Madison Square Garden into the center of the basketball world. It would also continue Trump’s run of high-profile appearances at major American sporting events. Since returning to the White House, Trump has attended several major sports showcases, including the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship, Super Bowl LIX, the Daytona 500, UFC events and the U.S. Open men’s final. His presence at games and fights has frequently drawn loud reactions from fans and created a unique blend of sports, politics and celebrity, reminding everyone of the power of sports in America. Monday’s game could carry historic significance beyond the Knicks’ long-awaited return to the Finals. If Trump attends, he would be the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NBA Finals game. The Knicks will host Games 3 and 4 at Madison Square Garden on June 8 and June 10, respectively. Game 6, if necessary, would also be played in New York on June 16. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE For the Knicks, the game represents a chance to bring the Finals back to "The World’s Most Famous Arena." For Trump, it represents another appearance at the intersection of sports and American culture. And for Madison Square Garden, it’s shaping up to be one of the biggest nights the building has seen in a generation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208cccee6011c3f4ea8d75 GOP advances ICE funding package after forcing Trump's controversial $2B fund into retreat te 2026-06-03T20:21:32.072Z GOP advances ICE funding package after forcing Trump's controversial $2B fund into retreat After delays spurred by shock announcements from the Trump administration, Senate Republicans have officially launched their play to fund immigration enforcement.  The upper chamber took the first step in the last leg of the process to advance a roughly $70 billion package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol after being derailed by the administration’s surprise "anti-weaponization" fund.  It comes after uncertainty over whether Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s testimony under oath that the administration was "not moving forward with the fund" would be enough to satisfy skeptical Republicans. GOP LEVERAGES ICE FUNDING PACKAGE TO MAKE TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL $2B FUND 'NEVER EXIST' Republican leaders hope that the unity on display Wednesday afternoon carries through the forthcoming "vote-a-rama," where Democrats, and some Republicans, are considering several amendments to ensure that the nearly $2 billion fund is dead and never returns. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., acknowledged that there may be some Republicans who weren’t satisfied with Blanche’s testimony, and reiterated that the main goal was to "get the base bill across the finish line."  "Hopefully, all of our members who have amendment ideas will, as they think through that, and they have the opportunities to have conversations … about their ideas, keep in mind we need to keep the bill together and make sure we’ve got 50 votes for it," Thune said.  GOP DEMANDS TRUMP KILL CONTROVERSIAL $2B FUND BEFORE REVIVING ICE FUNDING PACKAGE The fund, announced last month as part of a settlement between the Trump family and the Internal Revenue Service, received strong pushback from Republicans who feared that without proper guardrails, people convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill could access the taxpayer funds. Republicans who were irate at the fund are still deciding whether they'll support amendments, and beyond that, whether they will support final passage from the upper chamber.  Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., wanted a guarantee from leadership that his add-on to permanently kill any attempt at an "anti-weaponization" fund would at least get a vote. And if there's no language that makes its way into the package that addresses the fund, he said, "It's going to be hard for me to vote yes." "I mean, I think we got to know this is a huge political liability," Tillis told reporters. "I said it was stupid on stilts a week or two ago." Senate Democrats intend to take advantage of any lingering fractures among Republicans with a plethora of amendments on the fund, along with other issues like the war in Iran and affordability.  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said, "Whenever we go into a vote-a-rama, Democrats will be ready."  TRUMP ADMIN BACKS OFF CONTROVERSIAL $2B FUND, CLEARING PATH FOR GOP TO RESTART AGENDA "Every vote, every amendment we bring to the floor will demonstrate that Democrats are standing up for the American people, and Republicans are selling out to Donald Trump," Schumer said. Meanwhile, the ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, along with scrapped funding for security upgrades to President Donald Trump’s ballroom, became a distraction from the reconciliation package’s primary purpose. Republicans turned to the process after congressional Democrats refused to fund immigration enforcement absent stringent reforms — that dispute led to the longest government shutdown in history.  But the march to fund ICE and Border Patrol has been marred at times by infighting, either within the Senate GOP or with the administration, that has threatened to blow up the exercise. Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said that Republicans were "moving in the right direction," despite the issues that have cropped up.  "We need to get border security funded, we need to get immigration and customs enforcement funded," Barrasso said. "And the Democrats continue to stand — and I am sure they will today — stand with illegal immigrant criminals over the safety and security of the American people." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208cb8ee6011c3f4ea8d6c MAGA bikini congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna patrols streets in a cop car, Angel goes flying & abandoned malls te 2026-06-03T20:21:12.080Z MAGA bikini congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna patrols streets in a cop car, Angel goes flying & abandoned malls First Hump Day of a new month. Who has it better than us? Nobody! I'm actually coming to you live from inside our local Hyundai dealership, where the First Lady's car is getting an oil change. She's only 3,000 miles behind, so it should be in good shape! "You actually have three recalls out for this vehicle," the poor teenager at the desk says to me as I'm checking in. "We can fix one today, we have to order a part for the other one, and they still can't find a fix for the third one." "Great, glad we bought this car a few years ago!" I responded in a sarcastic tone he clearly didn't get. "Just out of curiosity, what's the third one y'all can't fix yet?" A solid six seconds of silence. "Well, it has to do with the third-row seats ejecting during a rollover crash," he said without looking at me for obvious reasons. "Oh, good," I said with a chuckle. "I'll be sure to yell that to my kids as they're flying through the air on 95!" At least that one got a laugh out of him. Anyway, welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where Anna Paulina Luna cleans up the Florida streets like the patriot she is. What else? I've got former Russian inmate Brittney Griner throwing Angel Reese around like a rag doll, some thoughts on the West Virginia "Country Roads" moment from Monday night, and does anyone here still live in a small town with an active mall? Ours is getting demolished starting today, and it makes me SICK. We had it all and just pissed it away, didn't we? Sad. OK, grab you something in the cinnamon sugar category from Auntie Anne's, and settle in for a Hump Day 'Cap! Nothing beat a mall food court back in the day. It was the Wild Wild West. The world truly was our oyster. Remember the teriyaki chicken samples they'd hand out on a toothpick? The best. And now look at my mall ... That's the old Macy's right there. Just ... gone. Poof. Like she never existed. Disgusting. They're apparently demolishing half the mall right now and completely overhauling it with a bunch of "hybrid" outdoor/indoor retail spaces, along with a Sprouts and a restaurant. They're making it a Tanger Outlet, essentially, for those who live near a Tanger Outlet. The Amazon-ation of this country makes me sick. We used to be a proper nation. CHIEFS HEIRESS GRACIE HUNT MIGHT HAVE SET A BRIDESMAIDS RECORD, FIGHTING IN THE DOVER PARKING LOT & WINGS! Anyway ... does anyone in class today still have a functioning mall in their town? Let me know! Better yet, send pictures! Bonus points for anyone who sends me photos of a Disney store, FYE, or arcade. Now, let's get this class going with MAGA bikini congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, who spent the week cleaning up the streets in Pinellas County: Yes! Get 'em, Congresswoman! These "Teen Takeovers" are insane. It's a big TikTok thing and it's pretty much exactly how it sounds. Just hundreds of teenagers invading a public space and making it their own. Obviously, Florida is a prime spot for it because we're the best state in the country and people love to come here during the summer even though it's 157 degrees every day. I was in Anna Maria last week on vacation (over by Fort Myers) and I'm fairly certain we had something like this brewing on the beach. It didn't escalate, but I had my head on a SWIVEL the whole time. You never know where these things are going to go. Exhibit A, from a place I will personally never go ... Chicago! You see? It's anarchy. Not down here. Not in beautiful, free, law-abiding Florida. Not with Anna Paulina patrolling our streets. What a state. Can't believe we're losing our governor in a few months. What a disaster. OK, let's keep class moving by ... going back! Lordy. Just look at that. Watch it again, and then think about the absolute outrage surrounding our upcoming 250th birthday in a few weeks. Singers are really dropping out of the event — "The Great American State Fair" — because of Trump. Martina McBride said "no thanks," along with Bret Michaels, Young MC, Morris Day. Amazing. Hate Trump all you want. That's fine. But come on. This is America's birthday! The big 250. And we're dropping out? Gross. Be more like Vanilla Ice! I'm going to age myself here, but I'm just now finding out that Vanilla Ice's real name is Robert Van Winkle. Had no clue. The more you know ... OK, let's rapid-fire this Hump Day class into a big Hump Day Night. First up? I know this is a few days old, but I was off yesterday, so it's newsy to me. The scene out of Morgantown Monday night was a reminder of what we used to have, and how far we've drifted: THAT is what college athletics are supposed to be about. Not NIL. Not paychecks. Not contracts or marketing deals or draft stock. TED CRUZ, MARIA CANTWELL UNVEIL BIPARTISAN COLLEGE ATHLETICS BILL AMID NIL CHAOS, LAWSUITS, 'LANE KIFFIN RULE' We fell in love with college sports because of moments like that. The upsets. The walk-offs. The "moments." Above all, the community. We felt a connection with these players because WE went to the school. We walked the same halls they do. We went to the same campus bars and dining halls and classrooms. So when they did something great on the field, WE felt like we did something, too. That's what you saw the other night after West Virginia walked it off. Less NIL. Less transfer portal. More of that. Please, we're begging you. Unlike my stupid mall, it's still possible. We still have a chance to right the ship. And that's my TED Talk for the day! OK, two more on the way out. First? "60 Minutes" is in the news today for reasons I don't much care about. Above my paygrade, and not for this class. What IS for this class, however, is this simple question: Amen. This happens every single week in my house, and has for years now. Decades, really. A tradition unlike any other, as Jim Nantz would say. "60 Minutes" for the AFC crowd, and "Bob's Burgers" for the NFC folks. God, I miss football season. 98 days, boys and girls. Hang tight. We're almost there. OK, that's it for today. What a class. I think we nailed it. Great first Hump Day of June. Here's Joe Biden's worst trade acquisition, Brittney Griner, flinging Angel Reese around like a rag doll to take us home. See you tomorrow. OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (roughly, we’re not robots). Any malls in your area still? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208c8eee6011c3f4ea8d4f G.O.P. Revives Immigration Bill, Weighing Ban on Trump’s Fund te 2026-06-03T20:20:30.765Z G.O.P. Revives Immigration Bill, Weighing Ban on Trump’s Fund Several Republicans suggested they would insist on adding a measure to bar the president from creating a fund to pay people who claim to be victims of government persecution. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208a9bee6011c3f4ea8cd8 Cold case of missing news anchor rocked by claim of confession in roadside meltdown: report te 2026-06-03T20:12:11.983Z Cold case of missing news anchor rocked by claim of confession in roadside meltdown: report A private investigator has reportedly identified a possible suspect in the three-decades-old mystery surrounding the cold-case disappearance of an Iowa news anchor.  The case began in the early-morning hours of June 27, 1995, when Jodi Huisentruit did not show up to work to anchor the local morning news in Mason City, Iowa.  Her disappearance sparked a three-decades-long search by authorities that prompted multiple theories surrounding the case, though her body has never been recovered and no one has been charged with a crime.  However, private investigator Steve Ridge told FOX 10 that he recently received a tip pointing to a potential suspect in the case. SEND US A TIP HERE  "[The tipster] was dating a suspect in the case or person of interest who eventually, in her presence, confessed, and it came at a very heated moment when the two of them were being tailed by authorities up in Minnesota," Ridge said, according to the outlet. "He finally pulled over, and he was hitting the steering wheel and said, 'I didn't do it. I didn't do it. I didn't do it' and he finally hit the steering wheel and said 'I did it.'" Ridge did not reveal the identity of the possible suspect or whether they are still alive, FOX 10 reported. He told the outlet he provided the evidence to the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation. "I was able to conclusively determine that this female informant had a short term romantic relationship with the suspect," Ridge said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "I secured and verified photos, handwritten letters, canceled checks and other items." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Ridge added that he would like to "award the $100,000 reward to the person who can lead us to Jodi’s remains." The update comes two years after John Vansice — the last person to see Huisentruit alive and the self-described primary person of interest — died before the case could be solved. SEARCH FOR MISSING NEWS ANCHOR EXPANDS AFTER AUTHORITIES GET NEW TIP "She always had a concern about being stalked because she is on TV every day and everybody can see her," Vansice previously said. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB "Jodi and I became very good friends. Nothing more, nothing less," he reportedly added. "We did things as a group with other people, and we just got to know each other a lot, and we liked each other. We had a lot of fun together. It’s like a father-daughter situation." Vansice reportedly moved to Arizona and spoke to Ridge several times before his death in 2024. "He denied any role in the disappearance of Jodi and said he cared very much about her and that he would never possibly hurt her," Ridge said, according to FOX 10.  The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation declined Fox News Digital's request for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208a87ee6011c3f4ea8ccf Defying the odds: Why these three long shots could be Heisman trophy winners this season te 2026-06-03T20:11:51.985Z Defying the odds: Why these three long shots could be Heisman trophy winners this season The college football season is still almost three months away, but there is never a bad time to start looking forward to 2026. As a matter of fact, if you haven't started prognosticating playoff brackets and award winners, you're already behind. Today, we are talking Heisman trophy hopefuls, but not in the traditional sense. Sure, anyone can sit here on the internet and say that Arch Manning or Jeremiah Smith will be in New York in December, but can you find the diamond in the rough that will shock everyone and become a household name by season's end? INDIANA'S FERNANDO MENDOZA WINS 2025 HEISMAN TROPHY Some of the most iconic Heisman winners are players who started the season as relative unknowns, with only the most hardcore college fans even knowing their names in September. I'm not sure many people outside of Bloomington figured Fernando Mendoza would light the nation on fire and take home that 45-pound bronze statue. Below are three "off-the-radar" picks to who I believe have the best chance to hoist the Heisman in 2026. FIVE SEC TRAP GAMES IN 2026 THAT COULD UPEND THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RACE, FROM LSU TO GEORGIA If you disagree, feel free to drop your Heisman pick in the comments below. Most of you reading this will probably have the same reaction: "How can any quarterback being coached by Lane Kiffin be considered a long shot to win the Heisman?" You're right to feel that way, considering Kiffin and offensive coordinator Charlie Weiss Jr. transformed Trinidad Chambliss from a relative unknown at Ferris State to an All-SEC quarterback in just one season. However, if you look at the Heisman odds, Arizona State transfer Sam Leavitt ranks ninth among quarterbacks at +2200. Leavitt was the highest-rated quarterback in the transfer portal, and when you couple that with Kiffin, Weiss Jr. and a reported $40 million roster, and I like Leavitt's odds better than just about anyone on the board. Though he already has playoff experience from his days as a Sun Devil, Leavitt will be one of the premier names in the country by the time Kiffin is done with him, and that should translate to more than his fair share of postseason award recognition in the process. It's not often that a non-quarterback wins the Heisman these days, which would explain why Miami's Mark Fletcher Jr. is such a long shot to win the award. Of course, there were exceptions in the past like with Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith and, most recently, Colorado's Travis Hunter, but quarterbacks usually have the inside track when it comes to winning the Heisman. That being said, if a running back were to win it, Fletcher at +15,000 is a damn good deal. Fletcher is a bruising back who could have gone to the NFL this past spring, but chose to stick around Coral Gables and take another crack at winning a national championship after the Canes fell agonizingly close in January. Teams will likely be keying on Miami's passing game, which will also feature Heisman favorites at quarterback in Darrien Mensah and wide receiver Malachi Toney, leaving Fletcher to feast on what's left of the opposing defense. When you couple that with the Hurricanes' uncanny ability to churn out top-level offensive line play, something head coach Mario Cristobal and o-line coach Alex Mirobal pride themselves on, I have no doubt Fletcher will put up monster numbers for Miami in 2026. If Sam Leavitt is considered a long shot to win the Heisman this year, then Oklahoma State signal caller Drew Mestemaker should be seen as a straight up moon shot. The redshirt sophomore followed head coach Eric Morris over from North Texas, and it's easy to see why. Mestemaker was a statistical juggernaut while playing in Morris' air-raid system, leading the country in both passing yards and yards per attempt, and finishing second in passing touchdowns in 2025. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The Mean Green were a loss in their conference championship game away from making it to the College Football Playoff last season, and many are viewing the Cowboys as CFP darlings this year, due in no small part to both Mestemaker and Morris making the trip north on I-35. Making the jump to a power conference could mean stiffer competition, but it will also mean a lot more notoriety for the young quarterback as well. I expect the marriage between Mestemaker and Morris to be a fruitful one, and Oklahoma State's offense should be one of the most potent in the country. Mark my words, everyone in America will know who Drew Mestemaker is by the end of November. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208a73ee6011c3f4ea8cc6 Bari Weiss addresses Scott Pelley firing in CBS News staff call, says its the ‘path that he chose’ te 2026-06-03T20:11:32.009Z Bari Weiss addresses Scott Pelley firing in CBS News staff call, says its the ‘path that he chose’ Scott Pelley accused CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of misleading staff about his firing after she told employees Wednesday that the network tried to "find a way back" with the longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent before cutting ties. Weiss reportedly told staff during the network’s 9:00 a.m. ET editorial call that Pelley’s departure followed a breakdown in trust and mutual respect after his clash with new management. But Pelley directly disputed Weiss' account in a statement, saying CBS executives never offered a path to resolution during a Tuesday meeting in which he said he was "effectively fired." "Bari Weiss knows what she said is not true," Pelley told The New York Times. "In the meeting on Tuesday, in which I was effectively fired, there was no effort of any kind to ‘find a way back,’ as Weiss said in the editorial meeting." SCOTT PELLEY HAS HEATED CONFRONTATION WITH NEW '60 MINUTES' BOSS, ACCUSES BARI WEISS OF 'MURDERING' SHOW The New York Post reported details of Weiss' Wednesday staff meeting, where she explained that the veteran journalist was shown the door after a public spat with management.  "We did not want that to happen, but that’s the path that he chose," Weiss said. "Despite our attempts to engage with Scott Pelley and to find a way back, unfortunately we weren’t able to do so, and so we had to part ways." Pelley said that description was "disingenuous," claiming that CBS News president Tom Cibrowski raised the possibility of firing almost immediately. "At no point did anyone in the Tuesday meeting suggest that there could be steps taken by either side that would lead to a resolution," Pelley told the Times. "Weiss and Tom Cibrowski were openly hostile from the start. ‘Firing’ was raised by Cibrowski in the first 15 seconds." Pelley's firing came one day after he confronted Nick Bilton, the newly installed executive producer of "60 Minutes," during a tense staff meeting. Pelley had criticized Bilton's qualifications and accused Weiss of damaging the newsmagazine after a sweeping shake-up. '60 MINUTES' HOST SCOTT PELLEY REPORTEDLY SAID CBS CHIEF BARI WEISS NEEDED TO TAKE JOB MORE 'SERIOUSLY' Pelley said Weiss, Cibrowski and Bilton refused to answer his questions about the recent dismissals at "60 Minutes," including the departures of executive producer Tanya Simon and correspondents Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi. "I’m not answering that question," Pelley quoted Weiss as saying repeatedly. Weiss nevertheless praised Pelley's decades of reporting at CBS, telling staff that his firing did not erase his work for the network. "That unfortunate outcome does not discount from the amazing contributions and work that Scott Pelley has done for CBS and for ‘60 Minutes’ over the course of his career," Weiss said, according to the Post.  CBS NEWS INSIDERS BRACE FOR BARI WEISS AS PARAMOUNT CEO PUSHES DEAL WORTH UP TO $200M Weiss pointed to several of Pelley’s "60 Minutes" stories, including his reporting on Havana syndrome, his interview with former Sen. Ben Sasse and a Vietnam report that featured him rappelling into one of the world’s largest caves. "Those are unforgettable stories," Weiss said, according to the Post. "They’re the kind of stories that have always typified ‘60 Minutes.’" Weiss also framed Bilton as the person who would carry the program into its next season. "They’re the kind of stories that Nick Bilton is going to put on the air come September in Season 59 with the amazing team that’s still there and, hopefully, some new people that are going to be joining us," Weiss said. Cibrowski also reportedly praised Pelley during the call, framing him as a central figure in the network's history. "His incredible body of work … will always be part of the history of CBS News," Cibrowski said. "We know that these events, developments, changes are a lot to process for every single person in this room and on this call," Cibrowski said. "And they are happening frequently." Pelley said the meeting ended abruptly after Cibrowski declared the discussion over and stood to show him the door. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "No constructive dialogue was allowed by the CBS executives at any point," Pelley said. "I was stonewalled for about 10 minutes and then, for no apparent reason, ‘This conversation is over.’" CBS announced May 28 that Bilton, an investigative journalist, author and filmmaker, would become the fifth executive producer in "60 Minutes" history and the first to come from outside linear television. Pelley said he was "pained" that CBS News staffers were "misled" during the Wednesday call. "These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies," Pelley said. "This is antithetical to everything we stand for and reveals contempt for what journalists do." CBS News and Pelley did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208a49ee6011c3f4ea8caa The Narrow Path to a Democratic Senate Runs Through Very Red States te 2026-06-03T20:10:50.062Z The Narrow Path to a Democratic Senate Runs Through Very Red States Democrats cheer there is a way, even as new worries emerge over whether Graham Platner can flip a Maine seat. Republicans remain confident they will prevail in Texas, Iowa and Alaska. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208a34ee6011c3f4ea8c8e Uber to put 500 data-collection vehicles on the road this year te 2026-06-03T20:10:28.474Z Uber to put 500 data-collection vehicles on the road this year The modified Ioniq 5 will be loaded with sensors to capture data for Uber's new AV Labs division. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208813ee6011c3f4ea8c31 Arizona bill would cap spousal maintenance at four years te 2026-06-03T20:01:23.351Z Arizona bill would cap spousal maintenance at four years PHOENIX -- State lawmakers are on the verge of making sharp cuts in how long some people getting divorced will have to pay their soon-to-be former spouses. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2087fdee6011c3f4ea8c28 Judge cuts bond for Bullhead City man accused in bomb case te 2026-06-03T20:01:01.835Z Judge cuts bond for Bullhead City man accused in bomb case A Court ordered bond reduction increases the opportunity for a Bullhead City man to be released from custody while awaiting trial for allegedly constructing a bomb at the home he shares with his grandmother. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2085d8ee6011c3f4ea8b81 Trump expands Cuba sanctions beyond US companies in major crackdown on foreign enablers te 2026-06-03T19:51:52.464Z Trump expands Cuba sanctions beyond US companies in major crackdown on foreign enablers The Trump administration is rolling out what experts describe as the most significant expansion of U.S. sanctions on Cuba in decades. The administration is attempting what supporters say is the first broad application of Cuba-related secondary sanctions against foreign firms, aiming not only at Havana itself but also at foreign companies and banks that continue doing business with the island’s military-linked economic empire.  The new framework, established under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump May 1, applies pressure beyond U.S. companies for the first time, threatening foreign firms with sanctions exposure if they continue operating in key sectors of the Cuban economy linked to Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., or GAESA. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PRESSED TO CLOSE CUBA EMBARGO LOOPHOLE AS OIL SET TO RUN OUT WITHIN DAYS Supporters say the move closes a loophole that allowed foreign investors to sustain Cuba’s communist regime while the longstanding U.S. embargo largely restricted Americans. Critics argue the measures risk worsening an already severe humanitarian crisis on the island without meaningfully weakening the government. "At the top of the month, what the Trump administration did was for the first time extend the application of U.S. sanctions from just prohibiting trade between U.S. firms and U.S. persons and the Cuban island to third-party countries and enablers," Max Meizlish, a former Treasury Department official now serving as a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital in an interview. "For the first time ever in a truly unprecedented fashion, that’s the same logic that the administration is now applying to Cuba," he said. The sanctions focus heavily on GAESA, a sprawling military-linked conglomerate that analysts estimate controls between 40% and 70% of Cuba’s economy, including tourism, mining, retail, ports and financial services.  A recent Foundation for Defense of Democracies report authored by Meizlish and Connor Pfeiffer argued that foreign companies doing business in Cuba are effectively helping sustain the regime’s military and political leadership. TRUMP DECLARES NATIONAL EMERGENCY OVER CUBA, THREATENS TARIFFS ON NATIONS THAT SUPPLY OIL TO COMMUNIST REGIME The State Department sanctioned GAESA and several affiliated entities in May under the new authorities, opening the door for potential penalties against foreign companies and financial institutions that continue dealings with them after a June 5 wind-down deadline. Meizlish argued previous sanctions regimes failed because they isolated American companies while allowing foreign actors to continue financing the Cuban state. "There’s a lot of Spanish firms, for instance, that have invested millions of dollars in luxury hotel properties, villa properties in Cuba that partner with GAESA, all funding this military enterprise at the expense of the Cuban people," he said. He also pointed to Canadian involvement in Cuba’s nickel and cobalt sectors, saying foreign investment has generated "huge amounts of money for the regime." "A lot of people think about the U.S. embargo over the years is actually being responsible for a lot of the problems on the Cuban island, but they don't give consideration to the fact that GAESA, this newly sanctioned entity, has been sitting on an estimated $20 billion in assets and cash over the year while depriving the people of Cuba," Meizlish told Fox News Digital. But critics of the policy warn the economic fallout could land hardest on ordinary Cubans. William LeoGrande, a longtime Cuba expert at American University, said the May 1 measures represent a major escalation because they specifically target foreign businesses rather than just Americans. LeoGrande said the new sanctions represent a major escalation because they extend beyond Americans and aim to deter foreign companies from doing business with GAESA by threatening sanctions exposure. LeoGrande acknowledged the measures could deprive the Cuban government of revenue but argued the broader population is likely to suffer most. CUBA'S ENTIRE ELECTRICAL GRID COLLAPSES, LEAVING WHOLE ISLAND WITHOUT POWER "This would potentially deprive the Cuban government of funds, but the impact will fall mainly on ordinary citizens because it means the government has fewer resources to import food, medicine and fuel," he said. The debate comes as Cuba faces its deepest economic and humanitarian crisis in years.  The World Food Programme says food insecurity is worsening amid fuel shortages, inflation and declining access to imported goods, while U.N. officials have warned that electricity shortages and blackouts are disrupting hospitals, vaccination programs and food distribution networks across the island. LeoGrande also warned tougher sanctions could contribute to another migration crisis. NICARAGUA BLOCKS PATHWAY USED BY CUBAN MIGRANTS TO REACH THE US "Another unintended effect is that by making living conditions in Cuba even more desperate, tougher sanctions could trigger a mass migration like we saw in 1980 or 1994," LeoGrande said. On background, a U.S. official rejected arguments that American sanctions are responsible for Cuba’s humanitarian crisis. "The suffering of the Cuban people is not caused by the U.S. embargo but by the Cuban dictatorship’s failed Communist policies and human rights violations," the official told Fox News Digital. "The embargo does not prohibit Cuba’s access to world markets or trade with third countries." The official added that U.S. law explicitly permits exports of food, medicine and medical equipment to Cuba and accused the regime of hiding "billions in overseas bank accounts instead of investing in electricity, infrastructure and the daily needs of its people." The debate mirrors longstanding arguments surrounding U.S. sanctions on countries like Iran and Venezuela, where supporters view economic pressure as a tool to weaken authoritarian governments while critics argue regimes often survive and civilians absorb the economic damage. Meizlish argued sanctions should not be judged simply by whether they immediately topple governments. "The problem isn’t that the embargo went too far," he said. "It’s that it didn’t go far enough." Fox News Digital reached out to the Cuban Embassy in Washington for comment but did not receive a response by the time of publication. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2085c4ee6011c3f4ea8b78 MMA star Ben Askren returns to fighting less than a year after double lung transplant, stint on life support te 2026-06-03T19:51:32.471Z MMA star Ben Askren returns to fighting less than a year after double lung transplant, stint on life support Former UFC fighter and Olympic wrestler Ben Askren will be fighting for the first time in nearly seven years after undergoing a double-lung transplant. Last year, Askren was on a ventilator and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), with his wife, Amy, going as far as saying he needed a "miracle." Well, the miracle occurred, and a comeback is now on the horizon. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Askren will face former UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in a wrestling match at Real American Freestyle 11 on July 18, his 42nd birthday, in Milwaukee. RAF was co-founded by the late Hulk Hogan. Askren "developed severe pneumonia which came on very suddenly" last June, Amy said, and was eventually put on life support. Askren was placed on the transplant list on June 24 and received a donor organ days later. Askren later said that he did not remember anything from May 28 to July 2 and "only died four times" while losing 50 pounds in the hospital. He was released from the hospital on July 22 after 59 days. "It was hard, it was hard. And I said this already in one of my videos, but the support you guys gave me, whether it was sending a GoFundMe, whether it was helping my kids and wife get through it – I had friends from all over the country come to visit and hang out for a couple of days – it meant so much," Askren said when he was released. "It was so great to just have all this support and all the love, and hopefully I’m not in this situation again for a really, really, really long time. I plan on living a while." BOXER JAKE PAUL TOUTS FORMER OPPONENT BEN ASKREN'S PERSEVERANCE DURING EX-UFC STAR'S BOUT WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS Askren said he then turned to Christianity. "There was multiple times where they thought I was dead. Like I was dead, that’s the other side," Askren said in a later interview. "I woke up and I just decided I was a Christian. So, that’s crazy. "I went with my wife to church for 15 years because that was part of the deal. I said, ‘Well, I’m not Christian, but I’ll support you.’ And it was really weird when I woke up, I’m like ‘I gotta do it.’ You know? So, that was kind of weird." Former UFC interim welterweight champion Colby Covington will also fight in the event. The 41-year-old was an NCAA champion in the 170-pound division in 2006 and 2007 and went on to compete for Team USA in the 2008 Olympics. He won gold medals in the 2005 Pan American Championships and the 2009 World Championships. He made his full transition to MMA when he debuted in Bellator in 2010. He then competed in ONE Championship before joining the UFC. He defeated Robbie Lawler via submission at UFC 235 before losing to Jorge Masvidal in a high-profile bout. Askren retired from mixed martial arts in 2019 after compiling a 19-2 record, with both losses coming in his three UFC fights. In 2021, he fought Jake Paul in a boxing match. Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208598ee6011c3f4ea8b40 DOJ will keep fighting for Arizona voter database after Trump-appointed judge tossed its case te 2026-06-03T19:50:48.463Z DOJ will keep fighting for Arizona voter database after Trump-appointed judge tossed its case Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20857fee6011c3f4ea8b34 Greek frozen yogurt shop opens near University of Arizona te 2026-06-03T19:50:23.823Z Greek frozen yogurt shop opens near University of Arizona A new frozen Greek yogurt shop is bringing a Mediterranean-inspired experience to the University of Arizona neighborhood, with premium ingredients and a high-end aesthetic meant to set it apart from typical dessert stops. Santorino Greek Frozen Yogurt opened Monday, June 1 at 800 E. University Blvd. It aims to offer a healthier dessert alternative to the area. "We felt there was space for a dessert concept that was elevated, health conscious and community oriented. Traditional frozen yogurt shops often focus on quantity and customization, but we wanted to focus on craftsmanship, ingredient quality, and experience," said Project Manager Jose Esperon. "We were also inspired by Mediterranean culture and the idea of slowing down, gathering with people, and creating memorable experiences around food." Esperon, who is from Mexico City, recently moved to Tucson to work on the family-owned business full time. "There's a lot of frozen yogurt out there, where everything has the same concept, and usually the toppings are like gummies. We wanted something more high-end that's not here," Esperon said. Greek frozen yogurt has a richer, creamier texture and contains more protein than traditional frozen yogurt. "Compared to ice cream or gelato, it feels lighter and cleaner while still being incredibly satisfying," Esperon said. "Our approach also focuses heavily on premium ingredients and authentic flavor profiles rather than overly artificial sweetness." Tucson Spotlight trains the next generation of Southern Arizona journalists and publishes their work free for everyone. No paywalls, no corporate backing — just readers who believe this community deserves better local news. Frozen Santorino Greek yogurt with caramel drizzle and granola, what Project Manager Jose Esperon expects to be the shop's best-seller. Photo by Macy Hernandez. Santorino imports its yogurt base from Europe and prepares everything in the shop under the direction of Chef Elvis Lazo. Esperon expects the Greek yogurt base with caramel drizzle and granola to be a best-seller, but Santorino also offers elevated toppings including edible flowers, pistachio sauce, matcha and chocolate nibs, a combination Esperon said evokes the viral Dubai chocolate trend. Esperon's personal favorite is olive sea salt yogurt paired with pistachio matcha crumble. Santorino will also be offering other food options. "We are planning to have crepes and cones made with protein so the students could come and have almost a full breakfast," Esperon said. "That should come in a couple weeks." Inside, guests can expect a high-end experience from the moment they walk through the door. The shop's blue-and-white aesthetic, accented with wood, is designed to evoke a stroll through Santorini, Greece. Employees wear bright, modernized uniforms inspired by traditional Greek taverna clothing. Even the ceramic bowls holding the toppings are either handmade or sourced from Ralph Lauren. The family went through several concepts before opening, with Santorino's sign appearing on University Boulevard as early as last year, drawing curiosity from neighbors and students long before the doors opened. "This concept has been in development for quite some time, years in fact. A lot of care went into refining the branding, recipes, sourcing, design, and overall customer experience before opening," Esperon said. "We wanted every detail to feel intentional and elevated, which is why the process took time. Seeing the community notice our posters and social content and become excited before opening has been incredibly rewarding for us." Santorino offers elevated toppings including edible flowers, pistachio sauce, matcha and chocolate nibs, with ceramic bowls that are either handmade or sourced from Ralph Lauren. Courtesy of Santorino. Esperon envisions deep student involvement in the brand, wanting the shop to "be a place where students can come during the day, meet friends at night, or stop in after dinner for dessert," with students serving as a core part of Santorino's identity. "Being part of the university community is something we are very excited about. We would love to collaborate with student organizations, campus events, philanthropy events, and local creatives," Esperon said. "Santorino was built to be community oriented, and we want students and the Tucson community to feel like this is their space as much as ours." To help build that presence, Marketing Manager Kaia del Carpio, a UA student, has been building Santorino's social media audience since the spring, cultivating the brand's elevated, luxury feel. "We also felt students would really connect with the concept because it offers something different from the typical quick dessert stop. We're more elevated and offer (customers) an opportunity to truly be present and enjoy the experience," Esperon said. "The beauty of Santorino is that customers can come back time and time again and try new combinations each time. The customizable experience allows customers the freedom to create unique and exciting flavor combinations each time." Santorino will also be selling branded merchandise, including embroidered totes and hats. Santorino is open Monday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., though hours are subject to change. Santorino celebrated its soft opening Monday, with its official grand opening planned for August, when students return to campus. For more information and to keep up with the shop, visit Santorino’s Instagram page or website. Macy Hernandez is Tucson Spotlight's social media manager and a journalism and business administration major at the University of Arizona. Contact her at macyhernandez@arizona.edu. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208370ee6011c3f4ea8ae5 Brandon Aiyuk drove 104 MPH near Levi's Stadium and filmed it, now a warrant has been issued for his arrest te 2026-06-03T19:41:36.792Z Brandon Aiyuk drove 104 MPH near Levi's Stadium and filmed it, now a warrant has been issued for his arrest At some point, Brandon Aiyuk has to learn that stupid decisions come with consequences. The San Francisco 49ers wide receiver may be about to get that lesson after authorities issued a warrant for his arrest over an alleged 104 miles per hour speeding incident. Aiyuk will be arrested because the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office has issued a misdemeanor arrest warrant for the charge of exhibition of speed, a misdemeanor, a spokesperson confirmed to OutKick and Fox News. The California Post was first to report the warrant's existence. The reasoning behind the warrant is Aiyuk's December 2025 driving escapades through Northern California, including the part where he sped past the 49ers' practice facility at 104 mph. We know he was driving 104 mph because Aiyuk took a video of the episode and published it on social media for everyone to see. EAGLES EDGE RUSHER NOLAN SMITH ARRESTED FOR RECKLESS DRIVING, SPEEDING AT A REPORTED 135 MPH Aiyuk posted the video on Dec. 20, 2025, showing himself driving a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing through Santa Clara near Levi's Stadium and the 49ers' practice facility. The video showed Aiyuk reaching 104 mph on Tasman Drive, where the posted speed limit is 40 mph. Other portions of the video showed Aiyuk reaching speeds exceeding 110 mph. Aiyuk, 28, had time on his hands to get behind the wheel and video himself and then post it because he was at the time absent from team activities and facing questions about his future with the 49ers organization. The fallout was immediate. Santa Clara police opened an investigation into the video and later referred the case to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. Yes, Aiyuk eventually issued a public apology, acknowledging that his actions were a mistake. But the incident became symbolic of a tumultuous year in which the receiver earned more than $24 million without playing a game, remained away from the team, saw future guarantees voided and finished the season on the reserve/left squad list. Aiyuk's future with the 49ers is darker than the cell he's about to be held in once he turns himself in or is caught. San Francisco general manager John Lynch has said multiple times that Aiyuk has played his last game with the team. 49ERS AGREE TO TRADE DEEBO SAMUEL TO COMMANDERS: REPORT "I think it's safe to say he's played his last snap with the 49ers," Lynch said earlier this offseason. "It's a situation that just went awry." The Niners have tried to trade Aiyuk but, well, no luck. They haven't been able to contact him consistently for most of the offseason. That has been a signal to other teams that Aiyuk will eventually be released. He has no future with the club, and his current $120 million contract is prohibitive to inherit in a trade, especially considering he did not play at all in 2025 while rehabilitating a serious knee injury and now faces legal trouble stemming from an alleged speeding incident. Since it is now past June 1, the 49ers can cut Aiyuk while suffering much less onerous salary cap penalties. The team releasing Aiyuk now would carry approximately $7 million in dead money this coming season to escape the deal. The club would also carry over $7 million in dead money the next couple of years and approximately $4 million in 2029. Can it get worse? Yes. Because Aiyuk will be arrested and could be convicted of the misdemeanor driving charge, he could thus be investigated by the NFL under the league's Personal Conduct Policy. That policy gives the league broad latitude to suspend players that bring the NFL into a negative light regardless of whether they are convicted of a crime or not. Do stupid things, win stupid prizes. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208345ee6011c3f4ea8ab6 Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal te 2026-06-03T19:40:53.349Z Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal If Alphabet's record-breaking, $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings, we can see that investors are ready to chow. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20832fee6011c3f4ea8aa6 Arizona man says presidential death threats were only requests te 2026-06-03T19:40:31.754Z Arizona man says presidential death threats were only requests Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208205ee6011c3f4ea8a8d Dear Abby: Mother regrets choices that impacted daughters' lives te 2026-06-03T19:35:33.591Z Dear Abby: Mother regrets choices that impacted daughters' lives DEAR ABBY: I was in an abusive relationship for 15 years that affected my children badly. I have had emotional problems since I was a child, which caused me to stay in the relationship long past the point I should… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2081edee6011c3f4ea8a71 DOJ investigating ASU for practicing 'DEI' and trying to hide it te 2026-06-03T19:35:09.520Z DOJ investigating ASU for practicing 'DEI' and trying to hide it Recent 'viral videos' are what prompted DOJ to open an investigation into the university. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2081bfee6011c3f4ea8a58 Little America to celebrate Dino Days with Sinclair on June 6 te 2026-06-03T19:34:23.436Z Little America to celebrate Dino Days with Sinclair on June 6 The one-day community celebration will include free food, family activities, giveaways and a fuel discount as part of Sinclair’s 110th anniversary celebration on Friday, June 5. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2081aaee6011c3f4ea8a4f LOCAL ROUNDUP: Flagstaff and Coconino 2026 football schedules released te 2026-06-03T19:34:02.472Z LOCAL ROUNDUP: Flagstaff and Coconino 2026 football schedules released The Flagstaff and Coconino rivalry football game will be on Oct. 30 at Cromer Stadium. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208195ee6011c3f4ea8a46 NAU ROUNDUP: Athletics repeats as Big Sky Women’s All-Sports Trophy winner te 2026-06-03T19:33:41.511Z NAU ROUNDUP: Athletics repeats as Big Sky Women’s All-Sports Trophy winner A look at news and results from NAU. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20817fee6011c3f4ea8a3d Caird hits championship-winning walk-off as Flagstaff Little League Pink comes back to win 2026 AAA City Tournament te 2026-06-03T19:33:19.991Z Caird hits championship-winning walk-off as Flagstaff Little League Pink comes back to win 2026 AAA City Tournament FLL AAA Pink comes back from the loser’s bracket after falling to FLL AAA Black in the semifinal to win two games by one run on Tuesday to claim the championship. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a208163ee6011c3f4ea8a16 Kylie Jenner sends fans into a frenzy as she showcases her curves in pink string bikini te 2026-06-03T19:32:51.186Z Kylie Jenner sends fans into a frenzy as she showcases her curves in pink string bikini Kylie Jenner looked pretty in pink in her latest Instagram post. The 28-year-old reality star shared a series of photos from her girls trip to Turks & Caicos for her Kylie Cosmetics brand, sharing pictures of her and her girls at dinner, the beautiful table set up and multiples of her in a pink bikini. She captioned the post, "sunset dinner with @kyliecosmetics 💓." In the photos, Jenner is posing in a pink string bikini in different locations. In one of the photos she has her back to the camera as she looks over her shoulder with a serious look on her face. Behind her, the sun is setting on the horizon behind the ocean. KYLIE JENNER DAZZLES IN DARING WHITE STRING BIKINI FOR POOLSIDE PHOTOS  In the photos, Jenner accessorizes the pink bikini with a matching pink skirt with ruffles on the bottom. Later in the post, she stands in the same spot, this time facing the lens, as she pouts her lips to the camera. She also included photos of her standing on the balcony of the home she is staying in while visiting the Caribbean island, dressed in the same bikini, which she paired with earrings and a pair of white flip flops. Jenner further showed off her abs in a selfie taken while walking down a flight of stairs, in which her face is cut off, but her toned body is fully visible. "Oh My God, But what a diva. 😍❤️," one fan wrote in the comments section. Another added, "Obsessed w the bathing suit 🌸💕🩷💗." "Such a Barbie," one person wrote, with other comments: "BODYYYYY," "Gorgeous," "So stunning," "serving the bodyyy," and "Unmmmm insane." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Earlier this year, the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star posed topless to announce a drop for her fashion label, Khy. She posed with her hands covering her chest, with "I Heart LA" tattooed on her arm in sparkling rhinestones. The Kylie Cosmetics founder revealed in her caption that the upcoming collection is a tribute to her roots. "Born in LA <3 this new collection for @khy is very personal to me," she wrote to her 390 million followers. "It’s inspired, designed, and almost all of it made here in Los Angeles. i can’t wait for this and everything we have coming this year and beyond! .. from LA to wherever you are. xx ky" Jenner first launched her clothing company in November 2023, and since then has aimed to bridge the gap between high-end luxury and everyday streetwear by partnering with emerging designers. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20814fee6011c3f4ea8a0d Nick Saban urges Senate to pass legislation to fix college sports, but coaching contracts glossed over te 2026-06-03T19:32:31.188Z Nick Saban urges Senate to pass legislation to fix college sports, but coaching contracts glossed over The ongoing debate over whether Congress should intervene in college sports took center stage in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday as Nick Saban headlined a group of witnesses warning that the current system is unsustainable without federal legislation. There’s little doubt that NIL and the transfer portal have created a host of challenges. Some schools are spending upward of $40 million on football rosters for the upcoming season, while constant player movement has left athletic departments scrambling to adapt. It's easy to see why many schools believe they're facing an increasingly difficult road ahead. Obviously, this is the main reason why Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) spent countless hours piecing together a bipartisan bill. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Yes, there were also plenty of points made from witnesses regarding some conferences (SEC and Big Ten) essentially standing on their own above others like the ACC and Big 12 in terms of revenue generated through television deals. But, there seemed to be a slight disconnect between those testifying on Wednesday and the fans who live for college sports. The invited guests included Saban, Notre Dame AD Pete Bevacqua, Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould, West Virginia President Gordon Gee and Utah DE Lance Holtzclaw, who all testified before the Senate Commerce Committee. Ted Cruz, Maria Cantwell unveil bipartisan college athletics bill amid NIL chaos, lawsuits, 'Lane Kiffin Rule' Sen. Maria Cantwell pointed out that she believes the reason why both the ACC and Big 12 sent letters of support for the Protect College Sports Act centered around those conferences not wanting to be left for dead, like the Pac-12 was just a few years ago following a raid on their teams. "They think that [what happened to the Pac-12 is] what's going to happen to them next. That somebody's going to come and rearrange the deck chairs of those conferences, steal the schools with the eyeballs." As for the portal, Nick Saban did not have a problem bringing up the current situation between Ole Miss and Clemson, which some on social media thought was a former Alabama coach taking another shot at the Rebels. NCAA INVESTIGATES AFTER DABO SWINNEY RAISES TRANSFER PORTAL TAMPERING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST OLE MISS "We have nothing to control tampering. You know, Clemson had a player that was on campus for a whole week, and they (Ole Miss) come and got him off the campus and took him someplace else," Saban lamented. There were also some witnesses who decided to play the hits, especially when discussing the current models around NIL and collectives that have been a strong arm of financing for rosters across. Heading into the hearing, we all wondered how former Alabama coach Nick Saban would handle the moment, given that both the SEC and Big Ten came out against the bill on Tuesday evening. But, it didn’t take long for him to get going, though he could’ve used a cup of coffee of Ted Cruz. "I could use a little bit of that Cuban coffee becuase I didn’t sleep much last night because of this hearing," Saban pointed out. "What is our guiding principles for the future of college athletics?" The conversation quickly shifted to the cost of rosters, which I don't think the Crimson Tide are going to get much sympathy from. Brendan Sorsby gambled on his own team, yet the NCAA is somehow the bad guy in this case As Nick Saban mentioned, the former Alabama coach insists that the current system is going to be the downfall of athletic programs across the country. "But that is not the same thing as turning NIL into a pay-for-play system. It is not the same thing as using collectives and outside entities to create a bidding war for recruits and transfers. When the system becomes whoever raises the most money gets the best players, then we are no longer talking about college athletics as millions of fans and I have known it." OK, but while Nick Saban and others brought up the current system that in their eyes will officially open the dam, there was little talk about how much money coaches are currently making in college athletics. We can discuss the costs of rosters, but at the same time we are seeing head coaches across college football making upward of $13 million per season for their services. So, the argument over roster costs can fall on deaf ears for some, which was evident by the reaction on social media from those who were. But, maybe the most important witness of the day was Utah defensive end Lance Holtzclaw, who was asked for his thoughts on the current system, along with what he thought about sports agents currently working within the space. No matter who was speaking on Wednesday, there is not going to be much sympathy from the fans regarding the current problems. For over three hours, Senate Commerce Committee members asked about the state of college athletics, and what could be done to fix it. During that time, we heard about how bad NIL and the transfer portal are for the game, but we barely heard anything about the lucrative salaries of coaches across different sports. We were consistently told that the portal is this horrendous apparatus and that agents are not helping the current problem, which I understand to a degree, but there was a lack of discussion around coaches being used for leverage to land the next job or how an opening at one school can lead to frenzy at another. One of the most interesting aspects of this hearing was where witnesses were seated. Lance Holtzclaw transferred to Utah after his former head coach Kalen DeBoer left Washington for the Alabama job, which was vacant because the key witness retired. So, Nick Saban and Lance Holtzclaw sitting at the same table during this hearing is fitting for the state of college athletics. Now, we move to the next phase, which will have amendments presented to the current legislation. This could start next week, and the reactions from Wednesday's hearing will continue for days to come. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2080d2ee6011c3f4ea89b7 States face tight timeline as feds unveil new Medicaid work requirement rules te 2026-06-03T19:30:26.715Z States face tight timeline as feds unveil new Medicaid work requirement rules Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207ea4ee6011c3f4ea8965 Courtney Clenney's defense inspects knives at center of OnlyFans model's murder case ahead of trial: report te 2026-06-03T19:21:08.711Z Courtney Clenney's defense inspects knives at center of OnlyFans model's murder case ahead of trial: report If you or someone you know is the victim of domestic abuse, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233. Courtney Clenney’s defense team has inspected the knives at the center of her murder case as the former OnlyFans model awaits trial in the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend, Christian Obumseli. During a pretrial hearing on Monday, Clenney’s attorneys confirmed they had been able to examine the knives involved in the case, according to Court TV. Her attorneys also told the judge they have more than eight depositions scheduled in the coming days as they prepare to respond to pretrial motions previously filed by prosecutors. Clenney, a 30-year-old OnlyFans model with an Instagram following of nearly 2 million, has been in custody since August 2022 after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Obumseli, 27, in the heart. She has been charged in Miami with second-degree murder in the 2022 stabbing death. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X MIAMI WOMAN ALLEGEDLY SLICES BOYFRIEND WITH MACHETE AFTER RESTAURANT FIGHT OVER INFIDELITY A medical examiner said the knife wound he sustained in his chest was three inches deep. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER The death was initially considered self-defense, but investigators continued to dig after vocal concerns from Obumseli's family. In a heavily redacted police report, officers said they arrived at the couple’s Miami, Florida home around 5 p.m. in response to an aggravated battery call. They met a front desk supervisor who brought them up to the apartment, where police found Obumseli with a single stab wound to the torso. SEND US A TIP HERE The county medical examiner said in an autopsy report that Obumseli, who worked in cryptocurrency, died from a forceful downward thrust from a blade that went three inches into his chest, piercing a major artery. WATCH: OnlyFans model seen attacking boyfriend on Aspen 'content' trip Prosecutors are expected to rely heavily on evidence about the couple’s prior conflicts, while the defense has sought to portray the relationship as mutually volatile and Clenney as someone who feared Obumseli at the time of the stabbing. MAN ACCUSED OF TIMED BEATINGS NOW CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN RIVER: REPORT At the time of her arrest, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle characterized Obumseli's death as the culmination of a "tempestuous and combative relationship" that began in November 2020. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB In a February 2022 video recorded during a trip to Aspen, Colorado, Clenney is seen shouting at and repeatedly striking Obumseli in front of someone who recorded the encounter. In the video, the model is heard blaming Obumseli for her drinking, telling him he was "fired" and screaming at him repeatedly to leave. She also accused him of costing her money and flirting with other women. The case has been delayed repeatedly as both sides continue to litigate evidence and complete depositions. Clenney’s trial had been scheduled for April 27, but was postponed after a joint continuance request. The parties are now aiming for a summer trial setting, potentially in August, though no specific start date has been publicly announced. Clenney has pleaded not guilty and remains jailed without bond while awaiting trial. Fox News Digital has reached out to Clenney's attorneys for comment. Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207e79ee6011c3f4ea8933 Attorney General says Trump's $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is dead te 2026-06-03T19:20:25.263Z Attorney General says Trump's $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is dead Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207c77ee6011c3f4ea88df Knicks fans would save money flying to San Antonio for NBA Finals games instead of buying MSG tickets te 2026-06-03T19:11:51.515Z Knicks fans would save money flying to San Antonio for NBA Finals games instead of buying MSG tickets New York Knicks fans would save money by flying to San Antonio to attend an NBA Finals game rather than buying tickets to a game at Madison Square Garden. As of publication, the cheapest tickets for a Knicks home game at MSG are selling for nearly $4,000 apiece. CNN highlighted the disparity on Wednesday, just hours before Game 1 of the NBA Finals. "It absolutely would be cheaper [to fly to San Antonio for a game]," analyst Matt Egan said. "You could get a hotel for a few nights in San Antonio for $600. You could fly round trip for $700, and then you could go to not just Game 1, but Game 2 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio. You would still come out ahead by spending about $3,100, less than the almost $4,000 to see them in New York." And as a bonus, you'd get a few days in Texas instead of New York. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! According to Egan, some Knicks fans have already made that calculation. Ticket data shows that 30% of Game 2 purchases in San Antonio came from buyers with New York ZIP codes. For comparison, the cheapest seats for Games 1 and 2 in San Antonio are listed at roughly $750 and $1,100, respectively. Meanwhile, CNN reports that near-courtside seats by Celebrity Row at MSG are listed for as much as $220,000 each. "Even the wealthy fans are getting priced out," Sal Galatioto, president of investment bank Galatioto Sports Partners, told the outlet. "I'm a huge Knicks fan. Would I spend $100,000 to see a game? No way. Not even if you held a gun to me." TRUMP VOWS HE WOULD 'WORK ON' COMBATING HIGH TICKET PRICES FOR SPORTS FANS: 'IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE' The staggering prices reflect the excitement surrounding the Knicks' first trip to the NBA Finals since 1999. They could climb even higher if the series reaches Game 6, which would be played at Madison Square Garden. For all the (rightful) criticism the NBA has generated in recent years, there is genuine enthusiasm surrounding this Finals matchup. In addition to the Knicks' long-awaited return, Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama has emerged as one of the league's most compelling young stars at just 22 years old. "The NBA Finals at the Garden are having a Super Bowl moment, price-wise," Matt Ferrel, TickPick's head of marketing, told CNN. "I've never seen anything like this." Like the Super Bowl earlier this year, President Donald Trump says he plans to attend an NBA Finals game at MSG, potentially for Game 3. "I think I'll be going to one of the games," Trump said. "I was invited by numerous people, and [James Dolan], and I think I'll be going." The Knicks are +155 underdogs in the series. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207c4cee6011c3f4ea88b4 Google’s Dreambeans, its weirdest-named AI tool to date, will turn your life into a cartoon te 2026-06-03T19:11:08.543Z Google’s Dreambeans, its weirdest-named AI tool to date, will turn your life into a cartoon Dreambeans is a curated list of AI-illustrated "stories" culled from the personal data in your Google account. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207c37ee6011c3f4ea88ab Substack’s new ‘Reply Rules’ feature lets creators control how people respond te 2026-06-03T19:10:47.994Z Substack’s new ‘Reply Rules’ feature lets creators control how people respond Substack's new Reply Rules feature is currently available for all English-language publications and is designed to give creators greater control over how their audiences respond. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207c1fee6011c3f4ea889b LD20 Democrats sanction Rep. Alma Hernandez over GOP votes te 2026-06-03T19:10:23.435Z LD20 Democrats sanction Rep. Alma Hernandez over GOP votes Democratic activists in Legislative District 20 voted last month to formally rebuke state Rep. Alma Hernandez, citing more than 150 votes she cast alongside Republicans over the past four years. On May 18, members of the Legislative District 20 Democratic Committee voted 23 to 15 to issue a Statement of Concern and Request for Action to Hernandez. Hernandez was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2018. She is term-limited out of the House after four terms and is running for the LD20 Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales, who is also termed out. Hernandez is facing former Tucson City Council member Rocque Perez in the July 21 primary. With no Republican in the race, the seat will be decided in the primary. "This action taken by my legislative district is politically motivated, and was another attempt for a political stunt, plain and simple," Hernandez told Tucson Spotlight in an email. "Those pushing it are supporting my opponent, and they are doing this solely to generate negative attention ahead of the primary." Hernandez said those leading the process repeatedly misrepresented her record and on multiple occasions confused her with another Latina colleague who shares her last name, which she called racist. Committee members have criticized Hernandez's willingness to vote with Republicans on 39 occasions this year, saying that from 2023 to 2026, Hernandez has voted with Republican colleagues 151 times. Tucson Spotlight is the only newsroom in Southern Arizona built around mentoring diverse, emerging journalists to cover the communities they come from. No paywall. No outside ownership. Just local journalism that answers to Tucson. The topics on which she sided with Republicans included restrictions on First Amendment rights, measures restricting LGBTQ+ educational content, limitations on local government budget authority and support for an Article V Constitutional Convention through HCR2043. "This pattern reflects a departure from the Democratic Party platform and the expressed values and priorities of constituents within Legislative District 20," the committee said in a statement. Committee member Matthew Capalby brought the situation to the committee's attention, saying their action is about accountability. "The issue before us is not one disagreement or one difficult vote," Capalby said in a news release. "Representative Hernandez's documented pattern of conduct has increasingly aligned with Republican priorities while undermining the objectives of Democratic leadership, caucus strategy, and the values of the district." Capalby said Hernandez is still the duly elected representative for LD20, and that her actions should align with the voters who elected her. "Action like this was long overdue and didn't occur in isolation," Perez told Tucson Spotlight. "Representative Hernandez sided with Republicans more than 150 times in the last four years. Action like this was long overdue and deserving of harsher words given Arizona's Democratic Party censured former U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema for less." LD2 Sen. Gonzales spoke during the committee meeting, claiming that during a previous election, other candidates were given the debate questions ahead of time. Gonzales said she and Hernandez were not provided with the questions, adding that she had refused to attend committee meetings until now for that reason. "It was the kind of bullying we've seen from her at the State Capitol," Perez said of Gonzales' behavior during the meeting. "Her inability to work with colleagues to put our party's best foot forward in service to Tucson is exactly why we need new representation." The document was amended to softer wording before the final vote, stopping short of a formal censure. "They did not have the votes to pass a censure because the majority believed this was not the appropriate way to handle this situation," Hernandez said. "Rather than hold open forums where I can have discussions of my legislative record and be examined on the merits, the committee opted for a rushed, accusatory process built on falsehoods and steeped in racial bias designed to skirt LD20 bylaws." Committee member Shanna Leonard said Hernandez has always been invited to attend open meetings. "I don't recall her ever coming," said Leonard, who has worked with the committee since 2021 and said she has personally requested Hernandez join them for their regular meetings, along with other Democratic legislators. "It's kind of disrespectful. I wish she would just come and talk to us." Quentin Agnello is a University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact him at qsagnello@gmail.com. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207a20ee6011c3f4ea885a DOJ will keep fighting for Arizona voter database after Trump-appointed judge tossed its case te 2026-06-03T19:01:52.797Z DOJ will keep fighting for Arizona voter database after Trump-appointed judge tossed its case A banner showing President Donald Trump hangs on the Department of Justice on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that barred it from demanding access to Arizona’s voter registration database, it wrote in a court filing on Wednesday. In the filing, Jonathon P. Hauenschild, an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division, informed the trial court that an appeal would soon be filed with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE In late April, Judge Susan Brnovich rejected the DOJ’s lawsuit against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, writing that the federal government has no right to an unredacted copy of Arizona’s voter registration database. Brnovich, who was appointed to the bench in 2018 by President Donald Trump, dismissed the case with prejudice, barring the Trump administration from refiling with a different legal theory. The Trump administration sued Fontes in January, after he refused several demands to turn over the state’s voter database. DOJ first asked Fontes to provide an unredacted electronic copy of Arizona’s voter registration rolls in July 2025. The next month, he told the Trump administration that state and federal privacy laws bar him from doing so.  The lawsuit alleged that the Civil Rights Act of 1960, which the DOJ describes as imposing a “sweeping obligation on election officials” to retain and preserve election records, granted then-Attorney General Pam Bondi “sweeping power to obtain these records.”  While DOJ framed the request for voter roll information in all 50 states as part of an effort to ensure compliance with federal voting laws, voting rights advocates and other critics said its true aim is creating a national voter database in order to ferret out undocumented immigrants.  In March, a DOJ attorney conceded to a court in Rhode Island that voter registration data collected from states — a number have voluntarily given the data to the Trump administration — is being shared with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security so it can scour voter rolls for noncitizen voters.  Trump has repeatedly, and falsely, claimed that there are tens of millions of undocumented voters — something he attempted to prove during his first term in an effort that failed to produce any evidence.  Multiple studies have found that noncitizen voting is vanishingly rare and poses no meaningful threat to election integrity. When the Bipartisan Policy Center analyzed data compiled by the Heritage Foundation, an especially conservative think tank, it “found only 77 instances of noncitizens voting between 1999 and 2023” and concluded that “there is no evidence that noncitizen voting has ever been significant enough to impact an election’s outcome.” And Arizona voters in 2004 required that everyone provide proof of citizenship when they register to vote. (Arizona is the only state with such a law.) In her order dismissing the case, Brnovich relied heavily on analysis from a federal judge in Michigan, who similarly dismissed DOJ’s attempt to get that state’s voter file. Like that judge, Brnovich concluded that Arizona’s statewide voter registration list is not a record the state must preserve and produce on AG demand under federal law. That’s because the database is created by state elections officials, and the requirement in federal law to give DOJ voter records applies only to applications and similar records that voters submit to election officials. And Brnovich also noted that the Trump administration’s argument would create an internal conflict in federal election law: One section in the Civil Rights Act creates a criminal penalty for “altering” documents that must be preserved and turned over to the DOJ, but the National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act require elections officials to regularly update the electronic voter database.  Attorney General Kris Mayes will defend against the appeal, spokesman Richie Taylor told the Arizona Mirror, and was confident that the trial court’s ruling would be upheld. “Judge Brnovich’s ruling in this case couldn’t have been clearer,” Taylor said. “The Civil Rights Act does not authorize the DOJ’s demand for this private voter information and federal court after federal court has reached the same conclusion.” YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207a09ee6011c3f4ea883b Al Sharpton compares White House UFC fight night to 'fights for the slave masters' te 2026-06-03T19:01:29.753Z Al Sharpton compares White House UFC fight night to 'fights for the slave masters' Rev. Al Sharpton accused President Donald Trump and Republicans of trying to return the country to a more racist era during a Thursday appearance on MS NOW's "Morning Joe," tying the dispute over redistricting to Trump's planned UFC event on the White House lawn and his admiration for Andrew Jackson. "Trump and others are trying to bring us back to an America that we struggled to get out of," Sharpton said. Sharpton argued that Trump’s embrace of a White House UFC event was connected to the same politics behind the redistricting fight. "So there is a connection of why they’re having these fights on the White House lawn," Sharpton said. "UFC and all that, because they’re trying to go back to that when, you know, they watched people have these fights for the slave masters, and they’d be entertained by that." AL SHARPTON SAYS AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY IS NOT A 'CELEBRATION' FOR BLACK PEOPLE, CALLS IT 'CRAZY' "They’re literally going back to that." Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski connected Sharpton's comments to immigration enforcement under the Trump administration. "Look at these raids," Brzezinski said. "It’s playing out on America’s streets." Sharpton also pointed to Trump’s Oval Office decor during his first term as evidence of what he described as the president’s political vision. MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR CLAIMS 'DARK' TRUMP SUPPORTERS ENJOY WATCHING ICE ACT LIKE 'SLAVE CATCHERS' "Let’s not forget, one of the things that I think slips a lot of people, when Donald Trump first was elected in 2016, Mika, in 2017, when he went in the Oval Office, one of the first things he did was hang a picture of President Andrew Jackson," Sharpton said. Sharpton noted Jackson's history as a slave owner and his role in elevating Roger Taney, the chief justice who wrote the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision. WHITE HOUSE RIPS EX-WHITE STRIPES SINGER FOR SLAMMING TRUMP OVAL OFFICE REDECORATING AS 'GAUDY' "Andrew Jackson was a slave-owning president who nominated Judge Roger Taney to the Supreme Court," Sharpton said. "Taney became the chief justice that saw the Dred Scott decision passed." Sharpton questioned why Trump’s decision to prominently display Jackson was not scrutinized more at the time. "Why didn’t anybody ask Trump? Andrew Jackson, I don’t even remember reading about him in elementary school," Sharpton said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Sharpton argued that Jackson's presence in Trump's Oval Office symbolized a broader agenda. "Why Jackson?" Sharpton asked. "That’s the kind of country he wants us to go back to, Andrew Jackson, and we must resist that with all we have." The UFC event is scheduled for June 14 on the White House South Lawn as part of celebrations marking America's 250th anniversary. Fox News reached out to the Trump administration for comment, but did not immediately hear back. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2079f5ee6011c3f4ea8832 WATCH: Rubio scorches claim Trump weighed finances in Iran decisions: ‘Not even for a millisecond’ te 2026-06-03T19:01:09.832Z WATCH: Rubio scorches claim Trump weighed finances in Iran decisions: ‘Not even for a millisecond’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio forcefully pushed back Wednesday against a Democratic lawmaker's suggestion that President Donald Trump may have considered personal financial interests when making decisions related to the recent conflict with Iran. Rubio called the allegation "completely false" and said he has never heard the president discuss his own finances in connection with war or foreign policy. The exchange came during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, when Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., pressed Rubio about whether he warned Trump that military action against Iran could increase costs for Americans and whether the president's personal stock holdings created a potential conflict of interest. HOW TRUMP HANDED THE DEMOCRATS A GIFT BY SEEMING TO DISMISS FINANCIAL WORRIES OF AMERICANS "Not once. Just to be clear, not a single time, not even for a millisecond," Rubio said. "Has the president ever discussed his personal economics and relations to war or any public policy that he's made, for that matter? And I've been in every one of his foreign policy meetings for the most part." Rubio's remarks came after Meeks questioned whether Trump had been warned that "personal stock purchases and companies profiting from the war that he launched could present a conflict of interest." "I'm not aware of the president's stock purchases," Rubio responded. "I don't deal that. And I don't even know what you're saying is true."  When Meeks asserted that Trump's financial information was public, Rubio replied, "You say so. I don't read the president's financial disclosure, but I don't believe that." Meeks' line of questioning followed the release of Trump's annual financial disclosure, which showed more than 3,600 securities transactions executed in investment accounts managed for the president's benefit during the first quarter of 2026.  The White House could not immediately be reached for comment on Meeks' line of questioning. Trump representatives have said the accounts are managed by outside financial professionals and that the president does not direct individual trades. The hearing also featured a tense back-and-forth after Meeks repeatedly asked whether Rubio warned Trump that the conflict could drive up costs for gas, food, travel and shipping.  Rubio declined to provide a direct yes-or-no answer, telling the congressman, "I don't do yes or no answers." As Meeks continued pressing him, Rubio responded, "You're running out your five minutes. Did you? I don't do yes or no. Quiet. You want to ask me a question? I'll answer." Meeks did not cite a specific stock purchase or financial transaction connected to the U.S. operation against Iran during the hearing. TOP FIERY MOMENTS AS DEMOCRATS CLASH WITH TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT IN CHAOTIC HILL HEARINGS As Democratic lawmakers repeatedly challenged Rubio throughout the hearing on issues ranging from Trump's finances and decision-making to broader allegations of corruption within the administration, the secretary grew increasingly frustrated with the tenor of the proceedings. "Is this the Foreign Affairs Committee, or is this like a circus? What is this?" Rubio asked during one exchange. At another point, Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., showed videos he argued depicted Trump falling asleep during meetings and accused Rubio of misleading Congress when he denied it. "I've never seen him fall asleep," Rubio responded, later defending Trump's work habits by saying the president "literally doesn't sleep" and "works day and night, long hours every single day." Lieu also questioned Trump's cognitive fitness, prompting Rubio to fire back that "we had a cognitively impaired president in office a few years ago," an apparent reference to former President Joe Biden. Later in the hearing, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., accused the administration of a lack of transparency surrounding Venezuela oil contracts and alleged corruption involving Trump allies. Rubio called the accusations "false" and "defamatory" and repeatedly complained that lawmakers were not allowing him to answer questions before reclaiming their time. "What kind of thing is this? What is this? You know, you get asked questions for five minutes and you don't get time to answer. It's not a hearing," Rubio said. As the exchange continued, Rubio added, "Is this a dunk tank what is this?" Rubio made the earlier "circus" remark during a separate exchange with Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., in which the congresswoman criticized his handling of the administration's foreign policy and referenced a pair of shoes Trump had allegedly given him. Rubio responded that the shoes fit fine before expressing disbelief that the committee was discussing footwear. "Are you guys kidding me?" Rubio said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2079e1ee6011c3f4ea8829 Cody Johnson fires back at critics, calls Alaska grizzly bear hunt a 'conservationist effort' te 2026-06-03T19:00:49.842Z Cody Johnson fires back at critics, calls Alaska grizzly bear hunt a 'conservationist effort' Cody Johnson is pushing back after catching heat online for a recent grizzly bear hunt in Alaska. The country music star appeared on "American Country Countdown" with Ryan Fox last week, where he addressed criticism that poured in after he shared photos from a 10-day hunting trip in the Alaskan wilderness. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK "I caught so much flak for shooting this bear," Johnson said. "Whereas people in Alaska, they praised it, because when you don’t control a predator population like a grizzly bear, it can get out of control really fast." Johnson's hunt was, of course, entirely legal and conducted during one of Alaska's regulated brown bear seasons. The singer said wildlife officials in Alaska explained to him the impact grizzly bears can have on moose and caribou populations. "A statistic is that a male grizzly bear eats between 120 and 150 calves a year — being moose or caribou — so the moose and caribou populations are suffering, and they’re having to really regulate hunting on them." The comments came after Johnson shared photos from what he called the "trip of a lifetime," drawing thousands of reactions from fans. While many congratulated the ACM Entertainer of the Year winner, others criticized the hunt and questioned the ethics of killing a grizzly bear. The debate surrounding grizzly hunting tends to extend beyond simple questions of legality. Alaska allows tightly regulated brown bear hunts and issues a limited number of permits each year. Supporters argue that hunting helps fund conservation efforts through license and tag fees while also serving as a wildlife management tool in areas where predator populations can impact other species. TWO HIKERS CAPTURE TERRIFYING VIDEO OF CHARGING GRIZZLY BEARS AT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK Critics, however, often contend that grizzly bears occupy a unique place among North America's wildlife. Some oppose hunting apex predators on ethical grounds, regardless of whether populations are considered healthy and sustainably managed. Johnson made it clear where he stands. "In a lot of ways, in every way, this was not only a meat-harvesting hunt; it was a conservationist effort tag. So I’m really proud of it." It's worth noting that the bear wasn't killed simply for a trophy or photo opportunity. While bear meat may not be as common as venison or elk on most Americans' dinner tables, hunters regularly harvest and consume brown bears, especially in Alaska. Of course, this isn't the first time Johnson's hunting adventures have generated controversy. Last year, the singer found himself at the center of the high-fence hunting debate after harvesting a world-record Transcaspian urial ram at Texas' Covered S Ranch. Critics argued that record-book animals should only count when taken under free-range conditions, while supporters noted that the hunt complied with Safari Club International's standards and was conducted legally on private land. Now, CoJo is forced to defend himself once again. "You’re never going to please everybody," he said. "But I just think that it’s awful ironic that people would say, 'How dare you kill this poor bear, but do you want to go eat at Chick-fil-A?'" The man has a point. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2075cdee6011c3f4ea87cc FedEx announces 100 layoffs, closing down Phoenix facility te 2026-06-03T18:43:25.841Z FedEx announces 100 layoffs, closing down Phoenix facility A spokesperson for FedEx said the workers of this Phoenix facility were warned months ago about changes that were happening. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207599ee6011c3f4ea8796 Sex criminals, gang members abused child immigration program to enter US, DHS reveals te 2026-06-03T18:42:33.664Z Sex criminals, gang members abused child immigration program to enter US, DHS reveals EXCLUSIVE — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says that thousands of illegal aliens — many of them sex criminals, murderers and known members of brutal gangs — have abused a program meant to protect at-risk minors in order to gain entry into the United States. A report from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) first obtained by Fox News Digital reveals the extent to which the Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) program is riddled with fraud, and oftentimes exploited by the worst-of-the-worst criminals to gain legal status into the country. The program recipients are offered legal permanent resident status and eventually naturalization. It was created to offer a safe haven to children of illegal immigrants who have been victims of abuse, neglect or abandonment. USCIS' Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate uncovered more than a decade's worth of abuse of the program from fiscal years 2013 through 2025. HOMAN VOWS ICE DETENTION FACILITY 'ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE' DESPITE DEMOCRATS' PUSH TO SHUT IT DOWN Among illegal alien entrants who took advantage of the program, at least 120 had arrest records for murder. Another 200 approved SIJ petitioners were convicted of sex offenses, and more than 500 were known or suspected members of the brutal Salvadoran street gang MS-13, which has pervaded communities across the U.S. High-profile cases of SIJ abuse by criminals include a New York MS-13 leader who pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in connection to eight murders in which he was involved. Another illegal alien entrant had a long history of gang activity in Massachusetts and allegedly participated in a drive-by shooting that killed two and wounded five others. His petition for SIJ status was approved in 2023, after the deadly shooting occurred. FOUR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS LINKED TO MS-13 INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY MURDERING 14-YEAR-OLD BOY IN MARYLAND PARK Four MS-13 gang members in Virginia who were approved for the SIJ program were indicted for racketeering in 2023 and 2024 for their alleged participation in multiple murders, including the killing of a 19-year-old woman who was allegedly slain for insulting the gang on social media. Jessica Vaughan is the Director of Police Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies. She told Fox News Digital that there are few guardrails for ensuring that SIJ applicants are actually facing dire circumstances. She explained that SIJ is one of the only federal immigration programs that relies on state judges — in this case family court judges — to determine eligibility under federal law. The program rarely functions as intended, she said. "Many people are under the impression that the people benefiting from this program are children who don’t have responsible parents when that is not the case," she said. "The typical scenario is the representative of the applicant comes before a state judge requesting this order of dependency." Those representatives are usually attorneys, some of whom make a living processing SIJ petitions. All they have to do is present an affidavit swearing on behalf of the petitioner that they face dire circumstances and have nowhere else to go other than the custody of a neglectful or abusive parent. "The best thing would be for Congress to tighten up the law on eligibility criteria," Vaughan said. "Check if [the petitioner] suffered trauma from abuse at the hands of a parent, and is in state custody and has no opportunity to return to their home country." She also warned that USCIS, which processes the applications, has no access to juvenile criminal records of petitioners and urged lawmakers to add a provision allowing the agency to check criminal backgrounds. James Percival, deputy counsel for DHS, said fault lies with state courts who approve the petitions, often without knowing who is being granted SIJ status or even having a hearing to find out. "While the SIJ program advances important congressional objectives, it is at significant risk of fraud," Percival said in a statement on abuse of the program. "Frequently, there is no underlying child protective services or similar investigation into the child’s circumstances. Instead, aliens who wish to remain in the United States forever can obtain these orders without meaningfully demonstrating that they meet the requirements because judges are unaware of the need to vet the claims." "The failure of state court judges to police the requirements of the SIJ process leads to tangible harm. It allows criminals, gang members, and even suspected terrorists to obtain lawful status while eroding trust and diverting resources away from genuinely vulnerable children." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207585ee6011c3f4ea878d DHS confirms DUI charge against non-English-speaking driver in Virginia crash that killed 5 te 2026-06-03T18:42:13.673Z DHS confirms DUI charge against non-English-speaking driver in Virginia crash that killed 5 FIRST ON FOX — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to Fox News Digital that a non-English-speaking naturalized U.S. citizen from China accused of causing a Virginia crash that killed five people and injured dozens more Friday morning is now facing charges for driving under the influence and without a valid license. Jing Sheng Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York, is charged with five counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of reckless driving, according to a statement from the Stafford County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. A DHS spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital on Tuesday he is also charged with driving while intoxicated and driving without a valid license on the day of the fatal crash. VIRGINIA BUS CRASH THAT KILLED FIVE INVOLVED DRIVER WHO DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH, SEAN DUFFY SAYS National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials said that on the day of the crash, Dong was driving a bus from New York to North Carolina along Interstate 95 when he struck a line of vehicles that had slowed down in a work zone at "a high rate of speed." A family of four traveling from Greenfield, Massachusetts, to attend a wedding were killed, along with an unidentified 25-year-old woman from Worcester, Massachusetts. Among the family members killed were a 13-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. EMERGENCY CREWS RESPOND TO TOUR BUS ROLLOVER WITH DOZENS OF PATIENTS IN NEW YORK Dong, who did not speak English, received his commercial driver's license from New York in 2024, Duffy said. Court records obtained by The Associated Press show he was previously accused of speeding 18 miles per hour over the limit in Colonial Heights, Virginia, in November 2024 and speeding 22 miles per hour over the limit in Annapolis, Maryland, in March. He also has a pending trespassing case in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, and was naturalized under the Obama administration on Aug. 14, 2012, DHS officials said. EXCLUSIVE: CAMERAS CAPTURE TRUCKERS UNABLE TO READ ROAD SIGNS, ANSWER BASIC QUESTIONS DURING FLORIDA CRACKDOWN "Unacceptable. This is exactly why we are holding states’ accountable, enforcing the rules of the road, and cracking down on drivers who can’t speak English," Duffy wrote in a statement on X. "If you can’t be properly trained, read our road signs, or communicate with law enforcement, you have no business driving a bus." He added investigators are reviewing New York licensing records, training documentation and Dong's history. U.S. Department of Transportation special agents were seen at a home connected to E&P Travel Inc., the bus operator based in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. CALIFORNIA TO REVOKE 17,000 COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSES GIVEN TO IMMIGRANTS AMID TRUMP ADMIN PRESSURE The company’s CEO is listed as Shuo Liu, who also reportedly leads Triple Group Inc., based in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to North Carolina state business records obtained by WBTV. The listed address for the Charlotte business is a bus stop in a strip mall, and signs at the location advertise regular transportation service between the bus stop and New York City’s Chinatown, the outlet reported. "Any company, trainer, or school that contributed to putting an unqualified driver on the road will face intense scrutiny," Duffy said. "My prayers are with the loved ones of the innocent lives lost and those who were hurt in this horrific crime." The NTSB launched a team to investigate the crash. E&P Travel Inc. did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Dong could not immediately be reached for comment. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207571ee6011c3f4ea8784 Trump admin cracks down on Colorado school district that allegedly put up to 61 males on girls' sports teams te 2026-06-03T18:41:53.682Z Trump admin cracks down on Colorado school district that allegedly put up to 61 males on girls' sports teams FIRST ON FOX: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) sent a warning letter to the Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado on Wednesday after the department determined in March that the school district put up to 61 male students on girls' sports teams. Wednesday's letter warns the district that it has 10 days to come to a resolution with ED, or it will receive a follow-up letter of impending enforcement action, and risks termination of the district's federal education funding. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "Not only did the District trample on females’ sex-based protections by allowing males to compete in their sports, intrude in their bathrooms, and sleep in their overnight accommodations, but now it refuses to fix the problem after being given the chance. It is indifferent to the law and to the safety, privacy, and dignity of women and girls. Its behavior here is unconscionable," ED's Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. "The District must restore Title IX protections or risk further enforcement action. As we continue to honor June as Title IX Month, the Trump Administration will not allow students to continue to be abused at the hands of a radical ideological agenda that undermines the basic protections to which they are entitled under law." TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY HAVE PUT UP TO 61 MALE STUDENTS ON GIRLS SPORTS TEAMS ED's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concluded the district violated Title IX in March after a months-long investigation. The investigation began in June 2025, when OCR launched a probe into allegations that Jefferson County Public Schools had removed safeguards requiring single-sex overnight accommodations on district-sponsored trips. Federal investigators said their review uncovered broader violations, concluding the district also allowed male students to access female-only facilities and compete on girls' teams. Title IX, enacted in 1972, bars discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal funding. Fox News Digital has reached out to Jefferson County Public Schools for a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20755dee6011c3f4ea877b Bret Michaels is supportive of daughter Raine’s ‘brilliant decision’ to follow her dreams of selling feet pics te 2026-06-03T18:41:33.751Z Bret Michaels is supportive of daughter Raine’s ‘brilliant decision’ to follow her dreams of selling feet pics If you had told me when I was growing up that one day the adult children of aging rock stars would be appearing on something called reality TV sharing their hopes and dreams with them, I would have first looked at you like you had two heads. Then, after grasping the concept of reality TV, I would have said where do I sign up? Who doesn’t want to see heartfelt conversations between a guy like Bret Michaels, 63, and his model daughter Raine, 26, about her future? A future that could involve following her dreams of selling feet pics, according to People. The touching father-daughter moment took place on Netflix’s reality series Calabasas Confidential. The lead singer of Poison, and reality star in his own right, shoots hoops with his daughter before they discuss Raine’s hopes and dreams. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Raine, not unlike the children of other rock stars, falls into the trap of comparing herself to her old man when he was her age. That was a much different time. Dad wisely points out how "amazing" the internet is. He was, after all, the first musician to ever embrace it, his words. "It's an incredible world. I was the first one to embrace it as a musician. I love it. I love where the world's at," Bret says. With the door swung wide open for her with the comments about how awesome the internet is, Raine asked dad about his thoughts on her selling feet pics on a site called FeetFinder. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE Bret, the loving father that he is, was all in on the idea. He said to the amusement of his daughter, "I think FeetFinder's a brilliant, brilliant decision." This wasn’t just for the cameras either. TMZ caught up with Raine, and she confirmed that Bret is supportive of the idea of her selling pictures of her feet on the internet. He also passed along valuable advice about reality TV. Bret, who she pointed out is reality TV royalty, told her to "be true to herself and be careful what you say and do because this stuff never dies." Do we have another dad of the year nominee? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207532ee6011c3f4ea8749 Having hobbled VOA, White House now wants fresh push to counter terrorist propaganda te 2026-06-03T18:40:50.230Z Having hobbled VOA, White House now wants fresh push to counter terrorist propaganda Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207517ee6011c3f4ea873e Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn te 2026-06-03T18:40:23.915Z Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Another warm, arid winter could leave Colorado River reservoirs nearly dry.  That is one of the projections a group of Colorado River experts released Monday, building on a previous report released last September assessing the future of the waterway’s federally managed dams under different hydrological scenarios. The new report forecasted the impacts of another dry winter and a wetter one, which it found would not provide enough water to extricate the basin from the depths of a climate change-fueled drought.  “Both scenarios demonstrate the need to adopt significant additional measures to permanently decrease consumptive uses across the entire Basin,” the authors wrote. The Colorado River and its tributaries serve 40 million people across seven Western states, 30 tribal nations and Mexico. In the U.S., the Colorado River Basin is split into an upper basin containing Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, and a lower basin comprising Arizona, California and Nevada. Water use in the basins, between 11 and 13 million acre feet recently, has consistently outstripped what nature provides, leading to some reductions in usage but an imminent need for much steeper cuts. But the new report finds the supply-and-demand imbalance is likely to persist under a range of weather and usage scenarios. If water year 2027, measured from the beginning of October 2026 to the end of the following September, is similar to water year 2025, one of the five driest since 2000, and human consumption is on par with the lowest levels this century, the U.S. would overconsume the natural flow of the river by 2.59 million acre feet (one acre foot of water can serve between 1 and 3 households depending on the climate).  Such a drain would “risk a crash of the Basin’s water storage system,” the authors found.  Lakes Mead and Powell, the two largest reservoirs in the U.S., would hover just above the minimum elevations required for their dams to produce electricity and maintain their structural integrity. Hoover and Glen Canyon dams would be close to operating as “run-of-the-river” facilities that store no surplus. Another dry winter would hit farmers across the region particularly hard, said Anne Castle, a senior fellow at the Getches-Wilkinson Center at the University of Colorado Law School, a former assistant secretary for Water and Science at the Interior Department and one of the report’s authors. “It could put a lot of market pressure on agricultural water users” to sell their water to cities, she continued, which would “have a significant effect on agricultural production and rural communities.” “It’s just so hard to make those kinds of deep cuts,” Castle said. “When you translate that into who exactly is going to get less water, it gets even harder.” A wetter water year would bring only temporary relief. If next winter delivers large volumes of snow, akin to water year 2023, the third wettest year of the century, and human consumption matches what was drawn from the river that year, the Colorado River could provide a surplus of 4.83 million acre feet. This would partially recharge lakes Powell and Mead, but in less than two years overconsumption would return them to today’s lows, the authors wrote. “By and large, their analysis is right—we need to reduce consumption,” said Mark Squillace, a natural resources law professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder, who was not involved with the report. “We need to be thinking about measuring consumptive use for our individual water users, and then making sure that we are finding strategies and providing incentives for users, particularly farmers, to reduce their consumptive use.”  As reservoir levels across the Colorado River Basin continue to drop, negotiations among the basin states over a new long-term operating plan for the Colorado River have pivoted toward a short-term deal. There is a real possibility that states will sue one another over how much water each will be required to leave in the river for the others to use, an outcome widely seen as counterproductive. The Bureau of Reclamation, which manages federal infrastructure throughout the basin, including Hoover and Glen Canyon dams, is expected to publish its record of decision this summer detailing how it will operate the river moving forward. “There is concern that because the seven states haven’t been able to come to a consensus agreement and because Reclamation’s and Interior’s authorities are limited, the operation we’ll see described is potentially not going to be sufficient to stabilize the system,” Castle said. The new report’s hydrological forecasts show less water in the river than Reclamation’s May iteration of its 24-month projections, which are based on river flow measurements from 1991 to 2020. Given the recent drought, Castle called the agency’s minimum probable inflow forecast for the water year 2027 “way high.”  “The 1990s were relatively wet,” said Eric Kuhn, the retired general manager of the Colorado River Water Conservation District, the oldest and largest of the state’s four conservation districts, and another of the report’s authors. “Since 2020, we’ve had about a 10 million acre-foot river.” Reclamation did not respond to a request for comment about how it factors aridity into its 24-month projections. The agency also makes other 2-year and 5-year projections for the river using its Mid-Term Operations Model, which Kuhn said encompasses the continued drought of the last half-decade. “Reclamation is on their toes when it comes to improving these forecasts,” Kuhn said. No matter what the next water year brings, Colorado River reservoirs will likely continue ratcheting downward as long as supply and demand remain imbalanced. “Every time we go through a wet period, we don’t recover enough and we haven’t reduced basic uses enough,” Kuhn said. “The next dry cycle is worse.” “This is not a temporary situation,” he continued. “The long-term solution is a permanent reduction in the consumptive use footprint throughout the basin.” Squillace agreed, and added that as climate change promises to upend how water is managed in the arid West, that basin cannot afford to get hung up on a short-term agreement. “That’s just kicking the can down the road,” he said. The hydrology is “gonna get worse,” he continued. “So let’s plan for that.” The post Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2072dcee6011c3f4ea86c7 Graham Platner’s cocaine brag resurfaces as unearthed posts reveal blunt admission te 2026-06-03T18:30:52.953Z Graham Platner’s cocaine brag resurfaces as unearthed posts reveal blunt admission Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, bragged in newly resurfaced social media posts about doing hard drugs while on military leave – adding that he had "no regrets" about his past escapades.  Platner, a combat veteran of both the Marine Corps and the Army National Guard, claimed in a 2020 Reddit post made under the handle P-Hustle that he was "partying it up" by using drugs while backpacking through Spain on military leave. In a post made that same year, he admitted to having purchased cocaine.  "Street value," Platner wrote in July 2020. "I always wonder what street you're buying your cocaine on, because it's not the street I'm buying my cocaine on." The Marine Corps prohibits servicemen from using illicit drugs, threatening those who violate its rules with expulsion and criminal prosecution. PLATNER’S ONLINE PAST GETS RAUNCHIER WITH CRUDE TAKES ON ‘LATIN AMERICAN HOOKERS,’ CHEATING ABROAD "Any Marine caught using or selling drugs while attached to the Battalion will be prosecuted under the [Uniform Code of Military Justice] and processed for separation from the Marine Corps," a Marine Corps memo on the topic reads. It is unclear if Platner disclosed his drug use to his superiors. He did, however, admit to using substances while still on the Marine Corps’s payroll. "Took two months of terminal, most of it combat leave, so I was making a pretty penny doing just about nothing," he wrote in February 2020. "Went backpacking through Europe on the government dime, walked the Camino de Santiago, did some drugs and had a blast partying it up in hostels across the continent. Then went home and went to college." "I highly recommend it. No regrets," he added. PLATNER CONTROVERSIES FUEL SPECULATION ABOUT LITTLE-KNOWN MAINE BALLOT REPLACEMENT PROVISION Given that Platner enrolled at George Washington University in 2008, the backpacking trip likely occurred around that time, when he was around 24 years old.  The admission to drug use adds to a growing archive of deleted Reddit posts that have put Platner’s campaign on the defensive, with the Maine Democrat resisting calls to exit the race. Platner’s online history, alongside newfound revelations of infidelity, have become a test of how much scrutiny a candidacy can survive. NEW WEBSITE PUTS PLATNER ON NOTICE BY AMPLIFYING SCANDALS: 'ONE RED FLAG AFTER ANOTHER'  The Washington Free Beacon was the first to report on the unsurfaced Reddit posts related to drug use.  While Platner has explained some of his past posts — such as those where he used slurs and made explicit sexual comments — by attributing them to the "crude humor" and "offensive language" he became accustomed to in the armed forces, it is unclear if that same explanation applies to his admission of drug use. The Platner campaign did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Wednesday. Platner’s deleted Reddit posts — which include insults aimed at white rural Americans, support for communism and socialism, praise of political violence, and charges that the Army is full of "fat" and "lazy" people — have dominated the conversation online about Platner’s candidacy, though the Democratic hopeful’s prospects do not yet appear to have sunk in the polls. As of publishing, polls generally show Platner leading incumbent GOP Sen. Susan Collins to represent Maine, though polls have historically underestimated her strength in the state. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207095ee6011c3f4ea8645 Bodycam footage fuels backlash after police handcuff dying stabbing victim te 2026-06-03T18:21:09.664Z Bodycam footage fuels backlash after police handcuff dying stabbing victim Newly released police bodycam footage is intensifying scrutiny of local police after officers handcuffed an 18-year-old university student who repeatedly told them he had been stabbed and could not breathe moments before dying on a Southampton street. The video, released Monday following the murder conviction of 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, shows Henry Nowak telling officers, "I’ve been stabbed" and "I can’t breathe" while lying on the ground after the Dec. 3, 2025, attack. One officer responded: "I don’t think you have, mate," according to the video.  Police handcuffed Nowak after Digwa claimed he had been the victim of a racist assault, according to court proceedings previously reported by Sky News. BODYCAM FOOTAGE SHOWS MOMENT FLORIDA OFFICERS' ATTEMPT TO RESTRAIN SUSPECT GOES HORRIBLY WRONG Reuters reported that officers later removed the handcuffs and attempted CPR after realizing Nowak had suffered serious stab wounds. Digwa was sentenced Monday to life in prison after being convicted of murdering the 18-year-old University of Southampton finance student with a 21-centimeter blade prosecutors described as a Sikh kirpan-style weapon. GRIEVING TEXAS FATHER SPEAKS OUT AFTER SON WAS STABBED TO DEATH AT HIGH SCHOOL TRACK MEET The case has sparked political backlash in Britain and renewed debate over policing, race and knife crime. In a statement read outside court Monday, Nowak’s father, Mark Nowak, said his son repeatedly pleaded for help before losing consciousness. "Henry had been stabbed multiple times, and as his chest filled with blood, he tried to escape. He was chased, abused, and filmed by Vickrum Digwa and others," Mark Nowak said, according to Reuters. "When police arrived, Henry was lying on the floor, barely able to sit up and plainly in severe medical distress."  "With his final words, he told officers that he could not breathe. He told them he had been stabbed," Mark Nowak said, according to Reuters. "The response from one officer was ‘I don’t think you have, mate,’" he added. Mark Nowak said the family held Digwa "solely and 100% responsible" for their son's death, but criticized the police, saying, "Henry should not have died on the streets of Southampton in police custody. The way he was treated was inhumane and degrading." Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, said the case showed "the fear of being called racist was greater than dealing with Henry Nowak’s murder," according to Reuters. UK POLICE APOLOGIZE TO 'FATHER TED' CREATOR GRAHAM LINEHAN FOR ARREST OVER TRANS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick also called for the release of body-worn camera footage and accused authorities of prioritizing allegations of racism over saving Nowak’s life during an appearance on GB News. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the killing as "an awful, shocking case" and said it was right that the Independent Office for Police Conduct investigate the police response. Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary, the police force responsible for policing Southampton and surrounding areas in southern England, previously apologized after the conviction, with Temporary Deputy Chief Constable Robert France saying he was sorry that Nowak had been handcuffed "in the moments before he lost consciousness," according to Sky News. The police force remains under investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct. Fox News Digital reached out to Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary for comment but did not receive a response.  Reuters contributed to this story. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a207069ee6011c3f4ea860a ‘Follow the money’: Mayes targets fuel pro-Petersen PAC in Arizona’s GOP attorney general race te 2026-06-03T18:20:25.434Z ‘Follow the money’: Mayes targets fuel pro-Petersen PAC in Arizona’s GOP attorney general race Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206e2eee6011c3f4ea85b8 President Trump questions why Jill and Joe Biden went to a Waffle House after she feared stroke te 2026-06-03T18:10:54.153Z President Trump questions why Jill and Joe Biden went to a Waffle House after she feared stroke President Donald Trump questioned why former first lady Jill Biden and former President Joe Biden went to Waffle House after the infamous 2024 debate during an interview on Wednesday, after Jill recently revealed she worried that Joe was having a stroke on stage. "People saw him before the debate and he was fine. I wouldn't say it was Winston Churchill, but he was fine. He was all right," Trump began as "Pod Force One" host Miranda Devine noted that Jill and Joe went to a Waffle House in Georgia after the debate ended. "Yeah. I mean, so she said he had a stroke, but why would she bring him to a Waffle House if he had a stroke?" Trump said. LIBERAL CNN ANCHOR LASHES OUT AT DEMOCRATS' DECEIT AFTER JILL BIDEN'S ADMISSION ABOUT JOE'S DEBATE SHOWING Devine asked if first lady Melania Trump would have allowed him to go to a Waffle House if she thought he suffered a stroke, and Trump said, "even in good times, she wouldn't." "Although I would actually, it's not so bad," he quipped. In her book, "View from the East Wing: A Memoir," Jill wrote, reacting to the debate, "To this day, I still don’t know what happened. Why wasn’t he making any sense? It was inexplicable to me. The only other time he’d sounded like that was right after he’d had surgery. I wish I’d thought of asking for a blood test, just so we’d know what was in his system." During an appearance on MS NOW's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday, Biden said that her husband was checked by doctors after the performance and before heading to their other events. JILL BIDEN ADMITS JOE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "And then we got off the stage and, you know, I went to get my stuff. He was checked out by the doctors. They said he’s fine. We went on to do three more events that night, and Joe was like he always was," she said. She explained her fear of Joe having a stroke during a CBS interview last week, which was also included in her memoir. "Joe had something nonsensical about beating Medicare. Is he short-circuiting? I thought. Is this a stroke? It felt like we’re watching an AI hologram of the man we knew, and the hologram was glitching. Has he been drugged? Oh God - will people watching assume that this is how he is all the time?" she wrote. Jill has done multiple interviews about her new book, which was released on Tuesday. She said during "The View" on Tuesday that her husband would not have been in a good place to serve a second term had he remained in the race and won, citing his cancer diagnosis. "Well, not from what I know now," Biden said. "My God. Who knew? It was so shocking to get that cancer diagnosis. I mean, we had, you know, here I was, I’m looking through travel magazines like, ‘Oh, where are we going to go? What are we going to do,’ and then we get this cancer diagnosis and I think, what am I doing? Like, our whole life has changed now. It was just shocking." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206bd2ee6011c3f4ea8520 Officials lay out ICE's role at Los Angeles World Cup plans, announce boosted security for Iran games te 2026-06-03T18:00:50.159Z Officials lay out ICE's role at Los Angeles World Cup plans, announce boosted security for Iran games Members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be staffed in Los Angeles during the World Cup but will not be actively detaining foreign travelers, Los Angeles ​County Sheriff Robert Luna said this week. ICE's presence at World Cup games has been an ongoing discussion, especially in Los Angeles, to the point that SoFi Stadium union workers issued a complaint to the attorney general of California, stating that they could be at risk of being targeted by ICE due to FIFA's accreditation process. However, Luna said at a news conference that he was told by the head of Homeland Security for the Los Angeles region that "civil immigration enforcement...would not be occurring at any of the games." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "There will be federal agents ... because ⁠it's going to take all of us to make sure that all the venues, the scoped and unscoped events, ​are secure," Luna said, via Reuters. "But in regard to civil immigration enforcement, they told us that specifically would not be occurring at any of ​the games. "Any of that is subject to change, but I have trust that they're giving me the appropriate information because if that starts occurring, we're going to have a whole new host of problems," he added. NJ TRANSIT WORLD CUP TRAIN TICKETS SEE EYEPOPPINGLY SLOW SALES AHEAD OF UPCOMING TOURNAMENT ICE acting director Todd Lyons has said that it would play a "key part" in ensuring security during the tournament, something Luna confirmed. Luna also said that "additional staffing" would be provided for Iran's two games at SoFi Stadium amid the war overseas. "Iran does bring a different dynamic because of the current world events," Luna said. Iran's first game is June 15 against New Zealand -- it will also play Belgium in L.A. six days later before facing Egypt in Seattle on June 26 to close out group play. Eight games will be played at SoFi Stadium, including the U.S. opener against Paraguay on June 12, which can be watched on FOX at 9 p.m. ET. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206a8dee6011c3f4ea84d4 A lasting legacy: Hamilton baseball coach Mike Woods ready to hand program to ‘next wave of young coaches’ te 2026-06-03T17:55:25.425Z A lasting legacy: Hamilton baseball coach Mike Woods ready to hand program to ‘next wave of young coaches’ CHANDLER – Nearly three decades after helping launch Hamilton High School’s baseball program, Mike Woods finds himself reflecting less on championships and more on people. He thinks about former players and what they have done with their lives. “These guys go off and they’re husbands and fathers and they’ve got great careers, and they’re doing well in life,” Woods said. “That’s what makes me the most proud.” Woods began coaching at Hamilton when the school opened in 1998 and retired in May after leading the Huskies to 10 state championships, 92 postseason victories and 13 appearances in the state title game over a 28-season span. Under his leadership, more than 150 players advanced to Division I baseball or higher, cementing Hamilton’s reputation as a national powerhouse. Woods has also been inducted into the National High School Baseball Hall of Fame and was recently named Arizona Republic High School Baseball Coach of the Year. The most meaningful part of his career has not been the championships or postseason wins, but the bonds that are built,” Woods said. “Having a relationship with the players after they leave has always been very important,” Woods said. That connection, he added, is what he values most when he looks back on nearly three decades at Hamilton.  University of Arizona signee Ben Ball said Woods’ impact extends far beyond wins and championships. “It feels incredible,” Ball said. “Especially to be a part of the 10th state championship (in May). But I’m here at this moment because of everyone before us. I’m just a very small part of this legacy and dynasty of Hamilton baseball.” Ball, an outfielder who spent four years in the program, said Woods helped shape the culture that has made Hamilton one of Arizona’s premier high school baseball programs. “I would just say how to carry yourself, being professional and doing things the right way,” Ball said. “Respecting the game, being a leader and building a winning culture where everyone is held to a really high standard.” As his time at Hamilton came to an end, Woods said the decision to step away came after years of intense commitment to the program he helped build. “I was losing energy,” Woods said. “I really push it and put a lot of time and energy and emotion into it.” For Woods, retirement was not tied to a single moment, but rather a gradual realization that it was time to hand the program over to the next generation of coaches. “I thought I evolved about as far as I can evolve,” he said. “Time for the next wave of young coaches to come in and take it from there.”  Hamilton assistant coach Mike Spear, who has worked alongside Woods since the program’s early years, said Woods’ impact goes beyond championships and accolades. “His legacy is intact,” Spear said. “He’s a great coach, high integrity, class and he’s a competitor. He competes.” Woods helped establish the standards that turned Hamilton into one of Arizona’s premier high school baseball programs, Spear said. “When we got the opportunity, we appreciated it,” he said. “The goal was to win, build from scratch and get better every year. That was the goal, and then win championships if we could.” As he reflected on his nearly three decades at Hamilton, Woods said he considers himself fortunate for the opportunity he was given when the program began. “The bottom line is I feel fortunate,” Woods said. “I mean, the school opened up. “I was at the right place at the right time.” The post A lasting legacy: Hamilton baseball coach Mike Woods ready to hand program to ‘next wave of young coaches’ appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206a77ee6011c3f4ea84bb ADHS launches #LookBeforeYouLock campaign as temperatures rise in the Valley te 2026-06-03T17:55:03.506Z ADHS launches #LookBeforeYouLock campaign as temperatures rise in the Valley Over 1,000 children have died in hot cars nationwide since 1990, officials say. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206a42ee6011c3f4ea8486 Popular amusement park bans guest for life after roller coaster stunt viral video te 2026-06-03T17:54:10.952Z Popular amusement park bans guest for life after roller coaster stunt viral video A YouTuber has been banned for life from visiting all Six Flags parks after posting a viral video that appeared to show him eating chicken nuggets while riding one of the country's most famous roller coasters. The video, uploaded in May by content creator Allen Ferrell, shows him attempting to eat McDonald's chicken nuggets while riding Millennium Force at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. The stunt quickly gained attention online, generating hundreds of thousands of views and prompting a response from park officials. MCDONALD'S MCNUGGET CAVIAR SELLS OUT IN MINUTES AS CONTENT CREATOR CALLS COMBO 'RIDICULOUS, BUT IT WORKS' Six Flags confirmed to Fox News Digital that Ferrell has been permanently banned from all Six Flags properties. The company said food and other loose items are prohibited on rides because they can create safety hazards. "Safety is a cornerstone of our business, and we have zero tolerance for inappropriate and unsafe behavior," a Six Flags spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "Guests who violate our Code of Conduct are not welcome in our parks, and this guest has been banned from all Six Flags parks for life." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Ferrell has more than 1.8 million YouTube subscribers. He is known for posting challenge videos in which he attempts unusual dares and stunts. In the roller coaster video, he is seen concealing a box of chicken nuggets before entering the park and later boarding Millennium Force. Once seated, Ferrell can be seen beginning to eat as the ride climbs and descends its first hill.  At one point during the ride, he calls for dipping sauce, which is handed to him by a friend seated nearby. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES After the ride ended, Ferrell said he managed to eat seven of the 10 nuggets. The video sparked a wave of reactions online, with many viewers laughing at the unusual challenge. "Somebody 100% got hit in the face with that sauce," one commenter wrote. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "Enjoy that lifetime ban!" one user wrote. Yet another person added, "How to get banned 101." The viral clip was not the first time Ferrell posted footage of himself eating on Millennium Force. A separate video uploaded in 2023 showed him eating a McDonald's sandwich while riding the roller coaster.  It has since amassed more than 5 million views. Fox News Digital reached out to Ferrell for further comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206a2fee6011c3f4ea847d Mullin tells Congress primary border wall will be done by June 2027, secondary wall by summer 2028 te 2026-06-03T17:53:51.025Z Mullin tells Congress primary border wall will be done by June 2027, secondary wall by summer 2028 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced on Wednesday the administration is on track to have the primary border wall, from the Pacific to the Gulf of America, completed by June 2027. He added all contracts will be out by the end of this month, noting the department is making "great progress." Mullin's comments came as he testified before the House Homeland Security Committee about his department's 2027 fiscal year budget. He testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday. BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION SURGES AHEAD AS ILLEGAL CROSSINGS PLUMMET TO HISTORIC LOWS However, Mullin clarified the primary wall is separate from the secondary wall. "The primary wall is the first wall up because of the way the cartels adjust... they're thugs and they're terrorists," Mullin said. "We have to push out a secondary wall because they've been going in and cutting the wall, and before we can respond to some of these remote areas, they've been able to get through." He said that every mile of fencing the department puts up, "the smaller the choke point gets for criminals to cross." THE NEW HIGH-TECH TOOL TRUMP IS USING TO SECURE OUR BORDER To combat the potential break-ins, Mullin said the secondary 150-foot walls will be placed in certain locations, in addition to a smart wall, which will tell the department how many people are there. "The smart wall is pretty impressive and we can put a drone in the sky and immediately keep eyes on them," he said. "We're well within track. The secondary wall — we feel like if we can continue to have the progress we have and the partnerships we're having, we will probably complete that in the summer of 2028. All of it will be fully completed." Mullin noted he has made multiple trips to oversee the wall construction and used aircraft to fly over "a tremendous amount of it." "We have some Democrat members that [have] had some concerns — some Democrat senators, congressmen — every one we try to address immediately," he said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206a1bee6011c3f4ea8474 Brian Hooker may have left US, friend claims — but former prosecutor says feds likely have him in crosshairs te 2026-06-03T17:53:31.114Z Brian Hooker may have left US, friend claims — but former prosecutor says feds likely have him in crosshairs HOPE TOWN, Bahamas — Speculation is starting to swirl over where Brian Hooker, husband of Lynette Hooker, may be following the mystery around her Bahamas disappearance. A source claiming to be a close friend of Brian's said he may have left the U.S. by way of the California-Mexico border by land or — possibly — by water. It is possible given Hooker's extensive boating experience, the source said. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X The close friend said, "You're telling me, Brian, 6'4", Marine Corps tattoo, ultra-white hair, smirk of the century — has not had one person at a Safeway, a QT [QuikTrip], or a Buc-ee's, or In-N-Out, spot him?" GOT A TIP? Another source, who asked not to be identified by Fox News Digital, said in times past, they had the ability to cross the U.S. border from San Diego, California, into Tijuana, Mexico for day trips. During those trips, border personnel didn't always require a show of passport, or even ID, the source said. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER U.S. law requires a passport or passport card for anyone crossing the border into Mexico. WATCH: Coast Guard searches for Lynette Hooker in Bahamas FOLLOW US ON X All U.S. citizens need U.S. passport books if re-entering by air. Land and sea border crossings accept additional travel documents, such as U.S. Passport cards and Trusted Traveler cards. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST While the world waits for word on where Brian may be, divers with the U.S. Coast Guard arrived in the Bahamas to search an area in the Sea of Abaco for any new clues that may lead to Lynette. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "There is probably a lot more evidence than what the media or general public is even aware of," said Nicole Parker, former FBI special agent and Fox News contributor. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB Brian was initially detained, questioned, then released by Bahamian authorities in April. He flew back to the U.S. shortly after. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS When asked about the possibility of Brian jumping the border, Julie Rendelman, former federal prosecutor, current criminal defense attorney, said: "You can't fail more than if you let an individual who's the subject of a potential murder of his wife, not only leave the Bahamas to go to the United States, but then disappear altogether," she said. "They would have a lot of answering to do. I am going to guess they know where he is but they are not acting on it until they're more comfortable with their case." Brian Hooker has not been accused of murder or any criminal wrongdoing. Fox News Digital has repeatedly reached out to his lawyer. Fox News Digital has reached out to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206a07ee6011c3f4ea846b Watch: Shaheen dodges reporter's Platner questions as aide creates donut distraction te 2026-06-03T17:53:11.037Z Watch: Shaheen dodges reporter's Platner questions as aide creates donut distraction A campaign staffer for congressional candidate Stefany Shaheen repeatedly shoved a pastry into the camera of an America Rising tracker as he questioned her about whether she supported Graham Platner's U.S. Senate campaign. Shaheen did not respond. Platner, the Democratic nominee for Maine's open Senate seat, has faced a string of controversies over the past year. Reports from last month revealed that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with up to a dozen women while married. The scandal follows earlier scrutiny over inflammatory past Reddit posts and a tattoo resembling the Nazi-era Totenkopf symbol, which Platner has said he did not understand was associated with the SS when he got it. Shaheen is running for New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, a seat left open by Rep. Chris Pappas' Senate bid to succeed her retiring mother. Although neither Shaheen nor her mother, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., has publicly supported Platner, Republicans seized on Shaheen's refusal to answer questions about him. "Nepo baby Stefany Shaheen had the chance to condemn Graham Platner’s vile behavior. Instead, she chose to stay radio silent while her staffer attacked a questioner with a donut," National Republican Congressional Committee Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole told Fox News Digital. "Granite Staters deserve a representative who doesn’t glaze over simple questions and whose team knows not to weaponize a baked good." LONGTIME DEMOCRAT SENATOR'S DAUGHTER TAKES AIM AT TRUMP, MUSK, RFK JR, IN LAUNCH FOR KEY HOUSE SWING SEAT Fox News Digital reached out to Stefany Shaheen's campaign for comment. Despite Platner's mounting controversies, several prominent Democrats have continued to stand by him. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., have all maintained their support for Platner's campaign, arguing that control of the Senate remains the party's top priority heading into November. "The issue right now is not Graham Platner's marriage. The issue right now is how we address the crises facing working families in this country," Sanders said of the sex scandal plaguing Platner's campaign. WATCH: CHUCK SCHUMER SIDESTEPS PLATNER SCANDALS, CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR CONTROVERSIAL DEM Sanders endorsed Platner just two weeks after he launched his campaign. Throughout the campaign trail, Platner has echoed Sanders' calls to take on billionaires but has stopped short of labeling himself a Democratic Socialist. Schumer endorsed Platner just hours after Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills suspended her campaign and dropped out of the race in April. Democratic leaders have continued to support Platner while emphasizing the importance of reclaiming the Senate. Booker said "so much is riding on Democrats taking control of the Senate," while Schumer has repeatedly framed the race in terms of defeating Susan Collins and winning back the chamber. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2069f3ee6011c3f4ea8462 Ex-Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen is making his NASCAR debut in the San Diego street race te 2026-06-03T17:52:51.104Z Ex-Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen is making his NASCAR debut in the San Diego street race NASCAR is headed to San Diego's Naval Base Coronado next month for a street race, and that makes it as good a time as any for Trackhouse Racing to dust off the ol' No. 91 car. And, boy, do they have a heck of a driver to put in it. On Wednesday, the team announced that ex-Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen will drive its No. 91 Chevrolet in San Diego in what will be the Dane's NASCAR debut. Magnussen raced for McLaren, Renault and Haas in F1 and has moved over to sports car racing after leaving the series in 2024. He currently races for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and WRT in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Magnussen will be driving as part of Trackhouse's Project 91 program, which sees them putting drivers from other racing disciplines in Cup Series cars. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Kimi Raikkonen, the 2007 F1 world champion, was the first to drive the No. 91, doing so twice during the 2022 season. He was followed by Shane van Gisbergen, who famously won in his debut at the Chicago street race and is now a Cup Series regular. Last year, four-time Indy 500 champ Helio Castroneves drove the No. 91 in the Daytona 500. Magnussen is such a great choice, and a driver a lot of fans (*raises hand*) have been wanting to see in the Cup Series. One of the hallmarks of his time in F1 was his aggression, and in a stock car, that's going to be a valuable asset. Plus, while a Camaro ZL1 is a different beast than the BMW hypercar Magnussen has driven in recent years, he's no stranger to road courses, and as we've seen from his teammate SVG, that's a huge advantage over most of the field. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Is he a driver to look at for a win? I think he'll run well, but the toughest competition might be within his own team. On road and street courses, Trackhouse is loaded. We've mentioned SVG a couple of times, but rookie Connor Zilisch is always right there with him. Plus, Ross Chastain has proven a number of times that he's no slouch in races with right turns. So, Magnussen will have stiff competition within Trackhouse, but that may also mean some good people to talk to for pointers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2069dfee6011c3f4ea8459 House Republican says staffer 'reprimanded' over 'hurtful' post slamming homosexuality during Pride Month te 2026-06-03T17:52:31.113Z House Republican says staffer 'reprimanded' over 'hurtful' post slamming homosexuality during Pride Month GOP Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee said a communications staffer was reprimanded after making a "stupid" and "hurtful" social media post. "Earlier today while working on the farm, my phone began going crazy because of a post made by a member of my comms team. The post was stupid, hurtful and a complete distraction from my America First focus. The employee has been reprimanded," Ogles said in a post on Tuesday night. The House Republican appears to have been referring to a post on his @RepOgles X account that read, "Homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month." REPUBLICAN SAYS 'MUSLIMS DON'T BELONG IN AMERICAN SOCIETY,' DRAWS FIERCE DEMOCRATIC BACKLASH Fox News Digital reached out to Ogles' office on Wednesday. Gov. Bill Lee signed a resolution that cleared the Tennessee state legislature to designate June 2026 as "Nuclear Family Month." CHICAGO COLLEGE REMOVES LGBTQ PRIDE FLAG OVER INSTITUTIONAL NEUTRALITY CONCERNS "Homosexuality exists. In America. In fact Andy, you have family, friends, neighbors, colleagues and constituents who are gay and lesbian. It doesn’t make them less than or somehow unworthy of being an American. What an absolutely idiotic statement to make," Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York wrote on X. Ogles' post appears to have been deleted from X. On Monday, Lawler wished a "Happy Pride Month" to those who celebrate it in June. MAMDANI MARKS PRIDE MONTH, SAYS HONORING 'QUEER AND TRANSGENDER' CONTRIBUTIONS WOULD TAKE MORE THAN 30 DAYS "June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate love, acceptance, and the freedom to be yourself. Happy Pride Month to all who are celebrating!" Lawler declared in a post on X. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2069b6ee6011c3f4ea8444 Former Smoke Jumper Wins Democratic House Primary in Montana te 2026-06-03T17:51:50.152Z Former Smoke Jumper Wins Democratic House Primary in Montana Sam Forstag’s candidacy will test a liberal theory that left-leaning politicians running in Republican strongholds can do better in general elections than moderates have done historically. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2069a2ee6011c3f4ea843b Toby Doeden and Larry Rhoden Advance to Runoff for South Dakota Governor te 2026-06-03T17:51:30.152Z Toby Doeden and Larry Rhoden Advance to Runoff for South Dakota Governor Toby Doeden, a businessman, and Gov. Larry Rhoden advanced to a runoff. A competitive contest emerged after Kristi Noem stepped down as governor to join President Trump’s cabinet. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20698eee6011c3f4ea8432 Six Questions Out of Tuesday’s Big Primaries in California, Iowa and Elsewhere te 2026-06-03T17:51:10.232Z Six Questions Out of Tuesday’s Big Primaries in California, Iowa and Elsewhere Who will run California? Can Democrats win Iowa? Here’s what happened, and what might be next. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20697aee6011c3f4ea8429 How a Prisoner Ended Up Alone in Court in a Death Penalty Case te 2026-06-03T17:50:50.229Z How a Prisoner Ended Up Alone in Court in a Death Penalty Case The episode at the war court alarmed death penalty lawyers, who argued that the judge had a duty to suspend the proceedings to protect the rights of the defendant. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206964ee6011c3f4ea840d Ultrahuman says hackers accessed customers’ wellness data via internal tool te 2026-06-03T17:50:28.307Z Ultrahuman says hackers accessed customers’ wellness data via internal tool The breach at wearable ring maker Ultrahuman stemmed from credentials stolen from a malware-infected employee laptop. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206514ee6011c3f4ea83cd Navajo Nation veterans receive new homes te 2026-06-03T17:32:04.792Z Navajo Nation veterans receive new homes Three Navajo veterans and their families received the keys to newly constructed 1,344-square-foot homes in Nazlini and Low Mountain. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2064e0ee6011c3f4ea8393 Biden crashes Jill’s book tour with awkward ‘love’ question that leaves viewers cringing te 2026-06-03T17:31:12.306Z Biden crashes Jill’s book tour with awkward ‘love’ question that leaves viewers cringing Former first lady Jill Biden was interrupted by a surprise appearance from former President Joe Biden during a New York stop promoting her memoir Tuesday, leading to an awkward exchange with moderator Whoopi Goldberg that quickly drew reaction online. "Joe has a question. Like you couldn't ask it later," joked Jill Biden as the former president emerged from the audience. "Who do you love most in the whole world?" asked Joe Biden.  "Whoopi," the former first lady responded, laughing.  JOE AND JILL BIDEN RUN TO FRIENDLY SHOW FOR FIRST POST-WHITE HOUSE INTERVIEW. YES, IT'S 'THE VIEW' The former president was seen shrugging after his wife's quip.  Jill Biden has been touring the country to promote her memoir, "View from the East Wing," revealing new details about her relationship with her husband.  The former first lady is striking a markedly different tone from her previous staunch defense of her husband during his disastrous 2024 re-election run, recently saying during the book tour that she feared he was suffering from a medical issue during his June 2024 debate against President Donald Trump.  "I wasn’t horrified, I was frightened," Jill Biden recalled. "I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since. I don’t know what happened. As I watched it, I said, ‘Oh my God, he’s having a stroke.’ It scared me to death," she said. NYT WRITERS RIDICULED FOR SAYING DISASTROUS BIDEN DEBATE ENDED IN 'DRAW' AS JILL BIDEN FEARED HE HAD A STROKE Social media users quickly lambasted the Bidens for the awkward exchange with Whoopi Goldberg, weighing in on the couple’s relationship and sharing their thoughts on the former president’s health. "Staged and still sad," said one user on X. "So painful to watch," wrote a user. "The dementia is kicking in hard," a user jabbed. "The man ran the free world for four years and still needs verbal reassurance at a book signing," wrote one person. "I'd like to think that he just wandered in and wasn't actually invited to the event," poked a user. "How embarrassing," commented an X user. JILL BIDEN SHOULD HAVE TO ANSWER FOR 'COVER UP' OF FORMER PRESIDENT'S DECLINE, WHITE HOUSE SAYS The veteran lawmaker served in the U.S. Senate for 36 years before becoming vice president under President Barack Obama, serving two consecutive terms. His political career came to an abrupt end at the height of his re-election campaign when he suspended his bid following intensified scrutiny of a series of verbal missteps and public gaffes. Fox News Digital reached out to the Office of Jill and Joe Biden for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2064b4ee6011c3f4ea836b Carvana ties up with Bezos-backed Slate Auto as it plans new car sales te 2026-06-03T17:30:28.795Z Carvana ties up with Bezos-backed Slate Auto as it plans new car sales Carvana was granted a warrant to buy shares in Slate last year, according to documents obtained by TechCrunch. Guggenheim Partners CEO Mark Walter is heavily invested in both companies. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206284ee6011c3f4ea8316 Teen who began chemo before high school now graduating with perfect GPA, $125K scholarship te 2026-06-03T17:21:08.073Z Teen who began chemo before high school now graduating with perfect GPA, $125K scholarship A Long Island teen who began high school just days after undergoing chemotherapy for stage 2 Hodgkin's lymphoma is graduating four years later with a perfect 4.0 GPA, a $125,000 scholarship and a powerful message about perseverance. "I was very sick," Ryan Martino told Fox News on Wednesday. "There were certain days I just couldn't even get out of bed. Those two days after treatment were the worst," he said. Martino's diagnosis after finding a lump in his neck upended his life and forced him into chemotherapy before he ever stepped foot in a high school classroom. MOM WITH NO SYMPTOMS HAD STAGE 4 COLORECTAL CANCER — AND A RARE SURGERY SAVED HER LIFE Unable to continue playing baseball during treatment, Martino turned to golf, eventually becoming a caddie and finding an outlet that helped distract him from the challenges of cancer. "My life just turned into golf," he said. "It took my mind off treatment." Martino also excelled in the classroom while navigating recovery. He graduated with a 4.0 GPA despite undergoing chemotherapy during part of his freshman year and earned the $125,000 Chick Evans Scholarship, an award reserved for high-achieving golf caddies. COULD CANCER VACCINES BE NEXT? NEW TREATMENT CUTS MELANOMA RISK BY NEARLY 50% He plans to attend the University of Delaware. Looking back on his journey from a cancer diagnosis to remission and academic success, Martino said the experience taught him the importance of perseverance during life's most difficult moments. Martino, now cancer-free and preparing for college, hopes his story can serve as an example to other young people facing hardships of their own. "To anyone out there who's struggling, it's always going to get better, and you just have to stick through it because, as you can see through me, there's light at the end of the tunnel, always." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206270ee6011c3f4ea830d NYPD lifts ban on Knicks watch parties outside MSG for Game 1 of NBA Finals after fans were too rowdy te 2026-06-03T17:20:48.078Z NYPD lifts ban on Knicks watch parties outside MSG for Game 1 of NBA Finals after fans were too rowdy New York Knicks fans are about to party like it's 1999. For the first time in 27 years, the Knicks are in the NBA Finals, but for a brief time, the New York Police Department placed a ban on watch parties outside Madison Square Garden because the Knicks faithful got way too rowdy. Well, for the biggest Knicks game this millennium, the NYPD reversed course. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The Knicks will host a watch party at Plaza 33 outside the arena for Game 1 on Wednesday night after Madison Square Garden applied for permits. The San Antonio Spurs will host the first two games before MSG hosts Game 3 on Monday. Game 1 will also be shown live inside the arena, with tickets costing $10 and the proceeds going to the Garden of Dreams Foundation. Six arrests were made outside MSG during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Knicks took a 2-0 series lead just days after completing a 22-point comeback in the fourth quarter, which truly began the rowdiness. TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET CELEBRATES WITH FANS IN NYC STREETS AFTER KNICKS ADVANCE TO EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS Despite no watch party for the Knicks' clincher last week, fans still took to the streets to celebrate. Videos poured out from Manhattan intersections, packed bars outside Madison Square Garden and booming "WE WANT WEMBY" chants outside MSG. Fans carried brooms through Manhattan streets in anticipation of a Cavaliers sweep, climbed atop traffic lights while NYPD officers ordered them down and unleashed the kind of basketball pandemonium New York has waited decades to experience again. Even Radio City Music Hall erupted with Knicks chants as the city collectively lost its mind last Monday night. The Knicks are underdogs to the Spurs, who took down the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 on the road on Saturday. New York is seeking its first title since 1973, in case you are wondering what the city might look like if it wins it all. OutKick's Alejandro Avila contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206077ee6011c3f4ea82cd Tranquilized bear falls from tree outside Arizona home te 2026-06-03T17:12:23.826Z Tranquilized bear falls from tree outside Arizona home A group of people caught the falling bear with a tarp they held out underneath the tree. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a206042ee6011c3f4ea8294 EA Sports College Football 27 cover art revealed, gets meme'd into oblivion on social media te 2026-06-03T17:11:30.391Z EA Sports College Football 27 cover art revealed, gets meme'd into oblivion on social media Ever since EA Sports' College Football series returned to consoles a few years back, fans all over the country have been given something to look forward to again during the dog days of summer. When the series went on indefinite hiatus back in 2014, college football fans no longer had that outlet to get them through that last brutal stretch of the offseason before the world's greatest sport returned. Luckily, we no longer live in a world where that's the case, and each spring the anticipation starts to build from things like rumored updates and features as well as the question of who will be the cover boy (or cover boys, in this case). Speaking of which, it looks like EA Sports has made its choice on who will grace the cover of the upcoming installment, with two different versions of the game featuring two different covers. CURT CIGNETTI WAS SO FOCUSED THIS OFFSEASON, HE TURNED DOWN ALL EXTERNAL REQUESTS: 'I'M 95% FOOTBALL' On the normal cover, you have Heisman hopefuls Dante Moore, Kewan Lacy and Malachi Toney featured on the box art. Pretty neat, but if you're looking for something with a bit more wide-ranging appeal, check out the deluxe edition, complete with Indiana coach Curt Cignetti flanked on both sides by more popular college players as well as Mike The Tiger from LSU. I might have to dish out the extra $40 just to grab this copy when it comes out, because I'm a big fan of that cover. FIVE-STAR TEXAS A&M OFFENSIVE LINE COMMIT GETS TORCHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR AWKWARD HAT RITUAL As it turns out, though, many folks on social media weren't fans of the cover, as EA Sports caught the full wrath of being memed into oblivion on the internet. From accusations of AI usage (the horror) to allusions to certain pieces of media from the early 2000s, the fine folks on X pulled no punches. I'm not sure I see what the big deal is, but then again, it is the internet and people will find anything to complain about. WEST VIRGINIA'S EPIC WALK-OFF SPARKS EMOTIONAL 'COUNTRY ROADS' CELEBRATION THAT DEFINES COLLEGE SPORTS These internet trolls must not remember what life was like just a few short years ago when we didn't have a new college football video game to look forward to in the offseason. Kids these days have it so easy. Back in my day, we had to entertain ourselves in the offseason by making mock depth charts on an Excel spreadsheet. We also walked to school uphill both ways in the snow! ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! If lackluster box art is the biggest problem in your life as a college football fan, then consider yourself lucky. I can't wait until the game actually comes out and fans can start whining about all the gameplay features that didn't make the final cut. Isn't the internet a wonderful place? Enjoy your offseason, folks. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20602eee6011c3f4ea828b Trump confirms ‘crazy’ Netanyahu clash as questions mount over push to hold fire on Hezbollah terrorists te 2026-06-03T17:11:10.477Z Trump confirms ‘crazy’ Netanyahu clash as questions mount over push to hold fire on Hezbollah terrorists President Donald Trump confirmed calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘f***ing crazy’ in a heated phone call over Israel’s military operations in Lebanon, exposing a rare rift between the two world leaders. The New York Post’s Miranda Devine asked Trump on her "Pod Force One" podcast whether he had called Netanyahu "f***ing crazy" and told him that he would be in prison if it weren’t for Trump. "I did," Trump said. Trump's confirmation marked a rare public acknowledgment of a dispute with Netanyahu, whom he has long described as a close ally. 'BIBI'S HAIR ON FIRE': TRUMP-NETANYAHU PUBLIC 'RIFT' MASKED UNIFIED FRONT AGAINST IRAN, ANALYST SAYS The disagreement centers on Israel's escalating military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israeli officials say the operations are aimed at degrading Hezbollah infrastructure after the Iranian-backed group continued launching rocket and drone attacks against Israeli territory despite ceasefire efforts. Lebanese officials, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, relayed to the U.S. that Hezbollah would halt missile attacks on Israel if Israel refrained from striking Beirut, creating what the administration saw as an opening for a broader ceasefire. But the arrangement quickly unraveled after Hezbollah launched additional rocket barrages toward Israel, later claiming it did not believe the ceasefire had yet taken effect. Israel subsequently resumed strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. While Israel's campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon and U.S.-Iran negotiations may appear to be separate issues, Iranian officials have explicitly linked the two. Hezbollah is Tehran's most powerful regional proxy, and Iranian officials have warned that continued Israeli operations in Lebanon could jeopardize talks with Washington while insisting that any broader agreement apply across multiple fronts in the region. That position has complicated the administration's efforts to pursue diplomacy with Tehran while also backing Israel's campaign against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist group. "I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon, you know. At some point I said, 'Bibi, we've got to stop this. We gotta stop it." "I really love Bibi and work with him excellently," Trump added. The phone call was first reported by Axios on Monday. TRUMP SAYS ISRAEL, LEBANON AGREE TO 10-DAY CEASEFIRE Trump has since said the call helped avert a broader Israeli operation in Lebanon. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post after the call that Israeli troops were on their way to Beirut but "have already been turned back" following the conversation. "I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back," Trump wrote. He also wrote in a separate post: "I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today, asking him not to go into a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon. He turned his Troops around. Thank you Bibi!" The White House referred to Trump's posts when asked for details on why Trump urged restraint in Lebanon. Some Israeli officials urged Netanyahu to buck the U.S. president and continue the campaign in Lebanon. "Mr. Prime Minister, you said that a strong prime minister tells the president of the United States ‘yes’ when possible, and ‘no’ when necessary," national security minister Ben Gvir wrote on X. "This is the time to tell our friend, President Trump, ‘no.'" "Now is the time to do what is required and necessary to strike Hezbollah, to unleash the hands of our fighters and to restore security to the north," the right wing minister added. Lawmakers asked Rubio about the call during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.  "My worry is that Israel's insistence on continuing this war against Hezbollah will jeopardize the president's efforts and the American government's efforts to reach an agreement with Iran. And so my question is, do you agree that Israel should stop its military campaign in Lebanon and support the presence and go for a peace agreement with Iran?" Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, asked.  Rubio said the administration had received "multiple indications" that Israel was considering strikes against Hezbollah targets in Beirut. According to Rubio, Lebanese authorities relayed that Hezbollah had indicated it would stop launching missiles into Israel if Israel refrained from striking Beirut. "The president pursued" that opening, Rubio said, but Hezbollah launched additional rockets shortly afterward. "Unfortunately, within an hour or two of that conversation, they launched two waves of rockets from Hezbollah against Israel and Israeli territory," Rubio said. Israel has continued operations against Hezbollah, arguing the group remains a threat despite ceasefire efforts. Rubio defended Israel's push into the southern part of Lebanon: "The Israelis see Hezbollah moving around, maybe even launching a missile from the South, and they acted it in defense. They go after it in the southern portion. And that's what we're seeing in many cases is the defensive strikes. What they are increasingly doing is taking more territory in the South to the to deny them launching space, because understand, these rockets are being launched into northern villages and cities in Israel, and populations can't even return to their homes as a result of it." The call came as Iran threatened to back out of ongoing negotiations with the U.S. after Israeli military operations in Lebanon, a dispute Tehran warned could jeopardize broader diplomatic efforts in the region. TRUMP CONFIRMS HE TOLD NETANYAHU TO BACK OFF IRAN STRIKES AMID NUCLEAR TALKS For months, the Trump administration has been engaged in negotiations with Iran aimed at extending a fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran, reopening the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping and reaching a broader agreement over Iran's nuclear program, including the future of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. While officials have said progress has been made, several major issues remain unresolved and negotiations have repeatedly been threatened by renewed tensions across the region. Israel has intensified operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, sending troops deeper into southern Lebanon and capturing the strategic Beaufort Castle near Nabatieh. Israeli forces have also conducted waves of airstrikes across southern Lebanon in recent days, saying the attacks are aimed at degrading Hezbollah infrastructure after continued rocket and drone attacks on Israeli territory. Trump has repeatedly pushed Israel to limit its response to Hezbollah attacks, arguing that military action should be calibrated to avoid triggering a broader regional conflict. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a205fffee6011c3f4ea825f Pima County will make affordable-housing tax official in new budget  te 2026-06-03T17:10:23.040Z Pima County will make affordable-housing tax official in new budget  Pima County needs to build more than 38,000 additional housing units over the next decade — 60% of which need to be at or below $96,100 for a family of four — to meet the changing needs of local communities.  Last year, the county passed a policy for a one-year, 3-cent growth in the property tax to bring dollars to build needed housing units and keep people in their homes. Starting in this upcoming budget, that effort is official: this year, and for the next decade, that 3-cent tax is a line item on the budget, the latest investment by the county to fill a yawning gap in affordable housing in the region.  This coming year, that tax would bring in about $3.7 million in funds toward housing programs; the 10-year goal is to raise $225 million.  That would include a ramp up period in Fiscal Year 2026, and a ramp down period in Fiscal Year 2035, where the tax rate would be 1.5 cents. This year, because of savings already in place in the budget, there won’t be a tax raise related to affordable housing.  Get involved • June 23 final budget adoption hearing. Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, Pima County Administration Building, 130 W. Congress, First Floor, 5 p.m. • Aug. 11 tax levy adoption. Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, Pima County Administration Building, 130 W. Congress, First Floor, 5 p.m. This effort builds on several years of work to steer dollars to closing the housing gap. In the summer of 2025, the board adopted a measure to consider how to shift funds toward efforts to build more housing and keep people housed and the county board approved a 10-year regional housing funding plan in March 2026. The tentative budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year will total $1.8 billion, an increase of 3.3% from last year. Because the budget includes an increase in several special taxing districts, Pima County residents will have the chance to weigh in on the housing tax plan, as well as other budget elements, in the formal “Truth in Taxation” hearings set to take place June 23 ahead of the budget’s final adoption.  A regional housing crisis  A 2024 gaps analysis from the Tucson Pima Collaboration to End Homelessness, the regional authority that oversees federal funds and coordinates homelessness support services, found that 55% of all renters in Pima County spent more than 30% of their income on housing costs. Another one in three county renters spent more than half their income on housing.  One part of the housing crisis is the reality of homelessness in Pima County and Tucson.  Along with an effort to build more housing and keep people in their homes, the county has a 2025 plan called the One Pima Initiative, which has invested in security patrols on the Loop, as well as a new recovery center paid for with opioid settlement dollars that opened its doors in December.  Tucson launched a program called the Safe City Initiative in October 2025, an effort to address three areas: public drug use enforcement and pathways to treatment; transit safety and security; and housing and homelessness emergency response. That effort has meant, among other things, more arrests.  Tucson police made more than 800 drug-related arrests in the first quarter of this year — a 67% increase compared to the same period over the past three years.  An aging community  Two pieces of the puzzle driving the county’s housing needs are an aging population that is better served with different housing options than the ones they had as working-age adults, and a rise in single-person households, say county documents.  “Part of what we’re responding to is changing and aging demographics,” said Nicole Fyffe, a senior advisor in the Pima County Administrator’s Office, in a news release about the county’s housing program. “So it’s not just about the demand for more units over time, but the types of units as well.” The target is a 10-year $250 million affordable housing investment, plus $163 million in state and federal resources, for a total of $413 million over the next decade. One approach the county plans is to offer funding for projects that maintain affordability for at least 30 years — double the 15 years required by the city of Tucson.  The money will be allocated by the board after vetting by the Regional Affordable Housing Commission.  The post Pima County will make affordable-housing tax official in new budget  appeared first on AZ Luminaria. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a205dcaee6011c3f4ea822b Up to 7 million people could lose insurance as states face tight timeline for Medicaid work requirement rules te 2026-06-03T17:00:58.234Z Up to 7 million people could lose insurance as states face tight timeline for Medicaid work requirement rules Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in December. CMS this week released guidance on how states should implement new Medicaid work requirements. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The federal government released new guidance this week on how states should roll out the Medicaid work requirements that will affect  healthcare coverage for millions of Americans. The new interim rule, issued by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is intended to give states more details on how they’re supposed to verify the work status for about 20 million adults enrolled in Medicaid, the publicly funded health insurance program for people with low incomes. The new details come as states are staring down the January 1, 2027, deadline to put the new work requirements in place, and have requested more clarity from the feds on how they’re supposed to implement them. “States are being asked to carry out a complicated federal mandate without clear rules, without enough time, and with the risk that eligible people lose health care because of paperwork problems and system failures,” Oregon Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek said last week in a statement. Kotek led a six-state coalition of Democratic governors in asking the Trump administration last week to slow the rollout of the new work requirements, calling the timeline unworkable. Congress built the new work requirements into last year’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Under the measure, states that have expanded Medicaid eligibility to more adults under the Affordable Care Act — 40 states plus the District of Columbia and another two that have partially expanded — will have to require those adults to prove they’re working, going to school or serving their communities for at least 80 hours a month to receive Medicaid. The rules released this week are intended to clarify key parts of the new law, including exemptions for people who are considered “medically frail,” how to reach out to Medicaid beneficiaries, and methods for verifying Medicaid eligibility. “This rule helps Americans build skills and independence through work, education, job training, or community service, creating new opportunities for themselves and their families,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, director for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in a statement announcing the new guidance. But critics of work requirements point to evidence that it kicks people off Medicaid who are otherwise entitled to it without meaningfully increasing the share of adults who are working. For example, Arkansas tried instituting work requirements for Medicaid recipients during Trump’s first term in 2018. By the time a federal judge halted the policy less than a year later, 18,000 adults had already lost coverage and reported problems paying off medical debt, delaying healthcare and delaying medications due to cost. Studies later found that Arkansas’ work requirements didn’t increase employment. And data shows that most adults on Medicaid under age 65 are already working. Supporters say the new requirements are flexible. They say the feds have created a broad category of “medically frail” people who are exempt from the work requirements, and they’re permitting states to allow people to self-attest that they’re exempt one time before documentation is required. The new work requirements will apply to about 20 million people who are eligible for Medicaid through expansion, according to estimates from health research organization KFF. These expansion enrollees make up about 30% of all Medicaid enrollees. A recent analysis from the Urban Institute projects that 3-7 million people could lose coverage because of the new work requirements. Stateline reporter Anna Claire Vollers can be reached at avollers@stateline.org. This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Arizona Mirror, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a205b9bee6011c3f4ea81cb Mesa man arrested for the overdose death of man caring for 2 children at Prescott motel te 2026-06-03T16:51:39.430Z Mesa man arrested for the overdose death of man caring for 2 children at Prescott motel The man overdosed and died at a motel in Prescott in March of 2025. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a205b52ee6011c3f4ea8186 Could Democrats get shut out in a left-leaning California district? te 2026-06-03T16:50:26.794Z Could Democrats get shut out in a left-leaning California district? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a205957ee6011c3f4ea8129 Proposed Arizona law would limit divorce support to 4 years te 2026-06-03T16:41:59.753Z Proposed Arizona law would limit divorce support to 4 years Key Points: State lawmakers propose sharp cuts to divorce maintenance payments New legislation would add conditions for awarding maintenance Lawmakers disagree on whether judges should have discretion in maintenance awards State lawmakers are on the verge of making sharp cuts in divorce payments. Specifically, how long those getting divorced will have to pay their soon-to-be former spouses. Legislation awaiting final House and Senate approval would add new conditions before a judge could determine that someone is entitled to spousal maintenance. That includes both the share of property the person would get as well as that person’s earning ability. But the key to GOP supported Senate Bill 1049 is that it would absolutely bar a court from awarding maintenance for more than four years. And that limit would apply regardless of factors like the length of the marriage or whether one spouse stayed home to care for the kids while the other pursued a career.  Sen. Wendy Rogers said she considers the four years appropriate. “Spousal maintenance is designed to get a spouse back on his or her feet after a divorce,” the Flagstaff Republican told colleagues. “But after how many years has that been accomplished,” Rogers said. “So this puts a finite number on it.” Why four? She said that was enough time to get a college degree and “get back on one’s feet.” But Sen. Mitzi Epstein, a Tempe Democrat, said creating a one-size-fits-all approach — and failing to consider individual circumstances — is nothing short of “cruel.” Rogers told colleagues that she is carrying the legislation at the behest of Senate President Warren Petersen. But Petersen, a Gilbert Republican who is running for attorney general, did not testify at any committee on behalf of the measure nor return messages about why he wants the change in state divorce laws. That left it to Rogers to answer the questions of other lawmakers about the plan. But she conceded that she could cite no actual evidence of abuse of or problems with the current system of letting courts decide these issues, “just a broad brush situation where spouses were getting spousal maintenance for the rest of life.” What the bill does, Rogers told other lawmakers, is put “guardrails” on the process. Rep. Lupe Contreras said the problem with this is the failure to consider other factors. Consider, the Avondale Democrat said, a situation where one spouse has set up a company, something that may have been made possible because the other spouse was staying caring for the home and presumably sharing in the benefits of that revenue. If there is a divorce, he said, there will still be money coming into the company. “Who are we to say that it stops within four years?” Contreras asked. “I guess I would answer your question with another question,” Rogers responded. “When does it stop?” And Rep. Quang Nguyen, R-Prescott Valley, a supporter of the measure, said if couples know that spousal maintenance ends in four years he would expect that to come up during the divorce process as assets, like businesses, are divided. One person who did testify for the bill was Keith Berkshire, a family law attorney who boasted to lawmakers that he has probably handled more divorce cases that end up at the appellate court level than anyone else. He said his experience is that at least 90% of divorce petitions request spousal maintenance. What’s wrong with the current system, Berkshire said, is that the Supreme Court, acting at the direction of the Legislature, established inflexible guidelines that judges are supposed to use. If someone meets certain conditions, like having been married for 12 years, that person gets a year of maintenance. Courts also consider things like the length of the marriage and whether someone has reached an age “that may preclude the possibility of gaining employment adequate to be self sufficient,” and whether the person has made a “significant contribution” to the other spouses’ education, training, career or earning capacity. What’s missing from all that, Berkshire said, is computation of any assets. “That means if you are 80 years old with a 40-year marriage and have $100 million, you qualify for maintenance,” he said. “It doesn’t matter how rich you are.” But some lawmakers argued that an arbitrary limit on every divorce couple is no more fair. “A four-year limit on spousal support has no recognition for what it’s like to be the spouse who gave up everything, to take care of the children, to make her or his career secondary to the other breadwinner, to get the education they need in order to support themselves,” said Epstein. “Four years is laughable if it weren’t so cruel.” Sen. Lauren Kuby said she also could not support weakening maintenance laws. “There is a fundamental misunderstanding here of some in this chamber that spousal support is some kind of gravy train that provides an ex-spouse an extravagant standard of living,” said the Tempe Democrat. That is not the case.” And she said there’s nothing wrong with the current guidelines that judges use to determine when maintenance is appropriate. “The spouse needs to have a lack of sufficient earning ability or sufficient property,” Kuby said. She also noted that judges can consider whether there is a child whose age or condition makes it impossible for the parent to seek employment outside of the home. And then, Kuby said, there are those who, based on their age when divorce occurs and the number of years of marriage, cannot reasonably be expected to find employment. What’s in SB 1049, she said, ignores those situations that don’t fit neatly into a category. “That can mean an elderly person who gets a divorce later in life, is dependent on spousal maintenance to pay their rent,” Kuby said. And then there are those who need to stay home with children with special needs. “We need to allow for judicial discretion,” she said. Rep. Nancy Gutierrez called the bill “dangerous.” “This could really hurt people, spouses who are getting a divorce and maybe haven’t been in the workforce for several years, maybe because they were raising children and maybe because they have disabled children at home and weren’t able to be in the workforce and add to their resume,” said the Tucson Democrat. There’s also something else that Nguyen added to the bill at the last moment. Arizona law already says that, generally speaking, maintenance ends when someone remarries. But the new provision would to say maintenance also would go away if the person getting the payments “has habitually cohabitated for one year or more with another individual in a relationship that is analogous to a marriage.” Nguyen said he could not respond to a question of how a court determines what is cohabitation or someone simply spending a lot of nights with a boyfriend or girlfriends. “Rogers can be a better person to answer,” he said, suggesting the new language he added came from her. Rogers, however, did not respond. The post Proposed Arizona law would limit divorce support to 4 years first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20593dee6011c3f4ea8103 Nelly Korda rocks USA soccer jersey on course at US Women's Open, delivers patriotic message te 2026-06-03T16:41:33.344Z Nelly Korda rocks USA soccer jersey on course at US Women's Open, delivers patriotic message Nelly Korda is feeling awfully patriotic ahead of this week's U.S. Women's Open at Riviera Country Club. Korda, the No. 1 player in the world, arrived on property on Wednesday wearing a U.S. men's soccer jersey, and actually wore it for the entirety of her practice round. With the 2026 World Cup getting underway across North America later this month and it being the U.S. Women's Open, it was certainly a great opportunity for the 27-year-old to wear the nontraditional shirt out on the course. CALLAWAY LAUNCHES LIMITED-EDITION USA 250 GOLF COLLECTION HONORING AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY Given her unique look for the practice round, Korda was asked about her decision to wear the USMNT kit, which she explained was a response to her officially being named to this year's Solheim Cup team, but she also delivered a patriotic message. "It's amazing. That's why I'm wearing red, white, and blue today. Yeah, getting to represent my country is always such a huge honor," Korda said. "I'm just really excited to kind of tee it up in Amsterdam playing for Ang, playing for our country. I've always made amazing memories playing in the Solheim Cup, and I can't wait for more." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Korda's jersey had the No. 13 on it, which is arguably the most famous number in U.S. women's soccer history thanks to Alex Morgan rocking the digits throughout her storied career. Morgan was reportedly roaming the grounds at Riviera on Wednesday, but Korda explained that the No. 13 is special for her on a personal level. "It's my favorite number, so that's why I picked 13," Korda began. "One, my parents are 13 days apart. Our second major was my 13th win. It's just always been a lot of people think Friday the 13th or 13 has been an unlucky number, but I've always loved the number 13. "I know that the World Cup is starting next week, right? So there's no better place to kind of be patriotic than the U.S. Women's Open." Korda, a three-time major champion, is looking to win her first U.S. Women's Open this week in California. After going winless in 2025, she's picked up three wins in 2026, including the Chevron Championship, the first major on the calendar. Korda finished T-2 in last year's U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills in Wisconsin. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a205914ee6011c3f4ea80f0 Mullin Says ICE Training Going Back to ‘Regular Standards’ te 2026-06-03T16:40:52.876Z Mullin Says ICE Training Going Back to ‘Regular Standards’ The immigration agency had apparently cut training requirements as a part of its enforcement push over the past year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2058f7ee6011c3f4ea80ca TPD targets street racing networks as traffic deaths climb te 2026-06-03T16:40:23.359Z TPD targets street racing networks as traffic deaths climb Tucson police have shifted from reactive crowd dispersal to an intelligence-led strategy aimed at dismantling the organized networks behind street racing events, officials told the city council last month. Tucson Police Chief Monica Prieto spoke about the department's new strategy during the council's May 5 meeting, saying it emphasizes proactive enforcement and advanced technology, while also working with partners and prosecutors. The numbers underscore the urgency. Prieto said there have already been 38 traffic fatalities in 2026. This includes 16 pedestrian fatalities, an exponential increase since last year, and 14 vehicle fatalities. In 13 of the 16 pedestrian deaths, the victim was an average of 128 yards away from a crosswalk. "We can't talk about street racing without talking about the unsafe culture of the driving behavior here in Tucson as we know," Prieto said. "It's most strikingly evident when we talk about our year-to-date traffic fatalities." Prieto said the department would increase enforcement around crosswalk compliance. TPD's recent traffic safety efforts include a March 4 deployment in which officers spent at least 20-minute intervals on traffic enforcement and education to help the city identify where collisions were occurring. TPD hopes to complete 10,000 such deployments in 2026. Additional deployments will be completed through the Regional Traffic Enforcement Task Force, with partner agencies targeting major corridors where collisions tend to occur. The third approach uses 21 motor officer units, including five new additions, for data-driven deployments that extend coverage into nighttime hours. Tucson Police Department Chief Monica Prieto speaks about police efforts to combat street racing in city limits at the May 5 city council meeting. Prieto said TPD's newest traffic program is their "traffic zebras," a volunteer group of six officers completing three- to five-hour deployments every other week that include traffic education and enforcement, while also addressing specific complaints from patrol officers. One zebra deployment resulted in 92 citations and two arrests for high-speed driving. Prieto said TPD received intelligence about a planned gathering on Houghton Road and responded with a deployment that included 22 traffic stops. The effort was cut short when a wrong-way driver nearly struck officers before crashing into a median. That driver was charged with 10 counts of felony endangerment and felony DUI. Prieto called street racing takeovers "completely reckless and unacceptable," saying that while organizing and attending such events is criminal on its own, they often draw additional criminal activity including drug use, gunfire and organized racing networks. "Our past approach was predominantly reactive with the primary goal of clearing the roadways and dispersing the crowds," Prieto said. "Our newest response, though, is grounded in a robust intelligence-led framework designed to identify, track and dismantle organized street racing networks." Beginning Jan. 9, the Threat Mitigation Unit took over intelligence collection and management, gathering 88 crime tips alongside information from patrols and social media monitoring. That intelligence confirmed Tucson street racing is highly organized, with defined roles for organizers, spectators and drivers. TPD shifted to proactive enforcement targeting organizers, participants and repeat offenders. Prieto said TPD uses automated license plate readers as part of their investigations, which she said were instrumental to their effort. TPD also executed search warrants for evidence and seized 18 vehicles, efforts that could support criminal syndicate charges. On Feb. 22, TPD identified seven vehicles, seized six and made multiple arrests for unlawful flight, with one suspect found carrying a modified handgun. On March 15, another wave of takeovers erupted, with 45 rounds fired. The largest operation came April 18 at South Kolb Road and East Valencia Road, where officers seized five vehicles, impounded one and made dozens of arrests, including 23 for trespassing, three for participating in a criminal syndicate and two parents charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor for bringing young children to the event. A regional street racing task force is being developed to better coordinate with partners. Mayor Regina Romero said the council decided to press the street racing issue harder following the recent death of 3-year-old Anna Garcia in a street racing crash, and spoke about the proposed "Anna's Law" that has gathered 23,000 signatures. The law is meant to impose stricter penalties for street racing. "I'm in awe of the family's courage and strength to transform their pain into power and calling for Anna's law," Romero said. "The petition for Anna's law sends a clear message that street racing is not harmless, that street racing is reckless and violent, and that it destroys lives. One death from street racing is too much, and the life of Anna Garcia mattered." The council also heard an update on a separate public safety challenge: emergency response times. Tucson established the Public Safety Communications Department in 2017 to consolidate police and fire dispatch, primarily 911 services. The department handles more than one million 911 calls annually across more than 280 lines, and reducing that call volume is a priority. Delayed response times mean as many as 75% of high-acuity emergency calls do not reach an immediate responder. Public Safety Communications Department Director Mike Garcia attributed the volume in part to callers using 911 as a first resort even when a different service would be more appropriate. Garcia said that prompted the department to pursue alternatives through the Safe City Initiative, including a partnership with Arizona's Regional Behavioral Health Authority and the Coalition for the Co-location of Crisis Professionals, as well as improved connectivity between 911 and 988 calls, which previously routed to Phoenix before returning to a local center, a process that contributed to calls being lost. Mayor Regina Romero supported a motion denouncing the proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Marana at their May 5 meeting. The department also routes eligible calls to crisis center workers, which Garcia said reduces the number of police and fire responses to behavioral health incidents better handled by crisis professionals. Garcia said emergency calls — for an ambulance or a robbery, for example — should not have to compete for line capacity with calls that belong on 311. Garcia also spoke about the role 311 plays in connecting residents with services including encampment reporting and housing and food referrals. The city also works with MD Ally to redirect some 911 calls to a care provider who can prescribe or deliver medications, with Garcia saying that sometimes ambulances take patients to the hospital only to discover that they actually needed a dentist. Garcia said the efforts have saved time and money: 2,000 calls referred to medical providers instead of emergency care saved 1,700 hours of fire and EMS runtime and 4,100 hours of emergency room wait time. "This program is now a very proven model that's being studied from around the country, and having a crisis professional right here in the room means that a caller in crisis gets a better resource and better outcomes sooner," Garcia said. The council also unanimously voted to adopt a resolution opposing the proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Marana. Ward 6 Councilmember Miranda Schubert noted that legacies of government abuse appear throughout the region, pointing to the Gordon Hirabayashi Campground on Mount Lemmon, named for a man who resisted Japanese American internment during World War II and was sentenced to penal labor on that same site. Schubert compared the struggle against internment to the current struggles undocumented immigrants face, saying those internment camps were run by Immigration and Naturalization Services and guarded by border patrol agents. "The detention center in Marana should not even be a discussion (for the Tucson City Council,) but here we are," Schubert said. "By moving forward with the contract, the Town of Marana condones federal policies that tear apart families and allow private prison industries to profit under the dog whistle of national security." Other council members echoed that opposition. "I was not willing to take this sitting down without saying how much I am opposed to these ICE detention facilities, especially anything coming close to the city of Tucson," Romero said. "We have always been a welcoming community, and this resolution affirms our values, the human dignity of immigrants, family unity and respect for all people no matter their legal status." Ian Stash is University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact him at ianjgs16@gmail.com. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2056b8ee6011c3f4ea8076 Scott Pelley ripped for claiming he was 'in combat' in Afghanistan and Iraq after CBS News firing te 2026-06-03T16:30:48.792Z Scott Pelley ripped for claiming he was 'in combat' in Afghanistan and Iraq after CBS News firing Journalist Scott Pelley faced everything from widespread mockery to stolen valor accusations after insisting he was "in combat" while covering war zones for CBS News.  Pelley was fired from the long-running CBS News show on Tuesday following a bitter clash with the network's editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and new "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton. Pelley, who first joined CBS News in 1989 and did not serve in the military, quickly raised eyebrows with a statement he gave following his termination.  "I have been in combat in Afghanistan. I have been in combat in Iraq. I have been in the war zone in Ukraine multiple times, risking my life and the happiness of my family because of my devotion to the broadcast," Pelley, who has reported from several war zones in his career, told The New York Times.  SCOTT PELLEY FIRED AT CBS NEWS AFTER BLOWUPS WITH BARI WEISS, NEW '60 MINUTES' PRODUCER Pelley also told the Times that CBS News had pressured him to insert bias into stories for "60 Minutes" since Weiss took control of the network. CBS News did not immediately respond to the accusation he was asked to "insert bias," but the combat claims struck a nerve on social media. Podcaster Jim Treacher responded, "Stolen valor it is, then." NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck responded, "Oh FFS the GALL of this guy. He thinks he's on par with American troops." "This no talent a--clown hasn't been ‘in combat’ anywhere, ever. He's observed others in combat. That he doesn't know the difference is entirely on brand for him though," Buck Sexton reacted.  Clay Travis added, "These ‘journalists’ really think they have the most important jobs in the world. The sanctimony is incredible. You got paid tens of millions of dollars to be on a TV show people only watched because it came on after the NFL, dude." SCOTT PELLEY HAS HEATED CONFRONTATION WITH NEW ‘60 MINUTES’ BOSS, ACCUSES BARI WEISS OF ‘MURDERING' SHOW Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway wrote, "This propaganda clown falsely claimed to have served in combat in multiple theaters because he read TV lines near real soldiers," calling it, "Low-rent Brian Williams behavior."  Williams was suspended and demoted from his anchor role at "NBC Nightly News" in 2015 after he falsely claimed to have been in a helicopter in Iraq that was forced to land after being struck by a rocket-propelled grenade. "He was never in combat anywhere," The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis wrote. One critic added, "According to the Scott Pelley standard, I’ve been in the NFL and MLB, because I’ve been there when men played the game." Another observer wrote, "If ‘being in combat’ means you are owed a $5 million a year contract a few million veterans would like a word." Many others had thoughts:  Pelley's exit came after he lashed out at Bilton during an all-staff meeting Monday where he accused Weiss of "murdering" the storied newsmagazine program and bluntly told Bilton, who has no linear television experience, that he had "slender qualifications" for his new role.  Before joining "60 Minutes," Bilton was a documentary filmmaker and a technology journalist for The New York Times and Vanity Fair. CBS NEWS FIRES ‘60 MINUTES’ CORRESPONDENTS, TOP PRODUCER IN SWEEPING SHAKEUP OF STORIED PROGRAM Puck media correspondent Dylan Byers reported Tuesday that CBS News leadership held a meeting with Pelley and that "the two sides did not find common ground," accelerating Pelley's exit from the network. Weiss reportedly asked Pelley to make an apology and accused him of creating a hostile work environment. Fox News Digital previously learned that Weiss and Bilton repeatedly reached out to Pelley to express they wanted him to remain a "60 Minutes" correspondent and that he hadn't engaged with them prior to Monday's tense showdown, according to a source familiar to CBS News leadership. Pelley erupted at the meeting over last week's abrupt firing of several "60 Minutes" staffers, including correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, as well as executive producer Tanya Simon, referring to their ouster as "Black Thursday." Weiss appointed Bilton as Simon's successor the same day. Fox News Digital’s Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2054a6ee6011c3f4ea802a City approves waste rate increase te 2026-06-03T16:21:58.726Z City approves waste rate increase On April 22, the Phoenix City Council approved an adjustment to the monthly residential solid waste rate according to the following Monthly Residential Rate schedule: July 2026: +$5/month ($42.32/month); July 2027: +$5/month ($47.32/month); July 2028: +$4/month ($51.32/month); July 2029 to July 2033: Allow annual inflation adjustment not to exceed 5% based on annual solid waste financial review; and Green Organics Collection Subscription Fee: One-fourth the applicable monthly solid waste rate ($10.58 effective July 1, 2026). In a statement, the Public Works Department said that after considering customer feedback and staff’s continued efforts to identify operational efficiencies, the department reduced its original rate recommendation from a $17 increase over three years to a $14 increase over three years. This rate adjustment, the department said, “will ensure the operation can meet rising inflationary costs, prepare for future customer growth, and continue to provide essential solid waste collection and management.” For more details on the new rate schedule, financial aid opportunities and a discount for using a smaller curbside trash can, visit www.phoenix.gov/swrate2026. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a205460ee6011c3f4ea7ff0 Montana Voters Deliver Mixed Results on Shifting Statehouse Rightward te 2026-06-03T16:20:48.471Z Montana Voters Deliver Mixed Results on Shifting Statehouse Rightward Hard-line Republicans targeted moderate colleagues in legislative primaries, but both sides claimed victories in the fight for control of the G.O.P. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a205448ee6011c3f4ea7fce Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks te 2026-06-03T16:20:24.956Z Instagram is alerting users who were targeted by hackers during AI chatbot attacks Hackers appeared to take over victims’ accounts even after Meta said it fixed its AI-powered support chatbot, which granted hackers access to victims’ accounts. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a205270ee6011c3f4ea7f81 Jennifer Garner says divorce from Ben Affleck caused 'upheaval' that kept her from working for years te 2026-06-03T16:12:32.469Z Jennifer Garner says divorce from Ben Affleck caused 'upheaval' that kept her from working for years Jennifer Garner is reflecting on how her divorce from Ben Affleck impacted her career choices. In an exclusive interview with InStyle, the "Alias" actress — who separated from Affleck in 2015 — opened up about the "upheaval" that consumed her and their three children amid their very public split. "When my kids were little, I worked so little, and then we had such an upheaval in our family, that I really hardly worked for a long time," she told the outlet. JENNIFER GARNER SEEN KISSING BOYFRIEND JOHN MILLER, AS SHE SPENDS TIME WITH BEN AFFLECK FOR EASTER While balancing her work and professional life, Garner said she learned there is beauty in imperfection. "You have to raise yourself at the same time. And just be so radically kind to yourself about how imperfect it is," she said of trying to navigate life as a working mom of three. "And that it is just going to be imperfect. There’s no such thing as balance. There’s no such thing as doing it right. And when the big moments happen, you are okay, and that’s on you to know and understand so your child feels your okayness." Affleck and Garner met on the set of 2001's "Pearl Harbor," but didn't spark a romantic relationship until 2004, after starring alongside one another in the 2003 film "Daredevil." They married in 2005, but eventually called it quits in 2015.  "After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce," the couple said in a joint statement at the time. "We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time. This will be our only comment on this private, family matter. Thank you for understanding." JENNIFER LOPEZ REFLECTS ON LIFE-CHANGING DIVORCE FROM BEN AFFLECK AND HER PATH FORWARD During an appearance on Bustle's "One Nightstand" podcast earlier this year, Garner opened up about the sacrifices made while raising their three children together.  "When your kids grow up in two separate households, I become mom and dad, and he becomes dad and mom," said Garner. "You kind of can't help it, right? Because you don't have the benefit of both sides, the yin and yang being in the same house, so you have to have a bit of both in the way you parent." "There's a little bit of loss in that, but there's also something gained in that," she added. "You also just learn, it's made me let go and not focus so much on the bringing up." In her first interview after announcing the split, Garner said Affleck was the love of her life. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I didn't marry the big fat movie star; I married him," she told Vanity Fair in 2016. "And I would go back and remake that decision. I ran down the beach to him, and I would again. You can't have these three babies and so much of what we had. He's the love of my life." "We still have to help each other get through this," she added, referencing their divorce. "He's still the only person who really knows the truth about things. And I'm still the only person that knows some of his truths." After his divorce from Garner, Affleck rekindled his relationship with Jennifer Lopez. The couple's marriage lasted roughly two years. Lopez and Affleck married in 2022 and finalized their divorce in January 2025. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER In 2020, Affleck appeared on "Good Morning America," where he admitted that he and Garner would be "connected" forever. "I didn't want to get divorced, I didn't want to be a divorced person, I really didn't want to be a split family with my children," he said at the time. "It upset me because it meant I wasn't who I thought I was and that was so painful and so disappointing. In myself." "When you have children with somebody, you're connected to them forever," he said. "And I'm very lucky she is the mother of my children. I'm very grateful and respectful of her. Our marriage didn't work, and that's difficult. Both of us really believe that it's important for kids to see their parents respect one another and get along, whether they're together or not." These days, Garner — who is starring role in Peacock's upcoming adaptation of "The Five Star Weekend" — is finding joy in working again. "When I work, I don’t apologize to my kids for it. I do thank them for being so sweet about it," she told InStyle. "But that’s part of life. Working hard is part of life, and messing up is part of life. Tripping and falling—there’s room for all of it." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20525cee6011c3f4ea7f78 Fever star Sophie Cunningham says the team is playing 'soft' amid recent struggles, Caitlin Clark drama te 2026-06-03T16:12:12.557Z Fever star Sophie Cunningham says the team is playing 'soft' amid recent struggles, Caitlin Clark drama Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham did not mince words about the team’s recent struggles. The Fever lost back-to-back games on the West Coast while Caitlin Clark and head coach Stephanie White went viral for a sideline altercation, and Cunningham took issue with the team's play. "We have all the pieces we need (to win), but it's knowing your role, owning your role and also just being tough," Cunningham said. "We're just too soft right now, and that's not what our identity is, so we need to get away from that." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM On Monday, Clark and White said that they had moved on from their sideline spat. Cunningham said that the team had a meeting on Tuesday and hopes it helps turn the page. "We had a team meeting (Monday) — a long meeting — and so hopefully we've kind of turned the page," Cunningham said. "I think we were in there an hour and a half, almost two hours and we built back all the layers. I think everyone's on a good page right now and ready to work. We'll say it started (as a) coaches (meeting) and then ended up being players. It was much needed, though." Cunningham and All-Star guard Kelsey Mitchell did not divulge specifics about what was discussed, and White said the meeting didn't go quite as long as Cunningham thought. Clearly, though, everyone thought it was necessary and valuable after TV cameras caught the incident between Clark and White during Saturday night's 100-84 loss to Portland — an expansion team Indiana beat by 17 points just 10 days earlier without Clark. CAITLIN CLARK FANS ERUPT AT HEAD COACH STEPHANIE WHITE AFTER FEVER BLOWOUT LOSS TO PORTLAND FIRE Mitchell explained Clark and White’s sideline incident as part of being a family. "I think it's a part of being a family," she said. "If you think everything is glitz and glamour, then you're mistaken. I think hard times can make you or break you and, hopefully, it doesn't break us, and I think losing is important because you find out a lot about yourself, about where you need to be, where you're missing the mark and I'm happy that's happening now. If there is frustration, I'd rather it be now than later." The Fever are currently 4-4 and a half-game out of the final playoff spot. They entered the season with high expectations after falling one win short of reaching the WNBA Finals despite missing a host of key players due to injury. The Fever’s offense has been great. They average a league-best 91.8 points per game; the problem is their defense. They give up 89 points per game, which is the second-most in the WNBA. Cunningham said the team didn’t even watch film from their loss to the Fire in an effort to move on. "We didn't even watch film (from the Portland game), that tells you how bad it is because normally she (White) is watching every second of it. We wanted to flush that one, everyone knew it was bad. We all kind of watched it on our own and it's just unacceptable. We're too good to be playing like that." The Fever will look to turn it around when they play Angel Reese's Atlanta Dream at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a205248ee6011c3f4ea7f6f Giants' Malik Nabers mistakenly stopped by NJ police in connection to road rage incident involving gun: report te 2026-06-03T16:11:52.551Z Giants' Malik Nabers mistakenly stopped by NJ police in connection to road rage incident involving gun: report On the football field, there is no mistaking New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers. On the roads, however, that is a different story. Nabers, 22, was stopped by police after there was a report of road rage incident involving someone driving a vehicle similar to his in Paramus, New Jersey, on Tuesday, according to NFL Network. According to a separate report, the individual brandished a gun during the incident. Nabers’ car was searched, but no weapon was found and no citation was issued. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The Giants wide receiver was allowed to leave after it was determined to be a case of mistaken identity, according to the report. It is unclear whether the police found the individual they were looking for. The former LSU star is currently working his way back from an ACL tear he sustained during the Giants’ Week 4 win over the Los Angeles Chargers last season. Nabers has undergone two surgeries on his injured knee. He initially underwent surgery on his ACL and meniscus on Oct. 28. The second surgery was done during the spring to remove scar tissue that was causing stiffness, according to The Athletic. The second surgery is not expected to affect Nabers’ recovery timeline. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Nabers was on his way to a dominant sophomore season before the injury. In four games, he had 18 catches for 271 yards and two touchdowns. As a rookie, Nabers caught a franchise-record 109 passes for 1,204 yards and seven touchdowns despite poor quarterback play. The Giants hope that Nabers will continue to thrive as the team’s No. 1 wide receiver for Dart, despite remaking their wide receiver room this offseason. Wan’Dale Robinson departed in free agency to the Tennessee Titans after catching 92 passes for 1,014 yards and four touchdowns last season. To replace him, the Giants signed Darnell Mooney and Calvin Austin III in free agency. In the NFL Draft, they traded up in the third round to draft Malachi Fields. The Giants also signed tight end Isaiah Likely, giving the 23-year-old quarterback another weapon. This week, they signed a trio of wide receivers — Odell Beckham Jr., JuJu Smith-Schuster and Braxton Berrios — giving them ample depth if Nabers misses any time to begin the season. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a205220ee6011c3f4ea7f56 Why Democrats Are Hopeful About Making Gains in Iowa te 2026-06-03T16:11:12.147Z Why Democrats Are Hopeful About Making Gains in Iowa After voting twice for Barack Obama, Iowa swung to the right. But the state has been hit hard economically and by Trump policies while growing disenchanted with its leaders. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20520cee6011c3f4ea7f36 ‘Infuriated’ Former Judges Take on Trump te 2026-06-03T16:10:52.153Z ‘Infuriated’ Former Judges Take on Trump Critics say it is unseemly for retired judges to trade on the prestige of their former positions. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2051efee6011c3f4ea7efa Estudiantes de Sunnyside aprenden más allá del aula te 2026-06-03T16:10:23.512Z Estudiantes de Sunnyside aprenden más allá del aula Leer en inglés Las excursiones a imprentas industriales y el aprendizaje sobre cómo diseñar ciudades no suelen ser lecciones típicas de aula; sin embargo, para los estudiantes del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Sunnyside, estas actividades se están convirtiendo en la norma. CommunityShare fue fundado por Josh Schachter, profesor de ciencias de secundaria, junto con otros educadores, organizaciones sin fines de lucro y mentores comunitarios, con un objetivo compartido: conectar a los miembros de la comunidad con las aulas locales para crear oportunidades de aprendizaje únicas. El programa es financiado, en parte, por Sunnyside Foundation, Marshall Foundation, Stocker Foundation y Thomas R. Brown Foundations. Gracias a una colaboración con el Condado de Pima, CommunityShare ha extendido esta oportunidad a educadores de todo Tucson, siendo el distrito de Sunnyside uno de sus participantes más activos. En el transcurso de cinco años, maestros de 16 de sus 21 escuelas han implementado proyectos de aula de un año de duración a través de este programa. Si bien cualquier maestro del Condado de Pima puede participar, Sunnyside organiza a sus docentes participantes en un grupo que se reúne mensualmente, culminando con una exhibición de proyectos cada mayo. Jackie Nichols, cofacilitadora de CommunityShare en Sunnyside, señaló que el objetivo del programa es enriquecer el plan de estudios de los estudiantes mediante el "aprendizaje con participación comunitaria.” "Los estudiantes, sus maestros y los colaboradores de la comunidad intercambian ideas y co-crean juntos estas indagaciones e investigaciones," afirmó. "El enfoque se centra en la voz de los estudiantes y en la comunidad; constituye una alianza entre el mundo exterior al ámbito educativo y el mundo interior de la educación: una dualidad de aprendizaje." Nichols imparte clases de materias STEM a estudiantes de secundaria y comentó que esta colaboración le brindó la libertad de enseñar más allá de los libros de texto y de mostrar a los alumnos cómo las disciplinas STEM se manifiestan en su propia comunidad. "CommunityShare hizo posible que yo encontrara colaboradores que representaran las identidades de mis estudiantes, permitiendo así que ellos comenzaran a verse reflejados en esos roles y capacidades profesionales," concluyó. Un cartel del proyecto Los Amigos Storytellers, una iniciativa de CommunityShare en la que alumnos de sexto grado de Los Amigos Technology Academy investigaron y narraron cuentos populares del sur de Arizona, creando un libro impreso en WestPress que cada estudiante se llevó a casa. Elias Bonilla / El Foco de Tucson. CommunityShare facilita el emparejamiento de mentores con maestros a través de lo que Nichols denomina una "biblioteca humana". "Contamos con un sistema mediante el cual el maestro consulta una base de datos de colaboradores y mantiene una reunión inicial con ellos para determinar si esta será, en efecto, una colaboración positiva; el tipo de colaboración que estoy buscando," explicó Nichols. Nichols se asoció con un arquitecto paisajista de la Universidad de Arizona y con un analista de políticas de ciencias hídricas. A través de demostraciones y aprendizaje práctico, sus alumnos diseñaron y construyeron su propia "ciudad del futuro" utilizando maquetas y bajo la orientación de sus mentores; posteriormente, compitieron en los certámenes científicos de Arizona Future City y SARSEF. Nichols afirmó que esta constituye una oportunidad idónea para que los estudiantes identifiquen problemas en su comunidad y los exploren mediante el aprendizaje experiencial. Las escuelas de educación primaria también se están beneficiando de este programa. Las maestras Renee Bonilla y Jennifer Valentine, de Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet School, integraron CommunityShare en sus aulas de segundo y tercer grado, recurriendo a artistas locales para enseñar a los alumnos sobre el desierto de Sonora a través de la poesía y el dibujo. Valentine comentó que estos proyectos logran motivar e involucrar activamente a los estudiantes. "Por lo general, no muestran mucho interés en las actividades habituales del aula; sin embargo, les importan muchísimo los animales y nos han manifestado reiteradamente su deseo de aprender más sobre el desierto," señaló Valentine. "Niños que habitualmente no logran permanecer quietos ni siquiera cinco minutos, se sentaban durante dos horas para trabajar en su proyecto artístico. Alumnos que detestan escribir, ahora redactan poemas y se los leen unos a otros." Entre los carteles de proyectos expuestos en la muestra de mayo de CommunityShare se incluyen un proyecto de Zen Garden de la Escuela Secundaria Lauffer y un proyecto STEM sobre ciencia de la seguridad y ciudades sostenibles, dirigido por Jackie Nichols en la Escuela Secundaria Billy Lane Lauffer. Elias Bonilla / El Foco de Tucson. A finales de año, los estudiantes visitaron WestPress, una imprenta industrial situada en el lado oeste de Tucson, donde aprendieron sobre la industria de la impresión y vieron cómo sus poemas y dibujos se convertían en un libro físico que cada uno pudo llevarse a casa. El superintendente de las escuelas del condado de Pima, Dustin Williams, se unió a la excursión y comentó que CommunityShare permite a los estudiantes aprender sobre su comunidad y las profesiones que los rodean. "Ver a los estudiantes aprender sobre una industria de la vida real, y observar sus rostros y el brillo en sus ojos, simplemente me llena el corazón; es conmovedor ver esta colaboración y ver a los estudiantes aprendiendo sobre una carrera que es verdaderamente significativa," dijo. "Estuve hablando con un chico dentro [de WestPress], quien compartió conmigo su dibujo y su poema, y ​​me contó que se sentía como un autor." CommunityShare también brinda una oportunidad a los estudiantes de las escuelas secundarias Desert View y Sunnyside para adquirir habilidades valiosas a través de un programa de mentoría. Mediante un proceso de entrevistas, un grupo selecto de estudiantes de secundaria puede unirse a CommunityShare para realizar voluntariado e incluso recibir una remuneración. La cofacilitadora Priscilla Switzer señaló que el hecho de que los estudiantes de secundaria actúen como mentores les brinda la oportunidad de retribuir a la comunidad. "Los mentores de secundaria dicen que les encanta trabajar con los niños más pequeños," comentó. "Dicen cosas como: '¡Guau!, yo fui ese niño, y ahora estoy retribuyendo a la comunidad.'" Nichols afirmó que este enfoque centrado en la comunidad hace que el aprendizaje resulte pertinente e interesante. "Se trata de ayudar a los estudiantes a desarrollar su propia voz para generar cambios y para ejercer liderazgo en temas que les interesan, temas que les apasionan," explicó. "Consiste en brindarles la oportunidad de descubrir cómo se manifiestan esos temas en el mundo real." Elias Bonilla es estudiante de periodismo y ciencias políticas en la Universidad de Arizona y pasante en EL Foco de Tucson. Puede contactarlo en ebonilla1500@gmail.com. Esta nota fue traducida por Diana Ramos, exalumna de la Universidad de Arizona, Directora de Iniciativas Bilingües y reportera del Foco de Tucson. Contáctala en diana@tucsonspotlight.org.    El Foco de Tucson es una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a estudiantes y periodistas emergentes del sur de Arizona. Por favor, considera apoyar nuestro trabajo con una donación deducible de impuestos. Donar a El Foco Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a204feaee6011c3f4ea7ec4 Peoria residents could be charged $50 if they make this mistake with their trash te 2026-06-03T16:01:46.624Z Peoria residents could be charged $50 if they make this mistake with their trash The $50 fee is expected to generate about $80,000 in revenue each year for the city. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a204f9bee6011c3f4ea7e6b Amazon will show AI product images when you search for some reason te 2026-06-03T16:00:27.584Z Amazon will show AI product images when you search for some reason Amazon will use visual search and AI to show AI generated product images that match your search queries. The retailer says it will help guide users to products. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a204d58ee6011c3f4ea7e1d Judge with intimate ties to Dem Party's key Russia Hoax players behind latest anti-Trump decision te 2026-06-03T15:50:48.959Z Judge with intimate ties to Dem Party's key Russia Hoax players behind latest anti-Trump decision The judge who ordered President Donald Trump's name removed from the Kennedy Center is married to an attorney who has represented a former anti-Trump FBI lawyer, served as counsel to the House Jan. 6 committee and currently represents former President Joe Biden — relationships that Trump blasted as clear conflicts of interest following the ruling. Trump claimed in a heated Truth Social post that U.S. District Court of D.C. Judge Christopher Cooper's wife, Amy Jeffress, a former Obama-era Justice Department attorney turned top lawyer of Trump', encouraged her husband to reject Trump's Kennedy Center renovation plans and remove his name from the building. He pointed to Jeffress' past and current clients, which include some of his most prominent critics, as evidence that she is "a Radical Left Democrat" who is influencing her husband to rule against him. "Trump Hating Judge wants to keep it open because his wife probably told him to do so!" Trump wrote of Cooper, referring to his rejection of Trump's plans to close the Kennedy Center for two years for renovations. FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP'S NAME REMOVED FROM KENNEDY CENTER, SAYS ONLY CONGRESS CAN RENAME IT Cooper issued his ruling on May 29, finding that the Kennedy Center board exceeded its legal authority when it voted to rename the institution to include Trump's name. He ruled that only Congress can change the institution's name based on the Kennedy Center's founding statute, which makes clear that the venue is dedicated to President John F. Kennedy. Trump also alleged Jeffress "doesn't use the 'Cooper' name because they, as a couple, don’t want people to know that she has a Conflict of Interest with an important Judge." The president pointed to Jeffress' professional background, which included serving as a counselor to Attorney General Eric Holder during the Obama administration. Trump and his allies have accused the Obama administration of politicizing intelligence about Russian interference in the 2016 election and promoting allegations of ties between Trump's campaign and the Kremlin. The FBI named its investigation into Russia's alleged ties to Trump's campaign Crossfire Hurricane. WHO IS NORM EISEN? MEET THE ANTI-TRUMP ATTORNEY REPPING FBI AGENTS SUING THE DOJ Thousands of text messages exchanged between Peter Strzok, a senior investigator on the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane probe, and his then-lover Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer and adviser to Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, became public in 2018. Although Page was not involved in the Russia investigation, the pair's anti-Trump messages prompted criticism from some who argued the exchanges revealed political bias within the FBI. Jeffress represented Page during congressional scrutiny of the FBI's handling of its investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server for official State Department business. Page was not involved in the Clinton email investigation itself. She later represented Page again in a civil lawsuit against the FBI and the Justice Department, in which she argued that the disclosure of the text messages was improper. Years later, Jeffress served as outside counsel to the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, advising members on legal issues involving evidence, witness testimony and executive privilege claims. The committee examined the causes of the riot, efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and Trump's actions leading up to the attack. TRUMP'S NAME ADDED TO KENNEDY CENTER FOLLOWING UNANIMOUS BOARD VOTE TO RENAME HISTORIC BUILDING The president also pointed to Jeffress' law firm, Hecker Fink LLP, formerly known as Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, which represented E. Jean Carroll in her civil lawsuit against him. Since July 2025, Jeffress has served as Biden's personal attorney and is representing the former president in a lawsuit seeking to block the Justice Department from releasing transcripts and audio recordings of Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden's handling of classified documents. "Amy is totally wired into the Left System, from her husband down, and it is impossible for me to be treated fairly," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "He has a total Conflict of Interest, and should be brought up on charges for not revealing these facts." Appointed by President Barack Obama, Cooper has served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C., since 2014. The criticism facing Cooper is not the first time he has been accused by Trump or his allies of having a potential conflict of interest. Cooper previously drew scrutiny during Special Counsel John Durham's prosecution of former Clinton campaign-linked attorney Michael Sussmann, with critics arguing that he should have recused himself because his wife, attorney Amy Jeffress, represented former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, a figure tied to the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation. The Sussmann case stemmed from Durham's probe into the origins of the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation. Prosecutors alleged that Sussmann falsely told the FBI he was not acting on behalf of any clients when he presented allegations about a purported communications channel between the Trump Organization and Russia's Alfa Bank during the 2016 election. Cooper rejected Sussmann's effort to dismiss the case before trial and allowed Durham's prosecution to proceed, but a jury ultimately acquitted Sussmann in May 2022 after a two-week trial overseen by Cooper. Fox News Digital reached out to Cooper's office, Jeffress, a representative for former President Joe Biden, Page, a representative for Garland, and Hecker Fink LLP for comment. Cooper and Jeffress have been married since 1999. Their wedding was officiated by former Biden Justice Department Attorney General Merrick Garland, who at the time was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a204b1dee6011c3f4ea7db5 Trump warns of ‘rampant’ election cheating. The GOP wants to cut the election security agency. te 2026-06-03T15:41:17.277Z Trump warns of ‘rampant’ election cheating. The GOP wants to cut the election security agency. Voters cast ballots at the Northwest Community Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on Nov. 3, 2020. (Photo by Jim Obradovich for Iowa Capital Dispatch) Ahead of the November midterm elections, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have demanded Congress pass sweeping voting restrictions, including showing proof of citizenship to register — all in the name of election security. At the same time, the only federal agency dedicated solely to helping states and localities run smooth and secure elections operates on a meager budget. It provides grants for election security far smaller than in the past. And U.S. House Republicans have signaled they want sizable further cuts. The agency, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, sits at the center of a fight playing out in Congress over how to best ensure secure elections. The debate has thrown into sharp relief a yawning gap between GOP rhetoric over election tampering and actual congressional support for election security efforts. “If my colleagues truly cared about protecting our elections from foreign interference, they’d put the resources behind it,” Rep. Sanford Bishop, a Georgia Democrat, said at a House Appropriations Committee meeting this spring. “Instead, we get empty rhetoric, zero urgency, while putting the right of citizens to vote at risk.” Congressional support of the EAC’s election security grant program has fluctuated over time, but has generally trended downward. Congress has approved election security grant funding at much lower levels than the program’s early years. (Credit: U.S. Election Assistance Commission 2025 Annual Report) Lawmakers approved $380 million in 2018 and $425 million in 2020, along with an additional $400 million in election-related pandemic aid that year.  Since then, grant funding has slowed to a trickle. Congress appropriated $75 million in 2022 and again in 2023. That was followed by $55 million in 2024 and $15 million in 2025. This year’s amount, $45 million, is an increase from the previous year — consistent with enhanced needs in an election year — but substantially lower than other recent years and a far cry from the program’s early years. Trump and many GOP lawmakers support the SAVE America Act, which would impose new restrictions on voting. It would require voters to show a photo ID at the polls, as well as require them to bring documents proving their citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate, with them when they register to vote. The requirements are needed, the bill’s supporters say, to combat noncitizen voting, an extremely rare occurrence.  “The cheating is rampant in our elections,” Trump asserted without evidence in his 2026 State of the Union address. He has called the SAVE America Act “commonsense, country-saving legislation.” The House passed the bill in February but it has floundered in the Senate amid opposition from Democrats and a handful of Republicans. Trump continues to seek new avenues to advance the measure, including urging lawmakers to attach it to housing legislation. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address on Feb. 24, 2026. During the address, Trump claimed, without evidence, “cheating is rampant” in U.S. elections. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Cuts to election security agency The Trump-led push for voting restrictions has largely ignored concrete election security needs in favor of chasing the phantom specter of noncitizen voting, Democrats and experts on election administration say. The result, they say, has been the possibility of sharp cuts at the EAC. The House Appropriations Committee in April approved a bill that would cut the EAC’s salaries and expenses from $23.86 million to $17 million. It would mark the first time in four years the agency’s budget has dropped below $20 million. The bill would also sharply cut the EAC’s election security grant program from $45 million to $15 million, the same as the last non-election year. Since 2018, the agency has distributed the grants to election officials for technology upgrades, including cybersecurity, physical security improvements at election sites and efforts to combat voter misinformation. Lawmakers created the election security grants in response to foreign interference in the 2016 election. U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, at a Democratic rally in 2022. (Photo by Danielle E. Gaines/Maryland Matters) “Republicans claim falsely that our elections are plagued by fraud and that more needs to be done to secure the vote,” Rep. Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, said in a statement to States Newsroom. “Yet, they have consistently undermined the security of our elections, including by proposing to cut election-security grants by two-thirds and the Election Assistance Commission’s (EAC) overall budget by almost 30% in Fiscal Year 2027,” Hoyer said. “This will leave states without critical resources to secure their voting systems and adopt the latest in voting technology and best practices.” Hoyer, who helped spearhead the 2002 legislation creating the EAC and is the ranking Democrat on the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the agency’s budget, said it has been a tremendous benefit to state and local election officials and to the integrity of the vote. “I will continue to oppose Republican efforts to cut its funding,” he said. Congressional GOP embraces Trump The bill represents only one, early step in the appropriations process. The House hasn’t voted on it and the Senate could eliminate or alter the cuts, with any differences eventually worked out in a conference committee.  The House Appropriations Committee, which is not burdened with the Senate’s need for bipartisan approval of most legislation, in past years has also put forward cuts to election security grant funding that have been abandoned later. Still, the measure this year demonstrates how House Republicans have embraced Trump’s focus on noncitizen voting.  While cutting the EAC and election security funding, the bill includes a provision prohibiting the use of funds to register noncitizens to vote. Noncitizens are already prohibited from voting in federal elections and only a very small number of municipalities allow noncitizens to vote in local contests. Oklahoma Republican Rep. Tom Cole speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in January 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) “The people demanded a new mandate, we’re carrying it forward. That includes reinforcing President Trump’s work to … ensure that only citizens vote in our elections,” Rep. Tom Cole, an Oklahoma Republican and the Appropriations Committee chairman, said at an April meeting. A spokesperson for Rep. Dave Joyce, an Ohio Republican who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee that developed the bill, didn’t respond to a request for comment. Funding ebb Congress created the EAC in the 2002 Help America Vote Act, passed in the wake of the 2000 presidential election and the Florida recount.  A bipartisan commission leads the agency, which has about 70 employees, according to its 2025 annual report. It focuses on aiding state and local election officials with training and other resources, certifying voting equipment and overseeing grant programs. Gideon Cohn-Postar, director of federal affairs at the Institute for Responsive Government, said election officials generally want Congress to provide about $400 million a year, a figure that reflects lawmakers’ initial commitment to the grant program in 2018 and would allow states to make significant strides in bolstering their election infrastructure. Each year’s grants are split between states and territories based on a formula. In practice, most receive the minimum amount. The $45 million grant for 2026 translated into $819,000 for most states, with a mandatory 20% match. “It’s absolutely insufficient,” Cohn-Postar said. State spending A December 2024 report from the Bipartisan Policy Center measuring the impact of the grant program found that cybersecurity constituted the single largest category of grant spending, at over $200 million, followed by nearly $150 million on voting equipment. Some states save up their grant money over several years to help pay for larger purchases, like voter registration systems, with the money earning interest in the meantime. As of March 2025, states had collectively spent 69% of their grant dollars, according to the latest data available from the EAC.  Two states — Nevada and Ohio — have spent 100% of their funds. Only Louisiana has spent none, ahead of a future elections system overhaul. In Connecticut, election officials have spent 95% of the $13.8 million it has received in election security grants over the years, according to the EAC data. The funds have helped towns conduct security audits, Connecticut Democratic Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas said in an interview.  As an example, Thomas said when she took office in 2023 not all of the town’s systems were on a government online domain but most have now adopted one. “Someting like that, it never gets the headlines but hugely important from a security perspective,” Thomas said. Commission warns against cuts EAC commissioners have been warning Congress that unstable funding and budget cuts would harm their agency’s work. All three current commissioners and a recent former commissioner testified at a House Administration Committee hearing on election security in May, where they cautioned lawmakers against reduced and unpredictable resources. Commissioner Benjamin Hovland, a Democratic appointee of Trump, noted that while Congress has provided “significant” funding since the 2002 law, federal dollars have covered less than 5% of the total cost of running elections during that time.  Election officials today face challenges that would have been unimaginable when the law was passed, he said, adding that commissioners heard enthusiasm for the EAC’s work in recent meetings with officials. “But the agency is nearing a point where funding cuts will impact what we can accomplish, and the support we can provide election officials, especially related to election security,” Hovland said. States frequently tell the EAC they want federal funding that is “predictable, consistent, and sufficient” to support long-term planning, said Christy McCormick, a Republican commissioner appointed by President Barack Obama.  U.S. Election Assistance Commissioner Christy McCormick spoke at the Iowa State Association of County Auditors summer conference in Des Moines in June 2024 about federal resources available to local election officials. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The EAC’s adoption of newer, more rigorous standards for election equipment illustrates the importance of funding for state and local election officials.  In 2021, the EAC adopted the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 2.0, or VVSG 2.0, replacing the earlier 1.0 guidelines. The technical standards are designed to enhance security, such as requiring air gapped systems, and greater accessibility for voters with disabilities. While states are not required to use VVSG-certified machines, many states have followed the EAC’s lead and mandated the use of machines that meet these standards. Upgrading is expensive, however. In the meantime, election technology continues to age. By 2028, the average age of modern voting equipment will rise to 9.3 years old, up from just 4.9 years old in 2020, according to a report from the Bipartisan Policy Center released in late May. The report identified “episodic and unpredictable” federal funding as one obstacle to states purchasing VVSG 2.0 equipment. “Federal support is absolutely key to making sure that election infrastructure is functioning well at the state and local levels,” Will Adler, a co-author of the report, said in an interview. ‘Don’t give me any more money’ To be sure, some state election officials are skeptical of accepting grant funding. Kansas Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab told a congressional hearing in April that elections are best run and funded locally.  He said he previously accepted grant dollars but that state lawmakers then didn’t approve the required matching funds, leaving his office in a bind. “I would rather, because of the strings attached, just don’t give me any more money,” Schwab said. “If we need more money, we can handle it locally.” But since the House Appropriations Committee advanced cuts to the EAC and the election security grants in April, numerous election officials and voting rights groups have urged lawmakers to reconsider. On May 12, the Project for Election Infrastructure sent a letter signed by several dozen local election officials asking senators for $400 million in election security grants, with at least two-thirds directed to localities. The true cost of modernizing and fully securing American election systems will run billions of dollars, the letter warned. Bollards surround a ballot drop box at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) The National Association of Counties on June 2 asked House and Senate appropriations leaders to not cut funding. The years between presidential elections are when “critical groundwork is laid,” the association’s CEO and executive director, Matt Chase, wrote in a letter. Chase ticked through typical security expenses that can quickly add up. Bollards to protect remote drop boxes can cost $500 to $4,000 per bollard. Key card access at election facilities can cost $1,500 to $5,000 per door. Video surveillance cameras can run hundreds to thousands of dollars. “Federal investment scaled only to presidential cycles leaves counties without the resources needed to be ready when turnout surges,” Chase wrote. Thomas, the Connecticut secretary of state, echoed the sentiment. “I feel that many people use the term election security almost like a slogan,” Thomas said. “But election security is actually year-round work.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a204aeaee6011c3f4ea7d73 Still facing copyright lawsuits, AI music generator Suno raises another $400M te 2026-06-03T15:40:26.305Z Still facing copyright lawsuits, AI music generator Suno raises another $400M The prominent AI music generation startup is now valued at over $5.4 billion -- about seven months ago, it raised at a $2.45 billion valuation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2048bdee6011c3f4ea7d01 Iran 'already agreed' to giving up nuclear weapon ambitions, Trump reveals te 2026-06-03T15:31:09.278Z Iran 'already agreed' to giving up nuclear weapon ambitions, Trump reveals President Donald Trump said during an interview Wednesday that Iran had "already agreed" to not having a nuclear weapon. "I did have to say we have to do something about Iran, because regardless of how well we’re doing, we can’t let them have a nuclear weapon," he said during an interview on The New York Post's "Pod Force One" podcast. "They’ve already agreed they’re not going to have a nuclear weapon." Host Miranda Devine pressed further on his statement and Trump added, "Oh yeah, they’ve agreed to that." However, the president acknowledged Iran could always change its mind. WH MAINTAINS TRUMP CONSISTENT IN FIRM STANCE ON IRAN NUKES — AND SHOWS OFF RECEIPTS "I mean, now they can change their mind, but that was one of the things they’ve had to agree, they’ve agreed to that. That was the big thing," he said. Devine also asked Trump about reporting by Axios that he got angry with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The outlet reported that the president said, "‘Are you f---ing crazy? What are you f---ing doing? I helped you stay out of jail.’" Trump said he did speak to Netanyahu in those terms. "I wouldn’t say angry. I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon," he said. "You know, at some point I said, ‘Bibi we gotta stop this, we gotta stop it.’"  "But I have a very good relationship. We’ve done well together. He always says we could never have done it, but everybody knows that we could have never done it without the United States. But we’ve worked very well together," Trump added. TRUMP INSISTS IRAN TALKS ARE ON, SAYING DEAL IS 'NOT A SIMPLE THING' Trump denied reporting that talks with Iran were no longer happening on Tuesday, writing on Truth Social, "Fake News Reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the U.S.A., stopped speaking a few days ago are false and erroneous. The conversations between us have been going on continuously, including four days ago, three days ago, two days ago, one day ago, and today." "Where they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, 'It’s time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal. You’ve been doing this for 47 years, and it cannot be allowed to go on any longer!'" he added. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2048a9ee6011c3f4ea7cf8 Aryna Sabalenka suffers shocking collapse in French Open loss, left stunned by opponent te 2026-06-03T15:30:49.425Z Aryna Sabalenka suffers shocking collapse in French Open loss, left stunned by opponent And that'll do it for Aryna Sabalenka at Roland Garros. The No. 1 player in the world bowed out of the French Open on Wednesday in stunning fashion after appearing to be cruising into the semifinals of the Grand Slam. After winning the opening set against Russia's Diana Shnaider 6-3, Sabalenka grabbed a 5-3 lead in the second set, needing to win just one game to punch her ticket into the semifinals. The match felt entirely wrapped up for the Belarusian, but then came the shocking meltdown. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Shnaider somehow managed to claw back and pick up the second set 7-5, and with every ounce of momentum on her side, she stared down the top player on the planet in the deciding third set and didn't lose a single game. One of the key turning points of the match came in a deuce situation in the second game of the third set, with Sabalenka holding serve. After Sabalenka managed to squeeze a forehand over the net, Shnaider got to the ball and left her opponent completely flat-footed on the service line. The four-time Grand Slam winner was left shocked by the shot Shnaider pulled off, and simply threw her hands up in the air in disbelief. Shnaider, who played collegiately at NC State before turning professional in 2023, will play in the first Grand Slam semifinal of her career against Poland's Maja Chwalinska. The Russian, ranked 23rd in the world, will be the favorite, with a spot in the finals on the line, while Chwalinska is ranked outside the top 100. AFTER DJOKOVIC'S HISTORIC LOSS, ROLAND-GARROS WILL CROWN A FIRST TIME MAJOR CHAMPION IN YEARS While Shnaider's victory over Sabalenka is a profound upset, shocking results have been a theme for the 2026 French Open. On the men's side, World No. 1 Jannik Sinner lost in the second round to Argentina's Juan Manuel Cerundolo despite taking the first two sets of the match. The best-seeded player left on the women's side is No. 8 Mirra Andreeva, while No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev is the favorite to win the men's side ahead of his semifinal matchup. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20440dee6011c3f4ea7c08 Caleb Williams lands Madden NFL 27 cover, but infamous curse looms over pivotal third season te 2026-06-03T15:11:09.034Z Caleb Williams lands Madden NFL 27 cover, but infamous curse looms over pivotal third season Caleb Williams will grace the cover of this year's edition of the Madden NFL video game. "Madden NFL 27" will have a photo of what's become the signature play for the Chicago Bears quarterback: a wild jump throw. The photo of Williams mimics his remarkable fourth-and-8 pass to Rome Odunze against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Wild Card round that helped the Bears secure the victory. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Williams is the first Bears player to appear on the cover. BEARS' CALEB WILLIAMS SHARES POWERFUL MESSAGE ON PAINTED FINGER NAILS BEFORE SEASON OPENER VS VIKINGS "When I received the call from Madden, it was like my childhood dream was coming true. Being on the cover of 'Madden NFL 27' is a full-circle moment," Williams said, via ESPN. "I grew up playing Madden and imagining what it would be like to be part of the game. I know fans are going to love what's new in this year's game, and I'm looking forward to getting my rating up to a 99 by the end of the season." "Caleb Williams is what a true face of the franchise looks like -- the culmination of many moments in the Chicago Bears' incredible history that has led them to their electric, generational quarterback," said Evan Dexter, EA Sports' vice president of franchise strategy and marketing. "Madden NFL 27 aims to put more of those critical moments and key management decisions, with meaningful consequences that echo across the NFL, in the hands of our players so that they can build a league that's truly their own. Just like Caleb, the future of football in 'Madden NFL 27' is thrilling and more dynamic than ever before." The 2024 first overall pick is entering a pivotal third season after starting to live up to his draft stock last season, so surely Bears fans would like their quarterback to avoid the "Madden Curse." Earlier in the 21st century, cover athletes for the game often had tumultuous seasons immediately after. Dante Culpepper (2001), Donovan McNabb (2006), Shaun Alexander (2007) and Vince Young (2008) are some of the most notable examples. The curse has been lifted in most recent years, but in 2024, when Christian McCaffrey graced the cover, he played in just four games. Saquon Barkley was on the cover last year after posting a 2,000-yard season in his Super Bowl campaign, but he took a step backward as well. Williams is still looking to become the first Bears quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards, but his 3,942 yards last year were the most in franchise history. He threw 27 touchdowns against just seven interceptions while also running for three more scores. The game will be released on Aug. 13. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2043e1ee6011c3f4ea7bde These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked te 2026-06-03T15:10:25.263Z These two founders left Goldman and Meta to build voice AI for markets everyone else overlooked The startup's own stack for Africa and Middle East is now handling more than 17,000 calls per day. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a204208ee6011c3f4ea7b8f Auburn University student disappears in Japan as parents join search: ‘In our own living hell’ te 2026-06-03T15:02:32.952Z Auburn University student disappears in Japan as parents join search: ‘In our own living hell’ An American college student from Alabama disappeared in Japan during a family trip, leaving his parents pleading for help as they join dozens of police and K-9 units searching the region's wooded trails. James "Weston" Higginbotham, a 20-year-old Auburn University student, has not been heard from since May 29, according to his mother, Nancy Higginbotham. "We are in our own living hell," Nancy Higginbotham wrote on social media. "He is not detained from a night out partying. The police have confirmed this. Please, I beg you, be kind. I'm already in so much pain." Police reviewing CCTV footage determined that Weston’s last confirmed location was Yamashina Station, east of Kyoto. The area around Yamashina includes several popular hiking routes, temples and forested paths, including trails leading toward Mount Otowa and the Kyoto Trail network. ARIZONA STATE STUDENT VANISHES DURING GRAND CANYON TRIP JUST DAYS BEFORE GRADUATION, FAMILY PLEADS FOR HELP His mother said his phone last showed activity shortly after he arrived at Kyoto Station around 8:15 p.m. before losing network service minutes later. Family members believe Weston may have boarded a local train heading east before getting off at Yamashina. An experienced hiker and environmental engineering student, he may have intentionally sought out nearby nature trails, his mother said. She added that Weston may have been emotionally distressed at the time he went missing. MISSING AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENT SEEN IN NEW HOTEL SECURITY FOOTAGE BEFORE DISAPPEARANCE "If you see him, PLEASE DO NOT POST HIS EXACT LOCATION PUBLICLY. Please call local police immediately and then message me directly," she wrote. Japanese police escalated the search on Wednesday, organizing 50 officers, K-9 teams and helicopters to scour heavily wooded terrain near the station. Nancy Higginbotham has praised local police in her social media posts as the officers continued to work despite severe weather sweeping through parts of the region. She said that she and her husband searched wooded areas around Yamashina with flashlights before a typhoon moved through, but were forced to turn back because of difficult terrain and wildlife. Weston is described as standing 6 feet 1 inch tall with long blond hair and blue eyes. His mother said he was last seen wearing a shirt with "Save the Bees" printed on the back, lavender corduroy pants and white Adidas sneakers with black stripes. He was carrying a shoulder bag featuring the outline of the state of Alabama. Despite days of searching, his family says they remain hopeful. "We will not lose hope," Higginbotham wrote. "We feel all of the love that you are pouring out throughout the day." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2041f4ee6011c3f4ea7b86 Country star Morgan Wallen goes viral with epic video from fired up performance in Tuscaloosa te 2026-06-03T15:02:12.969Z Country star Morgan Wallen goes viral with epic video from fired up performance in Tuscaloosa Morgan Wallen has country music fans in a frenzy after dropping a video Monday night. Wallen is the unquestioned face of country music at the moment, and I'm not sure there's even a debate to be had among fans of the genre. He dominates the music charts and packs stadiums in every single city he tours in. The man is an unstoppable force. His latest victory is some awesome YouTube content. COUNTRY MUSIC SENSATIONS TEAM UP FOR NEW SONG, SET INTERNET ON FIRE: WATCH Wallen shared a video Monday on YouTube from his April 18 performance in Tuscaloosa, and this one is popping off. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The video is of Wallen singing his hit song "Don't We," and it perfectly captures the spirit and energy that has made him a star. Give it a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Morgan Wallen is truly a rare talent, and that's why he's built an incredibly loyal and fierce following. Speaking of his fans, people sounded off in the comments on YouTube. One wrote, "Love it. Morgan never disappoints ever. Great job Morgan." Another added, "Morgan for Super Bowl Halftime Show." That's an idea I've floated many times! Why hasn't Morgan Wallen performed at the Super Bowl? That's what the country wants, and I can guarantee the show would be fire. It should be fun to see whatever Wallen cooks up next as his unstoppable run continues. I have no doubt it will be incredibly entertaining for country music fans. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2041e1ee6011c3f4ea7b7d GOP leverages ICE funding package to make Trump's controversial $2B fund 'never exist' te 2026-06-03T15:01:53.038Z GOP leverages ICE funding package to make Trump's controversial $2B fund 'never exist' Senate Republicans may need more convincing from the Trump administration that the "anti-weaponization" fund is officially dead, even after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche spelled out its doom on Tuesday.  Many Republicans demanded that the administration make it crystal clear that not only was the nearly $2 billion fund done, but that it would never come back. And at stake is a multibillion package to fund immigration enforcement operations.  During a closed-door meeting Tuesday, Senate Republican leadership assured members that Blanche would lay out the fate of the fund, and hoped that it would be enough to quell dissent among the ranks.  TRUMP ADMIN BACKS OFF CONTROVERSIAL $2B FUND, CLEARING PATH FOR STALLED GOP IMMIGRATION BILL And he did during a hearing in the House, where he repeatedly said that the administration was not moving forward with the fund. "The reasons for the fund, I think, remain as important as they were before, but we are not moving forward with the fund," Blanche said.  The fund was announced last month as part of a settlement between the Trump family and the Internal Revenue Service, and pitched as a mechanism for people who felt they were targeted by the government to get a financial kickback. Republicans were concerned that without proper guardrails, people convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill could access the taxpayer cash flow. Some in the GOP wanted President Donald Trump to come out and officially kill the fund.  "I assume if Blanche is saying it, the president must agree," Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said. GOP DEMANDS TRUMP KILL CONTROVERSIAL $2B FUND BEFORE REVIVING ICE FUNDING PACKAGE But some Republicans want an even more concrete show from the administration that it’s actually dead and gone.  "I'm not sure that's gonna be good enough for some people," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said.  Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., contended that if the administration really meant it, it would support legislation to permanently prevent the fund from returning in any form. He planned to push an amendment to the broader, roughly $70 billion reconciliation package that would make sure of that. "I just feel like we just need to do a Wayback Machine and just pretend like this never existed and take whatever steps are necessary to make sure it can never exist or disperse," Tillis said. "Not in the current environment."  Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that Blanche previewed his remarks on the fund to him, and hoped that it would be enough to unite the fractured Republicans to move forward with budget reconciliation this week.  GOP'S PRIMED FOR PRIMARY SEASON PAYBACK ON TRUMP'S MOST AMBITIOUS, CONTROVERSIAL POLICY "I think, as I've conveyed to you before, everything comes down to a function of math," Thune said. "It's do we have the votes? Do we have 50 votes to execute on getting a bill like that across the floor? Because we have to have Republicans hanging together in order to do that." Republican leadership hopes to launch the process on Wednesday in order to get the roughly $70 billion package to the House by the end of the week.  Some Republicans are hopeful that it will be enough to get the process back on track.  "If it goes like we're told it will go, well, there's a reasonable possibility, then we will move pretty quickly to the reconciliation," Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said.  Part of the issue is that if Republicans aren’t on the same page, several Democratic amendments that would both tackle the fund and halt momentum for the package could pass. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was one of several critics of the fund, and she hoped that Blanche would make it "crystal clear that the administration is not going to proceed" with the issue. Whether she or others in the same camp would vote against amendments remained an open question.  "I'm not going to predict what's gonna happen to a very fluid situation," Collins said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2041b8ee6011c3f4ea7b6e Trump Suggests Vance and Rubio Should Run Together in 2028 Election te 2026-06-03T15:01:12.557Z Trump Suggests Vance and Rubio Should Run Together in 2028 Election President Trump said Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio should split a ticket, without mentioning who should be at the top. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20419fee6011c3f4ea7b4c Publishers will be able to opt out of AI Search, thanks to new regulation te 2026-06-03T15:00:47.108Z Publishers will be able to opt out of AI Search, thanks to new regulation U.K. regulators are requiring Google offer a tool allowing website publishers to opt-out of generative AI search features. The option will be tested in the UK then rolled out globally. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20418aee6011c3f4ea7b43 GitLab cuts 14% of staff as it scales its platform to serve AI workloads te 2026-06-03T15:00:26.632Z GitLab cuts 14% of staff as it scales its platform to serve AI workloads The company is reducing its workforce as it exits 22 countries, reduces management layers, and invests in its infrastructure to scale its platform. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a203d03ee6011c3f4ea7a67 Browns general manager explains why he changed his mind on trading Myles Garrett: 'Opportunity was too great' te 2026-06-03T14:41:07.431Z Browns general manager explains why he changed his mind on trading Myles Garrett: 'Opportunity was too great' The Cleveland Browns sent shockwaves throughout the National Football League this week when they traded reigning Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett fresh off becoming the league's single-season sack record holder. Garrett was sent to the Los Angeles Rams for a large package that makes an already-stacked Rams squad even better, as the Browns now must adjust to life without Garrett for the first time since 2016. Garrett requested a trade from the Browns last year, but the Browns wound up signing him to a four-year extension worth $160 million, seemingly keeping him in Cleveland through his 14th NFL season in 2030. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM However, the return of 2024 Defensive Rookie of the Year Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick, a 2028 second-rounder and a 2029 third-rounder was "too great" to pass up, said Browns General Manager Andrew Berry. "Myles Garrett is a foundational player, Hall of Fame-worthy, and a homegrown talent who’s been here for a decade, and our intent was to have him be a one-helmet player for his career. That was the truth," Berry told reporters on Tuesday. ANALYST SAYS JAXSON DART 'PUNTED' ON 'MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION' REGARDING TRUMP INTRODUCTION "But there are moments where opportunities come up that quite honestly are unexpected and they force you to stop and reevaluate and look at it and say, ‘Is this something that could be really beneficial to the team?’ And that was the case in this instance. The opportunity was too great."Last season marked Garrett's second in which he was tabbed the league's Defensive Player of the Year after recording 23 sacks. Garrett has recorded double-digit sacks in each of his last eight seasons and at least 14.0 in five straight. Meanwhile, the push is on for the Rams, who extended Matthew Stafford for another season weeks after taking Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson with the 13th overall pick in the draft. Cleveland just had two first-round picks in April's NFL Draft in which they took tackle Spencer Fano and wide receiver K.C. Concepcion -- they now have two for next year as well. Verse has made the Pro Bowl twice in as many NFL seasons while recording 12.0 sacks and 22 tackles for loss as an outside linebacker. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a203cdbee6011c3f4ea7a59 Ruth Shack, Early Champion of Gay Rights in Miami, Dies at 94 te 2026-06-03T14:40:27.517Z Ruth Shack, Early Champion of Gay Rights in Miami, Dies at 94 She sponsored one of the nation’s first anti-discrimination ordinances for gays and lesbians and later helped make Miami a global arts center. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a203ac2ee6011c3f4ea79e1 Nancy Guthrie sheriff defends pace of investigation more than 4 months into search te 2026-06-03T14:31:30.868Z Nancy Guthrie sheriff defends pace of investigation more than 4 months into search The sheriff overseeing the investigation into the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie blamed lab work, scientific protocols and the judicial process for delays in the investigation, which entered its fourth month Monday, in an interview with local media this week. "It's just not a detective goes out there, talks to somebody, and we can make an arrest," he told the Tucson-based KOLD-TV. "This is a very sensitive case, but what really makes it prolonged is we do rely on labs." Detectives have relied on lab work for DNA and digital testing in particular, he said. Although the interview was published Monday, a spokesperson for Nanos' office told Fox News Digital he sat down for it "several weeks ago." SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER "This is an active and ongoing investigation," the spokesperson said. "Forensic analysis of DNA and video evidence remains underway. If and when there is a significant development in this case, it will be shared publicly." In a controversial move that stemmed from a public rift with the FBI, 11 weeks after he sent hair samples from Guthrie's home in the Catalina Foothills to a private genetics lab in Florida, they were forwarded to the bureau's Quantico lab for more advanced testing. There were also early reports of mixed DNA samples, which are difficult to isolate, and ongoing digital forensic analysis. "When you're looking at those labs and the work they do, you have a science there, and science has rules that it has to go by," Nanos said in his local news interview. "Even though it's not — DNA they'll tell you isn't an exact science — it's 99% plus. So it's pretty close, but you still have to follow rules." In addition to scientific protocols, there are also rules for the judicial system, he said. SEND US A TIP HERE "If I were to say there's a positive to this, it is that people are working, doing their best to stay within those rules so that they have that understanding that, look, nobody wants to arrest the wrong person," he said. "We wanna make sure that, DNA doesn't just identify a suspect. It also exonerates those who are innocent." NANCY GUTHRIE CASE: SHERIFF NANOS SAYS 'WE ARE' CLOSER TO SOLVING 84-YEAR-OLD'S ABDUCTION Although his office declined to answer questions about who outside the family may have been ruled out or remains a person of interest, Nanos told Fox News Digital last month that detectives were making progress in the case. However, no suspects have been publicly identified, no arrests have been made, and Guthrie's whereabouts remain unknown. "The sheriff needs to give us concrete answers on what is going on and what he is doing, not vague platitudes about the scientific process," said RJ Dreiling, a California criminal defense attorney who is following the case. "The Guthrie kidnapping has captivated the country — not just because of how well known Ms. Guthrie’s daughter is, but because if this loved and respected woman can be ripped out of her home, and we can’t find the person who did it," Dreiling told Fox News Digital. "It makes us all wonder how safe are we all really?" LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST While Nanos pointed to forensic testing as a reason for the slow pace of the investigation, federal sources familiar with the probe told Fox News Digital over the weekend that the FBI is discussing deploying new technological tools in the case. Morgan Wright, the CEO and founder of the National Center for Open and Unsolved Cases, said he believes the new tools are likely focused on one of three areas, all of them digital. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB "The solution to this case is going to be, I think, something technical, something that they come up with — new ways of analyzing data," he told Fox News Digital. "I'm looking at the video, the video forensics, signals analysis, blockchain kind of stuff." The investigative genetic genealogy process remains ongoing, and could also crack the case, he said. Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie. There is a combined reward of over $1.2 million for information that cracks the case, which remains unclaimed. The family is asking anyone with information to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI. Anonymous tips can be called into Tucson's 88-Crime hotline at 1-520-882-7463. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a203aaeee6011c3f4ea79d8 DAVID MARCUS: The age of the Democratic Party blocking fringe outsiders is officially over te 2026-06-03T14:31:10.946Z DAVID MARCUS: The age of the Democratic Party blocking fringe outsiders is officially over There were two events on Tuesday that offered more proof of a national Democratic Party establishment that has lost control: One was a meeting, one an election, and both are harbingers of real danger on the American left. The meeting took place in Washington, D.C., between presumptive Maine Democratic Senate nominee, the Nazi tattoed, serial sexter Graham Platner and members of his party in that body. Some, mostly through wishcasting, thought this would be the end of the alleged oysters farmer’s run. Instead, it was a coronation, as was predicted in this column last week. A decade ago, one phone call from a party leader could have ended Platner’s run, but those days are gone. Today, the Democratic Socialists of America will no longer allow it. MORNING GLORY: DEMS' BERNIE-BACKED OYSTER FARMER HANDS SUSAN COLLINS A MASSIVE 2026 ADVANTAGE Here is what brave Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had to say about the scandal-ridden candidate: "I met with Graham Platner today. We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate." No, if, ands, or buts. This was echoed by almost every smiling Democrat leaving the meeting. There will be no last-minute coup to oust the socialist. Instead, the party is pretending to be one big happy family. DAVID MARCUS: DEMOCRATS ABANDON SCHUMER'S IMAGINARY COUPLE, JOE AND EILEEN BAILEY That, as they say, is that, and the reason for it is clear. Schumer and grand poobahs of the party simply no longer have any leverage over the socialist candidates storming their keep. Platner doesn’t need establishment endorsements. He has Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and commie podcaster Hasan Pike. He doesn’t need establishment money, as there are progressive billionaires more than happy to donate. Even the left-leaning media, always in lockstep with the establishment, have little influence over voters these days. As in Maine, in New Jersey’s 12th congressional district, the Democratic Party elites were unable to fend off the radical Muslim (and socialist) candidate Adam Hamawy, who not only testified on behalf of the terrorist behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, but also volunteered for an Al Qaeda-linked group in Eastern Europe. PROGRESSIVES NOTCH ANOTHER WIN OVER DEMOCRATIC MODERATES AS SANDERS-AOC ALLY NEARS CONGRESS At best here, the Democratic primary voters in the Garden State are trying to send a terrorist sympathizer to the halls of Congress. At worst, he is just a flat-out terrorist. At his point, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who has been sounding the alarm about the craziness overtaking his party, isn’t just on an island. He’s on a whole different planet. Put bluntly, the far-left socialist extremists, with their Nazi and radical Islamic ties, are outflanking, often outspending, and absolutely outperforming the terrified geriatric leadership of the party. LEFT, LEFTER AND LEFTIST: DEMOCRATS COULD BE DEFINED BY RADICAL, BIG CITY MAYORS It’s become such a party of lunatics that, among the only partial wins the establishment notched Tuesday, in the primary to replace former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in California’s 11th district, was a weak first place finish for Scott Wiener, himself a leftist lunatic, now headed to a runoff. Wiener thinks that putting people on sex offender lists after sexual crimes is somehow anti-gay and would trans your toddler at the drop of a hat. But among his opponents was the former chief of staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Democratic Socialists of America star Saikat Chakrabarti, who finished in third, failing to make the runoff. Even this seeming victory is hollow, though. Pelosi endorsed Wiener just two years after she wielded the power to tell then-President Joe Biden that his career was over. Today, she can’t get the candidate she endorsed in her own district over 50%. DEMOCRATS PAID THE PRICE FOR ABANDONING MODERATE CLINTON-ERA POLICIES This realignment of Democratic Party power, away from the old-school, Ivy League establishment, into the hands of the socialists, the radical Muslims and the guys with Nazi tats, will have profound implications for the 2028 presidential race. In the last two competitive Democratic Party primary cycles, 2016 and 2020, Bernie Sanders was iced out by party leadership. Remember how, in 2020, after Biden’s surprise win in South Carolina, all the non-socialist candidates suddenly dropped out? That is how it used to work. A decade ago, the Republican Party was overtaken by Donald Trump, and the GOP establishment was left like Wile E. Coyote frantically running in the air, unaware it was already over the cliff. WILLIAM J. BENNETT, CHRIS BEACH: 5 WAYS TRUMP HAS TRANSFORMED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY But Trump was part of something much bigger. In fact, he had been a member of the Reform Party, founded by H. Ross Perot in his historic 1992 third-party run and later championed by Pat Buchanan. This was a long-running populist ascendency. Today, it is the Democratic Party establishment losing touch and losing power, seeing their neoliberalism fade next to leftist populism, a populism of wealth redistribution, antisemitism and, to quote Trump, "Trans for everybody." Biden was fond of saying that today’s GOP is not "the Republican Party of your grandfather." Well, I have some news for you, Grandpa Joe: The socialist Democratic Party you left behind and the socialist barbarians you have left at the gates, don’t look a whole lot like the party that made Bill Clinton president, either. And likely, it never will again. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM DAVID MARCUS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a203a9aee6011c3f4ea79cf Dark web monitoring: does it put your data at risk? te 2026-06-03T14:30:50.944Z Dark web monitoring: does it put your data at risk? You hear the phrase "dark web monitoring," and it can feel unsettling. If a company is scanning shady corners of the internet for your information, are they exposing you even more? That question comes up often. In fact, Joyce from Florida wrote in with a concern many people share: "When companies scan the dark web for your data, doesn't that put you at risk? Your information is now out there. Please explain what that really means." Joyce, Fanning Springs, FL Joyce, great question. A lot of people assume these services are pushing your data somewhere new. That isn’t what is happening. The short answer is simple. No, dark web monitoring does not put your information at risk. Let's walk through what is really going on. WHAT REALLY HAPPENS ON THE DARK WEB, AND HOW TO STAY SAFE These services are not uploading your data anywhere. They are not spreading your information. Instead, they are: Here is the key point to understand. Your information is already out there before they ever find it. The simple answer is no. Think of it like checking if your stolen credit card is being used. No one is putting your card out there. A monitoring service watches for signs that your data is already in use, so you can shut it down quickly. 10 SIGNS YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING SOLD ONLINE Reputable services use secure methods to check for your data. They are designed to protect your information during the process. These include: They are not: That distinction matters. They are observers, not participants. While the concept itself is safe, the provider you choose matters. There can be a risk if: That is why it is important to stick with well-known providers that have a strong track record. BE AWARE OF EXTORTION SCAM EMAILS CLAIMING YOUR DATA IS STOLEN Without monitoring, you might never know your data was exposed. That means: With monitoring, you get an early warning. That gives you time to change passwords, lock accounts and stop fraud before it spreads. In many cases, that early alert is the difference between a close call and a major financial hit. Even with monitoring, you should take simple steps to protect yourself. Use a data removal service to reduce your exposure over time. A data removal service works to remove your personal data from data broker sites. That reduces how much of your information is circulating online in the first place. Check out my top picks for data removal services and get a free scan to find out if your personal information is already out on the web by visiting Cyberguy.com Choose an identity theft protection service with strong security practices and clear privacy policies. They monitor your personal information and alert you quickly if it appears in breaches or suspicious activity. They also include identity theft protection tools in one place. See my tips and best picks on Best Identity Theft Protection at Cyberguy.com If you get a breach alert, change your password right away. Avoid reusing passwords across accounts. A password manager can help. Check out the best expert-reviewed password managers of 2026 at Cyberguy.com THE ONE THING SCAMMERS CHECK BEFORE TARGETING YOU ONLINE Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds an extra layer of protection, even if your password is compromised. A credit freeze can stop criminals from opening new accounts in your name without your approval. Check your bank and credit card statements often to catch suspicious activity early. Dark web monitoring does not expose your data. It checks whether your data has already been exposed. Think of it as a radar system. It scans for danger so you can respond before things get worse. In a world where data breaches are common, that kind of early warning can make all the difference. If your personal data was already out there right now, would you want to know or stay in the dark? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a203852ee6011c3f4ea795d PGA Tour 2026: Best bets, 'One-and-Done' pick for the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club te 2026-06-03T14:21:06.793Z PGA Tour 2026: Best bets, 'One-and-Done' pick for the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club Known for its delicious milkshakes, Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, hosts the Memorial Tournament, one of the PGA Tour's premier events of the season. Hosted by legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus, the winner of the Memorial will be presented with a gold statue of Nicklaus and will shake hands with the man himself. World No. 1 and back-to-back reigning Memorial champion, Scottie Scheffler, is trying to be the first guy to three-peat on the PGA Tour since Steve Stricker won the John Deere Classic from 2009-11. Scottie would be the second golfer to three-peat at Muirfield after Tiger Woods from 1999 to 2001. Hand up: This season has been brutal for me from a betting perspective. My PGA Tour 2026 bankroll -31.26 units (u), and I've only hit one outright in 2026. Regardless, there are still two majors and plenty of events to get out of the hole, and comeback season starts this week at Muirfield. 'PAR TALK': RUSSELL HENLEY GOES UNCONSCIOUS AT COLONIAL, ERIC COLE'S CONTINUOUS STING, AND JOAQUIN NIEMANN FLIPS IN KOREA The following odds are based on my previous bets on the golfers listed below. Subject to change. There isn’t much left for Rory to accomplish in golf after winning the grand slam at last year’s Masters. He successfully defended his title by winning another green jacket this year. McIlroy can pass Scheffler and Cameron Young in having the best season on TOUR with a win this week. That said, at this point, Rory's only focus is on building his legacy, which is clear with his schedule, featuring only majors and signature events. The Memorial is one of two non-majors McIlroy hasn’t won that he’ll want to add to his resume. He didn't play in the Memorial last year. It bummed Nicklaus out, and Rory will have to make it up to him. Obviously, they are friends as fellow golf icons, but McIlroy has never shaken Jack’s hand at Muirfield, and Nicklaus is 86 years old, so he won't have many more chances. The other three best golfers of the post-Tiger era, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Scottie, have already won the Memorial. Woods has won the Memorial five times and Nicklaus twice. Also, it’s not like Rory has played badly at Muirfield: He has five top-10’s in 13 Memorial Tournaments. And, not that it matters all that much because Rory can win at any course, but Muirfield is Jack’s ode to Augusta, where McIlroy has won two straight Masters. The bottom line is we should get a motivated Rory this week, and he is my No. 1 power-ranked golfer in the world right now.  A two-time Memorial winner in 2019 and 2021, Cantlay has the second-best course history in this field behind Scheffler. Cantlay has gained strokes on approach in all 10 career visits to Muirfield, which is the most important for Jack's Place. Meanwhile, he enters Muirfield trending up. Cantlay has a T12-or-better in our straight starts — T7 at the Valspar Championship, T12 at The Masters, T8 at the RBC Heritage and T10 at the Truist Championship — bookended by a T32 at THE PLAYERS and a T35 at the PGA Championships. He has gained strokes tee-to-green (driving, on approach and around-the-green) in all six of those events. Putting is less predictive at Muirfield, and that's been the weakest club in his bag this year. But Cantlay has gained strokes on the greens in six of his last eight visits to Muirfield. This is another horse for the course. Hideki won the Memorial on debut in 2014 with another Top-20s, including three top-10s. Matsuyama has cooled after starting the season with four straight T13-or-better finishes, but he hasn't missed a cut in 2026. His driving has been terrible this season. Yet, Hideki is dialed in with his irons and still has a world-class short-game, which are the two most important skills for Muirfield. Surprisingly, he is putting well this year. So, if Hideki can hit the fairway this week, or just stay out of the water, he could be in the mix Sunday. The 2023 Canadian Open champion enters the Memorial in good lead-in form. Taylor was T9 at the 2026 Cadillac Championship, T14 at the Truist and T26 at the PGA Championship in his previous three starts. He played better at the PGA Championship than the T26 indicates; Taylor was T2 after three rounds before firing a final-round 74 (+4). Last year, he was tied for the lead at the Memorial after two rounds and finished fourth. Taylor has gained strokes on approach in five of his seven career visits to Muirfield, which is one of the toughest "second shot" courses on TOUR. Furthermore, Jack’s Place is a difficult course with fast and small Bentgrass greens. Well, the Canadian ranks 14th on TOUR this year in scrambling and eighth in Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, and Bent is his best putting surface. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Taylor has picked up strokes with driving accuracy in four of his last five starts, which have been three signature events and two majors. If he keeps hitting fairways, the rest of his game is good enough to put him into contention at the Memorial.  _____________________________ Despite his fantastic course history, I'm hoping Cantlay won't be popular this week because he hasn't won since 2022. Nonetheless, I've already used the first six betting favorites and Matsuyama. That pretty much forces me to pick Cantlay here. _____________________________ Follow me on X @Geoffery-Clark, and check out my OutKick Bets Podcast for more betting content and random rants. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20382aee6011c3f4ea7950 Out of Time to Delay, House to Vote on Trump’s Power to Continue War in Iran te 2026-06-03T14:20:26.794Z Out of Time to Delay, House to Vote on Trump’s Power to Continue War in Iran A measure to direct the president to halt U.S. engagement in Iran had been on track to pass in late May, but Republican leaders postponed action. They have run out of time to delay the vote. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2035faee6011c3f4ea78c9 Meet Wander, a StumbleUpon-inspired tool for discovering the ‘small web’ te 2026-06-03T14:11:06.229Z Meet Wander, a StumbleUpon-inspired tool for discovering the ‘small web’ This open-source community project lets you create a StumbleUpon-like experience for recommending your favorite sites. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2035e5ee6011c3f4ea78c0 The worst hacks and breaches of 2026 (so far) te 2026-06-03T14:10:45.754Z The worst hacks and breaches of 2026 (so far) From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance system, here are the most damaging security incidents and data breaches of 2026. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2035d1ee6011c3f4ea78b7 TikTok launches TikTok Pro Events, an app for cultural moments like the FIFA World Cup te 2026-06-03T14:10:25.273Z TikTok launches TikTok Pro Events, an app for cultural moments like the FIFA World Cup The app allows users to engage with other fans, explore trending videos, and access curated creator feeds. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2033edee6011c3f4ea7893 Jerome author writes ‘Rusty the Ringtail’ children’s adventure book te 2026-06-03T14:02:21.355Z Jerome author writes ‘Rusty the Ringtail’ children’s adventure book Lopez tells tale adding Jerome’s culture, heritage After spending the last four years restoring a historic 1914 United Verde Extension Mining Company miner’s home on Lower Hogback Road off State Route 89A, Thomas Lopez has turned his attention to Arizona’s state mammal. His new children’s book “Rust Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2033c0ee6011c3f4ea787a HSNAZ assists over 500 northern Arizona families through down payment assistance programs te 2026-06-03T14:01:36.386Z HSNAZ assists over 500 northern Arizona families through down payment assistance programs Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona (HSNAZ) recently celebrated a milestone as the 500th household receiving aid from its down payment assistance programs across the region closed on their new home. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2033a4ee6011c3f4ea7854 NFL wife Claire Kittle continues her meteoric rise up the pop culture rankings, home run off a head & MEAT! te 2026-06-03T14:01:08.631Z NFL wife Claire Kittle continues her meteoric rise up the pop culture rankings, home run off a head & MEAT! Good morning from Screencaps headquarters where I'm all out of sorts this morning after some third-party contractor descended upon my backyard unannounced at 7:55 a.m. When I confronted one of the guys, he proceeded to tell me that they are here to install a smart meter and the power would be cut off for an hour. Uh, did you knock? Maybe give me a courtesy heads up that you're about to cut the power? "Yeah, I knocked," the worker replied, which was a lie because I was sitting here working while our two dogs, who would've gone absolutely NUTS over someone knocking, sat here all relaxed. And with that, we didn't get off to a very hot start with contractors this morning. That brings me to the question of the morning: In this case, do we deserve a courtesy knock before they just go ahead and cut the power before 8 a.m.? WHY YOU SHOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE JOINING A POWER SAVER PROGRAM And while I'm on the subject, why do I get the feeling these "smart meters" will be a disadvantage to the homeowner? The same goes for "smart" thermostats. Will there come a point where you cannot set your AC to 69 because the power company said so? Anyway, I'm fairly fired up this morning. 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com Send photos, stories, tips, rants—whatever you've got. 📰 Screencaps Page: 👉 Read the latest Screencaps ▶️ YouTube: Screencaps with Joe Kinsey Subscribe for videos, rants, and behind-the-scenes. 🐦 Twitter/X: @JoeKinseyexp Tag me or drop a DM. 📸 Instagram: @OutKickScreencaps You guys need to start tagging me on content you're seeing. 📘 Facebook Page: Screencaps on Facebook 👥 Facebook Group: Join the Screencaps Community 📬 Mail (Thursday Night Mowing League): 27072 Carronade Dr, Unit A 155 Perrysburg, OH 43551 🗞️ Newsletter: 👉 Subscribe here Moving along, let's dive into more of this Sports Illustrated content from over the weekend, specifically from Claire Kittle, an old Screencaps favorite who made her rookie debut for the swimsuit issue this year. This is where I remind you guys how hard I've pounded on the table for Instagram legends like Christen Goff, Penny Lane and Kittle. SI's woke editors were convinced featuring trans models was a smart business model. How'd that all turn out? The world has sorta healed. Lingerie companies are printing money again and trans seems to be in the rearview mirror for SI. Now we're getting Kittle in a biker-inspired swimsuit. Embrace the new normal. Speaking of the new world we're living in, did you see the earnings report turned in by Victoria's Secret on Tuesday? Vicky Secret crushed its numbers. ############ That is it this morning, guys. I'm currently playing phone tag with the third-party electrical contractors who have left our house without turning the power on and with our outside electric box wide open. Needless to say, I'm in a rather bad mood over this. Have a great day. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a203390ee6011c3f4ea784b Todd Blanche exposes how aggressive Biden DOJ targeted low-level Mar-a-Lago employees te 2026-06-03T14:00:48.633Z Todd Blanche exposes how aggressive Biden DOJ targeted low-level Mar-a-Lago employees Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Biden-era Department of Justice’s investigation into President Donald Trump was so expansive that even Mar-a-Lago staffers, including gardeners and low-level aides, had to retain criminal defense attorneys. Speaking on the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast, Blanche explained the scope of the probe and framed it as evidence of a "weaponized" justice system. "Virtually anybody associated with President Trump had to get a criminal defense attorney," Blanche said. "I'm talking about his gardeners at Mar-a-Lago, talking about his Secret Service detail. His Secret Service detail has to go testify in front of the grand jury," he said. "His assistants, his low-level aides, his senior leadership, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — everybody has to go and get criminal defense attorneys," he added. NEW YORK DEFENSE ATTORNEY ARGUES LEGAL SYSTEM WAS WEAPONIZED AGAINST TRUMP Blanche previously served as Trump’s lead criminal defense attorney during multiple cases involving the president, including the New York hush money case and legal cases brought by former special counsel Jack Smith. When directly asked by Hannity whether he believed the Biden-era DOJ weaponized its power, Blanche responded that it was "weaponized in the worst way." He added that’s why there are so many criminal defense attorneys who got roles in the current administration. "If you look around the room now in the Oval Office, there's a bunch of us, a bunch of criminal defense attorneys. That's because we all had to get involved in the administration because of how weaponized it was," Blanche said. JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS TRUMP DOJ'S NEARLY $2B 'ANTI-WEAPONIZATION' FUND "We're not talking about targeting one person. ‘Oh, the secretary of defense under President Trump one, we have to look at him.’ No, no, no. If you were a Cabinet secretary, you had to hire a criminal defense attorney because Biden was coming after you," he added. TODD BLANCHE REVEALS DOJ UNEARTHED CACHE OF JACK SMITH DOCUMENTS INSIDE FORGOTTEN ROOM His comments come as the DOJ announced it will not move forward with the nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund. According to the DOJ, the fund was part of a settlement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service after Trump, his family members and the Trump Organization agreed to forgo monetary damages stemming from the release of their tax returns. The fund faced legal challenges, and the DOJ announced Monday it would comply with a court ruling temporarily blocking the fund. At a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing Tuesday, Blanche confirmed the administration would not be pursuing the idea further, saying, "We're not moving forward with the fund, period." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a203121ee6011c3f4ea77b4 Meta’s AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally te 2026-06-03T13:50:25.033Z Meta’s AI agent for WhatsApp Business is now available globally WhatsApp will charge businesses for using its AI agent based on token usage Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a202ee2ee6011c3f4ea7765 Spencer Pratt surges to runoff in LA mayor's race after angry voters send message to Karen Bass te 2026-06-03T13:40:50.312Z Spencer Pratt surges to runoff in LA mayor's race after angry voters send message to Karen Bass Reality television personality Spencer Pratt appears on track to clear a key hurdle in Los Angeles' mayoral race as he seeks to unseat incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in November. Bass, who has led the city since 2022 amid a turbulent stretch rocked by her response to wildfires, advanced to a runoff after failing to secure a majority of the vote in Tuesday's primary election. With no candidate surpassing the 50% threshold, the top two finishers will face off in a November runoff. The anticipated runoff is a symbolic blow to Bass, who was endorsed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., and former Vice President Kamala Harris and has spent decades serving California in a series of elected Democratic offices. Pratt, a first-time candidate known for the MTV reality show "The Hills," was running in second place as of Wednesday morning. REALITY TV STAR SPENCER PRATT TESTS LA VOTERS' APPETITE FOR POLITICAL OUTSIDER "Obviously, God wanted five more months of me exposing the failures of our mayor," Pratt gloated to reporters as the returns came in Tuesday evening.  Pratt has relentlessly hammered Bass on issues that have long plagued the city, including fire recovery, street homelessness and crime. The insurgent candidate holds Bass personally responsible for devastating wildfires that destroyed more than 18,000 structures in the city, including his Pacific Palisades home.  Pratt's surge appears to have shut out Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman, a former ally of Bass who challenged the incumbent from the left and was once viewed as a threat to her bid for a second term. Raman is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and has argued for steering the city in a more progressive direction. Raman has not yet conceded despite running well behind Bass and Pratt as of Wednesday morning. Pratt, a registered Republican, faces an uphill battle to defeat Bass in November if he advances to the runoff election. Less than 20% of voters in the heavily Democratic city identify with the GOP, though Los Angeles’ mayoral contest is officially nonpartisan.  KAREN BASS GRILLED OVER BROKEN HOMELESSNESS PROMISE, BLAMES BUREAUCRACY FOR SLOWED PROGRESS Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who represents a San Diego-anchored seat, told Fox News Digital that Pratt has won a following in the mayoral contest due to widespread voter discontent with Bass’ leadership. "He's catching fire among ardent historic Democrat voters because Karen Bass has been so ineffective," Issa said in an interview. "And every time she opens her mouth, she's talking about more of the same to people who have seen their streets, both crime-ridden and in fact … ineffectively managed."  Bass, conversely, argues that her leadership is leading Los Angeles in the right direction. "Los Angeles is at a turning point. After decades of rising homelessness, under-built housing and a shrinking police force, it’s Mayor Karen Bass who finally stepped up to change how City Hall works," Bass’s website reads. "Homelessness is down, more housing is being built, and the LAPD is hiring new officers," it also claims. Fox News Digital's Leo Briceno contributed reporting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20282dee6011c3f4ea768e Jana Kramer says holding on to toxic relationships 'drains you' until you ‘start losing yourself' completely te 2026-06-03T13:12:13.429Z Jana Kramer says holding on to toxic relationships 'drains you' until you ‘start losing yourself' completely Jana Kramer says there's life — and even joy — after heartbreak. The actress and singer told Fox News Digital that getting out of "toxic" relationships helped her become "a better person" and gave her a renewed appreciation for second chances — both on and off-screen. The country star, who has publicly navigated heartbreak, divorce and rebuilding her life, told Fox News Digital that walking away from unhealthy situations ultimately helped her become "a better person" — a lesson that mirrors the themes of her new Lifetime movie, "Where the Heart Lands." JANA KRAMER SIZZLES IN BARELY-THERE DENIM LOOK DURING WILD WESTERN GETAWAY "Getting out of something really toxic… negative and bad helped me become a better person and a happier person… a lighter person," Kramer told Fox News Digital. The 42-year-old star said she often hears from people navigating divorce and major life changes, and her message is — don't be afraid of a fresh start. "Starting over can be one of the scariest things ever and one of the best things ever," Kramer said. "I don't wish divorce on anybody. It is awful. And there is so much beauty and love on the other side of it." Kramer, who has been candid about her own relationship struggles over the years, said too many people stay stuck in situations that impact them emotionally. "Holding on to the negative and toxic relationships ... it just drains you… then you just start losing yourself, and that's not the way to live." Kramer's comments come after years of publicly navigating heartbreak. WATCH: JANA KRAMER EMBRACES SECOND CHANCES AFTER ESCAPING ‘TOXIC’ PAST The singer and actress shares daughter Jolie and son Jace with ex-husband Mike Caussin. The former couple divorced in 2021 after six years of marriage, with Kramer later alleging that Caussin had cheated on her with more than 13 women during their relationship. Kramer has since said she believes if she had stayed in the marriage, Caussin would have "cheated forever." JANA KRAMER HAS TAKEN JOBS THAT CHALLENGED HER 'MORAL COMPASS' TO PAY FOR CHILD SUPPORT Kramer has since moved on with former professional soccer player Allan Russell. The pair married after six months of dating and share son Roman together. Now raising three children — Jolie, Jace and Roman — Kramer said leaving unhealthy relationships behind ultimately allowed her to create the life she wanted. She said difficult chapters can become the foundation for something better. "I think second chances are beautiful," Kramer told Fox News Digital. "I get so, so excited, because… like ashes are soil that get to grow into wildflowers. Like, this is great." The theme of rebuilding after loss is front and center in "Where the Heart Lands," on Lifetime. The film stars Kramer opposite Tyler Johnson of "The Young and the Restless" and follows a Los Angeles real estate agent who unexpectedly inherits a dozen racehorses in rural Kentucky.  What starts as a disruption to his carefully planned future turns into an unexpected shot at love when he meets Charlie, a fiercely independent horse trainer played by Kramer. WATCH: JANA KRAMER SADDLES UP WITH KENTUCKY RACEHORSES IN NEW FILM Kramer told Fox News Digital she immediately understood Charlie's fear of losing everything she had worked for. "I related so much to my character, Charlie, because she's like, 'I've worked so incredibly hard, there's not many opportunities, and I don't want you to take that away from me or ruin my reputation.'" Meanwhile, the "One Tree Hill" alum said filming in Kentucky's horse country came with its own rewards. Kramer, whose daughter recently started horseback riding lessons, said she has always felt a connection to horses. "I love being around horses," she said. "There's something very free about riding a horse." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER The actress spent weeks working alongside racehorses that had recently competed at Keeneland, an experience she called both educational and inspiring. "These were legit racehorses that just raced Keeneland, and they were beautiful horses," Kramer said. "It was an honor to work with them." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS She also pointed to the emotional intelligence of horses, noting why equine therapy has become increasingly popular. "They're powerful animals. And they're very smart. That's why there's equine therapy. They're also very healing." "Where the Heart Lands" also stars John Schneider, Charlene Tilton, Alex Barone and Jessica Szohr. Directed, co-written and produced by Haylie Duff, the movie closes out Lifetime's "Love of a Lifetime" spring slate. "Where the Heart Lands" is available to stream on Lifetime. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a202819ee6011c3f4ea7685 Cruise passenger hailed as hero after jumping into water to save 84-year-old man te 2026-06-03T13:11:53.437Z Cruise passenger hailed as hero after jumping into water to save 84-year-old man A Carnival Cruise Line passenger is being praised as a hero after jumping into the water to help an elderly man who fell from a pier during a cruise stop in Mexico. The incident occurred May 19 while Carnival Jubilee was docked in Costa Maya. Carnival Cruise Line confirmed the incident to Fox News Digital, saying an elderly guest fell into the water while returning to the ship. PASSENGER'S STUNNING $5K CASH TIP LEAVES CRUISE WORKER IN TEARS IN SHOCKING VIDEO "Our security team responded immediately, and the guest was safely recovered and transported to the ship's medical center for care," the cruise line said in a statement.  "He debarked the ship in Galveston at the end of the cruise." Video of the rescue later circulated on social media — showing a passenger identified only as Myron removing his shoes and jumping into the water after spotting the man struggling near the ship. Myron's wife, Amy, said on social media the man was face down in the water when her husband sprang into action. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Myron reached the man and kept him afloat until help arrived, the wife said. "Without a moment's hesitation, my husband [leaped] into the water," she wrote in a TikTok post describing the rescue. "He managed to grab hold of the elderly man, lift him onto his shoulder and cradle him safely until assistance arrived to lift them both out of the water," the wife, Amy, added. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES The rescue also drew praise on social media, with many users applauding Myron's quick actions and willingness to help a stranger. "The fact that he tried to walk off without any recognition just shows what an amazing human he is, humble and kind," one user wrote. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Others described the cruiser as being in the right place at the right time. One commenter wrote, "I'm a firm believer that the right people are always exactly where they should be." "He's truly a hero," another user added. "Not many people would do what he did!" Amy later shared that the couple received recognition onboard, including commemorative pins, a complimentary dinner at the ship's steakhouse and a thank-you message from their stateroom attendant. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a202805ee6011c3f4ea767c JONATHAN TURLEY: Kennedy Center ruling gets Trump's name right but repairs badly wrong te 2026-06-03T13:11:33.904Z JONATHAN TURLEY: Kennedy Center ruling gets Trump's name right but repairs badly wrong In a ruling Friday, District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered the cessation of all repair plans for the Kennedy Center and the removal of Trump’s name from the building within two weeks. It is a detailed and comprehensive opinion, but I believe Judge Cooper is wrong about halting the repairs. I previously expressed skepticism over the claim that the board could order such a change unilaterally. At that time, I raised the very issues that Judge Cooper cited in his rejection of the right to rename the center without congressional approval. I agree with the court on its standing decision, which is hardly a surprise given my past writings in favor of broader standing. FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP'S NAME REMOVED FROM KENNEDY CENTER, SAYS ONLY CONGRESS CAN RENAME IT However, the opinion becomes more challengeable when the court addresses the decision to close the center for two years to carry out major renovations. The opinion is rife with digs at President Donald Trump for his social media postings and his unilateral plan for a ballroom. Judge Cooper editorializes that "Especially after the demolition of the East Wing of the White House — which occurred out of the blue a few months after President Trump pledged that construction would not ‘interfere with’ and would ‘pay total respect to the existing building’ — there has been understandable concern that the Kennedy Center may be the next target of the wrecking ball." Judge Cooper accepts that the center is long overdue for major renovations and that the board had the authority to order them. He further rejects the sweeping claims of litigants that Trump was planning to effectively raze the center: "The evidence before the Court does not demonstrate that the Center is poised for wholesale destruction and rebuilding, à la the East Wing." However, Cooper rules that the board could not have given the decision sufficient time or attention in carrying out the plan. He declared that "None of the board members had sufficient information in advance of the March 16 meeting to make a well-considered decision to close the center." The court’s tight analysis is lost in supporting the cessation of repairs. While he acknowledges that such repairs have long been planned and studied, he cites differing statements on the plan to continue operations before a later decision to close the center. The court finds that the record illustrates a failure to fulfill the fiduciary duty of the board and chair: BOARD VOTES KENNEDY CENTER TO BE RENAMED 'TRUMP-KENNEDY CENTER,' LEAVITT SAYS "Whatever happened during that purported four-month incubation period, Board input was, most evidently, an afterthought. Trustees learned about the plan to close the Center at the same time as the general public, by social media post. Deprived of time and information, they had no meaningful opportunity to consider perhaps the most momentous decision in the Center’s lifetime since it opened in 1971." That analysis is heavily laden with assumptions about the lack of consideration by the board. The same approach could be used to set aside an array of board decisions that do not evidence sufficient concern or scrutiny to the satisfaction of a judge. Judge Cooper seems to recognize how far the court was taking its own authority in countermanding the decision: MORNING GLORY: MANY FEDERAL JUDGES ARE OVERSTEPPING THEIR POWER, BUT 'IMPEACHMENT!' IS NOT THE ANSWER "The Court appreciates that, in both the charitable and corporate spheres, board meetings are often scripted affairs. … The Court should not be heard to suggest that trustees must scrutinize every piece of prefatory work that has been done, or labor through the night debating the relative merits of their decisions in order to discharge their fiduciary duties — especially where, as here, a board is large and comprised of members who may not be well schooled in the subject matter before them." Yet the court still concludes that this board "seems to have fallen grossly short of prudent decision-making." That seems like far too subjective and fluid a standard for federal courts to micromanage executive branch decision-making. For example, Judge Cooper recognizes that lawyers were present at the critical meeting, but suggests that they were not relied upon enough due to the lack of direct statements preserved on the record. Since when is there an obligation for counsel to speak and be memorialized in such records? The court writes: TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER'S BOARD VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE $257M RENOVATIONS AND TWO-YEAR CLOSURE "Where were the lawyers? The answer appears to be ‘nowhere.’ The Center’s General Counsel and Associate General Counsel were present at the March 16 Board Meeting but, according to the minutes, did not speak. There is, further, nothing in the record to indicate that the Board relied on any legal advice in reaching the closure decision. It goes without saying that, for all his background in project management and construction, Mr. Floca is no legal expert." Yet the court answered its own question. Where were the lawyers? They were there. There is simply no record of their views expressed in this meeting, as opposed to other conversations or inquiries. Moreover, lawyers give advice, not commands, to political appointees. The court seems entirely adrift in reading the lack of such references as proof that the decision was made without legal guidance or consultation. Finally, given the thrust and tenor of the decision, I seriously doubt that a notation reading "the lawyers stated that they agreed with this plan" would have made any material difference to the court. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION For his part, President Trump was equally sweeping and unrestrained in his response. He declared that he would order the Commerce Department to transfer the center to Congress "so they can make a determination as to what to do with it." Given that Judge Cooper’s order on the cessation of repairs may be reversed, it is unnecessary unless the naming of the center is the overriding consideration. In either case, it would make little sense for the center to be placed under the supervision of Congress. It would be appropriate for Congress to address the naming question as well as potentially weigh in on the need for a closure. In the end, I thought that the court’s cessation analysis conveyed ample reasons why Judge Cooper himself, and others, may be unhappy with how the decision was made. It is less clear why that should matter. There are ample reasons to close the center to facilitate what the court acknowledges will be extensive and major renovations. That construction can only be facilitated and expedited if there is not a simultaneous need to keep a substantial part of the center operating for the public. The administration should appeal the decision and may soon be able to resume work on the center, regardless of its name. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM JONATHAN TURLEY Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2027d7ee6011c3f4ea7653 Plex adds new social features ahead of a major price hike for its lifetime pass te 2026-06-03T13:10:47.679Z Plex adds new social features ahead of a major price hike for its lifetime pass Plex has come a long way from being just a personal media server. Over the past few years, it has transformed into a streaming hub, today featuring ad-supported content and movie rental options. Now, the company is setting its sights on competing with social networking platforms like Reddit and Lett Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2027c3ee6011c3f4ea764a Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents te 2026-06-03T13:10:27.193Z Coralogix raises $200M on bet that someone needs to watch the AI agents The Series F round values Coralogix at $1.6 billion and comes less than a year after its previous raise. 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I've learned some of the inks that are used contain heavy metals, and I read that these may trigger lupus… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2025d8ee6011c3f4ea75d9 Supreme Court greenlights racially gerrymandered Alabama map after gutting the Voting Rights Act te 2026-06-03T13:02:16.634Z Supreme Court greenlights racially gerrymandered Alabama map after gutting the Voting Rights Act The U.S. Supreme Court as seen on April 9, 2026. The Supreme Court on Tuesday evening allowed Alabama to use a 2023 congressional map that was previously ruled racially discriminatory, blocking a lower court's ruling, in an August special primary. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday evening allowed Alabama to use a 2023 congressional map, reversing a lower court’s ruling that repeatedly deemed the map racially discriminatory. In an unsigned 6-3 decision on the case known as Allen v. Milligan, the court wrote that the lower court’s map would not be “more convenient” for Alabama than the congressional map the Legislature passed in 2023.   “Here, the District Court interposed itself into Alabama’s ongoing efforts to conduct its imminent 2026 congressional elections under maps that its elected representatives selected,” the justices wrote. “While federal courts should not impose changes close to an election, states are free to decide for themselves whether last-minute changes to an election are in their best interests.” The order comes almost a month after the U.S. Supreme Court substantially weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in a case known as Louisiana v. Callais, and weeks after Gov. Kay Ivey called a special session in which Republican lawmakers set special primaries for August in the expectation that the state would be allowed to use the 2023 map, which would likely cost Democrats a seat in Alabama’s House delegation.   Plaintiffs in the case Monday filed a 54-page brief urging the court to uphold the Northern District of Alabama District Court’s May 26 ruling that the Legislature-passed congressional map denied Black Alabamians the chance to elect a candidate of their choice.  The plaintiffs argued that there was no time to reassign voters under a new map; the 2023 map intentionally discriminated against Black Alabamians; and the lower court found the map still violates Section 2 after the Callais decision. “Nothing has changed in Alabama or the record to warrant a different conclusion today. The Court should deny Alabama’s stay motion on any one or more of these independent grounds,” the brief stated.  Justice Sonya Sotomayor, joined by justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented from the court’s opinion and warned the decision would set a precedent of chaos. “Before the Court are two paths. Down one lies an orderly election, held under a tried-and-tested congressional map that protects Black Alabamians’ right to vote and with which all voters, elections officials, and candidates alike are familiar. Down the other lies a chaotic election, held under a never-before-used congressional map that intentionally discriminates against Black Alabamians,” Sotomayor wrote. “The majority chooses the second path and disregards both democratic values and the rule of law. I respectfully dissent.” Deuel Ross, an attorney for the plaintiffs with the NAACP Legal Defence Fund, wrote in a text Tuesday evening that the decision opens the door for Alabama and others to “deliberately and openly discriminate against Black voters without fear of any consequence.” “The Court’s shameless decision to reinstate an intentionally racially discriminatory map defies any thoughtful or consistent application of the law,” Ross said. “We will continue to throw all of our resources into the fight to ensure that Alabama voters have the fair representation that they deserve.” The Milligan plaintiffs said in a joint statement Tuesday evening that their fight for fair representation is not over.  “When politicians are worried about staying in power, they come for Black voters first,” they said. “This effort to silence our communities through an intentionally discriminatory map cannot be permitted to stand. We deserve a fair shot at electing officials, regardless of party, who understand our lives and our goals, and are responsive to our concerns.” A three-judge panel last week upheld their previous ruling after being ordered to review the case by the Supreme Court under Callais. The panel said the map was still intentionally racially discriminatory, even though Republican lawmakers and state officials started arguing the map was drawn with partisan intent after the Callais decision.  The judges, U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco, U.S. District Judge Terry Moorer, appointed by President Donald Trump; and U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus, appointed to the circuit by former President Bill Clinton, wrote in the 79-page opinion that the state’s argument contradicted its arguments made in 2023, and said the purpose of the 2023 map “was to distribute Black voters across districts to dilute their votes, at least in part because they are Black.”  “Counsel argues mightily that the Legislature’s partisan motives drove the creation of the 2023 Plan, but this enormous record contains no evidence of a partisan motive. And the only evidence on the issue cuts against one: Alabama’s legislative leadership testified that overtures from national party leaders did not affect their work,” the judges wrote last week. The state appealed the order, requiring the use of a “race-blind” map used in 2024 and in the May 19 primaries for the 2026 elections, to the Supreme Court the next day. They requested an expedited response, but Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gave the plaintiffs six hours past the state’s requested decision time to respond.  The Alabama Attorney General’s Office argued that the 2023 map was drawn with partisan gain in mind, and only disobeyed the court’s order to draw a remedial map to avoid racial gerrymandering.  “It cannot be that the only constitutional map for the State to have drawn this redistricting cycle was one where white voters are drawn into white districts and given white representatives and Black voters ‘drawn into ‘Black districts’ and given ‘Black representatives,’’ a scheme ‘repugnant’ to the Constitution itself,” the appeal application stated.  The Livingston Congressional Plan 3 map passed during a special session on redistricting on Friday, July 21, 2023 in Montgomery, Alabama. (Stew Milne for Alabama Reflector) Ivey called a special primary election in the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th congressional districts for Aug. 11. The statewide voter rolls locked on Tuesday, meaning that election officials had less than a day to reassign voters in 14 counties whose districts will change, according to testimony from the state’s election director. Following the Supreme Court’s decision, the August special primary will proceed under the 2023 congressional map. Ivey on Tuesday morning extended the deadline for major parties to certify their qualified candidates to Tuesday at 5 p.m. “Today’s decision is a win for the people of Alabama and our elections. Alabama is doing our part to keep America strong, and I am proud our state continues to fight the fight to ensure activists do not get the final say,” Ivey said in a statement Tuesday evening. The Supreme Court did not repeal Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the Callais decision, which prohibits race-based discrimination in voting practices, but it required proof of intentional racial discrimination, a significantly higher standard than the previous one In the Callais decision, the Supreme Court ruled that racial discrimination with intent does violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, but redistricting in the name of party does not. Texas, California, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Virginia have either redistricted to give either party more guaranteed congressional seats in the 2026 midterm elections, or are in the process of doing so. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall celebrated the ruling in a statement Tuesday night, saying that federal judges should not draw legislative maps. “The Court’s decision to stay the district court’s injunction affirms that Alabama’s elected representatives, not federal judges, have the primary authority to draw the maps under which Alabamians choose their own leaders,” he said. “The high court agreed that Alabamians should elect their representatives under the map chosen through their democratic process. And we will not allow unelected judges to repeatedly redraw our state’s electoral maps in defiance of the Supreme Court’s own standards.” SCOTUS Allen v Milligan appeal decision June 2 2026 This story was updated at 9:53 p.m. to include a statement from Attorney General Steve Marshall. This story was originally produced by Alabama Reflector, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Arizona Mirror, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2025bfee6011c3f4ea75bb Jeffries declines to back Wasserman Schultz as Black leaders revolt over district switch te 2026-06-03T13:01:52.070Z Jeffries declines to back Wasserman Schultz as Black leaders revolt over district switch Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., is facing mounting backlash from some Black leaders over her decision to seek re-election in a majority-minority district, a move that appears to be costing her support from the highest-ranking Black Democrat in Congress. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., declined to endorse Wasserman Schultz's re-election bid Tuesday after she entered the race for the plurality-Black district, where she faces four Black opponents in the Aug. 18 primary. "Haven't made a decision, as it relates to that particular race," the lead Democrat said at a news conference when asked if he supports Wasserman Schultz’s run for the Fort Lauderdale-based seat. Jeffries said he’s spoken to Wasserman Schultz, a member of his leadership team, about the race, but stopped short of offering his support. REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: DEMOCRATS SAY THEY CAN STILL FLIP THE HOUSE DESPITE GOP REDISTRICTING GAINS IN THE SOUTH "Everybody has a right to run where they see fit. They’ve got to make their case to the people that they hope to represent moving forward," he said. "I think we all recognize the sensitivities of the moment in terms of an unprecedented Jim Crow-like assault on Black political representation that has been unleashed by the Supreme Court's outrageous decision to gut the Voting Rights Act," he added, invoking the court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, which curbed the use of race in the drawing of electoral districts and spurred redistricting in several Republican-led states affecting majority-minority districts represented by Black Democrats.  "And it's an environment that all of us need to be sensitive to as we move forward," he said. Jeffries' comments come as Wasserman Schultz seeks to weather fierce criticism from some local Black leaders over her decision to run in the district. The seat has been represented by a Black lawmaker for more than three decades. Elijah Manley, a progressive Gen-Z activist running in the Democratic primary, slammed Wasserman Schultz in a statement posted to social media. "First, she said the CBC [Congressional Black Caucus] encouraged her to run. The CBC Chair said they did not," Manley wrote. "Then she went on TV and said that Leader Jeffries was supporting her. Jeffries just declined to endorse her." "It is not a good day to be named Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s 20th District," he continued. DESANTIS SIGNS FLORIDA REDISTRICTING MAP TO POTENTIALLY FLIP 4 HOUSE SEATS RED Wasserman Schultz, however, will likely have a significant fundraising advantage over her primary opponents. Her campaign account has more than $2.5 million in the bank, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings. Former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., previously occupied the solidly blue seat before she resigned amid an expulsion threat and House Ethics Committee investigation earlier this year. Cherfilus-McCormick is running again for the seat despite facing a pending criminal trial tied to allegedly stealing more than $5 million in disaster relief funds, among other charges. Former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness and musician Luther Campbell are also vying for the Democratic nomination. Florida Republicans carved up Wasserman Schultz’s safe Democratic seat as part of a new GOP-friendly congressional map signed into law in May. Wasserman Schultz previously served as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, during which her tenure was rocked by the release of internal emails disparaging Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. She first won election to the House in 2004. Fox News Digital reached out to the Wasserman Schultz campaign before publication. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2025abee6011c3f4ea75b2 John Fetterman erupts over 'creeper' Graham Platner, suggesting he's a 'Nazi sympathizer' te 2026-06-03T13:01:31.914Z John Fetterman erupts over 'creeper' Graham Platner, suggesting he's a 'Nazi sympathizer' Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., attacked Maine Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner as a "creeper" and a "Nazi sympathizer" in light of his latest scandal on Tuesday. Speaking with reporters in Washington, D.C., Fetterman expressed frustration after it was reported over the weekend that Platner had sent explicit messages to at least six women despite being married and maintained an active profile on Kik, an anonymous chatting platform notorious for lax identification methods that have enabled the proliferation of child sexual abuse material.  "What kind of a creeper has spent a decade on a platform like Kik, and send a dozen explicit kinds of messages and who knows what else?" Fetterman told CNN. CORY BOOKER ADMITS GRAHAM PLATNER 'HAS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER' FOLLOWING LATEST SCANDAL Fetterman also repeatedly referred to Platner as "P-Hustle" in reference to Platner's username from his old Reddit account where he made several controversial comments about minimizing sexual assault, masturbating in public facilities and claiming a wounded soldier "didn’t deserve to live." The Pennsylvania senator also referred to the scandal surrounding Platner's now-covered-up tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol, which he had kept uncovered for 18 years. DEM REP DENIES THAT GRAHAM PLATNER'S TATTOO IS 'DISQUALIFYING,' SAYS CANDIDATE 'TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT' "All I'm saying is when I was growing up, if someone had a clear Nazi tattoo on them, you probably could conclude that they’re a Nazi sympathizer," Fetterman said. "Are you going to continue to defend that or dismiss that?" However, Fetterman stopped short of supporting Platner's presumptive Republican opponent, Maine Sen. Susan Collins, over Platner, adding that "we’ll all have to work together" if Platner wins the general election. SUNNY HOSTIN SUPPORTS GRAHAM PLATNER DESPITE CALLING HIM 'A LIAR, A RACIST, AN ANTISEMITE' Fox News Digital reached out to Platner's campaign for comment. During the day, Fetterman also called out Democrats for refusing to condemn Platner's growing list of scandals. "I'm saying that the last time Democrats leaned in on a guy that was sending, you know, [these] kinds of messages to women, I think that was like Swalwell, you know," Fetterman said. "I don't know, that's not someone I'm ever gonna carry water for." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a202597ee6011c3f4ea75a9 Jack Nicklaus delivers fair criticisms and concerns about the crowded PGA Tour schedule te 2026-06-03T13:01:11.911Z Jack Nicklaus delivers fair criticisms and concerns about the crowded PGA Tour schedule Jack Nicklaus is saying the quiet part out loud when it comes to the current and likely future makeup of the PGA Tour schedule. Speaking to the media ahead of this week's Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village, the Tour event Nicklaus has hosted for decades, the 18-time major champion was asked about the signature events on the schedule and how others may, or may not, stand out. Nicklaus immediately said that he did not want to comment on the Tour's schedule because he was "not exactly in favor of what they're doing" at the moment. Seconds later, however, he was teeing off on the current setup of the calendar and how events are being laid out. "I mean, I hate to see tournaments bunched too much together with too many big tournaments too close together. That's a problem, I think. And I think that's going to be a problem for the TOUR in the future," Nicklaus explained. "I probably shouldn't have brought it up here. I'll get chastised for that later. Anyway, I think it's harder for your tournaments to stand out," the 86-year-old continued. "I mean, if you looked at the schedule, we're involved in the Cognizant down in Florida, and, you know, we have Pebble Beach and Los Angeles, Tiger's event, and then Cognizant, and then we had Bay Hill and The Players. I mean, what chance does that tournament have? I mean, it sits right in the middle of those. They don't have a chance. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "The other tournaments also say, you know, I got four out of five. It's hard for guys to play that. See, the problem is not so much from the standpoint of players, it's hard for the players to really be focused to play that much and be on top of their game. And that, to me, is -- I look at it from the way I was as a player. I could play a couple weeks in a row, maybe three weeks in a row, but I needed some time off to be able to recharge the batteries. And I think everybody needs to recharge their batteries." Nothing Nicklaus said about the current makeup of the Tour's schedule is profound — the majority of players, media and fans seem to agree with him — but the words of arguably the greatest golfer ever, who has a hand in certain events on the calendar, carry a bit of extra weight. The Tour's introduction of signature events during the 2023 season was a direct response to LIV Golf and the circuit's high-purse, no-cut structure. The events were, and still are, an incentive to keep the biggest names on Tour content. In 2026, however, the signature events have become overwhelming. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! On paper, eight signature events on the calendar do not feel like too many, but the placement of them is where the issues and complaints arrive. In February, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am marked the first signature event of the year, only to be followed by another signature event, The Genesis Invitational, the very next week. From there, you have the Arnold Palmer Invitational leading into The Players, essentially another set of back-to-back signature weeks. The signature RBC Heritage, coming the week after the Masters, lacked juice lacked juice, and then there was the most baffling stretch of them all with back-to-back signature events of the Cadillac Championship and Truist Championship leading into the PGA Championship in May. From June to the end of August, when the FedEx Cup Playoffs wrap up, no more back-to-back signature events remain, although the signature Travelers Championship comes the week after the U.S. Open later this month. As for the fix, it's not a simple one, nor will it check every box for all involved in the golf world. For starters, eliminating signature events the week after major championships feels like an easy initial step, but from there, PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp has his hands full. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a202583ee6011c3f4ea75a0 AJ Brown trade outcome: Dianna Russini paid a heavy price while Mike Vrabel emerged unscathed te 2026-06-03T13:00:51.993Z AJ Brown trade outcome: Dianna Russini paid a heavy price while Mike Vrabel emerged unscathed Mike Vrabel and A.J. Brown were winning on Tuesday because the long-rumored trade that reunited them was finally complete. Brown was free of his recent unhappiness with the Philadelphia Eagles, while Vrabel spoke easily and smartly about how his Super Bowl team was getting better. It was one lovely victory lap for everybody. Except for Dianna Russini. MIKE VRABEL BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON DIANNA RUSSINI CONTROVERSY Yes, this is about her as much as Vrabel and Brown. Those three names will be linked for a long time in NFL circles based on what happened going back as far as September of 2025, and then definitely through this offseason that was about, well, the relationship between the coach and the reporter. If you aren't up to speed on that relationship, you've got homework. And you will probably catch up easily because the reference material is everywhere — the photos of Russini and Vrabel together, the denials of anything untoward between two married people, the collapse of the professional friendship narrative, and everything after. So, to the uninitiated, you're excused. Go now and read the soap opera's opening chapters. Because this might be the saga's end, barring a major surprise. And let me cut to that end: Brown wins. He's wholly unscathed, in fact, and happy as a clam with a new team he grew up adoring. Vrabel wins, too. Yes, he took some lumps, suffered some humiliating moments in front of reporters and had some family conversations he termed "very difficult," but he's ultimately none the worse for wear. And then there's Russini. She lost. Big time. FORMER NFL REPORTER MICHELE TAFOYA WEIGHS IN ON WHY RUSSINI'S CREDIBILITY IS GONE It was saddening to watch Vrabel's presser because it was Russini who first reported teams were calling the Eagles about Brown back in September of 2025. She first reported the Eagles weren't interested in trading Brown. Russini called it when she told everyone the Patriots were interested (so were the Los Angeles Rams, by the way). And she was right again when she said earlier this year that Brown wouldn't be traded around the start of the league year in March but watch out for June. She was dead-on accurate with practically all of it. But everyone has surmised all that information came out of her relationship with Vrabel. All that insider work came from other alleged inside work. Russini's information was great but how she seemingly attained it eventually led to her resigning from The Athletic. And sullying her professional reputation. Losses. MIKE VRABEL STEPS AWAY INDEFINITELY TO SEEK COUNSELING Vrabel? He seemed just fine on Tuesday. About the hardest thing he had to do was answer a question about Brown's obvious displeasure last year in Philly. "I don't know what happened," Vrabel said. "I'm not trying to figure out what happened in Philadelphia. I'm trying to focus on what's going to happen here and trying to get him acclimated to what we do and how we do it." Vrabel, during this press conference, congratulated a reporter for winning a marathon. He thanked Executive Vice President for Player Personnel Eliot Wolf for making the trade happen. And he took a bunch of football questions. There was not one question about whether he indeed for months leaked to Russini details of where the Patriots and Eagles talks were. Not one question about how his family "counseling" sessions are going or if his marriage is certain to survive. There was nothing uncomfortable because it seems the local media lost interest or its curiosity on a day the story that Russini beat them on for months was laid bare before them. And, the thing is, if Vrabel didn't have to sweat this occasion, he's probably in the clear. He's not likely to get tough questions about the whole affair (pardon the pun) again unless more facts come out that raise the issue from the grave. So, yeah, Mike Vrabel has survived. He's won. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a201e78ee6011c3f4ea742e Inside the fallout of the SJSU volleyball scandal: ‘This is an obvious problem’ te 2026-06-03T12:30:48.076Z Inside the fallout of the SJSU volleyball scandal: ‘This is an obvious problem’ EXCLUSIVE: Employees across the entire California State University System (CSU) came back from lunch to an email on March 6, announcing that their employer was suing President Donald Trump's Department of Education. It was happening because San Jose State University (SJSU) had a transgender volleyball player on its women’s team for three years, allegedly didn’t tell multiple female teammates that the player was male, and then refused to accept the U.S. Department of Education findings that determined the school violated Title IX. At least one employee was puzzled, and another was furious. "Why are men playing on the women’s team[?] This is an obvious problem," an employee of San Francisco State University wrote back to CSU Chancellor Mildred Garcia in an email obtained by Fox News Digital via a public records request to CSU. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM An employee of California State University, Northridge wrote back that same day to Garcia, "Mildred, I’d like to see you defend this ridiculous stance when a female takes a volleyball hit to the face from a man and he breaks her nose. There should be NO biological men competing against biological women in any university sport. This is not ‘inclusivity.’" Most CSU employees who wrote back were supportive of the lawsuit. But the school was already dealing with one lawsuit from former players over the issue. SJSU’s Risk Manager Karen Vogler advised weeks earlier in an email to a finance colleague that Education Department's findings could open the school up to increased litigation. "It doesn't appear that SJSU will face any fines or monetary penalties as a result of the U.S. Department of Education's investigation. However, claims/litigation may increase given their findings that the Title IX violation goes back to 2022," Vogler wrote in an email on Jan. 28 — the day the Education Department announced that it determined SJSU violated Title IX. Now, the Education Department and CSU are in an ongoing standoff. Secretary Linda McMahon repeatedly threatened to pull federal funding from the school since the school had expressed refusal to resolve the alleged Title IX violation since early March. SJSU is taking an unprecedented approach for a university to challenge Trump’s efforts to "Save Women’s Sports." The Education Department offered SJSU the chance to resolve the violation without any financial penalty, which the University of Pennsylvania opted to do last July over its scandal involving trans swimmer Lia Thomas. So why has the SJSU investigation caused such a conflict? Fox News Digital obtained the Education Department's written findings of its Title IX investigation into SJSU in 2025 and 2026. The findings were provided by SJSU in response to a public records request. Most individuals referenced in the findings are identified only by anonymous titles. However, the findings refer to these individuals in circumstances that Fox News Digital has reported on in the past, and based on previous reporting, Fox News Digital reasonably believes those individuals to be SJSU volleyball head coach Todd Kress (Coach 2), former assistant coach Melissa Batie-Smoose (Coach 3), former player Blaire Fleming (Student 1), who is transgender, former player Brooke Slusser (Student 3), who leads a lawsuit against SJSU over the experience, and former SJSU volleyball head coach Trent Kersten (Coach 1). Other SJSU players and staff are also identified by anonymous titles, but Fox News Digital is not identifying them by name. WHO IS BLAIRE FLEMING? SJSU VOLLEYBALL PLAYER DOMINATING FEMALE RIVALS AND ENRAGING WOMEN'S RIGHTS GROUPS The scandal reached a boiling point during the 2024 season when the Mountain West Conference  had to step in with a misconduct investigation of Fleming after Batie-Smoose filed a Title IX complaint. The complaint alleged Fleming conspired with an opposing player to have Slusser spiked in the face during a match, and handed over team scouting reports to the opponent. The findings included a reference to an email sent by  Kress, appearing to reference the allegations against Fleming of planning to harm Slusser.  "I received a report from one of my student-athletes yesterday of some behavior initiated by [Student 1] that could be deemed as retaliation toward [Student 3]. This behavior occurred in Colorado on Wednesday October 2 while we were there for our match vs Colorado State," The email, dated Oct. 5, 2024, read, per the findings. The Education Department's findings went on to state that it was "undisputed" that "there was a plan discussed to injure Student 3." "It is disputed whether Students 1 and 9 actually followed through with the plan to injure Student 3, or whether the discussion was meant as a joke. What is undisputed, however, is that there was a plan discussed to injure Student 3, and that plan to injure Student 3 was discussed by Student 1 and Student 9 in the presence of two other San José State University teammates," the findings state. In fall 2024, the Mountain West hired the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher (WFG) to investigate the allegations, and the probe was led by former Jan. 6 Council lead investigator Tim Heaphy, Fox News Digital previously reported. The conference later announced the investigation concluded without finding sufficient evidence to assign discipline. Heaphy is no longer employed by WFG. The Education Department's findings alleged the conference refused to hand over the evidence from that original misconduct investigation. "OCR (The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights) asked the University to request a copy of the Mountain West Conference investigation file for OCR to review. The University requested the Mountain West Conference provide a copy of the investigative file to the University to share with OCR, and the Mountain West Conference refused, citing to attorney-client privilege," the findings state. The Mountain West previously declined Fox News Digital’s request to review the findings of its investigation into the allegations. The Education Department also alleged that SJSU itself did not open its own formal investigation into the allegations, "because of the head coach’s opinion of the game footage, Student 1’s assertion that it was a joke, and the findings of the Mountain West Conference investigation, which the University acknowledges it never received a copy of." The Education Department's findings included a section with the subhead "Discord, Division, and an Effort to Silence Dissent." The section alleged a sudden decision to assign a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) administrator to be with the team at all times after the scandal went public. "[The DEI administrator] stated that prior to April 2024, she had no experience with the women’s volleyball team. She was brought in to ‘help deal with the team.’ She began attending practices and traveled with the team. She stated her ‘job is to make sure DEI is part of athletic programming at the University,’" the findings state. The findings alleged a team meeting where players were allegedly told what they were not allowed to say with their own mouths. Fleming (Student 1) and Slusser (Student 3) are the only individuals Fox News Digital identifies in the following section: "During the meeting, a player (Student 4) said ‘I feel like we were lied to (regarding Student 1 being male) and nobody wants to be in this... Why isn’t anyone sticking up for us?’ "The Senior Director of Media Relations stated she ‘tried to explain keeping a low temperature six weeks from the election people would love to blow this up.’ FORMER SJSU VOLLEYBALL STAR OPENS UP ON LIVING WITH TRANS TEAMMATE WITHOUT KNOWING ATHLETE'S BIOLOGICAL SEX "Student 4 responded ‘I feel like we’re being silenced.’ "The Senior Director of Media Relations noted Student 3 was ‘nodding furiously at Student 4’s silencing comment.’ She also noted other women on the team made comments including: ‘I didn’t sign up for this’ and kept asking why they couldn’t talk about it since it was already out there. "The Senior Director of Media Relations stated she then reiterated ‘again, I would ask yourself if this is your story to tell?’ She noted she ‘could see how much they were struggling.’" The findings included notes from interviews with anonymous former SJSU volleyball players who were dealing with the controversy while playing in the season. "Student interviews also indicate a lack of trust between many of the women on the team and Coach 2 and the administration. Student 7 stated "[Coach 2] cared more about [Student 1’s] wellbeing than the rest of the team." Student 7 felt Coach 2 was unfair with the way he favored Student 1," the findings stated. "Student 10 stated after it was revealed to the team that Student 1 is male, Coach 2 expressed his belief that anyone who spoke up was attacking Student 1. Coach 2 told the team that the ‘hate’ affects him too as part of the LGBT community. Student 10 felt Coach 2 treated Student 1 with favoritism…" The findings went so far as to state, "To silence dissent, ‘scare tactics’ were used. The women on the team were told they needed to be careful of what they said because they all signed a contract and could lose their scholarships. That threat made several members of the team afraid to speak out. Student 10 said that at one point, Coach 2 told the team to be careful regarding how they act with regard to Student 1." The findings outlined the alleged recruitment of a transgender volleyball player in 2022. Kersten recruited Fleming that year. "Internal email communications provided by the University indicate the head women’s volleyball coach contacted the Director of the San José State University PRIDE Center & Gender Equity Center to discuss recruiting a male volleyball player (Student 1) for the San José State University women’s indoor volleyball team. Additional communications indicate Coach 1 stated that Student 1 texted him wanting to commit," the findings state. The findings went on to state that the coach believed to be Kersten wrote in emails regarding the recruitment that the male player was "good enough to make us better," and a dilemma on whether to tell the rest of the players. "The internal communications also indicated a concern regarding whether or not Coach 1 should inform the women on the San José State University women’s indoor volleyball team that a male player would be joining the team. Coach 1 stated he wanted to ask the women on the team their thoughts after they found out Student 1 was joining the team, but he did not want to relinquish decision making power to the women on the team regarding whether a male player would be allowed to join the team," the findings state. Kress and Batie-Smoose joined the SJSU staff in 2023, after Kersten departed the program for a different job, but left Fleming on the roster with two more years of eligibility. The findings outlined alleged interactions between Kress and Batie-Smoose regarding the handling of Fleming. "Coach 3 states she was specifically instructed by Coach 2 and the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student Wellness and Leadership Development to not tell anyone either on the team or off the team that Student 1 is male. Coach 3 states she was also told ‘anyone who disagrees with [Student 1] being on the women’s volleyball team needs to get therapy and needs to leave SJSU,’" the findings state. SJSU and CSU began to prepare their response as soon as they found out about the Education Department's determination of Title IX violation. A Fox News Digital inquiry to SJSU was forwarded to top-level administrators at CSU more than an hour before Fox News Digital broke the story about the Education Department's findings on Jan. 28. "Here we go. I will gather the troops," CSU Interim Executive Vice Chancellor Dawn Theodora wrote to SJSU Chief of Staff Shawn Wallen that day. A month and a few days passed with no resolution between SJSU and ED. Then, the lawsuit against SJSU and CSU led by Slusser and 10 other Mountain West players survived a legal hurdle in the first week of March. Colorado District Judge Kato Crews dismissed all the plaintiffs' claims against the Mountain West Conference, but did not dismiss claims of Title IX violations against CSU. Crews deferred his ruling on whether to dismiss those claims to after the decision in the ongoing B.P.J. v. West Virginia case in the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of trans athletes in women’s sports and the Title IX implications, which is expected to come in June. Just a few days later on March 6, CSU and SJSU’s announcement of the lawsuit against the Education Department was made to employees. A large portion of SJSU President Cynthia Teniente-Matson’s email was reserved for a message of support to the LGBTQ community. A California State University, Bakersfield employee spoke out to Garcia in an email that day. "I want to express my disagreement in clear but respectful terms. While I understand the legal arguments presented, I believe the broader premise of the CSU’s stance risks undermining the integrity and fairness of women’s sports. Many of us are deeply concerned about how these decisions — and the messaging around them — impact female athletes who rely on the protections that Title IX was originally created to ensure," he wrote. An SJSU employee sent an email echoing similar concerns SJSU Vice President for University Advancement Judy Nagai, that was later flagged to other administrators. SJSU redacted the name of the employee in the public records provided. "It’s worth noting that the university’s communications don’t directly address concerns about fairness and privacy for women," the email wrote. "It’s easy to see how the messaging might come across as ambiguous or even dismissive of women’s rights for some, especially given the strong emphasis on inclusivity for LGBTQ students." Nagai forwarded that email to Teniente-Matson and other administrators with a message that included, "[redacted] replied with a lengthy response below. He will likely attend the alumni board meeting." Nagai later sent out a mass email to a list of undisclosed recipients, advising them on how to handle any concerns about the lawsuit. "If you receive any questions, comments, or concerns about this topic from alumni, volunteers, and donors, please connect with [Associate Vice President of Strategy & Campaigns Manaf Mansure] so he can track and assess an appropriate response with guidance from UMC and university leadership. This includes all forms of communication -- phone calls, emails, texts and mobile messages, and in-person conversations," Nagai wrote. The Education Department last provided an update on the situation on March 24, when the department said it had notified SJSU that it faced "impending enforcement action" for its "refusal to comply with Title IX." The announcement declared a 10-day deadline for SJSU to comply. But that deadline has since passed. California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton addressed the ongoing conflict between SJSU and the Education Department in an interview with Fox News Digital on Friday. "You’ve got the far-left ideologues in California wasting public money, fighting against common sense. It’s completely ridiculous, we’re done with this," Hilton said when asked about the lawsuit. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a201a06ee6011c3f4ea7357 Bakersfield, California bank hostage standoff enters second day without resolution te 2026-06-03T12:11:50.391Z Bakersfield, California bank hostage standoff enters second day without resolution The Bakersfield Police Department in California announced on Tuesday that a man had barricaded himself in a Chase Bank Building with some community members, and as of Wednesday morning the department has not yet announced a resolution to the hostage standoff. "The Bakersfield Police Department received a call at approximately 1:00 p.m. regarding reports of a bomb threat at the Chase Bank building located at the center of Chester Aveneue and 17th Street," a Tuesday press release noted. "During the investigation, it was determined that an adult male subject had barricaded himself inside the building with several community members." BOMB THREAT STANDOFF AT BAKERSFIELD CHASE BANK CONTINUES AS NEGOTIATORS WORK TO RELEASE HOSTAGES The department later announced in a post issued just after midnight ET that it had "negotiated the release of a second hostage." The FBI Sacremento indicated that it is supporting the response to the episode. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2019f2ee6011c3f4ea734e Brittney Griner throws Angel Reese to the floor like a rag doll in stunning show of power te 2026-06-03T12:11:30.473Z Brittney Griner throws Angel Reese to the floor like a rag doll in stunning show of power Brittney Griner, the WNBA's most divisive player before Angel Reese, showed Angel who was still in charge Tuesday night. Griner — who famously spent some time in a Russian prison and was dealt back to America a few years ago in what was maybe the most lopsided trade of all time — threw Reese to the floor late in the fourth quarter and was assessed a Flagrant 1 foul. Now, should she have been fouled for this? I'm not sure. Did Angel flop? Maybe. Possibly. But the optics weren't great, and the refs made Griner pay. Take a look. What a mismatch: First of all ... the size difference here is laughable. Amazing. Angel Reese is 6-3, and Griner (6-9) makes her look like a toddler. Nobody in the WNBA stands a chance against her, which, frankly, makes you wonder why she isn't a better player. How is Brittney Griner averaging only 4.6 rebounds per game this season? Seriously, how is that possible? She should be able to get at least 10 without putting in much effort at all. ANGEL REESE EXTENDS DOUBLE-DOUBLE STREAK WITH SEASON-HIGH 24 POINTS IN SKY'S WIN OVER SPARKS In what world is Angel Reese out-rebounding Brittney Griner? She did, though, last night! Reese finished with 13 rebounds, Griner finished with four. Lordy. Now, half of Reese's rebounds were on the offensive end, which usually means she missed 14 layups and grabbed her own shot, but still ... the point remains. As for the technical foul late in the game, I think it's 50-50. Looked a little floppy to me on Angel's end, but Griner's arms are also longer than Reese's sternum, so I'd imagine she just forgot she was there for a minute and ended up tossing her to the floor like a rag doll. CAITLIN CLARK SAYS WNBA IS 'SICK' OVER FEVER'S COMMISSIONER'S CUP TITLE No harm, no foul! Well, scratch that. No harm, yes foul. Oh well. As for the game, the Dream went on to win by double digits in something called the "Commissioner's Cup," which if you gave me 1,000 guesses I'd never be able to define. Seems fun, though! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2019deee6011c3f4ea7345 WATCH: Dem scolds Homeland Security chief to ‘calm down’ after hearing derails over alleged ‘pattern’ te 2026-06-03T12:11:10.479Z WATCH: Dem scolds Homeland Security chief to ‘calm down’ after hearing derails over alleged ‘pattern’ A Senate Appropriations Committee hearing was derailed Tuesday after Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin got into a heated exchange, prompting the Democrat to tell Mullin to "calm down." Van Hollen, who is best known for flying to El Salvador to meet with controversial illegal immigrant and alleged gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, accused the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of having a "pattern" of abuse while enforcing immigration law. He pointed to several recent DHS-involved shootings, including those involving Venezuelan national Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis and activists Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota. Mullin pushed back against the allegation as an "exaggeration of words," saying, "When you say there’s a pattern, there’s not a pattern." "Oh, I would say three in a row is a pattern," retorted Van Hollen, to which Mullin shot back, "No, sir … a pattern of three people when we average 1900 a day is not a pattern." TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NAMES ROSARIO 'PETE' VASQUEZ TO SERVE AS NEXT US BORDER PATROL CHIEF Van Hollen insisted "there was a pattern." As the two talked over each other, Van Hollen shook his head, saying, "Let’s get out the dictionary, put your semantics aside, the reality is this is a big problem." He pressed Mullin to commit to sharing evidence from the federal officer-involved shootings to Minnesota authorities. "It sounds like you're not willing to share evidence with the state authorities who are trying to get to the bottom of this. And I will just say, Mr. Secretary, that given the statements that came out of this administration, including the White House, it is hard to trust this administration to do an independent investigation," said Van Hollen. "But yet you trust your last administration?" Mullin fired back. "I’m just saying if we’re calling an apple what an apple is and an orange what an orange is, don’t sit there and start cherry-picking one administration to believe and another administration not to believe," Mullin continued. In response, Van Hollen raised his hands and said, "Mr. Secretary, just, just please calm down." MARKWAYNE MULLIN GOES OFF ON DEMS’ 'GARBAGE' MEMORIAL DAY ‘POLITICAL STUNT’ AT ICE FACILITY During the hearing, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., pressed Mullin to commit to abiding by court orders, citing a federal judge's claim that DHS had violated just under 100 orders in Minnesota. Murphy also criticized DHS for "spending money like stone drunk sailors," including on "the massive detention centers that you are building." Murphy asked Mullin, "Now that you are on the job, can you commit to us that if a court judges something ICE is doing, something DHS is doing as illegal, unconstitutional, tells you to stop, that you will comply with the court order?" Mullin answered, "We will never break the Constitution, and we're not going to break the law, but we're going to enforce our nation's laws, and we're going to enforce the laws that you guys passed and that we implement. We will never go outside that. And if we do, we'll hold each other accountable for that." "But that doesn't sound like the same thing as committing that you will obey a court order," pressed Murphy. "Will you, or will you not implement court orders?" GOP DEMANDS TRUMP KILL CONTROVERSIAL $2B FUND BEFORE REVIVING ICE FUNDING PACKAGE In response, Mullin said, "If we didn't think courts were politicized, then I would probably be able to answer that. But we see courts over and over again that use their bench for their political opinion, not just the rule of law." He chided Murphy, saying, "Don’t put words in my mouth," adding, "What I’m saying is we will enforce the law, and we’re never going to break the Constitution." Looking aside to his colleagues on the committee, Murphy remarked, "Listen, if you're a Republican or Democrat on this committee, you should be really, really freaked out." "We should be really concerned about the rulings that come out of the courts, and how often they get overturned," retorted Mullin. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2019caee6011c3f4ea733c Teacher says bestselling author Jack Carr inspired students to embrace patriotism amid values debate te 2026-06-03T12:10:50.479Z Teacher says bestselling author Jack Carr inspired students to embrace patriotism amid values debate FIRST ON FOX: Bestselling author Jack Carr, who served the nation for 20 years as a Navy SEAL sniper and military leader, learned of an unusual story during his most recent book tour — and shared the details exclusively with Fox News Digital. He was speaking in Franklin, Tennessee, in mid-May to a crowd of people about his new novel, "The Fourth Option," when a high school teacher approached him afterward to relay an anecdote.  More than half the students in the Mississippi teacher's class, the educator told Carr, were remaining seated during the Pledge of Allegiance each morning.  Dismayed by that, the substitute teacher, Kelly McGinnis, of Northwest Rankin High School in Flowood, Mississippi, said that when he asked his students why they weren't standing for the pledge, many struggled to explain their actions.   POPULAR  SNACK FOOD GETS PATRIOTIC MAKEOVER IN TIME FOR AMERICA'S 250TH SUMMER FESTIVITIES "Very few would speak up," McGinnis told Fox News Digital.  "Quite a few said their parents had served [in the military], and they had [other] family members who had served, but they just felt like the way the country was at this time — they didn't agree with some of the politics and policies," he added.  McGinnis said he decided to start conversations with his students.  As part of those talks, he introduced them to books by Carr, the former Navy SEAL whose popular thrillers include deeply embedded themes of service, sacrifice and patriotism woven through the narrative storylines.  McGinnis said he was drawn to Carr's work for those reasons. USHA VANCE BACKS BOOKS OVER PHONES AS MORE SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT NO-CELL POLICIES "It seemed like his message was one of patriotism and the sacrifices that people, not only in the military but average citizens, were making for the common good," McGinnis said. He made Carr's books available to his students — and encouraged them to give the stories a try. As more students became familiar with Carr's work, McGinnis said he began noticing changes in both the classroom discussions and the students' behavior. "Not only were a lot more of the kids standing [for the Pledge of Allegiance], they were encouraging others to stand," he said. AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY EVENTS TAKING PLACE THIS SUMMER CALLED 'ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME' TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES "A lot of the kids were coming around to saying, 'I really don't know why I wasn't standing,'" McGinnis added. McGinnis shared this story with Carr after waiting in line to meet him during a book tour stop. The author told Fox News Digital the encounter stood out to him among the many interactions he's had with readers over the years and stories he's heard from them.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "This one was different," Carr said. "It really made an impact." Carr said the teacher's tale reinforced his belief that reading can have a powerful influence on young people, particularly at a time when many spend hours scrolling on their phones. "The books, and the students sitting down with those books and reading instead of scrolling, made an impact," Carr said. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ "I think it's a story that highlights just how important a teacher is," Carr said. "If you pick up a book and put down that phone, it's going to be a better life. I guarantee it." Both Carr and McGinniss said they believe the attention around America's 250th anniversary this year may be encouraging students to think more deeply about the nation's history — as well as the sacrifices for freedom made by previous generations. "Maybe, even subliminally, they think, 'Oh, 250 years of this experiment called America, and all this sacrifice that let me be here today in this classroom and have options available to me as I go [from] high school and possibly [on to] college or a trade school — whatever I'm gonna do as I move forward,'" said Carr. "It's essentially, ‘Hey, I won the lotto by being born in the United States of America.’ And maybe hearing that over and over again this year — and you don't hear it every year — it's natural, I think, to reflect on those 250 years in this case, and maybe just have a little more awareness than usual ahead of the Fourth of July." McGinnis, for his part, said, "The 250th is becoming more prominent. I think it'll really build momentum going toward July 4th." Carr said the milestone offers an opportunity for Americans to reflect on the country's history and the generations of people whose sacrifices helped shape it. "It's good for the country to take a breath, look back, reflect and appreciate those sacrifices," he said. Carr is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of "The Terminal List" and host of the "Danger Close Podcast."  Last year his nonfiction book, "Targeted: Beirut: The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror," written with co-author, military historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist James Scott, was published.  CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER He is a former Navy SEAL Task Unit commander and sniper with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. He led special operations teams as a team leader, platoon commander, troop commander and task unit commander.  He is married and is the father of three children. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2017a0ee6011c3f4ea72be Meta leads largest-ever anti-scam operation with FBI and DOJ, resulting in 63 arrests te 2026-06-03T12:01:36.704Z Meta leads largest-ever anti-scam operation with FBI and DOJ, resulting in 63 arrests A sweeping anti-scam operation led by Meta and backed by the FBI, Department of Justice, Microsoft, Coinbase and Starlink resulted in 63 arrests, millions of dollars in frozen cryptocurrency and the removal of more than a million scam-related online accounts, officials announced Tuesday. Meta said the operation was the company’s largest anti-scam operation to date and described it as the first coordinated anti-scam effort of its kind for the company to bring together major technology companies, financial platforms and law enforcement agencies to target the broader fraud ecosystem. The two-week operation began May 18 and brought together the DOJ’s Scam Center Strike Force — led by U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Ferris Pirro — along with the FBI, the Royal Thai Police, Microsoft, Coinbase, Starlink and other international law enforcement partners. The effort spanned Washington, D.C., and Thailand and also included the U.S. Secret Service and law enforcement agencies from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Thailand. GLOBAL SCAM CRACKDOWN LEADS TO 276 ARRESTS The operation targeted criminal scam networks that authorities say steal billions of dollars from Americans each year through romance scams, cryptocurrency investment fraud and other fraudulent schemes. Officials said many of the organizations operate from forced-labor compounds in Southeast Asia linked to transnational organized crime groups. Authorities have also warned that some people working inside Southeast Asian scam compounds are trafficking victims coerced into carrying out fraud, while law enforcement efforts have focused on alleged organizers, recruiters, money launderers and network operators. "Protecting people around the world from scams is one of our highest priorities," Chris Sonderby, Meta’s vice president and deputy general counsel, said in a statement. Sonderby said the operation "demonstrates the power of partnerships to combat scammers." GLOBAL TASK FORCE DISMANTLES 'PIG-BUTCHERING' CRYPTO FRAUD RINGS PREYING ON AMERICANS "We’re proud to partner with industry and DOJ, FBI, Royal Thai Police, and other law enforcement agencies in taking this global fight directly to these Asia-based scam centers at their source," he added. As part of the operation, Meta removed approximately 1.4 million scam accounts, pages and groups from Facebook and Instagram. The Royal Thai Police arrested 63 individuals allegedly connected to scam centers. THEY WERE FORCED TO SCAM OTHERS WORLDWIDE; NOW THOUSANDS ARE DETAINED ON THE BURMESE BORDER Coinbase froze more than $3 million in cryptocurrency assets tied to criminal networks. Microsoft disabled roughly 20,000 accounts linked to scam operations, Meta said. Starlink disrupted thousands of internet terminals associated with the networks, according to Meta. Authorities also identified dozens of previously unknown scam compounds and criminal networks, which were referred to law enforcement agencies for further investigation. Meta said the effort marked its third joint operation with the DOJ Scam Center Strike Force since December 2025. The scale of the operation has grown dramatically, from 59,000 scam assets removed in December to 150,000 in March and 1.4 million in the latest crackdown, according to Meta. Across all three operations, the company said it has removed more than 1.6 million scam accounts, pages and groups and provided intelligence that helped lead to 84 arrests by the Royal Thai Police. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a20178aee6011c3f4ea72ac Karen Bass to face runoff election amid tough challenge from Spencer Pratt and more top headlines te 2026-06-03T12:01:14.635Z Karen Bass to face runoff election amid tough challenge from Spencer Pratt and more top headlines 1. Karen Bass to face runoff election amid challenge from Spencer Pratt 2. Trump-endorsed candidate concedes in primary upset 3. Kash Patel warns ‘we’re just getting started’   HOSTAGE STANDOFF — SWAT, FBI negotiators surround Chase Bank as suspect holds people in bomb threat. Continue reading … JUSTICE TRACK — Feds step into random train killing as new details, potential death penalty emerge. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a201762ee6011c3f4ea72a0 Spencer Pratt Suggests He Can Be a Mayor for all L.A. Residents, as Vote Counting Continues te 2026-06-03T12:00:34.710Z Spencer Pratt Suggests He Can Be a Mayor for all L.A. Residents, as Vote Counting Continues The former reality TV star has tried to broaden his platform, talking about Los Angeles’s homelessness and drugs problem. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a2010a4ee6011c3f4ea71e8 Don Bolles' legacy honored 50 years after Phoenix car bombing te 2026-06-03T11:31:48.712Z Don Bolles' legacy honored 50 years after Phoenix car bombing Journalists continue to remember Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles, whose 1976 murder became one of the most notorious attacks on the press. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a201054ee6011c3f4ea7196 As Vote Counting Continues, Spencer Pratt Suggests He Can Be a Mayor for All L.A. Residents te 2026-06-03T11:30:28.868Z As Vote Counting Continues, Spencer Pratt Suggests He Can Be a Mayor for All L.A. Residents Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200dfeee6011c3f4ea7122 Spencer Pratt’ suggests he can be a mayor for all L.A. residents. te 2026-06-03T11:20:30.152Z Spencer Pratt’ suggests he can be a mayor for all L.A. residents. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200c79ee6011c3f4ea70d2 Lake Havasu City Restaurant Inspections, April 2026 te 2026-06-03T11:14:01.032Z Lake Havasu City Restaurant Inspections, April 2026 Reported by the Mohave County Department of Health. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200c64ee6011c3f4ea70c9 🚧 Havasu Tip List | Some TLC needed for Aquatic Center parking lot te 2026-06-03T11:13:40.550Z 🚧 Havasu Tip List | Some TLC needed for Aquatic Center parking lot Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200c4fee6011c3f4ea70c0 Lake Havasu City candidate Q&A | What should Lake Havasu City achieve next? te 2026-06-03T11:13:19.591Z Lake Havasu City candidate Q&A | What should Lake Havasu City achieve next? As the 2026 primary election approaches, with early voting set to begin June 24, Today’s News-Herald is asking Lake Havasu City Council candidates one question each week. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200c32ee6011c3f4ea70a0 US ally Kuwait condemns 'brutal and ongoing Iranian attacks' after airport was hit te 2026-06-03T11:12:50.959Z US ally Kuwait condemns 'brutal and ongoing Iranian attacks' after airport was hit Kuwait decried Iranian attacks in a statement issued by its foreign affairs ministry, saying that the Kuwait International Airport had been targeted. "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the State of Kuwait's condemnation and denunciation, in the strongest terms, of the brutal and ongoing Iranian attacks using ballistic missiles and drones, the latest of which occurred at dawn today, targeting once again civilian and vital facilities, including Kuwait International Airport, resulting in the death of one individual, injuries to others, and damage to vital facilities, including diplomatic missions," part of the statement declared, according to a translation of the Arabic-language post on X. Kuwait's Ministry of Defense spokesperson had indicated that a building at Kuwait International Airport was damaged and people were injured, according to a post on X by the official account of Kuwait Army general staff headquarters. IRANIANS SPEAK OUT OVER POSSIBLE TRUMP-REGIME DEAL "The Official Spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, stated that a number of hostile drones targeted today the passenger building (T1) at Kuwait International Airport as a result of the criminal Iranian aggression, which resulted in significant material damage to the building and injuries to a number of individuals, who received the necessary medical care," according to a translation of the Arabic-language post. "He affirmed that the armed forces are monitoring the situation in coordination with the relevant authorities, and they are in a state of complete readiness to deal with any developments, and to take all necessary measures to preserve the security of the country and its stability," the post added. The Iranian hostilities come more than three months since the start of the U.S. war against the Islamic Republic. In a Tuesday statement, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) indicated that America had engaged in "self-defense strikes" against Iran. US MILITARY ATTACKS IRAN IN 'SELF-DEFENSE STRIKES' OVER WEEKEND "U.S. forces successfully defeated multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones, and conducted self-defense strikes on Qeshm Island in response to attempted attacks by Iran across the Middle East, June 2. Iran launched several ballistic missiles toward regional neighbors; however, all failed to hit their intended targets. Two Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait fell short or broke apart enroute, and three missiles launched at Bahrain were immediately intercepted by U.S. and Bahrain air defense forces," the release noted. "Moments earlier, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces shot down three one-way attack drones launched by Iran toward civilian mariners that were rightfully transiting regional waters. American forces also conducted self-defense strikes on an Iranian military ground control station on Qeshm Island. No U.S. personnel were harmed. CENTCOM forces remain vigilant and ready to defend against unwarranted Iranian aggression during the ongoing ceasefire," the statement added. TRUMP INSISTS IRAN TALKS ARE ON, SAYING DEAL IS 'NOT A SIMPLE THING' CENTCOM noted in a post on X that, "An additional wave of Iranian drones attempting to attack U.S. forces in Kuwait failed to impact intended targets tonight. U.S. Central Command air defenses successfully downed multiple drones and ensured no American personnel or assets were harmed." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200c1eee6011c3f4ea7097 I'm Ohio's state auditor — Medicaid fraud is not just a Washington problem te 2026-06-03T11:12:30.876Z I'm Ohio's state auditor — Medicaid fraud is not just a Washington problem When I testify on Capitol Hill, I’ll be addressing the fact that my home state of Ohio is not immune to the sophisticated fraud and abuse plaguing Medicaid and other government programs nationally. Wherever there are big government programs backed by big government spending, there will be people who find ways to exploit loopholes and lax controls to fill their own pocketbooks. Left unaddressed by the state bureaucracies, these weaknesses invite outside manipulation and erode public trust. The crimes are even worse when they affect the most vulnerable among us, taking resources for programs that serve truly needy residents. VANCE-LED TASK FORCE CUTS OFF $1.4B FROM HOME HEALTH, HOSPICE PROVIDERS SUSPECTED OF FRAUD I’ve been sounding the alarm about Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse since becoming Ohio’s Auditor of State in 2019. I’m thankful more people are taking notice and voicing a commitment to addressing the misuse of tax dollars. The Ohio Department of Medicaid makes up the biggest part of the state’s biennial budget, with about $40 billion annually in the state general fund and federal funding directed to health care and related programming for about 2.9 million lower-income residents, older adults, individuals with disabilities, pregnant women, infants and children, and others. It’s a large, complex program administered (often inconsistently) with confusing rules and ample system and human error. Year after year, my office has pointed out issues in the Medicaid system and error rates that are likely leading to hundreds of millions or billions of dollars in potential fraud, waste and abuse.  Consider: Most recently, the annual State Single Audit reported an error rate of 15.6% for payments made for services for residents who had died or were otherwise ineligible for Medicaid programming, meaning potential unallowable costs of $800 million to $4.4 billion. That’s not including the dozens of other Medicaid provider audits we’ve conducted that have included more than $20 million in improper payments in the past seven years. The list goes on and on. These are not minor bookkeeping errors. They are the direct result of an administrative unwillingness to enforce the strict boundaries of the law. One glaring example involves Medicaid-funded home healthcare. Federal law requires states to use Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) systems to confirm that in-home services actually occurred before payments are processed. In 2024, we found that roughly half of Ohio's Medicaid-reimbursed home healthcare services skipped this required verification entirely, despite a $146 million investment to implement the system. This lack of agency enforcement leaves the backdoor wide open for unscrupulous providers to engage in improper billing for services that may never have occurred. Furthermore, recent reporting has raised questions about unusual provider concentrations and billing patterns within Ohio’s home healthcare sector, particularly within a small geographic area of Franklin County. My office is independently evaluating these anomalies to expose any bad actors involved. That said, we must distinguish between identifying risk and making criminal allegations. Audits expose internal control failures; investigators and prosecutors must determine if specific conduct constitutes fraud. Still, ignoring repeated warning signs is irresponsible. Every dollar lost to outside exploitation is a dollar unavailable to Ohioans who genuinely rely on these services. These problems are entirely fixable. Leadership is committed to accountability, but success requires state agency administrators to match that commitment. Stronger eligibility verification, better cross-state coordination, and ruthless enforcement of EVV requirements will restore program integrity. My office will continue independently auditing state programs and reporting findings transparently. Ohio taxpayers deserve competent stewardship of public dollars, and vulnerable residents deserve confidence that the resources intended for their care are rigorously protected from abuse. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200c0aee6011c3f4ea708e Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s $3 million Frogmore makeover could soon be erased: experts te 2026-06-03T11:12:10.885Z Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s $3 million Frogmore makeover could soon be erased: experts The Sun recently reported that plans are in motion to reverse the roughly $3 million in renovations made to Frogmore Cottage, their former royal home in Windsor. The makeover was initially funded by the Sovereign Grant, the taxpayer-backed fund that supports the royal family's official duties. But after stepping back as senior royals in 2020, Harry, 41, and Meghan, 44, repaid the multimillion renovation bill in full. PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE'S ROYAL EXIT CAUSED ‘UNFORGIVABLE’ PAIN IN QUEEN ELIZABETH’S FINAL YEARS: EXPERT "It's been empty for three years," a source told the outlet. "Even [former Prince] Andrew thought it wasn't good enough for him to move in. Maybe if they get rid of any trace of Harry and Meghan, then someone within the royal household will fancy it. It would draw the line under Frogmore Cottage's controversial history and return it to the pre-Meghan and Harry era." Fox News Digital reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment. Multiple reports have said Frogmore was two semi-detached homes before Queen Elizabeth gave it to her grandson, Harry, and his bride, Meghan, as a wedding present. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex married in 2018. WATCH: PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE CAUSED QUEEN STRESS IN FINAL YEARS: AUTHOR The Sussexes called Frogmore Cottage home from April 2019, following major renovations, until March 2020. Royal biographer Ingrid Seward told People magazine that Frogmore Cottage was "pretty dilapidated" when the couple inherited it. The major refurbishment included upgrades to Frogmore's heating, electrical, gas and water main systems, plus a redesign of the property that took about six months to complete, the outlet reported. While some royal watchers see the reported plans as another sign the monarchy has permanently moved on from Harry and Meghan, others argue the proposal is simply a practical effort to repurpose a property that has sat vacant for years. "This clearly signals that once someone departs from duty, there are permanent consequences," British royals expert Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital. "There is no reason to preserve anything from the Sussex chapter. Given all the damage to the royal family, particularly with the publication of 'Spare,' that chapter is better erased with this renovation." "The royals do everything deliberately," said Fordwich. "In its original form, Frogmore could be repurposed for future use and remain flexible. Prince William has been adamant from the outset that there is no coming back for Harry. This renovation is a clear indication that his no-tolerance position is prevailing." However, British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital the situation is more complicated for the royals. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "The Crown Estate is facing questions about royal leasing arrangements, and public debate over the family's property portfolio has intensified," Chard explained. "It's hardly surprising there's talk of undoing the renovations at Frogmore Cottage." "Frogmore Cottage is one of the properties under assessment," she said. "The cottage has sat empty for years, and one option is that it could be split back into separate homes. The goal of the options being considered is to secure future occupancy." "Giving Frogmore Cottage, along with the other Crown Estate properties, a fresh purpose within the royal estate is a positive way forward. Also, it was Harry and Meghan's decision to drop royal duties and relocate to the United States." "Their home is in Montecito, not Windsor," Chard added. Royal commentator Amanda Matta told Fox News Digital that the royals appear far more concerned with putting an empty home to good use than sending a pointed message that Harry and Meghan have been written out for good. "One thing that often gets lost in the retelling of Frogmore Cottage's initial renovation is that it wasn't simply about creating a lavish dream home for Meghan and Harry," said Matta.  "A substantial part of the project involved consolidating multiple residential units into a single residence suitable for a senior royal family. If the Crown Estate or royal household now sees greater utility in returning the property to multiple units, that's not necessarily undoing Harry and Meghan's work so much as adapting the space to different needs." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "The most practical explanation is often the correct one," said Matta. "I don't see convincing evidence that this is an attempt to erase Harry and Meghan. The monarchy tends to treat royal residences as working assets, sometimes even leased to staff, rather than as displays of opulence. Homes are regularly reconfigured depending on who needs them and how they're being used." "If there was a symbolic break between the Sussexes and the royal family, it is fair to say it happened when Harry and Meghan lost Frogmore Cottage as their U.K. residence," said Matta. "But this redevelopment happening several years later feels more like the consequence of that decision than a new escalation of it." "We don't know if King Charles is personally driving the decisions here, but those choices could still signal what the institution has decided about its future. Frogmore was originally intended to support the Sussexes as working members of the royal family. If it's no longer needed for that purpose, that could signal how firmly the monarchy views that chapter as closed." Still, royal broadcaster Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital that whispers are growing in the U.K. that any renovations could be intended as a pointed message to the Sussexes. "Frogmore Cottage was the forever home for Harry and Meghan after they spent millions renovating the design to their tastes and needs," said Turner. "The latest rumors that Frogmore could be restored to its original design are what we call a shot across the bows for the couple." "In my estimation, I feel there is a power struggle between Charles and William," he said. "Charles, I feel, in his heart, wants Harry, Meghan and their children back together in England." Harry has been largely estranged from members of the royal family since he and his wife stepped back as senior royals. Still, Matta is hopeful that there could be peace talks between the monarch and his soon. "I would never write off the possibility of an invitation to Balmoral or Sandringham," said Matta. "I don't think that door is closed, and the fate of Frogmore Cottage doesn't necessarily play into that saga. One concerns private family ties at this point; the other is part of the institution's literal framework." "I think the two concerns have been firmly separated," she said. "King Charles can simultaneously be open to personal reconciliation while the monarchy makes clear that Harry and Meghan no longer occupy a working role within it." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200bf6ee6011c3f4ea7085 One extra serving of processed meat a day linked to higher cancer risk te 2026-06-03T11:11:50.639Z One extra serving of processed meat a day linked to higher cancer risk Eating processed meat like ham, sausage and bacon may be linked to a higher risk of certain types of cancer, according to new research. While health organizations have already confirmed that processed meat can contribute to colon cancer, this study looked closer at cancers in the upper digestive tract, where the link has historically been less clear. To understand these connections, researchers from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), one of the world's largest long-term nutrition and cancer cohorts, tracked the health and diets of 450,112 people across Europe for an average of 14 years.  FREQUENT HEARTBURN MAY BE A WARNING SIGN OF A MORE DANGEROUS CONDITION, DOCTOR SAYS The study group included 131,426 men and 318,686 women, according to the study's press release. During the follow-up period, 876 people developed stomach cancer and 215 people developed esophageal adenocarcinoma, which is cancer of the tube connecting the mouth to the stomach. Researchers tracked where the stomach cancers grew, separating them into the upper part of the stomach near the throat and the lower part of the stomach. The researchers also sorted the tumors into two categories based on how the cancer cells appeared under a microscope: intestinal, which forms more organized structures, and diffuse, in which the cells are more scattered throughout the tissue. BACTERIA IN YOUR MOUTH MAY TRAVEL TO THE GUT AND TRIGGER STOMACH CANCER, RESEARCH FINDS After adjusting for other lifestyle factors, the researchers found that for every extra 30 grams of processed meat a person ate per day, their overall risk of stomach cancer went up by 9%. Eating that same extra 30 grams a day was also linked to a 13% higher risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma. A standard single slice of regular deli-sliced ham or lunch meat averages around 28 grams, according to USDA data and nutritional tracking databases. An extra 20 grams of white meat, such as chicken or turkey, was linked to a 12% higher risk of cancer in the main body of the stomach, the researchers noted. The study also revealed differences between men and women. For male participants, only processed meat showed a clear, statistically significant link to a higher risk of stomach cancer. For female participants, however, eating both processed meat and white meat was linked to an increased risk. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES These findings align with global health benchmarks, particularly those established by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer. The agency has long classified processed meat as a known human carcinogen, primarily due to its strong, well-documented links to colorectal cancer. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER However, health organizations have also consistently pointed to a potential, yet less definitive, relationship between these meats and cancers of the stomach. Further scientific investigation is needed to confirm the findings and to account for other underlying risk factors, such as certain stomach infections, which could interact with dietary habits. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ A key limitation of the study is its reliance on self-reported diets, which can sometimes lead to inaccuracies in how participants recall their meat consumption over time, the researchers noted. The findings were published in the International Journal of Cancer. Fox News Digital reached out to the researchers requesting comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200be1ee6011c3f4ea707c The oldest hatred is back: How it’s consuming Europe and crossing the Atlantic te 2026-06-03T11:11:29.919Z The oldest hatred is back: How it’s consuming Europe and crossing the Atlantic I live in Brussels. Not the Brussels of postcards and European summits. The real one. The Brussels where Jewish schools sit behind armed guards, where synagogues are built like fortresses, where Jewish parents quietly tell their children to tuck the Star of David inside their shirts before they leave the house.  I know what antisemitism looks like when it stops hiding. I have spent my life watching it return to a continent that swore it never would. So let me ask the question no one seems willing to ask out loud: Why can’t I, as a European who lives here and sees this every single day, look across the ocean and tell America exactly what is coming? Why can’t I warn you that the thing I am living through is already arriving at your door? And why should that warning be addressed only to Jewish leaders, when it concerns every single American who still believes this can’t happen here? WESTERN LEADERS MUST CONFRONT ISLAMIST-INSPIRED ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE BEFORE IT TARGETS EVERYONE It can. It is. And I am not speaking only to the Jewish community. I am speaking to all of you — mayors, governors, senators, police chiefs, university presidents. Anyone with the authority to act and the temptation to look away. Wake up. In Europe, antisemitism did not come back wearing a swastika. It came back wrapped in slogans. It marched under the banner of justice. It called itself activism, and it dared anyone to object. And it did not arrive alone. It arrived alongside a violent extremism that European leaders spent 20 years insisting was a fringe — a misunderstanding, a problem that would dissolve on its own if only we were patient and tolerant enough. It was none of those things. It was a warning we refused to read, and we are paying for that refusal now. We told ourselves we could manage it. We told ourselves it was someone else’s neighborhood, someone else’s children, someone else’s problem. We were wrong on every count. Look at what a single weekend can now do to a great European capital. Look at Paris, where order collapsed overnight, where hundreds were arrested, where a mob laid siege to a police station in one of the most elegant districts in the world, where the Eiffel Tower itself shut its doors because the authorities could no longer promise the center would hold.  The specific spark hardly matters. The lesson is always the same: a free, confident, modern city can lose command of its own streets faster than anyone in charge will admit. And when the streets are already lost, the Jews are always the first to feel it. Americans watch these scenes the way you’d watch a storm over a distant sea. Terrible. Tragic. But far away. Foreign. Unrepeatable here. SIGN UP FOR ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED NEWSLETTER That is precisely what we told ourselves in Europe. For generations, America was the opposite of this continent. A Jew could walk down any street in Brooklyn or Boca Raton without doing the math on his own safety. A child could wear a yarmulke to school without a parent’s stomach tightening. A synagogue did not have to look like a bunker. America was the place that proved it did not have to end the way Europe always seemed to end. That was not luck. It was a civic culture that treated Jew-hatred as disqualifying, not debatable. That is the confidence now beginning to crack. And the people accelerating the crack are not a fringe in masks. They are winning arguments. They are shaping what counts as acceptable on campuses, in city councils, in the feeds where your children form their opinions. They are teaching a generation that some hatreds are sophisticated and forgivable and that the oldest hatred of all is simply one more political position. When antisemitism is excused because it wears the right political colors, the danger spreads. When violent extremism is rationalized because confronting it is uncomfortable, the danger spreads. When the people in charge offer statements instead of standards, the danger spreads. And every extremist hears the same message we heard in Europe: no one is going to stop you. I am not asking America to become afraid. Fear is what they want. I am asking America to become honest — while honesty still costs you almost nothing. This is not about disagreement. Democracies are built to argue, and a healthy one argues fiercely. It is about whether a society confronts hatred consistently, even when the source is fashionable, even when the people spreading it claim the moral high ground, even when it would be easier to call it something gentler than what it is. That is the test Europe failed. The proof is on my street, in my city, in capitals across this continent, every single day. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION So here is my question to America’s leaders, and I want you to sit with it: You can see what has happened here. I am telling you plainly, as a man who lives inside it. So knowing what Europe has become — knowing the guards, the fortress synagogues, the families who have already packed and gone — how could you possibly choose to let it happen there? I am offering you what my own generation of leaders never got in time: a warning, delivered early, while the door is still open and the price of acting is still small. Europe has already seen this movie. We know exactly how it ends. America still has time to write a different one. But not much. Do not wait until you need my experience to finally believe my warning. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200bcdee6011c3f4ea7073 DNA from mystery juvenile male raises questions in Carnival cruise murder case against teen stepbrother te 2026-06-03T11:11:09.992Z DNA from mystery juvenile male raises questions in Carnival cruise murder case against teen stepbrother Content warning: This article includes descriptions of sexual assault that some readers may find distressing. Federal investigators have obtained a DNA sample from a mystery juvenile male who allegedly had sex with 18-year-old Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival cruise ship shortly before her death. This development introduces a potential twist as federal prosecutors move forward with their case against Kepner’s stepbrother, Timothy Hudson, who faces charges for her alleged sexual assault and murder. The revelation is detailed in a recently unsealed 145-page detention hearing transcript. Hudson, previously identified in juvenile court documents by his initials, T.H., is accused of killing Kepner inside their shared cabin aboard the Carnival Horizon in November 2025 as the ship sailed from Cozumel, Mexico, back to Miami. If convicted, the teenager could face a maximum penalty of life in prison. ANNA KEPNER DIES MYSTERIOUSLY DURING FAMILY VACATION ON CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP: TIMELINE OF EVENTS According to the transcript, prosecutors disclosed that Kepner had sexual intercourse during the cruise with an out-of-state minor, referred to in court as "minor witness two." Investigators confirmed this individual is not Hudson, who was 16 at the time of the killing. The disclosure came as prosecutors laid out DNA evidence collected after Kepner’s body was found in cabin 8343, which she shared with Hudson and her 13-year-old brother. ANNA KEPNER'S STEPBROTHER CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE: COURT DOCS Prosecutors said a rape kit collected during Kepner’s autopsy produced male DNA from two vaginal swabs, including one that tested positive for sperm. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Based on those preliminary results, the FBI obtained a search warrant for Hudson’s DNA. Investigators also collected DNA from the out-of-state minor who allegedly had sex with Kepner during the cruise. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Prosecutors said the FBI lab compared DNA standards from Hudson and "minor witness two" to the male DNA profile found in the vaginal swabs. According to the government, the other minor was excluded as a contributor. Prosecutors said the DNA instead strongly supported Hudson as the male contributor. SEND US A TIP HERE The government said that one swab was 120 sextillion times more likely to include DNA from Kepner and Hudson than from Kepner and an unknown, unrelated person. CARNIVAL CRUISE SHIP DEATH: FAMILY DYNAMICS MAY EXPLAIN INVESTIGATORS’ SILENCE, LEGAL EXPERT SAYS A second swab, which was negative for sperm but positive for male DNA, was described as 1.2 septillion times more likely to include Hudson than an unknown, unrelated person. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The defense, however, signaled that the other sexual encounter and the timeline could become part of its strategy. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB During the hearing, Hudson’s attorney argued prosecutors were making assumptions about the evidence, including whether the sexual contact, alleged sexual assault and homicide were all part of the same event. The defense pressed an FBI agent on whether the medical examiner could determine how long after intercourse Kepner died, or whether the person involved in the intercourse was the same person who killed her. The agent responded that he didn't "think they made that determination." Prosecutors argued the evidence pointed to Hudson, citing the DNA, CCTV footage, phone-location data and the cabin timeline. They said Kepner was last seen entering the cabin at 7:38 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2025 and was not seen leaving again. Prosecutors also said Hudson was in the cabin with her for a key stretch of time and that her phone later appeared to travel along the same route as Hudson before it was found destroyed in a trash bin. The judge found probable cause but said he would not characterize the government’s case as strong, calling it "a much closer call" and noting that "various defenses" could be raised. Hudson’s case is expected to go to trial in September. Fox News Digital has reached out to Hudson's attorneys for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200bb9ee6011c3f4ea706a [EMBARGO] Meta leads largest-ever anti-scam operation with FBI and DOJ, resulting in 63 arrests te 2026-06-03T11:10:49.993Z [EMBARGO] Meta leads largest-ever anti-scam operation with FBI and DOJ, resulting in 63 arrests A sweeping anti-scam operation led by Meta and backed by the FBI, Department of Justice, Microsoft, Coinbase and Starlink resulted in 63 arrests, millions of dollars in frozen cryptocurrency and the removal of more than a million scam-related online accounts, officials announced Tuesday. Meta said the operation was the company’s largest anti-scam operation to date and described it as the first coordinated anti-scam effort of its kind for the company to bring together major technology companies, financial platforms and law enforcement agencies to target the broader fraud ecosystem. The two-week operation began May 18 and brought together the DOJ’s Scam Center Strike Force — led by U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Ferris Pirro — along with the FBI, the Royal Thai Police, Microsoft, Coinbase, Starlink and other international law enforcement partners. The effort spanned Washington, D.C., and Thailand and also included the U.S. Secret Service and law enforcement agencies from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Thailand. GLOBAL SCAM CRACKDOWN LEADS TO 276 ARRESTS The operation targeted criminal scam networks that authorities say steal billions of dollars from Americans each year through romance scams, cryptocurrency investment fraud and other fraudulent schemes. Officials said many of the organizations operate from forced-labor compounds in Southeast Asia linked to transnational organized crime groups. Authorities have also warned that some people working inside Southeast Asian scam compounds are trafficking victims coerced into carrying out fraud, while law enforcement efforts have focused on alleged organizers, recruiters, money launderers and network operators. "Protecting people around the world from scams is one of our highest priorities," Chris Sonderby, Meta’s vice president and deputy general counsel, said in a statement. Sonderby said the operation "demonstrates the power of partnerships to combat scammers." GLOBAL TASK FORCE DISMANTLES 'PIG-BUTCHERING' CRYPTO FRAUD RINGS PREYING ON AMERICANS "We’re proud to partner with industry and DOJ, FBI, Royal Thai Police, and other law enforcement agencies in taking this global fight directly to these Asia-based scam centers at their source," he added. As part of the operation, Meta removed approximately 1.4 million scam accounts, pages and groups from Facebook and Instagram. The Royal Thai Police arrested 63 individuals allegedly connected to scam centers. THEY WERE FORCED TO SCAM OTHERS WORLDWIDE; NOW THOUSANDS ARE DETAINED ON THE BURMESE BORDER Coinbase froze more than $3 million in cryptocurrency assets tied to criminal networks. Microsoft disabled roughly 20,000 accounts linked to scam operations, Meta said. Starlink disrupted thousands of internet terminals associated with the networks, according to Meta. Authorities also identified dozens of previously unknown scam compounds and criminal networks, which were referred to law enforcement agencies for further investigation. Meta said the effort marked its third joint operation with the DOJ Scam Center Strike Force since December 2025. The scale of the operation has grown dramatically, from 59,000 scam assets removed in December to 150,000 in March and 1.4 million in the latest crackdown, according to Meta. Across all three operations, the company said it has removed more than 1.6 million scam accounts, pages and groups and provided intelligence that helped lead to 84 arrests by the Royal Thai Police. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200975ee6011c3f4ea6fb4 Aaron Donald mulling NFL return after Rams trade for Myles Garrett, eyeing Super Bowl at SoFi te 2026-06-03T11:01:09.603Z Aaron Donald mulling NFL return after Rams trade for Myles Garrett, eyeing Super Bowl at SoFi Aaron Donald hasn't played since 2023, and, after recently turning 35, has taken up golf, so everything about his life suggests that life is good and he's not coming out of retirement to resume his 10-year NFL career. Or is he? Nah. His wife, Erica Donald, had heard the rumors and mostly dismissed them as "hilarious" on Tuesday. So the idea that the Los Angeles Rams — setting themselves up for a Super Bowl run after they just traded for All-World pass rusher Myles Garrett, after adding a star starting cornerback duo, after getting the word from MVP quarterback Matthew Stafford that he's playing in 2026 — would be unbeatable with Donald coming back is crazy talk. Right? Riiiiiight?!?! Wrong. NFL GREAT AARON DONALD MAY COME OUT OF RETIREMENT TO JOIN MYLES GARRETT ON RAMS' DEFENSE, EX-TEAMMATE SAYS Because no one — not Rams coach Sean McVay, and not Donald — is dismissing the notion. Indeed, both are kind of feeding the idea. "Listen, if he's interested, here’s what I’ll say," McVay told reporters Tuesday afternoon at the Garrett introduction news conference. "You talk to Aaron, and you see what he’s saying about that."' Looking for the part where McVay said it's out of the question... Looking... Still looking. Nope, don't find it. "Here’s what I would tell you guys overall, too," McVay added, "Aaron is a guy that I stay really close in touch with, and I know the respect that he has for Myles. "Talked to him about the opportunity to bring [Garrett] on board. If Aaron decides he wants to dust ‘em off at the age of 35, I bet you he can still do it at a pretty high clip." RAMS ADDING MYLES GARRETT AS PART OF BLOCKBUSTER TRADE AND SUPER BOWL PUSH FOR 2026 SEASON No one doubts that. Donald supposedly finished off his career three years ago by collecting eight sacks at his usual defensive tackle spot and earning both All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors. He even got some Comeback Player of the Year votes because that final season was better than his previous one in 2022. Donald also had a reputation for being a maniac about taking care of his body and staying in shape. He's continued to do that even in retirement. So, it's not out of the question he could help the Rams as they vie for a bid to a Super Bowl that will be played in their hometown at SoFi Stadium. And this: Donald is mulling the idea, per a report. "I’m for sure flirting with the idea," Donald texted Jordan Schultz of the Schultz Report on Tuesday night. "Helluva an opportunity with the Super Bowl in SoFi this year. If I can find the fire, it’s a possibility." Again, where is the "no" in that sentence? Donald has about seven weeks before the Rams report to training camp. He has time to figure out during that time if the "fire" is still there. Even if he isn't sure by the start of camp, he might decide to play the long game and perhaps join the team after the season begins. Some veterans often like that idea because it gets them out of dealing with difficult training camp practices. And if the Rams are winning but could use some extra help, Donald joining the fray could be a huge boost. This isn't speculation. The door is open and Aaron Donald is going to consider it. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200961ee6011c3f4ea6fab Could your Samsung phone replace your passport? te 2026-06-03T11:00:49.675Z Could your Samsung phone replace your passport? Anyone who travels a lot knows the moment. You reach the TSA line, your bag slides off your shoulder, your boarding pass is somewhere on your phone and your passport somehow sinks to the bottom of your carry-on. Samsung wants to make that routine less annoying. The company has partnered with CLEAR to launch Samsung ID with CLEAR, a free digital ID inside Samsung Wallet. It uses information from a U.S. passport and lets eligible Galaxy users verify their identity at more than 250 TSA checkpoints that support digital IDs. That sounds incredibly convenient. Still, this new feature also raises a bigger question. How much of your identity should live inside one app on your phone? If you use an iPhone, we break down Apple’s version here. GOOGLE CHROME AUTOFILL NOW HANDLES IDS Samsung ID with CLEAR is a mobile digital ID stored in Samsung Wallet. It is backed by information from your U.S. passport and verified by CLEAR. Once approved, you can use it at supported TSA checkpoints by presenting your phone instead of digging out your physical ID. Samsung says travelers can present the ID with a tap or QR scan. That could make a real difference when you are juggling a carry-on, laptop bag, coffee and impatient travelers behind you. Woncheol Chai, EVP and Head of Digital Wallet Team, Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics, said the feature is designed to make airport travel and identity verification "easier and frictionless" for users. However, this feature does not mean you should leave your passport or REAL ID-compliant document at home. Keep a physical ID with you in case TSA needs it or a checkpoint does not support digital ID verification. Right now, Samsung ID with CLEAR has a few important limits. Samsung says the feature is available to U.S. passport holders and works only at select TSA checkpoints that support digital ID verification. Samsung Wallet itself requires a compatible Samsung smartphone, Android 9.0 or higher and a Samsung account. However, availability can still depend on your phone, airport and TSA reader support. That means you should not assume every TSA lane will accept it. Look for a supported digital ID checkpoint before relying on your Galaxy phone. 1 BILLION IDENTITY RECORDS EXPOSED IN ID VERIFICATION DATA LEAK Here's how Samsung says you can add Samsung ID with CLEAR to Samsung Wallet: CLEAR verifies U.S. passports added to Samsung Wallet, then Samsung Wallet stores the digital ID on your phone. Once your Samsung ID with CLEAR is approved, you can use it at supported TSA checkpoints. Samsung and CLEAR say travelers can present the ID with a tap or QR scan. That means you may be able to keep your physical passport in your bag while moving through airport security. Still, Samsung notes the feature only works at select TSA checkpoints with compatible TSA reader machines. A boarding pass may also still be required for ID verification at the checkpoint. So, the smart move is simple. Use the phone for convenience, but keep your backup ID close. BIOMETRIC IRIS SCANNING LAUNCHES IN US CITIES FOR DIGITAL IDENTITY Samsung says Samsung Wallet now supports passports, travel, age 21+ checks and other government use cases through this CLEAR integration. The company also says Samsung ID with CLEAR can be used at select sporting arenas, including BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Samsung isn’t the only tech company moving in this direction. Apple Wallet and Google Wallet also support passport-based digital IDs for domestic TSA checks at select airports. The difference here is that Samsung's version uses CLEAR for identity verification and places the credential inside Samsung Wallet. That could make venue entry and age checks faster. Instead of handing over your driver's license or passport, you may be able to verify from your phone. This is where the bigger digital wallet race gets interesting. Your phone already stores payment cards, tickets, boarding passes, keys and loyalty cards. Now identity is becoming part of that same experience. Samsung says Samsung ID with CLEAR requires fingerprint or PIN access. The company also says Samsung Knox helps secure the digital ID on Galaxy devices and that ID information is encrypted directly on the device. That should give users some confidence. However, convenience always comes with tradeoffs. A digital ID can reduce how often you pull out your passport. It can also lower the odds of leaving your ID behind at a checkpoint, bar or stadium counter. At the same time, your phone becomes even more important. If it gets lost, damaged, locked or drained, you need another way to prove who you are. Settings may vary depending on your Android phone’s manufacturer Before adding your passport to Samsung Wallet, update your phone and Samsung Wallet app. On your Galaxy phone, go to Settings → Software update → Download and install. To update Samsung Wallet, open the Galaxy Store or Google Play Store → search Samsung Wallet → tap Update if one is available. Also, make sure your Samsung account has strong protection. Go to Settings → tap your Samsung account name at the top → Security and privacy → Two-step verification and make sure it is turned on. Use fingerprint authentication or a secure PIN. To check this, go to Settings → Security and privacy → Lock screen → Screen lock type, then choose a stronger unlock method. Avoid obvious PINs like birthdays, repeated numbers or your street address. 11 EASY WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR ONLINE PRIVACY IN 2025 You should also keep your physical passport or REAL ID-compliant document in a safe pocket of your bag. That gives you a fallback if a TSA reader is unavailable or your phone fails. Finally, review what you store in Samsung Wallet. Open Samsung Wallet → tap All → review your cards, passes, IDs and keys. Digital wallets can be useful, but they should not become a messy drawer for every credential you own. Samsung ID with CLEAR could make travel feel a little less frustrating. For frequent flyers, the appeal is obvious. Your phone is already in your hand, your bag is probably full and the TSA line rarely feels like the place to start searching for documents. Still, this is about more than airport convenience. The more your phone becomes your wallet, key ring, boarding pass and ID holder, the more you need to protect it like the center of your digital life. Digital IDs may soon feel normal. For now, Samsung ID with CLEAR looks useful, but your physical passport still deserves a safe spot in your bag. Would you trust your phone enough to use it as your main ID at the airport, or does that feel like giving one device too much control over your life? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a200245ee6011c3f4ea6e62 Remaining Uncounted Ballots in California Elections Are Likely to Lean Democratic te 2026-06-03T10:30:29.352Z Remaining Uncounted Ballots in California Elections Are Likely to Lean Democratic Democratic voters returned their ballots later than Republicans in this year’s primaries, which could cause candidate standings to reshuffle as votes continue to be reported. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ffe0dee6011c3f4ea6d8b Martina Navratilova says she tried to warn Kamala Harris' campaign about trans athletes: 'Nobody would listen' te 2026-06-03T10:12:29.675Z Martina Navratilova says she tried to warn Kamala Harris' campaign about trans athletes: 'Nobody would listen' Tennis legend Martina Navratilova says Democrats had a chance to listen about transgender athletes and women’s sex-based rights. They didn’t. Navratilova, an 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and one of the most prominent openly gay athletes in sports history, told OutKick in a recent interview that she attempted to get a message to Kamala Harris as Republicans hammered Democrats over the issue of transgender athletes and women’s sex-based rights during the 2024 election. "I tried to get to Kamala Harris’ campaign," Navratilova told OutKick. "Nobody would listen to me." MARTINA NAVRATILOVA SAYS BILLIE JEAN KING’S TRANS-ATHLETE STANCE ‘DOESN’T SQUARE’ WITH HER OWN WORDS OutKick contacted Harris’ office and a former senior communications official for Harris’ 2024 campaign seeking comment on Navratilova’s claim. Neither responded. For Navratilova, that wasn’t just a campaign problem. It was a Democratic Party problem. She said the silence from Democrats does not reflect what many of them say privately. "The politicians, I’ve spoken to some of them, Democrats, and they agree with me. But they said, ‘If I say so publicly, I will get primaried. I will not get reelected,’" Navratilova said. That leaves Democratic leaders stuck between voters and activists, according to Navratilova. "Most Democratic voters agree that this is not okay," Navratilova said. "They are against all inclusion and self-ID, and they are for women, but Democrats don’t see how they’re throwing women under the bus this way, and it’s just infuriating." Polling has shown the issue cuts across party lines. A January 2025 New York Times/Ipsos survey found 67% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning respondents said biological males who identify as girls or women should not be allowed to compete in women’s sports. Navratilova is not speaking as a conservative outsider. Navratilova has been publicly out since 1981 and spent decades advocating for gay rights. She still considers herself part of the left. That’s part of what makes her warning so pointed. Navratilova said she tried to reach Harris’ campaign through a person connected to the campaign, but couldn’t break through. She said advocates for women’s sex-based rights have run into the same barrier when trying to speak with Democratic lawmakers. "When we try to get a meeting with the Democratic senators and congresspeople, the staff won’t let us through," Navratilova said. "They’re young people, and they are the ones that control everybody. And they’re the ones that are telling them what’s what." Navratilova said part of the problem is that Democrats often want to avoid conflict at all costs. "I mean, we’re Democrats, we want to make everybody happy, right?" Navratilova said. "And women, particularly, they’re taught to be that way, so we don’t want to make anybody mad and upset and hurt, but they’re not seeing the other side, that they’re actually hurting so many women on this front." That is the heart of the issue, according to Navratilova. Democrats can talk about inclusion, but biological males entering women’s sports creates consequences for female athletes. It costs them roster spots, podium spots, championships and opportunities. And Navratilova said those consequences are not limited to college or professional sports. "It starts at the high school level," Navratilova said. She pointed to high school athlete AB Hernandez, who won California high school girls’ high jump and triple jump titles in 2025 and defended both state titles in 2026, and other recent cases involving trans-identifying male athletes winning girls’ state championships. INSIDE THE LAST DANCE OF AB HERNANDEZ "It’s not just one-off," Navratilova said. "It doesn’t matter how many because one affects everybody around them." And even one athlete, she argued, can change much more than an individual result. "Whether they’re on their team or on the opposing team, they win the school championship because the boy won the high jump and now everybody on that team wins and the other team loses because it was not a fair fight," Navratilova said. Republicans have repeatedly hit Democrats over transgender issues, particularly on biological males in women’s sports. Navratilova said Democrats should not expect that to stop. "Look how much Trump is bringing it up every chance he gets," Navratilova said. "They are going to keep using it." One of Trump’s 2024 attack ads targeted Harris over statements she made during the 2019 Democratic primary supporting access to gender-transition procedures for prisoners and detainees, and closed with a simple message: "Kamala’s agenda is they/them, not you." The ad became one of the clearest examples of what Navratilova says Democrats failed to confront. "They used it," Navratilova said. "They’re very clever, and it was used against the Democrats in a very effective way." According to the Associated Press, Harris Deputy Campaign Manager Quentin Fulks called the Trump ad "very effective" and said it made Harris "seem out of touch." Navratilova’s point is not that the ad alone cost Harris the election. It’s that Democrats made themselves vulnerable on an issue that many voters see as clear-cut. "I have had so many people say to me, if they can’t say what a woman is, how can I trust them on anything else?" Navratilova said. "Honestly, it’s just so obvious." She added that the problems go beyond sports. In her view, Democrats and progressive activists have allowed women’s spaces, awards and opportunities to be redefined in ways that often elevate biological males who identify as women, not females who identify as men. Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender member of Congress after being sworn in to represent Delaware’s lone House seat. Rachel Levine became the highest-ranking openly transgender federal official in U.S. history after being confirmed as assistant secretary for health under former President Joe Biden. Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer, was named Woman of the Year by Attitude magazine after the Bud Light controversy. That is the dynamic Navratilova is talking about. "Guess who is getting the prizes? Guess who is getting the positions of power?" Navratilova said. "Where is the congresswoman here, or a board of directors here, or head of this charity, or this beauty pageant? It’s always males coming into women’s spaces. It’s not the other way around." That is why Navratilova believes Democrats are making both a moral mistake and a political one. They are not just losing an argument, she said. They are refusing to have it. Navratilova tried to warn the Harris campaign. She says Democratic politicians privately know there’s a problem. But publicly, she says, the party keeps choosing activists over women. And Republicans, Navratilova warned, will keep taking advantage of it. "If they can’t say what a woman is, how can I trust them on anything else?" Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ffdf9ee6011c3f4ea6d82 Hey, restaurants: do us all a huge favor and stop serving your food on planks of wood te 2026-06-03T10:12:09.672Z Hey, restaurants: do us all a huge favor and stop serving your food on planks of wood It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to tuck a napkin into our shirts and get to complainin’ in an all-new edition of The Gripe Report. And this week, we’re talking about one of my favorite topics: food. I know. Surprising given my chilled, Herculean physique and higher-than-average cholesterol. I love food. In fact, I love it so much I actually eat it several times a day. However, like anything, I have a lot of thoughts about it, and while we’ve touched on food in Gripe Reports past, I think everyone appreciates a good round of food gripes because we all experience food. If you didn’t, you’d die. You don’t really get much of a choice in the matter. So what do you say? Grab yourself a beverage and maybe throw on some sweatpants because we’re about to whip up a big bowl of complaints. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE Like a great many of you, we got some baked beans for our Memorial Day cookout. Now, those come in different flavors, many of which taste alike.  We had some like maple-y ones, and if you blindfolded me and gave me another flavor, I’m not sure I could tell the difference. But, recently, the folks at Bush’s — they of talking dog commercial fame — uncorked this triumvirate of unholy bean flavors. I’ll be honest, apple pie could work and dill pickle piques my interest, but rocket pop? I hate that this is a thing now. Companies seem to just sit around and go, "Hey, what if we made Pop-Tarts that taste like jerky?" then they do, and everyone’s like, "Whoa, that’s f-–ked up. Beef jerky Pop-Tarts," and then maybe a couple people buy them to make a video and go viral. Other than that, they just go away. Call me old-fashioned; I like when things taste like what they are. I like coffee that tastes like coffee and beer that tastes like beer. That’s my biggest problem with craft beer. Places are like, "Hey, try this beer; it tastes like Twizzlers," instead of just making beer that tastes like a good beer. It’s a fad, and will fortunately fall by the wayside like Pet Rocks and clear electronics (I kind of miss that one though the see-through N64 hit different). I’m not going to lie, I’ve got mixed feelings about brunch. On one hand, I love that it is basically a food all-star game. Ever wonder what would happen if waffles played on a line with a club sandwich and a bowl of lobster bisque? Well, brunch lets you find out. But, like all good things, it has been bastardized to the point of not being worth your time. For starters, I feel like brunch reservations are always hard to get, and that’s all because you get table after table of women playing dress-up, taking up space so they can snap photos of themselves with mimosas. No one cares. Literally no one cares. You’re just taking up space from the real heroes: those of us who have to make the Sophie’s choice of having eggs or a burger. Eh, screw it, throw the egg on the burger. I want to go back to the salad days of brunch (don’t waste your appetite on salad, but the way). I did a cruise recently and was chasing bites of waffle with bites of gorgonzola and grape pizza. Now that is brunch. The only rule is that there are no rules. I like an avocado, but buying those things is the absolute bane of my existence. If you’re in the market for avocados, there’s at least a 50% chance that you should just save yourself some time and throw a few dollars down the garbage disposal. There are really only two scenarios: you’ll either get an avocado that is about as hard as a diamond or one that feels like it's full of pudding. There is no in-between. I always opt for the diamond-hard ones, because those will at least, in theory, make their way into the edible range.  The issue is that this window is small. Practically microscopic. On more than one occasion, I have looked at an avocado sitting in the fruit dish on the counter, and said, "Okay, tomorrow, you will be perfect and are going on a turkey club or in a salad or on toast. You will be consumed in some manner." I go to bed, wake up, go downstairs, and that same avocado I was planning on eating is now some brown, rancid mess. I know no one likes genetically modified anything, but I think the genetics on avocados could maybe use some gussying up. Maybe fix that turns them to s--t while I’m sleeping. My wife and I went to one of our favorite Mexican joints a couple nights ago.  One of the greatest things about being married that no one tells you about is counter-ordering. I asked my wife what she was ordering, and she said the birria tacos. This was great because that was one thing I wanted, but I also wanted the grouper tacos.  I love grouper. Those big ugly sumbitches are tasty. So, I knew I was getting both because my wife didn’t finish hers. The only problem was her birria tacos were served on a plank, which we both hate. Why do restaurants do this? It’s always "hip" restaurants too, and this was one of those. Are they too cool for a plate? Usually these planks come with fries in a little metal cup and cost like $30 because it’s a "craft burger." I feel like this started with sandwiches and has now made its way south of the border. Sure, things you eat with your hands aren’t a huge problem, but this plank included a little domed igloo of Mexican rice. It’s so hard to eat anything like that off of a plank because they lack the raised edges that plates have, which aid in getting things on your fork and keeping debris from getting all over the table. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! I’ve been served turkey clubs with shredded lettuce on planks, and when I’m done, there’s so much shredded lettuce on the table, it looks like I tried to cut it with a weed whacker. So, if you’re ever in a restaurant and hear a loud groan, it’s probably me, and whatever I ordered just arrived on a plank. … That’s it for this week’s edition of The Gripe Report! Be sure to send your gripes to matthew.reigle@outkick.com for a future edition! Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ffde5ee6011c3f4ea6d79 Israeli official says EU sanctions reveal antisemitism hiding behind 'socially acceptable mask' te 2026-06-03T10:11:49.672Z Israeli official says EU sanctions reveal antisemitism hiding behind 'socially acceptable mask' Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister accuses the EU of weaponizing a "socially acceptable mask" of anti-Zionism to target the Jewish state — after Brussels sanctioned Israeli civil society groups that oppose Palestinian statehood. "We are witnessing a deeply troubling trend where traditional antisemitism has simply put on a new, socially acceptable mask: anti-Zionism," Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel told Fox News Digital. "Where prejudice once targeted the individual Jew, it is now directed at the collective Jewish state and our fundamental right to live in our ancestral homeland. But make no mistake, the political targeting of Israel always bleeds into an assault on Jewish life itself," Haskel added.  The European Union imposed the sanctions on four Israeli civil society organizations and three of their senior figures, alleging support for "settler violence" and claiming they undermine prospects for a Palestinian state — a move that Regavim, one of the groups targeted, described as an infringement on Israeli sovereignty. LEADING EVANGELICALS IN PUSH TO HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP RECOGNIZE ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY OVER ‘BIBLICAL HEARTLAND’ "Our entire activity consists of legal and parliamentary work. We collect and analyze information and policies and go to court and the legislature to highlight areas where Israel’s policy is either lacking or misguided," Naomi Kahn, Regavim’s Director of International Division, told Fox News Digital. "The European Union is trying to control the internal political system and policies of an independent state that is supposed to be an ally. When we point out the absurdity of the situation, they don’t like it," she said. In its announcement, the European External Action Service (EEAS) stated that "extremist settlers and the organizations supporting them contribute directly to violence, forced displacement and dispossession across the West Bank." The sanctions, according to the EEAS, "target entities and individuals that facilitate, finance or support activities contributing to settler violence and serious human rights abuses against Palestinians." The statement also accused Regavim of lobbying for "the demolition of Palestinian property" and referenced an EU-funded school in Jabbet al-Dhib near Bethlehem. 'SQUAD' MEMBERS 'DECIDE TO LIE AND TWIST FACTS' ABOUT ISRAEL'S HISTORY, SAYS PROMINENT ARAB ACTIVIST Kahn said the school was constructed illegally on Israeli state land in Area C, within a nature reserve connected to the Herodian complex. She said legal proceedings were carried out regarding the structure and that it was ultimately demolished. Under the 1993 Oslo Accords, negotiated during the Clinton administration, the West Bank was divided into three areas: Area A, under full Palestinian control; Area B, under Palestinian civil authority with Israeli security control; and Area C, under full Israeli administrative and security control. Kahn added that an engineering assessment found the school unsafe for use, arguing that placing students and teachers inside it posed "downright dangerous" conditions. "We pointed out that the E.U. and the Palestinian Authority are simply violating the law in a very purposeful, systematic way to take control of Area C using structures like schools, sometimes mosques, and homes of innocent people that they push into those areas," she added. Regavim has published a report claiming there are 100 illegal schools in Area C that it says are being used by the P.A. as part of a broader strategy of de facto annexation. Separately, a 2023 mapping study by Regavim estimated that roughly 103,000 unauthorized Arab-built structures exist across the West Bank, asserting that the P.A.—often with external support — has facilitated extensive illegal construction activity. SIGN UP FOR ANTISEMITISM EXPOSED NEWSLETTER In response, Israel’s cabinet last month approved a set of broad measures aimed at countering efforts by the P.A. to establish de facto control over disputed territories. Under the resolution, initiatives attributed to Ramallah to create a parallel land registry in Area C were declared to have no legal validity or standing. "The real target here is not violence, but legitimate political opposition. The sanctioned organizations do not support violent action; rather, they have consistently challenged the concept of a two-state solution and exposed how the EU actively builds illegal structures in Judea and Samaria," Haskel said, referring to the biblical names of the territories," Haskel said. She accused the EU of disregarding the Oslo Accords and "attempting to unilaterally alter facts on the ground to steal Israeli land." Haskel acknowledged there was an issue, as in any society, "with some individuals who break the law, but emphasized they represent a small minority and that Israel investigates and prosecutes them. She said grouping hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Israeli residents in the West Bank together with Hamas — a genocidal terror organization responsible for mass murder — distorts moral distinctions." She said, "This creates a false and dangerous symmetry that minimizes the exceptional threat of global terrorism while politically targeting individual Israelis. It is an unacceptable moral equivalence that blurs the line between a sovereign democracy defending its people and the savage terror apparatus trying to destroy it." Fox News Digital repeatedly sought comment from the European External Action Service, which referred us to its original sanctions statement. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ffdd1ee6011c3f4ea6d70 America's favorite pizza may be getting a makeover as protein demand surges te 2026-06-03T10:11:29.752Z America's favorite pizza may be getting a makeover as protein demand surges One of America's largest pizza chains may introduce a protein-boosted pizza. The news came from a recent call with Sandeep Reddy, Domino's chief financial officer, according to Yahoo Finance's executive editor Brian Sozzi. The idea was floated by analysts from Bernstein, a New York-based investment research firm, after discussions with the CFO, who did not disclose any specific product innovations. PIZZA USED TO BE CHEAP, FILLING AND EVERYWHERE — NOW AMERICANS ARE WALKING AWAY FROM IT "Once again, for competitive reasons, management did not share the type of innovation, but we appreciated that ideas like a protein-boosted pizza, revamped chicken platform and variations of existing formats (e.g., a deep dish or new stuffing for the crust) could be operationally deployed and are likely in the long-term pipeline of ideas that management could eventually tap in," the note said, according to Sozzi. Fox News Digital reached out to Domino's for comment. While Domino's has not confirmed plans for a protein-focused pizza, the concept tracks with a broader industry push toward higher-protein menu offerings. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER "There's no doubt protein is on the rise," said Maeve Webster, the Vermont-based president of Menu Matters and a restaurant industry expert. From a consumer standpoint, protein is "intuitive and requires little advanced understanding," Webster told Fox News Digital. "Protein is good," she said. "Most people like eating it in some form, and adding it to anything will make it healthier." CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "Obviously, that's reductive, but that's as easy as it is for the consumer — most of whom don't want to or don't have the time to dive deeper into health issues." She also cited the continued growth of GLP-1s as a key reason for protein's booming popularity. "Adding protein to popular and indulgent items can reduce any guilt associated with its consumption," she said. "Recently, we've seen fiber begin to challenge protein as the trending macro nutrient, and the need for more fiber is greater than the need for more protein. ... But protein tends to be sexier, tastier — just another reason to add another slice of bacon to that burger — and more youthful." The news comes as demand for protein-rich foods continues to climb. Earlier this year, the chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola floated the idea of adding protein or fiber to more soft drinks. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Last fall, Starbucks introduced its Protein Lattes and Protein Cold Foam, which contain between 15 and 36 grams of protein per beverage. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ffdbdee6011c3f4ea6d67 Gallup poll finds Americans' support for LGBTQ+ issues sliding backward amid cultural shift te 2026-06-03T10:11:09.757Z Gallup poll finds Americans' support for LGBTQ+ issues sliding backward amid cultural shift A new Gallup poll reveals that Americans' support for LGBTQ+ issues has plateaued and begun to slide backward, with fewer Americans favoring same-sex marriage or viewing gay relationships as morally acceptable. The survey, released Wednesday, finds while a majority of Americans (65%) still support legal same-sex marriage, that figure has dropped six percentage points from its peak in 2022 and 2023. Meanwhile, moral acceptance of gay and lesbian relationships has dipped to 62%, which Gallup says is its lowest point since 2016. Public acceptance of gender transition has experienced an even steeper decline over the last five years. Today, just 38% of Americans believe changing one's gender is morally acceptable, down eight points since 2021, while a 57% majority view it as morally wrong. The cultural shift is largely driven by Republicans and, to a lesser extent, independents, while Democrats' views on LGBTQ issues have remained steady, Gallup says. LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE TURNS 10 AFTER LANDMARK SUPREME COURT DECISION RESHAPED AMERICAN LAW AND CULTURE The partisan shift is clearly seen on attitudes towards same-sex marriage. Among Republicans, support for legal same-sex marriage has plummeted to 37%, down from the 55% majority recorded in 2021-2022. Independents also saw a six-point drop to 67%, while Democrats have held steady at 87% since 2022. A similar pattern emerged on views on the morality of same-sex relationships. Among Republicans, acceptance fell 21 points to 35%, falling to levels not seen since 2005-2014. Independents' had an eight-point decline, dropping to 64% while there was no meaningful change among Democrats, at 81%. VOTERS WIDELY OPPOSE TAXPAYER-FUNDED GENDER SURGERIES, REVEALING DEMOCRAT PARTY'S VULNERABILITY: POLL Another stark contrast is seen on the issue of gender transition. Just 5% of Republicans view changing one's gender as morally acceptable, compared to 42% of independents and 60% of Democrats. Gallup noted that Republicans' support for this issue has steadily declined since 2021, but independents and Democrats' attitudes had held steady until a sudden drop in support this year. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE The survey results were gathered from Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs survey conducted in early May. While Americans have become more supportive of gay marriage over the past 20 years, support has dropped marginally every year since 2024. Similarly, moral approval of gay and lesbian relations rose from 40% in 2001 to 71% in 2022, before a sharp drop to 64% in 2023, where it has since plateaued. Gallup framed the declining support for LGBTQ issues in recent years as a result of conservative pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives (DEI) intended to foster acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals and other historically marginalized groups. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ffd92ee6011c3f4ea6d3e The world’s largest privately owned laser just turned on te 2026-06-03T10:10:26.242Z The world’s largest privately owned laser just turned on Fusion startup Xcimer fired up the world's largest privately owned laser. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ffb9fee6011c3f4ea6d1f Goldwater Sues Phoenix Over Downtown Land Sale, Citing Gift Clause Violations te 2026-06-03T10:02:07.988Z Goldwater Sues Phoenix Over Downtown Land Sale, Citing Gift Clause Violations By Matthew Holloway | The Goldwater Institute filed a lawsuit against the City of Phoenix seeking to block a proposed sale of downtown city-owned land to Pennrose, LLC. The lawsuit alleges the deal violates the Arizona Constitution’s Gift Clause and a state law governing municipal housing requirements. The complaint, filed May 26 in Maricopa County Superior Court, challenges the city’s proposed sale of public land located at 1016 North 2nd Street for approximately $1.5 million. The lawsuit alleges the sale price is less than one-third of the property’s fair market value and would benefit a private developer in violation of Article 9, Section 7 of the Arizona Constitution. According to the complaint, Pennrose proposed what the lawsuit describes as “a blend of LGBTQ+ affirming affordable housing and a tuition-free preschool for under-resourced children,” with the preschool component to be offered by Bezos Academy. The Bezos Academy is a nonprofit organization founded by Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com and owner of The Washington Post. Court filings describe the property as consisting of three parcels totaling approximately 0.4 acres, or about 17,500 square feet. Goldwater attorneys allege the property was appraised at the direction of the city at approximately $4,812,500 in June 2023. The Arizona Constitution requires government entities to receive a direct and proportionate return when they sell public assets. But Phoenix leaders are attempting to give Pennrose, LLC a massive discount on prime downtown real estate, agreeing to sell property worth at least… — Goldwater Institute (@GoldwaterInst) June 1, 2026 The complaint states the city issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) in November 2023 seeking proposals for the purchase and development of the property. According to the lawsuit, the RFP set the minimum purchase price at $4,812,500, the property’s appraised value, while allowing proposers to offer a combination of cash payment and other purported public benefits to meet or exceed that amount. Pennrose submitted a proposal in January 2024 to acquire and develop the property, according to the complaint. Goldwater attorneys allege the developer proposed purchasing the land for approximately $1.5 million and acknowledged, according to the complaint, that the proposed purchase price represented more than a $3.3 million discount below the RFP’s minimum purchase price. City records show the Phoenix City Council approved Ordinance S-51809 on April 9, 2025, authorizing the sale and redevelopment agreement for the property, and later adopted Ordinance S-52672 on March 4, 2026, approving an amendment to the development agreement with Pennrose modifying the purchase price. In a statement released June 1, Tony Napolitano, Senior Attorney at the Goldwater Institute, wrote, “Pennrose claims that the development will create public benefits worth more than the massive subsidy. But there’s a major problem: no valuable public benefit is identified, much less required, in the final agreement. In fact, the developer suggests the city should consider Pennrose’s own private gains from the project as public benefits. That theory turns the Arizona Constitution on its head.” The lawsuit argues the proposed transaction would provide a subsidy to a private developer without the city receiving direct and proportionate consideration in return, as required under the Arizona Constitution’s Gift Clause. Goldwater also alleges Phoenix imposed an unlawful inclusionary housing requirement on the sale and development of the property. The complaint argues the city violated A.R.S. § 9-461.16, which restricts municipalities from requiring residential units to be designated for sale or lease to particular classes of residents as a condition of development approval. Napolitano explained, “Pennrose initially proposed building a mixed-use development on the site, which would include low-income housing and a tuition-free preschool provided by a nonprofit. While the inclusion of a private nonprofit would not remedy the Gift Clause deficiency, it’s not even relevant because it was not included in the final terms of the deal.” “That leaves the sole remaining alleged public benefit Pennrose claims: the residual value of the housing project once the agreement expires,” he continued. “However, the city retains no ownership interest in the property, and taxpayers will never receive any of their money back from the developer. Those assets remain with the private special interest—exactly what the Gift Clause was designed to prevent.” The lawsuit asks the court to declare that the proposed sale violates the Gift Clause, block the city from completing the transaction or conveying the property, declare the inclusionary housing requirement unlawful, and enjoin the city from enforcing such a requirement as a condition of development approval. Napolitano summarized Goldwater’s position, stating: “Simply put, Arizona law does not give way just because city officials find a particular project desirable. “Public property belongs to the public. When government officials transfer millions of dollars in public value to a private developer, the Arizona Constitution requires a genuine public purpose and a proportionate exchange—not deep discounts justified by speculative or illusory benefits that taxpayers will never see.” AZ Free News did not locate a public response from the City of Phoenix regarding the lawsuit prior to publication. Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post Goldwater Sues Phoenix Over Downtown Land Sale, Citing Gift Clause Violations first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ffb8aee6011c3f4ea6d16 Hamadeh Predicts November ‘Surprise,’ Says ‘Hidden Voter’ Could Aid GOP te 2026-06-03T10:01:46.476Z Hamadeh Predicts November ‘Surprise,’ Says ‘Hidden Voter’ Could Aid GOP By Matthew Holloway | Congressman Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ08) predicted Republicans could see unexpectedly strong results in November, citing voter dissatisfaction with Democratic leadership, ongoing redistricting battles, and what he described as a “hidden voter” poised to influence upcoming elections. Hamadeh made the remarks during an appearance on James T. Harris’ Conservative Circus radio program and later shared excerpts from the interview on social media. The real story is the growing sentiment across the country: people are tired of living like this and are finally ready to push back hard. This November, many will be surprised. There’s a hidden voter who sees Democrats offering nothing — 20% approval, candidates with Nazi… pic.twitter.com/L9kzoY6TgI — Office of Congressman Abe Hamadeh (@RepAbeHamadeh) June 1, 2026 “The real story is the growing sentiment across the country: people are tired of living like this and are finally ready to push back hard,” Hamadeh wrote in a post accompanying the interview. “This November, many will be surprised,” he continued. “There’s a hidden voter who sees Democrats offering nothing — 20% approval, candidates with Nazi tattoos, and open America-haters. That’s not what voters want. They want leaders who inspire us to do better.” During the interview, Harris asked Hamadeh whether Republicans were “underestimating the backlash building against the progressive left for their vision of America.” “I think so,” Hamadeh responded. The Arizona congressman pointed to recent redistricting efforts in Republican-led states and said Republicans had become more willing to counter Democratic political strategies. “I think Republicans finally got smart. They started punching back at the Democrats,” Hamadeh said. “The redistricting wars that we’ve been succeeding on is one aspect.” Hamadeh also referenced the Los Angeles mayoral campaign of Spencer Pratt, describing the campaign as reflective of broader voter dissatisfaction. “Whether he wins or not, it isn’t really the issue,” Hamadeh said. “It’s a matter of there’s a growing sentiment in our country that people feel that they don’t have to live like this anymore and that they’re going to push back and punch back as much as possible.” Hamadeh said he believes those frustrations could produce election results that exceed current expectations. “So I think this November, people are going to be surprised at the result because there is a hidden voter right now that understands the Democrats, they offer nothing to the table,” Hamadeh said. Hamadeh cited polling showing low approval ratings for Democrats and criticized Democratic candidates. A recent Quinnipiac University survey found 20% of voters approved of the way Democrats in Congress were handling their jobs, while 72% disapproved, approaching an all-time low for congressional Democrats. “If that’s what the voters want, I don’t think so,” Hamadeh said. “I think they want somebody that inspires them, that we can do better as a country.” Matthew Holloway is a senior reporter for AZ Free News. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@azfreenews.com. The post Hamadeh Predicts November ‘Surprise,’ Says ‘Hidden Voter’ Could Aid GOP first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ffb74ee6011c3f4ea6d0d Biggs Hosts Trump’s Drug Czar In Arizona As Overdose Deaths Rise te 2026-06-03T10:01:24.956Z Biggs Hosts Trump’s Drug Czar In Arizona As Overdose Deaths Rise By Staff Reporter | The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) paid a visit to Arizona last week. Sara Carter, director of the ONDCP, came to address Arizona’s unique situation with its ongoing drug crisis. Arizona was one of few states to experience an increase in drug overdose deaths rather than a decrease in 2025. Not only that: Arizona had the most drug overdose deaths last year. While drug overdose deaths decreased 31% nationwide, Arizona experienced a 30% increase in drug overdose deaths. Republican Rep. Andy Biggs (AZ-05) hosted Carter’s visit to Arizona, and Republican Rep. Eli Crane (AZ-02) joined the pair for meetings according to a press release from Biggs. These meetings were also attended by Drug Enforcement Administration officials, tribal partners, local law enforcement, and Angel Families.  Angel Families include all family members of individuals victimized or killed by criminal illegal aliens. Nearly all of the Angel Families in attendance last week were those whose loved ones fell victim to the crimes and violence resulting from drug cartel activity.  Eight of those families testified at a roundtable hosted at the Arizona State Capitol on Friday. These families claimed that the deaths of their loved ones were preventable through stricter immigration enforcement policies.  Among those to testify were Mary Ann Mendoza, who recounted how her son, Mesa police officer Brandon Mendoza, was killed in 2014 by an illegal alien drunk driver who had a criminal record dating back to 1994 and was living as a fugitive at the time of the crash.  Doug and Patricia Quets shared how their adult son Nicholas Quets, a Marine veteran, was murdered by Sinaloa cartel members in 2024.  Fernando Basurto explained that his grandson, Fernando Jose Basurto Jr., was about to graduate high school and had plans to enter the Air Force when he was murdered by a criminal illegal alien in 2016, who had been released shortly prior to the murder. Basurto said that former Sen. Martha McSally initially soured him on Congress because she refused to see their family to discuss Fernando Jose’s murder. Patti Fox testified alongside her adult daughter, Carissa Aspnes, who was struck and severely disabled by an illegal alien running a stop sign in 2025. Carissa — a second-generation American on her grandmother’s side, a legal immigrant from Thailand — suffered a traumatic brain injury and now requires full-time care. Fox said local investigators initially covered up the fact that Carissa’s assailants were illegal aliens who entered the country under the Biden administration.  Karen Griffin explained that her teen son, Tyler Griffin, passed away in 2020 after taking a pill he believed to be Tylenol, but was actually laced with fentanyl.   Similarly, Anne Fundner shared that her 15-year-old son, Weston Fundner, passed away in 2022 after taking pills laced with fentanyl. Carter promised to incorporate those suggestions from Friday’s roundtable into legislative proposals and policies put forth by the Trump administration.  Attendees included Reps. Quang Nguyen (R-LD-1), Nick Kupper (R-LD-25), and Lisa Fink (RLD-27); Sen. Carine Wrner (RLD-4); Maricopa County Supervisor Debbie Lesko; Queen Creek Mayor Julia Wheatley; and Art Del Cueto, formerly president of the National Border Patrol Council. As part of its mission to address the drug crisis, ONDCP has taken a special focus on Arizona’s increase in drug overdose deaths, especially those involving fentanyl. It is the belief of the Trump administration, and Biggs and Crane, that the border policies of former President Joe Biden are to blame for Arizona’s ongoing drug crisis.  Carter commended Arizona as taking steps to fight back against the drug crisis.  “These communities know firsthand the devastating impact of illicit drugs,” said Carter. “President Trump and his administration will continue to fight for our citizens until every American is free to live a safe and healthy life, free from the scourge of illicit drugs.” Earlier this month, ONDCP released a 200-page National Drug Control Strategy for 2026.  Under this administration, Trump has signed legislation classifying fentanyl-related compounds as Schedule I drugs; designated cartels as foreign terrorist organizations; designated illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemicals as weapons of mass destruction; and signed legislation expanding the border wall and increasing deportations.  AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Biggs Hosts Trump’s Drug Czar In Arizona As Overdose Deaths Rise first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ff1deee6011c3f4ea6b20 2 Hostages Released From Bomb Threat at Chase Bank in Bakersfield, California te 2026-06-03T09:20:30.474Z 2 Hostages Released From Bomb Threat at Chase Bank in Bakersfield, California The police were negotiating with a man inside a Chase Bank branch in Bakersfield, Calif. Two hostages were let go and an unknown number were still being held. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fefd5ee6011c3f4ea6ab9 Maryland sheriffs should not be handcuffed by reckless sanctuary politics te 2026-06-03T09:11:49.842Z Maryland sheriffs should not be handcuffed by reckless sanctuary politics Last week, my organization, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on behalf of 17 of Maryland’s 24 sheriffs challenging the state’s newly enacted "Community Trust Act." This so-called "trust" legislation is nothing less than a dangerous sanctuary mandate that deliberately obstructs cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. We decided to represent these sheriffs because they are on the front lines of public safety, sworn to uphold both the state and federal constitutions, yet they have now been placed in an impossible constitutional bind by Annapolis politicians. These 17 plaintiffs represent 70 percent of Maryland’s county sheriffs. They came to us not seeking political gain but relief from a law that handcuffs their ability to protect their communities. As executive director and general counsel of FAIR, an organization dedicated to immigration policies that serve America’s national interest, I could not stand by while dedicated officers are ordered to release criminal illegal aliens back into neighborhoods where they pose ongoing threats. The ironically named "Community Trust Act" prohibits or severely restricts local correctional facilities from honoring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers, sharing critical information with federal authorities, or detaining removable criminal aliens beyond their scheduled release — except in the narrowest of circumstances. This is not "community trust." The law demands judicial warrants for routine cooperation that federal law already authorizes. It is state-mandated obstruction that turns Maryland into what the sheriffs rightly call an "ultra-sanctuary" state. MARYLAND LAWMAKERS CLOSER TO PASSING ROADBLOCK TO ICE DEPORTATION EFFORT I decided to take this case because the human cost of sanctuary policies is no longer abstract; it is measured in the shattered lives of American families. At our press conference, we stood alongside Angel parents Patty Morin, Jim Walden and Tammy Nobles. Patty’s daughter Rachel was brutally raped, beaten, and murdered in 2023, and her body was stuffed into a drainpipe by an illegal alien who had evaded removal thanks in part to lax enforcement and sanctuary protections. Lance Cpl. James (Jimmie) Walden III was killed in 2017 when the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a speeding Mexican national. Tammy lost her daughter Kayla to similar preventable violence. These tragedies were not inevitable. They resulted from policies that prioritize illegal aliens over law-abiding citizens. Sanctuary laws have failed repeatedly across the country. From New York to California to Chicago, jurisdictions that limit cooperation with ICE have seen surges in crimes committed by individuals who should have been deported long ago. Repeat offenders — convicted of assault, drug trafficking, sexual abuse, and homicide — are released back into communities because local police are prohibited from notifying or assisting what should be federal partners. The data is clear: When cooperation ends, lawlessness increases. Innocent Americans pay with their lives. Maryland is now doubling down on this failed experiment despite the evidence and despite the pleas of its own sheriffs. This lawsuit is about more than Maryland. It is important for all Americans to oppose sanctuary laws because immigration enforcement is a national responsibility, not a local option. The Constitution’s Supremacy Clause ensures that federal law prevails in areas of national authority like immigration. States cannot nullify federal statutes or commandeer local officers to undermine them. When one state creates safe havens for criminal aliens, it affects every American through increased crime, strained resources, higher taxes, and an eroded rule of law. Criminals cross state lines, and we cannot allow a patchwork of resistance that renders federal immigration policy meaningless. ANGEL PARENTS SLAM ILLINOIS SANCTUARY LAWS AFTER 'PREVENTABLE' TRAGEDY IN STUDENT'S DEATH Our sheriffs are not asking for new powers. They simply want to do their jobs without fear of state punishment for complying with federal law. The act forces them to choose between violating their oaths or facing state penalties. By interfering, Maryland is not only endangering its residents but inviting federal preemption challenges. FAIR has long documented the failures of sanctuary policies. Law-abiding, legal immigrants and citizens alike suffer when criminals are shielded. Police cannot effectively combat gangs, drugs, or human trafficking without full access to immigration databases and detainer authority. The notion that restricting cooperation somehow makes communities safer defies both logic and experience. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Gov. Wes Moore allowed the bill to become law without his signature, citing implementation concerns yet refusing to veto it. Sheriffs and citizens deserve better than half-measures and virtue signaling. Public safety demands full enforcement of immigration laws, secure borders, and cooperation at every level of government. This fight transcends partisan lines. It is about whether we remain a nation of laws or descend into selective enforcement that favors lawbreakers. FAIR stands shoulder-to-shoulder with these Maryland sheriffs because their battle is America’s battle. We will pursue every legal avenue to strike down this dangerous law and restore the ability of law enforcement to keep criminal illegal aliens off our streets. Americans everywhere should watch Maryland closely. If sanctuary ideology prevails here, it will spread. The stakes are innocent lives — daughters, sons, neighbors — who deserve protection, not political experiments.  We filed this suit to defend the rule of law, honor the lives of innocent victims like Rachel, Jimmie and Kayla, and ensure that sheriffs can fulfill their sacred duty. For Maryland and for the nation, this reckless policy must be stopped. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fefc1ee6011c3f4ea6ab0 The real reason your electric bill is soaring this summer will surprise you te 2026-06-03T09:11:29.915Z The real reason your electric bill is soaring this summer will surprise you As summer approaches, millions of Americans are bracing for higher electric bills. For many families already stretched by rising costs, that’s simply not sustainable. This isn’t just about hotter weather. It’s about a fundamental imbalance in our energy system that is driving costs higher. Electricity demand is rising fast, driven by data centers, new manufacturing, population growth and the electrification of everything from vehicles to home heating. The United States is using more power in more ways than ever before, but we’re not building enough new generation to keep up. Simply put, we need more supply. Across Exelon’s utilities, about 75% of recent bill increases are tied to the cost of generating electricity — the supply side of the equation — not delivering it. Those costs are set in wholesale markets and passed directly to customers. WHY AI IS CAUSING SUMMER ELECTRICITY BILLS TO SOAR Exelon’s utilities don’t benefit when those prices spike. But customers still have to pay them. And when supply falls behind demand, the result is predictable: prices go up, volatility increases and American families pay the difference. At Exelon, we see firsthand the pressure customers are under. We serve nearly 11 million Americans. We hear from them when bills rise and share their frustrations. That’s why we launched the Exelon Promise, which includes a $60 million Customer Relief Fund and protections to help ensure large energy users don’t unfairly shift costs onto families and small businesses. We’re also investing billions to strengthen the grid, improve reliability and prepare for continued growth in demand. But if we want to meaningfully lower energy bills across the country, we don’t need a less capable grid; we need to start with a simple, common-sense solution: produce more electricity and do it faster. In many regions, power supply isn’t just tight, it’s shrinking, as older plants retire faster than new ones come online. At the same time, demand continues to climb. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has warned that more than half the country faces elevated risks of electricity shortfalls during peak summer conditions, which could mean brownouts or blackouts. AI NEEDS MORE POWER: OFFICES COULD BE THE ANSWER That’s not just a reliability concern. It’s a cost problem that shows up on monthly bills. The average monthly electric bill has increased significantly in recent years, rising by nearly 30% between 2021 and 2025, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association. Families and small businesses are feeling it. What many don’t realize is where those increases are coming from. Too often, we’re having the wrong debate, focused on symptoms instead of solutions. AI COMES WITH A HEFTY CHARGE. ARE YOU THE ONE WHO GETS STUCK WITH THE BILL? America needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy that brings more power online quickly and responsibly. That means investing in energy storage, nuclear power, natural gas, renewables, new technology, energy efficiency and the transmission infrastructure needed to deliver it all. We also need to confront the barriers slowing progress. Lengthy permitting timelines, insufficient supply chains and outdated regulatory structures can delay new generation for years. We simply don’t have that kind of time. We should be open to solutions that can deliver results at scale. In certain cases, allowing regulated utilities to develop and own generation could help bring more power online more quickly and at lower cost. A recent Charles River Associates analysis found that allowing utilities to develop and own generation in certain cases could save Americans up to $20 billion a year while reducing outage risk. WALL STREET UTILITY TAKEOVERS MAY MEAN HIGHER BILLS AHEAD The goal shouldn’t be ideological. It should be practical: more supply, greater stability and lower prices over time. But no utility can solve a nationwide supply challenge alone. As our nation approaches its 250th anniversary, this is a moment to remember what has always set America apart: the ability not just to dream big, but to build the infrastructure that powers our freedom and prosperity. From the railroads that connected a continent to the electric grid that brought power to every home and business, American workers and energy providers have helped build the strongest, most dynamic economy in the world — meeting big challenges head-on. WE'RE DEMOCRATS. FROM FOOD TO HOUSING, COSTS KEEP RISING — HERE’S A SERIOUS FIX This moment calls for that same mindset. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Energy is the backbone of our economy. It powers our homes, fuels innovation and supports everything from small businesses, schools and hospitals to advanced manufacturing and new technologies. If we want to keep that progress going — and if we want to ease the burden on American families — we need to act with urgency and clarity. That starts with a clear priority: build more power, bring more supply online and use every available tool to get it done. Because when America produces more energy, Americans pay less for it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fefadee6011c3f4ea6aa7 STEPHEN MOORE: Foreign drug price controls are a hidden tax on Americans te 2026-06-03T09:11:09.913Z STEPHEN MOORE: Foreign drug price controls are a hidden tax on Americans The United States spends far more on healthcare, on a per capita basis, than any other country in the world. There are many reasons why, including health insurance companies. But one reason has been largely overlooked: foreign governments maintain pricing systems that limit what they pay for drugs. The difference has been absorbed in the United States, with the result that Americans cover a disproportionate share of the world’s drug costs. These pharmaceutical pricing systems need to be called out for what they are: trade distortions. And the Trump administration should treat these distortions just as it would treat any other trade distortion: with the remedies that are available under U.S. trade law, starting with an investigation of discriminatory measures.   Countries such as Germany, France, and Japan impose government pricing mandates, mandatory rebates, and strict market controls that cap what they pay for medicines well below U.S. market prices. That puts manufacturers in a bind. They can either accept the punitive terms these countries have established or find their products shut out of these countries.  HHS SEC ROBERT F KENNEDY JR: AMERICAN PATIENTS PAY MORE SO OTHERS CAN PAY LESS — THAT STOPS NOW Predictably, the manufacturers have accepted the terms, with the result that the United States has had to cover a greater share of global research and development costs. Those costs are embedded in the prices American patients pay. Recent developments in Germany show how quickly this dynamic is accelerating. In April, the German government advanced a sweeping cost-containment proposal. The plan would expand mandatory rebates tied to public insurance growth, tighten price-volume rules with automatic increases triggered by sales, and allow selective contracting across entire classes of patented drugs.  The practical effect is to compress pricing further and limit reimbursement to the lowest-cost option within a category. Now France, Japan, and Switzerland are pursuing similar approaches. This is a broader trend across major U.S. trading partners, and Americans will once again be getting the shaft. The countries maintaining these distorted pricing systems typically characterize them as nothing more than domestic healthcare policy, designed to limit costs and foster budget discipline. But when governments impose controls on prices that are below levels that would prevail in a market-based system, they reduce global revenues that support innovation. They also shift cost recovery onto markets that do not impose those constraints. The United States has become that market. These policies amount to non-tariff trade barriers, and they can be addressed through U.S. trade law. There is one measure in particular. Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act authorizes the United States to investigate and respond to foreign government practices that are unreasonable or discriminatory and that burden or restrict U.S. commerce. It has been applied to a wide range of non-tariff barriers, including intellectual property regimes and digital services taxes. Pharmaceutical pricing systems that suppress global revenues, and shift costs onto American consumers, clearly fit within that framework and warrant formal examination. It’s time for pharmaceutical pricing to be treated as a core issue in trade negotiations. And the Trump administration has been moving in that direction. Voluntary Most Favored Nation pricing arrangements aim to rebalance what American patients pay without imposing domestic price controls. The administration is reportedly considering Section 301 action, which suggests a growing willingness to move beyond just domestic enforcement. That can’t happen soon enough.  America’s trading partners should be pressed to adopt more balanced approaches that reflect a fairer distribution of pharmaceutical development costs. A Section 301 investigation would establish the evidentiary foundation needed to pursue that outcome and signal that the status quo is no longer acceptable. There is also broad public support for action. Recent polling shows that a large majority of Americans believe other countries should pay a fairer share for medicines. That sentiment reflects a basic principle. A system in which one country consistently subsidizes global innovation is not sustainable. For decades, the United States has been a leader in drug innovation, improving lives for millions of people throughout the world. But there’s no guarantee this will continue. And it might not if U.S. companies are forced to subsidize innovation. It’s time for the Trump administration to use the tools available to remedy the balance and help ensure that pharmaceutical innovation continues.  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM STEPHEN MOORE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fef85ee6011c3f4ea6a99 Knicks Fans Invade San Antonio, Chasing a Finals Rematch 27 Years in the Making te 2026-06-03T09:10:29.993Z Knicks Fans Invade San Antonio, Chasing a Finals Rematch 27 Years in the Making From Spike Lee to die-hard fans haunted by the 1999 finals, New Yorkers have descended on San Antonio in hopes of witnessing the franchise’s first championship in more than 50 years. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fe63aee6011c3f4ea6884 Democratic Voters Acted Strategically in a Turbulent California Election te 2026-06-03T08:30:50.630Z Democratic Voters Acted Strategically in a Turbulent California Election Without a dominant candidate in the governor’s race, Democratic voters ultimately wanted to ensure that their party wasn’t shut out of the general election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fe626ee6011c3f4ea687b California Governor’s Race Remains Too Close to Call te 2026-06-03T08:30:30.712Z California Governor’s Race Remains Too Close to Call Steve Hilton, a Republican, and Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, were leading in election night returns. Tom Steyer, another Democrat, urged patience as more votes were being counted. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fe173ee6011c3f4ea6806 Republican support for same-sex marriage has fallen by 18 percentage points since 2022. te 2026-06-03T08:10:27.351Z Republican support for same-sex marriage has fallen by 18 percentage points since 2022. summary Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fd82fee6011c3f4ea5f75 Hilton, Becerra, in the lead with votes still being counted in battle for California governor te 2026-06-03T07:30:55.593Z Hilton, Becerra, in the lead with votes still being counted in battle for California governor HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA - Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra were leading in unofficial early returns Wednesday morning and appeared positioned to advance to the November California gubernatorial election in the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in steering the nation's most populous state and one of the world’s largest economies. Hilton, a one-time British political strategist turned American conservative commentator and former Fox News Channel host who is backed by President Donald Trump, and Becerra, a former California attorney general who later served as a Cabinet secretary in former President Biden's administration, were in the lead early Wednesday morning, with votes still being counted and results not yet certified. "Change is coming to California, and it's long overdue," Hilton told supporters at his primary night watch party in Orange County. Hilton, in an exclusive Fox News Digital interview following his speech, said speaking "honest, simple truths" to voters boosted his campaign. "Everything is too expensive in California. We’re going to cut people’s costs," he pledged. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST PRIMARY RESULTS FROM FOX NEWS  Becerra, who, if elected in November, would make history as California's first Latino governor since Romualdo Pacheco briefly served in 1875, told supporters that his campaign's success is "more than a Hollywood ending. More than a milestone. That's the everyday miracle of living in a state that makes the improbable seem inevitable. And I couldn't have done it without you." Democrat-dominated California holds what's known as a jungle primary in which all candidates, regardless of party affiliation, appear on the same ballot, with the top two finishers advancing to the general election. Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge fund founder turned environmental activist who unsuccessfully ran for his party's 2020 presidential nomination and who has shelled out over $200 million of his own money in his bid for governor, was in third place as the results continued to be tabulated and as additional mail and provisional ballots remained to be counted. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican, as well as Democratic candidates former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, were also among the whopping 61 candidates on the ballot. Hilton is hoping to become the first California Republican to win a gubernatorial election since then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2006 re-election. In his speech, Hilton showed off the lining of his blazer, with American and California flags, that he said Schwarzenegger a few years ago urged him to wear. "Arnold, I did that for you," Hilton said. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Former Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Alex Padilla mulled launching Democratic bids for governor, but both last year announced they would take a pass. That resulted in the lack of a clear Golden State gubernatorial frontrunner for the first time in more than a quarter-century. And the race was overshadowed for much of last year, as the devastation from the Los Angeles-area wildfires and President Donald Trump's immigration raids grabbed headlines in California. But the showdown for governor entered the spotlight earlier this year when one of the leading candidates, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, dropped out of the race and then resigned from Congress after facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct that he continues to deny. Swalwell's exit from the race opened the door for first Steyer and then Becerra to rise in the polls. Steyer, who unsuccessfully ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, spent more than $200 million of his own money to blanket the airwaves and the internet with ads. Meanwhile, more than $80 million in outside money has also been spent on the race. Bianco, who launched his campaign for governor in April of last year, was among the top contenders in the race until Trump's endorsement of Hilton in early April appeared to blunt his momentum. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fd376ee6011c3f4ea5b50 From courts, critics and his own party, Donald Trump runs smack into reality te 2026-06-03T07:10:46.953Z From courts, critics and his own party, Donald Trump runs smack into reality President Trump hasn’t had a great week. I don’t think anyone can argue with that. The man who has so utterly dominated the Republican Party has been forced to backtrack or reverse himself, in part because of on-the-record outrage by GOP lawmakers. That involved his plan to create a $1.8-billion "anti-weaponization" fund, with most of it going to Jan. 6 rioters, who he calls patriots. The idea of rewarding people who attacked police officers, took over members’ quarters and chanted "Hang Mike Pence!" touched a very deep nerve (among the public as well). When leaders of his own party, who usually roll over and play dead, started denouncing what some of them called a slush fund, Trump knew he had a loser on his hands and yesterday tried to cut his losses: He has officially killed the funding scheme.  This, of course, grew out of his suit against the IRS, where Trump was definitely wronged by the leaking of his tax returns, but as president was "negotiating" with his subordinates. Then there are the courts, where even the Supreme Court has not escaped Trump’s wrath on decisions he dislikes, such as striking down his unilateral global tariffs. He called out justices by name, branding them "fools and lapdogs," a "disgrace" and an "embarrassment." Which brings us to the Kennedy Center fiasco. A federal judge ordered that Trump’s name be removed from the glittering marble portico overlooking the Potomac River that had just been the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The judge temporarily blocked the two-year shutdown planned to begin this summer. The president posted that unless he was in charge, he had "no interest in continuing what could only be a hopeless journey," suggesting he would turn it over to Congress. "Unfortunately, Judge Cooper and the Radical Left would rather see it DIE than have President Trump transform it into something that everyone could be proud of, much as I have done, in many cases, throughout my life," he wrote. Judge Christopher Cooper, setting a two-week deadline, said Trump’s renaming violated a 1964 law that made it "crystal clear" the institution was to be named for the assassinated president and that only Congress can change it. I happen to think the center could remain open while partial refurbishing takes place, but of course no shows are booked at the moment. The larger pattern is that many judges no longer trust the administration’s lawyers. "Their missteps in court come as the department’s leadership takes an unusually combative tone with judges who rule against them," The New York Times says. A Trump Justice Department spokesperson said: "Any attack on the professionalism or integrity of DOJ attorneys is outrageous and unjustified." Finally, there is the court of public opinion for Trump, who turns 80 next month. A lot of folks are upset about the design of the $250 bill featuring Trump’s visage. I don’t worry about that because I don’t plan on buying anything with a $250 note, but it hasn’t gone down well. I don’t believe many people are wild about the surprise demolition of the East Wing, plans for a 250-foot arch, or the obsession with building a White House ballroom. That was originally going to be paid for by private donations, but now Congress wants to appropriate $1 billion in taxpayer dollars — kind of bait and switch. The Iran War, whose settlement "talks" have been blown up by mutual attacks, is increasingly unpopular. A PBS/Marist poll last month found that 60 percent of those questioned disapprove of the war and overall are frustrated by soaring food and gas costs. RELATED: TRUMP INSISTS IRAN TALKS ARE ON, SAYING DEAL IS 'NOT A SIMPLE THING' As for the July 4 celebration, so many musicians, including Milli Vanilli, Flo Rida and Young MC, dropped out that the president canceled the concert and will turn it into a MAGA rally featuring … him. Look, Donald Trump has always been at the center of his own narrative. He’s a born performer, dating back to "The Apprentice" days. RELATED: TRUMP REVEALS NEW WHCA DINNER VENUE AFTER SHOOTING CHAOS DERAILED GALA I’ve interviewed Trump numerous times, and he can sit for an hour and rattle off answers on a vast array of subjects, including stuff from 40 years ago. So any talk that he’s on the verge of dementia is utter BS by uninformed critics. But he does seem less sure-footed right now. Physically, the worst you can say about Trump is that he’s got swollen ankles and sometimes closes his eyes in meetings. Trump is full speed ahead — that’s what he knows. Where he comes off as angry and overheated is in the barrage of late-night and early-morning Truth Social posts in which he rails against his opponents. Hey, you don’t really expect an 80-year-old man to change, do you? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fcc6fee6011c3f4ea59a8 South Dakota governors race remains up in the air as GOP contest goes to runoff te 2026-06-03T06:40:47.038Z South Dakota governors race remains up in the air as GOP contest goes to runoff South Dakota Republican businessman Toby Doeden will move on to a July runoff in the GOP gubernatorial sweeps, while the race for the second contender remained too close to call overnight Wednesday. The news is a blow to incumbent Gov. Larry Rhoden, who still has a shot to face off in the runoff depending on whether he, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., or South Dakota House Speaker Jon Hansen make it through. Rhoden, the longtime lieutenant governor under former Gov. Kristi Noem, is a rancher who rose through the ranks of state legislative leadership before succeeding the former Homeland Security secretary. Often seen with his trademark cowboy hat, the western South Dakota native spent 16 years in the state legislature and has focused on continuing Noem's platform of making South Dakota one of the nation's most affordable and business-friendly states. WHAT’S NEXT FOR KRISTI NOEM? 2026 SENATE CHATTER GROWS AFTER DHS EXIT Rhoden opposes abortion, supports Second Amendment rights and has worked with his former boss on homeland security matters, including cooperating with ICE on immigration enforcement operations. President Donald Trump was conspicuously mute in the crowded primary, an observation South Dakota News Watch recently questioned Rhoden about. "I don't spend a lot of time fretting about it," the governor said. "If you look at who he's endorsed, he likes endorsing winners and seldom goes out on a limb. And here we have a four-way primary with a seated House member in the race," Rhoden said, adding that Trump appears to like making safe bets. BLUE STATE GOVERNORS MOVE TO KEEP HEAT ON NOEM AS DHS FIRES BACK Rhoden, along with Doeden and Hansen, faced a challenge from Rep. Dusty Johnson, the state's lone congressman, whose statewide profile was considered stronger than that of the other candidates in the race. Doeden ran as a political outsider and positioned himself as a populist candidate. Largely self-funded, Doeden positioned himself as a conservative alternative to the Pierre establishment. Hansen, meanwhile, is the establishment conservative challenger who has served in the State House for more than a decade. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fbe81ee6011c3f4ea5729 Peoria City Council unanimously approves controversial Vistancia cell tower proposal te 2026-06-03T05:41:21.671Z Peoria City Council unanimously approves controversial Vistancia cell tower proposal The City's Planning and Zoning denied the application in May. Verizon had appealed to City Council members. The council voted 7-0 in favor of the cell tower. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fbc4cee6011c3f4ea56b3 Suspect in Arizona DPS trooper-involved shooting attempted to drive away with trooper hanging out of car window te 2026-06-03T05:31:56.951Z Suspect in Arizona DPS trooper-involved shooting attempted to drive away with trooper hanging out of car window The shooting happened northeast of Benson, Arizona, on May 25. Here's what we know. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fbc1bee6011c3f4ea567b Supreme Court allows Alabama GOP-backed congressional map for midterms te 2026-06-03T05:31:07.830Z Supreme Court allows Alabama GOP-backed congressional map for midterms The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave Alabama Republicans a victory, issuing an emergency order that the state can use a congressional map likely to benefit the GOP in November’s midterm elections. The justices granted Alabama’s emergency appeal to use a map adopted by the state legislature in 2023 that includes a single majority-Black district for this election cycle. The court’s three liberal justices dissented. Alabama Republicans had sought to revive the previously blocked map, which is expected to give the GOP an opportunity to gain an additional congressional seat by replacing a court-drawn south Alabama district that helped elect a Black Democrat with a map that contains only one majority-Black district. The ruling came after the Supreme Court last month vacated a lower court ruling blocking Alabama's 2023 congressional map and sent the case back for further review. Last week, however, a three-judge federal panel again blocked the GOP-backed map and ordered Alabama to continue using a court-drawn map containing two districts in which Black voters are a majority or have an opportunity to elect their preferred candidates. REDISTRICTING WAR INTENSIFIES AS GOP SUFFERS SETBACKS IN TWO STATES Republican Gov. Kay Ivey celebrated the ruling Tuesday evening and confirmed that Alabama’s Aug. 11 special primary election would be conducted under the 2023 map. "The U.S. Supreme Court confirmed what I have said all along and that is that Alabama knows our state, our people and our districts best," Ivey said in a statement. "Today’s decision is a win for the people of Alabama and our elections," she continued. "Alabama is doing our part to keep America strong, and I am proud our state continues to fight the fight to ensure activists do not get the final say." REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: DEMOCRATS SAY THEY CAN STILL FLIP THE HOUSE DESPITE GOP REDISTRICTING GAINS IN THE SOUTH "I will see y’all at the polls August 11!" Ivey added. The redistricting fight comes as President Donald Trump has encouraged Republican-led states to redraw congressional maps following the Supreme Court’s Callais decision, which limited the use of race in congressional redistricting. Alabama argued that the lower court’s remedial map improperly elevated race over traditional districting principles, while voting-rights groups argued that the state’s map diluted Black voting power. In an unsigned majority opinion, the court wrote: "The State has also made a strong showing of irreparable harm and that the equities and public interest favor it." SUPREME COURT JUST GAVE BLACK VOTERS A SHOT AT REAL POWER BEYOND SAFE SEATS "We have repeatedly cautioned that lower federal courts should not "alter the election rules on the eve of an election," the majority added. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor argued that the map discriminates against Black Alabamians. "Before the Court are two paths," Sotomayor wrote. "Down one lies an orderly election, held under a tried-and-tested congressional map that protects Black Alabamians’ right to vote and with which all voters, elections officials, and candidates alike are familiar." SUPREME COURT RULES ON KEY VOTING RIGHTS ACT RULE AS REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS WAGE REDISTRICTING WAR "Down the other lies a chaotic election, held under a never-before-used congressional map that intentionally discriminates against Black Alabamians, that Alabama adopted in unashamed defiance of a prior court order di­rectly affirmed by this Court, and that will require officials to change the voter registrations of hundreds of thousands of voters in just days at best, a task that Alabama previ­ously represented would take months," she continued. "The majority chooses the second path and disregards both democratic values and the rule of law." she added. The ACLU also criticized the ruling, arguing it permits Alabama to use a racially discriminatory map. "Today’s ruling delays relief for voters who have already spent years fighting for an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice and to have their voices heard," Davin Rosborough, deputy director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, said in a statement. "We remain committed to pursuing equal opportunities in Congress for our clients and Black Alabamians," he added. "We will fight for those rights even in the face of those who continue to move the goalposts and undo our nation’s progress in realizing its promise as a multi-racial democracy." Fox News Digital's Adam Pack and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fbbf3ee6011c3f4ea566d Incumbent Karen Bass advances to L.A. mayoral election in November. te 2026-06-03T05:30:27.838Z Incumbent Karen Bass advances to L.A. mayoral election in November. Her opponent remains undetermined. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fb9adee6011c3f4ea55ff A Trump Endorsement Falls Flat: 4 Election Takeaways From Iowa and Beyond te 2026-06-03T05:20:45.909Z A Trump Endorsement Falls Flat: 4 Election Takeaways From Iowa and Beyond The president’s pick for governor of Iowa lost his primary, while Democrats in the state chose their nominee in what they hope will be a competitive Senate race. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fb999ee6011c3f4ea55f6 Scott Wiener Advances in House Race to Succeed Nancy Pelosi te 2026-06-03T05:20:25.990Z Scott Wiener Advances in House Race to Succeed Nancy Pelosi State Sen. Scott Wiener will be one of two candidates in the general election to represent San Francisco as Nancy Pelosi retires. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fb52aee6011c3f4ea558d Booker set to face Navy vet after former local NJ official lost in 2024 Senate race te 2026-06-03T05:01:30.791Z Booker set to face Navy vet after former local NJ official lost in 2024 Senate race Justin Murphy won New Jersey’s Republican U.S. Senate primary late Tuesday night, setting up a general election fight against Democratic Sen. Cory Booker in a state where Republicans have not won a U.S. Senate race since 1972. The race was close among the top three candidates with 90% of the votes counted. Murphy was followed by suspended New Jersey State Trooper Richard Tabor, and former News 12 New Jersey reporter Alex Zdan. Physician Robert Lebovics finished last. Murphy is an attorney and U.S. Navy veteran from Tabernacle, New Jersey, who previously served as a local committeeman and ran unsuccessfully for the GOP Senate nomination in 2024, finishing a distant third. He launched another campaign this cycle to take on Booker, casting himself as a conservative, pro-Trump grassroots candidate. ‘JERSEY SHORE’ STAR MIKE SORRENTINO TEASES FUTURE RUN FOR NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR Murphy faces an uphill but nationally watched race against Booker, a high-profile Senate Democrat and frequent Trump critic who is running unopposed on the Democratic side of the ticket as he seeks another term after first winning the seat in a 2013 special election. While Republicans are hoping to flip the seat, the party has not won a U.S. Senate race in the state since 1972. Murphy, who describes himself as self-employed, is a former Tabernacle deputy mayor and a U.S. Navy veteran, according to the New Jersey Globe. He previously ran for the GOP Senate nomination in 2024, finishing far back in third, before launching another bid this cycle as a conservative candidate running on cleaning up his state's pollution, protecting it from ever-expanding windmill construction, parental rights, medical freedom and improving Medicare for seniors. "I will convey my Conservative principles with confidence, energy, and optimism. The last time New Jersey elected a Republican to the US Senate was 1972; my campaign represents a new day in New Jersey politics," Murphy states on his campaign website. "Being self-employed, I can identify with middle-class voters. I know firsthand financial struggle, debt, and stress.  I know the long hours and countless weeks without a paycheck that many small business owners experience as a normal part of their working adult lives. Small business owners will have no better friend in Washington."   DEMS PICK CHALLENGER FOR GOP CONGRESSMAN WHO VANISHED FROM PUBLIC VIEW AMID HEALTH MYSTERY The GOP primary unfolded without an obvious Trump-backed favorite. Trump does not appear to have endorsed in New Jersey’s Republican Senate primary. His late New Jersey endorsements ahead of Tuesday’s primary went to House Republicans Tom Kean Jr., Jeff Van Drew and Chris Smith. Murphy received support from two county Republican organizations and ran in some counties under the slogan "American Conservative Republican," according to NJ Spotlight News’ 2026 U.S. Senate primary voter guide. The general election will test whether Republicans can make inroads in a state that has remained stubbornly difficult for GOP Senate hopefuls. Booker won re-election in 2020 by more than 16 points, and early race ratings have generally listed the seat as safely Democratic heading into November. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fb516ee6011c3f4ea5584 Trump-endorsed Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Lahn in GOP governor primary upset te 2026-06-03T05:01:10.864Z Trump-endorsed Feenstra concedes to MAHA-backed Lahn in GOP governor primary upset Trump-backed Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, conceded to MAHA-backed Republican Zach Lahn after the polls closed Tuesday night in Iowa’s GOP gubernatorial primary. Lahn, a farmer and businessman who campaigned on an "Iowa First" message, pulled off a surprising upset over Feenstra in the race to succeed outgoing Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds.  Besides Feenstra, Lahn beat out former state Rep. Brad Sherman, former Iowa Department of Administrative Services Director Adam Steen and state Rep. Eddie Andrews in his bid to move on to the November general election and eventually the governor's mansion.  The result marked a major setback for Feenstra, who represents Iowa’s 4th Congressional District and entered Election Day as the best-known Republican in the race. Feenstra had a congressional profile, a fundraising advantage, support from prominent Iowa Republicans, including former Gov. Terry Branstad, and a late endorsement from President Donald Trump.  TRUMP-ENDORSED HINSON SECURES IOWA SENATE NOMINATION AS DEMOCRATS EYE GOP SEAT Lahn had just around a 1,600-vote lead ahead of Feenstra shortly after midnight Eastern Time with 99% of the votes counted, according to The Associated Press' elections tracker.   "I just called Zach Lahn, and said, ‘Hey, you got to carry this torch. We got to keep this state red. You got to make sure you beat Rob Sand.' And I’m all in to help him out," Feenstra said to supporters at his election night gathering, according to a video recording shared by Iowas News Now reporter Skylar Tallal.   Trump endorsed Feenstra just days before the primary, calling him "MAGA all the way" and giving him his "Complete and Total Endorsement." Feenstra campaigned as a close ally of the president, highlighting his support for Trump’s agenda on border security, tax cuts, energy production and agriculture. Lahn, meanwhile, ran as an outsider candidate and drew support from MAHA Action, the political group aligned with the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. His campaign website describes him as a father, farmer and businessman advancing an "Iowa First" agenda. IOWA MAN SUSPECTED OF KILLING 6 FAMILY MEMBERS IN ‘ACT OF EVIL’ The race opened after Reynolds announced she would not seek reelection despite being eligible to run again, creating Iowa’s first open gubernatorial contest since 2006. Republicans have controlled the governor’s office since 2011. Lahn will now face Democratic State Auditor Rob Sand in November. Sand, Iowa’s only Democratic statewide officeholder, advanced unopposed through the Democratic primary and has built a political profile centered on government accountability and anti-corruption efforts. Early ratings have suggested the general election could be competitive. The Cook Political Report moved the race from "Lean Republican" to "Toss Up" in April, while Inside Elections has rated the contest "Lean Republican." If Sand were to win in November, he would become the first Democrat elected governor of Iowa since Chet Culver’s victory in 2006. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fb4eeee6011c3f4ea5579 Zach Lahn Wins Republican Primary for Iowa Governor te 2026-06-03T05:00:30.871Z Zach Lahn Wins Republican Primary for Iowa Governor Zach Lahn’s victory was a rare case this year in which a candidate defeated an opponent backed by President Trump. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fb07eee6011c3f4ea5496 Council gives OK to update the city’s purchasing policy te 2026-06-03T04:41:34.631Z Council gives OK to update the city’s purchasing policy By Linda Kor The Holbrook City Council held a budget work session and a brief special meeting last week where they approved an amendment to the city code regarding Article 1-4 Purchasing Policy. Council members Arcenia Pacheco and Roxanne Pergesen were not present. The item was presented by City Manager Randy Sullivan who stated that the purchasing code had not been substantively updated since 2012. The request was to increase the threshold dollar amount for budgeted items that is required to bring purchases before the council for approval. It was noted that staff must frequently defer time-sensitive or routine procurement decisions to council agendas, even when such purchases are already budgeted and non-discretionary. It was noted that comparable municipalities have modernized their purchasing policies to delegate reasonable purchasing authority to staff while maintaining fiscal controls, transparency and oversight and that the absence of similar updates in Holbrook places an unnecessary administrative burden on both staff and the council. The approval changes the purchasing policy so that a staff instead of having to go before council for budgeted purchases of more than $50,000 the limit has been raised from a threshold of $10,000. Councilmember Robert Black expressed his opposition to the change stating, “The city council has very little control over anything anymore. We get blamed for a lot of stuff but we don’t have control over a lot of stuff.” Councilmember Pack countered by stating she didn’t think it was about relinquishing anything. “We only meet once a month so that’s what would put him back from being able to make a purchase order,” she stated, referring to the city manager. The vote passed with Mayor Kathleen Smith, Vice Mayor Mike Nilsson, and council members Teri Tafoya and Pack in favor with Black voting against. The post Council gives OK to update the city’s purchasing policy first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fb06aee6011c3f4ea548d Holbrook High School Class of 2026 te 2026-06-03T04:41:14.635Z Holbrook High School Class of 2026 Photos by Kelli Spangler /Spanglerpics.com Elena Philpott prepares to walk across the stage to receive her diploma. Graduates celebrate as they complete last week’s commencement ceremony and move forward with plans for the future. Jaycee Greer speaks to those in attendance as she gives her address as HHS Class of 2026 salutatorian. Valedictorian Everett Pack addresses his classmates and others in attendance during the Holbrook High School commencement ceremonies held at Roadrunner Stadium. Ayaina Aho (left) and Maya Francisco (right) take to dance after receiving their diplomas. It’s an emotional moment as longtime friends and classmates prepare to say goodbye during last week’s commencement ceremony. By Linda Kor The Holbrook High School Class of 2026 bid farewell to high school and each other at graduation ceremonies held last month at Roadrunner Stadium. Valedictorian Everett Pack and Salutatorian Jaycee Greer addressed classmates as they celebrated their last moments together. The post Holbrook High School Class of 2026 first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fb050ee6011c3f4ea5467 Gregg Hull wins New Mexico GOP gubernatorial primary, setting up bid to flip governor’s office te 2026-06-03T04:40:48.631Z Gregg Hull wins New Mexico GOP gubernatorial primary, setting up bid to flip governor’s office Former Rio Rancho Mayor Gregg Hull has clinched the GOP nomination in New Mexico’s open-seat gubernatorial race. Hull, widely viewed as a leading contender entering Election Day, campaigned on public safety, government experience and economic growth. He defeated businessman Doug Turner and former New Mexico Human Services Secretary Duke Rodriguez.  Turner pitched himself as a business-minded conservative and political outsider focused on jobs and education reform. Rodriguez, a healthcare executive and former state cabinet secretary, emphasized addiction treatment, healthcare and government reform. 2026 MIDTERMS: PRIMARIES, KEY RACES AND ELECTION RESULTS Throughout the race, Hull argued New Mexico needs tougher approaches to violent crime, fentanyl trafficking and border security while criticizing Democratic leadership in Santa Fe. Hull’s victory solidifies Republican support behind a candidate many in the party see as a strong statewide contender heading into November. THE RED STATES RACING AHEAD IN AMERICA’S POWERFUL WEALTH BOOM — AND THE STATES FALLING BEHIND He will now face former President Joe Biden's Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in the general election as Republicans attempt to flip the governor’s office in New Mexico for the first time since 2019. The gubernatorial race to replace term-limited Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in November is expected to be one of the most closely watched political contests in the state in 2026. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fae65ee6011c3f4ea5417 At least 2 people shot at Desert Sky Mall te 2026-06-03T04:32:37.751Z At least 2 people shot at Desert Sky Mall The mall is located near Thomas Road and 75th Avenue. No other information was released. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fae39ee6011c3f4ea5402 Holbrook Celebrates the Mother Road te 2026-06-03T04:31:53.745Z Holbrook Celebrates the Mother Road Photo by Kyle Gardner Waylon Gardner was a big winner in the Power Wheels Demolition Derby in the 6V heat. The event was part of the fun during the Gunslinger Car Show & Route 66 Festival held in Holbrook. The boys tried but they couldn’t out-do Rylie Patterson (center) who won the top spot for the pie eating competition in her age group. Some of the prettiest girls in Holbrook competed in the Little Miss Route 66 Pageant. Taking the crown in the Tiny Miss competition was Charisma Collins (left). In the Little Miss competition, Brooklynn Pino (center) took the crown and in the Junior Miss competition Olivia Pino (right) took the crown. The Hot Wheels competition brought in some serious competitors who took home some fun prizes. Young Robyn Meeks shows off a wind chime made in the Salvage Studio hosted by Grow Arizona Workforce Network. Kids took the job seriously, competing the Power Wheels Demolition Derby during Saturday’s Route 66 Festival with three heats and lots of local support. The festival opened with a sweet rendition of Star-Spangled Banner sung by the talented Kathleen Dobell. A creative group of teens helped at The Salvage Studio, taking discarded bottles, cups and cans at the festival and helping kids turn them into art. Show cars and bikes lined Historic Route 66 (Hopi Drive) in Holbrook for the Gunslinger Car Show. These modified street rods were impressive works of art for visitors to enjoy during the car show. The Gunslinger Car Show was a gearheads dream, with hot rods, luxury cars and modified vehicles to impress visitors. Photos by Linda Kor Native American dancers entertained the crowd at Holbrook’s annual festival. By Linda Kor Holbrook’s annual Gunslinger Car Show and Route 66 Festival was held last weekend with a lot of great activities, food and fun. The weekend started with a demolition derby and burnout at the Navajo County Fairgrounds and opened the next day at Gillespie Park, with the Gunslinger Car Show featuring some of the coolest rides seen on Route 66 lined up along the historic route. There were food and merchandise vendors, games and entertainment for everyone, especially the kids. A Power Wheels Demo Derby was a big hit with the kids and for those not behind the wheel, the Hot Wheel races were also held. Grow Arizona’s Salvage Studio had crafts made from recycled trash and there was also a cornhole competition, a pie eating contest, a chili competition and more. Some of the prettiest girls in Holbrook competed in the Little Miss Route 66 Pageant. Taking the crown in the Tiny Miss competition was Charisma Collins, with fellow contestants Rosemary Pahi, Eliana Dehart and Gema Clayton. In the Little Miss competition, Brooklynn Pino took the crown with fellow contestants including Kathleen Dobell, Cara Bordeaux, and Annalisa Martinez. In the Junior Miss competition Olivia Pino took the crown and fellow contestants included Addalynn Gurule and Courtanna Gurule. Competitors in the Power Wheels competition included Waylon Gardner, Liam Dominguez and Ximera in the 6V heat. In the 12V heat it was Justin Kurtz, Ellyson Hovey, Taygan Lavender, Grayson Garcia, Francisco Ochoa and Taylor Mann. In the 12V heat competitors were Justin Kurtz, Niko Garcia, Frankie DoBell, Jim Mitchell, Royce Heredia, Zayd Cox-Robinson, Ellyson Hovey and Cruz Mondragon. This event was hosted by the City of Holbrook and citizen volunteers. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fae26ee6011c3f4ea53f9 Joseph City residents speak out against proposed liquor license te 2026-06-03T04:31:34.232Z Joseph City residents speak out against proposed liquor license By Talaina Kor During the Navajo County Board of Supervisors meeting held Tuesday, May 26, the board tabled the consideration of a liquor license from Theodore Van Gaines III, acting as an agent for the Love’s Travel Stop on the outskirts of Joseph City, located at 4703 Main St. Two residents spoke out against the license, including Karilyn Bushman, who has lived in the unincorporated town for over 50 years. “Liquor has not been sold in our community since its founding in 1876,” she stated, adding that this is not the first time the gas station industry giant has tried and failed to get a license. “To my recollection, this is the third time we have opposed Love’s in getting a liquor license. The first was at its founding and another a few years back.” Bushman also stated that Love’s has made no effort to contribute to the community in terms of supporting local events and activities and is not affiliated with its chamber of commerce. She provided the board with a petition which had over 200 signatures against the license since it was posted four days prior to the meeting on Facebook. Concerns expressed by Bushman included the lack of a local police force, as the community relies on the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office to respond to criminal incidents, which has a broad region to cover and response times could be delayed. Although not legally required, she also criticized the lack of public outreach to the community by Love’s representatives prior to submitting the liquor license application to the county to receive community comment. “The community should have been given adequate notice and information so that all community members could express their opinion.” Fellow longtime resident Jenny Oldham remembered a pledge citizens made when Love’s first entered the community nearly three decades ago, “We promised them that every time they attempted to get a liquor license, we would fight it, because we love our community and there’s no reason for it to change.” Oldham explained many residents choose to live in Joseph City for family-centric values, adding that those wanting to purchase alcohol are able to go to the Jackrabbit Trading Post five miles west of town as well as Holbrook 10 miles to the east. Oldham claimed that due to the lack of notice, many residents were unable to attend the meeting. “I’m just asking that if you’re not inclined to straight out deny it today, that you table it and give us an opportunity to let people get off work and come and let you know as a community how we feel about this.” Initially Chair Darryl Seymore explained that the board must vote within their purview on the basis of compliance with regulations and guidelines by the applicant. “It would be up to you as citizens to reach out to Love’s, to the applicant, to see if they would wish to change that, or to the State Board of Liquor Licensing.” After some discussion between the board and staff, Supervisor Alberto Peshlakai, who represents Joseph City’s district, asked for details on how the previous liquor licenses were denied. Although it was stated by the residents present that the previous liquor license denials were due to a previous board’s decision to deny the application, staff was unable to confirm this, which prompted the item to be tabled so more information could be gathered. A public records request by The Tribune was made to Navajo County requesting documentation from the Board of Supervisor’s denying a liquor license application for Love’s located at 4703 Main St. prior to this meeting. The reply from administration was that a search of all Navajo County Board of Supervisor meeting minutes from 1995 to the present was performed and there were no agenda items pertaining to a liquor license application for Love’s Travel Stop before this meeting. The board will further review the license application during their next regular meeting June 9. Joseph City, an unincorporated community, is considered the oldest Mormon settlement in the state, with a population of approximately 2,000 residents and a large Mormon presence still remains in the community. Love’s Travel Stop & County Stores have over 640 locations in 42 states and is in the top 20 of America’s Top Private Companies in 2025, making $22 billion in revenue in 2026. The Love’s Travel Stop in Joseph City is currently under renovation, with operations being conducted from a trailer on the property. Gas and restrooms are still provided. Also in the meeting, the board recognized various youth groups throughout the county for their recent accomplishments. This included the Monument Valley High School Rez Kidz Robotics Teams from Kayenta, which won the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Inspire Award, the highest honor presented at the FTC Four Corners Tribal Teams Championship. Kayenta’s Baker Middle School Coltz-n-Boltz Robotics Teams were also honored for winning the FTC Control Award at the Championship, an award for the most advanced and effective use of sensors, software, automation and programming strategy. The Joseph City High School softball team was praised for winning the 1A Softball State Championship as well. This is their third straight state title. Superintendent of Schools Rachael Lewis provided a report on the Navajo County Superintendent of Schools Office & Education Service Agency service programs. Also during the meeting, the board: * Approved an agreement between Northeast Arizona Training Center (NATC) and Navajo County for the Shooting Range Berm Improvement Project. The shooting range berm at NATC needs to be raised to meet current safety standards. The range is regularly used by the sheriff’s office and other law enforcement agencies for training and certification. Raising the berm will improve safety for range users and for members of the public utilizing nearby recreational trails. Total project cost is not to exceed $10,000, with NATC contributing up to $5,000. Navajo County will contribute up to $5,000 from the general fund to reimburse public works for labor and equipment costs. Additional in-kind contributions from both parties include the provision of soil materials and use of equipment and personnel. * Approved a liquor license application for Patricia Ann Bennett, agent for Wild Woman Saloon in Overgaard. * Approved individual tax exemptions with waivers. * Approved the use of the southwest corner of the Navajo County Complex for the annual community July 4 fireworks display. * Approved the release of property damage claim on one claim against Navajo County for Earl and Debra Kester, who were awarded $6,390 as compensation for an incident, accident or event which occurred on Oct. 29, 2025, while traveling northbound on Highway State Route 77. * Approved an intergovernmental agreement between Navajo County Superior Court and Gila County Superior Court for juvenile detention services. * Approved contracts signed by the County Manager for professional services with Johnson Walzer Associates, LLC for the Navajo County Historic Courthouse and museum masonry wall repair and stabilization. * Accepted a grant award from the Arizona Community Foundation and the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona in the amount of $42,500 for the County Historic Courthouse restoration plan and design project. * Approved a resolution supporting the Superintendent of Schools Office to request $25,000 from Tohono O’odham Nation grant funds for development of the Navajo County Literacy Momentum Initiative.  * Approved an amendment to extend the legal counsel for the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System and Corrections Officers Retirement Plan Boards, with Ryan Rapp Pacheco Sorensen, PLC for one additional year. * Approved the appointment of Christopher Thomas Dunn, Alan Wayne Belnap, Jason Andrew Gartner, Joyce Lori Belnap, Robin Kae Reidhead, Myron Matthew Hamilton, Brent Alldridge Meyer, Laura Lynn Meyer, Karen Lynn Cannell, Kaylee Noel Harston and Susan June Brock as Republican Precinct Committeeman for their respective precincts. Appointments valid through Oct. 1. * Awarded the annual newspaper advertising and printing contract to Painted Desert Media Group, LLC dba The Tribune in an amount not-to-exceed sum of $4.50 per column inch as payment in full for all services rendered. * Approved an agreement with Sandhill Consultants, Inc. for data management of county data in the amount of $68,500. This project addresses an ongoing finding that has appeared in the county’s financial audit for multiple years. This is a budgeted expense. * Approved a certificate of removal and abatement purging record of tax, penalty and interest on personal property taxes. * Approved a letter of support for the city of Holbrook’s grant proposal development for the US Department of Transportation Safe Streets for All Program. * Approved sympathy letters to Donald Perkins and Supervisor Alberto Peshlakai. Convening as the Navajo County Public Health Services District, the board: * Approved the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) intergovernmental agreement with the Arizona Department of Public Health (ADHS). PHEP is a Center of Disease Control funded program that supports planning, training, exercises and coordination activities that enhance whole-community preparedness and improve response readiness across Navajo County. * Approved the 2025 Emergency Management Performance Grant awarded to Navajo County Emergency Management. These funds support initiatives that strengthen countywide preparedness, coordination, and resilience among residents, partner agencies and county staff. * Approved an agreement between Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division and the Navajo County Public Health-Medical Examiner Program. The post Joseph City residents speak out against proposed liquor license first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fae12ee6011c3f4ea53f0 A Thirst for Growth Part 1: the aquifer already under strain te 2026-06-03T04:31:14.311Z A Thirst for Growth Part 1: the aquifer already under strain By Shawn White The cities of Winslow, Holbrook and Joseph City and the Four Corners region at large sit above one of the most complex groundwater systems in the American West, in a basin that has been running a water deficit for decades. Before the region can evaluate what it is any new development will demand of that system, it helps to understand what the system actually is, how it works and what the most current science says about its condition. This article is part of a two-part series from the Painted Desert Tribune on groundwater supply and how potential industrial development could impact that supply. To understand what is at stake, it helps to start with the ground itself. An aquifer is a layer of permeable rock, typically sandstone or limestone, whose pores are saturated with water. When rain falls or snow melts on surrounding mountains and high plateaus, some of that water seeps into the ground rather than running off. It travels slowly downward and sideways through rock formations, sometimes moving only inches per year, until it reaches the saturated zone that makes up the aquifer. Water enters the system through a process called “recharge.” It leaves through natural discharge at springs and stream channels, through lateral movement into adjacent basins and through wells. When withdrawals exceed recharge over time, the water table drops. If it drops far enough, wells that were drilled to a certain depth stop producing water even if water remains deeper in the formation. The principal aquifer serving the communities is part of what geologists and water managers call the C aquifer system, which includes the Coconino Sandstone and several associated rock formations. The Coconino Sandstone is a tan to white, cross-bedded quartz sandstone created by sustained pressure on ancient sand dunes and it is the primary water-bearing unit for much of northeastern Arizona. Near Winslow, the Coconino Sandstone is approximately 800 feet thick. The aquifer extends well beyond Navajo County, reaching into northwestern New Mexico, southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah and it underlies the entirety of the Hopi Reservation and most of the Navajo Nation. The water in this aquifer is not uniform in quality. A 2025 report by the U.S. Geological Survey, prepared in cooperation with the Hopi Tribe, analyzed groundwater chemistry data from 117 sites in the Coconino aquifer collected between 1933 and 2008, with most sites concentrated in the corridor between Flagstaff and Holbrook. Total dissolved solids, a measure of minerals and salts dissolved in water and commonly referred to as TDS, ranged from 199 milligrams per liter to 10,400 milligrams per liter across the sampled sites, with a median of 755 milligrams per liter. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s secondary standard for TDS in drinking water, which is a taste and quality benchmark rather than a strict health limit, is 500 milligrams per liter. Approximately 73% of sampled Coconino aquifer sites in the study area exceeded that standard. The reason for the elevated dissolved solids is geological. Beneath roughly 3,500 square miles of the southeastern portion of the study area, including the area around and east of Holbrook, lies a buried deposit of halite, which is rock salt. As groundwater flows northward through the aquifer, following the natural tilt of the rock formations, it contacts this salt body and dissolves sodium and chloride, producing water with the chemical profile of sodium-chloride brine in much of the area. The USGS report found that 42% of sampled sites had a sodium-chloride water type, with the highest concentrations south of Holbrook and in a broad zone north of Winslow. The highest TDS value in the entire dataset, 10,400 milligrams per liter, came from an 800-foot well in the Coconino Sandstone located south of Holbrook. This salt-influenced chemistry is why the Hopi Tribe’s municipal well at the Village of Moenkopi, north of the main study area, required reverse osmosis treatment before the water could be used for drinking. The Arizona Department of Water Resources, known as ADWR, is required by state statute to prepare Supply and Demand Reports for each of Arizona’s 51 groundwater basins. The 2025 assessment for the Little Colorado River Plateau Basin was completed in November 2025 and provides the most current comprehensive picture of the region’s water balance. The basin covers 26,700 square miles in northeastern Arizona. It has an estimated population of 272,231 people, and approximately 63.9% of its area lies within federally recognized Tribal lands belonging to the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, the Pueblo of Zuni, the White Mountain Apache and the San Juan Southern Paiute. The Joseph City Irrigation Non-Expansion Area, established in 1980 under the Groundwater Management Act, also lies within the basin boundaries. The water budget for the basin works much like a checking account. Supplies are deposits: surface water flowing in rivers and streams, groundwater recharge from precipitation, treated wastewater available for reuse and small amounts of water moved from other basins through the C.C. Cragin Pipeline. Demands are withdrawals: water consumed by agriculture, municipal users, industry and the natural environment from trees to slugs around the water corridors. The difference between deposits and withdrawals each year either adds to or subtracts from groundwater storage, which is the account balance. In northeastern Arizona, that account has been in the red for decades. Total average annual supply across all sources was estimated at approximately 84,166 acre-feet in 2024. One acre-foot is approximately 325,851 gallons, enough to supply roughly two average Arizona households for a year. Mountain-front recharge, the process by which snowmelt and precipitation infiltrate the rock at higher elevations and slowly enter the aquifer, averages approximately 280,071 acre-feet per year and is the largest single input to the groundwater system. Offsetting that, natural groundwater outflow from the basin through subsurface pathways averages approximately 210,400 acre-feet per year, a substantial figure reflecting the regional flow of groundwater northward and out of the basin. Total water demand in the basin in 2024 was estimated at approximately 165,939 acre-feet. The gap between supply and demand was roughly 81,774 acre-feet. In practical terms, the basin withdrew approximately twice as much water as it received in 2024, and that imbalance has persisted throughout the entire period for which ADWR has data. The deficit reached nearly three times supply in the early 1990s, and the gap has narrowed primarily because major industrial water users closed rather than because supply increased. The Navajo Generating Station, which had been the basin’s single largest industrial water user, closed in 2019. The Kayenta and Black Mesa mines operated by Peabody Energy closed in 2019 and 2005 respectively. As well as the closure of the Cholla Power Plant in 2025. Those closures released significant industrial demand that had previously been drawing down the aquifer. The consequence of this long-running imbalance is measurable. Groundwater storage in the basin was estimated at approximately 74 million acre-feet in 1990 and had declined to approximately 70 million acre-feet by 2024, a reduction of about 4 million acre-feet over 34 years. The ADWR calculates storage not to the maximum depth of the aquifer but to the average depth of existing wells in the basin, which is 387 feet. That methodological choice reflects a practical reality: a well installed at 387 feet produces no water once the water table drops below that depth, regardless of how much water may exist deeper in the formation. The average recorded water level in basin wells is currently 260 feet, leaving approximately 127 feet of buffer. If water levels were to drop to the average well depth of 387 feet, the ADWR estimates that approximately 61% of existing wells in the basin would run dry. The ADWR’s supply and demand projections extend through 2075 under five distinct scenarios, each modeling different assumptions about population growth, climate, conservation practices and technological change. Under the Status Quo scenario, in which current conditions are essentially held constant, the annual supply-demand deficit remains at approximately 116,607 acre-feet per year and groundwater storage declines from approximately 79.6 million acre-feet in 2025 to approximately 77.4 million acre-feet in 2075. That is a continued but relatively gradual drawdown, roughly 2.2 million acre-feet over 50 years, under current demand patterns. Climate change is projected to worsen the situation across all scenarios. The assessment modeled temperature increases of 1 degree Fahrenheit, 5 degrees Fahrenheit and 10 degrees Fahrenheit above baseline, corresponding to low, medium and high greenhouse gas emissions pathways for Arizona. Under the high emissions scenario, agricultural irrigation demand is projected to grow by approximately 19% by 2075, and the water consumed by natural vegetation along rivers and streams is projected to increase by roughly 8% as higher temperatures drive more evaporation. Even under the low emissions scenario, irrigation needs are estimated to grow by about 2%. Agriculture, which saw its water use drop sharply from more than 35,000 acre-feet per year in the early 1990s to less than 10,000 acre-feet in the 2000s and 2010s, has been climbing back. By 2024, agricultural demand had returned to approximately 20,485 acre-feet per year. Remote sensing data showed an increasing trend in agricultural consumptive use in the basin from 2016 to 2023. If that trend continues through 2075, the ADWR estimates irrigation withdrawals could increase by 62%, with the agency noting that sufficient land exists in the basin to support that level of expansion. On the positive side, conservation and technology improvements can meaningfully reduce demand. If efficiency requirements similar to those in Arizona’s regulated Active Management Areas were applied to this basin, residential water demand could decline by 17% by 2075. Technology adoption, including advanced metering, leak detection and irrigation system upgrades, could reduce agricultural withdrawals by approximately 9% and household consumption by roughly 13%. Population in the basin is also projected to decline modestly under current demographic forecasts, which would reduce municipal demand by approximately 16% by 2075, though population projections carry inherent uncertainty. Layered over the physical picture is an unresolved legal one. The Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe each have claims pending in the Little Colorado River General Stream Adjudication, a court proceeding to formally establish water rights across the river system. In 2024, the Northern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement was executed. Once authorized by Congress and made legally enforceable, it would resolve all existing water claims by those three tribes within Arizona. That authorization had not occurred as of the date of this article. The relationship between any new industrial water permits and the eventual terms of the settlement is not yet formally defined. None of the ADWR’s five projection scenarios incorporates the water demand of gigawatt-scale industrial development, because no such development was considered when the assessment was prepared. That is where the second part of this series begins. Two large development proposals, one near Winslow and one near Holbrook, have bene moving through the planning process. Both are large scale industrial developments. Both involve data centers, a category of industrial user whose water needs vary by several orders of magnitude depending on cooling technology and design choices. What those proposals are, what they have committed to in the public record and what questions remain unanswered will be the subject of the next article in this series. The post A Thirst for Growth Part 1: the aquifer already under strain first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fadfeee6011c3f4ea53e7 Winslow approves tentative budget and hears results of last year’s audit te 2026-06-03T04:30:54.315Z Winslow approves tentative budget and hears results of last year’s audit By Shawn White The Winslow City Council approved a tentative fiscal year 2027 budget of approximately $45.34 million Tuesday night, a figure significantly larger than what council members had seen in prior work sessions due to the addition of several grant-funded items. City Manager David Coolidge explained that the budget had grown since an earlier presentation primarily because a $15 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant. “There were a couple of things that you’ll see that the amount has grown. However, it doesn’t affect the bottom line,” Coolidge said, noting that the city had neglected to include the RAISE grant in the earlier draft. In addition to the RAISE grant, the budget incorporates a $500,000 economic development grant, a $3.5 million water tank grant and approximately $5 million in airport improvement grants. Coolidge said those items are classified as excluded funds, meaning they do not count against the city’s expenditure limitation in the same way as general expenditures. The city’s estimated total exclusions came to about $24.56 million, bringing the amount counted against the expenditure limit down to roughly $20.77 million, below the city’s cap of approximately $21.43 million. Total resources available were listed at about $56.6 million. “The likelihood of expending all of those grants in the next year is slim to none. However, we still account for them just in case,” he said. “Whatever we don’t expend, we will carry over into the following year,” Coolidge told council. He also reminded the council that Tuesday’s action sets a ceiling, not a final number. “What we are setting tonight with the tentative is that we’re setting our max. So when we come back for the final, we cannot increase, but we can decrease,” Coolidge said. The council approved the tentative budget and expenditure limitation for FY 2027 with no stated opposition. Auditor Michael Larson from the state auditor’s office presented the results of the city’s audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, reporting that Winslow received an unmodified opinion on its financial statements, the highest rating auditors can issue. “The city received what’s called an unmodified opinion. This is the highest opinion we can give,” Larson said, though he was quick to add that the designation is not a guarantee of perfection. “We are saying the financial statements are materially free from misstatement due to error or fraud.” Larson said auditors also found no indication of fraud during the review. The city also received an unmodified opinion on its federal compliance audit, which was required because the city received and spent more than $750,000 in federal awards. Total federal expenditures were $2.9 million, with auditors testing the housing voucher program and coronavirus local fiscal recovery funds, which together represented 72% of federal expenditures. Despite the positive overall opinion, some findings from the prior year’s audit repeated, including those related to financial reporting closeout and cash reconciliations. Larson said the timing of the 2024 audit, which was completed late, limited the city’s ability to implement all corrections before the 2025 audit was finished. “Although some of the findings that we had in the prior audit did repeat for fiscal year ’25, we did recognize significant improvements in the town’s financial processing and being able to pull documentation and ensure that fewer adjustments needed to be made to the financial statements,” Larson said. He added that the city had submitted corrective action plans and that auditors believe those plans would resolve the issues if put into practice. He also noted that two of three prior federal findings from the 2024 audit had been cleared. Mayor Roberta “Birdie” Cano said the context around the repeat findings was reassuring. “I’m glad you did give the explanation of having the audit late last year and how that kind of contributed to this year. So it’s not necessarily a repeat issue. It’s just kind of a time frame. So that makes me feel a lot better,” she said. Sandra Knight, the city’s recreation manager, also spoke at the meeting and told the council that summer programming is in full swing, with the outdoor pool opening the day of the meeting for the first time with a fully staffed lifeguard team. “This has been the first year in a long time that I can say we’re fully staffed,” she said. Co-ed softball is set to begin next week with 25 teams registered. Swim lessons are filling rapidly, deep water aerobics has moved outdoors and the indoor pool continues to host the self-described Silver Mermaids water aerobics group Monday through Friday. The summer calendar also includes July Jams, electric dance parties, DJ Night Swim events and the return of the Fourth of July cardboard boat races. In other business, the council: * Approved past meeting minutes and the check registry. * Approved a contract with Pierce Coleman, PLLC for legal services at a cost of $15,250 a month. * Approved a liquor license application for Loves Truck Stop located at 720 Transcon Lane. The post Winslow approves tentative budget and hears results of last year’s audit first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fa947ee6011c3f4ea52b5 Becerra’s Heritage Appeals to Many Latino Voters, but Some Shrug te 2026-06-03T04:10:47.355Z Becerra’s Heritage Appeals to Many Latino Voters, but Some Shrug If Xavier Becerra wins the primary, he has a strong chance of becoming California’s first Latino governor since 1875. That’s a draw for some Latino voters, but other factors are driving their votes. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fa933ee6011c3f4ea52ac Suburban mayor wins G.O.P. nomination to be New Mexico governor te 2026-06-03T04:10:27.504Z Suburban mayor wins G.O.P. nomination to be New Mexico governor Gregg Hull, the former mayor of Rio Rancho, a sprawling suburb of Albuquerque, will try to break the Democrats’ hold on the southwestern state. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fa498ee6011c3f4ea51be U.S. Is Said to Be Investigating George Santos Over Kalshi Betting te 2026-06-03T03:50:48.789Z U.S. Is Said to Be Investigating George Santos Over Kalshi Betting The former congressman was referred to federal authorities after he bet on his own attendance at the State of the Union address, a person familiar with the matter said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fa484ee6011c3f4ea51b5 Pacific Palisades Voters Remain Frustrated by Fire Aftermath te 2026-06-03T03:50:28.798Z Pacific Palisades Voters Remain Frustrated by Fire Aftermath Residents of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles headed to the polls on Tuesday. Many are waiting for their homes to be rebuilt. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fa258ee6011c3f4ea5169 Trump administration dumps $1.77B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund te 2026-06-03T03:41:12.310Z Trump administration dumps $1.77B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks during a press conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has scrapped plans to use nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer dollars to pay people who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Justice Department — a proposal that halted work on legislation to fund immigration and deportation activities.  Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified Tuesday before a House committee the DOJ will no longer move forward with those plans shortly after Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, said the administration had reversed course.  That decision could clear the way for the Senate to debate a roughly $70 billion package meant to fund immigration and deportation for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term.  “I think his statements are going to be very definitive, very clear and create the certainty that I hope all of our members, and House members need as well, in order for us to proceed on the reconciliation bill,” Thune said, referring to Blanche. “But I’m not guaranteeing that happens yet.”  Blanche confirmed Thune’s statements when he testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee in the afternoon. “We’re not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche said when pressed by the subcommittee’s top Democrat, Rep. Grace Meng of New York. “You and Associate Attorney General Woodward signed earlier documents regarding the settlement and this fund, would both of you now sign and release documents reversing the DOJ position on the fund?” Meng asked. “We’re not moving forward with the fund. I’m not sure what that means to sign documents reversing. There’s nothing to reverse,” Blanche replied. The DOJ posted on social media this week that it plans to abide by a temporary court ruling that blocked distribution of the funds, but Republican lawmakers said that wasn’t enough to end the impasse it created. The Justice Department announced the creation of the fund last month as part of a legal settlement between Trump and the IRS over leaked copies of his returns during Trump’s first term. The settlement included provisions that precluded future IRS investigations into Trump and his family. Senate Republicans weigh in Thune said GOP senators had a “quite robust conversation” during a closed-door lunch about the DOJ fund and whether to move forward with their immigration and deportation package.  North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven said after that meeting it’s up to GOP leaders to determine whether there are enough votes to move forward with the immigration package.  “I think the next step is for our whip team to find out where everybody’s at based on the administration’s indication that they’re not going to move forward with the fund,” Hoeven said.  Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said there is a “chance” that Republicans could begin a marathon amendment voting session on the immigration bill as soon as Wednesday, if Blanche’s testimony alleviates concerns created by the DOJ fund.  Montana Sen. Steve Daines, however, said he believes it’s “unlikely” that process begins this week.  North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said earlier in the day, before the lunch, that he wouldn’t accept taxpayer dollars going toward people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.  “To provide restitution to somebody who assaulted a police officer and pled guilty to it. I mean, man, I’ve seen some crazy stuff before, but that’s right up there with crazy,” he said.  Utah Republican Sen. John Curtis said he needs to know “if it’s dead or nearly dead.”  Oklahoma Republican Sen. James Lankford said he wants clarification from the White House about the settlement fund in light of the court’s ruling.  He added that Republicans are waiting to see if “the court case set aside both the settlement fund and the audits.” “We need clarification for what it is and isn’t, because the White House already said ‘we agree, we don’t like it, but we agree with the courts,’” Lankford said. “What does that mean?” Amendment to ban fund Democrats have also criticized Trump and those in his administration over the fund, vowing to block it in law.  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said during an afternoon press conference that promises from Trump and administration officials are “worthless.”  “Trump sued his own government, had his own Justice Department settle the case and is now trying to use taxpayer dollars to pay off his MAGA allies, billionaire buddies and cop-beating insurrectionists,” Schumer said.  “And let’s be clear, Trump has not killed this slush fund,” he added. “He has not revoked the special tax immunity he gave himself and his family. He has not ended the corruption. He hit a temporary roadblock. That’s it.” Schumer said the first amendment he would offer during debate on Republicans’ immigration and deportation bill would “ban Trump’s slush fund permanently and revoke his family’s free rein to commit tax fraud forever.” Ashley Murray contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fa241ee6011c3f4ea5148 Tomas Hertl scores game-winner as Golden Knights rally to beat Hurricanes in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final te 2026-06-03T03:40:49.272Z Tomas Hertl scores game-winner as Golden Knights rally to beat Hurricanes in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final The Vegas Golden Knights have taken Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, erasing the Carolina Hurricanes' early 2-0 lead to win a thrilling 5-4 game in Raleigh and set the tone for this best-of-seven series. It’s a seven-game win streak for Vegas now, as they haven’t lost since Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Anaheim Ducks. They surprisingly swept the Colorado Avalanche to win the West, and they kept that momentum going on the road. Tomas Hertl was the hero for the Golden Knights in Game 1, as he scored the game-winning goal on a snipe with 3:25 left in the third period. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM But it wasn’t easy for Vegas in the first period when the Hurricanes were quick to assert their home-ice advantage just 25 seconds into the game. It was the first shot on goal for either side when Nikolaj Ehlers poked a puck past an aggressive Shea Theodore for Vegas, and he sprinted down ice toward Carter Hart, who mans the Golden Knights’ net. Ehlers, though, had the perfect shot, ringing the post and sending the Hurricanes faithful into a frenzy with the 1-0 lead before some could even get to their seats. DESPITE POTENTIAL RATINGS NIGHTMARE FOR NHL, VEGAS-CAROLINA STANLEY CUP FINAL STILL HAS PLENTY OF INTRIGUE Then, midway through the period, Ehlers found himself in yet another breakaway scenario, and he didn’t squander the opportunity to take advantage. He put a nifty move on Hart, and his backhand found the net to make it 2-0. Jalen Chatfield also had his eye down ice, recognizing that Ehlers was uncovered and quickly turned Jack Eichel’s turnover into the opportunity. But if there’s anything the Golden Knights have proved in these Stanley Cup Playoffs, it’s to never count them out. Another example of that was seen on Tuesday night. Theodore made up for his mishap to start the game with an absolute rocket off his stick on a one-timer that saw its way through traffic and past Frederik Anderson in net to get Vegas on the board shortly after Ehlers’ second goal. Then, as the second period got underway, it was Ivan Barbashev who decided to return the favor of scoring in 30 seconds or less. As Vegas entered the offensive zone with speed, the puck found Jack Eichel's stick. He quickly spotted Ivan Barbashev cutting through the slot, and Barbashev fired a shot over Frederik Andersen's right shoulder before the goalie could react. With that, the Golden Knights tied this game up, but they didn’t let the momentum go. William Karlsson, who already has a cup under his belt for Vegas, did his part in seeking the next trophy. Mitch Marner had a tremendous backhand pass from behind the net that found Karlsson’s stick all alone out in front, and Anderson had no chance as Vegas took a 3-2 lead. At that moment, the air in the Lenovo Center was taken right out of the fans’ sails, but a trusty veteran restored that later in the period. Jordan Staal, who watched his brother and 2006 Stanley Cup champion with the Hurricanes, Eric Staal, get the crowd going with the siren at puck drop, potted his third goal of these playoffs. Jordan Staal snapped a wrister past Hart thanks to a heads-up play by K’Andre Miller to keep the puck onside and find his teammate fast for the grade-A chance. The bleeding was stopped, but the third period was bound to be a thriller based on how these two teams were finding clear chances to score. Who broke the tie first was the major question, and Brett Howden had the answer just 1:21 into the period. The playoff leader in goals, Howden had a beautiful tip on a shot by Theodore for his 11th of the playoffs and perhaps his most important in Game 1. The scoreboard remained silent for some time after that, with both teams trying to set up solid forechecks, but to no avail. The Hurricanes even had a power play, but they couldn’t find the back of the net. Then, with 8:41 left, some puck luck found the Hurricanes, as defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere saw an offensive zone face-off biscuit fall right into his lap with no one around. He secured the puck on his stick blade and wristed it past Hart for the 4-4 tie. However, the rollercoaster ride for the Hurricanes didn’t have a happy ending when they got off, with Hertl’s goal, assisted on a crafty Sissons' pass following a face-off, being the final say in this one. Game 2 of this series will be played once more in Raleigh on Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1fa000ee6011c3f4ea50c8 DOJ expands indictment against SPLC, alleging $4M secretly funneled to KKK and extremist groups te 2026-06-03T03:31:12.391Z DOJ expands indictment against SPLC, alleging $4M secretly funneled to KKK and extremist groups The Department of Justice last month announced an indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), alleging that the civil rights nonprofit defrauded donors by secretly paying informants associated with extremist organizations, including the Ku Klux Klan. A federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama returned an 11-count indictment in April charging the SPLC with six counts of wire fraud, four counts of making false statements to a federally insured bank and one count of conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering, according to the Justice Department. The superseding indictment retains those charges while expanding on the alleged misconduct. According to the DOJ, the SPLC "secretly funneled" more than $3 million in donor funds between 2014 and 2023 to numerous individuals associated with extremist organizations, including the Ku Klux Klan, United Klans of America, the National Socialist Movement, participants in the Unite the Right rally and the Aryan Nations-affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club. NEO-NAZIS, ‘SADISTIC’ BIKERS AND CHARLOTTESVILLE ORGANIZER: 5 OF THE MOST SHOCKING SPLC INFORMANTS The original indictment alleged approximately $3 million in payments between 2014 and 2023. "The SPLC’s paid informants ('field sources') engaged in the active promotion of racist groups at the same time that the SPLC was denouncing the same groups on its website," the indictment states. Prosecutors further allege the SPLC opened bank accounts tied to fictitious entities in order to conceal donor funds that were allegedly routed to confidential sources. MIKE DAVIS: SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: A TALE OF A RACISM SCAM According to the indictment, the SPLC began operating a covert informant network in the 1980s, and between 2014 and 2023 allegedly paid those sources in a clandestine manner. The DOJ alleges an SPLC employee instead encouraged the pair to remain involved and offered them a monthly salary of $1,200. The two subsequently agreed to remain in the organization, according to the indictment. DR. BEN CARSON: I KNOW HOW BAD THE SPLC WAS, IT CAME AFTER ME AND PUT ME AT RISK Prosecutors allege an SPLC employee instructed the individuals to claim they worked for a company called Rare Books and helped college students with research and writing assignments if anyone questioned the source of their income. The indictment alleges donor funds were used to pay both individuals through SPLC accounts. According to prosecutors, the pair were also reimbursed for expenses related to Ku Klux Klan activities, including cross-burning events and associated costs such as wood and fuel. One of the individuals is also accused of recruiting new members using donor-funded payments. The indictment further alleges the SPLC knew donor funds were used to purchase materials for Ku Klux Klan garments. In a statement to Fox News Digital, attorney Abbe Lowell, who represents the SPLC, denied the allegations. "This apparent superseding indictment attempts to shore up the flaws in the initial charges, but it changes nothing," Lowell said. "The SPLC did not lie to its donors, it did not mislead banks it did business with, and its informant program prevented violence and saved lives," he continued.  "It appears the Justice Department shared the indictment with media before it was unsealed by the court – another example of the government’s troubling handling of this case." "We will be addressing these irregularities with the court and look forward to presenting the truth at trial," he added. NONPROFIT REVENUE TOTALS SURGE AMID GROWING SCRUTINY AFTER MAJOR FRAUD CASES The superseding indictment also notes that the SPLC’s reported revenue increased from roughly $38.7 million in 2010 to more than $129 million in 2023, an increase of approximately 233%. According to the filing, the organization’s net assets grew from approximately $238 million to nearly $787 million during the same period. The SPLC is a longtime nonprofit organization that says it combats white supremacy and extremism through research, reporting and monitoring efforts intended to assist law enforcement and the public. During a news conference announcing the original indictment, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche alleged the SPLC paid members of extremist groups so it could generate "work product" documenting their activities. "To that end, [SPLC] was doing the exact opposite of what it told its donors it was doing – not dismantling extremism but funding it," Blanche said. Fox News Digital's Alexandra Koch, David Spunt, Jake Gibson and Alec Schemmel contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f9fd7ee6011c3f4ea50ae Spencer Pratt’s L.A. Mayor Campaign Is Fueled by Out-of-Town Cash te 2026-06-03T03:30:31.431Z Spencer Pratt’s L.A. Mayor Campaign Is Fueled by Out-of-Town Cash Mr. Pratt, a former reality TV star, has proved adept at raising funds among people who cannot vote for him. His rivals in the race have taken a more local approach. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f9d7aee6011c3f4ea503b These voters feel like L.A. city residents, but their ballots say otherwise. te 2026-06-03T03:20:26.711Z These voters feel like L.A. city residents, but their ballots say otherwise. After hearing about the Los Angeles mayor’s race for months, some voters realized Tuesday that they don’t have a say in it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f990aee6011c3f4ea4f63 Joel Klatt roasts SEC: Nick Saban isn't there 'with his big old coattails for you to ride as a conference' te 2026-06-03T03:01:30.074Z Joel Klatt roasts SEC: Nick Saban isn't there 'with his big old coattails for you to ride as a conference' The SEC has, for years, enjoyed a widespread belief that it is the strongest conference in college football. And for years, that belief was correct. Starting in 2009, Nick Saban created one of the most impressive dynasties in the sport's history. The Alabama Crimson Tide won a BCS National Championship in his third year on the job. And just never stopped winning. They won again in 2011 and 2012. Then won three more College Football Playoff National Championships from 2015-2020. But as hard as it is to believe, 2020 is now six years ago, and the times have changed. Dramatically. The Big Ten has won three consecutive National Championships, starting, coincidentally, when name, image and likeness rules were changed allowing college football players to get paid by outside collectives. Not only has the Big Ten won three in a row, but the SEC hasn't reached the championship game since 2022. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! SEC teams were 1-8 during the 2025-2026 bowl season against teams from other conferences, and 0-3 in the playoff against other Power 4 programs. Despite those obvious realities, along with plenty of other unflattering statistics, at the conference's recent spring meetings, Commissioner Greg Sankey and other prominent figures were adamant that they remain, by far, the country's best conference. GREG SANKEY INSISTS SEC IS 'STRONGEST LEAGUE' DESPITE BIG TEN WINNING THREE STRAIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS There are some who agree with that sentiment, and others who don't, and based on some comments made by FOX Sports analyst Joel Klatt, he's squarely in the latter category. Why? Because Nick Saban's retired, and the conference can't ride his "big old coattails" anymore. "This is not 2012, this is not 2016, 15," Klatt said during a recent episode of his show. "I'm sorry, Nick Saban is no longer there with his big old coattails for you to ride as a conference. It's not that way anymore. So I thought that we should recap what we learned from the SEC spring meetings, and I've gotta be honest, it wasn't a lot. "What did we get? Propaganda. Awesome," he continued. "Let's start with what Greg Sankey said, and it was basically, 'hey, we're the best.' That is false. They are not by far the best conference in college football. And candidly, I don't even know if you can call them the best conference in college football." LANE KIFFIN MAKES RIDICULOUS EXCUSES FOR SEC'S POOR RECENT PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF Klatt added that the "data" shows that the Big Ten has passed the SEC, and those who doubt that are predisposed to support the SEC or its schools. "Why don't we just go to the data, why don't we call balls and strikes, because here's the thing: at a meeting like that, Greg is saying this to a group of writers who largely want that to be true. If you believe what he said, deep down in your heart, it's because you want to believe what he said. You don't want to see the data, you don't want to see the truth. "And that's fine, and that makes college football great. If you're a fan and you're mad right now because you sense what I'm about to talk about, and you're thinking to yourself like, 'no way, here he goes,' that's fine, because the passion in our sport is what makes our sport great. What the data suggests is that what Greg said, is absolutely false. The Big Ten is 4-0 over the SEC over the last three playoffs. 4-0 is not a small thing now." Yes, four games is a small sample size. But the playoff is the best against the best, ostensibly, providing a clearer comparison. Bowl games, too, went the Big Ten's way. Iowa beat Vanderbilt, a team that believed it should have been in the College Football Playoff. Illinois beat Tennessee, a team that was ranked for much of the season. Indiana obliterated Alabama, with the one win being Texas over Michigan. That same Texas team also lost to Ohio State in the first week of the year. Meanwhile, Curt Cignetti and the Indiana Hoosiers went 16-0 a few months after Steve Sarkisian said undefeated teams were a thing of the past. It's Sankey's job to ignore these results and point to metrics he prefers. But it's the job of those on the outside to be honest about where the SEC currently sits. Because activism from Sankey and other coaches has already impacted the selection committee. Alabama's inclusion in the 2025-2026 field proves it. And it's why Klatt's right to call it out for what it is, propaganda. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f98e1ee6011c3f4ea4f4c Radio Host With Trump’s Support Wins Republican House Primary in Montana te 2026-06-03T03:00:49.113Z Radio Host With Trump’s Support Wins Republican House Primary in Montana Aaron Flint defeated three other Republicans, including Christi Jacobsen, the Montana secretary of state. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f98cbee6011c3f4ea4f3a 9 Counties to Watch in the California Governor’s Race te 2026-06-03T03:00:27.271Z 9 Counties to Watch in the California Governor’s Race The race might not be called on election night, but these counties could provide signals for what lies ahead. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f96afee6011c3f4ea4ea5 Montana Senate showdown emerges as Trump-backed Republican faces independent challenge te 2026-06-03T02:51:27.350Z Montana Senate showdown emerges as Trump-backed Republican faces independent challenge The race to replace a political titan from the Treasure State has taken shape with three challengers who will square off in November.  What was expected to be an easy path to victory in Montana was shaken up earlier in 2026. Now, three new faces — former U.S. District Attorney Kurt Alme, ex-University of Montana President Seth Bodnar and former Montana state Rep. Reilly Neill — are all headed to the big stage in November. Republican Sen. Steve Daines' sudden exit from his reelection campaign opened up the race in ruby-red Montana.  2026 MIDTERMS: PRIMARIES, KEY RACES AND ELECTION RESULTS Now, it’s a three-way battle between his chosen successor, an insurgent independent candidate and a former state legislator.  Alme has a home field advantage given the groundwork Daines laid throughout his political career, turning Montana from a purple to ruby red bastion for the GOP.   But Alme hasn’t run for statewide office before. He was tapped twice by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. District Attorney in Montana and had a stint in Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration.  And he’s leaning into Trump’s backing, along with the endorsements of Daines and Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., to make his case to voters. "We think that the Republican platform — and certainly President Trump’s approach to governing — is a winner in Montana," Alme told Fox News Digital in March. "And we think that if we stick to our conservative roots, we’re going to perform well against anyone." FROM REALITY TV TO CITY HALL? TRUMP-BACKED SPENCER PRATT SOARS IN LA MAYOR RACE AS CALIFORNIANS VOTE His opponents, however, have both been critical of the circumstances that led to his entering the race.  Daines, just as the candidate filing deadline in Montana was nearing its end, opted to drop out of the race. Then Alme stepped in almost immediately, a move that drew accusations that Daines tried to rig the Republican primary in the state. Bodnar charged in a statement after collecting the needed signatures to make it on the ballot that "D.C. insiders tried to rig this election in March by installing a handpicked candidate who will do their bidding.  "Our campaign has spent months building a political movement of Montanans who want the chance to send leaders to Washington who will always put Montana first," Bodnar said. "I will never pay allegiance to party bosses or political elites, and I will work every day until Election Day to earn the vote of every Montanan." Bodnar, who has similarly not run for public office, is leading all candidates in fundraising. His latest financial filing showed the independent raised over $754,000 since March for a total of $2 million since entering the race. Neill raised $294,000 during the same period, gaining an edge on Alme, who raised $259,000.  Given the GOP’s grip on the state, which Trump has won by double digits in each election he’s run, Bodnar and Neill both face an uphill battle. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f9686ee6011c3f4ea4e90 Sanchez wins Democratic nod for New Mexico land commissioner te 2026-06-03T02:50:46.395Z Sanchez wins Democratic nod for New Mexico land commissioner The tightly fought contest to control 9 million acres of state land revolved around which candidate could beat back President Trump and his public land chief, New Mexico’s Steve Pierce. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f9672ee6011c3f4ea4e87 Late-Arriving Ballots Could Lean Democratic in California te 2026-06-03T02:50:26.544Z Late-Arriving Ballots Could Lean Democratic in California Democratic voters have been returning their ballots later than Republicans in this year’s primaries, which will make it difficult to interpret the results on election night. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f9201ee6011c3f4ea4db7 Drake London signs $141M deal with Falcons, becoming third highest-paid receiver in NFL: reports te 2026-06-03T02:31:29.832Z Drake London signs $141M deal with Falcons, becoming third highest-paid receiver in NFL: reports Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Drake London can now call himself one of the highest-paid players in franchise history. The Falcons and their top receiver have reportedly come to terms on a four-year, $141 million deal with $100 million guaranteed, according to ESPN. The deal can also reach $150 million with incentives. At $35.25 million per year, London would become the NFL's third-highest-paid receiver. Only the Seattle Seahawks' Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who signed a record-breaking $168.8 million extension one month after helping his team win Super Bowl LX, and the Cincinnati Bengals' Ja'Marr Chase, who agreed to a $161 million deal in March 2025, would earn more. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM London, 24, was the Falcons’ first-round pick of the 2022 NFL Draft out of USC, and he has earned that draft slot after hauling in 309 receptions for 3,961 yards and 22 touchdowns across four seasons. He was coming into this season on his fifth-year option, but the Falcons will not be playing that game with a cornerstone piece. JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA, SEAHAWKS AGREE TO HISTORIC CONTRACT EXTENSION: REPORTS However, they won’t be done shelling out massive deals, and London’s star offensive teammate, running back Bijan Robinson, might do more than just be one of the highest-paid players in franchise history. Robinson cemented himself as one of the elite running backs in the NFL across just three seasons with Atlanta. Last season, he tallied a league-leading 2,298 scrimmage yards (1,478 rushing, 820 receiving, with 11 total touchdowns). He earned himself his first All-Pro honor, and there’s likely more to come for the shifty Texas product. Philadelphia Eagles' Saquon Barkley is the highest-paid running back in the NFL at $20.6 million per year, but Robinson could crush that number depending on what he and the Falcons potentially agree to. It doesn’t have to come this year, but it’s certainly on the horizon. The Falcons already picked up Robinson’s fifth-year option for the 2027 season. As for London, the Falcons have a major decision to make heading into the 2026 season: determining who will be their starting quarterback. Whoever wins the job will be tasked with getting the ball to London and the rest of Atlanta's pass catchers, including tight end Kyle Pitts Sr., who will play the season on the franchise tag. While Michael Penix Jr., who partially tore his ACL in his left knee last season, remains on the roster, the Falcons signed another lefty, former Miami Dolphins star Tua Tagovailoa, to give him some competition in training camp this summer. Inconsistency at the quarterback position is what London and his teammates have had to deal with since he entered the league, with the likes of Desmond Ridder, Taylor Heinecke, and Marcus Mariota taking turns as the team’s starter before Kirk Cousins signed his massive three-year deal with Atlanta. London’s best year was in 2024 when he was Cousins’ clear top target, hauling in 100 of his 158 targets for a career-high 1,271 with nine touchdowns. However, Cousins didn’t hold on to his starting role, as Penix took over as the Week 1 starter. Once he sustained his injury, Cousins had to come in, and yet London still almost reached 1,000 yards. With a new front office in place, led by Falcons legend and President of Football Matt Ryan, it's clear the team is committed to retaining its young core as it tries to return to playoff contention in the wide-open NFC South. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f91edee6011c3f4ea4dae FBI charges 35 in West Virginia drug and firearms operation, launches nationwide summer crime initiative te 2026-06-03T02:31:09.921Z FBI charges 35 in West Virginia drug and firearms operation, launches nationwide summer crime initiative The FBI on Tuesday said 35 people had been charged for narcotics and firearms offenses stemming from a yearlong federal operation in West Virginia while also unveiling a new nationwide summer crime-fighting initiative. The bureau said FBI Pittsburgh and FBI Baltimore launched Operation Turf War in early 2025 alongside the Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force. The operation resulted in the seizure of illegal firearms and narcotics, along with the forfeiture of proceeds allegedly used to fund violent criminal activity, according to the FBI. "Operation Turf War was this FBI answering the call of a community that needed it the most," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement to Fox News Digital. WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S ORDER LEADS TO NEARLY 60 SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIMINALS DETAINED "This was a massively successful operation right in West Virginia with nearly three dozen individuals arrested using sophisticated techniques, confidential informants, and precise collaboration across the entire FBI enterprise with our partners," he continued. Patel said the operation demonstrated "exactly what partnerships are supposed to look like." He pointed to coordination among the Martinsburg Police Department SWAT team, Jefferson County SWAT and Homeland Security Investigations SWAT. TRUMP REVEALS WHICH MAJOR US CITY IS NEXT IN CRIME CRACKDOWN WHILE TOUTING SUCCESS OF 'OPERATION SUMMER HEAT' The FBI also announced the launch of Operation Summer Heat 2.0, a renewed version of an initiative led last year by then-Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino that the bureau said resulted in nearly 9,000 arrests nationwide. The effort will run through Sept. 20 and focus on partnerships with state and local law enforcement agencies to combat violent crime. "For the next 95 days, the entire country will see this FBI replicating these exact efforts across America with Operation Summer Heat – an extension of our work last year led by then Deputy Director Dan Bongino to crush violent crime," Patel said. "We’re just getting started," he added. According to the FBI, last year’s Operation Summer Heat resulted in more than 8,600 arrests, nearly 7,750 search operations, the seizure of 2,280 firearms and more than 44,560 kilograms of cocaine. The bureau said this year’s operation will be conducted on a larger scale, with federal officials working alongside state and local partners to identify and disrupt violent criminals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f91c4ee6011c3f4ea4d9a Katie Porter: 5 Facts About the Candidate for California Governor te 2026-06-03T02:30:28.877Z Katie Porter: 5 Facts About the Candidate for California Governor The former House member built her reputation by grilling corporate executives, and she has a strong command of policy. But questions about her demeanor have been a drag on her campaign. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8d3bee6011c3f4ea4cad Jim Schwartz opens up about messy Browns split after being passed over for head coaching job te 2026-06-03T02:11:07.025Z Jim Schwartz opens up about messy Browns split after being passed over for head coaching job Jim Schwartz came up short in Cleveland's head coaching search, which ultimately led to his departure from the Browns after two seasons as defensive coordinator. The Browns entered the offseason looking for a replacement after dismissing Kevin Stefanski, and Schwartz quickly emerged as a leading candidate after overseeing one of the NFL's top defenses. Ultimately, however, ownership elected to hire former Baltimore Ravens Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken. Now, Schwartz is opening up about the split with the Browns. SHEDEUR SANDERS ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD AFTER BROWNS FIRE HEAD COACH KEVIN STEFANSKI: 'JUST HOW THE LEAGUE IS' Schwartz discussed his messy departure during an appearance on the "Ryan Ripken Show," shedding light on a decision that followed Cleveland's search for a new head coach. While Schwartz said he understood the organization's decision, he also made clear that remaining on Monken's staff was never a realistic option. "They wanted to go with an offensive guy. They chose Todd. I'm fine with that," Schwartz said. "They can make, you know, decisions that they want to make. But they can't expect me to stay on board for that." NFL FIRING WAVE LEAVES A QUARTER OF TEAMS WITHOUT HEAD COACHES After believing he had earned consideration for the top job, Schwartz viewed a return to his previous role as an untenable situation. "Anybody that's in any business, you get passed over for a promotion, when you've done a really, really good job in your job, and you think you were in line for that promotion, it's time to go," Schwartz said. The veteran coach suggested the arrangement would have created an awkward dynamic from the outset. Rather than attempt to make the situation work, he opted for a clean break. "A forced marriage isn't gonna work in the NFL," Schwartz said. He also questioned whether he could have effectively maintained his authority within the building after the hiring decision. "I didn't feel like I could do my job after getting passed over for that coaching job," he added. Schwartz ultimately resigned from his position and, because of the terms of his contract, will spend the upcoming season away from the sidelines. Cleveland has since turned to Mike Rutenberg to lead the defense as Monken begins his tenure as head coach. Whether the Browns made the right decision will ultimately be determined on the field. What Schwartz made clear is that once Cleveland chose Monken, his own decision was already made. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8d12ee6011c3f4ea4c9a Nithya Raman: 5 Facts About the Candidate for Los Angeles Mayor te 2026-06-03T02:10:26.554Z Nithya Raman: 5 Facts About the Candidate for Los Angeles Mayor Ms. Raman, a progressive Democrat, surprised many allies when she entered the Los Angeles mayor’s race at the last minute. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8b4fee6011c3f4ea4c55 Dwight Jensen te 2026-06-03T02:02:55.753Z Dwight Jensen Dwight “De Jae” Jensen, 47, beloved son, uncle, brother and father, peacefully passed away on May 31, 2026, in Scottsdale, surrounded by family.       De Jae was born Dec. 19, 1978, in Keams Canyon, to Justin Jensen Sr. and Maria Elias Jensen.       De Jae lived life to the fullest, enjoying family time and a love for hiking. His passion for sharing his love for films, music and quoting them will forever remain in our memory.       De Jae will be remembered by his children, Eliana Maria, Heaven Avelito (Bethany Bozovich), Angel Elecia (Ayden Fermin), Jerian Coda and Elyas Alberto-Guy; and his fur babies, Lady, Luna, and Chato.       He is survived by his brothers and sisters, Geraldine Begay (Chris), Justin Jensen Jr., Carol Jensen, Aaron Jensen, Rydell Jensen, LeAnn Gonzales (Tony) and Ryan Jensen (Trina). He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.       He is preceded in death by his parents, Justin and Maria Jensen; sisters, Linda Jensen and Olivia Jensen (Jason Gamber); brother, Shaun Jensen; and nephew, Jaron Jensen. Also his best friend, Alberto Yanez.       A Celebration of Life for De Jae will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 12, at Winslow Funeral Home, located at 1505 W. Third St. in Winslow. The post Dwight Jensen first appeared on Painted Desert Tribune. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8b37ee6011c3f4ea4c35 Plastic surgeon who testified for 1993 WTC bombing cleric wins NJ Dem primary te 2026-06-03T02:02:31.189Z Plastic surgeon who testified for 1993 WTC bombing cleric wins NJ Dem primary A pro-Palestinian plastic surgeon in New Jersey who testified as a witness in a major terrorism case on behalf of a convicted Islamic cleric won election in the New Jersey primary.  Adam Hisham Hamawy, a former Army combat medic born in Egypt, won a 12-way Democratic primary contest for a solidly blue House seat, according to The Associated Press. Hamawy was considered to be the frontrunner to succeed retiring Trenton-area Rep. Bonnie Watson-Coleman, D-N.J., and garnered support from the Democratic Party's far-left flank. He attempted to weather mounting scrutiny for his ties as a young adult to Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, who was convicted of inciting the 1993 World Trade Center bombing that killed six people and injured thousands. The infamous "Blind Sheikh" was also an influential figure among al Qaeda terrorists. MEET ANALILIA MEJIA, THE SANDERS-AOC BACKED PROGRESSIVE WHO JUST WON ELECTION TO CONGRESS Hamawy testified as a witness for the defense and has faced lingering questions for his role in the convicted sheikh's 1996 trial. Fox News contributor Andrew McCarthy, the chief prosecutor in Abdel Rahman’s criminal trial, said Hamawy’s testimony ultimately helped the government’s case despite it being offered to undermine the prosecution’s case. "As was uniformly the case with witnesses presented in the extensive defense case, his testimony, once cross-examination was over, did more to bolster the prosecution’s proof of a jihadist terrorism conspiracy against the United States than to help the accused," McCarthy said in a statement to Fox News Digital. His campaign told Fox News Digital that a past affiliation with Abdel Rahman, who was also convicted of conspiring to assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, amounts to "guilt-by-association" shaming. He has denied any wrongdoing and was never criminally charged. The political newcomer also faced questions over his ties to a now-shuttered al Qaeda-linked front group in Eastern Europe, which he briefly volunteered for in 1994, Jewish Insider first reported. Hamawy was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; and controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, among other leading progressives. American Priorities, a nascent pro-Palestinian super PAC, also poured money into the race to put him over the top. EX-COUNTERTERRORISM CHIEF WARNS OF 'MAJOR PROBLEM' THAT COULD FORCE US 'BACK INTO THE WAR ON IRAN’S TERMS' The district, spanning liberal Mercer County up through Somerville to the Plainfields, is considered a safe Democratic seat in a blue-trending state that has moved away from the relatively close margins President Donald Trump received in his 2024 race.  With a crowded field, few have coalesced around an alternative to Hamawy, while one opponent — Plainfield Mayor Adrian Mapp — did call out the surgeon as a "radical extremist." Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., told Jewish Insider he had "deep concerns" about Hamawy’s "associations with terrorist organizations and leaders who have attacked America." Activist Sue Altman, who lost to adjacent-district Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. in 2024, is another of the dozen running against Hamawy. She recently won support from influential figures among the party’s establishment, including former Gov. Jon S. Corzine, ex-Sen. Robert "The Torch" Torricelli and ex-Sen. Bill Bradley.  Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., notably credited Hamawy with saving her life on an overseas deployment to the Middle East in 2004, and he, in turn, credited her with helping secure his evacuation in 2024 after his medical mission was reportedly trapped by a closed border crossing near Khan Younis, Gaza. During that humanitarian trip, Hamawy said he had "never … witnessed the level of atrocities and targeting of my medical colleagues," in an apparent reference to the Israeli government. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8b23ee6011c3f4ea4c2c Scott Pelley fired at CBS News after blowups with Bari Weiss, new '60 Minutes' producer te 2026-06-03T02:02:11.192Z Scott Pelley fired at CBS News after blowups with Bari Weiss, new '60 Minutes' producer Veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley was fired from the long-running CBS News show on Tuesday following a bitter clash with the network's editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and new "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton. "Despite yesterday’s misconduct, I had hoped that in sitting down with you today we could find a path forward together. You made clear that you are not interested in such a path," Bilton wrote to Pelley in a memo obtained by Fox News Digital. " Bilton continued, "Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear. And I have heard you. I therefore write on behalf of CBS News, Inc. ('CBS') to inform you that your employment with CBS is terminated for cause effective immediately. Enclosed is your formal termination letter." SCOTT PELLEY HAS HEATED CONFRONTATION WITH NEW ‘60 MINUTES’ BOSS, ACCUSES BARI WEISS OF ‘MURDERING' SHOW Bilton sent a separate memo to "60 Minutes" staff informing them about Pelley's ouster.  "I know how much Scott meant to many of you, and I don't say this lightly. I made repeated attempts to have direct conversations with him over the weekend, and this afternoon I tried to find common ground. That was not the path Scott chose," Bilton wrote in the memo obtained by Fox News Digital. "What I regret most is that this situation interfered with the conversation I had hoped to have with you about Season 59 and the future of this show. I realize this is a great deal of change in a very short time, and I wouldn't pretend otherwise," he told staff. "I won't relitigate the last week with you here. What I will commit to is this: My unyielding support for each of you, the journalism that you do and what we will do together going forward." Pelley's exit came after he lashed out at Bilton during an all-staff meeting Monday where he accused Weiss of "murdering" the storied newsmagazine program and bluntly told Bilton, who has no linear television experience, that he has "slender qualifications" for his new role.  Before joining "60 Minutes," Bilton was a documentary filmmaker and a technology journalist for The New York Times and Vanity Fair. Puck media correspondent Dylan Byers reported Tuesday that CBS News leadership held a meeting with Pelley and that "the two sides did not find common ground," accelerating Pelley's exit from the network. Weiss reportedly asked Pelley to make an apology and accused him of creating a hostile work environment. Fox News Digital previously learned that Weiss and Bilton repeatedly reached out to Pelley to express they wanted him to remain a "60 Minutes" correspondent and that he hadn't engaged with them prior to Monday's tense showdown, according to a source familiar to CBS News leadership. CBS NEWS CHIEFS TOLD SCOTT PELLEY THEY WANTED HIM TO STAY ON ‘60 MINUTES’ BEFORE TENSE CLASH WITH NEW PRODUCER Pelley erupted at the meeting over last week's abrupt firing of several "60 Minutes" staffers, including correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega as well as executive producer Tanya Simon, referring to their ouster as "Black Thursday." Weiss appointed Bilton as Simon's successor the same day. Pelley, who previously served as the "CBS Evening News" anchor from 2011-2017, first joined CBS News in 1989 and later joined "60 Minutes" as a correspondent in 2004.  In recent years, Pelley was outspoken with criticism of his bosses, including at CBS News' parent company Paramount. In April 2025, he took aim at Paramount following the resignation of "60 Minutes" executive producer Bill Owens, who claimed he no longer had editorial independence as the company was engaged in mediation talks with President Donald Trump's legal team to settle a lawsuit he filed in 2024. CBS NEWS FIRES ‘60 MINUTES’ CORRESPONDENTS, TOP PRODUCER IN SWEEPING SHAKEUP OF STORIED PROGRAM "Our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger," Pelley told viewers at the time. "The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways. None of our stories have been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism required." "No one here is happy about it, but in resigning, Bill proved one thing. He was the right person to lead ’60 Minutes’ all along," he added. The merger was in reference to Paramount's $8 billion takeover by Skydance Media, run by David Ellison, Paramount's new CEO, who appointed Weiss as CBS News' editor-in-chief last fall. Weeks later, he slammed Trump for filing lawsuits against journalists and their companies "for nothing" during a commencement address at Wake Forest University. Trump accused CBS News of election interference over how the network handled its "60 Minutes" interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. Paramount made an eight-figure settlement to Trump days before his FCC approved of the Paramount-Skydance merger. "Our previous owners at CBS faced political pressure and crumbled," Pelley reportedly said in March. SHARYN ALFONSI OUT AT ’60 MINUTES' AFTER FEUD WITH BARI WEISS, RIPS CBS FOR ‘CHILLING MESSAGE’ TO NEWSROOM Back in January, Pelley swiped Weiss, reportedly telling colleagues, "She needs to take her job a little bit more seriously." That comment came after Weiss clashed with Alfonsi, who accused her of having political motives when she pulled a segment about the infamous El Salvador prison CECOT moments before it was set to air in December. It ultimately aired a month later. Remaining "60 Minutes" correspondents include Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim. Anderson Cooper previously announced his departure from "60 Minutes" as a correspondent in February after nearly two decades. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.  Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8b0fee6011c3f4ea4c23 'Jersey Shore' star Mike Sorrentino teases future run for New Jersey governor te 2026-06-03T02:01:51.266Z 'Jersey Shore' star Mike Sorrentino teases future run for New Jersey governor "Jersey Shore" star, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, announced he may run for governor of New Jersey in the future. According to News 12, the 43-year-old reality star told VUE Magazine about his plans to enter the political sphere at their spring edition party on Thursday night. "I'd like to save lives for the next three to five years with Archangels Centers," he said. "I’d like to have an Archangels center in every 50 states [sic], and after that, you know, I will introduce everybody to Governor Situation." While he said he couldn't quite share which party he will run under just yet, he noted he believes "the residents of New Jersey would like no property tax." GOP ACTIVIST REVEALS WHY NEW JERSEY IS NOT 'JUST A DEMOCRAT STATE' IN PUSH TO FLIP GOVERNORSHIP Fox News Digital reached out to representatives of Sorrentino for comment. Sorrentino found fame as a cast member on the reality show "Jersey Shore," which followed a group of young men and women who lived together on the Jersey Shore and worked at a T-Shirt shop on the boardwalk. Fans were drawn to their wild antics, as they partied most nights and often argued with one another. The show aired on MTV for six seasons from 2009 to 2012 and came back for eight more seasons in 2018, with "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation," which came to an end this year. In between filming the original show and the reboot, Sorrentino sought treatment for an addiction to prescription painkillers, previously sharing he entered into three different rehab programs between 2012 and 2015. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER He celebrated 10 years of sobriety in December 2025, telling People in May that his wife, Lauren, "saved my life," adding she is the reason he is "going on my 11th year of sobriety this year." "I feel like this new chapter of me using my story to help other people," he told the outlet. "You know, I now own a brand of treatment centers called the Archangel Centers where we live to help as many as we can. And I tell people all the time, like, I love being on TV, right? But I love helping people more." The reality star founded the recovery and treatment center, Archangel Centers, with his wife in 2024, with the help of Ascend Behavioral Health Network. He made the announcement in an Instagram post, calling himself "living proof that the comeback is always greater than the setback." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I didn’t get anything I prayed for until I became the kind of person who could receive it. I put in the work, never gave up, and now my story is someone else’s roadmap to survival," Sorrentino wrote. "Today, I’m on the front lines, ready to save lives. My experience, strength, and hope will help addicts find recovery, one day at a time." Not only did Sorrento overcome addiction, he also served eight months in federal prison for tax evasion. "Against all odds, I turned my life around," he said. "Today, I’m happily married with three amazing kids, a published author, nine years sober, and about to launch my own treatment centers: @thearchangelcenters. What once seemed impossible is now my reality." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8afbee6011c3f4ea4c1a Democrats turn to Paralympian in bid to flip key GOP-held Senate seat te 2026-06-03T02:01:31.271Z Democrats turn to Paralympian in bid to flip key GOP-held Senate seat Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek of Iowa on Tuesday captured his party's Senate nomination in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Joni Ernst. Turek, a Paralympian, defeated state Sen. Zach Wahls in Iowa's Democratic Senate primary, The Associated Press reported, and will now face off against Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson, who cruised to the GOP nomination. The Republican-controlled Senate seat in Iowa is a top target for Democrats, and the race is one of about a dozen crucial showdowns in this year's midterm elections that will determine whether Republicans successfully hold onto their slim majority in the chamber. THE MIDTERM RACES THAT COULD TIP THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE SENATE Turek, a moderate Democrat who flipped a GOP-held Iowa House seat in 2022, was backed by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Wahls, a progressive candidate who Republicans likened to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, was endorsed by liberal champion Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. The Democratic primary grabbed plenty of national attention and drew tons of outside money. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Hinson, a former TV news anchor who is in her third term representing Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, defeated former state senator and former U.S. Senate candidate Jim Carlin in the GOP Senate primary, The Associated Press reported. Hinson was backed by President Donald Trump; Senate Majority Leader John Thune; the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is the campaign arm of the Senate GOP; and by Ernst as she cruised to her party's nomination. Hinson, who in 2020 flipped a Democratic-held seat, is seen as a rising star in the party. Iowa was once a top battleground state that former President Barack Obama carried in his 2008 and 2012 White House victories. But the state has shifted to the right in recent election cycles with Trump carrying the state by nine points in 2016, eight points in 2020 and by 13 points in November 2024. Republicans hold both of the state's Senate seats — Ernst and longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley — and all four of Iowa's congressional districts, as well as all statewide offices except state auditor. But Democrats are energized heading into the midterms, when the GOP, as the party in power, will face traditional headwinds, a challenging political climate thanks to persistent inflation and sky-high gas prices due to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran, as well as Trump's sinking approval ratings. And Iowa Democrats, in particular, are energized after flipping two GOP-held state Senate seats in special elections in 2025. The general election winner will succeed Ernst, a retired Army Reserve and Iowa National Guard officer who served in the Iraq War and was first elected to the Senate in 2014. Ernst grabbed plenty of national attention in that campaign with her "make 'em squeal" ads as she won the high-profile Senate election to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin. Fox News' Sally Persons contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8ae7ee6011c3f4ea4c11 Bomb threat standoff at Bakersfield Chase Bank continues as negotiators work to release hostages te 2026-06-03T02:01:11.272Z Bomb threat standoff at Bakersfield Chase Bank continues as negotiators work to release hostages A standoff involving a man who allegedly made bomb threats at a Chase Bank in downtown Bakersfield, California, stretched into Tuesday evening as negotiators worked to secure the release of people still inside the building. The Bakersfield Police Department said officers responded shortly after 1 p.m. to a reported bomb threat at the Chase Bank near Chester Avenue and 17th Street. During a briefing with reporters, Bakersfield Police Sgt. Eric Celedon said authorities learned that an unidentified man entered the bank and remained inside with an unknown number of community members. "What I can guarantee the community right now is that every single resource is at the site's disposal," Celedon said, adding that SWAT officers, bomb squad personnel, K-9 teams, negotiators and drone operators had been deployed to the scene. MAN ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTS TO ROB UTAH BANK WITH NOTE ON STOLEN PAPER, CLAIMING HE HAS A BOMB: REPORT In a post on X, the department described the incident as a "confirmed bomb threat" and urged residents to avoid the downtown area, warning that road closures would remain in effect until further notice. According to local station KBAK, authorities believe the suspect may have had a bomb strapped to his body and had barricaded himself inside the building with several people. KAREN BASS'S FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY ADMITS BOMB THREAT HOAX TARGETING LOS ANGELES CITY HALL The station reported that one person was safely released before 5 p.m. following negotiations involving Bakersfield police and the FBI's negotiation team. "At this time, everybody else still remains inside the building, and everybody else still remains in good health," Celedon said. TEXAS MAN ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO BOMB TURNING POINT USA EVENT AND KILL CEO ERIKA KIRK IN ONLINE POSTS The outlet also reported that several city buildings, including City Hall North, City Hall South, the Development Services Building and Bakersfield Police Headquarters, were placed on lockdown as a precaution due to the nearby incident. In a statement obtained by KBAK, Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh said city officials were closely monitoring the situation and thanked law enforcement personnel for their response. "We continue to closely monitor the situation unfolding in our city and remain concerned for the safety and well-being of everyone involved," Goh said. Fox News Digital has reached out to the office of Mayor Karen Goh for additional comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8ad3ee6011c3f4ea4c08 Missing GOP congressman vows he's 'more energized than ever' to return to Washington te 2026-06-03T02:00:51.352Z Missing GOP congressman vows he's 'more energized than ever' to return to Washington Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., said Tuesday he is "more energized than ever" and plans to return to in-person work "within a matter of weeks," issuing a new statement after months away from Capitol Hill because of an undisclosed medical issue. Kean, who represents New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, has been absent from Congress for months while dealing with undisclosed health issues keeping him away from Washington and the campaign trail. Kean said in April that he was addressing a "personal medical issue," but he has not publicly disclosed the nature of the issue. "Serving the people of this district is the honor of my life. Every day, I wake up determined to build on the results I have delivered for New Jersey families such as lowering costs, restoring the SALT deduction, funding our law enforcement, helping veterans, standing with Israel, strengthening our economy, and making government work better," Kean said in a statement Tuesday, amid growing scrutiny over his absence. REP. TOM KEAN JR. SAYS HE EXPECTS TO RETURN TO CONGRESS 'IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS' AFTER MISSING 100 VOTES Kean has not cast a vote since March 5, according to The New York Times. House voting records also listed Kean as "Not Voting" on a May 21 roll call vote. "I am optimistic about the road ahead, and ready to earn the support of voters in every corner of the district," Kean continued. "I am more energized then ever to keep fighting for the people of New Jersey's 7th District. Right now I am focused on my recovery and under the advice of healthcare professionals I will transition from virtual work to in person work within a matter of weeks. At that time I will be completely transparent as to the nature of my medical condition." Kean added that he "understand[s] the need for transparency on this matter" and looks forward to sharing his experience with the public. DEMOCRAT TINA SHAH CALLS TRANSGENDER HEALTHCARE FOR CHILDREN A 'NO-BRAINER' IN COMPETITIVE NJ HOUSE RACE Ahead of Kean's Tuesday primary election, during which he ran unopposed, President Donald Trump endorsed the New Jersey Republican. Trump praised Kean in a Truth Social post Monday night, describing him as a strong supporter of the president's "America First Agenda," adding the New Jersey Republican is "working tirelessly" on border security, crime, the economy, taxes, energy, veterans and Second Amendment issues. "Tom Kean has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election," Trump concluded, telling people to get out and vote. Trump’s support remains one of the most powerful forces in Republican primaries, with candidates across several states openly competing for his backing ahead of key contests. His endorsement of Kean signals the White House and GOP leaders are still lining up behind the incumbent as Republicans fight to defend their narrow House majority this fall. Four Democrats — Rebecca Bennett, Michael Roth, Tina Shah and Brian Varela — were competing for the nomination to face Kean in November, but Bennett edged them out Tuesday night during the Democratic primary. The Associated Press described Bennett as a former Navy helicopter pilot, Roth as a former Small Business Administration official, Shah as an intensive care doctor and Varela as a businessman, with each candidate raising seven figures as Democrats target Kean’s battleground seat. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f889eee6011c3f4ea4b91 Deb Haaland wins nomination in New Mexico governor’s race te 2026-06-03T01:51:26.471Z Deb Haaland wins nomination in New Mexico governor’s race Ms. Haaland, a former Interior secretary, took a big step toward making history as the first Native American woman to be a governor when she won the primary in her Democratic state. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f888aee6011c3f4ea4b88 Voters in Los Angeles Say They ‘Don’t Have a Lot of Good Choices’ te 2026-06-03T01:51:06.546Z Voters in Los Angeles Say They ‘Don’t Have a Lot of Good Choices’ Many said they were struggling to choose from candidates they saw as uninspiring in both the mayor’s and governor’s races. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8876ee6011c3f4ea4b7f Josh Turek, a Paralympian, Wins the Democratic Senate Primary in Iowa te 2026-06-03T01:50:46.470Z Josh Turek, a Paralympian, Wins the Democratic Senate Primary in Iowa Mr. Turek, a state lawmaker, beat Zach Wahls in a contest that tested the party’s anti-establishment fervor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8862ee6011c3f4ea4b76 Top Texas Election Official to Resign, Months Before General Contest te 2026-06-03T01:50:26.544Z Top Texas Election Official to Resign, Months Before General Contest Jane Nelson, the Texas secretary of state, was appointed to the role overseeing statewide elections in 2023 by Gov. Greg Abbott. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8662ee6011c3f4ea4b3d Calls grow for removal of Laura Owens TEDx talk amid ongoing criminal case te 2026-06-03T01:41:54.877Z Calls grow for removal of Laura Owens TEDx talk amid ongoing criminal case Critics say TED and TEDx have remained silent despite repeated requests to review or remove the 2021 presentation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8631ee6011c3f4ea4b0d Trump-endorsed Hinson secures Iowa Senate nomination as Democrats eye GOP seat te 2026-06-03T01:41:05.991Z Trump-endorsed Hinson secures Iowa Senate nomination as Democrats eye GOP seat Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa on Tuesday captured her party's Senate nomination in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Joni Ernst. Hinson, a former TV news anchor who is in her third term representing Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, defeated former state senator and former U.S. Senate candidate Jim Carlin in the GOP Senate primary, The Associated Press reported. The Republican-controlled seat in Iowa is a top target for Democrats, and the race is one of about a dozen crucial showdowns in this year's midterm elections that will determine whether the Republicans hold on to their current 53–47 majority in the chamber. Hinson was backed by President Donald Trump; Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune; the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is the campaign arm of the Senate GOP; and by Ernst as she cruised to her party's nomination. Hinson, who in 2020 flipped a Democratic-held seat that covers the northeastern portion of Iowa, is seen as a rising star in the party. THE MIDTERM RACES THAT COULD TIP THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE SENATE "It has been working Iowans from all 99 counties – and I’ve visited every single one of them – who powered this campaign and delivered a resounding victory tonight," Hinson said in a statement released moments after her race was called. And she emphasized, "We’re going to continue fighting every day to make life more affordable for Iowa families, to take on Big Pharma and Big Health Insurance, and to root out corruption in Washington by banning Members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks and participating in prediction markets." Iowa was once a top battleground state that former President Barack Obama carried in his 2008 and 2012 White House victories. But the state has shifted to the right in recent election cycles, with Trump carrying the state by nine points in 2016, eight points in 2020, and by 13 points in November 2024. Republicans hold both of the state's Senate seats — Ernst and longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley — and all four of Iowa's congressional districts, as well as all statewide offices except for state auditor. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB But Democrats are energized heading into the midterms, when the GOP as the party in power will face traditional headwinds, a challenging political climate thanks to persistent inflation and sky-high gas prices due to what polls show is an unpopular war with Iran and Trump's sinking approval ratings. And Iowa Democrats, in particular, are energized after flipping two GOP-held state Senate seats in special elections last year. Hinson will face off in the general election against the winner of an expensive and contentious Democratic Senate primary between state Rep. Josh Turek, a Paralympian, and state Sen. Zach Wahls. Wahls, a progressive who Republicans have likened to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has the backing of liberal champion Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Turek, the more moderate Senate contender who flipped a GOP-held Iowa House seat in 2022, is backed by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Hinson is aiming to succeed Ernst, a retired Army Reserve and Iowa National Guard officer who served in the Iraq War and was first elected to the Senate in 2014. Ernst grabbed plenty of national attention in that campaign with her "make 'em squeal" ads as she won the high-profile Senate election to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin. Fox News' Sally Persons contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8609ee6011c3f4ea4aff Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Map in Alabama te 2026-06-03T01:40:25.998Z Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Map in Alabama In the first major case since the justices narrowed the Voting Rights Act, the court cleared the way for Alabama to use a map preferred by Republicans that eliminates a majority-Black district. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f841eee6011c3f4ea4ac7 Deer Valley educators allege mistreatment of disabled Hispanic students, retaliation after reporting concerns te 2026-06-03T01:32:14.154Z Deer Valley educators allege mistreatment of disabled Hispanic students, retaliation after reporting concerns Mother of special ed student tells 12News she withdrew her child from the district and is now seeking an Empowerment Scholarship for her son's education. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f83edee6011c3f4ea4a97 Carolina Hurricanes not wasting any time, score on first shot of Stanley Cup Final te 2026-06-03T01:31:25.758Z Carolina Hurricanes not wasting any time, score on first shot of Stanley Cup Final The Stanley Cup Final — like any best-of-seven playoff series — is typically more of a marathon than a sprint. That said, you're not going to hear too many complaints about a quick start, and it's hard to get any quicker than the Carolina Hurricanes. The game got underway on Wednesday night in Raleigh with the Vegas Golden Knights coming to town after clinching the Western Conference title by way of a stunning sweep of the Colorado Avalanche. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! While Vegas-Carolina is not exactly ratings gold by any stretch, it is a matchup between two insanely good hockey teams. NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS BETTING GUIDE: WHY THE HURRICANES ARE THE PICK TO BEAT THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS Both have different styles that make them great, but Carolina's secret weapons are structure and quick starts. Well, once the puck dropped in Game 1, the broadcasts hadn't even gotten through the starting lineups before Hurricanes forward Nikolaj Ehlers put the home team up by one on the very first shot of the series. The Canes simply couldn't have asked for a better start. And, needless to say, it's the worst possible start for the Golden Knights. And, if that wasn't enough, Ehlers had another one up his sleeve later in the period. Both of those goals were assisted on by Jalen Chatfield. The Canes have absolutely torn through the Eastern Conference en route to their third Cup Final appearance in franchise history. Despite the quick start, Vegas did catch a major break on a fortunate bounce to cut the lead to 2-1, a goal that was credited to Shea Theodore. Carolina swept the Ottawa Senators and Philadelphia Flyers in the first and second rounds, respectively. The Hurricanes then dropped Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Montreal Canadiens before rebounding to win the next four games and clinch the series in five. Game 2 is Thursday in Raleigh, then the series will shift to Las Vegas for Game 3 Saturday and Game 4 the following Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f83c5ee6011c3f4ea4a8b Karen Bass: 5 Facts About the Incumbent Los Angeles Mayor te 2026-06-03T01:30:45.831Z Karen Bass: 5 Facts About the Incumbent Los Angeles Mayor The incumbent Los Angeles mayor started her term with strong approval ratings, but she lost support with voters after the fires last year that devastated the region. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f83b1ee6011c3f4ea4a82 Ashley Hinson Wins the Republican Senate Primary in Iowa te 2026-06-03T01:30:25.916Z Ashley Hinson Wins the Republican Senate Primary in Iowa Representative Hinson, a third-term lawmaker, was the favorite of Republican leaders and donors. The general election is expected to be unusually competitive. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f8170ee6011c3f4ea4a1a Dems pick challenger for GOP congressman who vanished from public view amid health mystery te 2026-06-03T01:20:48.877Z Dems pick challenger for GOP congressman who vanished from public view amid health mystery Democrat Rebecca Bennett will face Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., an embattled lawmaker sidelined for months by an undisclosed health issue in November’s general election.  Bennett, a former Navy helicopter pilot, won the Democratic nomination in a crowded primary for a battleground New Jersey House seat, according to The Associated Press.  Kean, who has not appeared in public since early March, ran unopposed for the GOP nomination. Bennett’s primary victory sets up what could be the two-term incumbent’s toughest re-election fight yet. The suburban swing district is considered critical to House Republicans’ efforts to hold their slim majority. VIDEO SHOWS DEM CANDIDATE DODGING TRUMP VIOLENCE QUESTION AS CAMPAIGN ISSUES RESPONSE Gov. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., narrowly carried the northern New Jersey swing seat during her gubernatorial race in 2025. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rated the contest as a "toss-up."  The brewing general election battle comes as Kean has faced mounting scrutiny for a prolonged absence from Congress that has left even House GOP leadership in the dark. "He’s had a medical issue, and he’s gonna be fully transparent and disclose all that," House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters in May. "I mean, that’s what he told me. But I don’t even know the details, and I have to respect that." Kean released a written statement shortly before polls closed Tuesday saying he will be "completely transparent" about his medical issue when he resumes in-person work, which he said he expects to do "within a matter of weeks." "I understand the need for transparency on this matter, and I look forward to sharing my experience with the public," he continued, without further elaborating on his condition. DEMOCRAT TINA SHAH CALLS TRANSGENDER HEALTHCARE FOR CHILDREN A 'NO-BRAINER' IN COMPETITIVE NJ HOUSE RACE Kean previously said in mid-May that he would resume work "in the next couple of weeks," according to the New Jersey Globe. The New Jersey Republican has missed all 104 of the most recent roll call votes, according to GovTrack, a website that monitors congressional absences. He last voted March 5. His office has continued to post on social media and Kean has even introduced legislation during his absence. President Donald Trump highlighted his endorsement of Kean in a post on social media, stating the incumbent lawmaker "WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN." Tina Shah and Michael Roth — two former Biden administration officials — challenged Bennett for the Democratic nomination. Brian Varela, a businessman running on a progressive platform, also launched a bid for the seat. Bennett, a first-time candidate, ran a less progressive campaign than the other Democrats in the race. She was the lone Democrat to stop short of calling for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Kean defeated Democratic challenger Sue Altman by roughly 5 points in 2024. He is the son of former two-term New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, who led the Garden State throughout much of the 1980s. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), House Republicans’ campaign arm, immediately criticized Bennett following her primary win. "The truth is, Bennett is a tax-and-spend liberal who worships the socialist Squad and wants to make life more expensive for New Jerseyans," National Republican Congressional Committee spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole said in a statement Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7f97ee6011c3f4ea49e0 Phoenix parents sued over allegations of providing alcohol to minors at 'Senior Ditch Day' party te 2026-06-03T01:12:55.911Z Phoenix parents sued over allegations of providing alcohol to minors at 'Senior Ditch Day' party The complaint states that there were allegedly more than 60 high schoolers at the party, where alcohol was provided, or the teens were encouraged to bring their own. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7f65ee6011c3f4ea49b2 California’s sluggish vote counting ripped across the political spectrum: 'Extremely embarrassing' te 2026-06-03T01:12:05.834Z California’s sluggish vote counting ripped across the political spectrum: 'Extremely embarrassing' Though California voters are heading to the polls tonight, they may not know the results of several key primary races for days – a fact that has people across the political spectrum raising concerns. "The fact that California elections often can't be resolved for weeks is kind of insane and not common in other electoral systems around the world," Nate Silver, a top political data analyst, wrote on X on Tuesday afternoon. "Like honestly ‘it's going to take us several weeks to tell you who won the election’ is failed state sh-t and should be much more stigmatized. The fact that it's tolerated is bad too a textbook example of learned helplessness." Lengthy vote counts in California are a product of the state's reliance on mail voting and its thorough review process. Under California law, every registered voter receives a mail-in ballot and votes that arrive at election offices up to a week after election day are considered valid so long as they were postmarked by election day. RNC RAILS AGAINST CALIFORNIA'S LATE MAIL-IN BALLOT COUNTING AMID NATIONAL LITIGATION: 'IT IS ABSURD' In tight primaries where a handful of votes decide outcomes, this process can cause voters to go weeks without knowing who will advance to the general election. "Every other state manages to count its votes in a somewhat timely manner," Rep. Kevin Kiley, an independent who caucuses with the GOP, wrote on X. "California's inability to competently handle the basic administration of democracy is embarrassing. It's also indicative of why our state has so many other problems." TRUMP MAKES LATE-NIGHT ENDORSEMENTS IN SIX STATES AHEAD OF TUESDAY PRIMARIES, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA Florida famously tweaked its election laws after the state failed to declare a winner during the 2004 presidential election and has since had relatively few problems in providing quick and accurate counts. Some, however, defend California’s system, arguing that the slow pace of counting is a worthwhile trade-off to ensure greater access for voters. USPS GIVES CRITICAL WARNING ABOUT MAIL-IN BALLOTS AS ELECTION DAY LOOMS NEXT WEEK "The delayed count is in service of maximizing turnout and access," Democratic strategist Addisu Demissie wrote on X. "LA County is bigger than 40 states, but, well, a county." He added that critics were being unreasonable, as knowing the results of the elections by the end of the week, which he says is acceptable. David Dayen, executive editor at The American Prospect, a liberal magazine, pointed out that fraud prevention efforts – such as checking all ballot signatures against a master file – lengthen the counting process.  In a different vein, Logan Dobson, a conservative political operative, argued that California’s slow vote counting could throw the nation into disarray if the United States moved to a national popular vote system, leaving the results of presidential elections unclear for days or even weeks. "This is correct and extremely embarrassing for US democracy," Princeton Professor Arthur Spirling wrote, responding to Silver’s criticism. "What’s also bad is the number of people, political scientists among them, who show up to tell you there’s no other way and you’re damaging the civic fabric by pointing out how ridiculous it is." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7f51ee6011c3f4ea49a9 Spencer Pratt stops at iconic LA restaurant on Election Day, vows to make city 'streets safe again' te 2026-06-03T01:11:45.984Z Spencer Pratt stops at iconic LA restaurant on Election Day, vows to make city 'streets safe again' Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt spent part of Election Day at Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles, one of the city's many recognizable culinary institutions, as voters headed to the polls in Tuesday's primary election. Pratt first rose to fame on MTV's reality show "The Hills" alongside his wife, Heidi Montag. This year he launched an unconventional bid for Los Angeles mayor as a registered Republican, running as an independent, in the city's open primary election. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB After eating at the restaurant, Pratt praised the food and contrasted his visit with a recent stop by incumbent Democratic Mayor Karen Bass at another one of the soul food restaurant's locations. "Oh, it was incredible," Pratt told Fox News Digital. "We went to the actual Roscoe's in LA City." "I saw Mayor Bass enjoyed a different Roscoe's. Still good," he snubbed. "I don't think she ate anything. I think she just had a soda and a photo op, but I wanted to actually go experience the LA City Roscoe's." Asked what he ordered, Pratt replied: "I had waffles and chicken. It was incredible." DENNIS QUAID THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND SPENCER PRATT FOR LA MAYOR WITH BLUNT MESSAGE Founded in 1975, Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles has become a Los Angeles institution known for its signature pairing of fried chicken and waffles and its place in the city's cultural history. The restaurant has long attracted a mix of local residents, celebrities, athletes and politicians. Pratt entered the mayoral race after losing his Pacific Palisades home in the devastating 2025 wildfire and has since become a vocal critic of Bass and city leadership. His campaign has focused on public safety, homelessness, wildfire preparedness and government accountability. LA MAYORAL CANDIDATE SPENCER PRATT VOWS ‘ZERO ENCAMPMENTS’ OF HOMELESS, NO FENTANYL ON STREETS Speaking outside of Roscoe's, Pratt used the stop to reinforce his law-and-order message and vowed to clean-up the city. "What am I doing on day one? We're gonna start making the streets safe again," Pratt said. "It's gonna take the first couple weeks — I gotta warn everybody — the law's back in LA.," he continued. "But then, once everybody's been warned, we will be enforcing all the laws so that everybody can feel safe all across the city. Because right now, no one feels safe." Though initially viewed as a celebrity long shot, Pratt has attracted attention through his social media presence, catchy campaign ads, viral debate performance, name recognition and outsider campaign message. His Election Day appearance at Roscoe's reflected a campaign that has leaned heavily into Los Angeles culture while seeking to connect with voters frustrated by the city's challenges — especially in the wake of the deadly and widely destructive wildfires last year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7f3dee6011c3f4ea49a0 Young YouTubers dominate the box office with 'Backrooms,' 'Obsession' te 2026-06-03T01:11:25.988Z Young YouTubers dominate the box office with 'Backrooms,' 'Obsession' Young YouTubers are making big waves at the box office. Twenty-year-old Kane Parsons became the youngest director to have the No. 1 film at the box office with his new horror flick "Backrooms," which earned a whopping $81 million. "Backrooms" is a big screen adaptation of Parsons' 2022 found footage-style web series inspired from a 2019 image posted on the social platform 4chan. The series follows a group of scientists who discover an eerie dimension that comes in the form of seemingly-never-ending vacant indoor spaces. ‘PRESSURE’ REVIEW: BRENDAN FRASER IS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN GRIPPING WWII DRAMA ABOUT RUN-UP TO D-DAY His YouTube account, dubbed Kane Pixels, has more than 3 million subscribers. And the first installment in his "Backrooms" series has over 81 million views. Parsons' feature film, which stars Oscar-nominated actors Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, reportedly had a $10 million budget and had early projections of grossing $20 million its opening weekend. However, as the release date steadily approached, projections began to explode, shooting towards $40–50 million and only crept upward. ‘OBSESSION’ REVIEW: AN INNOCENT WISH TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE IN A HORROR FLICK FROM TALENTED UP-AND-COMERS Variety reported "nearly 85% of audiences" were under 35 years old, according to PostTrak data, and "more than 50% were 25 or younger." It would quickly become the highest-grossing film for the independent entertainment company A24. "This is an extraordinary achievement that is putting butts in seats in a measure that could not have been anticipated," Rotten Tomatoes box office columnist Erick Childress reacted. Parsons isn't the only content creator to defy the odds at the box office. Twenty-six-year-old writer/director Curry Barker first made a splash last month with his low-budget horror film "Obsession." It made $17 million its opening weekend, upsetting box office projections that had it making less than $10 million. Barker is part of the sketch comedy duo "That's a Bad Idea," which has over 1 million followers on YouTube and TikTok. ‘THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU’ REVIEW: AN ENTERTAINING BUT FORGETFUL RETURN TO THE 'STAR WARS' UNIVERSE "Obsession" went on to do the nearly-impossible; it made more money the following weekend, earning roughly $24 million — $30 million when including Memorial Day — a whopping 39% increase from its opening weekend, outpacing much bigger films like "The Devil Wears Prada 2" and the Michael Jackson biopic "Michael." It even outpaced the new Star Wars movie "The Mandalorian and Grogu" last Wednesday. And in its third weekend, "Obsession" made even more money, grossing $26 million this past weekend. "It has done something that no film since 2000 has done," Childress wrote. "You can go back to the ‘80s to find summer films like 'E.T.' and 'Superman II' that did it. Even R-rated films like 'Risky Business,' 'The Untouchables,' 'No Way Out' and 'Ruthless People.' But not in modern times, and not among films that began as wide releases." ‘THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2’ REVIEW: MERYL STREEP, ANNE HATHAWAY RETURN FOR A CHIC BUT BLAND SEQUEL "Obsession" follows a young man who uses a novelty toy to make a wish that a friend he has a crush on falls in love with him — only to realize that his wish quickly backfires. The film, featuring a cast of mostly unknowns and cost less than $1 million to make, has now grossed over $100 million domestically and $150 million worldwide. "Backrooms" and "Obsession," both of which were produced by prolific horror financier Jason Blum of BlumHouse Productions, outgrossed "The Mandalorian and Grogu," placing third at the box office and suffering a staggering 69% from its already-underwhelming opening weekend. "It won’t be as big of a financial loser as 'Solo' was, but ultimately grossing less than that film across the globe may call for a course correction for the [Star Wars] franchise," Childress said. "The Mandalorian and Grogu" trailed the two horror films last weekend, making shy of $25 million domestically. While the Jon Favreau-directed film likely won't be considered a box office bomb due to its $165 million budget (it has so far grossed $250 million worldwide), it is likely going to be the worst-performing Star Wars movie at the box office ever. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND CULTURE NEWS The disappointing numbers from the last Star Wars installment may leave Disney executives nervious, especially since another Star Wars film starring Ryan Gosling is slated for next year. Meanwhile, "Backrooms" and "Obsession" will be considered two of the most profitable movies of the year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7f15ee6011c3f4ea4995 Perry Wins G.O.P. Nomination for New Mexico Land Commissioner te 2026-06-03T01:10:45.991Z Perry Wins G.O.P. Nomination for New Mexico Land Commissioner Michael Perry says he is pragmatic, but Democrats fear he would advance the agenda of President Trump and the New Mexican nominated to head the Bureau of Land Management, Steve Pearce. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7f01ee6011c3f4ea4984 UA's former Chávez Building reverts to former name te 2026-06-03T01:10:25.512Z UA's former Chávez Building reverts to former name Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7cd1ee6011c3f4ea491f 5 Things to Know About the Iowa Senate Candidate Zach Wahls te 2026-06-03T01:01:05.589Z 5 Things to Know About the Iowa Senate Candidate Zach Wahls The progressive Democrat went viral as a teenager with a speech defending marriage equality. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7cbdee6011c3f4ea4916 5 Things to Know About the Iowa Senate Candidate Josh Turek te 2026-06-03T01:00:45.591Z 5 Things to Know About the Iowa Senate Candidate Josh Turek A gold medalist on the U.S. men’s wheelchair basketball team, Mr. Turek is running as a “common-sense moderate.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7ca9ee6011c3f4ea490d 5 Things to Know About Representative Ashley Hinson, Senate Candidate in Iowa te 2026-06-03T01:00:25.598Z 5 Things to Know About Representative Ashley Hinson, Senate Candidate in Iowa Ms. Hinson is a former journalist who is supported by President Trump. She is heavily favored to win the Republican nomination. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7a8fee6011c3f4ea484f WATCH: Dem senators excuse Platner's conduct at crisis huddle with embattled Maine candidate te 2026-06-03T00:51:27.278Z WATCH: Dem senators excuse Platner's conduct at crisis huddle with embattled Maine candidate Democratic senators attending a closed-door meeting with Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on Tuesday brushed off questions about the controversies engulfing his campaign, with some expressing confidence in his chances. Platner made a crisis trip to Washington, D.C. to meet with Democratic senators a week before his primary election on June 9 as his campaign continues to face questions over his alleged sexting scandals and resurfaced online posts. "I'm very confident we are going to win Maine," Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., told reporters outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee building when asked if she still supports the progressive candidate. DEM SENATORS DEFLECT QUESTIONS ON PLATNER'S SCANDAL-PLAGUED CAMPAIGN: 'NOT FOLLOWING THAT RACE CLOSELY' Pressed on whether she had confidence in Platner, Gillibrand replied, "I do. I have confidence that we are going to win Maine and I have no doubt." Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., defended Platner, pointing to the millions of dollars being spent on advertising in Maine targeting the Democratic candidate. "All I can tell you is that the wealthiest people in this country have now reserved close to $100 million in TV ads in a small state like Maine," Sanders said. "So what are the billionaires worried about? Why are they spending so much money trying to defeat this guy?" "The answer is that he's going to stand up to the oligarchies," he concluded ahead of the sit-down with Platner. SANDERS SAYS PLATNER HAS THE 'GUTS' TO FIGHT BILLIONAIRES DESPITE GROWING SCANDAL PILEUP Meanwhile, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., declined to answer questions from reporters about the controversies surrounding Platner's campaign as she entered the meeting at DSCC headquarters. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., for his part, said the decision is "going to be up to voters in Maine." Asked whether he believes the moderate jurisdiction will back Platner, the Vermont senator replied, "We'll see." Among the controversies facing the leading Democratic candidate is a Wall Street Journal report that his wife discovered sexually explicit text exchanges with multiple women just months after they were married in 2024. In a statement sent to Fox News Digital, Platner said, "Amy and I went through something hard — because of me." SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER SENT EXPLICIT TEXTS TO MULTIPLE WOMEN WHILE MARRIED, WIFE SAYS: REPORT "We did the work, and I’m grateful for her every hour of every day," he added. "I’ve learned throughout this campaign is that people don’t care about gossip or headlines, they care that you’re fighting for their hospitals, their paycheck, their kids." A Kik account appearing to belong to Platner featuring a sexually suggestive photo of Platner posing shirtless with only a towel wrapped around his waist was found. However, his campaign told Fox News Digital that the account was created while he was single and "has long been deleted from his phone." The Marine Corps veteran has also faced criticism over a Nazi-linked tattoo and resurfaced online posts, including a 2019 Reddit post that said Purple Heart veteran Teddy Daniels "didn't deserve to live." Platner will face David Costello in Maine's Democratic Senate primary on June 9. The winner will take on five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the general election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7a7bee6011c3f4ea4846 Peabo Bryson, 'A Whole New World' and 'Beauty and the Beast' singer, dead at 75 te 2026-06-03T00:51:07.271Z Peabo Bryson, 'A Whole New World' and 'Beauty and the Beast' singer, dead at 75 Peabo Bryson, the voice behind Disney songs "A Whole New World" and "Beauty and the Beast," has died. He was 75. According to a family statement shared with the Associated Press, Bryson died on Tuesday after suffering from a stroke. "We are tremendously moved by the outpouring of love, prayers and support from fans, friends, and colleagues around the world," the statement began. "While our hearts are broken, we find comfort in knowing how deeply Peabo was loved and how many lives were touched by his voice and his generous spirit. His legacy and music will live on for generations to come," it concluded. ROBERTA FLACK, 'KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG' SINGER, DEAD AT 88 In 2019, Bryson suffered from a heart attack, but made a full recovery. Bryson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter known for his smooth voice, romantic ballads, and award-winning duets. Born Robert Peapo Bryson on April 13, 1951, in Greenville, South Carolina, he began performing professionally as a teenager and went on to become one of the most respected male vocalists in contemporary R&B. He is an eight-time Grammy nominee. In the 80s, Bryson rose to fame after releasing hits such as, "Feel the Fire," "Reaching for the Sky, "I'm So into You," "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" and "Can You Stop the Rain." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Bryson is especially famous for these stand-out duets: "Beauty and the Beast" with Céline Dion, "A Whole New World" with Regina Bell and "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack. Over a career spanning more than five decades, Bryson recorded more than 20 studio albums and earned a reputation as the "King of Balladeers" because of his powerful, emotional performances and romantic style. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Bryson was married to Tanya Boniface Bryson, a former member of the British R&B girl group The 411. The couple married in July 2010 and welcomed a son in 2018 when he was 66. He also has a daughter, Linda Bryson, from a previous relationship. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7a52ee6011c3f4ea482f Spencer Pratt: 5 Facts About the Candidate for Los Angeles Mayor te 2026-06-03T00:50:26.312Z Spencer Pratt: 5 Facts About the Candidate for Los Angeles Mayor The reality TV star has used his status as a victim of the Palisades fire to mount an outsider campaign portraying Los Angeles officials as incapable of solving the city’s problems. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7825ee6011c3f4ea47eb ‘Follow the money’: Mayes targets fuel pro-Petersen PAC in Arizona’s GOP attorney general race te 2026-06-03T00:41:09.904Z ‘Follow the money’: Mayes targets fuel pro-Petersen PAC in Arizona’s GOP attorney general race (Screenshot via YouTube) A political action committee backed by private prison company GEO Group and other special interests is spending to boost Senate President Warren Petersen in his bid for attorney general.  “Trump conservative Warren Petersen will deport the illegal aliens,” the ad from Restore Order Arizona PAC says. By contrast, the ad continues, Petersen’s GOP opponent, Rodney Glassman, shouldn’t be trusted by voters in the July 21 Republican primary because he used to be a Democrat.  The PAC has spent over $500,000 supporting Petersen and attacking Glassman, according to financial disclosures filed with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office. The PAC’s filings also reveal that one of its major contributors is private prison company GEO Group, which has been at the forefront of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE The company operates a number of detention facilities for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the company is now facing a lawsuit over conditions at a facility in New Jersey. GEO Group has reported record profits since Trump took office and has been pushing the administration for larger enforcement efforts.   The Florida-based private prison company contributed $35,000 to Restore Order Arizona.  The PAC’s largest contributor is the BoaVida Group, a mobile home park operator, which gave $100,000. BoaVida’s interest is clear: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat who is seeking reelection, is one of several state AGs that have been fighting with the company over conditions at their parks.  It is also one of six companies that New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan asked to produce internal documents and materials showing how their businesses have impacted mobile home parks across the country.  The PAC seems to be a collection of special interest groups that Mayes has clashed with during her first term as AG. The largest individual donor is a major player in the nicotine vape industry in Arizona, another area Mayes has been aggressive in.  Two other companies that contributed, Blue Sky Vantage and iFluence Marketing, are connected to Jack McCain, the son of the late Sen. John McCain. While iFluence Marketing is a marketing company, Blue Sky Vantage develops “special purpose vehicles” for a variety of things such as “soft diplomacy” and “defense technologies,” according to its website.  Jack McCain is president of Blue Sky Vantage, while iFluence Marketing is owned by Vicki Mayo, whose husband, businessman Simer Mayo, sits on the board of the McCain Institute.  “Follow the money and the motive is obvious,” DJ Quinlan, consultant for Mayes’ reelection campaign, said in a statement to the Arizona Mirror. “BoaVida—the company Attorney General Mayes is currently suing for leaving Arizona families in dangerous, sweltering conditions—just became the single largest funder of Republican Warren Petersen. GEO Group, sitting on a billion-dollar federal detention contract, is right behind them. This primary race is tied, and Warren Petersen’s corporate backers are desperately spending big to install an Attorney General who won’t hold them accountable. Arizonans should ask what these companies expect in return.” Petersen did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for Glassman said the attacks demonstrate that Petersen doesn’t have the background needed to serve as attorney general. “All these tired attacks from Warren and his friends show is that he lacks a record as a lawyer or a policy maker who can positively impact the lives of Arizonans,” said Barrett Marson. “He can’t talk about his record of accomplishment as a lawyer because he has no courtroom experience as a lawyer. He’s never even filed a lawsuit as an attorney. Warren can’t match my experience as a prosecutor and civil litigator. He’s not ready for the role of top cop in Arizona.” YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE. SUPPORT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f77faee6011c3f4ea47bc Polls in South Dakota Show Competitive Race in GOP Primary for Governor te 2026-06-03T00:40:26.314Z Polls in South Dakota Show Competitive Race in GOP Primary for Governor Four candidates are competing in a race that will advance to a runoff if no one tops 35 percent. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f75f5ee6011c3f4ea4760 'How I Met Your Mother' actor Nick Pasqual sentenced to decades in prison for stabbing ex-girlfriend te 2026-06-03T00:31:49.429Z 'How I Met Your Mother' actor Nick Pasqual sentenced to decades in prison for stabbing ex-girlfriend Nick Pasqual was sentenced Tuesday to more than three decades behind bars for the 2024 stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, Allie Shehorn. The "How I Met Your Mother" actor was found guilty last month in a Los Angeles court of attempted murder and forcible rape for stabbing Shehorn more than 20 times at her Sunland home. Additionally, a jury found Pasqual guilty of first-degree residential burglary and multiple counts of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiance's, boyfriend, girlfriend or child's parent. 'HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER ACTOR' NICK PASQUAL CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR STABBING EX-GIRLFRIEND Pasqual, 36, was first arrested for domestic violence on May 18, 2024, and was later released on $50,000 bond, according to People magazine. Shehorn's friend, Jed Dornoff, told the magazine at the time that "as soon as he paid his bail, he came after her." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Shehorn, a Hollywood makeup artist, took the stand with scars on her neck and arms while recounting the violent night with Pasqual, according to ABC7. "I locked the door and he just started punching holes in that door and broke that open," the outlet reported. "I just ran into the bathroom because I thought there's another lock on that door." The Los Angeles Times reported at the time that Shehorn had filed a restraining order against Pasqual days before he broke into her home and stabbed her an estimated 20 times. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Shehorn was found by her friend, Christine White, who told The Los Angeles Times, "I just told her to keep her hand on her throat to stop the bleeding." Shehorn suffered injuries to her throat, back, chest and wrists and underwent 14 hours of surgery. She later spent multiple days in the intensive care unit. Following the attack, Pasqual allegedly fled California, and was detained at the United States/Mexico border in Sierra Blanca, Texas, according to the District Attorney's Office. Fox News Digital's Lori Bashian contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f75e1ee6011c3f4ea4757 Acting AG Todd Blanche believes Trump 'absolutely' faced prison without 2024 election win te 2026-06-03T00:31:29.431Z Acting AG Todd Blanche believes Trump 'absolutely' faced prison without 2024 election win Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche believes President Donald Trump would have "absolutely" faced prison time if he had not won the 2024 presidential election. Blanche led Trump’s defense team in the infamous hush money trial in 2024 when he was convicted of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, a pornographic performer, in the lead-up to the 2016 election to silence her about an alleged affair. The acting attorney general told "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" that Trump evaded time behind bars after being convicted of 34 felonies by winning the presidency. "[Trump] was convicted on 34 felony charges," Fox News host Sean Hannity said. "So, is it an accurate statement to say, ‘He either wins in 2024, wins the White House—it’s either the White House or the big house?’" "Yes. I mean — oh, yeah, absolutely," Blanche replied. GREGG JARRETT: TRUMP THE VICTIM, NOT VILLAIN, AS LAWFARE WAR AGAINST HIM CRUMBLES "He had a D.C. case breathing down his neck. He had the Florida case, which had been dismissed, but they were appealing it," the AG continued. "And then he had a judge in New York. There’s no scenario in which he wasn’t going to send President Trump to prison—and he didn’t after the president won." Trump's conviction of 34 felony counts marked the first criminal conviction of a current or former U.S. president. The judge granted Trump an unconditional discharge, which affirmed his status as a convicted felon while sparing him from further penalties, fines or jail time. ERIC TRUMP REVEALS WHAT HIS FATHER TOLD HIM AFTER 34-COUNT FELONY CONVICTION IN NEW YORK The Manhattan District Attorney’s office described Trump’s crimes as "falsifying New York business records in order to conceal his illegal scheme to corrupt the 2016 election." Blanche called the 34 felony counts an "incredible travesty" and alleged prosecutors used "tainted" evidence that had been rejected by the Southern District of New York (SDNY) to convict Trump. TRUMP ATTORNEYS FILE MOTION TO DISMISS 'FAILED LAWFARE' CASE IN NEW YORK, CITING HUNTER BIDEN PARDON "They had to use all kinds of novel legal theories, including claiming that it was a campaign contribution, that it clearly was not," Blanche claimed. "It was before the election, had nothing to do with the election. The payments started after the election," he added. The acting AG argued that Trump would not have faced federal prosecution had he not launched a presidential campaign. "If he had decided not to run, all of this, none of this would have happened," Hannity asserted. "Without a doubt," Blanche affirmed. "And those smug prosecutors would say, ‘Oh no, this has nothing to do with the fact that he’s running.’ All right. Yeah, you should work on that in the mirror." Blanche claimed it was "impossible" for Trump’s trial to be fair and impartial, alleging that jurors were predisposed against the president. TRUMP JUDGE UNDER FIRE FOR DELAYS: LONGEST 'PERFORMANCE' IN HISTORY, SAYS LEGAL EXPERT "What the judge in that case did, not only in the way the jury was selected — which basically made it impossible to have anybody that was fair and impartial in the jury – [he] basically encouraged… anybody that came in the courtroom, that they could just leave," he said. "So, the only people that stayed are the people that see President Trump there and really want to go after him. And so, we had a jury that was not a jury of his peers." Blanche said the impact of Trump’s 312-226 victory over former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 was significant for him personally and for the country. "The consequences of 2024 for this country are priceless. But for him and his family, also priceless," he said. Check out Sean Hannity's full, wide-ranging interview with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on the latest episode of "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" now available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f75b8ee6011c3f4ea4742 Swalwell Departure Scrambled Race for California Governor te 2026-06-03T00:30:48.472Z Swalwell Departure Scrambled Race for California Governor Eric Swalwell was one of the leading contenders, but when he dropped out amid sexual assault allegations, his Democratic rivals saw a chance to win more voters. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f75a4ee6011c3f4ea4739 Polls in South Dakota Show Competitive Race in GOP Primary for Governor te 2026-06-03T00:30:28.482Z Polls in South Dakota Show Competitive Race in GOP Primary for Governor Four candidates are competing in a race that will advance to a runoff if no one tops 35 percent. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f738bee6011c3f4ea46f4 County approves additional deputies, citing need for rural law enforcement te 2026-06-03T00:21:31.111Z County approves additional deputies, citing need for rural law enforcement The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office will begin the process of hiring eight new deputies, after a Monday decision by the county’s governing board. That number is less than Sheriff Doug Schuster was hoping for, but more than the county initially… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f7371ee6011c3f4ea46cc Trump-backed candidate 'confident' Republicans will have great night in California: 'Very excited' te 2026-06-03T00:21:05.264Z Trump-backed candidate 'confident' Republicans will have great night in California: 'Very excited' Trump-backed Republican Steve Hilton expressed confidence Tuesday as California Republicans fight to avoid being shut out of the governor's race under the state's unique "jungle-primary" system. Hilton is one of two main Republicans in the race, alongside Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco. After Hilton received President Donald Trump’s endorsement, his neck-and-neck position with Bianco became a lead, but as the election neared, concern arose that two Democrats may outdo he and the sheriff – leaving no Republican on the ballot, "I'm very excited that it looks like we're going to have a good night tonight," Hilton said. "I think the president's endorsement has been a great honor. The vice president endorsed me this morning. What an incredible thing for someone who's a new American citizen," the former Fox News host – a native of Great Britain – added. Hilton portended a good night regardless of Bianco’s decision to stay in the race. "I think everyone in California understands we need change," he said. Hilton said California Republicans – of which there are more numerically than any other state – are energized and that the early ballot returns depict such. "I’m pretty confident that we are going to do fine one way or the other." The mood extended beyond the governor's race. In Los Angeles, independent mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt spent Election Day courting voters in neighborhoods Republicans and independents increasingly see as receptive to change. Pratt was spotted at the famed Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles, mingling with voters at the soul food establishment – and also seen in another clip hosting a cookout in a park in a majority-minority community. With Gov. Gavin Newsom term-limited and Mayor Karen Bass under fire for her handling of crime, homelessness and the Palisades fires, Republicans and Pratt see an opportunity for marked change in California. Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger – who like Hilton is an immigrant and Republican – was the last member of the Grand Old Party to hold court in Sacramento. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f735dee6011c3f4ea46c3 Kristin Cavallari had two great dates with an A-lister before he ruined the mood by whipping his junk out te 2026-06-03T00:20:45.346Z Kristin Cavallari had two great dates with an A-lister before he ruined the mood by whipping his junk out What do you do after letting loose and putting on what one of the sharpest eyes for talent around described as a dominant performance during Miami Swim Week? If you’re Kristin Cavallari, you share that story about the time you went on a couple of dates with an A-lister, and he took his junk out in front of you. That’s going to get people talking. The reality star turned podcaster, and sometimes bikini model, said during the latest episode of her "Let’s Be" Honest podcast that she went on two dates at the Sunset Tower Hotel and the Beverly Hills Hotel roughly four years ago "with a very famous man." He turned out to be a very famous man with a bizarre go-to move of exposing himself to his dates. The dates up to that point were solid, according to Kristin. She said, reports Page Six, "[They were] two really great dates, honestly two of the best dates of my life." CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE Those are the expected results of a couple of hotel dates with an A-lister, am I right? For the second date, she explained how the two of them "got a suite, swam all day, took showers separately and ate dinner on the patio," as one does on a second date. Then the unnamed famous man brought up insecurities people have about their body that they want to overcome when they start dating someone new. She didn’t know it when the conversation started, but this was step one of this very famous man showing her his penis. "‘I have a mole on my d–k. It’s not like that bad, but it’s noticeable. Can I just show it to you?'" she says he asked. "So he pulls out his d–k, first time I’ve seen it. I don’t see anything. I think he said it was more flesh-colored, like a white mole." This "look at my mole on my junk" trick didn’t work on Kristin. She says that despite it being in her face, she didn’t do anything involving his member. He swung and missed with what she decided must be his move to get his junk out in front of women. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "You know that’s what he does," she said after thinking back on the moment and letting out, "Put it away, f–king weirdo." That would have been wise advice for Mr. A-lister prior to the second date. Now that he’s already exposed himself, he left the door open and his pants down for what Kristin had to say next. "This is mean, but I think he’s kind of known for having a big d–k and it wasn’t that big and I think that’s what the insecurity was really about," she revealed. "Can I be honest with you? Changing out of his swimsuit, he had the flattest ass and horrible bacne scars. We’ve got bigger fish to fry, buddy. [That’s] one of the biggest f–king turnoffs." A bullet dodged as far as she’s concerned. The unceremonious ending after two dates with a very famous man whom she hasn’t ever named publicly was, in the end, a good thing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f714eee6011c3f4ea4682 '2 is absolutely not enough': Arizona mother advocates for teens involved in group-style assault to be identified te 2026-06-03T00:11:58.231Z '2 is absolutely not enough': Arizona mother advocates for teens involved in group-style assault to be identified Surprise Police have identified two juveniles in connection with the assault that happened on April 4. But the victim's mother says there's more to be done. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f711cee6011c3f4ea4653 Carville shreds Dems' 2024 autopsy, says Harris campaign was 'most ineffective $2 billion ever spent' te 2026-06-03T00:11:08.711Z Carville shreds Dems' 2024 autopsy, says Harris campaign was 'most ineffective $2 billion ever spent' Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville and his co-host Al Hunt mocked the Democratic Party’s recent 2024 election autopsy last week, saying the reasons their party lost are glaringly obvious. A year and a half after the 2024 election, the Democratic National Committee released a whopping 192-page report purporting to explain how their party failed in keeping the presidency and in races across the country.  Carville and Hunt, both of whom have warned time and time again how the Democratic Party needs to abandon its "woke" policies, criticized the report.  "The supposedly much awaited Democratic autopsy on 2024 came out. To call it a total dud would be to elevate it," Hunt said on the "Politics War Room" podcast. "It avoided—it didn't mention Biden's age. It didn't mention Gaza. It didn't mention Kamala Harris's campaign problems." LIBERAL NY TIMES COLUMNIST ROASTS DEM ELECTION AUTOPSY AS 'RIDICULOUS,' SAYS AI COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB While Hunt said there may be some value to studying issues like digital ad placement, he said that his ultimate takeaways were because President Biden waited too long to get out of the race and that Harris wasn't a good candidate.  "Completely agree with you," Carville replied. "If there's one fact about the 2024 election that you need to autopsy above all, and it's this: From Labor Day to election day, the Harris campaign had available and spent $2 billion. I don't think we got a vote on election day that we weren't going to get on Labor Day anyway. Why wouldn't you want to know?" Carville clarified that he is not suggesting anybody skimmed money by any means, but rather he wants to know why the money was spent so ineffectively to the point it failed to reach persuadable voters. "Clearly, this was the most ineffective $2 billion ever spent. How was it allocated? Why didn't it do any good? Is there a way that we could have done it better? There has to be," he said. HARRIS CAMPAIGN REPORTEDLY SPENT 6 FIGURES ON ‘CALL HER DADDY’ PODCAST WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS "When an airplane crashes, the last thing anybody says, 'Well, we just need to look ahead. We don't need to look back.' No, actually, you want to find out, was it the landing gear? Was it the air traffic control? Was it the weather? Was it terrorism? Was it ran out of gas? I don't know. But the last thing you want to do is say, 'Well, there's nothing to see here, folks. Let's go on,' And it's idiotic," he added. "It was a prime example of just staggering Washington Democratic—call it ‘incompetence’ gives it too much of a word—and I don't know if there's anything to do about it, can be done about it or should be done about it." Fox News Digital reached out to Harris and Biden’s offices and did not receive immediate reply. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f70f4ee6011c3f4ea463f Steve Hilton: 5 Facts About the Candidate for California Governor te 2026-06-03T00:10:28.304Z Steve Hilton: 5 Facts About the Candidate for California Governor Mr. Hilton was the right-hand man of Prime Minister David Cameron in Britain and a Fox News host before he ran for California governor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6ed7ee6011c3f4ea45e5 Pushing Treatment, Trump Administration Limits Housing Aid for Homeless te 2026-06-03T00:01:27.269Z Pushing Treatment, Trump Administration Limits Housing Aid for Homeless Congress and a court blocked a previous effort to revamp homeless programs. Even a scaled-back version marks the sharpest change in homelessness policy in a generation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6ec3ee6011c3f4ea45dc Graham Platner Meets With Senate Democrats Amid Texting Scandal te 2026-06-03T00:01:07.264Z Graham Platner Meets With Senate Democrats Amid Texting Scandal Mr. Platner, the likely Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, met in Washington with several senators. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, dodged questions about his confidence in Mr. Platner. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6eafee6011c3f4ea45d3 War Games and Warnings on Strait of Hormuz Went Unheeded by Trump te 2026-06-03T00:00:47.270Z War Games and Warnings on Strait of Hormuz Went Unheeded by Trump Over the past two decades, Iran repeatedly threatened to close down the waterway. President Trump underestimated Iran’s ability to do so. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6e9bee6011c3f4ea45ca Josh Turek and Zachary Wahls Make Final Pitches in Senate Primary te 2026-06-03T00:00:27.342Z Josh Turek and Zachary Wahls Make Final Pitches in Senate Primary Josh Turek and Zach Wahls, the Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate, made their final pitches as voters took to the polls on Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6cb7ee6011c3f4ea455d Las Vegas man seriously injured when his PWC collided with a water taxi te 2026-06-02T23:52:23.350Z Las Vegas man seriously injured when his PWC collided with a water taxi BULLHEAD CITY - A Las Vegas man was injured Tuesday when his personal watercraft collided with a water taxi. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6ca0ee6011c3f4ea454b Baby coyote recovering after getting in a prickly situation te 2026-06-02T23:52:00.318Z Baby coyote recovering after getting in a prickly situation A wild coyote was found in Surprise, Arizona, covered in Cholla cactus spines. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6c59ee6011c3f4ea4515 California House Primaries Offer Clues in Battle for Control of Congress te 2026-06-02T23:50:50.070Z California House Primaries Offer Clues in Battle for Control of Congress Proposition 50 has created a handful of key races where Democrats will choose candidates to pit against vulnerable Republican incumbents. Generational challenges have infused other contests. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6c45ee6011c3f4ea450c When to Expect Results in the June 2 Primaries te 2026-06-02T23:50:29.992Z When to Expect Results in the June 2 Primaries Voters in six states have primaries today. Election officials predict that results will come in late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6a1cee6011c3f4ea44c8 Arizona couple ordered to pay $12 million for health care fraud te 2026-06-02T23:41:16.554Z Arizona couple ordered to pay $12 million for health care fraud The two defendants were sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution for a billing scheme targeting Arizona's Medicaid system. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6809ee6011c3f4ea4435 Chicago college removes LGBTQ pride flag over institutional neutrality concerns te 2026-06-02T23:32:25.595Z Chicago college removes LGBTQ pride flag over institutional neutrality concerns The University of Chicago (UC) Laboratory Schools, an institution associated with the university, will no longer be flying an LGBTQ pride flag outside its courtyard after university administrators determined it would violate institutional neutrality. The news was first reported by U-High Midway, the UC Laboratory High School student newspaper, ahead of Pride Month with a new statement from Interim Director Ethan Bueno de Mesquita explaining the decision on Monday. "I think the idea of a student organization saying ‘We should fly the pride flag for Pride Month’ in some way is student speech and should be totally acceptable," Bueno de Mesquita said. "I think the university saying that an observer who sees something flying from a flagpole and understands that to be a statement of the institution is a reasonable interpretation of how flagpoles operate, and so that doesn’t strike me as an unreasonable rule." OHIO TEACHER SUES HIGH SCHOOL FOR DEMANDING HE REMOVE LGBT POSTER INSIDE CLASSROOM He added, "To be clear, the full membership of LGBTQ+ people in the Lab community is not a contested issue. It is a core value." The decision to remove the flag, which has flown in the same spot since 2022, came after administrators reviewed whether the LGBTQ pride flag aligned with the University of Chicago's Kalven Committee report on neutrality. "There is no mechanism by which it can reach a collective position without inhibiting that full freedom of dissent on which it thrives. It cannot insist that all of its members favor a given view of social policy; if it takes collective action, therefore, it does so at the price of censuring any minority who do not agree with the view adopted. In brief, it is a community which cannot resort to majority vote to reach positions on public issues," the report read. ANTI-ISRAEL PROFESSOR CURSES OUT EMPLOYER UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, SAYS SHE TEACHES TO BUILD POWER It continued, "The neutrality of the university as an institution arises then not from a lack of courage nor out of indifference and insensitivity. It arises out of respect for free inquiry and the obligation to cherish a diversity of viewpoints." Administrators also believed that the LGBTQ pride flag violated UC Laboratory Schools' new policy on neutrality, which was established last month. "The following Standards govern how contested issues are engaged in school environments. They are unified by a single overarching principle: educators do not use their adult authority to steer students toward or away from particular conclusions on contested issues, explicitly or implicitly," the guidelines read. CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL FACES OUTCRY AFTER AXING ARABIC PROGRAM The University of Chicago's American Association of University Professors chapter criticized the decision in an X post on Monday. "You see the display of even basic symbols expressing the dignity of our students would be an unacceptable political stance and violation of neutrality. It has nothing to do with the national environment," the organization wrote. Fox News Digital reached out to UC Laboratory Schools and the University of Chicago's American Association of University Professors chapter for comment. The University of Chicago released a statement to Fox News Digital saying, "As reflected in a message this week to the Lab community, the University of Chicago has a longstanding practice that only the American flag is flown from University flagpoles. This does not indicate a change in Lab’s recognition of Pride Month. To be clear, the full membership of LBGTQ+ people in the Lab community is a core value." The article was updated to include a statement from the university. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f67f5ee6011c3f4ea442c Jordan Love says he was 'shocked' by Josh Jacobs' arrest on domestic violence charges during OTAs te 2026-06-02T23:32:05.672Z Jordan Love says he was 'shocked' by Josh Jacobs' arrest on domestic violence charges during OTAs Even with his exceptional vision on the field, Jordan Love didn't see one teammate's arrest controversy coming. The Packers quarterback addressed the situation surrounding running back Josh Jacobs for the first time publicly during OTAs on Tuesday, admitting he was caught off guard by news of Jacobs' arrest last month. Jacobs was booked into the Brown County Jail on May 26 following a police response to a domestic disturbance complaint. The Pro Bowl tailback faces five charges, including a felony count of strangulation and suffocation, along with misdemeanor counts of battery, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct and intimidation of a victim. GREEN BAY PACKERS PRO BOWL RB JOSH JACOBS ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGES His legal team has strongly denied the allegations, asking for "fairness and restraint." Against that backdrop, Love admitted the news initially stunned him. "There's always questions," Love told reporters about his immediate reaction. "I was shocked when I saw it." DISPATCH AUDIO REVEALS WHAT WAS HEARD INSIDE JOSH JACOBS' HOME BEFORE ALLEGED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARREST Jacobs was released from custody on May 27 and has since returned to the field for OTAs while the District Attorney's Office reviews the evidence before making a formal charging decision. Love acknowledged there are still plenty of unknowns surrounding the situation as the legal process continues to play out. "But like I said, we're just going to let it play out. HENRY RUGGS TRAINING IN PRISON FOR POTENTIAL NFL RETURN, EX-RAIDERS TEAMMATE SAYS "There's a lot of uncertainty when you hear something like that, of what might happen. But we'll see, we'll let it play out and go from there." While the organization has largely stayed quiet publicly, Love said conversations have taken place internally. "Yeah, we've talked internally," Love said. "Everyone knows what the situation is there. We've talked, but obviously the details, everyone's keeping that under wraps right now, out of respect for the situation and obviously all the legal stuff that's going to be playing out." Despite the uncertainty, Love said it has been business as usual with Jacobs back on the practice field alongside his teammates. "But it's great to have Josh here with us, being able to work with us and getting back to work," he added. "But yeah, kind of everybody's just waiting and letting it play out on its own." For now, Love and the Packers are waiting to see what happens next. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f67cdee6011c3f4ea4420 How a Republican Switcheroo Stifled Competition to Succeed Steve Daines in Montana te 2026-06-02T23:31:25.674Z How a Republican Switcheroo Stifled Competition to Succeed Steve Daines in Montana Senator Steve Daines withdrew his candidacy for re-election moments before the filing deadline, and then endorsed Kurt Alme in what appeared to be a coordinated swap to preclude competition. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f67b9ee6011c3f4ea4417 Tom Steyer: 5 Facts About the Candidate for California Governor te 2026-06-02T23:31:05.750Z Tom Steyer: 5 Facts About the Candidate for California Governor He is a billionaire who appeals to many progressive groups in California. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f67a4ee6011c3f4ea4404 O'odham, Yaqui: Trump admin move to close Indian Health Service office would harm tribal members te 2026-06-02T23:30:44.710Z O'odham, Yaqui: Trump admin move to close Indian Health Service office would harm tribal members Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f678eee6011c3f4ea43e8 Squishmallows, dentures, and an ‘I Heart Hot Dads’ bag: Uber has found thousands of items left in robotaxis te 2026-06-02T23:30:22.784Z Squishmallows, dentures, and an ‘I Heart Hot Dads’ bag: Uber has found thousands of items left in robotaxis Even in a future of robot taxis, someone still has to return the things passengers leave behind. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f635aee6011c3f4ea43a2 NHL reveals that a new All-Star format is on the way, and it sounds like it could be a winner te 2026-06-02T23:12:26.392Z NHL reveals that a new All-Star format is on the way, and it sounds like it could be a winner I feel like all sports fans cringe when they hear the word "All-Star Game." It's often hard to get players to care, and when that happens, good luck getting the fans to care. But, according to a new report, the NHL is considering a new format that could be very, very interesting. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The NHL didn't hold an All-Star Game this season because of the Olympics, and didn't hold one last year either because of the Four Nations Face-Off, which proved to be a massive success. Now, just hours before the puck drops for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes, the NHL and NHLPA announced that the 2027 NHL All-Star Weekend scheduled to take place at Long Island's UBS Arena will have a very different format. For starters, the skills competition will only be open to players under 25 years old. This. Is. Brilliant. The skills competition used to be my favorite part of the weekend, but it has gotten a little stale the last couple of years. Now, the NHL gets a chance to showcase some young stars — and there are many these days — and get more of them involved in the weekend's festivities. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE But the real smart move comes in the All-Star 3-on-3 tournament. The event has been around for years, but switching from division-based teams to country-based teams is a welcome change. The US, Canada, Sweden and Finland — the same four nations from the Four Nations tournament — will field teams, while a fifth team will be composed of players from the rest of the world. It is also being reported that this fifth team will include Russian players. It's early, but I'd be putting my money on that team. You've got the best of the Russians, Czechs, Slovaks, Swiss, Norwegians, Danes and more on one team. Look out. This tournament will use a round-robin format, with the top two teams from that playing a 10-minute final for a $2 million prize. If the NHL has been good at anything over the last few years, it has been recognizing that international hockey is very popular. The Four Nations was a massive success. The Olympics were even bigger, so sticking with an international format — and using it as a bridge to the 2028 World Cup of Hockey — is about the smartest move the NHL could make short of staging another Four Nations tournament. The All-Star Weekend will take place on Feb. 5 and 6, with the Skills Competition on Feb. 5 and the tournament on Feb. 6. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6346ee6011c3f4ea4399 Atlanta train stabbing suspect faces new charge as feds weigh death penalty in great-grandmother’s killing te 2026-06-02T23:12:06.391Z Atlanta train stabbing suspect faces new charge as feds weigh death penalty in great-grandmother’s killing DISTURBING CONTENT WARNING: A Georgia man accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old great-grandmother in an unprovoked attack aboard an Atlanta MARTA train is now facing a federal charge that could make him eligible for life in prison or the death penalty, federal prosecutors said. John Elijah Matthews, 25, of Decatur, Georgia, was charged in a federal criminal complaint with committing an act of violence using a dangerous weapon with intent to cause death on a mass transportation system, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will determine whether the government will seek the death penalty if Matthews is convicted, prosecutors said. The victim, identified by federal officials as Margaret Swan, 66, was described by U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg as a "beloved great-grandmother" who was killed in "an unprovoked act of senseless violence." DISTURBING CONTENT WARNING: ILLEGAL ACCUSED OF KILLING GEORGIA GRANDMOTHER FACES NEW DISTURBING CHARGES The deadly attack unfolded around 11:25 a.m. Saturday, May 30, while Swan was riding a northbound MARTA train from the Lakewood station toward Oakland City Station, according to prosecutors and a Fulton County arrest warrant affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital. The affidavit, sworn by MARTA Police Detective Douglas Burn, alleges Matthews boarded Train Car 134 at 11:24:59 a.m., wearing glasses, an orange T-shirt with writing on the front, dark gray pants, white socks and black slides. Swan had boarded the same train car minutes earlier, at 11:21:46 a.m., and was sitting alone, according to the affidavit. Surveillance video allegedly showed Matthews walk to the side of the train where Swan was seated and stand near her. At 11:25:18 a.m., he allegedly moved closer and stood just to her right. Eight seconds later, at 11:25:26 a.m., he allegedly reached into his right front pants pocket, pulled out a knife and opened it, the affidavit states. At 11:25:32 a.m., Matthews allegedly sliced Swan’s throat with his right hand while holding her head, according to the affidavit. Swan screamed and tried to get up from her seat, but Matthews allegedly held onto her right arm and stabbed her approximately 18 to 20 times, the affidavit says. Federal prosecutors said surveillance video showed Matthews stabbing Swan approximately 18 to 20 times in the chest and neck area as she tried to defend herself. Other passengers fled and called for help, and at least one passenger confirmed Swan had no interaction with Matthews before the attack, prosecutors said. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT RELEASED BY BIDEN ADMIN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MURDER OF GEORGIA GRANDMOTHER The affidavit says Matthews then threw Swan to the floor and stood near her until the train arrived at Oakland City Station at 11:27:05 a.m. He then allegedly exited the train with the knife in his right hand and walked toward the north end of the platform. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL MARTA police officers arrived moments later and rushed to apprehend him, according to the affidavit. Officer Bolton, who was patrolling the Oakland City Station concourse, heard a commotion on the platform and saw patrons pointing toward Matthews, according to the affidavit. Bolton allegedly saw Matthews holding a knife near the north end of the platform and ordered him to turn over. Matthews allegedly did not comply and was taken into custody after another officer arrived, the affidavit says. CHARLOTTE RESIDENTS SAY THEY FEEL LESS SAFE AS CITY FACES SECOND TRANSIT STABBING Prosecutors said Matthews was allegedly found with a bloody folding knife and had blood on his clothes. The affidavit says that Matthews "did not have an address currently" and that he advised he did not have a phone number currently. First responders attempted emergency medical aid, but Swan was pronounced dead at the scene. The affidavit says the Fulton County Medical Examiner arrived at the scene at 1:45 p.m. and recorded Swan’s time of death as 2 p.m. WATCH: Atlanta train riders on edge after deadly stabbing CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS Matthews remains in local custody and will appear in federal court. The case is being investigated by the FBI and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Police Department. "This crime also impacts everyone who relies on mass transportation to move about their daily lives. Using Atlanta’s train system should be safe and free of violence," said Marlo Graham, special agent in charge of FBI Atlanta. GOT A TIP? He is also charged locally with felony murder, according to Fulton County records. Fox News Digital has reached out to MARTA, the Fulton County Sheriff's Office and the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia for additional information. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f6332ee6011c3f4ea4390 Morgan Wallen gives fans an update on his piano, days after smashing it on stage during Denver show te 2026-06-02T23:11:46.464Z Morgan Wallen gives fans an update on his piano, days after smashing it on stage during Denver show Morgan Wallen is giving fans an update on his piano after smashing one on stage on Friday. In a video posted to his Instagram stories on Monday, the 33-year-old country singer addressed the viral moment he broke a piano while performing on stage. "Hey, I just want you guys to know, that right now this piano is working," he said in the video. "That's what they told me last night too." The country star is seen in the video standing over a red piano in a blue and orange flannel shirt with the sleeves cut off and a blue baseball cap, with headphones on his ears, seemingly connected to the piano. MORGAN WALLEN SMASHES PIANO ON STAGE AFTER EQUIPMENT FAILS MID-PERFORMANCE DURING CONCERT He added a comment beneath the video: ‘Can’t you tell I'm so distraught over my piano.' Wallen made headlines over the weekend after footage of him shoving over a piano which had malfunctioned during his performance in Denver went viral on social media. In the fan-captured video obtained by Fox News Digital, Wallen walks over to the piano and pushes it over, breaking it, after wrapping up his performance of his hit song, "Sand In My Boots." WATCH: Morgan Wallen pushes over a piano after getting frustrated on stage "While playing 'sand in my boots' Morgan gets off the piano cause it isn’t [working] as it should," the video's caption on TikTok reads. "He finishes acapella then proceeds to push the piano over, breaking it!" The "7 Summers" singer is currently on his "Still The Problem Tour," which kicked off in April in Minneapolis, Minnesota. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER He has collaborated with many high-profile musicians in the past, including Tate McRae, who he worked with on a pop-country duet titled "What I Want," for his 2025 album, "I'm The Problem." The up-and-coming singer received backlash for her decision to collaborate with the popular country artist, telling Rolling Stone in December 2025 that she doesn't "regret" her decision to partner with the star. "I don't think you should regret anything in life because it gives you so much clarity," she said. "I think controversy and criticism is a way of learning and figuring out what you want to move forward with and how that shapes you as a person. I think it's all important." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Singer Ella Langley also received backlash when she collaborated with him on the song, "I Can't Love You Anymore," which was released in April. "She's friends with and collabing with Morgan Wallen. A known racist and maga," one social media user commented, while another wrote, "Hitler and Stalin announce collab." Others came to her defense, saying "Who cares bama girl on top." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f630aee6011c3f4ea4385 Billionaires and Silicon Valley Have Flooded California’s Races With Cash te 2026-06-02T23:11:06.474Z Billionaires and Silicon Valley Have Flooded California’s Races With Cash Tom Steyer has spent a staggering $216 million on his campaign for governor. Tech titans have lined up behind one of his rivals. And in other races, rich donors are spending big. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f62f5ee6011c3f4ea4373 Read all about it: Stacks Book Club opens in Midtown Tucson te 2026-06-02T23:10:45.512Z Read all about it: Stacks Book Club opens in Midtown Tucson Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f62deee6011c3f4ea4357 Cyera eyes $12B valuation at 80x ARR multiple despite operating losses te 2026-06-02T23:10:22.955Z Cyera eyes $12B valuation at 80x ARR multiple despite operating losses The cybersecurity company is nearing a $300 million round led by Evolution Equity Partners. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f5e36ee6011c3f4ea42fe Xavier Becerra: 5 Facts About the Candidate for California Governor te 2026-06-02T22:50:30.304Z Xavier Becerra: 5 Facts About the Candidate for California Governor Mr. Becerra has become an unexpected front-runner in the race for California governor after lagging in polls for months. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f5c40ee6011c3f4ea42a4 Inspection of Delaney Hall ICE facility contradicts claims in New Jersey attorney general's lawsuit te 2026-06-02T22:42:08.314Z Inspection of Delaney Hall ICE facility contradicts claims in New Jersey attorney general's lawsuit FIRST ON FOX: An inspection of the Delaney Hall ICE facility contradicts some claims made by New Jersey elected officials as the facility’s operator faces a new lawsuit from the state’s attorney general. Just hours before activists from the Democratic Socialists of America and other far-left organizations held a demonstration in front of her office, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced that the state is suing GEO Group Inc., which the Department of Homeland Security contracted to operate the ICE facility. The unclassified investigation, which was obtained by Fox News Digital, is the most recent investigative report conducted by the DHS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) at Delaney Hall. The conclusion of the investigation, conducted by six internal OPR officers and four outside contractors, didn’t align with some claims made by the attorney general’s lawsuit.  "During the inspection, [the Office of Detention Oversight] assessed the facility’s compliance with 22 standards… and found the facility in compliance with 17 of those standards," the inspection’s conclusion read. SOMETHING TO HIDE? ICE UNDER FIRE FOR SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS AT FOR-PROFIT DETENTION CENTER The report said that it recommends that DHS Enforcement and Removal Operations in Newark "continue to work with the facility to resolve the deficiencies that remain outstanding in accordance with contractual obligations." The attorney general’s office cited reports of media outlets and Democratic members of Congress as the basis for the lawsuit, claiming that worms were found in food, toilet paper wasn’t being provided, bad or lack of medical care was present, and a report of tuberculosis. Fox News Digital identified the five standards that weren’t met in the investigation from last August. DAVID MARCUS: 5 BLATANT LIES DEMOCRATS ARE SPREADING ABOUT DELANEY HALL AND ICE The investigation found deficiency in food services for ice build-up in the freezers, admission and release deficiency for not fingerprinting detainees upon release, deficiency in holding room facilities for not properly recording checks on hold rooms and custodial information, deficiency in environmental health and safety for not properly labeling cleaning equipment on site and deficiency in suicide and self-harm prevention for not monitoring detainees for the proper amount of time. DHS punched back at the lawsuit in a post on X shortly after it was issued by the attorney general.  "This is a frivolous lawsuit," the post read. "Just last week on May 28, four representatives of the New Jersey State Health Department arrived at approximately 11:00 AM.  They entered the facility and inspected the foodservice department. The inspection of the kitchen was completed and they departed around 12:30 PM." PROTESTERS CLASH WITH ICE AS NJ DETENTION FACILITY DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE The attorney general and Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill have faced mounting pressure from far-left and socialist groups over Sherrill’s deploying of state police during riots that took place outside of the facility.  On Monday, Indivisible, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit funded by Democratic billionaire George Soros, protested outside Sherrill’s Trenton office, demanding that the governor stop working with DHS and shut down the Delaney Hall facility, accusing Sherrill of spreading "MAGA propaganda" and criticizing her for working with DHS to secure the facility.  Despite deploying state police who clashed with rioters last Friday night, Sherrill claimed on an X post Saturday morning that local law enforcement was there to protect the agitators from ICE agents. FBI ARRESTS PROTESTER WHO THREATENED TO KILL ICE OFFICER'S FAMILY AT NJ DETENTION CENTER PROTEST, BLANCHE SAYS On Tuesday, Democratic Socialists of America, "Climate Revolution Action Network," "State of Liberation Jersey City" and other groups protested outside of Davenport’s office, saying that "Mikie and her AG" must "meet the demands of the detained Delaney Hall hunger strikers; and stop brutalizing protesters in the name of ‘public safety.’" A number of nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations have been mobilizing rioters in front of Delaney Hall over the past week, including the brutal clash between New Jersey state police and rioters last Friday night.  DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin noted that agitators at the facility were "well supplied" and said one agitator flew to New Jersey from Portland just to participate in the unrest. A number of rioters have been arrested, and during the demonstration in front of Davenport’s office, agitators called for the release of protestors detained during the riots. "Drop all charges and free protestors who exercised their constitutionally protected rights to protest the deplorable treatment of immigrants in New Jersey," the caption of the flyer for the event read. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f5c2cee6011c3f4ea429b WATCH: Chuck Schumer sidesteps Platner scandals, confirms support for controversial Dem te 2026-06-02T22:41:48.311Z WATCH: Chuck Schumer sidesteps Platner scandals, confirms support for controversial Dem Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., ignored persistent questions about controversies surrounding Democrat Graham Platner and reaffirmed his support for the embattled Senate candidate. Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer, has faced a series of controversies in recent weeks, including criticism over a tattoo with links to Nazi imagery, resurfaced Reddit posts where he made inflammatory comments about veterans and reports about sexually explicit messages exchanged with other women during his marriage. Speaking with journalists in the Capitol on Tuesday, Schumer was pressed on whether he, as the top Senate Democrat, is satisfied with Platner’s explanations of the scandals dogging his campaign. In response, he said, "I met with Graham Platner today, we're going to beat [Sen.] Susan Collins and take back the Senate." PLATNER CONTROVERSIES FUEL SPECULATION ABOUT LITTLE-KNOWN MAINE BALLOT REPLACEMENT PROVISION Schumer was asked several more times whether he still supports Platner in the face of the scandals considering his endorsement came before all the controversy. He was also asked whether Democrats’ backing of Platner undermines the party’s credibility in criticizing Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who has faced some similar scandals. The New York senator did not respond to these questions directly. Instead, he repeated: "We’re going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate." Schumer attempted to prompt reporters to ask about other topics.  "Any other subjects you got?" he said. But reporters continued to zero-in on his support for Platner. After being asked about the candidate for a fifth time, Schumer finally responded, "As I said, I endorsed Graham Platner." "We're going to beat Susan Collins and take back the Senate," he reiterated before walking away. SUNNY HOSTIN SUPPORTS GRAHAM PLATNER DESPITE CALLING HIM 'A LIAR, A RACIST, AN ANTISEMITE' Platner has run a deeply controversial campaign, in addition to being the subject of various scandals, he faced scrutiny for having a "Totenkopf" Nazi SS tattoo, which he then covered-up with a different tattoo. The far-left Senate hopeful has most notably ignited backlash after his vulgar messages on a since-deleted Reddit account were uncovered. Under the moniker "P-hustle," Platner joked about masturbating in public portable toilets, among other crude posts. Platner also called himself a communist, denigrated rural White people as "racist" and "stupid" and singled out Black people for not tipping. GRAHAM PLATNER PULLED OUT OF MS NOW INTERVIEW IN WAKE OF SCANDAL, HOST CLAIMS It was also recently uncovered that Platner has an active account on Kik, an anonymous chatting platform notorious for lax identification methods that have enabled the proliferation of child sexual abuse material. The profile, reviewed by Fox News Digital, contains a sexually suggestive picture of Platner only wearing a towel around his waist. It is unclear when the image was taken, but Platner created the account in 2016.  Schumer previously endorsed Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills to challenge Collins. Mills dropped out of the race in April, citing failure to garner the necessary financial backing for her campaign. Her departure left Platner the frontrunner in the Democratic primary. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f5c18ee6011c3f4ea4292 Here's the team that could pull off a surprise win in this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix te 2026-06-02T22:41:28.391Z Here's the team that could pull off a surprise win in this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix Formula 1 is headed to Monaco this weekend for its crown jewel race, the Monaco Grand Prix, and while the season has been dominated by Mercedes. However, this race might present a golden opportunity for their closest competitors: Ferrari. The Silver Arrows have won every race — Grand Prix or Sprint — with the lone exception of the Sprint race in Miami, which was won by McLaren's Lando Norris. That has put a significant gap in the standings between them and Ferrari; however, Monaco presents an opportunity for the Scuderia to break up Mercedes and championship leader Kimi Antonelli's run of dominance. That's because Ferrari's car and power unit are expected to be well suited for the notoriously tight and twisty Monaco circuit. All season long, Ferrari's strength has been under acceleration. This has been most clear on race starts. Go back and look at just about any start this season and the Ferraris look like they've been shot out of a cannon while the Mercedes and others often look pretty sluggish. With as many slow corners as Monaco — with some like the hotel hairpin and La Rascasse being among the slowest on the entire calendar — getting through them and accelerating out of them is a big deal. You can't rely on straight-line speed like you can on other circuits, and Ferrari, they'll be cool with that as it's not their biggest strength. F1 DRIVER HAS A HILARIOUS REASON HE KNEW REPORTS ABOUT A TEAM FEUD WERE TOTALLY WRONG Finding time in these slow corners on Saturday in qualifying could mean a start from pole, and in Monaco, that really gives you an edge on a circuit where overtaking is nearly impossible. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Even reigning champ Lando Norris expects to see the Prancing Horses start up front. "Honestly, I think that Ferrari will be on pole next weekend in Monaco," Norris said, per Motorsport. "Their low-speed performance is far better than everyone else." Now, a million things could go wrong, even if either Ferrari driver, Charles Leclerc or Lewis Hamilton, starts up front. Weather could be a factor; they could clip a wall; they could run into a technical issue. But the key to winning at Monaco these days is starting with the best track position possible, and Ferrari is looking at its best chance to do that so far this season. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f5befee6011c3f4ea4284 Who Can Vote for Mayor of Los Angeles? te 2026-06-02T22:40:47.912Z Who Can Vote for Mayor of Los Angeles? Many residents in the region mistakenly think the mayor is their leader. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f5bdbee6011c3f4ea427b Bruce Crandall, Part of a Heroic Rescue Mission in Vietnam, Dies at 93 te 2026-06-02T22:40:27.912Z Bruce Crandall, Part of a Heroic Rescue Mission in Vietnam, Dies at 93 “Fourteen times he flew into what they called the valley of death,” President George W. Bush said in awarding him the Medal of Honor in 2007. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f576eee6011c3f4ea4240 Project REDUCE applications open te 2026-06-02T22:21:34.951Z Project REDUCE applications open Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis through June 30 for the City of Phoenix Office of Environmental Programs’ Project REDUCE (Restaurants Eliminating & Diverting Uneaten food through Composting & Education). Project REDUCE is the city’s first program dedicated to supporting restaurants in reducing food loss and waste. The city will issue $1,000 microgrants to small local Phoenix restaurants along with hands-on guidance, training and technical assistance. The first information listening session is scheduled for June 3 at 10 a.m. To learn more and register for the event, visit http://phoenix.gov/oep/project-reduce. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f575aee6011c3f4ea4237 Kids eat free this summer te 2026-06-02T22:21:14.472Z Kids eat free this summer Every Tuesday in June and July, Pita Jungle invites families to dine in and enjoy a free meal for kids 12 and under with the purchase of an entrée (submitted photo). Summer break has arrived, and residents looking for family-friendly dining offerings can enjoy two Kids Eat Free dining deals this month and beyond. This summer, Pita Jungle is bringing back the Kids Eat Free promotion, giving parents a break in the kitchen while providing nutritious options for youngsters. Kids can build their own meal by choosing a grain or carb, a vegetable and a protein along with a side of seasonal fruit and a kids-sized drink. Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options are all available. Available at participating locations every Tuesday in June and July, kids can eat for free with purchase of an entrée. The offer must be mentioned at time of order and is for children 12 and under for dine-in only. Learn more at www.pitajungle.com. Also running in June and July, kids 12 and under eat free every Tuesday at Over Easy. With fun favorites like pancakes with chocolate chips or M&M’s, waffles, grilled cheese with tots and the popular Waffle Dog, the eatery is an easy summer breakfast option for families. The one free kids’ meal per adult entrée special is offered for dine-in only and is not valid with other discounts. Learn more by visiting www.eatatovereasy.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f5746ee6011c3f4ea422e This month at city senior centers te 2026-06-02T22:20:54.558Z This month at city senior centers In addition to scheduled field trips, the city of Phoenix senior centers offer a wide variety of weekly activities and classes to help keep older adults active and engaged with their peers (photo courtesy of City of Phoenix Human Services Department). Summer is here, and the city of Phoenix is inviting the Valley’s older residents to cool off and find community at one of their 15 senior centers. In the North Central area, visit the Devonshire Senior Center at 2802 E. Devonshire Ave., or the Sunnyslope Senior Center at 802 E. Vogel Ave. Both centers are open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact Devonshire at 602-262-7807 or Sunnyslope at 602-262-7572. This month, Devonshire members will enjoy a trip to Herberger Theater (June 18) and the Senior Opportunities West Senior Center formal dance (June 26). Sunnyslope members will also enjoy a trip to Herberger Theater (June 17) and a tour of the Martin Auto Museum (June 24). In addition, the Sunnyslope center offers Memory Café on the first Wednesday of the month from 10 to 11 a.m. This event provides residents living with early to moderate dementia a safe place to socialize and participate in activities facilitated by professionals to simulate brain health. Advance registration required. For an annual membership fee of $20 for Phoenix residents, individuals will find monthly events, classes and trips this summer and beyond. For additional information about Phoenix senior centers, as well as other city programs for seniors and older adults, visit www.phoenix.gov/humanservices/programs/older. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f550dee6011c3f4ea41b7 Iranians speak out over possible Trump-regime deal te 2026-06-02T22:11:25.832Z Iranians speak out over possible Trump-regime deal Amid President Donald Trump’s Monday announcement that a deal with Iran’s clerical regime is imminent to re-open the Strait of Hormuz and negotiate an end to Tehran’s illicit nuclear weapons program, Iranians who hoped U.S. pressure would force a decisive outcome now fear it may survive while ordinary people absorb the costs. "Inside Iran, the mood has shifted from early-war optimism to a kind of exhausted resignation, but there is still some hope that this is the moment President Trump will use his leverage to do the right thing. The Iranian people understand this unusually narrow but strategic window," Lisa Daftari, editor-in-chief of The Foreign Desk who keeps in contact with Iranians on the ground, told Fox News Digital. She continued that ,"The regime is fiscally strained and politically brittle, while the broader population has been disillusioned by years of repression and economic collapse. Iranians do see this as a one‑time opportunity for Washington — and President Trump in particular — to translate military and economic leverage into the potential collapse of an irrefromable regime. If the outcome is a shallow agreement that props up the system without changing its trajectory, that window will likely close for years." TRUMP’S LEADERSHIP CREATES 'RARE OPPORTUNITY' FOR CHANGE IN IRAN, FORMER IRANIAN POLITICAL PRISONER SAYS She continued, "If instead, the U.S. holds firm on sanctions and nuclear red lines, it can weaken the regime’s hand without punishing the Iranian people, who have already paid the highest price." Daftari, the Iran expert, shared recent correspondence from two Iranians from Tabriz and Tehran. The resident from Tabriz said, "From my perspective, decades of political tension between Iran and the United States have had their greatest impact on ordinary people rather than those in power. Many families feel their voices are not being heard in international discussions about Iran." Adding, "I respectfully ask whether you might consider sharing or highlighting the human side of this situation, so that the experiences of ordinary Iranian families are not overlooked in political discussions and media coverage." The Tehran resident said, "Today, the people of Iran believe in the future. On days when economic pressure makes the faces of the Iranian people sad, the word ‘unity’ brings a smile to their lips. Our situation is not good, but we are motivated." Fox News Digital surveyed a few Iranians and agreed to use only their first names because the clerical regime has declared the use of Starlink to bypass the censor a criminal act. A sophisticated clandestine network has managed to smuggle some satellite internet technology into Iran to allow people to communicate with the world outside the Islamist state. Hassan, who lives in Tehran, pleaded with President Trump to keep strong in his dealings with the regime, saying that "Things have gotten so bad that even if you wanted to give up and leave Iran and just focus on your own life and work, it feels like there’s nowhere left to turn. Mr. Trump, through these deals and arrangements, has left people feeling trapped, with no road left open." Mehdi, who resides in Tehran, expressed confusion about the existence of an agreement. He said, "So what exactly are they agreeing on? Are they saying they’re close to a deal or are there other discussions too? Every minute there is a new piece of news, everyone has a new analysis, everything changes every minute. It’s strange. This war achieved nothing. We’re the only ones left paying the price," he complained. THE WAR HITS HOME: WHY FINANCIAL PAIN AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY THREATEN TRUMP’S DRIVE TO TOPPLE IRAN’S REGIME Hassan from Tehran said that "Mr. Trump, if until yesterday most Iranians thought they were on the same path as America, you caused them all to become disappointed. "Mr. Trump, if you wanted this government to remain in power, why did you blow up factories? Now workers are being laid off, and inflation is out of control. Even with a salary of 18 million tomans, you cannot feed yourself." Mahsa, from the Caspian Sea city of Rasht, told Fox News Digital that the system [Islamic Republic of Iran] is still fully intact. They don’t care how many people died. If anything, they seem more emboldened now and even take pride in martyrdom. Yesterday I argued with a regime supporter [who] said: "Our leader didn’t give away a single meter of land, didn’t take a step backward, unlike previous kings who gave away Bahrain, Baku, Nakhchivan, and others." The concerns among many Iranians revolve around the proposed memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran’s regime. The MOU does not address the overthrow of the clerical regime or human rights violations, according to media reports.  Large numbers of Iranians within Iran and among the Iranian diaspora want the Trump administration to topple the Islamist dictatorship in Tehran. The MOU reportedly involves a 60-day ceasefire extension. Israel and the U.S. launched a joint attack on Iran on February 28. The MOU would also see the reopening the Strait of Hormuz and new talks over Iran's illicit nuclear weapons program. The leaked elements of the MOU have not been confirmed by the Trump administration. When asked about the concern among Iranians about a deal with the Islamic Republic, Anna Kelly, a spokeswoman for the White House, told Fox News Digital that "For 47 years, American Presidents and countless other world leaders talked about the threat posed by Iran, but no one had the courage to address it. President Trump took decisive action to ensure that Iran could never harm our homeland, our troops, or our allies again. Once Iran’s nuclear threat is removed for good, the entire region and its people will be safer and more stable." IRAN REGIME ESCALATES REPRESSION TOWARD 'NORTH KOREA-STYLE MODEL OF ISOLATION AND CONTROL' However, Trump said last week during his cabinet meeting, "We didn’t set out for regime change," adding, "But by the fact that we’re dealing with a totally different group of people than we were at the beginning … This is regime change." Reza Farnood, an Iranian American who supports the Trump administration and is a researcher, writer and activist, urged that President Trump continue with his maximum pressure campaign against Tehran. Farnood told Fox News Digital, "We welcome the bombing and attacking the regime because we are aiming to overthrow the regime." He urged that Trump continue the blockade of Iran’s vessels and deny money to the regime. He said sanctions relief will be used by Iran "against the U.S. and Israel and their allies and innocent Iranians." Farnood stressed that the clerical regime is holding the Iranian people "hostage." Kianoosh, who lives in the northern city of Karaj, the capital of  Alborz province, said about Trump’s proposed deal: "You threw six months of our lives into hell. What answer are "you going to give to the mothers of all those children who were killed? Why did you give people false hope? Why did you hand down a death sentence to everything so many people believed in?" Leading U.S. Senators well-versed in foreign policy have praised Trump’s approach to the Islamic Republic. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC., recently told Fox News’ Sean Hannity "On Trump’s watch, they’re [Iran’s regime] becoming poorer and weaker. That’s the difference." TRUMP’S 'ECONOMIC FURY' SQUEEZES IRAN — BUT CAN TEHRAN OUTLAST THE PRESSURE? Graham juxtaposed Trump’s Iran policy with his predecessors. "Obama and Biden screwed Iran up, and Donald Trump is fixing it. On Obama and Biden’s watch, Iran became rich and lethal," he said. "On Trump’s watch, they’re becoming poorer and weaker. That’s the difference." Iran is running dangerously low on oil storage capacity and could face a severe economic breaking point if forced to halt production, former U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette recently told Fox News. Trump has said that Iran’s regime murdered as many as 45,000 Iranian demonstrators in January 2026. He urged just days after the mass murder that protesters keep going and promised them that "help is on its way." Lawdan Bazargan, a prominent Iranian-American activist who the regime imprisoned in its infamous Evin Prison in Tehran in the 1980s for political dissent, told Fox News Digital that the Iranians she’s spoken with are discouraged by Trump’s dealings. "He was one of the few world leaders who repeatedly spoke about the thousands of Iranians killed in January 2026 and expressed disgust at the sheer brutality of the Islamic Republic. He had promised support for the Iranian people and raised expectations that meaningful change might finally come." She continued: "Now, 88 days later, many people feel they are left facing the same regime, one that appears more emboldened, more ideological, and still willing to repress, execute, and arrest people. The economy has been devastated, and many feel trapped between a government with no mercy and a future with no clear path forward. For years, 90 million Iranians have lived as hostages of the Islamic Republic. Now, many fear that the consequences no longer stop at Iran’s borders, through threats to global energy routes, regional stability, and even digital infrastructure." According to Bazargan, "The question many ordinary Iranians are asking is simple: How are people expected to fight a system that feels victorious, controls the weapons, controls the narrative through a massive propaganda machine, and possesses countless tools of repression?" Ali, who is also from the sprawling capital city of Tehran, complained about the spiraling prices and inflation and disappointment that the regime is still in place. "For a government with state-provided housing and billions in patronage and privileges, what difference did any of this make for its supporters?" Ali added: "We’re the ones who are paying the price and getting crushed. How are our children ever supposed to afford these housing and car prices, and how are they supposed to get married?" The U.S. State Department referred Fox News Digital to the White House for a comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f54f9ee6011c3f4ea41ae WATCH: Scandal-plagued Platner dodges questions before DC meeting with Democrats te 2026-06-02T22:11:05.832Z WATCH: Scandal-plagued Platner dodges questions before DC meeting with Democrats Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner dodged questions from reporters Tuesday as he arrived for a meeting at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee amid an alleged sexting scandal and criticism over resurfaced online posts. "Mr. Platner, are you here to calm the waters, sir?" Platner was asked by Fox News Digital when confronted as he exited a car, but he did not respond. He then ignored other questions on whether he deserves to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate and about controversies from his past. DEM SENATORS DEFLECT QUESTIONS ON PLATNER'S SCANDAL-PLAGUED CAMPAIGN: 'NOT FOLLOWING THAT RACE CLOSELY' Platner, who is currently leading in the polls, was attending a planned meeting with Democratic senators in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday as concerns from both sides of the political spectrum have emerged over sexual misconduct and infidelity allegations. The Democratic candidate's wife Amy Gertner, discovered text exchanges between Platner and multiple women just months after they were married in 2024. Platner’s campaign confirmed the sexually-explicit messages to Politico after The Wall Street Journal reported that Gertner discovered the texts soon after they were wed and warned a campaign aide about potential political liabilities for Platner’s Senate bid. In a statement sent to Fox News Digital, Platner said: "Amy and I went through something hard — because of me." "We did the work, and I’m grateful for her every hour of every day," he added. "I’ve learned throughout this campaign is that people don’t care about gossip or headlines, they care that you’re fighting for their hospitals, their paycheck, their kids." SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER SENT EXPLICIT TEXTS TO MULTIPLE WOMEN WHILE MARRIED, WIFE SAYS: REPORT In a video posted to X on Saturday, Gertner also defended her husband against cheating-related attacks. "So it makes me really angry — disappointed, and I find it really shameful that there's a group of media outlets and people who are willing to spread gossip instead of talking about real issues that Graham is running on, like healthcare and education and childcare," she said. It was also discovered that Platner has an active account on Kik, an anonymous messaging app that has drawn criticism from child safety advocates and is widely associated with anonymous encounters. The profile, created in 2016 and reviewed by Fox News Digital, contains a sexually suggestive photo of Platner posing shirtless with only a towel wrapped around his waist. A campaign official told Fox News Digital that Platner downloaded the app when he was single and claimed it has "long been deleted from his phone."  PLATNER STILL HAS ACTIVE ACCOUNT ON ANONYMOUS APP DUBBED 'PREDATOR'S PARADISE' AMID CHEATING SCANDAL Deleted online posts and a Nazi-linked tattoo have added to the controversies surrounding Platner and his bid for U.S. Senate. The Marine Corps veteran who served four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan faced backlash for a June 2019 Reddit post he made saying Purple Heart veteran Teddy Daniels, who was shot four times during a 2012 clash with Taliban fighters, "didn't deserve to live." He declined to apologize for the online comments in a video taken by Fox News Digital last month. Platner will appear on the ballot alongside David Costello in the Democratic Senate primary in Maine. Voters will decide on June 9 who will face incumbent five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November. Fox News Digital reached out to the Platner campaign for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f54e5ee6011c3f4ea41a5 MLB's salary cap proposal won't fix the league's non-existent competitive balance problems te 2026-06-02T22:10:45.835Z MLB's salary cap proposal won't fix the league's non-existent competitive balance problems After years of decline, Major League Baseball is finally growing in popularity again. Particularly with young fans, drawn to the game with faster pace of play, and a group of compelling, historic stars like Shohei Ohtani, Bobby Witt Jr., and Aaron Judge. Ratings are up across the sport. Attendance league-wide has consistently increased, with some teams seeing significant growth already in 2026. All this momentum, however, could be squandered after the 2026 season. How? By an extended lockout. Negotiations between the league's owners and the MLB Players Association have already started, and predictably, they're already contentious. Players, sensitive to the gap in revenue between big market and small market teams, have proposed increased revenue sharing that would be distributed from richer teams to less successful ones. Any team that does not reach $150 million in player payroll would be penalized. Local television revenue would be more aggressively redistributed, while a higher percentage of income from home stadiums would remain with the teams. Essentially, the more you win, the more fans buy tickets, the more money you get to keep. MLB OWNERS ALREADY PUSHING BACK ON PLAYERS' FIRST CBA PROPOSAL AS WORK STOPPAGE LOOMS AFTER 2026 SEASON Owners, of course, balked. Their counterproposal set out a $245.3 million salary cap, and a $171.2 million payroll floor. Sounds great, right? The floor is higher than the players' proposed penalty level, and the cap would impact just six teams this year. Fans, especially those of small-market teams, were thrilled. Redistribute television revenues and compress spending. Surely, that will allow teams that spend less money to compete, right? "Our salary cap and floor proposal levels the playing field while sharing baseball revenue with the players 50/50 as we grow the game together," said MLB spokesman Glen Caplin in a statement. "Further, by sharing media revenue equally as part of our proposal, we can address another top fan concern of local TV blackouts." Turns out though, that ownership's proposal includes all sorts of ancillary benefits in their "cap," as well as pre-arbitration bonus pools. As MLBPA chief Bruce Meyer explained this week, owners would take "billions of dollars" out of the 50/50 revenue split first, and player salaries would be significantly depressed under this arrangement. "It's not even a real 50%. It’s taking billions of dollars off the top before they’re proposing to even share any of that," Meyer said. "Players' share under their proposal would go down. Players' share for this season, 2026, is projected to be well over 50%...Had MLB’s proposal been in place in 2026, players would, we estimate — would lose over half a billion dollars." This is the problem with salary caps, and fans rushing to take the side of ownership, assuming that a cap would "fix" the sport. Owners do not care about competitive balance. Many are using baseball teams as real estate developments, then do not count that ancillary income towards baseball spending. The Atlanta Braves, for example, own The Battery, a shopping and dining development right next to Truist Park. They own it, they bring in the revenue, and then don't count it towards their baseball team's bottom line. Those developments don't exist without the baseball team there to draw millions of fans, but the revenue would be excluded from the 50/50 split, going entirely to ownership, just because it's outside the stadium gates. That $245 million cap and $171 million floor includes over $23 million in player benefits. And amateur bonus pools that add up to roughly $20 million per team. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! So team payroll caps would actually run around $205 million, and the floor would drop to $128 million. It's a way for owners to limit spending, not to actually compress an imaginary competitive gap. As Meyer explained, the league's current system allows any team to spend whatever they want. When they choose not to, cheap owners and some fans then point to the salary disparity as "proof" of competitive balance issues. Even though that salary disparity is entirely up to them. "Every team now has the ability to put a competitive team on the field, every single team," he said. "One of the things that I find kind of ironic in a perverse way, if team X decides we’re not going to spend money on players, well that increases the disparity in payroll." The Miami Marlins are spending $74 million on player payroll this year. The argument from fans and owners is that the Marlins would spend more under a cap system, because of increased revenue sharing. Except the Marlins already receive an estimated $70-75 million in revenue sharing. If a player-led proposal gives them even more money from the Dodgers or Yankees, why could they not just spend up to $125 million on salaries anyway? Obviously, Marlins ownership doesn't care about winning a few extra games per year. They're not investing in a long-term fan base by showing a commitment to putting a quality product out on the field. They're investing in developing "Miami Live!" That's the new dining and entertainment district going up next door. Or, as a 2025 press release described it, "...a transformational entertainment development at LoanDepot Park to further enhance the best-in-class ballpark experience. The development will include indoor-outdoor dining and entertainment spaces aimed at fostering community and elevating the fan experience..." That's the real goal. A way for the Marlins to act as a component of real estate investment based on an "entertainment district." Or, more commonly, a mall. All that Miami Live revenue would go to team ownership, without any requirement it be used to improve the roster. Even though that mall wouldn't exist without the million people per year who somehow pay to watch the Marlins play. We also have proof that the more teams win, the more attendance grows. The Blue Jays made the World Series in 2025, coming up one cleat short of a title. Their per game attendance thus far is up 12,366 fans per game. Seattle is up over 6,500 fans per game after reaching Game 7 of the ALCS. Milwaukee has added over 3,200 fans per game. Win more, make more. It's that simple. All of this is to address a nonexistent competitive balance gap that ignores actual reality and historical data. The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets have spent nearly identical sums of money over the last five seasons, including 2026. $1.752 billion compared to $1.751 billion. Yet the Dodgers have outperformed New York by 67 wins over that time frame. LA's collective winning percentage is .622, compared to the Mets .527. The problem isn't money, it's smart use of it. The Angels play in the second-largest media market, have spent over a billion dollars on player payroll the last five years, and are collectively around 100 games under .500 in that time frame. Milwaukee had the best record in baseball last year, despite one of the lowest cumulative salaries. The Guardians are routinely one of baseball's cheapest teams, yet they've won three of the last four division titles and are well on their way to a fourth in five years. Yes, the Dodgers have won the World Series in 2024 and 2025, but it was just two years ago that they were derisively referred to as "chokers" because the randomness of baseball's postseason tournament made it so they hadn't won consistently. The lesson fans have taken from this is that owners should be allowed to spend less money on players in order to close a nonexistent competitive balance gap that won't be fixed anyway. If the cap is $200 million or $250 million, the Dodgers will be at the limit. If the floor is $100 million or $128 million, the Guardians, Marlins, and Pirates will be at the bottom. The best players will gravitate to LA, where they can have a better chance of consistent success and off-field marketing income. The Pirates will still cry poor after reports that they were the most profitable organization in MLB. Fans should support winning and trying to win, not enhancing franchise valuations. That's what owners are counting on. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f52e9ee6011c3f4ea4170 Spring 2026 Wrapup – Sedona Real Estate Market te 2026-06-02T22:02:17.271Z Spring 2026 Wrapup – Sedona Real Estate Market The red rocks are doing their thing this time of year — tourists, hikers, and sunset-chasers filling every trailhead and tasting room from Uptown to West Sedona. And the real estate market? It’s having a moment too, though the story is a little more nuanced than the headlines might suggest. Through Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f52d3ee6011c3f4ea4166 Mohave College pauses enrollment for PTA program due to staffing shortage te 2026-06-02T22:01:55.265Z Mohave College pauses enrollment for PTA program due to staffing shortage Mohave College announced that it will pause enrollment for its Physical Therapist Assistant program ahead of the 2026 fall semester. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f52beee6011c3f4ea415c Two years later, family still seeks answers in Shayna Feinman’s disappearance te 2026-06-02T22:01:34.231Z Two years later, family still seeks answers in Shayna Feinman’s disappearance Editor’s Note — This is the second in a series of articles by The Daily Courier about cold cases and the search for missing persons. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f5290ee6011c3f4ea4131 Rick Chow, South Carolina Store Owner, Found Not Guilty of Murder in Death of Cyrus Carmack-Belton te 2026-06-02T22:00:48.068Z Rick Chow, South Carolina Store Owner, Found Not Guilty of Murder in Death of Cyrus Carmack-Belton The shooting drew national attention and roiled the community in South Carolina. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f527cee6011c3f4ea4128 I.R.S. Must Still Drop Audits of the Trumps, Blanche Says te 2026-06-02T22:00:28.073Z I.R.S. Must Still Drop Audits of the Trumps, Blanche Says The acting attorney general said the administration was preserving a broad order shielding the president and his family from audits, which critics suggest is unprecedented in scope. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f505fee6011c3f4ea40d3 Jill Biden reveals to 'The View' it was 'heartbreaking' when Dems abandoned Joe after 2024 debate te 2026-06-02T21:51:27.511Z Jill Biden reveals to 'The View' it was 'heartbreaking' when Dems abandoned Joe after 2024 debate Former first lady Jill Biden revealed on Tuesday that she still mourns how former Democratic allies she and former President Joe Biden had known for decades turned against him during the 2024 campaign. "And so, it was really hurtful," Biden told the co-hosts of "The View" while promoting her new memoir, "View From the East Wing."  "I mean, I have to say, I mean, you have to remember, I mean, we’re not just president and first lady," she continued. "We were parents, we have children, we have grandchildren. I mean, the hurt — yes, we can take it, we’re in the public eye, we’re public servants — but for our kids and our grandkids to go through that, I mean, it was rough." "It was heartbreaking that — and that’s, you know, that’s why Joe had to decide to get out because he had lost the support of the Democratic Party, and there were lots of friends who we kind of counted on, who we knew for 50 years. 50," Biden added. PELOSI REVEALS SHE AND BIDEN STILL HAVEN'T SPOKEN, REJECTS PREMISE THAT SHE TOLD HIM TO DROP OUT One of the most decisive moments of the 2024 election was then-President Biden's debate with Donald Trump. Biden stammered, had long periods of silence and intense, confused facial expressions, to the point some of his most vocal supporters broke ranks and demanded he relinquish the nomination.  Jill Biden has been on a speaking tour amid the release of her book. In it, she revealed that she and Biden both agreed that he had "f---ed up" that night. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg recalled Tuesday that many prominent Democrats "worked behind the scenes to get Joe to step down." "Maybe not so behind the scenes," Biden said. DEMOCRATS FRETTED BEHIND THE SCENES ABOUT BIDEN'S DECLINE DESPITE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE, NEW BOOK CLAIMS Goldberg went on to ask how it felt for the first lady to hear so many people repeating rhetoric that the former president was not up for the job. "Some of them were your lifelong friends," co-host Ana Navarro observed. "Some were," the former first lady agreed. "Some were from the other side because the other side is what started stirring the pot," Goldberg said. "And then folks got on board, and it blew up." When asked whether former President Barack Obama had spoken to her privately, Jill Biden confirmed, "And I think he spoke publicly as well." She also recalled that Nancy Pelosi had breakfast with Joe to discuss the issue at the time, but did not have her own private conversation with the former House speaker. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "It’s politics," Navarro observed. Then Goldberg interjected, "But, you know what, if you got something to say, if you think I can’t do my job, come and tell me. Don’t announce it on television. Don’t write an op-ed. Call me!" "Yeah, thank you," the former first lady agreed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f504bee6011c3f4ea40ca Texas A&M trying to repeat history with torrid high school recruiting pace during 2027 cycle te 2026-06-02T21:51:07.595Z Texas A&M trying to repeat history with torrid high school recruiting pace during 2027 cycle As the calendar flips from May to June and official visit season is in full swing, it's fun to take a look at the recruiting landscape in college football and see which teams are making moves during the 2027 cycle. I have been quoted as saying that the number next to a team's name early on in the cycle doesn't carry as much weight as some of the other metrics, but one team who is crushing it in both recruiting rankings and advanced metrics is none other than the Texas A&M Aggies. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The Aggies currently hold the No. 1 spot on both 247Sports' and On3's composite recruiting rankings, relinquishing that top spot to Oklahoma for no more than an hour before claiming it back with the commitment of another top-100 player, this time edge rusher Frederick Ards III. The four-star out of Orlando, Florida, is A&M's ninth top-100 commit in the current cycle, a number that most classes even in the top ten fail to reach by the time signing day rolls around. TEXAS A&M STAR MARCEL REED REJECTS TRANSFER BUZZ, DOUBLES DOWN ON AGGIES COMMITMENT AS TEAM PREPS FOR PLAYOFF To put that number of nine top-100 prospects into perspective, last year's tenth-ranked class, coincidentally, belonged to Texas A&M and only had four such prospects with eight more commits overall. The Aggies have five composite five-stars in their current class and are showing no signs of slowing down. Even if head coach Mike Elko and his staff stopped recruiting cold turkey today and didn't pick up their phones until after signing day, this class would already be in some rarefied air. With an average player rating of 95.00 to go along with a class score of 293.85 on 247Sports, the Aggies would have had the sixth-best recruiting class during the 2026 cycle with only 17 commits in the fold. A&M could round the rest of their class out with three-stars and still be virtually guaranteed to finish in the top five of the '27 cycle. Those aforementioned five five-stars would have been the most of any program in the '26 cycle, and you have to go all the way back to 2023 to find a class with more five-stars (Alabama had an absurd nine five-stars that year). If you've been following recruiting for more than a minute, this might look familiar to you. During the first full cycle after NIL was introduced, the Aggies had a very similar run when they signed the No. 1 overall class of the 2022 recruiting cycle. That class was, at the time, the highest rated in the history of 247Sports and boasted a ludicrous eight five-star signees. The class was so loaded that many accused A&M and then-head coach Jimbo Fisher of just buying the class outright, leading to the now infamous "sliced bread" rant from Fisher (those were simpler times). Are the Aggies trying to repeat history by signing another historic class for Elko to play around with? We saw what he could do with the current talent — which is nothing to sneeze at — taking the Aggies to the College Football Playoff in just his second year in College Station. STEVE SARKISIAN DENIES CLAIMS TEXAS SPENT EXCESSIVELY TO BUILD ROSTER, CITES 'IRRESPONSIBLE REPORTING' What kind of damage could he do with this influx of star power on his roster? Many of you might be referencing that 2022 class as a cautionary tale of what recruiting too many five-stars can lead to if you have too many mouths to feed. That historic '22 class famously didn't stick around College Station for very long, as headliners like Walter Nolen and Evan Stewart left for greener pastures, while Fisher was fired just one year after welcoming all those prospects to campus. It will be interesting to see if this class sticks together, and if they end up accomplishing anything of significance while playing for Texas A&M. Regardless, the Texas A&M Aggies are absolutely crushing it in recruiting right now, and the rest of the country is going to have to start paying attention, because Elko and the boys aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f5037ee6011c3f4ea40c1 Chicago cop killing suspect sent back to jail by judge who previously freed him under controversial bail law te 2026-06-02T21:50:47.667Z Chicago cop killing suspect sent back to jail by judge who previously freed him under controversial bail law The accused killer of a Chicago police officer was ordered back into custody Tuesday in a separate carjacking case, after the same judge came under fire for releasing the seven-time convicted felon on electronic monitoring before the alleged murder.  Alphanso Talley, 27, appeared in court Tuesday for a hearing regarding an alleged violation of his release conditions stemming from a 2025 armed robbery and carjacking case.  Talley appeared wearing a green jail jumpsuit and shackles as Cook County Circuit Court Judge John Lyke Jr. granted prosecutors’ request to formally revoke his pretrial release in the carjacking case.  The case drew national scrutiny after Talley allegedly fatally shot a Chicago police officer and wounded another while free on electronic monitoring — a decision made by Lyke ahead of his trial. LENIENT JUDGES IGNORE RED FLAGS, CAVE TO SOFT-ON-CRIME PRESSURES AS THEY RELEASE REPEAT OFFENDERS: ATTORNEY Court transcripts obtained by Fox News reveal Lyke referenced Illinois’ SAFE-T Act – a 2021 law that eliminated cash bail – when making the determination to release Talley, a seven-time convicted felon.  "Presumably he would have had a minimum, collectively, of $1 million bail, and he would have needed $100,000 to get out," Lyke told the court. "Our esteem(ed) Legislature says, 'No, we're not going to do that anymore. We're going to make judges take a critical look at it.'" Authorities said Talley was unaccounted for in the electronic monitoring system when he allegedly gunned down Officer John Bartholomew, 28, and gravely injured another police officer at Swedish Hospital on Saturday, April 25. CHICAGO HOSPITAL SHOOTING LEAVES 2 OFFICERS INJURED, 1 CRITICALLY; SUSPECT IN CUSTODY: REPORT Talley was arrested just hours before the shooting in connection with an alleged armed robbery at a nearby Family Dollar, officials previously said. In that incident, he is accused of pistol-whipping a female employee before making off with her keys and wallet. GOT A TIP? After being taken into custody, Talley allegedly informed officers he had swallowed narcotics and asked to be taken to the hospital.  While receiving medical treatment, police say Talley retrieved a gun from underneath a blanket and shot both officers before attempting to escape custody. FOLLOW US ON X "He was going to attempt an escape when he pretended to swallow drugs," prosecutors previously told the court while arguing for Talley to remain behind bars in his murder trial. "He knew police would take him to the hospital for his own well-being. He knew he would be uncuffed at that time. He did that to officers who simply took him to the hospital for his own well-being." GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL He was subsequently arrested and charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated kidnapping and armed robbery. The judge handling his first-degree murder case previously ordered Talley to remain in custody ahead of his trial. SEA OF BLUE FLOODS CHICAGO FUNERAL FOR SLAIN OFFICER AS KILLING FUELS OUTRAGE OVER SOFT-ON-CRIME POLICIES "It is clear to this court that you pose a threat to any person you’re around," Judge D’Anthony Thedford said. "If you’re out — you’re dangerous. I cannot trust that you will follow any orders that this court gives. No conditions that I can propose can keep the community safe from you." CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS At the time of the alleged shooting, Talley already had several prior arrests and convictions spanning the past nine years, according to Illinois Department of Corrections records. His rap sheet includes a conviction for four counts of aggravated robbery with a firearm in 2017, unlawful use or possession of a firearm by a felon with a prior conviction in 2021, battery on a peace officer in 2023 and possession/aiding and abetting a stolen motor vehicle. He is scheduled to return to court Wednesday for a hearing regarding the charges stemming from the alleged shooting, with his next court date in the alleged carjacking and armed robbery case set for July 15.  Fox News Digital reached out to Talley’s defense attorney and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f4e06ee6011c3f4ea406c Sardar Azmoun, known as 'Iranian Messi,' left off country's World Cup squad after being accused of 'treason' te 2026-06-02T21:41:26.224Z Sardar Azmoun, known as 'Iranian Messi,' left off country's World Cup squad after being accused of 'treason' Iran announced its 26-man roster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Monday, and Sardar Azmoun, nicknamed the "Iranian Messi," was not on it. Coach Amir Ghalenoei had Azmoun dropped from Iran’s national soccer squad in March, and it was reportedly due to a social media post that angered Iranian authorities. Azmoun, a 31-year-old striker who is well known for his time playing for Bayer Leverkusen and AS Roma, posted a photo alongside the Emir of Dubai, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is a known U.S. ally and has shown support for President Donald Trump’s involvement in the war against Iran. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Azmoun, who has over 5.8 million followers on Instagram, quickly deleted the photo, but it was up long enough to anger authorities, and he was accused of "treason" and a "disloyal act." Azmoun won’t be joining those from his country, including fellow star striker Mehdi Taremi, who plays for Olympiacos in Greece. Taremi was among the nine players who have been a part of clubs overseas this year. FIFA CONFIRMS IRAN WILL PLAY ALL 2026 WORLD CUP GROUP-STAGE MATCHES ON US SOIL DESPITE TENSIONS Iran is bringing 17 players who star for teams within the country, though they haven’t played since February because of the war in the Middle East. The team has been training in Antalya, Türkiye, but they will be heading for Tijuana, Mexico, on Friday to their base for the World Cup. There had been considerable speculation about whether Iran would participate in the World Cup or not, as the war created a potential conflict despite them qualifying for the tournament. FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed in April that Iran would still compete, though they had an issue with their group matches being played on U.S. soil. Their team base was previously set for Tucson, Arizona, but Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, announced late last month that they would be moved to Tijuana. The move possibly coincides with uncertainty surrounding the war in the Middle East and security concerns. Also, Iran’s federation said moving the camp would resolve potential visa issues since the team will enter the U.S. through Mexico. Taj noted in a statement that the football federation submitted requests to change its base, and the requests were approved. But FIFA didn’t change Iran’s group matches upon a previous request, meaning they will begin their Group G schedule against New Zealand at SoFi Stadium on June 15 as originally set. They will also play in Los Angeles against Belgium on June 21, followed by a match against Egypt on June 26 in Seattle. Iran and the U.S. have a chance to meet each other in the tournament if they both finish second in their respective groups. Iran, though, has never made it out of the group stage of the World Cup despite reaching four consecutive tournaments. The U.S. and Iran faced off in 2022, when Christian Pulisic scored the lone goal in a 1-0 victory to send them through to the Round of 16. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f4df2ee6011c3f4ea4063 Rising pro wrestler Robert Martyr dishes on journey to the ring, upcoming event and wild travel story te 2026-06-02T21:41:06.237Z Rising pro wrestler Robert Martyr dishes on journey to the ring, upcoming event and wild travel story Robert Martyr has been in pro wrestling for more than a decade and, on Saturday, he’s looking to add a win against a "legitimate legend" in Bárbaro Cavernario. Martyr and Cavernario’s match is one of the bouts on a stacked card that will take place at Pandemonium: Pro Wrestling’s Dismantling Summer event in Portland, Oregon. Martyr told Fox News Digital he was a bit apprehensive about taking the match before committing to it. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "I’ve been back and forth on it," he said in a recent interview. "Like, I was back and forth on the match when it was presented to me. You always get in your head about things. You always have this level of imposter syndrome. But then I realized, dude, I’ve been doing this 11 years. It’s time to stop sulking. I’m doing this 11 years. I’m good at what I do. I’m truly one of the best on the indies. It doesn’t matter how often or not often I’m wrestling but whenever I do get in the ring, I make magic. "I’m very excited. I know very much about Bárbaro. He’s one of the best in the world. Legitimately has been one of the best in the world for like maybe 10 years. I’m not a stranger to Lucha. I was born and bred in Lucha. I studied it. That was my first style when I learned how to do pro wrestling. So, I’m very, very excited. I’m gonna be on a huge show with Pandemonium – at this point, my home promotion. The thing with Barbaro is he legitimately has wrestled in Arena Mexico. He’s seen everything. He’s wrestled everything. I’m gonna get to experience that. I’m gonna say I got to step into the ring with a legit legend. And, I’m not gonna lose. I’m not gonna be respectful. I’m gonna be exactly who I am and I’m gonna win." Martyr got his start in pro wrestling when he was just a teenager. He said he got hooked on the sport from watching old Lucha Libre tapes that his grandmother had recorded. NEW FEVER RISES ON PRO WRESTLING TAG TEAM SCENE AS NEXT TITLE SHOT NEARS While others grew up either watching the WWE (then-World Wrestling Federation) and World Championship Wrestling, Martyr said he got hooked on Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). "I started doing professional wrestling at 14 years old. I got into it because my grandmother was a huge fan of wrestling. She always recorded wrestling. She had tapes of AAA and CMLL," he told Fox News Digital. "Funny enough, I didn’t grow up on WWE at all. I grew up on Lucha Libre. That’s all I was watching from maybe the time I was 3 or 4 years old. "Eventually, you know, I had ADHD, I’m like, man, I can’t seem to stay still, and my mom was trying to find a sport and nothing was working. And I said, why don’t I just try wrestling. I don’t know if that’s possible. I found a school. They made us sign a waiver and the rest is history. So, that’s pretty much what I’ve been doing. I’ve wrestled in high school. I did boxing, Muy Thai. I’m in music. I do a lot of stuff." Martyr said his hope was to bring out some emotion out of those watching. He wants to make people feel all kinds of emotion when he puts on his performance in the ring. Like most pro wrestlers, it’s taken a while to get there and the grind wouldn’t be as such if it wasn’t for wild stories about going on the road. Martyr shared his own story about being booked in his first show out of his home state of Florida. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "The craziest one was probably when I drove 20 hours to Chicago to wrestle for three minutes. It was quite the something. Professional wrestler, she’s amazing, Janai Kai, was in that car. EK Prosper, from NXT, was also in that car. We were all together," he explained. "I started with those guys. We got this booking and we were like, you know what, it’s our first out of state booking (based in Florida), we’re gonna make this happen. We’re gonna go. We’re gonna put all our money together, drive up there. So, we drive up there and it’s just a mess. It’s like the worst run show you ever seen in your life. "Nobody knows what’s happening. The promoter doesn’t know what’s happening. Pretty much, he had forgotten that he had booked me specifically. He had forgot that I was also there. So, when I show up, he was like, ‘Wait, I booked you?’ And I’m like, yeah. Here’s the text messages. And he’s like, ‘Oh.’ So he books me in a squash match and it was literally like two minutes after a 20-hour car ride from Orlando, Florida, to Chicago, Illinois, and back. So really like 40 hours for a two-minute squash match." Martyr admitted he took the loss on that trip and may not have even gotten paid for his troubles. Moving forward, he said he hoped to win some gold in the near future. If he does, it would be the first championship he’s held in his professional wrestling career. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f4dcaee6011c3f4ea4058 In Cedar Rapids, a Voter Expects — and Receives — Personal Attention te 2026-06-02T21:40:26.316Z In Cedar Rapids, a Voter Expects — and Receives — Personal Attention A Democratic voter was leaning toward Zach Wahls in the Senate primary. A visit from Josh Turek made her think twice. Then came a call from Mr. Wahls. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f4b88ee6011c3f4ea4000 Power ranking the top 5 weirdest things left in Ubers from breast milk to a picture of Donny Osmond te 2026-06-02T21:30:48.469Z Power ranking the top 5 weirdest things left in Ubers from breast milk to a picture of Donny Osmond There are few things as bad as the sudden onset, Louisville Slugger to the back of the head-like panic when you realize you left your wallet, phone, or keys somewhere, and one of the premier places to lose something is in the back of an Uber. But imagine the panic that would come with misplacing something that would then require you to do a hell of a lot of explaining afterward. Uber released its 2026 Lost & Found Index, which talks about the most frequently forgotten items in rideshare vehicles. Of course, the most common items are your phones, wallets, keys, and luggage, but we need to talk about the more unique items. PASSENGERS SHARE 'WEIRDEST' THINGS SEEN ON PLANES, INCLUDING UNUSUAL FOODS, BARE FEET AND BARNYARD ANIMALS Uber released the 50 most unique items left in cars, and I'm going to whittle that down to a top five power ranking of the strangest things to leave behind in a car. We're going to get started with a potentially controversial pick. I think a lot of people may have had breast milk as potential top dog, but I think it's one of the items in the top 50 that's easier to explain. Of course, that isn't to say it wouldn't melt your brain for a second if you reached down to adjust your seat and came up with some mystery breast milk. But, think about it, who carries around breast milk? Yeah, mothers with young kids. Doesn't it make sense that while trying to wrangle an infant in the back of some stranger's RAV4, the bottle could come out of that little side-holster pocket of the diaper bag? Then, in haste to get some fresh air (because every Uber I've ever been in has no AC, smells weird, or both), they either forget the bottle of breast milk. Yeah, it does, and that's why it's coming in at No. 5. Are the Little Rascals taking Ubers? This gets into something we're going to see time and time again with this list: if you care enough to travel with an unusual item, you're probably going to be more inclined to keep tabs on it. Marbles, for instance. Where are you going in an Uber that you need to bring a sack of marbles with you? The answer is only some kind of marble tournament, and that's if those are even a thing. They may not be. So, if you're going somewhere to play marbles, wouldn't you want to make sure you knew where your marbles are? I mean, no one wants to compete using house marbles, so you're going to make sure one eye is on them at all times. I think the fridge uses the same logic as the marbles, and that's why I can't figure out how anyone left this in an Uber. Let's get the obvious out of the way: even a smaller mini fridge is still pretty hefty. I don't know if this was one of those novelty ones that keeps a six-pack of Coke cold or like a nice utility drink fridge like I have in my kitchen (could not recommend doing that more, by the way), but it doesn't matter. I think if you have a mini fridge with you — regardless of size — the trip was mini fridge-centric. You were either picking up a mini fridge to take home, or transporting it somewhere else. So, if the fridge is the MacGuffin that made you take the Uber, how the f--k do you forget it?! It's also not like it's typical Uber cargo either. I feel like the driver would be like, "Hey, pal; don't forget that mini fridge you made me throw in the back of this here Kia Sportage." Of all the possible celebrity photos... Donny Osmond. Uber listed it as a Donny Osmond "group photo," which I have to assume means it was one of those Comic-Con photos that you pay an arm and a leg for. That's why I can't believe someone would leave that behind. Anyone who spends that kind of money on a photo with Donny Osmond really wanted that picture. I would assume they would be sitting in the back of that Uber (sweating because of the lack of AC), just staring at their photo, being like, "I can't believe I got a picture with Marie Osmond's brother..." So, the last thing they would ever do is lose track of it upon hopping out of the car. Just absurd. Of course, this is what you want to believe if you're Donny Osmond. Imagine people getting pictures with you and then being like, "Meh," and leaving them in the back of an Uber. I can understand forgetting one tree in the back of an Uber... but two?! Even the smallest tree is large. I think that's part of what makes it a tree. Otherwise it's just basically a glorified twig. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! So, losing track of one tree is wild, but two? That just seems impossible, but someone was scatterbrained enough that it happened. I guess it could've been a pair of those mini bonsai trees. But, like the mini-fridge or a sack of marbles, it's such a specific thing; it had to have been a trip where bonsai trees were the focus. And, if that was the case, you wouldn't forget them. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f495fee6011c3f4ea3fc4 DAVID BLACKMON: Texas Leads A New Natural Gas Pipeline Boom te 2026-06-02T21:21:35.512Z DAVID BLACKMON: Texas Leads A New Natural Gas Pipeline Boom By David Blackmon | Texas is once again proving why it stands as America’s unrivaled energy powerhouse. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), more than 66% of planned U.S. natural gas pipeline capacity additions for 2026 and 2027 — roughly 29.7 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) out of a national total of 44.9 Bcf/d — originate in the Lone Star State. This marks a second major pipeline expansion boom in just over a decade, far outpacing other regions like Louisiana (19%). While the Marcellus/Utica shale in the Northeast remains hobbled by partisan politics in New York that have blocked critical takeaway capacity for years, Texas and its booming economy moves inexorably ahead. This infrastructure surge is a direct response to exploding demand across multiple sectors. Permian Basin producers, sitting atop the nation’s most prolific oil and gas play, have long grappled with stranded associated gas from thousands of oil wells. Gross natural gas withdrawals in the Permian hit record levels, exceeding 21 Bcf/d in recent years, but pipeline constraints have periodically led to flaring or negative prices at the Waha Hub in the southwest Texas panhandle. New pipelines are needed to unlock this resource, turning waste into wealth and boosting economic output. The global LNG export market provides another powerful driver. U.S. LNG exports have surged, with Texas facilities playing a starring role, exporting billions in value and supplying allies worldwide. Projects like NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG and others along the Gulf of America coast require big volumes of reliable feedgas. Permian supplies complement output from the Haynesville, Cotton Valley, and Bossier plays, feeding terminals that position America as far and away the world’s top LNG exporter. Without expanded pipelines, these export ambitions, and the jobs, tax revenue, and geopolitical leverage they deliver, could struggle to meet rising global demand. Domestically, Texas power providers are racing to add natural gas-fired generation to the ERCOT grid. Over 130 proposed gas power plant projects could add up to 58 GW of capacity, driven by surging electricity demand. Governor Greg Abbott’s Texas Energy Fund has already greenlit major facilities, such as a 1,350 MW plant in Ward County. These plants provide reliable, dispatchable power essential for a grid that has been overloaded with intermittent wind and solar capacity. The AI and data center boom adds yet more urgency. Hyperscale facilities in Texas are increasingly turning to behind-the-meter natural gas generation — on-site power plants dedicated to the facility. Companies like VoltaGrid, Energy Transfer, and others are deploying gigawatts of gas-fired capacity for Oracle, Vantage, and other clients. In the Permian Basin region, developers pair associated gas with microgrids to power AI campuses directly. This approach not only meets explosive demand but also monetizes stranded gas while shielding local ratepayers. These myriad converging demand drivers — Permian takeaway, LNG exports, ERCOT reliability, and AI infrastructure — have combined to create a compelling case for rapid pipeline expansion. Projects like the Blackcomb Pipeline (2.5 Bcf/d from Waha to Agua Dulce), Hugh Brinson, and Rio Bravo exemplify the momentum. This rapid buildout echoes the shale revolution’s earlier infrastructure wave but on an even grander scale, with tens of billions in investment flowing into the Texas economy. What it all boils down to is the enduring reality that, despite a half-decade of incessant narratives about the supposed death of fossil fuels and a mythical energy transition, the world wants and need more natural gas. This second major, Texas-based pipeline boom in just the past decade also highlights the reality that, more than any other state, Texas is set to fuel America’s energy future. While Texas is blessed with the geology and geography needed to step into this role, a state government which values the industry is equally critical to success. Governor Greg Abbott isn’t Kathy Hochul or Gavin Newsom: If he were, all these demand drivers would be forced to search elsewhere to fill their natural gas needs and the pipelines needed to deliver it. It’s a lesson that voters in other states should take to heart. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation. David Blackmon is a contributor to The Daily Caller News Foundation, an energy writer, and consultant based in Texas. He spent 40 years in the oil and gas business, where he specialized in public policy and communications. The post DAVID BLACKMON: Texas Leads A New Natural Gas Pipeline Boom first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f4943ee6011c3f4ea3f98 Illegal immigrant flashes courtroom grin after allegedly killing baby, mother and grandmother te 2026-06-02T21:21:07.751Z Illegal immigrant flashes courtroom grin after allegedly killing baby, mother and grandmother The illegal immigrant accused of slaughtering a 2-week-old baby, the child's mother and grandmother flashed a grin during a California courtroom appearance Monday as devastated relatives of the victims looked on from the gallery. Joaquin Escoto, 28, entered Stanislaus County Superior Court shackled at the wrists and ankles, wearing an orange-and-white jail uniform and sitting beside his attorney and a Spanish interpreter. But it was his apparent smirk during the proceedings that stood out as family members were still reeling from what prosecutors allege was a vicious triple murder. Escoto is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 23-year-old Fabiola Gonzalez-Nunez, her newborn son Mateo Gonzalez and 54-year-old Sylvia Nunez-Villalobos. He also faces special-circumstance allegations for multiple victims, a knife enhancement, child abuse resulting in the death of a child under 8 and child endangerment involving the couple's surviving 3-year-old child. The hearing lasted only a few minutes, but for relatives of the victims watching from the gallery, the pain remains constant. WAVE OF ALLEGED MIGRANT MURDERS IGNITES FURY ACROSS US AS OFFICIALS WARN OF MORE CARNAGE, CRACKDOWN NEEDED "And it really destroyed us. I don't know how we're going to live our lives now," Maria Nunez, sister of Sylvia Nunez-Villalobos and aunt of Fabiola Gonzalez-Nunez, told KTXL. Nunez described her niece as a young woman whose future had only just begun. 📩 Have a story tip? Email me at stepheny.price@fox.com. 📸 Captured a newsworthy photo? Send it to me on Instagram at @fndstephprice. 🎥 Witnessed breaking news or recorded compelling video? Reach out on X at @Stephenyprice. 🚨 See something happening in your community? I welcome tips, photos, and videos that help tell important stories. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED IN CHEERLEADER'S MURDER 'KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING' DESPITE LATEST CLAIM, MOM SAYS "He cut her wings," Nunez said. "She had a whole life in front of her. She had a goal. She had dreams." The family says they still do not know what may have motivated the killings and are searching for answers as they try to make sense of the tragedy. "They gave him all their love, their respect, and they were there for him," one relative told KTXL. "We just don't understand what was going on in his head." The deaths have been especially difficult for loved ones because baby Mateo was only 2 weeks old when prosecutors say he was killed alongside his mother and grandmother. GOT A TIP? Adding another explosive layer to the case is Escoto's immigration history. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Escoto is a Mexican national who illegally entered the United States in 2018 and was deported during the first Trump administration. Federal officials say he later returned to the country illegally and accumulated multiple arrests, including four DUI arrests. FOLLOW US ON X DHS says Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer against Escoto following a June 2025 DUI arrest, requesting that local authorities transfer him into federal custody. Instead, according to federal officials, he was released without ICE being notified. ICE DETAINER LODGED FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANT ACCUSED OF MURDERING 15-YEAR-OLD MISSOURI BOY WHO BEGGED FOR HIS LIFE Now, after the deaths of three members of the same family, ICE has once again lodged a detainer seeking custody of Escoto should he become eligible for release from the Stanislaus County Jail. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Federal officials blasted California's sanctuary policies in the wake of the killings, arguing the murders may never have happened had immigration authorities been allowed to take custody of Escoto after his prior arrest. "This monster's heinous crime could have been prevented if sanctuary politicians in California simply cooperated with ICE law enforcement," Acting DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS "This criminal illegal alien from Mexico is now charged with homicide and cruelty toward child after the fatal stabbings of a baby, the baby's mother, and the baby's grandmother. ICE had placed a detainer on him after he was arrested for driving under the influence of liquor in 2025, but California sanctuary politicians chose to release him instead of turning him over to ICE." Bis went on to criticize California's sanctuary policies, arguing they continue to put public safety at risk by allowing criminal illegal immigrants to be released back into communities rather than transferred to federal custody. According to DHS, Escoto was previously removed from the United States before illegally reentering the country at an unknown date and location. The agency said ICE has now lodged a new detainer following his arrest in the triple homicide case. Escoto remains behind bars without bail and is scheduled to return to Stanislaus County Superior Court on July 28 at 8:30 a.m. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f492fee6011c3f4ea3f8f Acting AG Blanche reveals fate of Trump's 'anti-weaponization fund' under pressure from House lawmakers te 2026-06-02T21:20:47.753Z Acting AG Blanche reveals fate of Trump's 'anti-weaponization fund' under pressure from House lawmakers Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced during a House Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday that the Justice Department is abandoning its efforts to create the Anti-Weaponization Fund. The fund, which stemmed from a lawsuit between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service, was put on hold after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction blocking its creation. A hearing on the Anti-Weaponization Fund's legal basis had been scheduled for June 12, but it will no longer take place, according to Blanche's testimony. "We are not moving forward with the fund, period," Blanche said. "The reasons for the fund are something that President Trump talked about for a long time, which is the fact that there were a lot of people in this country who had their government weaponized against them. The reasons for the fund, I think, remain as important as they were before, but, we are not moving forward with the fund."  This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f46d7ee6011c3f4ea3f2b Kim Kardashian stuns in bikini photos as she goes Instagram official with boyfriend Lewis Hamilton te 2026-06-02T21:10:47.914Z Kim Kardashian stuns in bikini photos as she goes Instagram official with boyfriend Lewis Hamilton Kim Kardashian is enjoying some relaxing fun in the sun with her new beau. In a recent Instagram post, the 45-year-old reality star shared a carousel of pictures showing fans what she has been up to, captioning the post, "lately." The post showed pictures of her with her friends and family, in an all-white outfit in her closet, boarding a plane in her bathrobe and two bikini pictures. One of the photos, which was also included on her Instagram stories, featured Kardashian in a white string bikini while lounging on a tan chair, with a black sheet partially covering her stomach and white bikini bottoms. KIM KARDASHIAN SHARES INTIMATE BIKINI PHOTOS FROM INSIDE HER GLASS-ENCASED WARDROBE She posed for the photo with her eyes closed and with her hand over her face, covering one eye and part of her nose. Another showed the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star taking a selfie while in the sauna in a black bikini. She smiled for the camera while sticking her tongue out and flashing the lens her middle finger. Also included in the post was a picture of Kardashian and her new boyfriend, Formula 1 racecar driver Lewis Hamilton, marking the first time the couple appeared together on her Instagram feed. In the photo, the two are riding bikes together, with Hamilton dressed in a white jersey and baseball cap, and Kardashian in a puffy blue windbreaker, shades and a slick back braid. Kardashian also poked some fun at herself by sharing a video of her almost running into Hamilton with her bike as he was posing for a selfie. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "So happy for you mommy. ❤️," one fan wrote in the comments section. Another added, "So cute & happy love the positive vibes 👏👏." Her sister, Khloe, also made her voice heard in the comments section, writing, "You are literally the cutest!!" Rumors of a romance between Hamilton and Kardashian first began swirling in February, with the two going Instagram official in a video posted to Hamilton's account in April, which showed him driving his Ferrari F40 at a track in Tokyo, Japan, with Kardashian in the passenger seat. Since going Instagram official, the couple have been photographed together many times, including at Coachella, and while out and about in Los Angeles. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Celebrity matchmaker, Alessandra Conti, told Fox News Digital in May that "There are certain couples that just make sense and feel natural," and to her, Kardashian and Hamilton are one of them. "I love this pair because they are both at the top of their careers, and although incredibly famous, they are in industries that are different but complimentary," she said. "Kim is notorious for having very public relationships, while Lewis is known for being private. They both deeply value ambition and living a fully packed, jet-setting lifestyle. "The issues that typically come in when there are two people with demanding careers are usually centered around the basics, namely having enough time together to actually build a long-lasting, healthy relationship. If they both prioritize seeing each other, this is a relationship that could really go the distance." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f4277ee6011c3f4ea3e7f Mayo Clinic Minute: What high triglycerides mean and why it matters to your heart te 2026-06-02T20:52:07.191Z Mayo Clinic Minute: What high triglycerides mean and why it matters to your heart You may be familiar with high-density, or good cholesterol; low-density lipoproteins (LDL), or bad cholesterol; and their connections to heart health. But what about triglycerides? Often that word gets skimmed over when talking about cholesterol levels. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f4262ee6011c3f4ea3e76 Cholesterol molecules in blood te 2026-06-02T20:51:46.710Z Cholesterol molecules in blood Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f422eee6011c3f4ea3e37 Polls of California Governor’s Race Show a Clear Top 3 te 2026-06-02T20:50:54.871Z Polls of California Governor’s Race Show a Clear Top 3 Xavier Becerra, Steve Hilton and Tom Steyer have consistently led the field in California’s nonpartisan primary, where the top two finishers advance. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f421aee6011c3f4ea3e29 Why the U.S.-Iran Negotiations Are Taking So Long te 2026-06-02T20:50:34.393Z Why the U.S.-Iran Negotiations Are Taking So Long As negotiations to end the war in Iran drag on, our reporter David E. Sanger describes the factors that are complicating any agreement. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f4046ee6011c3f4ea3dc0 Sydney Sweeney defends 'Euphoria' nude scenes, Luke Bryan is dragged for new song & Emma Slater takes a spill te 2026-06-02T20:42:46.554Z Sydney Sweeney defends 'Euphoria' nude scenes, Luke Bryan is dragged for new song & Emma Slater takes a spill Welp. I guess you’re wondering where I’ve been. So allow me to explain why you haven’t heard from me in three weeks. While I was wasting away at the Margaritaville Resort in Fort Myers Beach, I received the worst phone call of my life. Covered in tanning oil and holding a piña colada the size of my head, I learned that my big sister, Rosie, passed away unexpectedly at just 47 years old.  That’s an experience that is noticeably absent in Jimmy Buffett's music catalog. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK Since then, it’s been a whirlwind of traveling, funeral planning and trying to figure out how you're supposed to keep functioning when your world gets flipped upside down. And needless to say, writing Nightcaps wasn’t exactly at the top of my priority list. Truth be told, I’m still struggling to care about most things related to my work — sports, politics, celebrity gossip, whatever’s viral on social media. I’m numb to it. But I know what Rosie would tell me, and it’s the same thing she told me when I’d throw a tantrum as a little kid: "No one wants to listen to you whining and crying." So I'm going to suck it up, pour another cup of coffee, and we're going to get through this column together. Many of you saw the news on my Instagram or Facebook and reached out. So if you've emailed, messaged or checked in on me lately, thank you. This community we've built through 'Caps and OutKick is really something special. I wrote about my sister yesterday, and I welcome you to read it if you're interested. But make sure you come right back, pour a cold one in honor of Rosie, and dive into your daily Nightcaps. Because if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane. That's something Jimmy Buffett was pretty clear about. Try not to get whiplash from that transition. Welcome back to Nightcaps, am I right? I'll start by saying I have never watched a single episode of "Euphoria." I don't even know what it's about — only that the whole show is seemingly just Sydney Sweeney soft porn. Because every single week, Twitter and the "New York Post" detail all of her character's latest sexual antics. For example, I believe this week she was crying while washing her sex toys. And, apparently, Sydney wouldn't have it any other way. SYDNEY SWEENEY AND LIVVY DUNNE FORM ALLIANCE AS LINGERIE WAR WITH VICTORIA'S SECRET OFFICIALLY HEATS UP In this season, the actress plays an OnlyFans model. Some of her scenes were so explicit and weird, in fact, that even the show's creator — noted creep Sam Levinson — thought they needed to be toned down a little. "Well, it's funny," Levinson told The New York Times in an interview published Monday. "When I first wrote it, I was like, ‘Maybe we shoot all of this, and we don't have any nudity. Maybe there's ways to shoot around certain things?'" But Sydney was not having that. "Are you kidding?" she reportedly told him. "I'm playing an OnlyFans model. You're telling me you're going to, like, skirt around it?" Fair point, I guess. Although if I never have to see that screenshot of her spread eagle dressed like a baby ever again, that would be OK with me. I'm not a prude or a Sweeney hater, but hopefully we can all agree that catering to a pedophile kink is a step too far. Sydney stands by everything she's done, though. Not long after the finale aired, she defended her sexy scenes on Instagram by posting a carousel of behind-the-scenes photos from the show. "It's called... acting," she wrote. Power to you, girl. Whatever pays the mortgage on that insane mansion in the Florida Keys. And speaking of people who make a lot of money and live in huge houses... Forgive me for being late to this party. I first saw this video for Luke Bryan's new song "Fish Hunt Golf Drink" making the rounds while I was at the beach a couple of weeks ago, but it needs to be addressed. I mean, please take a moment to behold this tune in all its glory: Wake up / coffee / camo / climb tree / wet line / eighteen / fish / hunt / golf / drink It took three people to write that song, by the way. Listen, I don't expect some sort of deep musical masterpiece from a guy who once rhymed "boom boom" with "mm-hmm." But this is inexcusably bad. And I don't dislike Luke Bryan. He seems like a genuinely good dude, and I don't blame him for selling out to the bro country movement. If I could cash million-dollar checks by making derpy country party songs, I'd do it in a heartbeat. This is essentially the same song as "Huntin', Fishin' & Lovin' Everyday" and "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset, Repeat." Except it's worse. And I'm not the only person in that camp. If you read the comments on that post above, Luke is getting absolutely dragged on his own account. He's being really defensive about it, which is the wrong way to handle this. Not that anybody asked me, but what Luke should do is own it. Own the fact that this song is epically corny and sounds like ChatGPT vomited into a microphone. Then print some camo T-shirts that say "CLIMB TREE" and sell them for $40 at your concerts. Cash money, baby. You gotta be able to laugh at yourself, you know? Like Emma Slater after she wiped out on the runway during the SI Swimsuit show. I love country music — particularly from the '80s and '90s era. I'm not super into a lot of the mainstream radio music that's popular now, but I love outlaw country and a lot of the stuff coming out of Texas. My husband, on the other hand, hates almost all country music. As a former drummer in a rock band, he just doesn't get the twangy good ol' boy thing. It's really his only flaw, as far as I'm concerned. One time, he jokingly spent five minutes writing a song called "Beers, Deers, Tractors and Steers" and told me he was going to send it to Luke Bryan. I said, "Babe, that's too lame even for Luke." But... after hearing "Fish Hunt Golf Drink," I'd like to retract that statement. So call me if you're interested, LB. (By the way, I requested an interview with Luke Bryan for OutKick Outdoors a few months ago, and his publicist shot me down. Maybe I'll try again now that he needs some good pub. Hopefully she doesn't see this column.) And if you watch multiple daily bird calling videos, your life is probably really exciting. Look, most of the time social media is just an amalgamation of AI slop, influencers begging for attention and people fighting over nonsense. But every once in a while, you run across a young king named Samuel absolutely slaying it at a talent show. Suddenly, my day is looking up. Let's open the mailbag. 📩 Email: amber.harding@outkick.com (Send your thoughts, stories, tips, rants and photos of your dog.) 🐦 Twitter/X: @TheAmberHarding 📸 Instagram: @amberharding Amid the sh*t sandwich that was last week, I got a big smile when I opened an email from Drew in Katy, Texas, saying, "Two Tuesdays without Rocky?!?!?" If my dog could read, he'd be thrilled to know that people are asking about him. So here's a photo of Rocky with his new patch. Shoutout to PatchBuilt for customizing their German Shepherd patch for us and giving him a floppy ear. Gene Writes: You go girl!  I watched every second of your hang glide, and I know that look. I wore exactly the same one for probably the first 500 miles after I learned to ride a motorcycle. Some things in life are fundamentally different in ways that no one ever realizes ahead of time, and the amazing feeling of G-forces in my butt, very like flying on the ground, was at once a 10/10 gratifying and terrifying experience. I'm sure I spent my whole first few weeks in the saddle with that same crazy, scared-but-secretly-delighted smile on my face.  Fifty-some years and 180,000 miles later sciatica has ended my riding days, but now you have me seriously considering a hang glider. Doesn't look like it requires reliable hips.   The only advice I have for you right now is, next time the pilot offers you the control bar... don't say no. Fly. Amber: Gene didn't mean to, but he accidentally ended that email with a post-it-note-on-the-mirror-worthy motivational quote. Also, the next goal: paragliding with Rocky. BigDen Writes: Yes, our dog is allowed on the bed. Not all night but typically around 3 or 4am she helps herself to wife's side, to keep her feet warm apparently. Sue us up around 530am every day,then rolls over to my side like a portable furnace. True story: when we rescued her about 40 lbs. ago, she went right into the crate next to our bed. Not argument, no whining. Until I closed the door. SOMEONE in the bedroom couldn't handle the whining, thus Clover gets on the bed.  Cattle dog, St. Bernard, Chow, and other indecipherable mutts DNA couldn't determine. 60 pounds, spoiled, sheds profusely, loves snow, never cold. Almost 9 years old. This is her, lounging on HER sofa, not others that people use.  Attitude??? Did I mention barking at anything that moves? OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f4032ee6011c3f4ea3db7 Calling 911 because a bar won’t serve you a Jell-O shot is what police refer to as a misuse of services te 2026-06-02T20:42:26.632Z Calling 911 because a bar won’t serve you a Jell-O shot is what police refer to as a misuse of services Last week, a woman earned herself a taxpayer-funded trip to jail for repeatedly calling 911 because a bar wouldn’t serve her a Jell-O shot, according to Marion County deputies. She’s accused of placing three such calls to 911. Diane Blalock told dispatchers that the No Where Bar in Ocala, Florida wouldn’t give her a Jell-O shot. She was hoping that a deputy would help her in obtaining alcohol from the bar, according to the arrest affidavit. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! A deputy went to the bar, reports WFTV 9, after unsuccessful attempts to contact the 68-year-old by phone. Dispatchers said that while the deputy was on his way out to pay her a visit, she called again. The deputy found Blalock sitting at a table outside. She said that she had gone to the bar with a friend, but that the friend had already left. Her calls for help procuring a Jell-O shot turned to asking for a ride home, because her medical conditions prevented her from walking home. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE The deputy explained to her, according to the affidavit, that law enforcement couldn’t give her a ride home. Eventually, the owner of the bar revealed that Blalock had been issued a trespass warning, a claim the deputies were able to confirm. A search after her arrest turned up a small amount of marijuana and two pipes, deputies said. They had her evaluated by Marion County Fire Rescue because she told them that she had been drinking and had recently smoked marijuana. Once she was medically cleared, Blalock was taken to the Marion County Jail and the affidavit states she was charged with misuse of 911 services, trespassing and possession of not more than 20 grams of marijuana. The obvious lesson here is that you shouldn’t be calling 911 for help with Jell-O shots. That's not the type of emergency that the police are here to assist with. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f401eee6011c3f4ea3dae U.S. Senate committee makes new trans athlete allegations against USA Hockey te 2026-06-02T20:42:06.558Z U.S. Senate committee makes new trans athlete allegations against USA Hockey EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has accused Team USA's Hockey governing body, USA Hockey, of facilitating competitions that allow trans athletes to compete against female players in officially sanctioned competition. "The committee recently learned that months after USA Hockey received complaints about trans women playing in a Dallas women’s league, the Dallas women’s league was suspended. It will be replaced with an open league to provide 'a league experience that all can enjoy.' This essentially means there is no longer a Dallas league dedicated solely to women, and women who joined the Dallas league, seeking to only compete with women, must now choose between possibly competing against men or not competing at all," read a statement provided to Fox News Digital by the Senate committee. "USA Hockey is choosing to placate trans players instead of protecting opportunities for women." The committee also released a written report on the situation to Fox News Digital. The report claims that after USA Hockey updated its participant eligibility policy to comply with the USOPC policy and President Donald Trump's executive order to "save women's sports," USA Hockey then created a new adult hockey registration classification called "the open classification." The open classification is promoted as a "flexible participation pathway for any registered USA Hockey member, regardless of sex or gender identity" and is designed specifically for trans athletes to play women’s sports. "USA Hockey leadership is encouraging women’s leagues and tournaments with women’s divisions to continue marketing themselves as being for women, but with caveats that the league/tournament division is inclusive of male athletes. Through this loophole, men who identify as women can participate in a league marketed as a women’s league," the report writes. The report specifically names the Dallas Stars Women’s Hockey League (DSWHL) in Texas. SOME RUGBY PROGRAMS ELIMINATE WOMEN'S TEAMS IN FAVOR OF 'OPEN' CATEGORY FOR TRANS ATHLETES "The DSWHL women’s league began its spring season in April 2026, after USA Hockey’s updated participant eligibility policy became effective. Despite this, multiple men who identify as women are playing in the league. USA Hockey is aware of this and has done nothing to prevent the men from continuing to participate in the women’s league. As a result, women who joined the DSWHL women’s league specifically to avoid competing against men are now forced to compete against men if they want to play the sport they love," the report states. "This is wrong on every level and clearly violates President Trump’s executive order and the recent changes made to USA Hockey’s gender policies." Fox News Digital has reached out to USA Hockey and the NHL's Dallas Stars, of which the DSWHL is a subsidiary, for comment. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) updated its athlete safety guidelines last July to only allow biological females to compete in the women's category, to ensure adherence to Trump's executive order. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Team USA's individual sports governing bodies updated their own policies to comply with that change shortly thereafter. However, other governing bodies, including USA Rugby, have also conducted competitions in an "open division" that allows for both biological sexes. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f400aee6011c3f4ea3da5 Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass silent as Kathy Griffin accuses LAPD of White nationalism te 2026-06-02T20:41:46.704Z Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass silent as Kathy Griffin accuses LAPD of White nationalism Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stayed silent on Monday as comedian Kathy Griffin accused her city's police force of being part of "White nationalism." During an Instagram Live event, Griffin spoke to Bass about what she believed were unfair attacks against the incumbent mayor. "I really think that a lot of the adversity comes your way because you're a Black woman," Griffin said, adding that the Los Angeles City Council and Los Angeles Police Department "can be hostile" against her. KAREN BASS GRILLED OVER BROKEN HOMELESSNESS PROMISE, BLAMES BUREAUCRACY FOR SLOWED PROGRESS Bass smirked at the comment while Griffin continued. "Talk to us, if you can, about what it's like dealing with such a maybe non-diverse group of law enforcement, although they are diverse, but there's maybe some White nationalism in law enforcement, is my opinion, and [the] city council has been messy. So how do you deal with those elements?" Griffin said. Bass did not respond to the accusation that there was White nationalism in law enforcement and instead clarified that she does not have the power to enforce the LAPD against federal officers during immigration raids. Rival mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt reacted to a clip of the exchange, posting on X that Bass was "scared and desperate." KAREN BASS ANNOUNCES MAJOR NEW HOLLYWOOD ENDORSEMENT AHEAD OF LOS ANGELES MAYORAL RACE  Throughout the interview, Bass also emphasized that her power was limited regarding several local issues. "I'm also not in charge of the schools. I'm not in charge of healthcare," Bass said. "So when school lunches are being taken away by, I believe, the feds, then they blame you?" Griffin asked. "Yes, exactly," Bass said. Fox News Digital reached out to the LAPD and the mayor's office for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Bass has previously called for police reform in 2020, though she has largely shown support for the LAPD and pushed for higher recruitment numbers. However, she has had controversial racial and political goals for the department in the past. LA MAYOR BASS LAMENTS HISTORIC LATINO BORDER PATROL RECRUITMENT SURGE ACROSS SOUTHERN BORDER In 2023, a summary of her public safety goals and police reforms included efforts to "identify, discipline, and/or terminate officers associated with right-wing domestic extremist organizations" and remove obstacles for "ethnic groups disproportionately left out of new officer training." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3fe2ee6011c3f4ea3d98 Trans Minors Sue to Stop Justice Department Access to Medical Records te 2026-06-02T20:41:06.710Z Trans Minors Sue to Stop Justice Department Access to Medical Records The Trump administration says it is investigating off-label medication use and fraudulent billing. Families say the inquiry is a new way to press hospitals to end the care. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3fceee6011c3f4ea3d8f Immigration Bill Teeters as G.O.P. Awaits Clarity on Trump’s Fund te 2026-06-02T20:40:46.715Z Immigration Bill Teeters as G.O.P. Awaits Clarity on Trump’s Fund The top Senate Republican said he had been assured that the acting attorney general would make a ‘very definitive, very clear’ statement on the fund at a House hearing. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3fbaee6011c3f4ea3d86 Rubio Suggests U.S. Return to Global Vaccine Program in Rebuke of Kennedy te 2026-06-02T20:40:26.718Z Rubio Suggests U.S. Return to Global Vaccine Program in Rebuke of Kennedy Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated in pointed testimony to senators that he was reclaiming control of the U.S. relationship with Gavi, an international vaccine alliance. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3deaee6011c3f4ea3d4e Q&A: What are the new treatments for lupus? te 2026-06-02T20:32:42.232Z Q&A: What are the new treatments for lupus? Q: A good friend was diagnosed with lupus. Can you tell me more about it, how it's treated and if there are new options that could make a difference in her quality of life? Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3dd5ee6011c3f4ea3d45 Cool down at Bullhead Municipal Pool free swim day te 2026-06-02T20:32:21.755Z Cool down at Bullhead Municipal Pool free swim day BULLHEAD CITY - Beat the heat with a free swim day at Bullhead City's Municipal Pool. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3dc0ee6011c3f4ea3d3c File photo Municipal Pool.jpg te 2026-06-02T20:32:00.802Z File photo Municipal Pool.jpg Bullhead City's Municipal Pool is hosting a free open swim from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 6, at the community's pool, 2255 Trane Road in Ken Fovargue Park. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3dabee6011c3f4ea3d32 Panini sticker tradition thrives as 2026 World Cup fuels demand  te 2026-06-02T20:31:39.345Z Panini sticker tradition thrives as 2026 World Cup fuels demand  PHOENIX – The first Panini sticker Andres Martinez ever saw wasn’t his own. He was 12, living in Chihuahua, Mexico, when a friend brought home an album from Mexico City. They had only a few stickers, but they pored over every page. Now a professor at Arizona State University and author of “The Great Game,” Martinez remembers his first encounter vividly. “We were all so into the World Cup,” he said. “(Stickers) were harder to get where we lived then … so we would just stare in awe at every page. He only had a few packets of cards, but it was my first taste of Panini craze.” Before the internet, before fantasy leagues and before the World Cup became a billion‑viewer spectacle, there were stickers. In 1970, as Mexico prepared to host the first globally televised World Cup, an Italian publishing company called Panini released a small, unassuming album filled with blank rectangles.  Each space was numbered, waiting to be matched with a sticker of a player’s portrait. Children across Italy bought their first packets for a few lire, tore them open and began a tradition of finding the stars, trading the duplicates and completing the book that would unknowingly transcend generations. The origins of the tradition resonate with Martinez. “That is kind of cool for me, being from Mexico,” he said. “And it feels appropriate because in so many ways Mexico ’70 was such a landmark World Cup. It was the first one televised globally in color, and it was the final chapter in that astonishing Brazil team of Pelé that won their third Cup that summer. So it’s nice that it’s the one that launched Panini albums, too.” The idea spread quickly. By the late 1970s, Panini albums were a fixture in children’s lives every four years, from Milan to Montevideo. By the 1980s, they were a global phenomenon and a full-blown mainstay in the World Cup festivities.  More than 50 years later, the ritual hasn’t changed, but the world around it has. Panini now prints millions of sticker packets per day in the months leading up to each World Cup, according to company statements. With the expansion of the tournament, the albums have grown larger and more ambitious. The 2022 Qatar edition featured 670 stickers, and the 2026 album, tied to the first World Cup hosted in North America since 1994, will expand to 980 stickers, which will be the biggest collection in Panini’s history. As D.J. Kazmierczak, Panini America’s senior vice president of sales and product development, put it, “We’re going from 32 to 48 teams … the album itself is going to increase by 50% just because of that.” What began as a local Italian hobby for children is now distributed in more than 150 countries, and the audience has changed, too. Panini estimates that roughly 40 percent of its collectors are now adults, which is a drastic shift from the early decades when the albums were marketed almost exclusively to a younger demographic. The rise of social media has accelerated the trend as TikTok unboxing videos routinely reach millions of views, and online trading groups have grown into global communities. Kazmierczak has watched the shift firsthand. “The difference is night and day from even back in 2014,” he said. “The number of events, the number of retailers that are now involved and interested, all of that has increased so much it’s hard to quantify.” The U.S. business began accelerating sharply in 2014, laying the groundwork for the surge the hobby is seeing today. Retailers feel that shift, too. At Showtime Sports Cards and Gaming in Tempe, owner Peter Liu has watched the cycle repeat for 35 years. “It’s a different world,” he said. “And it’s a different set of collectors and they’re diehard soccer.” With the 2026 World Cup taking place in the United States, Mexico and Canada, he expects demand to spike. “We’re expecting sales to be better than in the past.” As for collectors, the culture surrounding the hobby has also grown. “A lot of people who collect and do the Panini sticker books, they go to trade nights, especially the kids,” said Jacob Schneider, a newsletter writer for Men in Blazers and a longtime collector. “Those trade nights, they’re hosted all around the country. “You’ll bring all your excess stickers. Say you have like two Tyler Adams and you only need one. You’ll trade your Tyler Adams for a Willian Pacho to fill out your Ecuador section. If you go to those, it’s a great opportunity for you to experience what the hobby is about and experience what these sticker books mean to people.” Exclusive color variations of stickers featuring legends such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who will be playing in their last tournament, or current-generation stars like Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland, can sell for hundreds of dollars on resale platforms. Furthermore, retailers in the United States reported sellouts during the 2022 cycle as a result of the growing chase, and with the hobby reaching new heights in popularity, especially in the United States, many expect even higher demand as the 2026 tournament approaches. Despite the broadening reach of the sticker books, the appeal remains something timeless and tactile. In an era dominated by digital fandom fueled by streaming highlights, dopamine-inducing feeds and virtual trading cards, Panini albums offer something physical, slow and community-driven. Collectors can hold the stickers, flip through the pages and trade with a family member, friend or stranger. The tradition connects generations. Parents who collected in the 1990s now collect with their children and fans who have never been to a World Cup can still feel close to it months before the first match kicks off. Schneider sees the same generational pull. “A lot of the time, it’s a family project,” he said. “Maybe a dad did it with his grandpa, now he’s doing it with his kid. It’s that concept of tradition.” Liu experiences it every cycle. “We have parents coming in because their son or daughter is looking for World Cup stickers,” he said. “The kid comes in with $20 and he wants 20 packs. The dad and the kid will do it together with the book, and they’re like, ‘Oh, we needed this sticker! We got it!’” He has even seen mothers and sons collecting together, “which is rare,” he said, “but really cool to see.” Martinez sees the same thing in his own home. “I have pretty much done them every World Cup since 1982,” he said. “In recent tournaments, it’s been a great tradition to share with my son and stepson. I have even gotten my in-laws into it!” As Kazmierczak portrays it, “It’s comforting. It’s the same thing it’s been before … a reminder that this thing happens every four years and it’s a great thing.” For more than half a century, the albums have survived cultural shifts, economic crises, technological revolutions and the globalization of the sport itself. And now, as the World Cup prepares for its largest edition ever, the Panini tradition is not only surviving, it’s thriving. Panini’s connection to soccer predates the World Cup album itself. “Panini has been making soccer stickers since literally the year I was born, 1961,” Kazmierczak said. “That’s how old the company is.” Overall, Panini’s World Cup sticker business is more than 100 times larger than it was in 1970, a drastic representation of the hobby’s sustained growth. However, with the 2026 World Cup set to be the largest in history, that expansion alone forced Panini to rethink the physical limits of the album. “We had to consider the size of the album, the binding … whether they would hold that many pages,” Kazmierczak said. “It’s been the same for decades, and now it’s changing.” Martinez said the expanded format even affected the production timeline. “Their final publication had to be delayed a bit this time around because with the expanded tournament, we didn’t know all World Cup participants until the March playoffs,” he said. “Whereas in the past Panini would have been able to finalize albums by the time of the World Cup draw, a full half-year before the tournament.” The business has grown just as dramatically. The Qatar 2022 album was Panini’s biggest seller ever … until now. “We have projected to sell four times as much product this time as that one,” he said. “It’s a multiple‑million‑dollar business, and now it’s going to be four times what it was.” But the expansion comes with a cost, literally. Schneider, who has attempted to complete multiple albums, said the financial barrier is becoming impossible to ignore. “It’s going to cost around $2,500 to complete the sticker book this year,” he said. “That’s a steep number, and honestly, it’s a bit of a turn-off for some people, especially for anybody who doesn’t have that extra money to be spending on it.” However, local retailers like Liu said his shop sells individual packs for “$1.25 to $1.50,” but offers a discount for bulk buyers, alleviating some of the burden. “If you buy them by the box, it’s a dollar (per pack),” he said. “Then we throw in a book with it.” Despite the opportunity, Panini made a deliberate choice not to raise sticker prices. “We made sure the sticker-per-sticker cost is the same in this one as it was four years ago,” Kazmierczak said. “It was already going to cost someone 50% more just to fill the album because of the number of teams.” Still, Schneider worries about sustainability. “I don’t know if it’s sustainable, to be honest,” he said. “If we see further expansion, you’d hope Panini and FIFA find a way to make it easier for the collector.” For now, he’s already thinking about alternatives. “Maybe I’ll gather some friends, and we can all do one together,” he said. “Maybe make it a group project sort of thing.” Retailers have their own hopes for the future. Liu said he wishes Panini would experiment with rarity the way they do with trading cards. “We always wish they would put short prints in there,” he said. “Maybe one in a thousand boxes. Give people a chase.” However, for many collectors, the appeal is emotional, not financial. “As a kid … my grandfather and uncle would send me boxes of old baseball cards,” Schneider said. “I never liked baseball, but it was always the concept of collecting.” That sense of progress, filling a page, completing a team and finishing the album is part of what makes the tradition so enduring. “It’s a little easier with a physical item to actually see the progress you’re making,” Kazmierczak said. Schneider sees the sticker book as a symbolic journey through the tournament. “By collecting all the teams, completing the books, you are sort of making your journey through each team,” he said. “You are understanding. You’re gaining knowledge.” The World Cup itself amplifies that meaning. “The World Cup only comes every four years,” Schneider said. “These books are symbolic of what the tournament represents … a mixing of cultures, a mixing of tradition across the world.” The United States has become one of Panini’s fastest‑growing markets, and much of the early growth in the U.S. came from immigrant communities. “A lot of people have come from Latam … and they bring that tradition with them,” Kazmierczak said. “They’ve passed that down through generations.” With such a boost in popularity, collectors feel that shift on the ground. “You used to be able to walk into Target and find whatever you wanted,” Schneider said. “Now it’s a race to even find if there’s something available.” He has seen lines outside stores on restock days, a phenomenon once reserved for sneaker drops or gaming consoles. “People wait hours in lines outside Target and Walmart,” he said. “It’s a symbol of how rapidly the hobby is progressing.” Celebrity visibility has also accelerated the trend. “You’re seeing Kim Kardashian take her kids to soccer games … opening MLS packs,” Schneider said. “If you’re seeing it everywhere you go, that only adds to it.” As a result of the growth, Panini has leaned into the momentum with swap meets, promotional albums and educational marketing. “We hand out a ton of promotional albums,” Kazmierczak said. “It’s the razor blade theory. If I give you an empty album and a couple packs, theoretically you’re going to keep going back.” The company also launched a major collaboration with Coca‑Cola for 2026, placing stickers on more than 1 billion 20-ounce Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar bottles across the globe. “Underneath the wrapper of 20‑ounce bottles … there’s a sticker,” he said. “They’re exclusive stickers, and there will be a separate section in the album for those 12 stickers.” Panini already holds the license for the 2030 World Cup and the company is preparing for even more expansion as FIFA considers future tournament formats. Competition is increasing, but Panini’s strategy remains rooted in accessibility and tradition. “One of the things we’ve done in recent years is a better job of trying to educate people on where to find the product,” Kazmierczak said. “That’s half the battle.” At the same time, Panini is adapting to a younger, more digital audience. “I’m not naive enough to think the majority of our collectors are my demographic,” he said. “So we try to make sure our marketing considers that.” Schneider hopes the future includes more accessibility. “The stickers are purely collectible,” he said. “It would be awesome to make it more feasible.” For all the growth, all the partnerships, all the exclusive colors and retail expansions, the heart of the World Cup album remains the same as it was in 1970, a book, a pack of stickers and the hope that the next one will be the one you need. “We’re very aware of the tradition,” Kazmierczak said. “We want everybody to feel comfortable when they get back into it.” Schneider feels the same pull. “The sticker books … they’re part of tradition,” he said. Every four years, millions of people around the world open their first pack and feel the same thing collectors felt half a century ago, a small, simple thrill that connects them to the biggest sporting event on Earth. The post Panini sticker tradition thrives as 2026 World Cup fuels demand  appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3d8dee6011c3f4ea3cfe Sydney Sweeney refused to tone down racy 'Euphoria' OnlyFans scenes after creator floated no-nudity pitch te 2026-06-02T20:31:09.587Z Sydney Sweeney refused to tone down racy 'Euphoria' OnlyFans scenes after creator floated no-nudity pitch After weeks of backlash over Cassie's OnlyFans storyline, "Euphoria" creator Sam Levinson defended the character's arc and revealed Sydney Sweeney rejected his early idea to shoot the role with little or no nudity. "Well, it's funny," Levinson told The New York Times after the hit HBO show's finale aired on May 31. "When I first wrote it, I was like, ‘Maybe we shoot all of this, and we don't have any nudity. Maybe there's ways to shoot around certain things?'" He recalled Sweeney's reaction as, "Are you kidding? I'm playing an OnlyFans model. You're telling me you're going to, like, skirt around it?" "I was like, ‘Yeah, OK, that's a fair point,'" Levinson added. SYDNEY SWEENEY WRANGLES PYTHON NEARLY NUDE IN 'EUPHORIA' AS FANS BLAST 'SNOOZE FEST' SEASON Sweeney faced criticism each week since the show's premiere on April 12. The 28-year-old actress' portrayal of Cassie focused largely on the character's launch of her OnlyFans account in order to pay for an extravagant wedding and other debts accumulated throughout the intense third season. Levinson defended Cassie's storyline, explaining the character is someone who "just wants to be loved" and "adored." "It feels to me like the natural progression of social media, whether it's Instagram or any of these things – you're the product, you're the brand," he said. "It's based around external validation." SYDNEY SWEENEY WALKS 'DELICATE LINE' AS 'EUPHORIA' SEX SCENES OVERSHADOW HER TALENT: EXPERT Levinson expanded on the show's depiction of OnlyFans and why the platform fit Cassie's character arc. "Look, we're tackling this world of OnlyFans where women are being paid to, like, whisper into an ear-shaped microphone," he added. "There is a level of absurdity to it that is just fun, and we're always trying to come up with ways to make it feel authentic and humorous and dramatic and also speak to the larger wants and wishes of the character." Sweeney also defended her performance on Instagram. "It's called... acting," she wrote alongside a carousel featuring some of Cassie's most provocative season three looks. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER It's clear changes could have been made if Sweeney was uncomfortable with any of the nudity. Following the series finale of "Euphoria," co-star Alexa Demie opened up about changing her mind on nude content for the show. Demie filmed a nude montage of infidelity during season one and realized she was not comfortable. "I’m not saying I don’t love sex, and I think it can be portrayed beautifully and I know the show is portraying the life of teenage girls. But once I did it, I realized, ‘OK, I don’t love how this feels.’ So I said something, and everyone was empathetic, and I never did that again," she told The Hollywood Reporter. Demie was hesitant to say no at first, thinking it would cost her the role of Maddy. "I thought that if I said no to doing them, then I wouldn’t have the part," Demie added. "Not because anyone ever said that to me, but because I was so young, and I didn’t know." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Premiering in 2019, "Euphoria" is the show that helped launch and solidify the careers of many cast members – including Sweeney, Jacob Elordi and Zendaya. The dark suburban teen drama has also featured more established figures like Colman Domingo, who has received two Best Actor Oscar nominations in the last few years, and the late Eric Dane. And it’s given visibility and recognition to other actors: Hunter Schafer, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow and Barbie Ferreira. Angus Cloud, another of its breakout performers, died in 2023. The show ended Sunday with its final episode. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3d5fee6011c3f4ea3cd6 Cyberdecks are having a moment, rejecting big tech surveillance with style and substance te 2026-06-02T20:30:23.670Z Cyberdecks are having a moment, rejecting big tech surveillance with style and substance Over the last few months, these DIY hardware communities have exploded in popularity as people on social media show off their solar-powered game emulators, pocket-sized ereaders, and clamshell purse computers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3b48ee6011c3f4ea3c9d Dr. Oz unveils Medicaid overhaul, clamps down on $2B for illegal immigrants and mandates work for able-bodied te 2026-06-02T20:21:28.072Z Dr. Oz unveils Medicaid overhaul, clamps down on $2B for illegal immigrants and mandates work for able-bodied The Trump administration is launching a major crackdown on government waste and abuse, targeting billions of federal tax dollars spent on healthcare for illegal immigrants while implementing new work requirements for able-bodied Americans on Medicaid. During a White House news briefing Tuesday afternoon, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Oz outlined an aggressive strategy to stop "legalized money laundering" that he warned would have cost the program an additional $5.4 trillion over the next decade. Oz revealed the administration identified roughly $2 billion in federal tax dollars improperly going to illegal immigrants, a number that has doubled since he reported on the issue last year. FED AUDIT, EMERGENCY MEDICAID UNDERCUT DEMS ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT HEALTH COVERAGE He specifically took aim at California, noting CMS told the state it owes the federal government $2 billion — half of which has already been successfully recouped. "Just to put it in context, in California, if you're on Medi-Cal, the Medicaid program in California, until this administration, you got full dental and full vision benefits," Oz said. "Now, I'm for those benefits, I like them, but we don't give that to Medicare patients. So we should at least be equitable, and all of us together should decide what we are going to do as a nation." "The people who pay that bill, when ... the largesse of California allows folks to get benefits that the rest of the country doesn't think is appropriate for illegal immigrants …, is paid by folks who are taxpayers in New Mexico — which is a blue state — and Mississippi, a red state," he continued. REPUBLICANS PRAISE 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL’S' WORK REQUIREMENT FOR MEDICAID: ‘WE’VE GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK’ In tandem with cutting funds for illegal immigrants, the administration is overhauling Medicaid by instituting work requirements.  The new rule will mandate that able-bodied recipients must work for 20 hours a week, volunteer or get an education in order to receive free healthcare coverage. "If you're sitting at home, which is true for the millions of people who are able-bodied on Medicaid, on average, you're spending 6.1 hours watching television just hanging around," Oz said. He framed the new requirements as a "path to prosperity," claiming they return Medicaid to its original 1965 intent. Oz argued that anyone receiving value from the American people should have an obligation to participate in society if they are physically able. "If you can work, you should get up and work," Oz said. "... If we put guardrails around these programs, we'll allow them to thrive. I'm here because I love Medicaid. The president has already said he loves and cherishes Medicaid and Medicare. … We cannot allow these programs to be defrauded into a turmoil that they cannot pull up from. If we love these programs, we will make the difficult decisions." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3b34ee6011c3f4ea3c94 Fox News dominates on YouTube in May, more than triples every broadcast network te 2026-06-02T20:21:08.145Z Fox News dominates on YouTube in May, more than triples every broadcast network Fox News finished May 2026 as the No. 1 news brand on YouTube, with a staggering 338.8 million video views, more than tripling viewership of each of the three broadcast networks.  Fox News beat No. 2 MS NOW by over 100 million views, as the progressive cable outlet finished with 212.8 million.  Fox News has been No. 1 among competitive news brands on YouTube with video views every month in 2026. CNN managed 154.1 million video views, while broadcast outlets ABC News (105.7 million), NBC News (82.4 million) and CBS News (37.6 million) fell far behind, with Fox News outdrawing the three combined. FOX NEWS CHANNEL WALLOPS CNN, MS NOW VIEWERSHIP DURING FIRST QUARTER OF 2026 The flagship Fox News account has over 15.5 million subscribers and the Fox News Clips platform, which launched last year and provides the latest reporting and analysis from Fox News Channel, continues to grow.  Fox News Clips drew over 34.9 million views in May, an 18% increase year-over-year. Fox News also finished No. 1 in social engagement with 79.3 million social media interactions across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok, according to Emplifi & Comscore Social. Fox News piled up 38.1 million Facebook interactions, 15.8 million Instagram interactions, 5 million X interactions and, according to Comscore Social, 20.4 million TikTok interactions. Altogether, Fox News drove 1.3 billion total social video views. FOX NEWS CHANNEL DELIVERS HIGHEST-RATED NON-ELECTION YEAR EVER, ‘THE FIVE’ CONTINUES HISTORIC RUN In April, Fox News Digital finished April as the No. 1 news organization in multiplatform minutes, views and total unique visitors as the brand continues to dominate the media landscape.  Last month, Fox News Digital was touted when Fox Corporation held its annual upfront presentation to advertisers, media buyers and journalists. FOX NEWS TOUTED AT ANNUAL UPFRONT PRESENTATION TO ADVERTISERS: ‘WE’RE NOT JUST COMPETING, WE ARE DOMINATING’ "We’re meeting audiences where they are, across platforms, across generations, wherever and however they consume news," Fox News anchor Bret Baier said. "Online, Fox News is [the] No. 1 publisher for time spent, averaging 143 million monthly unique visitors," he added. "So, to put it simply, more people spend time getting their news on FoxNews.com than anywhere else."  Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum told advertisers that it was also a record year for the company on YouTube, with a best-ever 4.5 billion video views. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3b20ee6011c3f4ea3c8b Reality TV star Spencer Pratt tests LA voters' appetite for political outsider te 2026-06-02T20:20:48.153Z Reality TV star Spencer Pratt tests LA voters' appetite for political outsider LOS ANGELES- Spencer Pratt drew both support and skepticism from Los Angeles residents as voters headed to the polls in a closely watched mayoral primary against incumbent Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman. Pratt, 42, has been a vocal champion for LA residents since losing his home during the deadly 2025 Palisades wildfire. He launched his mayoral campaign in January with a focus on ousting Bass due to her alleged mishandling of the LA fires. While he's played into the media circus and is backed by a number of public and private celebrity endorsements, locals remain divided over their choices for mayor. SPENCER PRATT FIRES BACK AT DREW CAREY WITH EPSTEIN JAB AMID HIS MAYORAL BID LA resident Brian Lovoto adamantly believed Pratt's not the candidate his city truly needs. "I don't need another reality star in office, especially not another Republican who has no idea what he's doing," Lovoto said. WATCH: REALITY TV STAR SPENCER PRATT TESTS LA VOTERS' APPETITE FOR POLITICAL OUTSIDER "His solution for the homeless, to ship them to Seattle is inhumane, and also just a dumb plan. I have no desire for him to run this city." "I think Bass has not done a lot of great for this city while she's been in office. I think Raman has proved herself on the council. I think she'll do well as mayor and I like what she stands for." SPENCER PRATT SAYS HIS POLICY WILL FORCE HOMELESS OUT OF LA AND INTO CITIES LIKE SEATTLE Last month, Pratt revealed his plans to crack down on homelessness involved a simple change of location. "These people have been bussed in by scam rehabs, scam NGOs, scam homeless nonprofits," Pratt told local ABC reporter Josh Haskell while outlining his vision for tackling the city’s homelessness crisis. "These people, when I unplug them and say we're not taking our tax money anymore, they're all going to Seattle where the mayor will welcome them." REALITY TV STAR SPENCER PRATT GAINS TRACTION IN LOS ANGELES MAYORAL RACE AFTER FIERY DEBATE Local dancer and Los Angeles native Leonardo Flores stressed the importance of voting, but admitted he wasn't too familiar with Pratt as a politician or a reality star. However, he supports ousting Mayor Bass. "I'm not a big fan of Karen Bass, so I'd be down to see her switched out," Flores said. "I don't know what platform Spencer Pratt is prioritizing." Flores noted that the housing crisis and soaring cost of living in Los Angeles are the top concerns of Angelenos. KAREN BASS GRILLED OVER BROKEN HOMELESSNESS PROMISE, BLAMES BUREAUCRACY FOR SLOWED PROGRESS "How is rent my biggest expense ... Barely leaving any money left for the rest of the month for regular expenses, going out, even enjoying life," he said. "So I'd like to see price controls, rent controls, maybe prices go down in some sort of way, initiatives for more affordable housing." "There's also a homelessness crisis as well, here in Los Angeles. There are people who are unhoused and they need to be housed, and that makes the city unsafe. Mayor Bass and the City of Los Angeles launched the Inside Safe program in December 2022 to combat homelessness. Since its inception, the city has spent more than $300 million on various initiatives to clean encampments and offer interim housing programs. SPENCER PRATT AND HEIDI MONTAG’S HOLLYWOOD JOURNEY FROM TABLOID FAME TO LA MAYORAL RACE Yani Gavaldon told Fox News Digital that she wasn't too familiar with Pratt, but wasn't against his decision to try to improve his city. "I guess anybody can run for mayor if they want to," she said of Pratt. "If he represents the people of LA, then great ... that's very LA to have somebody who's been on TV, who's married to a reality TV star, to be running for something in politics." She added, "He might have an appearance on TV and he might be very different in person. So yeah, I would say why not ... anybody who feels like they represent LA I think would be a great candidate." NBA STAR PLACES $36,000 BET ON OUTSIDER LA MAYORAL CANDIDATE SPENCER PRATT WINNING HEATED RACE Molly Swing told Fox News Digital that she had nothing against Bass, but was moved by Pratt's passionate plea to help her community. Swing voted for Pratt. "We want the LA that we grew up in," Swing said. "I was born and raised here. I'm third generation from Hancock Park, and for me, it's not about qualifications all the time." "It's about passion and someone that cares, someone that knows how to build relationships, and I think that's all that is needed when it comes to running our city." "The Hills" star, along with wife Heidi Montag and more than a dozen additional property owners, blamed the city of Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power (LADWP) for causing damages to their homes in a lawsuit filed earlier this year. Plaintiffs accused LADWP of making "the conscious decision to operate the water supply system with the reservoir drained and unusable as a 'cost-saving' measure" during the deadly LA fires, according to the lawsuit obtained by Fox News Digital. Stewart Kilgore told Fox News Digital that Pratt was a viable candidate simply through shared life experiences. "I know he doesn't have any political background, but I think you can learn that as you go," Kilgore said. "I think the people that are in place now that have all the education in the world still couldn't I guess facilitate what needed to be done correctly. And I think anybody in any given race, creed or what have you can make things happen or not happen." SPENCER PRATT AND HEIDI MONTAG SUE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, LADWP AFTER PALISADES FIRE When it came down to brass tacks, Kilgore admitted the list was "crazy long" as to what Pratt could accomplish if he makes it through the primaries and is elected in November to lead Los Angeles. "I mean he's gonna be overwhelmed," Kilgore said. "If he got into office, he will be overwhelmed, but I know he's got a good team behind him." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER He added, "Get some priorities straight. Take care of the place. I know that we have a homeless problem that's gone crap. You know, that's ... That's been going on forever." Steven Jenny wasn't as impressed with Pratt's demeanor, whether on camera or during campaign rallies. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I think, for the amount that I've heard him talk, I've heard little of what he says he's going to do," Jenny told Fox News Digital. "He's mainly just throwing shade on the other ones, which I get is easy to do, but if you're going to say, 'Hey, it's a mess with this person in,' you should also say why it won't be a mess if you're in,' other than just trust me." Jenny noted he didn't love any of the candidates running, but would still be sad if Pratt made it on the November ballot. "I'd probably be a little disappointed," Jenny said of the possibility of Pratt winning. "But I don't think I would be not disappointed with anyone in some way." Fox News Digital's Larry Fink contributed to this report Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3917ee6011c3f4ea3c33 NJ Transit World Cup train tickets see eyepoppingly slow sales ahead of upcoming tournament te 2026-06-02T20:12:07.104Z NJ Transit World Cup train tickets see eyepoppingly slow sales ahead of upcoming tournament MetLife Stadium will host its first World Cup game next Saturday, but it does not look like many fans at the moment will be taking public transportation there. The FIFA World Cup 2026 New York New Jersey Host Committee and NJ Transit originally announced that round-trip train tickets to and from the stadium will cost $150 — a normal ticket from Penn Station to MetLife Stadium is $12.90. However, after extra private funding, tickets have since been lowered to $98. NJ Transit is planning to transport 40,000 people for each of MetLife Stadium's eight games, but according to The Athletic, as of Monday at 5 p.m. ET, only 17,739 total tickets have been purchased across the entirety of the eight-game slate. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM That is less than 6% of the 320,000 tickets available. As of 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, train schedules are not yet available, but fans can purchase tickets in select departure time windows, ranging from one to five hours before kickoff. Fans have been encouraged to buy tickets in advance, as they will not be available for purchase on game day. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill and FIFA exchanged blows about the ticket prices, with Sherrill imploring FIFA to pay for fans to attend the games. "Our administration inherited an agreement where FIFA is providing $0 for transportation to the World Cup — zero. That leaves New Jersey Transit with a $48 million bill to safely get 40,000 fans to and from every game..." Sherrill said in a video.  EX-USMNT STAR SETS USA'S BENCHMARK FOR SUCCESSFUL WORLD CUP, TALKS EXCITEMENT OF FINAL BEING IN HIS HOME STATE "I won't stick New Jersey's commuters with that tab for years to come — that's not fair. So here's the bottom line: FIFA should pay for the rides, but if they don't, I'm not going to let New Jersey commuters get taken for one." FIFA said it was "quite surprised" at Sherrill's unprecedented "approach." "FIFA World Cup will bring millions of fans to North America along with related economic impact," FIFA said. "Many fans will travel to NYNJ to enjoy the eight matches scheduled. FIFA is not aware of any other major event previously held at NYNJ Stadium, including other major sports, global concert tours, etc., where organizers were required to pay for fan transportation." Many travel restrictions have been placed on game days as well, including NJ Transit service into and out of New York being suspended beginning four hours before matches start, except for World Cup attendees. There also will be no parking at MetLife Stadium, and rideshare will also be unavailable on stadium property. Instead, rideshare users will be dropped off near the racetrack adjacent to the stadium. The first match features Brazil and Morocco, and MetLife Stadium is also hosting the championship on July 19. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3903ee6011c3f4ea3c2a Jaxson Dart showers girlfriend Marissa Ayers with praise after Miami Swim Week runway debut te 2026-06-02T20:11:47.111Z Jaxson Dart showers girlfriend Marissa Ayers with praise after Miami Swim Week runway debut New York Giants star quarterback Jaxson Dart heaped praise on his girlfriend, Marissa Ayers, after she made her runway debut at Miami Swim Week on Friday. Dart, 23, reposted a picture of Ayers in a bikini to his Instagram Story and was effusive in his support. "So proud of you!" Dart wrote with a heart emoji. He also wrote "Mineee" with a smiling emoji with hearts around it. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "You killed it babyy," Dart added in all caps with a star emoji. Ayers is a model and an influencer and made her debut in the White Fox Boutique swim show, named La Tropica, at the Setai. Dart was in the front row at the Miami Beach luxury hotel supporting Ayers, according to the New York Post. She wore a purple bikini and kitten heels down the runway. The couple has been out and about throughout the offseason. Dart and Ayers were seen together on a fishing trip in January. They dazzled at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby as well. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The couple were first linked together when they were seen together at a Halloween party in October. Ayers was seen with Dart’s family on the sideline prior to the Giants’ 33-15 loss to the New England Patriots in early December. They cemented their relationship when Ayers posted a slideshow of photos of them together at the beginning of January. Ayers, who graduated from the University of Alabama in May, is a ring girl for Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions. She was seen in the ring for the Jahmal Harvey-Kevin Cervantes and the Paul-Anthony Joshua fights. Dart has not just made headlines for his excursions with his girlfriend, as he introduced President Trump at a rally in New York last month, which caused a stir. Dart played in 14 games in his rookie season, starting 12 of them. The team had a 4-8 record in his starts, as he completed 63.7% of his passes for 2,272 yards, with 15 touchdowns and five interceptions. He was also dynamic as a runner, rushing the ball 86 times for 487 yards and nine rushing touchdowns. The Giants hope he can take his game to another level in his second season. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f38efee6011c3f4ea3c21 Rapper faces $2.8M lawsuit after axing opening act from tour following her political rant te 2026-06-02T20:11:27.118Z Rapper faces $2.8M lawsuit after axing opening act from tour following her political rant M.I.A. sued Kid Cudi for $2.8 million nearly one month after she was kicked off the rapper's "Rebel Ragers Tour" for making "offensive remarks" on stage, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. M.I.A. — who's full name is Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam — claimed the "Rebel Rangers Tour" promoter, Live Nation, provided a $2.8 million guarantee with her and her company, Neet Touring LLP. The sum was to be paid "regardless of what she said on stage," according to the lawsuit. In May, the "Paper Planes" singer was booed by concertgoers during the Dallas stop of Cudi's tour, and proceeded to tell the audience she wasn't afraid of being canceled. KID CUDI 'HATED EVERY MINUTE' OF TESTIFYING IN DIDDY FEDERAL SEX TRAFFICKING TRIAL "I’ve been canceled for many things. I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican voter," the singer said at the Dos Equis Pavilion. At one point, M.I.A. also said on stage, "I can’t do 'Illygirl' [pronounced ‘illegal'], though some of you could be in the audience," before admitting, "I am illegal. Half of my team are not here because they didn't get the visa, OK?" The filing claimed she was "terminated to generate publicity for the Tour, which has struggled with ticket sales." NATALIE MAINES’ ANTI-TRUMP TIRADE, ZACH BRYAN’S FENCE-CLIMBING CLASH FUEL COUNTRY MUSIC’S BIGGEST FEUDS "She was contractually allowed to say whatever she wanted on stage," the lawsuit said. "M.I.A. now holds Kid Cudi accountable for his bad faith destruction of her contractual rights, business opportunities, and reputation." Representatives for Cudi and M.I.A. did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. "Kid Cudi’s attempts to silence freedom of artistic expression and speech on his 'Rebel Rager's Tour' cannot go unchallenged," M.I.A.'s team said in a statement to Variety. "Kid Cudi claimed shock over her comments he now labels as 'offensive' and his abrupt and unjustified termination of her performance agreement is a desperate attempt to sell tickets for his tour that was drastically underselling. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "As a result, his false allegations have fueled a misguided, hive-minded pile-on based on a deliberate misrepresentation of her words." The sum was to be paid "regardless of what she said on stage," according to the lawsuit. Cudi — who's full name is Scott Mescudi — allegedly "directed Live Nation to fire M.I.A.," where he then "portrayed himself as an aggrieved headliner forced to protect his fans" after insisting that she, "'understood' that she could not say anything 'offensive' on the tour." "Here is the truth. M.I.A. was terminated to generate publicity for the Tour, which has struggled with ticket sales," the lawsuit stated. "She was contractually allowed to say whatever she wanted on stage. M.I.A. now holds Kid Cudi accountable for his bad faith destruction of her contractual rights, business opportunities, and reputation." Two days after the Texas incident, Cudi told his fans he was disappointed by the British singer's actions, and she was no longer welcome on the tour. "TOUR UPDATE: M.I.A is no longer on this tour," he wrote online. "I told my management to send a notice to her team before we started tour that I didn’t want anything offensive at my shows, cuz I already knew what time it was, and I was assured things were understood. "After the last couple shows, I’ve been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants. This, to me, is very disappointing, and I wont have someone on my tour making offensive remarks that upsets my fanbase. Thank you for understanding. Rager." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Hours later, M.I.A. challenged Cudi on X, and wrote in all caps, "I WROTE ILLYGAL ON THE MAYA LP A SONG FROM 2010. I STARTED THIS INTRO TO THE SONG WITH THE STATEMENT SAYING I’M ILLYGAL, AND I SAID MY TEAM HASN’T GOTTEN VISAS YET. THEN PLAYED A SONG THAT HAD LYRICS SAYING "FU&% THE LAW", WHICH I STILL BELIEVE, IF THE LAW IS UNJUST F@%& IT. "DO NOT GASLIGHT MY WORDS. THAT IS THE WORK OF SATAN. I WROTE BORDERS AND ILLYGAL AND PAPER PLANES BEFORE YOU THOUGHT IMMIGRANT RIGHTS WERE COOL. I’VE HAD THSES BATTLES BY MYSELF WITHOUT THE HELP OF MILLIONS OF FANS BACKING ME . I DON’T NEED THIS VIRTUE SIGNAL ERA TO ALL OF A SUDDEN ERASE AN ENTIRE LIFE I’VE LED." She continued, "JESUS WAS AN IMMIGRANT AND A REBEL. I HAVE NO APPOLGY FOR THE JUDGEMENTAL THE WICKED AND THE IGNORENT, FOR THOSE ARE SPIRITS THAT WE MUST OVER COME IN OUR LIVES AND IN THIS WORLD. JESUS RETURNS TO LEAD THE WORLD JUSTLY BECAUSE THERE IS INJUSTICE IN THIS WORLD . IM PROUD OF THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR IT EVERYDAY. GOD BLESS YOU. 🙏🏽 GO LISTEN TO M.I.7." Cudi's "Rebel Ragers Tour" kicked off in April and includes 30 stops around the country with supporting acts Big Boi, A-Trak, me n ü, and Dot Da Genius. The "Pursuit of Happiness" singer donates $1 for every ticket sold on the tour to The Big Bro Foundation, which supports Black youth mental health pursuits. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f38dbee6011c3f4ea3c18 Andy Roddick calls out 'weird' request for Aryna Sabalenka to dance after French Open win over Naomi Osaka te 2026-06-02T20:11:07.191Z Andy Roddick calls out 'weird' request for Aryna Sabalenka to dance after French Open win over Naomi Osaka Aryna Sabalenka being asked to dance after defeating Naomi Osaka in the French Open has one former American tennis star perplexed. It was an awkward scene at Roland-Garros when Sabalenka, who beat Osaka in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3, was asked by broadcaster and ex-player Fabrice Santoro to dance with the crowd. He even asked for music to be played. Sabalenka obliged despite being hesitant at first, but it was a confusing situation for many in the tennis industry, including Andy Roddick. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Roddick, who took home a single Grand Slam title in his career at the 2003 U.S. Open, spoke about Santoro’s request on his "Served" podcast. "I like him, but saying, ‘Will you dance for us?’ is just such a weird thing to ask. I don’t like it," Roddick stated. "And then when she does it a little bit and it’s kind of over, to then ask her to moonwalk. …I don’t know. Maybe people loved it, and I might be in the minority." TENNIS STAR MOCKS JEERING CROWD WITH PROVOCATIVE DANCE AFTER AUSTRALIAN OPEN VICTORY The moonwalk ask came from Michael Jackson’s "Thriller" playing over the speakers at Court Philippe-Chatrier. Roddick said he understands "the personality side" of how post-match interviews are conducted, but he couldn’t get past this one. "Props to her for doing it, but I just thought it was weird. I think that’s such a strange thing to ask somebody to do in a professional setting." It’s worth noting that Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic, who was surprisingly upset in his last match at Roland-Garros, seemed to be having a competition with post-match celebration dances throughout the French Open. That ended, though, when Djokovic lost his third-round matchup with Spain’s Joao Fonseca, a 19-year-old phenom who came back from down 2-0 in the match to win in a thrilling fashion across five sets. But there have been moments in the past where viral reactions have been sought after during these post-match situations, some of which come across as uncomfortable or awkward. Roddick clearly found this one to be, and Sabalenka will have at least one more match moving forward as she searches for her first French Open victory. The 28-year-old current world No. 1 in women’s singles has four Grand Slam singles titles under her belt, including two wins at the U.S. Open in 2024 and 2025. She also took home the Australian Open crown in 2023 and 2024. Sabalenka will take on No. 25 Diana Shnaider in the quarterfinals on Wednesday at 6:10 a.m. ET. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f38b2ee6011c3f4ea3c06 Experts warn Colorado River faces ‘devastating consequences’ if another dry winter lands te 2026-06-02T20:10:26.713Z Experts warn Colorado River faces ‘devastating consequences’ if another dry winter lands Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f365bee6011c3f4ea3b92 Trump taps Bill Pulte as acting spy chief te 2026-06-02T20:00:27.905Z Trump taps Bill Pulte as acting spy chief Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f3208ee6011c3f4ea3b19 Having hobbled VOA, White House now wants fresh push to counter terrorist propaganda–the agency’s exact role te 2026-06-02T19:42:00.556Z Having hobbled VOA, White House now wants fresh push to counter terrorist propaganda–the agency’s exact role WASHINGTON – A new White House strategy paper calls for stepping up efforts to counter terror groups’ propaganda – a role played by Voice of America until President Donald Trump kneecapped the government-run news broadcaster last year. The 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy released May 6 calls for “effective counter-propaganda means to identify and neutralize the media platforms of terror groups and identify and locate plotters before they can kill Americans.” The strategy puts special focus on propaganda from al-Qaida, the group responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and from an Afghan offshoot of ISIS. Before Trump’s cuts, VOA reached more than 354 million people worldwide. In Pakistan and Afghanistan, it aired 222 hours of programming per week, in Pashto, Dari and Urdu. That’s now down to 5 hours, eliminating the Urdu service and a Pashto service that served the area along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. “Our absence has produced a big hole and a vacuum, and that vacuum can and probably is being filled by forces that may not necessarily be forces of the good,” said Ayesha Tanzeem, the director of VOA’s South and Central Asia division. Tanzeem has been on paid leave since March 2025, along with most other VOA journalists. Before that, she led a staff of roughly 300 people, broadcasting 308 hours of programming per week in a dozen languages, with correspondents in Afghanistan, Pakistan and eight other countries. Nearly all are on leave or have had their contracts terminated, she said. Tanzeem said most news outlets in Afghanistan are controlled by the Taliban. So, the propaganda cited by the White House strategy paper – in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere – goes largely unchallenged by U.S. broadcasts. VOA employees point to anti-American broadcasts from religious extremist groups. After the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, for instance, local news outlets provided coverage heavily slanted to a pro-Hamas point of view, Tanzeem recalled. “The very fact that we explained all of these things to people in their own language, I believe as a journalist, had an impact in people understanding that America was not out to get them, which was the impression that a lot of local media outlets were giving,” she said. Asked about the apparent contradiction between the new strategy and the drastic cuts at VOA and sibling U.S. government broadcasters, the White House pivoted to a defense of its overall record on counterterrorism. Spokeswoman Olivia Wales pointed to the killing of the mastermind behind a 2021 bombing in Afghanistan that killed over 180 people, and to a crackdown on “Jihadist sympathizers,” cartels and gangs. “The President has accomplished all of this while delivering on his mandate from the American people to make the federal government more efficient for hardworking American taxpayers,” Wales said by email. “Under President Trump’s leadership, terrorists of any kind will not be able to find safe harbor within our borders or attack Americans from abroad.” Kari Lake at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 16, 2024. After losing a U.S. Senate race that year in Arizona, President Donald Trump installed her to run the agency that oversees Voice of America, a post she used to implement sweeping cuts. (File photo by Hudson French/News21) VOA’S roots  The Franklin D. Roosevelt administration created VOA in 1942 to fight Nazi propaganda during World War II. By the time Trump began his second term in January 2025, the agency was broadcasting in 49 languages with over 1,200 staffers in the U.S. and abroad. Weeks after his return to office, Trump named Kari Lake to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media, of which VOA is part, and directed her to largely dismantle it. Over the next few months, Lake – a former Phoenix news anchor who lost races for Arizona governor in 2022 and senator in 2024 – tried to fire nearly all of the broadcaster’s staff. Courts blocked the firings. Lawsuits are ongoing. Nearly all USAGM employees remain locked out and on paid leave. As of August 2025, according to the #SaveVOA website, a skeleton staff of roughly 54 was broadcasting in three languages.  Today, VOA produces content in six languages: Dari, Pashto, Farsi, Mandarin, Korean and Kurdish. It is unclear how many employees are currently working at the organization. The White House announced May 11 that Trump has picked Lake to serve as ambassador to Jamaica, a post subject to Senate confirmation. Countering ISIS-K In Afghanistan, the propaganda arm of Islamic State Khorasan Province – ISKP, also known as ISIS-K – publishes a magazine called Voice of Khorasan in multiple languages to target Central Asian populations. The outreach by the ISKP propaganda arm, Al-Azaim Media Foundation, helps recruit members and raise funding, according to a 2025 inspector general report on the Operation Enduring Sentinel counterterrorism mission begun after the U.S. withdrawal in 2021. Throughout the region, al-Qaida uses propaganda to encourage terror attacks and emphasize the group’s doctrines, according to a September 2025 article from the Combating Terrorism Center in West Point, N.Y. Al-Qaida has increased its propaganda efforts since the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, the article says. Al-Qaida propaganda is disseminated via a decentralized network of official and unofficial outlets, according to the Combating Terrorism Center article. This system is resistant to efforts to moderate or take down digital content. That makes disruptions to U.S. global broadcasting all the more problematic, said Kate Neeper, the USAGM director of strategy and performance assessment, who is also on paid leave. “There’s just so many of this country’s adversaries that are really stepping into the void,” she said. Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division board a CH-47 Chinook for a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, East Paktika Province, Afghanistan, May 22, 2011. The operation’s goal was to destroy al-Qaeda and overthrow the Taliban regime. (U.S. Army file photo by Pfc. Brandon Rickert) No more ‘unrivaled soft power’ Patsy Widakuswara, the VOA’s White House bureau chief and a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit aiming to overturn the cuts Lake implemented, said the Sept. 11 attacks and U.S. invasion of Afghanistan led VOA to create programming that would counter violent extremism. “We believe that this kind of programming would reduce the tendencies amongst the population that we broadcast to to commit violent extremism,” she said. She pointed to the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy, released in November, which called for furthering U.S. interests via “soft power.” That’s something VOA has been doing since it was established, Widakuswara said. “We’re both an instrument of American soft power and also … an organization that supports and upholds independent journalism,” she said. “They’re not mutually exclusive.” A Biden-era report from the State Department in 2024 affirmed the key role USAGM plays in U.S. efforts to combat extremism overseas: “USAGM networks demonstrate American values to the world, core among them –freedom, transparency, accountability, and equality of opportunity. Societies that embrace these values are more likely to support U.S. interests because they tend to enjoy greater stability and prosperity, are less vulnerable to terrorism and extremism, and make better political allies and trade partners.” Council on Foreign Relations President Michael Froman has also chastised the Trump administration for effectively shuttering VOA. “Consider the stated need for the United States to have ‘unrivaled soft power,’” he wrote in December after the NSS was issued. “Yet, the administration has dramatically reduced foreign development assistance and shuttered the operations of the long-time broadcaster Voice of America without really standing up alternative means of exercising soft power.” According to a 2023 USAGM fact sheet on countering violent extremism, the broadcaster directly worked to fight misinformation and propaganda. Among the groups USAGM said it countered were al-Qaida, the Islamic State group and the Taliban. VOA’s charter requires the broadcaster to produce “accurate, objective, and comprehensive” news. That, Widakuswara said, allows it to build trust with audiences and support democracy around the world. Widakuswara acknowledged that it’s impossible to prove a correlation between VOA broadcasting and the prevention of radicalization. But she said, “We do know that people who enjoy good information, who have access to good information, who have good access to journalism, then they have a broader view of the world.” Amid the uproar over USAGM cuts, Lisa Curtis, director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, warned Congress that Lake’s efforts to defund Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, another broadcaster overseen by USAGM, would pave the way for expansion of terrorist movements. She urged lawmakers to continue funding for programming she said had made inroads both covering and preventing radicalization in Central Asia. “Without RFE/RL’s continued service, the U.S. government will lose valuable insight and reporting in areas where terrorist threats are emanating,” Curtis said in written testimony to a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee in May 2025. Neeper said the agency’s broadcasters offered accessible and objective coverage of issues affecting communities around the world. VOA’s work in Afghanistan was especially strong, she said. “We were trying to put more information into the marketplace and give people an alternative to those extremist-controlled platforms, which are incredibly pervasive in some parts of the world,” Neeper said. Impact of dismantling USAGM USAGM was created by Congress as an independent agency that oversees news and broadcasting networks serving countries with limited press freedom. By law, the networks under USAGM operate with editorial independence. That firewall didn’t stop Lake from effectively dismantling VOA and attempting to do the same to RFE/RL in March 2025. Around the world, VOA programming went dark after staff was placed on leave. Under Lake, USAGM tried to terminate its grant agreement with RFE/RL. Courts blocked that, and RFE/RL continues to provide coverage to South and Central Asia, with a reduced staff. Foes have exploited the vacuum, Neeper said, noting that extremist groups and states like Iran, Russia and China have taken over broadcasting frequencies and relationships with stations to push their propaganda. “Our adversaries fund these things very well,” she said. Other VOA employees also view the cuts as disconcerting. “If there is a game being played, but your team is absent from that game, there is no chance that you can win that game, not even the chance that you can draw,” Tanzeem said. “You at least have to be in the game.” The post Having hobbled VOA, White House now wants fresh push to counter terrorist propaganda–the agency’s exact role appeared first on Cronkite News. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f31efee6011c3f4ea3afe LOCAL ROUNDUP: Flagstaff swimmer and coach selected for 2026 USA Swimming Zone Select Camp te 2026-06-02T19:41:35.432Z LOCAL ROUNDUP: Flagstaff swimmer and coach selected for 2026 USA Swimming Zone Select Camp A local has been invited to attend USA Swimming’s Western Zone Select Camp. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f31daee6011c3f4ea3af5 London Zoo: What fossils can reveal about animal behavior te 2026-06-02T19:41:14.544Z London Zoo: What fossils can reveal about animal behavior This week's London Zoo column from Karen London. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f31bfee6011c3f4ea3ace Embrace of Wemby as face of the NBA proves resistance toward Jokic was always racial | Bobby Burack te 2026-06-02T19:40:47.836Z Embrace of Wemby as face of the NBA proves resistance toward Jokic was always racial | Bobby Burack Nikola Jokic has been the best basketball player in the world this decade. He has put forth one of the most statistically dominant stretches in the history of the sport. He is a three-time MVP and an NBA champion. Yet the NBA, its players and much of the media never fully embraced him as the sport's premier figure. For years, ESPN commentators told us Jokic could not be the face of the NBA because he is European. They said the same about Luka Doncic. Apparently, those concerns no longer apply to Victor Wembanyama, who was born and raised in a suburb in west Paris. DAKICH: SPORTS MEDIA HAS CREATED AN ‘INDUSTRY’ OUT OF COMPLAINING ABOUT WHITE ATHLETES LIKE CAITLIN CLARK Moments after the Spurs defeated the Thunder in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals, Kendrick Perkins declared on SportsCenter that Wembanyama is "the best thing that's happened to the NBA since LeBron James in 2003." In 2023, Perkins challenged MVP voters to prove they weren't favoring White or European players by voting for someone other than Jokic, even if he deserved the award. Voters responded by selecting Joel Embiid, a Black European. A year later, Perkins warned that "international players are taking over the game of basketball." Others voiced similar frustrations. Before Jokic won his championship, Draymond Green told Gilbert Arenas that "European players have not caught the same flak of not winning a championship as American players, and I don't understand it." Even after Jokic delivered a title, many remained reluctant to acknowledge him as the world's best player. Former ESPN broadcaster Mark Jones said he could never view Jokic that way. Arenas went further, openly calling on American-born players to "take out" and "remove" Europeans, like Jusuf Nurkic, from the game. "They are takin' the league from our people," Arenas added. At the time, I argued that these anti-European narratives were actually a coded resistance to accepting White players as equal to, or better than, their peers. To be clear, the excitement surrounding Wembanyama is understandable. At 7-foot-4 with guard skills and a jump shot, he looks unlike any player who has come before him. Like Shaquille O'Neal and LeBron James, he possesses a combination of physical traits that immediately captures attention. He may have the highest ceiling of any prospect in NBA history. Put simply, Wembanyama would probably be a bigger star than Jokic even if they were the same color. At the same time, Jokic would almost certainly be a bigger star if he were not White. The anti-European backlash toward Jokic also coincided with the blatant racism Caitlin Clark faced in and around women's basketball. The timing wasn't accidental. A day after Jokic led Denver to a championship, ESPN published an article describing him as the latest "Great White Hope," despite offering no evidence that anyone viewed him through that lens. Even Barstool podcaster Ryen Russillo acknowledged last month that there was an effort to knock Jokic from his position atop the sport "in part because he's white." Jason Whitlock discussed the subject this week on Fearless. During the segment, former ESPN reporter Steve Kim argued that the same dynamic exists in boxing. "I'd be stunned if these guys don't have a bit of color or racial bias," Kim said of the different treatment afforded to Wembanyama and Jokic. "I see this a lot in boxing. If it's a European fighter, a white European, I see a lot of boxing fans try to tear them down. But if it's a black European, let's say from Africa, it's different. It's still not American, but they're more accepted as elite fighters." Kim's observation helps explain why Wembanyama's rise feels different. NBA culture may never embrace Wembanyama the way it did American-born Black superstars if he avoids the league's preferred cultural circles, be it Hollywood, hip hop, partisan politics or social activism. Still, there is little reason to believe it will resist acknowledging his greatness the way it did Jokic's. The discourse around Jokic carried an unmistakable hostility. There is a territorial element to many of these discussions. Notice the claims from Black players that basketball is "our league." But the players are more symptoms than causes. For years, major institutions in American culture have promoted the idea that racial identity is central to social and political life. That environment naturally encourages people to view achievement, status, and influence through a racial lens. Particularly, the Democratic Party has worked to convince Black Americans that White people should be viewed as their adversaries. THE WNBA WON'T GROW THIS SEASON IF MEAN GIRLS AND RACE BULLIES REFUSE TO ACCEPT CAITLIN CLARK Activist and social media personality Dr. Umar Johnson articulated this perspective during a discussion about Eminem in 2023. Johnson took particular offense to claims that Eminem could be considered the greatest rapper ever. "No non-African can ever be the best of anything African," Johnson said. "It's an insult to the ancestors. It's an insult to the race and it's an insult to every black person." He continued: "Eminem has all the privileges of a white male and all the privileges of being in the hip hop community, so we got to be careful about letting non-Africans into our community." That mindset appears remarkably similar to how some Black players, commentators and media members discuss White basketball players. This isn't new. Larry Bird encountered the same phenomenon in the 1980s. "Larry Bird is a very, very good basketball player," Dennis Rodman famously said. "But if he was black, he'd be just another guy." Of course, Bird is one of the ten greatest players in NBA history. Jokic is already building a résumé that places him among the 20 greatest players ever. Both were better than the overwhelming majority of the Black players they competed against. Yet cultural stereotypes continue to portray White athletes as less athletic, less gifted and less deserving of elite status. Wisconsin-Green Bay basketball coach Doug Gottlieb made a similar observation in 2024. "Most black [people] and a lot of white guys think white guys can't hoop and need special treatment in order to be viewed on the same level." He has a point. Many people have been taught that White athletes benefit from hidden advantages while lacking the physical gifts of their Black counterparts. These beliefs naturally create animosity toward white players. How could they not? Of course, it's all a lie. The most famous American athletes of the past 40 years are Black, including Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Steph Curry, Serena Williams and Patrick Mahomes. The only visible form of racism in sports is toward white athletes. The examples are striking. The resistance to Jokic was never really about nationality. The issue was always about Jokic emerging as the world's best player during a period when open hostility toward White people had become increasingly acceptable in influential corners of media, politics and culture. In some cases, like in sports media, anti-White bigotry was often rewarded. And let's dispense with the notion that NBA culture was ever protective of American identity. The league's most prominent players spent years criticizing the United States while remaining largely silent about the conduct of the NBA's business partners in China. So yes, the NBA is likely to embrace Wembanyama in ways it never did Jokic. The league and its media ecosystem were never comfortable with a White player, whether European or American, occupying the throne as basketball's unquestioned king. Not in this era. If anything, many of the same voices will enthusiastically elevate Wembanyama because he is the first truly acceptable challenger to snatch the title of best player in the world from the big White Serbian. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2f7eee6011c3f4ea3a66 College softball star eats ladybugs for good luck, and it actually seems to be working te 2026-06-02T19:31:10.081Z College softball star eats ladybugs for good luck, and it actually seems to be working Athletes being superstitious is far from a new thing. I'm sure there were athletes during the ancient Olympics who were making sure they put their left sandal on first or had to eat the same number of olives before every event. But Texas Longhorns softball star Hannah Wells has a superstition I have never heard of. I'm familiar with the idea of ladybugs being lucky. I'm not familiar with the idea of them needing to be consumed to get that luck. ESPNW shared a promo for a Longhorns softball game as the team worked its way to a run at a national championship, and the clip focused on freshman pitcher Hannah Wells and her habit of downing any ladybug she finds for good luck, something that dates back to her childhood. WOMEN'S LACROSSE STAR CHARLOTTE NORTH REVEALS SUPERSTITIONS THAT AIDED HISTORIC COLLEGE CAREER Which is good. If it was a new thing, that would be weird. Alright. Go ahead and eat whatever insects you want if you're going to immediately hit a dinger afterward. I've never heard of this, and what if there's actually some serious mojo that comes with eating a ladybug? Imagine seeing a ladybug, checking over your shoulder to see if anyone is watching, eating it, then going and buying a scratcher. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The best that can happen is it works, and the worst that can happen is you're out a couple of bucks and get a little extra protein. And hey, don't sleep on eating bugs. I ordered a shot of mezcal at a Mexican joint once, and it came out with a cricket (I think it was intentional). I ate it, and it wasn't half bad. It was no ladybug, but I still kind of felt like if I had to take an at-bat in a company or church league softball game, I'd be kind of dangerous. The Longhorns defeated Tennessee on Monday to move on to the Women's College World Series, where they will take on Texas Tech. The series gets underway on Sunday, and Texas Tech better start praying there aren't any ladybugs in the dugout. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2f55ee6011c3f4ea3a54 When ICE ramped up enforcement, U.S.‑born workers didn’t see any economic gains te 2026-06-02T19:30:29.265Z When ICE ramped up enforcement, U.S.‑born workers didn’t see any economic gains Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2d9fee6011c3f4ea39ea Golfer smashes car's windshield with tee shot, gets confronted by car on course, then aces very next hole te 2026-06-02T19:23:11.594Z Golfer smashes car's windshield with tee shot, gets confronted by car on course, then aces very next hole Golf is inexplicably random at every level, which is one of the key components of what makes it such a perfect game. A player truly never knows what exactly is going to come after making contact with a golf ball with a swing, and this story out of a qualifier in Ohio may be the greatest example of that we've ever seen. The story was first reported by Ryan French at MondayQ, who does the Lord's work covering amateur golf, Monday qualifiers, cheating accusations, and essentially the side of golf absent from the spotlight. At the center of it all is amateur golfer Mark Knecht, who hit an errant tee shot during his U.S. Senior Open qualifying round at Miami Valley Country Club in Dayton. It wasn't your typical bad tee shot, however, at least not when it came to the events that immediately followed. BRYSON DECHAMBEAU THINKS THE ORIGINAL MOON LANDING VIDEO IS FAKE: 'I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FOOTAGE' While playing the par-4 12th hole, Knecht hit a tee shot way offline, but didn't exactly know where his golf ball ended up. He hit a provisional off the tee just in case his first tee shot couldn't be found or left the property. According to French, Knecht and his playing partners searched for the first tee shot for the allotted three minutes but were unsuccessful in finding it. From there, he played his provisional onto the green, but seconds later, he quickly figured out exactly where his original tee shot ended up. The red pickup truck with a cracked windshield that was driving down the middle of the fairway searching for the player responsible for the damage gave it away. Greg Davies, a player in Knecht's group, explained that the driver stopped the truck "10 to 15 yards" short of the players in the fairway. His playing partners, caddies and the many rules officials on the scene never gave up Knecht's identity during the confrontation, which eventually ended when the driver took his truck back up the fairway and up to the clubhouse to seek payment for the damage. While already remarkable given what had unfolded, the story was far from finished. After looking up to see a truck driving at him in the middle of a fairway on a golf course, getting into a heated back-and-forth, and then carding a triple bogey on the hole, Knecht and his playing partners still had six holes left to play. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! It turns out that they only needed one hole to make the memorable round one that they'll never, ever forget. As the last player to hit on the 143-yard par-3 13th hole, Knecht hit a shot that never left the flagstick, and took one hop and in, according to Davies. A lost tee shot, a fear for your life with a pickup truck driving directly at you, a triple bogey and a hole-in-one in the span of just two holes. Absolute insanity. Knecht ultimately shot a five-over 76, and signed a scorecard containing a rare 1 and 7 combo. He didn't manage to qualify for the U.S. Senior Open, but he certainly earned himself a story he'll be able to tell anyone who will listen for the rest of his life. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2d8bee6011c3f4ea39e1 Trump reveals new WHCA Dinner venue after shooting chaos derailed gala te 2026-06-02T19:22:51.592Z Trump reveals new WHCA Dinner venue after shooting chaos derailed gala President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD) will take place at the Waldorf Astoria in July, nearly three months after gunfire abruptly ended this year’s banquet at the Washington Hilton. "In a sign of Strength and Fortitude, it was just announced that The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which violently ended rather abruptly on April 25th, will be rescheduled to July 24th. This announcement is a very good thing in that we cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling," wrote Trump on Truth Social. "It will be a 'HOT' ticket! Interestingly, the location will be The Waldorf Astoria, on Pennsylvania Avenue, a Building and Ballroom that I built," Trump continued.  The annual dinner has historically been held at the Washington Hilton. Chaos, however, broke out at this year’s banquet when an armed suspect stormed the event in what authorities say was an attempt to assassinate the president. The incident prompted Secret Service agents to rush the president and first lady from the room as guests scrambled for cover, abruptly ending the dinner. TRUMP RUSHED AWAY FROM WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER AS SHOTS FIRED "I was asked to be there, and speak, by Weijia Jiang, President of The White House Correspondents’ Association, and have accepted. I don’t know whether or not I will give the same rather nasty statements, at least as it concerns certain people, but we will soon find out," Trump continued.  The Waldorf Astoria occupies the Old Post Office building, where the Trump Organization previously operated Trump International Hotel Washington D.C. The Trump Organization sold the hotel’s lease rights in 2022.  LEAVITT BLAMES 'LEFT-WING CULT OF HATRED' AFTER WHCA DINNER SHOOTING Jiang announced the rescheduled date was decided by the White House Correspondents’ Association board in an email to association members, sharing the rescheduled event will be a more "intimate gathering." "The event will feature significantly enhanced safety measures and new access procedures," Jiang stated. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who has been on maternity leave, said on X that she will attend the event, writing, "Looking forward to a great night." MELANIA TRUMP ADVISOR REVEALS WHAT FIRST LADY WAS THINKING AS SECRET SERVICE RUSHED WHCA DINNER "This dinner will not only be an opportunity to carry out our program. It will be a statement that violence has no place in American life and a free press will not be intimidated into silence. As you have all demonstrated, courage and community can and should rise above," Jiang said. In May, suspect Cole Allen pleaded not guilty to attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, transporting a firearm across state lines and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon. Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for additional comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2d77ee6011c3f4ea39d8 EXCLUSIVE: DHS announces New Jersey illegal immigrant arrests as Newark protests rage outside facility te 2026-06-02T19:22:31.674Z EXCLUSIVE: DHS announces New Jersey illegal immigrant arrests as Newark protests rage outside facility FOX FIRST: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the arrests of numerous illegal immigrants in New Jersey last week, including those previously convicted of manslaughter, sex crimes and weapons charges. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests come amid violent protests outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey, over illegal migrants' living conditions in the facility. "While sanctuary politicians and leftist agitators spread false smears about the Delaney Hall ICE facility, the brave men and women of ICE are still hard at work removing criminal illegal aliens from New Jersey," DHS acting assistant secretary Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital. "In New Jersey, they have removed dangerous criminal illegal aliens with criminal histories that include voluntary manslaughter, sex assault, burglary, fraud, terroristic threats and aggravated assault." "These sanctuary politicians need to stop peddling false smears about ICE detention facilities and start thanking ICE law enforcement officers for getting these thugs off New Jersey streets," Bis continued. "We will not let violent rioters slow us down from making America safe again."   Some of the "worst of the worst" arrested in New Jersey last week, according to DHS, include:  Marcos Delacruz, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was arrested by ICE on Friday. His criminal history includes convictions for sex assault and fraud, as well as an arrest for assault.  Success Bounte, an illegal immigrant from Ghana, was arrested by ICE on Thursday. His criminal history includes convictions for robbery, burglary, identity theft and fraud — illegal use of credit cards. ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS CLASH WITH AGENTS OUTSIDE NEW JERSEY DETENTION CENTER AS GOV. SHERRILL DENIED ENTRY Jose Manuel Rivera-Mes, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was arrested by ICE on Thursday. His criminal history includes a conviction for voluntary manslaughter and arrests for weapon offense and possession of weapon.   Ismael Antonio Moreno-Javier, an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, was arrested by ICE on Thursday. He has previously been arrested for charges including terroristic threats, assault, child neglect and fraud.  Carlos Javier Llano-Batista, an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, was arrested by ICE on Thursday. He has previously been arrested for charges including fraud, larceny, burglary and robbery. ICE SCOOPS UP ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WITH MURDER, ROBBERY CONVICTIONS IN WEEKEND CRACKDOWN Esteban Pastor Montes Navarro, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was arrested by ICE on May 25.  His criminal history includes convictions for simple assault and possession of weapon.  Cesar Augusto Diaz Poveda, an illegal immigrant from Ecuador, was arrested by ICE on Wednesday. He has previously been arrested for charges including assault and obstructing police.  DHS ARRESTS 5 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CONVICTED OF VIOLENT CRIMES INCLUDING MANSLAUGHTER, CHILD ASSAULT Pabline Patricia Da Silva, an illegal immigrant from Brazil, was arrested by ICE on Saturday.  She has previously been arrested for charges including for burglary, larceny and damage property.  David Benitez, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, was arrested by ICE on May 26. His criminal history includes convictions for simple assault, obstructing police and public order crimes, as well as arrests for simple assault, possession of weapon and contempt of court.  Jacinta Contreras Reyes, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was arrested by ICE on Friday. She has previously been arrested for charges including domestic violence, strongarm aggravated assault, possession of weapon, carrying prohibited weapon and property damage. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2d63ee6011c3f4ea39cf Street takeover arrests surge across US as summer kicks off with social media-driven crime trend te 2026-06-02T19:22:11.746Z Street takeover arrests surge across US as summer kicks off with social media-driven crime trend Agencies across the country have been busy making arrests responding to street "takeovers" as the U.S. enters the summer months. Police departments in Charlotte, North Carolina; Clearwater, Florida; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Naperville, Illinois, have all made arrests in the last two days, all because of this growing social-media-driven crime trend. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department arrested 28-year-old Jefferies Hernandez-Moreno, who is the accused mastermind of a takeover involving "100 motorcycles" that swarmed a South Charlotte intersection, local news outlet WSOC reported. FOX 13 Tampa Bay reported a gunman accused of firing shots and injuring a 17-year-old victim in Clearwater, Florida, remains at large following a Sunday takeover event on Clearwater Beach. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS In Cincinnati, young people took over Paycor Stadium, home of the Cincinatti Bengals, which resulted in six arrests, according to WLWT. The group was seen racing and doing burnouts among other offenses. Naperville Police made three arrests and issued 20 citations after "about 100 teens" gathered near The Naperville Riverwalk, a popular park in the affluent Chicago-area suburb, NCTV17 reported. A few days before that planned unauthorized gathering, NPD put out a post on social media saying in part, "We welcome those who wish to gather lawfully and respectfully enjoy our community. However, anyone who chooses to engage in criminal activity, disorderly conduct, or acts that threaten public safety will be met with zero tolerance and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2d3bee6011c3f4ea39c4 California remade its congressional map to favor Democrats. Here’s what changed. te 2026-06-02T19:21:31.756Z California remade its congressional map to favor Democrats. Here’s what changed. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2d24ee6011c3f4ea39b5 Arizona sues MultiPlan, major insurers, alleging a ‘cartel’ that underpaid doctors & hospitals te 2026-06-02T19:21:08.784Z Arizona sues MultiPlan, major insurers, alleging a ‘cartel’ that underpaid doctors & hospitals Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2d10ee6011c3f4ea39ab Border Patrol gets new chief following leadership shakeup te 2026-06-02T19:20:48.792Z Border Patrol gets new chief following leadership shakeup Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2cf7ee6011c3f4ea398e Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months te 2026-06-02T19:20:23.912Z Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in four months Uber's cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2af4ee6011c3f4ea3954 Georgia groom killed, bride injured on wedding night when helicopter crashes in woods te 2026-06-02T19:11:48.704Z Georgia groom killed, bride injured on wedding night when helicopter crashes in woods A Georgia groom and a helicopter pilot were reportedly killed Friday night in a harrowing wedding night sendoff crash that left the surviving widow trapped for six hours later with her dead husband on top of her. Newlywed wife Jesni Fiji, knocked out from the tragic crash and reportedly surviving with no broken bones and just cuts and bruises, awoke Saturday morning in shock and horror over what surrounded her, including her new husband Dave Fiji's body, the groom's father told Atlanta News First (ANF). "She was crying on the phone: What happened? What happened?" George Fiji told ANF, recounting the tragedy with Jesni recovering in a metro Atlanta hospital. "I didn't know what she was talking about." The fateful Robinson R66 helicopter sendoff for the young first officer for Endeavor Air and his wife crashed in a wooded area in northern Georgia on Friday night. They were bound for DeKalb-Peachtree Airport to take the newlyweds to an Atlanta-area hotel after their wedding celebration. PILOT DIES ALONGSIDE 3 NIECES ON WEDDING DAY IN TRAGIC ARIZONA HELICOPTER CRASH "She said when she woke up she saw my son Dave resting on her bosom," George Fiji said. "She saw blood on him, and by then his body was completely cold. She’s a nurse, so she knew he was gone. "She’s devastated, but she’s recovering," he added. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash and has not determined what caused the helicopter to go down near The Revere, a Dawsonville, Georgia, wedding venue hosting about 400 guests, according to the report. FATAL NYC HELICOPTER CRASH PROMPTS GOP LAWMAKER TO CALL FOR ENDING POPULAR TOURIST FLIGHTS "It took them awhile to locate the helicopter itself," George Fiji said. The aircraft went down on a 10,000-acre tract owned by the City of Atlanta and managed by the state as a wildlife management area. The weather reportedly was tricky with rain, but the helicopter pilot told the newlyweds they would fly at a higher altitude, according to the father. PLANE WAS FLYING TOO LOW DURING DESCENT IN CRASH THAT KILLED ROCK MUSICIAN AND MUSIC EXEC, NTSB FINDS "Since my son was a pilot, he told the pilot that there is zero visibility and when there is zero visibility like this, we never fly," George Fiji said, recalling the exchange through his now widowed daughter-in-law. Dave Fiji had wanted to fly since he was 10 and became a first officer for Delta Air Lines' Endeavor Air, planning a dramatic wedding sendoff that turned tragic. "My son was so happy," George Fiji said. Endeavor Air issued its condolences for Fiji, who started with Endeavor in March 2025 and was based in Atlanta. GAUDREAU BROTHERS' WIDOWS SPEAK OUT IN EMOTIONAL INTERVIEW NEARLY ONE YEAR AFTER TRAGIC DEATHS "It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Endeavor First Officer Dave Fiji," it wrote in a statement to its employees. "Dave tragically lost his life in a helicopter accident on Friday, May 29, shortly after celebrating his wedding. "The loss of a colleague and friend is deeply felt, and we know this news may be especially difficult for those who knew and worked alongside him." Dave and Jesni met through church connections between South Carolina and Georgia, according to the grief-stricken father who described them as "friends who decided to become life partners." "I was just standing there watching my son and admiring him," he said of the wedding. "He looked so handsome." As the family mourns, George Fiji told ANF their Christian faith has helped them face a wedding night that turned from celebration to catastrophe within hours. "Without God there would be many questions — why?" he said. "God granted us a perfect wedding, and within a few hours everything changed into tragedy. The only place we can find answers and peace is in God." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2ae0ee6011c3f4ea394b NBA Finals betting guide: Why Jalen Brunson at +140 is the best points leader value in the series te 2026-06-02T19:11:28.636Z NBA Finals betting guide: Why Jalen Brunson at +140 is the best points leader value in the series Now that the NBA Finals are set, and they start tomorrow, we should start looking at some of the future props that are available for the series. You can bet on virtually anything at any given time, but these individual playoff series props are some of the ones I think can be the most enjoyable if you don't necessarily want to do them game-to-game. I think one of the best bets might be Jalen Brunson to be the points leader at +140. Victor Wembanyama of the Spurs is the current favorite, but I really think it is overpriced at -185. Brunson is averaging 26.9 points per game this postseason, compared to Wemby, who is averaging just 23.2. In fairness, the matchups Brunson has had were easier, and this should be a harder series for him. I think the book isn't accounting for the Knicks selling out to stop Wemby whenever they can. Wembanyama has averaged 30.4 points per game against the Knicks in his career, with two 40-point games, so I do see some justification. Since joining the Knicks, Brunson has averaged 32.8 points per game, but that is also inflated because he had a 61-point game against them. Nonetheless, I'll back Brunson to be the leading scorer in the series. If you watched Game 7, you've probably already bet on Julian Champagnie from the Spurs to win this. He was lethal in Game 7, and probably the reason that the Spurs won the game. He is averaging 2.6 threes in the postseason. OG Anunoby and Jalen Brunson are both averaging about 2.3 threes per game. Devin Vassell, of the Spurs, is at 2.3 himself. I probably would prefer Vassell over Champagnie, but I can't give you a great reason other than he plays more minutes usually, and does seem to be more involved in the offense. However, Champagnie's role is to catch and shoot. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! A dark-horse long shot that I like is Karl-Anthony Towns. In the playoffs, Towns is averaging just 3.2 attempts, but is shooting at 48.9%. Towns isn't going to go to the basket. He is a soft center. He prefers to shoot, and keeping Wembanyama out closer to the arc means the rest of the Knicks have an easier time at the basket. I think Towns should station himself out there and knock it down if Wemby sinks. I like Towns at +3000. This one is a bit shocking to me, but Wembanyama is -145. I think that is a great value for this series. He is averaging just 10.8 rebounds per game in the postseason, about the same as Towns. However, he isn't dealing with as physical a group of guys as he has in the past few series. If he gets anything fewer than 10 rebounds a game, it is a problem. He has played five games against the Knicks and is averaging 14.6 rebounds against them, with only one game of nine rebounds. Everything else has been 13 or more. Josh Hart is the one Knicks player that I might consider betting on for the rebound leader. He flies in regularly to scoop up boards. I also think Towns will be boxing out Wemby, so Hart could get extra rebounds that way. I don't particularly love these markets. However, there are three listed on DraftKings, and two of them involve De'Aaron Fox. Fox is a bit of a forgotten soldier on the Spurs because everyone else around him is so good. He can still rack up points, but that's not really his role in this offense. He has played against the Knicks twice on the Spurs and scored 26 in the first game, and just seven in the second. He is averaging 16 points compared to Mikal Bridges' 15 points. Both numbers are rounded. Bridges is a better value at +140 in my opinion. OG Anunoby looks like the second-best scorer on the Knicks, and he is listed at -140 against Fox is an even safer bet in my opinion. Bridges is a bit hit or miss, but Anunoby can attack the basket, shoot threes, get to the free throw line, so he is beating you from different levels. I think this is a solid bet. Best of luck however you choose to follow these, but my number one bet is definitely the Wembanyama -145 rebound leader bet. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2accee6011c3f4ea3942 Seattle seniors beg city for help as ‘absolute anarchy’ erupts outside LGBTQ housing complex te 2026-06-02T19:11:08.632Z Seattle seniors beg city for help as ‘absolute anarchy’ erupts outside LGBTQ housing complex Frustrated Seattle residents say their once-vibrant neighborhood has become a nightly nightmare of roaring engines, fears of gunfire and massive street takeovers, warning that the chaos has reached a breaking point as city leaders struggle to contain the growing problem. "It was a wonderful community," Rick Grossman — a resident of Pride Place apartments, an LGBTQ+ housing community for seniors located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle situated in the Pike/Pine Corridor — told KOMO News in an article published Monday. "We’ve got disenfranchised people over here, many of them have been victimized all their lives and they came here for safety." But Grossman said residents feel anything but safe.  'NOBODY'S IN CONTROL' AS CHAOTIC STREET TAKEOVERS TERRORIZE CITIES ACROSS US: CRIME EXPERT "We’re just asking for the city to enforce laws," Grossman said. "People are advertising on social media 'come on down here because it’s open for anything' — that’s what’s happening. You have absolute anarchy down here." KOMO News reported that Grossman said the area becomes chaotic when bars and nightclubs close in the early morning hours, pushing the crowds into the streets and creating "takeovers" in the city.  "It's craziness. We've got people down here doing street takeovers," Grossman said. "There was a party bus out here last night blasting music. My floor vibrates, my windows vibrate, and it impacts my heart." Grossman wrote a letter to the office of Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson outlining his concerns about the situation at Pride Place, which KOMO News quoted. MYSTERIOUS NOISE PLAGUES 3 NEIGHBORING TOWNS, LEAVING RESIDENTS EXHAUSTED AND SHAKEN "These conditions are intolerable — our dignity and health are being destroyed," Grossman wrote. "This noise is not incidental — it is the result of purposeful amplified street activity, including unlicensed vendors, vehicles with modified exhaust systems, bullhorns, stadium speakers and large crowds drawn by social media promotion." He added, "This past Saturday night, for example, we had a four-piece band with drums and an amplifier, an unlicensed food vendor blasting music through big speakers, and a homophobic preacher using a bullhorn and speakers at the same intersection — just yards from our homes. Calls to 911 received no response." KOMO News reported that people in the neighborhood have taken photos which show powered speaker setups with subwoofers in the trunks of cars, and that cars with excessively loud exhausts tear down the street all night. LA-AREA STREET TAKEOVER SHOOTING CAUGHT ON CAMERA; LOCALS SCARED, VOW TO MOVE Diana, who requested that KOMO News not share her last name for fear of retaliation, told the outlet that ear plugs don’t even help.  "It’s so loud, even with a noise machine and ear plugs," Diana said.  She added, "I was woken up by, inside my bathroom with the doors shut, through triple pane windows, by extremely loud music by a party bus across the street. Two o'clock in the morning, why are they allowed to do that?" Diana also said she had woken up to hear gunshots from outside. According to KOMO News, the Seattle Police Department is sending out officers to patrol the area as bars and nightclubs let out, and the Capitol Hill Seattle blog reported that police are increasing foot patrols as well as increasing meetings with staff at bars and restaurants.  Fox News Digital reached out to Wilson and the Seattle Police Department for comment but did not immediately receive a response. An FBI crime report for 2024 released in August found that Seattle was ranked fourth-worst out of the 30 largest American cities for total crime.   In August, The Washington State Standard reported that the total number of individuals counted as homeless is a 4.4% increase from 2024 and a 25% increase overall from 2022. Additionally, the year-over-year increase was approximately consistent with the 4.07% rise from 2023 to 2024, but below the 14.8% jump between 2022 and 2023. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2aa1ee6011c3f4ea391c New Microsoft tool lets devs spin up AI behavior tests using text descriptions te 2026-06-02T19:10:25.115Z New Microsoft tool lets devs spin up AI behavior tests using text descriptions Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off Adaptive Spec-driven Scoring for Evaluation and Regression Testing, an open-source framework for spinning up AI evaluations. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2877ee6011c3f4ea38c4 AJ Brown says he and Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts grew apart before trade to Patriots te 2026-06-02T19:01:11.104Z AJ Brown says he and Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts grew apart before trade to Patriots The Philadelphia Eagles traded wide receiver A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots on Monday, and the wide receiver said his relationship with star quarterback Jalen Hurts grew distant. Brown, 28, said that while there’s no bad blood with his now-former quarterback, the two grew apart. "Not as close as we once were," Brown said during an appearance on "7PM in Brooklyn." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "I believe that’s fine. It’s like, there’s no bad blood. There’s actually still a lot of love, I love him to death. I want him to succeed and accomplish all the things that he wants to accomplish." The three-time Pro Bowler said that nothing happened and both parties accepted that they were drifting apart. Hurts recently made news for not attending Brown's wedding in May. "Nothing happened. People just grow apart. Nothing happened between me and him, or our families, our wives, anything. Nothing like that ever happened," Brown said. "But life happens and you just look up sometimes and you find yourself drifting away. And that’s fine. And I think both parties accepted that." The former Ole Miss star said he was confused as to why their friendship became such a talking point among the public. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! "I didn’t truly understand why our friendship became the center of everybody’s attention when it came to football because looking back on it we haven’t been as close as we were for a couple of years now, that didn’t stop anything," Brown said. "We still competed, we still pushed each other, we still led the team. It’s kind of strange, people just got so fixated on our relationship." Hurts and Brown helped lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl victory two seasons ago. In four seasons in Philadelphia, Brown caught 339 passes for 5,034 yards and 32 touchdowns. Despite the success, the Eagles moved on from Brown on Monday after it became more advantageous to trade him on June 1 due to salary cap implications. The Eagles went from possibly carrying a $43.4 million dead-money charge for the trade to shrinking that to $16.3 million based on NFL June 1 salary cap rules. The team acquired a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round selection from the Patriots for Brown. Now in New England, Brown has nothing but love for Hurts. "Nothing but love for him, I want him to do well and accomplish everything his heart desires." Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f284fee6011c3f4ea38b9 Kilauea Spews More Lava, Reaching a Volcanic Milestone te 2026-06-02T19:00:31.112Z Kilauea Spews More Lava, Reaching a Volcanic Milestone On Monday, the volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island had a 48th episode of “lava fountaining” in an eruption that began in 2024. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f263bee6011c3f4ea3885 Waymo's new, bigger cars meant to be like a 'living room on wheels' te 2026-06-02T18:51:39.104Z Waymo's new, bigger cars meant to be like a 'living room on wheels' The Ojai model being debuted by Waymo is notably larger than the white autonomous cars that have been driving around Phoenix for years. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f261fee6011c3f4ea386e Migrants detained at ICE facilities launch hunger strikes to protest conditions te 2026-06-02T18:51:11.592Z Migrants detained at ICE facilities launch hunger strikes to protest conditions ICE agents link arms outside Delaney Hall in Newark, N.J., on May 28, 2026. An ongoing hunger and labor strike at the 1,000-bed migrant detention facility reportedly involves roughly 300 people and has sparked daily protests outside. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor) In at least four states, migrants detained in ICE facilities have launched hunger strikes in recent weeks to protest the conditions in which they are being held. An ongoing hunger and labor strike at the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall facility in Newark, New Jersey, reportedly involves roughly 300 people and has sparked daily protests outside the jail, which is owned and operated by the GEO Group, a private security company that provides security, maintenance, food and medical care under a 15-year contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Earlier this month, it was reported that at least 20 detainees at the 750-bed Desert View Annex in Adelanto, California, had launched a hunger strike to call attention to what they allege are substandard conditions at that facility, including a lack of medical care, unsafe drinking water, and mold. And last month, hunger strikes reportedly erupted at the 1,800-bed North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan, and at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, which has a capacity of nearly 1,900. North Lake is the largest facility in the Midwest, and Moshannon Valley is the largest in the Northeast. The GEO Group operates all of the facilities where the hunger strikes have taken place. Families of migrants detained at Delaney Hall say their relatives  are being tear gassed and beaten by guards. Outside the facility, ICE agents have countered protesters with pepper spray, the New Jersey Monitor reported. In a statement on Thursday, New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherill said the New Jersey Department of Health tried to conduct a health inspection of Delaney Hall, but was denied access to all but a limited portion of the facility. Sherill said Delaney Hall should be shut down. “Refusing to provide full access raises serious questions about what ICE is trying to hide from public view,” she said in the statement. “I am calling for ICE to immediately de-escalate the situation as I continue working to keep New Jersey residents safe.” ICE issued a statement dismissing the accusations of substandard conditions at the facilities as a “hoax.” “All detainees are provided with 3 meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap, and toiletries. Illegal aliens also have access to phones to communicate with their family members and lawyers,” the statement says. “Certified dietitians evaluate meals. In fact, ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens.” In a statement, the GEO Group asserted that its support services “are monitored by ICE, including by on-site agency personnel, and other organizations within the Department of Homeland Security to ensure compliance with ICE’s detention standards and contract requirements regarding the treatment and services ICE detainees receive.” For the last few days, Gabriela Fuentes, 35, has protested outside Delaney Hall.  She said her husband, who came to the U.S. from Guatemala on a work visa, told her recently that the guards had beaten and tear gassed him and other detainees. “We’re all human, we’re all people, just because we’re Hispanic does not mean that we need to be treated like this,” Fuentes said. Haddy Gassama, senior counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, described the hunger strikes as “the natural consequence of a detention system that’s really falling apart at its seams.” “Hunger strikes are a tool that people use when they are most desperate, where they feel that they have no other options,” Gassama said. “It’s really the natural consequence of what happens when you supersize a detention system that’s already rife with abuse so fast, with so much money, with so little accountability.” Jasmine Rivera, executive director of the immigrant rights group Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition, said it’s hard to get a handle on the scope of the hunger strikes in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. “Upon the hunger strike, the detention center stopped communication lines to that particular unit, so it’s hard for us and for family members to stay up-to-date on what was happening,” Rivera said. In Michigan, Ruby Robinson, an attorney at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, called for more state oversight of ICE detention facilities. “It’s our understanding that they do not really have the means to adequately provide the oversight that’s needed, and outside of that, we don’t really see any other oversight, besides visits from members of Congress,” Robinson said. “Because many immigrants are being detained in county jails, not just private detention facilities, there’s an opportunity to ensure that state law is followed. And if state law is insufficient, then it needs to be updated to basically reflect reality.” This story was updated to include a statement from the GEO Group. Stateline reporter Shalina Chatlani can be reached at schatlani@stateline.org. This story was originally produced by Stateline, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Arizona Mirror, and is supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f25f0ee6011c3f4ea382e Tohono O'odham students showcase art in South Tucson te 2026-06-02T18:50:24.628Z Tohono O'odham students showcase art in South Tucson Students from Tohono O'odham Community College are showing their graduating work at a South Tucson gallery for the second year in a row, with pieces ranging from beadwork and self-portraits to skeleton paintings and pop culture tributes. "Mamisidag in Motion," or "Colors in Motion," features the work of students in artist Dwayne Manuel's class. He approached Galleria Mitotera last year, seeking space to display his students' art. "I was looking for this class called ART290. I try to teach them how to talk about the work through presentations and critiques. With that, they become a more well-rounded artist," Manuel said. "One of the criteria is that (students) create an exhibition for their class, because a lot of these students are close to graduating or are graduating. I, as the instructor, needed to find somewhere where they can show work, and Galleria Mitotera has a very positive reputation." The gallery's owners also knew of Manuel and were happy to help. "He reached out to us early spring last year. I said, 'Let's make it happen.' The galleria always has our doors open to … all," said gallery co-owner and South Tucson City Councilwoman Melissa Brown-Dominguez. The show features artwork from several students in varying mediums, including acrylic, charcoal and beadwork. Alexander Sixkiller, a Tohono O'odham and Yoeme multimedia artist, specializes in graphite, ink and charcoal. Sixkiller came from a creative family and began pursuing art seriously after high school, earning an Associate of Arts in Tohono O'odham Studies before enrolling in the Associate of Fine Arts program. "I use what I've learned about my culture and really try to drop gems into my art, so I have that opportunity to teach people about my tribes, the original tribes here in Tucson," Sixkiller said. Alexander Sixkiller poses for a picture besides his painting, an homage to "Girl with a Pearl Earring." Topacio "Topaz" Servellon / Tucson Spotlight. Sixkiller created a self-portrait in acrylic titled "Vendor with a T.O. Earring," riffing on Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and weaving in references to popular Native jokes. "The goal was to make a masculine version of that, but also, get that indigenous representation (and) representation of my own personality," Sixkiller said. Sixkiller also created a peyote stitch bracelet titled "Yoeme Serenity," originally made for his mother. "We have Yoeme patterns, we have representation of multiple flowers … a reference to the flower world, the beginning of Yaqui existence, where we come from," Sixkiller said. "In the center is a gold ojo de venado, and this to the Yaquis, is like a rosary. It's supposed to keep you from bad vibes, bad energies." Another graduating student is taking her work in a different direction. Valerie Haven graduated with an Associate of Fine Arts and a Certificate in Digital Media and will pursue cinematography in Santa Fe. She works across multiple mediums, never settling on a favorite. "As a kid, I've always had (a) tendency for tactile expression," Haven said. Student artwork on display at "Mamisidag in Motion," a graduating exhibition by Tohono O'odham Community College fine arts students at Galleria Mitotera in South Tucson. Topacio "Topaz" Servellon / Tucson Spotlight. One of Haven's pieces, "Bath Bones," depicts a skeleton in a bathtub holding its head in what appears to be distress. "It was the day after the election results. It was kind of like (a) grieving, mourning period," Haven said. Haven's interest in science fiction also shines through in her art, with a piece paying homage to Breaking Bad's Gus Fring titled "Straighten Your Tie." "It's the first time I've ever done something like this," Haven said. "It's vulnerable and exciting and scary. It's almost like a personal piece of you, like ripping out a page of your diary and putting it up there." Multimedia artist Aray Ramon graduated with degrees in art, advertising and city art. Her piece "Woman and Basket #2" was inspired by a work she made for another gallery event two years ago, depicting her grandmother beside one of her woven baskets, with two dragonflies circling it as a symbol of transformation and change. "Most of my painting (inspiration does) come from my family, it's kind of like a tribute to them, you know, a little thank you for teaching me everything that I need to know," Ramon said. Ramon also painted a self-portrait surrounded by musical notes, sunflowers and pop culture symbols, holding a paintbrush against her face. "The paintbrush there is just a way (to paint) me to life. Paint gives me the opportunity to express myself freely, and thrive in it," Ramon said. "It's very intimidating knowing that someone else is going to come over and look at it. But you know, it feels good being able to bring myself out of my comfort zone. It does feel good to be able to look at both of these paintings and be proud of my accomplishments that I've done so far." Aray Ramon, whose work is featured in "Mamisidag in Motion," shares the gallery with a visitor during the opening at Galleria Mitotera in South Tucson. Topacio "Topaz" Servellon / Tucson Spotlight. Another student found her way to art through storytelling. Sabrina Garcia started as a hobbyist and now hopes to pursue art full time. Garcia found inspiration in mythical and horror stories and began drawing in her early teens. Her piece "Identity in Motion" consists of five small canvases depicting eyes, lips and pottery on scenic windowsills. "'Identity in Motion' was supposed to be a practice in skin tone values, but then I started liking how they came out on these canvases," Garcia said. "Me being a Native American, I have to juggle being modern and traditional at the same time. So it's modern, traditional, and then trying to merge the two." For Manuel, watching students like Garcia find their voice is exactly what the class is for. "I feel like a parent watching your kid crawl and start walking," Manuel said. "For me, as the instructor, it's a very proud feeling … to see that growth." "Mamisidag in Motion" closes this weekend at Galleria Mitotera, 1802 S. 4th Ave. in South Tucson. The gallery is open Friday and Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. Topacio “Topaz” Servellon is a reporter with Tucson Spotlight. Contact them at topacioserve@gmail.com. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f23abee6011c3f4ea37d9 A startup, Everand, is now bundling ebooks, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon te 2026-06-02T18:40:43.917Z A startup, Everand, is now bundling ebooks, audiobooks, and book clubs in challenge to Amazon A new reading subscription from Everand offers access to both ebooks and audiobooks, and Fable's book club community. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2396ee6011c3f4ea37ce Tucson group maps 20 years of migrant deaths at border te 2026-06-02T18:40:22.876Z Tucson group maps 20 years of migrant deaths at border A Tucson-based humanitarian group has released a database mapping more than two decades of migrant deaths along the Southern Arizona border, even as new federal policies have made it harder to track what is happening on the ground. No More Deaths' database of migrant deaths draws from public records from 2002 through April 2025. No More Deaths, like many community-driven aid groups in Tucson, was created in response to stricter border policies in the late 1990s. The group started in the early 2000s, but the majority of its core values stemmed from the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s. The group's mission is to end migrant death and suffering along the border primarily through civil initiatives, helping communities work together to ensure fundamental human rights. Its on-the-ground aid involves leaving food and water at trail checkpoints, operating search and rescue missions and running hotlines to help families of missing loved ones. "I don't want to live in a world where people die crossing borders," said Monica Ruiz-House, media coordinator and volunteer data organizer for No More Deaths. Ruiz-House has been with the group for three years. She has hiked thousands of miles in the desert, is trail-certified and splits her time between Tucson and Chicago, where she works as a data fellow for an anti-deportation collective. "There is something uniquely horrific and unfathomable about a border policy that hurts people in the ways that I've seen people hurt," she said. "I think when you recognize that every person on that database that we've collected is a person with a story and a name and a family. It does break your heart and I think it should break your heart." The database shows a dip in reported deaths, she said, but volunteers are still searching and collecting data as new federal policies have quieted activity at the border. No More Deaths' database maps migrant deaths along the Southern Arizona border from 2002 to April 2025, tracking variables including potential reasons for crossing, relevant border policies and the presence of Customs and Border Protection. The mapping process begins with volunteers conducting on-ground searches and making public records requests. When a call comes in, the caller typically provides a general location where their loved one was last seen or in contact, and volunteers grid search the area. If volunteers recover the person's body, they call the appropriate sheriff's office to arrange for transport. In mapping these recoveries, volunteers start by filing public records requests with county coroners, justices of peace and medical examiners. They read through the case notes, which contain information including age, gender and a narrative of the incident, or at least what the medical examiner believed caused the person's death. After cleaning the data, it is entered into a spreadsheet. Ruiz-House and fellow volunteer Bryce Peterson built the most recent database, drawing on methodologies Peterson developed while working on the El Paso Sector Migrant Death Map and the Humane Borders Red Dot Map. "I think it's really important that it's all volunteer-run and volunteer-based," he said. No More Deaths' map includes variables including potential reasons for crossing borders, specific policies that could have led to each incident and the presence of Customs and Border Protection. "No More Deaths is interested in researching how Border Patrol is directly involved in deaths," Ruiz-House said. "I think there's indirect involvement, when you consider structural violence, when you think about border militarization. But there's also direct involvement that I think a lot of official databases don't capture." CBP did not respond to requests for comment about the data. In 1998, U.S. Border Patrol implemented the Prevention Through Deterrence policy, which aimed to make border-crossing so dangerous that people would not want to make the journey. The government closed off popular and accessible crossing points, pushing migrants into more remote, environmentally hostile areas. Dr. Bruce Anderson points to a wall of facial reconstruction models, a technique used for identifying bodies using only the skull. Ruby Wray / Tucson Spotlight. The policy was not successful in deterring border-crossers. Instead, it resulted in sharp spikes of dehydration and exposure-related deaths. "I think that is possibly one of the most discouraging things about doing humanitarian aid work," Ruiz-House said. "In some ways, the band aid, it actually doesn't fix this awful system of prevention through deterrence, that is funneling folks through these really dangerous and rural areas." The consequences of that policy were still playing out years later when Peterson joined the effort. Peterson began working with No More Deaths in Southern Arizona in the summer of 2022. "That summer ended up actually being the most deadly summer in the area on record ever by a longshot," Peterson said, pointing to the more than 800 deaths documented along the U.S.-Mexico border. Even so, the numbers tell only part of the story. The data does not always accurately reflect what is happening on the ground, and their work is still not nearly comprehensive enough, according to Ruiz-House. Underreporting and cases slipping through are not uncommon, and thousands of recovered bodies have yet to be identified. "A lot of people are asking, what's going on at the border?" she said. "It's actually very quiet. We've seen, like an, almost an internalization of borders, if you consider the raids that are happening in Chicago, like the raids that have happened in LA. In some ways, like the border has been brought to them." That shift is reflected in the data coming out of the county's forensic office. The Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner investigates, identifies and manages recovered remains at its office on Tucson's east side near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. "My job was created because of the migrant issue," said forensic anthropologist Dr. Bruce Anderson. Dr. Bruce Anderson sits at his desk at the Pima County Office of Medical Examiners. Anderson has been a forensic anthropologist for the past 41 years and continues to identify missing migrants as the border evolves. Ruby Wray / Tucson Spotlight. Anderson has worked in forensic anthropology for 41 years and has been with Pima County since 2000, when migrant deaths arose as a prominent issue in Southern Arizona. "The people who work here, we're pretty good at checking our emotions and dealing with the dead and dealing with horrifically disfigured bodies and bones and stuff," Anderson said. "But we don't have a whole lot of training in dealing with grieving families and frantic families, not even grieving yet, they desperately want their loved one to be found alive." The office tracks only recovered remains, not the total number of deaths. "We'll see if there's a new president in two or three years, if things revert back to where they were, but this year there have been about 50% fewer cases," Anderson said. "I thought there might be more, but you think, because people might be scared about speaking up about their relatives or people are just afraid to cross in general that it could just lead to an overall drop." Anderson also speculated that CBP's presence in major cities could be having an impact on the border. "It could be that the climate in Washington and all these raids in Chicago and St. Louis and Portland and New York and Charlotte, they're scaring people," he said. Regardless of the circumstances, No More Deaths and the Pima County Medical Examiner's Office plan to continue tracking and updating these changes. While collection for the database is currently on pause, the hope is to continue the project as a living memorial for those who have lost their lives attempting to cross the border. "I think it weighs on all of us," Ruiz-House said. "I think the hard part is contending that we're ultimately dealing with a structural issue, that at the end of the day, we can leave water in the desert, we can do all these search and recoveries… that's not getting to the root of why people are dying." Ruby Wray is a journalism and creative writing major at the University of Arizona and Tucson Spotlight intern. Contact her at rubywray@arizona.edu. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f2173ee6011c3f4ea3796 Obama judge clears left-wing group to fly ominous flag aimed at Trump on his own turf te 2026-06-02T18:31:15.104Z Obama judge clears left-wing group to fly ominous flag aimed at Trump on his own turf An Obama-appointed federal judge temporarily blocked the National Park Service from removing an anti-Trump "86 47" flag near the National Mall, delivering a win to a progressive activist group and drawing sharp pushback from President Donald Trump’s Department of the Interior. "This opinion is from an Obama-appointed judge. In what world have we lost all decency, to demand that any threat against the President be taken very seriously," said a DOI spokesperson to Fox News Digital. "While the Department shall and does comply with the Court's orders, this type of behavior should not be tolerated." Progressive group Accountability Now USA flew the flag near the National Mall alleging that the National Park Service violated their First Amendment rights by threatening to revoke their permit. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in Washington, D.C., granted a temporary restraining order Monday allowing the flag to remain displayed for now. The dispute comes amid heightened administration scrutiny of "86 47" messages after the Department of Justice charged former FBI Director James Comey over a similar message.  CALIFORNIA BEACH ‘RESIST!’ PROTEST PUSHES ‘KINDNESS’ WHILE CALLING TO ‘86 47’ IN ANTI-TRUMP MESSAGE Comey was charged with two federal counts over an Instagram post last year showing seashells arranged to read "86 47," and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. The administration has interpreted the number "86" as a political threat, pointing to its common use in the restaurant industry to mean removing or refusing service and its perceived connection to Trump as the 47th president. Comey has denied he intended any violent threat toward Trump, explaining he understood it meant leave or ditch. LEGAL EXPERTS WARN COMEY ‘8647’ INDICTMENT FACES FIRST AMENDMENT HURDLES Moss was appointed to the federal bench by Obama after previously serving in Bill Clinton’s Justice Department. He has also contributed to and volunteered for Democratic candidates and causes. The judge found the meaning of "86" ambiguous, noting the flag itself did not contain violent symbols and bore patriotic colors, writing "the evidence shows that Plaintiff displayed the 8647 flag to urge that Congress impeach and remove President Trump from office." Moss did note that "a true threat to the life or safety of the President would undoubtedly outweigh the interest of the public or the speaker in continuing to urge that unlawful conduct." Trump has repeatedly been targeted by violence, including just in April at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. There were two assassination attempts on Trump’s life in 2024, beginning in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a bullet grazed his ear after a gunman climbed onto a roof during a rally on July 13, 2024. U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui recently drew backlash from Trump allies after apologizing to Cole Allen, the suspect accused of plotting an assassination attempt tied to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, over his treatment in custody. "At a minimum, I should be apologizing to him. We are obligated to make sure he’s taken care of. Mr. Allen, I’m sorry that things have not been the way they are supposed to," said Faruqui. The temporary restraining order for the flag case is in place for 14 days as litigation continues. Fox News Digital reached out to Moss’ chambers for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f214aee6011c3f4ea3787 DOJ agrees to court order freezing Trump's anti-weaponization 'slush fund' te 2026-06-02T18:30:34.709Z DOJ agrees to court order freezing Trump's anti-weaponization 'slush fund' Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1f1eee6011c3f4ea3755 Arizona sues MultiPlan, major insurers, alleging a ‘cartel’ that underpaid doctors and hospitals te 2026-06-02T18:21:18.556Z Arizona sues MultiPlan, major insurers, alleging a ‘cartel’ that underpaid doctors and hospitals Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced a lawsuit Monday against MultiPlan, which last year renamed itself Claritev, alleging the company conspired with insurers for years to under pay doctors and hospitals, oftentimes leaving patients footing the bill for out-of-network care.… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1ee8ee6011c3f4ea3710 Martin Scorsese becomes the latest — and most unlikely — Hollywood voice for AI te 2026-06-02T18:20:24.792Z Martin Scorsese becomes the latest — and most unlikely — Hollywood voice for AI The caveat is that one of the world's most famous living directors is using the tech solely for storyboarding. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1d5eee6011c3f4ea36d4 Israel's military eliminates Hamas terrorist who helped abduct American-Israeli hostage, 3 others te 2026-06-02T18:13:50.551Z Israel's military eliminates Hamas terrorist who helped abduct American-Israeli hostage, 3 others The Israel Defense Forces announced Tuesday that it eliminated a Hamas terrorist who helped abduct American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who ultimately was murdered in the Gaza Strip.  The IDF said Yousef Ayesh Awad Ramadan, a deputy commander of a Hamas Nukhba terrorist cell, was killed in the central Gaza Strip on Monday. Nukhba, which is Arabic for elite, is the special forces for the Al-Qassam Brigades, which is Hamas' military wing.  "Ramadan infiltrated Israeli territory during the October 7th massacre and took part in the abduction of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen, Alon Ohel, and Or Levy from the bomb shelter at the Re’im Junction," the IDF said Tuesday.  "In addition, throughout the war, and in recent weeks, the terrorist advanced attack plans against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians. As such, he posed an immediate threat to IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip," it continued. HAMAS STRUGGLES TO FILL LEADERSHIP RANKS AS ISRAEL HUNTS OCTOBER 7 TERRORISTS Goldberg-Polin survived almost 11 months in underground tunnels following his capture but was killed alongside other hostages in August 2024, while still in captivity. He was 23 at the time of his death.  "According to our initial assessment, they were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them," then- IDF spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said.  Goldberg-Polin was abducted at a music festival in southern Israel during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack against the Jewish State. He lost part of his left arm to a grenade in the attack.   PENTAGON HOSTS FIRST-EVER ISRAELI-LEBANESE MILITARY TALKS AIMED AT CURBING HEZBOLLAH Eliya Cohen survived 505 days in captivity. He faced extreme starvation, was kept chained in tunnels, and had surgery for a gunshot wound without anesthesia. He was released in February 2025 as part of a negotiated deal. Or Levy survived 491 days in captivity. He endured harsh conditions and only learned after his release that his wife, Einav, had been killed in the Oct. 7 attack. He has since reunited with his young son. Alon Ohel spent more than two years as a hostage in Gaza until his release in October last year.  A talented pianist, he endured starvation, torture and serious eye injuries from a grenade. He was freed on Oct. 13, 2025, through a U.S.-brokered deal and returned home to recover. He now performs with Israeli artists. Fox News’ Yonat Friling, Robert McGreevy and Landon Mion contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1d4aee6011c3f4ea36cb Former Texas prosecutor praises 'slam dunk' Kohberger conviction, debunks Hollywood myths about confessions te 2026-06-02T18:13:30.626Z Former Texas prosecutor praises 'slam dunk' Kohberger conviction, debunks Hollywood myths about confessions LAS VEGAS — A longtime Texas prosecutor with a perfect conviction rate in murder trials says Idaho authorities never had the weak case Bryan Kohberger's defense team claimed they did, arguing investigators quietly built a "slam dunk" case that would have ended in conviction even if the accused killer hadn't pleaded guilty. "I think they did a great job — look how it ended," Kelly Siegler, a former Harris County prosecutor, told Fox News Digital on the sidelines of CrimeCon Las Vegas Saturday. "I mean, he pled, and they did have a whole lot more, and they kept their cards close to their chests." Aside from the leak of some evidence near the end of the case to "Dateline," which is still under investigation, investigators remained tight-lipped throughout the process, Siegler said. "They did a good job of building their case without telling the whole world, and they were gonna kick some butt in trial," she said. IDAHO KILLER LEFT BEHIND 'CATASTROPHIC' EVIDENCE THAT FAST-TRACKED HIS CAPTURE, INVESTIGATORS REVEAL Kohberger pleaded guilty in July 2025 and has been sentenced to four consecutive prison terms of life without parole, plus another 10 years, for the murders of Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20. More recently, a forensic scientist and criminologist hired by Kohberger's defense team named Brent Turvey has raised concerns about the chain of custody of the prosecution's main piece of evidence, a Ka-Bar knife sheath with Kohberger's DNA on it recovered next to Mogen and Goncalves. His concerns, however, were met with the first public statement on the case from Kohberger's lawyers made outside a courtroom. IDAHO MURDERS: NEW BOOK ON KOHBERGER REVEALS PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN EVIDENCE, CLAIMS SHEATH COULD BE INADMISSIBLE "Mr. Turvey has not been released from his confidentiality agreement, and is now speaking about topics that are still confidential, many of which are outside of his areas of expertise," reads a joint statement from his former attorneys Anne Taylor, Elisa Massoth and Bicka Barlow. Despite Turvey's findings, Kohberger took a plea deal. Siegler, the host of Oxygen's "Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler," also defended the deal's lack of allocution, or an explanation from the defendant, saying the expectation was unrealistic and that killers typically just lie. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Siegler has tried about 200 cases and landed a conviction in all 65 murder trials under her belt, according to her online bio. At his sentencing, he sat emotionlessly, occasionally fidgeting in his chair or staring at the victims' family members as they gave their impact statements. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Some critics were disappointed that the plea deal did not require him to allocute, or explain himself, but Siegler said that's not unusual. BRYAN KOHBERGER SHOWS CRACKS AS FAMILIES CONFRONT HIM IN COURT: EXPERT "The whole allocution that people think is gonna happen where they stand up and admit, admit they did it, first of all, we shouldn't even call it a confession," she told Fox News Digital Saturday. "They don't confess. They don't even admit. They just give their version of a lie where they say enough to get their plea passed through." SEND US A TIP HERE Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson had also suggested he didn't ask for allocution because he believed Kohberger would have lied at the hearing. "They don't ever stand up and talk about why I did it and how I did, and I really did it or I'm sorry. That's a TV thing," Siegler said. "Doesn't happen in the real courtroom." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Still, she said, the explanation could have been more clearly communicated to the families, some of whom opposed the deal, which spared Kohberger from the potential death penalty and had no allocution requirement. "They should have told people, they should've told the families, that is not gonna happen," Siegler said. "Look at Bryan Kohberger, look at his eyes. You think that man's gonna stand up and tell a courtroom in a world and his own family why he did it and how he did? That's never gonna happen." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB Siegler also warned that public interest in unsolved and developing cases, including the months-long search for Nancy Guthrie in Arizona, can create pressure for commentators to fill information gaps with speculation. "It's really disgusting to see that happen," she said. Siegler said prosecutors are trained to focus on facts and admissible evidence. "The first time you jump into the speculative realm as a prosecutor in a courtroom, you lose all your credibility," she said. "So you can never do that." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1d36ee6011c3f4ea36c2 Black Crowes face backlash after Chris Robinson shuts down U.S.A. chant and calls fans 'ignorant' te 2026-06-02T18:13:10.631Z Black Crowes face backlash after Chris Robinson shuts down U.S.A. chant and calls fans 'ignorant' The Black Crowes are facing backlash after shutting down a patriotic chant mid-concert. During the band's show in Tampa, Florida, over the weekend, a screen reportedly displayed the Black Crowes' mascot dressed as Uncle Sam, prompting members of the crowd to break into "U.S.A." chants, according to TMZ. Robinson allegedly responded, "Thanks for the geography lesson," before adding, "I don't know what you have to be so proud of right now." BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SLAMMED AS 'TRAITOR' AFTER RIPPING AMERICA DURING MINNEAPOLIS CONCERT RANT The response drew boos from the crowd and prompted some concertgoers to walk out before the show ended. In videos circulating online, Robinson can be heard saying, "Some of us have real faith. For those of you f---ing booing us, some of us are not afraid. And we most assuredly are not f---ing ignorant." People were quick to respond online. "Shouldn’t concerts be a great place to escape the daily grind?" one user asked on X. "It’s just stupidity. Give the politics a rest for 90 minutes," another commented. "I don’t know why they feel compelled to spit on their fans." "Never a good idea to insult half of your fans," another person quipped. "It hasn’t worked for Hollywood and it won’t work for the Crowes either. All they have to do is entertain people, keep political views out of it. Love the Crowes but this is a mistake." LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Other fans were quick to come to the band's defense. "It's rock and roll. You're supposed to be offended, that's the attitude that makes it dangerous," one fan wrote on X. "It's not 'go along with the flow like everyone else' music. It's rebellious & Chris Robinson isn't well known for his warm personality & happy vibes? He's always been like this." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "Chris has had on-stage rants for years," another wrote. "My favorite live band. Will see them twice this summer." "Chris can choose to say whatever he likes.... and the audience can choose to leave. What's the problem? Someone get their feelings hurt?" another added. Fox News Digital reached out to the Black Crowes for comment.. Robinson isn't the only musician who's spoken out against the state of the country. Bruce Springsteen, who kicked off his "Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour" in March, has been vocal about his disdain for President Donald Trump and his administration over the years. The tour follows the release of his song "Streets of Minneapolis," a protest tune that criticizes Trump and his administration's deployment of thousands of federal agents to crack down on illegal immigration in Minnesota. Throughout his recent shows, the rock legend has described the administration as "corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless and treasonous" and has dubbed Trump as a "president who can't handle the truth." During a show in Newark, New Jersey, earlier this year, Springsteen called on his audience to join in "choosing hope over fear, democracy over authoritarianism, the rule of law over lawlessness, ethics over unbridled corruption, resistance over complacency, truth over lies, unity over division and peace over war." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1d22ee6011c3f4ea36b9 Former Angels outfielder Jordyn Adams signs with SMU to play college football for the first time at age 26 te 2026-06-02T18:12:50.632Z Former Angels outfielder Jordyn Adams signs with SMU to play college football for the first time at age 26 In the latest example of a professional athlete making the leap back down to collegiate level, former Los Angeles Angels outfielder Jordyn Adams is finally getting his chance to play college football, at SMU. One of the top wide receivers in the 2018 class, which also featured Ja'Marr Chase, Adams was set to attend North Carolina to play both baseball and football until being drafted 17th by the Angels that year, with a lucrative signing bonus. A bona fide 5-star prospect, there were high expectations for Adams when he decided to sign with North Carolina. But, given that the MLB came calling with a lucrative payday and opportunity, the talented receiver's life story changed paths. Brendan Sorsby gambled on his own team, yet the NCAA is somehow the bad guy in this case After starting his career with the Los Angeles Angels, Jordyn would finally make his big-league debut in 2023. He ended up playing in 17 games that season for the organization, before playing another 11 games in 2024, ultimately bouncing around a few clubhouses before ending his baseball career two weeks ago after playing his final minor-league game. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Finishing with 13 hits at the MLB level, his professional career never really took off, bouncing around the minor-league system while briefly making it to the show. Adams did hit 55 homers during his time in the minors. Now, following in the footsteps of others, more recently Monte Harrison at Arkansas, Jordyn Adams is going to finally put on the pads in college. As of last week, the two-way player signed with the SMU Mustangs, where he will play wide receiver this fall. Will he have the same burst of success that we saw from Monte Harrison at Arkansas? Arkansas Razorbacks’ 30-Year-Old Sophomore Monte Harrison Will Be A Weapon For Hogs, After 10-Year MLB Career That's left to be seen, but the chance to pursue his second career, while entering college for the first time, was an opportunity he obviously had in the back of his mind. If you were wondering, yes, this is legal according to NCAA rules, since he never actually attended college or started his eligibility clock. But, as the NCAA prepares to pass the "5 in 5" rule, the timing of Adams enrolling at SMU was obviously a clear sign that he needed to get into college now. Under the potential new rules, an athlete's clock would start the minute they graduated high school or turned 19 years old. Would this affect Adams? I would doubt it, and I don't imagine SMU is wanting to waste time on a player who could ultimately end up ineligible, so the decision makes sense for both parties. And remember, he never actually enrolled at North Carolina in 2018, so he technically has years of eligibility left for college football. He might be a tad older, but we're about to find out if Jordyn Adams still has any juice left on the football field. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1d0eee6011c3f4ea36b0 US ally answers Trump's call on Strait of Hormuz: 'Part of a diplomatic effort' te 2026-06-02T18:12:30.714Z US ally answers Trump's call on Strait of Hormuz: 'Part of a diplomatic effort' UNITED NATIONS: Romania’s foreign minister told Fox News Digital that Bucharest answered the Trump administration’s call for allied support in the Middle East by allowing the use of Romanian military bases for "defensive activities" related to tensions with Iran and efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. "We have allowed for access to defensive activities, such as air refueling, for example, because we do believe allies need to rely on each other," Romania’s interim Foreign Affairs Minister Oana-Silvia Ţoiu said in an exclusive interview at the United Nations. "We’re not part of the war, nor do we intend to become part of war, but we are part of an effort to ensure common defense, and we are a part of a diplomatic effort to ensure the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz," she said. Ţoiu’s comments come as President Donald Trump has repeatedly pressed European allies to increase defense spending and take a larger role in global security efforts, including maritime security in the Middle East. NATO LEADERS PREDICT ERA OF 2% DEFENSE SPENDING 'PROBABLY HISTORY' AS TRUMP REPORTEDLY FLOATS HIGHER TARGET Ţoiu acknowledged growing tensions between Washington and some European allies over support related to the conflict with Iran, but said both sides recognize the need for closer coordination. "I’m pretty sure that both on the U.S. side and the European side, we do understand that we need to enhance our dialog in order to prevent moments when we create tension in the transatlantic partnership," she told Fox News Digital. "And I do believe a better dialog ahead of time on all sides leads to better results, specifically on the request of help in terms of the conflict in the Middle East." The Romanian foreign minister said Bucharest approved the use of its military bases and infrastructure for defensive operations linked to regional security efforts. "Romania has approved through Parliament the proposal of the President, the ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry for defense and the prime minister, the use of our military bases and infrastructure for defensive activities, for activities such as air-fuelling, for example, because we are aware of the fact that it is needed that we trust each other," she said. "I think we share clear objectives here in Europe, between the U.S. and countries around the world, such as lowering energy prices, such as allowing for fertilizers not to be blocked anymore there." MIKE WALTZ PUSHES UN RESOLUTION TO STOP IRAN MINING KEY GLOBAL SHIPPING ROUTE Romania, a NATO member bordering Ukraine, has emerged as one of the alliance’s key eastern flank states amid growing concerns over both Russia’s war in Ukraine and instability in the Middle East. "We do agree with President Trump on the need to increase budgets," Ţoiu said. She noted that Romania raised defense spending to 2% of GDP during Trump’s previous term and plans to allocate an average of 3.4% next year through a combination of military procurement and strategic infrastructure investments. Her remarks came just hours after Romania requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday following a Russian drone strike that hit a residential building in the Romanian city of Galați on May 29. The emergency briefing marked the first time in Romania’s roughly 70-year history at the United Nations that it requested a Security Council session over a direct threat to its national security, according to Romanian officials. MULTIPLE ALLIES DECLINE US CALLS FOR STRAIT OF HORMUZ SUPPORT AMID RISING MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS Speaking at the Security Council, Ţoiu said a drone carrying explosives violated Romanian airspace for approximately four minutes before crashing into the 10th floor of a residential building, injuring a mother and child. "We do have the military analysis that shows clearly that it is a Russian-made drone in type of design, type of pieces of equipment, and also the chemical analysis that they have done," she told Fox News Digital. Ţoiu said the drone was believed to be part of a larger Russian attack targeting Ukrainian civilian infrastructure near the Danube River. "We wanted to call on the international community to make sure we collectively state that this is a blatant violation of international law," she said. "And irrespective of whether that was the intention or not, the responsibility is very clear. And these reckless escalations need to stop." BALTIC LEADERS RIP UN SECURITY COUNCIL AS POWERLESS WHILE RUSSIA HOLDS VETO SEAT Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya rejected the accusations during the session, calling them "unfounded and biased." Nebenzya argued that if a Geran-2 drone had directly hit the building, the damage would have been far more severe, claiming Romanian media footage showed only fire damage rather than complete destruction. He also called for a "thorough, objective, and depoliticized investigation" involving Russia and suggested the incident could have been a Ukrainian provocation intended to drag NATO deeper into the war. Ţoiu pushed back against Moscow’s position and questioned how a permanent member of the Security Council can simultaneously act as an aggressor state. "We do now have a question that's not just a question on Romania's side, but the question of the international community of how can a member of the Security Council contribute to its mission there, which is peace and security, while also being an aggressor state," she said. "And of course, its veto [ is not currently] used towards peace and security." The United States joined more than 50 countries backing Romania in a joint statement condemning the strike. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz later wrote on X that he met with Ţoiu following "the reckless Russian drone strike on a Romanian apartment building. "The violence must end before more innocent people suffer," Waltz wrote. Ţoiu told Fox News Digital she also held meetings with the U.S. delegation at the United Nations following the emergency session. "The United States has joined our common statement alongside more than 50 countries in making a clear public message on the attack," she said. "We are working with the United States not just through our partnership in NATO, but also strategic partners." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1ce6ee6011c3f4ea36a2 'No one is watching': How Trump reversed Biden’s crackdown on gun trafficking te 2026-06-02T18:11:50.315Z 'No one is watching': How Trump reversed Biden’s crackdown on gun trafficking Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1ccfee6011c3f4ea3688 Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior te 2026-06-02T18:11:27.744Z Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior The specification lets developer, compliance and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable policy files. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1cbbee6011c3f4ea367f Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams te 2026-06-02T18:11:07.205Z Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams As people increasingly refuse to answer calls from unknown numbers, scammers are shifting their tactics by spoofing trusted phone numbers and using AI deepfake technology to sound like authority figures, family members, or employers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1ca6ee6011c3f4ea3676 Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts te 2026-06-02T18:10:46.790Z Ex-Anduril engineer raises $42M to build the Amazon of composite parts Layup Parts co-founder Zack Eakin has drawn on a motorsports background, and his experience working for Palmer Luckey and Elon Musk, to tackle making faster, cheaper, and better composites. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1c91ee6011c3f4ea366d Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant te 2026-06-02T18:10:25.756Z Microsoft launches Scout, an OpenClaw-inspired personal assistant Launched at Build, Microsoft Scout is a new AI assistant meant to bring the power and flexibility of OpenClaw into the Microsoft 365 system. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f185dee6011c3f4ea359f Military sister surprises graduating brother by delivering his diploma after overseas deployment te 2026-06-02T17:52:29.030Z Military sister surprises graduating brother by delivering his diploma after overseas deployment A heartwarming military homecoming is gaining attention online after a deployed sister gave her graduating brother the surprise of a lifetime. Kalen Barksdale started his walk across the stage to receive his diploma from Milwaukee Lutheran High School in Wisconsin, only for a school official to pause and tell him that it was not there. Initially dismayed, Barksdale soon realized his diploma was there after all and that his sister, Mauriana — who had been serving overseas — had arrived to deliver it. K-9 VETERAN OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN REUNITED WITH HANDLER AFTER 3 YEARS APART "My first initial reaction was embarrassment because that's a huge milestone to achieve..." Kalen said, recounting the surprise on "Fox & Friends." Concern turned into surprise when Kalen learned the setback was "a setup for something greater." BORDER PATROL AGENT HUGS PROTESTER IN HEARTWARMING MOMENT CAUGHT ON VIDEO DURING MINNESOTA OPERATION Mauriana made her way down the aisle to the crowd's cheers and applause while holding Kalen's diploma. The siblings shared a warm hug when they met. "There was a lot going through my mind at that time," Mauriana recalled. "[I was] so grateful to have been able to make it home because there was a possibility that I wouldn't have been able to be here for that moment..." Mauriana thanked Milwaukee Lutheran High School for helping coordinate the surprise. The emotional reunion has reached millions online, warming hearts across the country. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1849ee6011c3f4ea3596 Former Ohio State, Florida coach Urban Meyer reveals the one place he refused to recruit players from te 2026-06-02T17:52:09.111Z Former Ohio State, Florida coach Urban Meyer reveals the one place he refused to recruit players from During his time as head coach at both Florida and Ohio State, Urban Meyer was known as a maniacal competitor who needed to win as badly as he needed to breathe air. That desire to win extended to ventures far beyond the football field, most famously on the recruiting trail. Meyer's competitive streak with regard to talent acquisition earned him the moniker of ace recruiter, as he landed several top-five classes in both Gainesville and Columbus, including his 2010 class at Florida, which, at the time, was the highest-rated recruiting class in the history of the sport. Though he was one of the best recruiters of his era, and there are many stories to back up that claim, Meyer shared a tale on "The Triple Option" podcast about the one state he swore he would never try to poach talent from again during his time as a college football head coach. URBAN MEYER CLAIMS KEY INJURY COST OHIO STATE, HAD EDGE OVER 2018 CLEMSON CHAMPIONS "When I was the head coach at Florida we played around at Louisiana, and we get to the dance floor with a great player and he wouldn't come," Meyer revealed. "So I said 'enough.' I'm not flying into Louisiana again. I'm good." The former Gators and Buckeyes head coach would go on to say that it was an easy decision to make while at Florida because there were enough talented options in both the Sunshine State and nearby Georgia as it was. "There's enough good players around Georgia and Florida that I'm not gonna go beat my face against the wall and go into Louisiana." NICK SABAN REVEALS 'BIGGEST MISTAKE' OF ILLUSTRIOUS COACHING CAREER Meyer would go on to acknowledge that Nick Saban had some success going into the bayou and grabbing some players he wanted, though part of that could have been because of his previous ties to LSU. Everything coach Meyer said lines up with what I have said several times over the past few months with regard to players from the state of Louisiana. It might be the single hardest state to pry talented players from, and it's even tough to recruit kids to LSU from their home state if you don't have the right head coach in charge. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! It's why LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry made the comments he did about former head coach Brian Kelly, and why they went and hired Ed Orgeron back as their recruiting director. Urban Meyer won three national championships in his illustrious career, but he wouldn't dare fly into The Boot to try and out-recruit the Tigers for their hometown talent. The fact that Coach O and LSU are back together again probably means most coaches should listen to Meyer, as Louisiana might be closed to outsiders for the foreseeable future. Good luck trying to pry a Louisiana native out of the clutches of Orgeron and the Bayou Bengals moving forward. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1834ee6011c3f4ea358d Jazz Chisholm Jr. says Yankees will 'for sure' win the World Series this season on late-night TV te 2026-06-02T17:51:48.708Z Jazz Chisholm Jr. says Yankees will 'for sure' win the World Series this season on late-night TV The New York Yankees are hoping to avoid another "June Swoon" as they sit near the top of the MLB standings. The Yankees are two games back in the loss column of the gritty Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East, yet their .610 winning percentage at 36-23 is the fifth-best mark in the league. With back-to-back reigning MVP Aaron Judge having just turned 34, and next year's MLB season in the balance of tenuous CBA talks, it seems like if not now, when, for the Bronx Bombers. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM But second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. believes "when" is in fact now. Chisholm appeared with Jimmy Fallon on Monday night during the Yanks' off day and said the Yankees will "for sure" win the World Series this season. When Fallon asked what the team's "ultimate" goal was, Chisholm did not hesitate. "I mean, to win a World Series. We’re in New York," Chisholm answered. The Yankees have made the postseason in eight out of the last nine seasons, but have made just one Fall Classic that ended in embarrassing fashion. But this season seems a bit different from prior years. YANKEES DELIVER 'REMARKABLE' 13-RUN INNING BEHIND AARON JUDGE'S PEP TALK TO WAKE UP HIS TEAMMATES While young phenom Cam Schlittler has placed himself right in the American League Cy Young Award conversation, Gerrit Cole has returned from Tommy John surgery and has thrown 13 scoreless innings to start his season — all while Max Fried is set to return from an injury. Ben Rice leads the majors in OPS, Cody Bellinger leads the American League in WAR, and the team is again hitting home runs at a league-high level. This is all with Judge not quite hitting his stride yet, either. The long ball, though, has disappeared in October, and it's wound up in the team's second-longest World Series drought since winning their first in 1923. Surely, Yankees fans will be hoping this prediction goes better than when Chisholm predicted he would hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases — he currently has six homers and 14 swiped bags. Shohei Ohtani became the first player to join the 50-50 club in 2024. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1820ee6011c3f4ea3584 NFL great Aaron Donald may come out of retirement to join Myles Garrett on Rams' defense, ex-teammate says te 2026-06-02T17:51:28.630Z NFL great Aaron Donald may come out of retirement to join Myles Garrett on Rams' defense, ex-teammate says The Los Angeles Rams stunned the NFL with their blockbuster trade for Myles Garrett on Monday, but could they have even more reinforcements on their defensive line on the way? Aaron Donald's former Rams teammate, Michael Brockers, said that the NFL great might be considering coming out of retirement. "(I have) some knowledge that others might not have … My guy is staying ready so he doesn’t have to get ready," Brockers said during a recent appearance on "Locked On Rams Squad Show." CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Brockers played with Donald for six seasons in Los Angeles. Donald retired after the 2023 season, concluding one of the most dominant runs a defensive tackle has ever had in the sport. Donald, 35, made the Pro Bowl in all 10 of his seasons, was named Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2014 and was named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year three times. In 154 career games, he recorded 543 tackles with 111 sacks and 24 forced fumbles. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Donald dropped a hint that he might be returning in a recent Instagram post that showed a video of him working out. In the post’s caption, he included that he was "#ready," and the song that played over the video was Bixst’s "Ain’t Done." A defensive line of Donald and Garrett would guarantee little sleep for opposing offensive coordinators and quarterbacks. Garrett, who became one of the best players in Cleveland Browns history during his nine-year tenure, set the NFL record for most sacks in a single season with 23 last year. Garrett, 30, has been named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year in two of the last three seasons. In 134 career games, Garrett has recorded 412 tackles with 125.5 sacks and 23 forced fumbles. A defensive line that includes Donald and Garrett would bring reminders of their Super Bowl-winning team in 2021. The Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI with a fearsome defensive line that featured Donald, A’Shawn Robinson, Greg Gaines, Von Miller and Leonard Floyd. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f180cee6011c3f4ea357b GOP demands Trump kill controversial $2B fund before reviving ICE funding package te 2026-06-02T17:51:08.638Z GOP demands Trump kill controversial $2B fund before reviving ICE funding package Senate Republicans want a clear-cut answer on whether the Trump administration's now-stalled, nearly $2 billion "anti-weaponization" fund is dead before moving forward with a multibillion-dollar immigration enforcement package.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that while the administration "disagrees strongly" with a Virginia federal court’s order against the fund, it would adhere to the decision. But many Republicans contend that it’s not enough to satisfy their concerns. "I appreciate them saying that, but they don't have a choice," Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said. "They have to abide by federal district court law. It doesn't tell me whether they’re planning on appeal. It doesn't tell me whether the administration's backing off the idea — it doesn't tell me anything, except they're gonna follow the law." TRUMP ADMIN BACKS OFF CONTROVERSIAL $2B FUND, CLEARING PATH FOR GOP TO RESTART AGENDA And in the middle of the intra-party battle is President Donald Trump's roughly $70 billion funding package for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol. "If your question is, is the weaponization fund impacting our ability to pass the reconciliation bill? The answer is yes," Kennedy continued. "But right now, the reconciliation bill, and the process surrounding it, looks like a broken arm with a bone sticking out." Senate Republicans abruptly halted budget reconciliation, the party-line process they’re using to ram through the funding package, after an explosive meeting with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about the fund last month.   GOP'S PRIMED FOR PRIMARY SEASON PAYBACK ON TRUMP'S MOST AMBITIOUS, CONTROVERSIAL POLICY Republicans’ general sentiment was that the problem was one for the administration and Trump to figure out, given that a slew of Democratic amendments related to the fund would likely pass and modify the package. And what was meant to be a concession, or at least a glimmer of hope to restart the process, has not landed well with Republicans.  "The only thing that's gonna solve this problem — to get immigration funded and law enforced — is for the president to do away with the weaponization fund," Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, told reporters.  Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said that the DOJ’s announcement appeared to signal that the fund had been shut down, but that conversations among Republicans would decide the next steps on reconciliation. SENATE GOP ERUPTS OVER TRUMP DOJ 'ANTI-WEAPONIZATION' FUND, PUNTS ICE, BORDER PATROL FUNDING Still, he acknowledged that Republicans wanted more answers from the administration.  "Well, I think anything that they say on top of what the DOJ said is helpful, but, I mean, I think the statement they made effectively shuts it down," Thune said. Some Republicans aren’t totally against the idea of some form of compensation fund for people who claim they were wronged or targeted by the government, but contend that it’s how the fund is administered that matters. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., broadly supports compensation funds, like his Radiation Exposure Compensation Act that was signed into law last year, but said that the question was "how do you administer it?"  "My view on that is, you can work those details out in a way that rewards victims," Hawley said.
"I mean, that's the key thing."  Others are ready to move on from the fight and feel that the DOJ’s announcement was enough to clear the decks of concerns among their colleagues. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said it’s a "moot point at this point."  "I think it's important for us to move forward with the ICE and CBP funding," Schmitt said. "There's just, we gotta get that done. Democrats have been obstructing that for too long, and so, as far as I'm concerned, it's a moot point." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f17e1ee6011c3f4ea3555 Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial recognition feature te 2026-06-02T17:50:25.673Z Amazon faces class action lawsuit over Ring facial recognition feature The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring's Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f135dee6011c3f4ea34a7 SEE IT: LA voters split on Pratt's mayoral bid as one issue dominates Election Day te 2026-06-02T17:31:09.593Z SEE IT: LA voters split on Pratt's mayoral bid as one issue dominates Election Day LOS ANGELES — Outside a Bristol Farms market in LA’s Westchester neighborhood, residents who spoke to Fox News Digital all agreed that homelessness is a top problem facing the city, but disagreed on which mayoral candidate is the right choice to clean it up. "Love him," Shelley Zuckerman said about reality television star and independent candidate Spencer Pratt, adding that homelessness is a main motivator of her support for the reality TV star’s mayoral run.  "The fact that he's not a politician, so he may or may not be a liar, we don't know that yet, and I know that he wants to do something for LA that the politicians have been saying they're going to do and then don't," Zuckerman added. "And I know politics works, that once you get in there you can't always do what you want to do, but at least he's got the passion." SPENCER PRATT SAYS HIS POLICY WILL FORCE HOMELESS OUT OF LA AND INTO CITIES LIKE SEATTLE When asked if crime was a motivating factor to vote for Pratt, Zuckerman’s husband Saul responded, "Of course." The couple says they are supporting Republican Steve Hilton for governor. Patrick Reynolds, who lives in the neighborhood, said he is "not happy with any of the candidates" and called Pratt a "clown" before saying he voted for incumbent Mayor Karen Bass "a little reluctantly." Homelessness has been a top-of-mind concern for voters in Los Angeles, and despite Bass being mayor for the last four years, Reynolds said he believes she’s the best choice on that front. Reynolds, who said he is supporting billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer for governor, spoke at length about the problems with homelessness, including a local park he said has become "too dangerous" to visit in recent years. KAREN BASS GRILLED OVER BROKEN HOMELESSNESS PROMISE, BLAMES BUREAUCRACY FOR SLOWED PROGRESS "Homelessness for sure," a woman named Diane, who said she voted for Bass, told Fox News Digital, "That's number one on my list, and I think she's tried very hard to fix that problem. It's a big problem, I know. And I just think she is down to earth. She's not some rich billionaire, which I appreciate." Diane said she is supporting former Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat who served in the Biden administration, for governor because he is a "good guy." "I like that he is an immigrant and that he has worked his way up in this world," Diane said. "I think he has a good sensibility. I like also that he isn't a billionaire. I can relate to him." Dan Madden, a resident of nearby Manhattan Beach, told Fox News Digital that if he could vote in LA proper, he’d go with Pratt. WHO IS TOM STEYER? ANTI-ICE BILLIONAIRE IN CA GOVERNOR’S RACE FACES SCRUTINY OVER DETENTION INVESTMENTS "That'd be my man," said Madden, who added that he is voting for Hilton for governor. "The last 20 years in Los Angeles has been screwed." "It's getting worse," Madden said about the homeless situation in the Los Angeles area. "They cleaned up here and there. Spots, especially along the beach, coastline, you see it cleaned up. Two months later, everybody's back." Pratt, a registered Republican running as an independent, faces off in a nonpartisan mayoral primary against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, and City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a socialist. Tuesday's election will determine which two candidates advance to the November general election. If a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, they will automatically be named the next mayor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f1335ee6011c3f4ea349a Blanche to Face Lawmakers Amid Uproar Over $1.8 Billion Fund te 2026-06-02T17:30:29.665Z Blanche to Face Lawmakers Amid Uproar Over $1.8 Billion Fund The acting attorney general’s testimony comes a day after the Justice Department signaled it would abide by a court ruling halting the fund temporarily. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0f13ee6011c3f4ea33e9 Pizza Hut employee was allegedly spit on and curb-stomped by a couple after an order mix-up te 2026-06-02T17:12:51.915Z Pizza Hut employee was allegedly spit on and curb-stomped by a couple after an order mix-up Are you really with the love of your life if they aren’t willing to have your back over a less than $23 pizza order? With any luck, you'll never find yourself in a situation that tests your relationship in that way. A situation where an employee of a restaurant screws up your order or gives it to another customer by mistake. According to police, a couple who visited a Pizza Hut in Del City, Oklahoma on May 18 weren’t as lucky as you hopefully are. They faced a situation where an employee of the restaurant did the unthinkable and accidentally gave their order to another customer. It's careless and should never have happened. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Oklahoma’s News 4 reports that as of Monday, police were still searching for that couple, Cortez Davis and Jessica Ellis, due to their alleged response to the order mix-up. A response that allegedly included Ellis entering the restaurant, yelling profanities and demanding that the employee "fix the **** up." As he was attempting to issue Ellis a refund for the $22.49 order, she is accused of spitting in his face and telling the employee that "her man" would be "handling this." The employee called the police after she left, but that wasn’t the end of it. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE Davis allegedly forced his way into the Pizza Hut and, according to court documents, he punched the employee in the face, curb-stomped him three times, and kicked him in the head before leaving the scene without food or a refund. Police say that they were able to contact Ellis by phone after the incident and that she admitted that much of what was alleged had taken place. Although, she was focused on getting a refund. She’s even reportedly called 911 multiple times to request her $22.49 refund and that an officer bring her the money. For those wondering, that typically isn’t how the refund process works. I know if the allegations against them are true, that it’s likely against the law and I would never condone such a thing. But there is something beautiful about a couple willing to, almost without any consideration for their actions, stand with one another. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0effee6011c3f4ea33e0 FOX News Deals Newsletter: Prime Day is back — the four-day sale starts June 23 te 2026-06-02T17:12:31.990Z FOX News Deals Newsletter: Prime Day is back — the four-day sale starts June 23 FOX News may be compensated for, or earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. Amazon has officially announced the dates for Prime Day 2026! The four-day shopping event is expected to bring major discounts on everything from tech and home essentials to outdoor gear and beauty products. Here's everything you need to know before the sale begins. READ MORE: When is Prime Day 2026? Amazon officially reveals the dates for its four-day sale Amazon Prime Day 2026 begins on Tuesday, June 23, and runs through Friday, June 26. This is the first time the shopping event will take place in June since 2021. Deals go live at 3 a.m. ET on June 23. Shoppers on the West Coast can start browsing deals at midnight PT. For the most part, yes. While the biggest discounts are reserved for members, a few deals are also available to non-members.  Yes. Amazon typically releases select deals ahead of Prime Day, and many brands begin discounting products in the weeks leading up to the event. To give you a head start on saving, we've listed five of the best early Prime Day deals we've found today: Layer up in this soft fleece hoodie that delivers all-day comfort without the price tag. Upgrade your bathroom with this dual shower head that offers powerful full-body coverage, 19 spray settings and a handheld wand that tackles every rinse. Check in on your home anytime with this wireless security camera that streams live video and lets you talk to visitors from anywhere. Lounge in silky-soft pajamas that feel as good for weekend mornings as they do for a full night's sleep. Tune out the world and turn up the bass with Sony's noise-canceling headphones that keep the music going for up to 30 hours. We'll be tracking Prime Day from start to finish. Visit FOX News Deals June 23-26 for the best deals, biggest savings and expert picks from Amazon's four-day shopping event. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for real-time deal alerts and can't-miss discounts. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0eebee6011c3f4ea33d7 Visitors face immediate fines for making one big mistake in crowded destination te 2026-06-02T17:12:11.992Z Visitors face immediate fines for making one big mistake in crowded destination One of Tokyo's most visited districts has begun issuing on-the-spot fines to people caught littering as local officials attempt to address growing overtourism challenges. As of June 1, people caught improperly disposing of trash in public areas can face an immediate 2,000-yen fine, or roughly $13, under revised rules adopted by Shibuya Ward officials, Japan Today reported. The move comes as Japan continues to see a sharp increase in tourism following the post-pandemic travel boom. POPULAR TRAVEL DESTINATION TO HIKE HOT SPRINGS 'BATHING TAX' IN EFFORT TO TACKLE OVERTOURISM: REPORT Japan welcomed a record 42.7 million international visitors in 2025, Reuters reported. Shibuya, home to the world-famous Shibuya Crossing, remains one of Tokyo's most popular destinations for international visitors. The area's daytime population regularly exceeds more than twice its resident population of roughly 240,000 people, according to the Japan outlet. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER As visitor numbers continue to climb, officials said littering is increasingly noticeable around train stations, entertainment districts and other popular tourist areas. Educational campaigns encouraging people to take their trash home have not been enough to keep pace with growing crowds, officials said. The district plans to increase the number of patrol officers enforcing the rules and will deploy multilingual staff who speak English, Chinese and Korean.  Officials will also accept both cash and cashless payments for fines. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "Shibuya is an international city visited by many people in Japan and from around the world," Shibuya Mayor Ken Hasebe said in a statement. "While that vibrancy is something we take pride in, we must also fulfill our responsibility to protect the urban environment." "We ask everyone who visits Shibuya, regardless of nationality, to follow the city's rules," he added. "Shibuya will continue to make responsible choices as a city where vibrancy and order coexist." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The new littering fines are part of a broader effort by Japanese officials to address overtourism issues, as visitor numbers continue to rise. Fox News Digital previously reported that Japan plans to triple its international tourist tax from 1,000 yen, or about $6, to 3,000 yen, or about $18, per visitor as officials work to balance tourism growth with the quality of life for local residents. Japanese officials said the goal is not to discourage tourism, but to better manage the impact of record visitor numbers on local communities, infrastructure and public spaces. Ashley DiMella of Fox News Digital contributed reporting. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0ed8ee6011c3f4ea33ce Identity theft rarely announces itself: 6 signs you missed te 2026-06-02T17:11:52.075Z Identity theft rarely announces itself: 6 signs you missed By the time a debt collector calls or a lender rejects your loan, an identity thief may have been using your information for months. The warning signs often arrive much earlier. They may show up as a small card charge, a strange IRS letter, a missing bill or an Explanation of Benefits for care you never received. Each one can look like routine mail or another account notice. That is exactly what identity thieves count on. Here are 6 quiet signs of identity theft to check before the damage spreads. WHY THAT $4 CHARGE ON YOUR STATEMENT COULD BE FRAUD A charge of $4 or less on your card statement may look harmless. However, it can be a thief testing whether the card still works before making a bigger purchase. The Federal Trade Commission logged 503,450 credit card fraud reports in the first three quarters of 2025. That made credit card fraud the most common identity theft category it tracks. Small test charges can be easy to miss. So can the purchase that comes next. The median fraudulent transaction in 2025 was $100, the same as in 2024. A charge that size can blend into a busy statement. Federal law caps cardholder liability at $50 if you file the dispute in writing within 60 days of the statement date. Many card issuers waive even that, but you still need to act quickly. Missing mail can be more than an annoyance. It may mean someone filed a change-of-address request in your name and is collecting your rerouted mail. The first warning sign is simple: the mail you normally receive stops showing up. That could include bank statements, tax forms, bills or medical notices. Another red flag is a USPS Move Validation Letter for a change you did not request. USPS sends this letter to the old address within 10 business days of a change-of-address request. You may also see a sudden wave of pre-approved credit offers from lenders you do not use. That can happen after a thief opens, or tries to open, an account in your name. USPS has tightened identity checks for change-of-address requests, but criminals still target mailboxes, checks and personal documents. The FBI and Postal Inspection Service continue to warn that stolen mail fuels check fraud and identity theft. An unexpected tax form can be a major warning sign. A 1099-K or W-2 from a company you never worked for may mean someone used your Social Security number to earn income. That can create a tax problem for you. The IRS may treat the income as yours unless the form gets corrected. Employment-related identity theft reports to the FTC climbed 61% through the first three quarters of 2025 compared with the same period in 2021. The IRS may also contact you before you spot the problem. Notice CP01E means someone used your Social Security number for employment. Letter 5071C asks you to verify your identity because the IRS flagged a tax return as suspicious. Another red flag is an e-file rejection that says a return has already been filed in your name. That can mean a thief filed first and tried to steal your refund.  A new account on your credit report that you didn't open is a sign that someone is borrowing money in your name. A hard inquiry from a lender you never applied with means a thief tried. The lender pulled your credit; the inquiry stays on your report for two years, even if the application was denied. An address on your file you don't recognize is where a thief is having your credit mail sent. An email confirming a password change you didn't make means a thief has access to your account. A credit freeze blocks new account applications but does not catch inquiries, address changes or account takeovers already in motion. Credit monitoring can watch all three bureaus and send an alert within minutes of new activity on a file, weeks before the debt collector does.  WHY A CREDIT FREEZE ISN’T THE END OF IDENTITY THEFT An Explanation of Benefits for a procedure or prescription you never received is a serious warning sign. It may mean someone used your insurance information to get care. Any bill that follows will have your name on it. Watch for smaller clues too. Your deductible may drop even though you did not use your plan. You may also get appointment reminders for visits you never booked or refill notices for medicine you do not take. Those alerts can point to the same problem. A provider's file may list you as the patient, even though someone else received the care. Medical identity theft can be harder to fix than credit fraud. Insurers may not remove false diagnoses or treatment records right away. Those records can affect future coverage, bills and even the care you receive. A multifactor authentication prompt you did not request is a major warning sign. It can mean someone has your password and is trying to get into your account. Do not approve the prompt. Deny it, then change the password from a different device. Treat the old password as exposed, especially if you used it on more than one account. A breach notification from a company you use is another reason to act quickly. Your data may already be in someone else's hands. Freeze your credit, watch for strange account activity and be careful with any emails that claim to offer help. Identity monitoring can scan the dark web and data broker sites for SSNs, addresses, driver's license numbers and other identifiers. Alerts can show what was found and where, so you know which account to lock down first. If one of these warning signs has already arrived, do not ignore it. Start with the account, document or notice that raised the red flag. Call the bank, insurer, lender or agency directly using a verified phone number. Do not use a link or phone number from a suspicious email, text or letter. File a report at IdentityTheft.gov. Then freeze your credit at all three bureaus and set up an IRS Identity Protection PIN at irs.gov/ippin. Identity theft support can connect you with a U.S.-based fraud resolution specialist who works directly with bureaus, creditors and collection agencies on your behalf. Some plans also include up to $1 million in identity theft insurance per adult for eligible recovery costs. No service catches every form of identity theft. A freeze blocks new accounts, and continuous monitoring can catch what it doesn't. One of the best parts of identity theft protection is its all-in-one approach to safeguarding your personal and financial life. Some plans include identity theft insurance of up to $1 million per adult to cover eligible losses and legal fees, plus 24/7 U.S.-based fraud resolution support with dedicated case managers ready to help restore your identity fast. WARNING SIGNS YOUR MAIL HAS BEEN FRAUDULENTLY REDIRECTED How to check if your personal information was exposed If you are unsure whether criminals have already exposed your information, take action now. Start with a free identity breach scan to see whether your data appears in known leaks. Early detection gives you more control and helps you respond before fraud spreads. Check if your personal information is already being used for identity theft, fraud or appearing on the dark web. See my tips and best picks on Best Identity Theft Protection at CyberGuy.com. Keep copies of any letters, account notices, bills, screenshots or emails tied to the fraud. Those records can help when you dispute charges, correct tax forms or clean up medical records. You can also place a fraud alert on your credit file. A fraud alert tells lenders to take extra steps before opening new credit in your name. If your Social Security number may be involved, move quickly. Change passwords for any affected accounts, and use a password manager to create strong, unique passwords for each one. Then turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) wherever available. Identity theft rarely starts with a dramatic warning. It often begins with something easy to miss, like a tiny card charge, a missing bill, an odd IRS letter or a medical notice that does not look right. The sooner you catch those clues, the faster you can freeze your credit, lock down accounts and stop the damage from spreading. No single tool catches every scam, but staying alert and using strong monitoring can give you a much better shot at spotting trouble early. Have you ever spotted a small warning sign that made you realize someone was trying to steal your identity? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0ec4ee6011c3f4ea33c5 Could cancer vaccines be next? New treatment cuts melanoma risk by nearly 50% te 2026-06-02T17:11:32.072Z Could cancer vaccines be next? New treatment cuts melanoma risk by nearly 50% A new injectable therapy is showing positive results in reducing melanoma throughout a five-year period. The personalized mRNA cancer therapy, called intismeran autogene, combined with the cancer immunotherapy drug KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab), is a collaboration between Merck and Moderna. The results from the phase 2b KEYNOTE-942 study were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 27. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES After about a five-year follow-up, the combo drug was found to reduce the risk of melanoma recurrence or death by 49% compared to pembrolizumab alone. The researchers analyzed data from 157 patients with high-risk stage 3 and 4 melanoma whose cancer had been removed via surgery. The participants were split into two groups — one received the combo therapy and the other only received pembrolizumab, according to a press release. The findings revealed that the combination group saw benefits that were "sustained and durable over time." Intismeran autogene is designed using mutations identified in a patient’s own tumor, with the intention of teaching the immune system what the cancer looks like so that it can recognize and attack it. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER According to the researchers, intismeran is "well-tolerated" with a "manageable" safety profile.  The most commonly cited side effects of the personalized mRNA vaccine plus KEYTRUDA were fatigue, injection-site pain, chills, fever and headache. The researchers reported no new long-term safety concerns and no severe vaccine-related adverse events. The combination therapy is currently being evaluated in a phase 3 study — the final confirmation stage. In a Merck press release from January, Kyle Holen, MD, Moderna’s senior vice president and head of development, oncology and therapeutics, noted that this data highlights the "potential of a prolonged benefit … in patients with resected high-risk melanoma." "We continue to invest in our platform in oncology because of encouraging outcomes like these, which illustrate mRNA’s potential in cancer care," he said.   Dr. Marjorie Green, senior vice president and head of oncology, global clinical development at Merck Research Laboratories, also commented that for many patients with stage 3 or 4 melanoma, there is a "significant risk of recurrence following surgery." "As such, demonstrating the longer-term potential of intismeran autogene and KEYTRUDA to reduce the risk of recurrence for certain patients with melanoma is a meaningful milestone," she said. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The company cited encouraging five-year follow-up data and pointed to upcoming late-stage INTerpath trial results with Moderna in several hard-to-treat cancers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0e99ee6011c3f4ea33b4 U of A program bridges historical gap in swimming access, now for teens and adults te 2026-06-02T17:10:49.593Z U of A program bridges historical gap in swimming access, now for teens and adults U of A program bridges historical gap in swimming access, now for teens and adults nprevenas Mon, 1 Jun 2026 - 14:02 U of A program bridges historical gap in swimming access, now for teens and adults Today A University of Arizona program Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0e83ee6011c3f4ea3398 Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech te 2026-06-02T17:10:27.666Z Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0c42ee6011c3f4ea3350 Fox News True Crime Newsletter: American woman's Bahamas disappearance treated as murder investigation te 2026-06-02T17:00:50.304Z Fox News True Crime Newsletter: American woman's Bahamas disappearance treated as murder investigation BREAKING NEWS: Lynette Hooker's Bahamas disappearance being investigated as murder case: U.S. official SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0a12ee6011c3f4ea32f1 Lynette Hooker's Bahamas disappearance being investigated as murder case: US official te 2026-06-02T16:51:30.231Z Lynette Hooker's Bahamas disappearance being investigated as murder case: US official Fox News has learned from a U.S. official familiar with the investigation that the disappearance of Lynette Hooker in the Bahamas is being investigated as a murder. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f09feee6011c3f4ea32e8 Jill Biden admits Joe would not have been able to serve another four years te 2026-06-02T16:51:10.238Z Jill Biden admits Joe would not have been able to serve another four years Former first lady Jill Biden said during an interview on Tuesday that her husband, former President Joe Biden, would not have been able to serve another four years, citing his cancer diagnosis.  "The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked Jill Biden if she thought her husband would have been in a good place to serve another four years in the White House.  "Well, not from what I know now," Biden said. "My God. Who knew? It was so shocking to get that cancer diagnosis. I mean, we had, you know, here I was, I’m looking through travel magazines like, ‘Oh, where are we going to go? What are we going to do,’ and then we get this cancer diagnosis and I think, what am I doing? Like, our whole life has changed now. It was just shocking." Earlier in the day, Jill Biden told MS NOW's "Morning Joe" that she didn't know whether he would have been able to serve a second term. BIDEN ADMITS HE MIGHT NOT HAVE LASTED ANOTHER TERM IF HE'D BEEN RE-ELECTED: 'WHO THE HELL KNOWS?' "The diagnosis came in May of 2025, and considering what the president’s health is now, had he continued his re-election bid, had he been elected again, would he have been able to serve as president? Would he have had to resign?" MS NOW host Jonathan Lemire asked Biden. The former first lady responded, "I don’t know, I don’t know the answer to that." Jill Biden released a new book titled "View from the East Wing: A Memoir," on Tuesday. She also asserted during the "Morning Joe" interview that her husband would have beaten Trump in the race when asked if Joe thought he would have defeated the current president had he remained in the race. "I believe he would have beat Donald Trump in that election," Jill Biden said. BIDEN STRUGGLED TO FILM 2024 CAMPAIGN VIDEOS AMID DECLINING HEALTH, NEW BOOK CLAIMS: 'THE MAN COULD NOT SPEAK' Joe Biden was asked if he thought he would last another term in the White House during an interview in 2025. "Do you think you would've had the vigor to serve another four years in office?" USA Today's Susan Page asked at the time. "I don't know," Biden said. "That's why I thought when I first announced, talking to Barack [Obama] about it, I said I thought I was the person. I had no intention of running after [my son] Beau died — for real, not a joke. And then when Trump was running again for re-election, I really thought I had the best chance of beating him." The former first lady has given interviews with several outlets ahead of the book's release, during which she admitted that she worried former President Biden was having a stroke during the debate in June 2024 against President Donald Trump. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "I don't know what happened," she said, responding to a question about what happened during the debate in a CBS interview last week. "I mean, as I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh my God, he's having a stroke,’ and it scared me to death." Immediately following the debate, however, the then-first lady gushed over her husband's performance in front of supporters. The debate set off a chain reaction of panic in the Democratic Party that led to the president leaving the 2024 race. He was replaced as the Democratic nominee by Vice President Kamala Harris, who went on to lose the general election. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f09d4ee6011c3f4ea32cd Why VivaTech 2026 is the place to see Europe’s AI strategy take shape te 2026-06-02T16:50:28.799Z Why VivaTech 2026 is the place to see Europe’s AI strategy take shape The global AI race is often framed as a battle between the United States and China. But at VivaTech, Europe is expected to make the case for an entirely different model. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f07fcee6011c3f4ea3296 Maggie Veale adds to family legacy by signing to play soccer at Oklahoma Wesleyan te 2026-06-02T16:42:36.791Z Maggie Veale adds to family legacy by signing to play soccer at Oklahoma Wesleyan The daughter of Coconino’s girls soccer head coach will follow in her father’s and sister’s footsteps to the perennial NAIA contender. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f07e5ee6011c3f4ea3286 Opponents of Axon’s Scottsdale HQ will appeal after losing first round in court te 2026-06-02T16:42:13.277Z Opponents of Axon’s Scottsdale HQ will appeal after losing first round in court Axon brought a mobile tactical simulator to the Arizona Capitol on March 4, 2025, as part of its effort to back legislation that would stop a ballot referendum in Scottsdale brought by residents opposed to the company's plans to build a 74-acre campus near the Loop 101 and Hayden Road. (Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror) The group behind the effort to stop law enforcement technology company Axon from building a massive headquarters and housing project in Scottsdale said it will appeal a trial court judge’s ruling that a state law barring residents from weighing in on the project is constitutional. Taxpayers Against Awful Apartment Zoning Exemptions formed in 2024 to block Axon’s HQ project after the Scottsdale City Council approved it. With the help of a California labor union, TAAAZE successfully gathered enough signatures to force a referendum vote on the zoning change required for the project to move forward. Axon responded by convincing state lawmakers last year to strip away the constitutional right of voters to challenge zoning decisions, effectively clearing the way for the police weapons manufacturer’s headquarters near Hayden Road and the Loop 101.  In addition to the firm’s international headquarters, the project is set to include a luxury hotel and apartments, many of which — but not all — will be reserved for the company’s employees.  TAAZE filed a lawsuit last year alleging that the law violates the Arizona Constitution, which allows residents to challenge government actions at the ballot box. But Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael Herrod ruled in mid-May that the law was constitutional.  TAAAZE argued that the law failed one part of a three-part test that is meant to determine if legislation is “special” or not. The part they claimed the bill failed related to if the law is “encompassing all members that are similarly situated.”  “Plaintiffs argue that (the Axon bill) fails the second prong because the classification is not legitimate, encompassing all similarly situated members. In other words, Plaintiffs claim the law is underinclusive,” the judge wrote in his ruling. “Plaintiffs argue that since the law only applies to a few mid-size cities and towns, and not all cities and towns, the law is of special application and not general application.”    However, Herrod said that he found that to not be the case.  Since the law is addressing a specific problem of “attracting international headquarters,” then the populations chosen for the bill are likely prime candidates for that, Herrod reasoned. But he did not go without addressing the elephant in the room.  “Of course, the brightly blinking sign in this case is that the Axon bill was clearly triggered by the zoning situation for Axon and intended to allow Axon to build its international headquarters in Scottsdale,” the judge concluded.  But despite that, Herrod continued, the law isn’t written so narrowly that it can only ever apply to Axon and Scottsdale. “Because the statute can apply in other cities, it is not a special law,” Herrod wrote. “One may argue that, in the lay sense, this is a special law because it clearly applies to Axon only at this time, but its provisions are not limited solely to the City of Scottsdale and Axon.” On June 1, TAAAZE announced that it would be filing an appeal later this month. “If the Axon Bill can trample on the rights of Scottsdale voters, then no city is safe from bad zoning decisions,” TAAAZE leader and former Scottsdale City Councilmember Bob Littlefield said in a statement. “There is nothing appealing about the way Axon has bullied this community to get what (it) wants. That’s why we will file this appeal to protect the rights of ALL Arizona voters.” Axon declined to comment. A spokesperson for the City of Scottsdale did not respond to a request for comment. TAAAZE also has a second lawsuit against the Axon HQ project — this one challenging the memorandum of understanding that the city struck with the company last year to revise the project —that will go before a judge on June 5. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f07cdee6011c3f4ea3266 Fetterman compares Dems' defense of 'tacky and gross' Platner to disgraced ex-lawmaker te 2026-06-02T16:41:49.752Z Fetterman compares Dems' defense of 'tacky and gross' Platner to disgraced ex-lawmaker Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., isn’t going to bat for Graham Platner as his Democratic colleagues tip-toe around the embattled candidate’s growing list of scandals.  The lawmaker compared Democrats’ willingness to support, or at least not disavow, Platner’s actions to the same support for disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who resigned from Congress earlier this year over allegations of rape and sexual assault.  "I'm saying that the last time Democrats leaned in on a guy that was sending, you know, [these] kinds of messages to women, I think that was like Swalwell, you know," Fetterman said. "I don't know, that's not someone I'm never gonna carry water for." WATCH: SCHIFF DUCKS PLATNER QUESTIONS AS EMBATTLED DEM SENATE HOPEFUL HITS DC Platner has been embroiled in controversy since last year when it was revealed that he had a symbol of Nazi iconography tattooed to his chest. Since then, troves of old Reddit posts under the name "P-Hustle," explicit texts sent to other women while he was married and the revelation that he has an account on the controversial Kik platform have dogged the candidate in recent weeks and days.  But Democrats and his top supporters in the Senate, by and large, aren’t breaking with Platner, given that the party is determined to flip Maine in their quest to retake control of the upper chamber. And he is set to meet with Democratic lawmakers in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.  SANDERS SAYS PLATNER HAS THE 'GUTS' TO FIGHT BILLIONAIRES DESPITE GROWING SCANDAL PILEUP Still, Fetterman, who often breaks with Democrats on anything from funding the government to the war in Iran, was highly critical of Platner, whom he referred to by his online handle "P-Hustle." Fetterman didn’t explicitly say that Platner should drop out of the race, however.  When asked if Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who teased that she was still on the ballot after dropping out of the race over financial woes, should jump back in and Platner step aside, Fetterman said, "I think you shouldn't send, you know, sexually explicit texts or d--- pics or whatever he sends to all these women on Kik." PLATNER'S DELETED REDDIT SPARKS OUTRAGE AGAIN AS HE APPEARS TO MOCK WOUNDED SOLDIER: 'DIDN'T DESERVE TO LIVE' "I mean, you know, like it's, it's truly bizarre. I mean, what's next? So, I mean, here is a guy that describes an American soldier, a Purple Heart [recipient], a dumb motherf----- that doesn't deserve to live," Fetterman said.  "He smears Chris Kyle, you know, the American Sniper, cheers about the beating [of] IDF soldiers to death," he continued. "I dig it, like the thing he has going for him, he's done so much bizarre and tacky and gross stuff that you lose count, you know, it's like you need to have like a bingo card." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f07b9ee6011c3f4ea325d Naomi Osaka offers uninspiring response about her mindset following French Open loss to Aryna Sabalenka te 2026-06-02T16:41:29.751Z Naomi Osaka offers uninspiring response about her mindset following French Open loss to Aryna Sabalenka Naomi Osaka has made a habit of making headlines with her comments inside the media center at various Grand Slam stops over the years, and this year's French Open was no different. The four-time Grand Slam winner lost in straight sets to World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka (5-7, 3-6) in the fourth round of Roland Garros, which has become a familiar situation for Osaka in her career. The 28-year-old holds a 1-3 record against the Belarusian all-time, with all three of her losses coming in 2026. While answering questions from the media following her fourth-round exit in France, Osaka was asked if she could take any encouragement from the loss or if she feels daunted about the challenge in closing the gap between herself and Sabalenka. NAOMI OSAKA'S ALL-BLACK FRENCH OPEN OUTFIT RIVALS HER JELLYFISH-INSPIRED LOOK FROM THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN The question was a bit strange, as the idea of being encouraged after a third straight loss to the same opponent would be unique, but the question wasn't nearly as odd as the answer Osaka proceeded to give. "I don’t know if you knew me before, but I would be very, very disappointed in myself after matches like these. But I kinda realized it doesn’t matter at all," Osaka began. "I’ve played her multiple times and sadly to say lost multiple times. The only thing I can keep doing is trying l my best. Maybe, hopefully, it’ll work out in my favor one day. But I can’t let myself be discouraged every time I lose to someone or win against someone. Because honestly, hitting a ball doesn’t really matter, like, on Earth, kind of." It doesn't get more uninspiring than that. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! For a four-time Slam winner and former World No. 1 herself, Osaka admitting aloud that "hitting a ball doesn't really matter" is shocking. Imagine the level of criticism an NBA superstar would receive if they said "shooting a basketball doesn't really matter" after a loss, or an NFL quarterback suggesting "throwing a football doesn't really matter" after a crushing defeat. Osaka, however, continuously gets the benefit of the doubt by many in the tennis world despite withdrawing from the 2021 French Open because the pressures of the media were apparently too much for her to handle. She also cried in the media center at Roland Garros a year ago after her first-round exit. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0791ee6011c3f4ea3251 In Her Memoir, Jill Biden Is a Watchful Spouse Who Didn’t Always Speak Up te 2026-06-02T16:40:49.822Z In Her Memoir, Jill Biden Is a Watchful Spouse Who Didn’t Always Speak Up The former first lady’s new book reflects an insular White House where loyalty was prized and President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s feelings were prioritized over health concerns. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0777ee6011c3f4ea322c Oro Valley adopts tourism plan, cuts major projects te 2026-06-02T16:40:23.993Z Oro Valley adopts tourism plan, cuts major projects The Oro Valley Town Council has adopted a leisure travel plan aimed at drawing visitors and boosting revenue, but stripped out several of its most ambitious proposals before signing off. The council voted 6-1 to adopt the plan at its May 20 meeting, removing several major projects that will be considered on an individual basis at a later date. Adopting the plan does not commit the town to any individual project or expenditure; each will require separate council approval. Councilmember Josh Nicholson cast the lone dissenting vote. Community and Economic Development Director Paul Melcher said the town would formulate an annual work plan based on current staff capacity and resources, subject to council approval each year. "There's also built-in scalability," Melcher said. "Sometimes, if you can attract one visitor, with additional effort, you might attract 100, 1,000, and so on." With a three-person staff, Melcher said the town should be mindful of its capacity, including the number of available hotel rooms, while staying opportunistic and ready to adapt as circumstances change. Horseback riding through the Sonoran Desert is among the outdoor experiences Oro Valley hopes to promote under its newly adopted leisure travel plan. Courtesy of Town of Oro Valley. Melcher outlined several staff recommendations in order of priority, along with each one's projected first-year economic impact. Developing a regional events and festival strategy to combat seasonality, estimated to draw 6,000 visitors from Tucson and Phoenix and generate nearly $330,000 in revenue. Increasing sports tourism and advocating for additional sports venues, estimated to generate more than $525,000 in revenue. Activating Steam Pump Ranch as a cultural and culinary event venue, estimated to generate more than $150,000 in revenue. Developing a local culinary tourism strategy and dining plan, estimated to generate more than $410,000 in revenue. Addressing summer seasonality with shaded, indoor and evening visitor experiences, estimated to generate more than $300,000 in revenue. Encouraging intergenerational tourism programming for youths and seniors, estimated to generate more than $395,000 in revenue. Revitalizing the Oro Valley Community Center with tourism-serving amenities, with economic impact not yet determined. Expanding hotel and lodging options with new boutique, eco-luxury and wellness-focused hotels, estimated to generate more than $80,000 in revenue. All recommendations would take two to four years to implement. Melcher's plan calls for focusing on Steam Pump Ranch and building tourism governance capacity in the first year, with other programs and "early wins" developing in years two and three. The Oro Valley Town Council has adopted a plan to grow its tourism economy while preserving the community's desert character. Courtesy of Town of Oro Valley. Mayor Joe Winfield proposed adopting the plan without its fifth section, titled "Big Ideas and Action Plans," which outlined several major projects including a performing arts venue, a state-of-the-art recreation center, a resident-designed festival, a public market hall at Steam Pump Ranch and the expansion of Tohono Chul. Winfield moved to remove all of those projects except the expansion of Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens, Galleries and Bistro, which would support the growth of the facility's programming with a focus on cultural tourism and environmental education. "My motion expresses support for the core purpose and direction of the Leisure Travel Destination Management Plan, particularly the recommendations focused on enhancing resident quality of life, improving existing amenities, strengthening Oro Valley's identity and supporting thoughtful community-centered tourism," he said. Winfield said the plan contains practical and achievable strategies worth discussing, but that he was uncomfortable approving the big ideas section. "While I appreciate the creativity and vision behind those concepts, I believe the process used to prioritize and elevate those ideas was flawed and did not provide sufficient council direction or community consensus regarding long-term priorities," Winfield said. "I do not want the overall improvement of the plan to be seen as endorsement of specific large-scale projects, future financial commitments or funding mechanisms that the council has not fully evaluated." Winfield expressed concern about some of the implementation concepts and funding approaches given the town's existing financial commitments and competing infrastructure priorities. Removing the projects, he said, would allow the council to evaluate them separately through a more public community process. The plan will go into effect July 1. Ian Stash is University of Arizona alum and freelance journalist in Tucson. Contact him at ianjgs16@gmail.com. Tucson Spotlight is a community-based newsroom that provides paid opportunities for students and rising journalists in Southern Arizona. Please consider supporting our work with a tax-deductible donation. Donate to Tucson Spotlight Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f058dee6011c3f4ea31df One airport is opening hidden tunnels once shrouded in speculation te 2026-06-02T16:32:13.270Z One airport is opening hidden tunnels once shrouded in speculation → Travelers may soon walk through underground corridors that have fueled decades of speculation and intrigue. → One iconic national park is drawing so many visitors, comparisons to Disneyland are hard to ignore. → Flight attendants say one common passenger habit creates more frustration than almost anything else. → One Hollywood actor's in-flight rant has travelers laughing — and arguing — all over again. → A cruise ship braved punishing conditions to reach a sailor in desperate need. → Passengers faced an unexpected ordeal when one traveler's actions forced a swift change of plans. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER → A breakthrough is helping experts put names to victims of a long-unsolved Arctic tragedy. → Treasure hunters uncovered a Viking-era jackpot that's rewriting the record books in stunning fashion. → A rare purple dye linked to biblical texts is shedding new light on the ancient world. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE TRAVEL NEWS Generations of family memories are coming to an end as an iconic attraction prepares to close for good. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0579ee6011c3f4ea31d6 South Carolina assisted living manager fired after mocking Pam Bondi's cancer diagnosis in viral video te 2026-06-02T16:31:53.193Z South Carolina assisted living manager fired after mocking Pam Bondi's cancer diagnosis in viral video A South Carolina assisted living facility manager has been fired following online backlash after posting a video mocking Pam Bondi's thyroid cancer diagnosis, prompting criticism across social media. A TikTok video reposted Saturday by the X account, "I Meme, Therefore I Am," showed Rosalyn Holt, a former business office manager at Helena Square Assisted Living in Port Royal, South Carolina, apparently recording a video at work while mocking Bondi's diagnosis. In one image featured in the TikTok, Bondi — who left the Department of Justice in early April and has undergone treatment for thyroid cancer — appears alongside on-screen text reading, "So after months of silencing Epstein victims, her throat chakra is rapidly destroying her?? Oh."  WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THYROID CANCER PROGNOSIS FOLLOWING PAM BONDI'S DIAGNOSIS In the screenshot of her TikTok profile, Holt calls herself a "witchy woman," "appalled citizen" and "agent of change," along with the words "astrology," "witchery" and "lifestyle." In a Saturday Facebook post on X, Helena Square wrote in part, "Navion Senior Solutions is aware of recent social media activity involving one of our employees that has generated concern within the community and online discussion platforms. The views and statements expressed in personal social media posts are solely those of the individual and do not reflect the values, mission, or standards of our organization."  In a Sunday Facebook post, Helena Square wrote, "Following a thorough review of the matter referenced in our May 30th statement, the individual involved is no longer employed by Helena Square/Navion Senior Solutions."  TIKTOKER FIRED FROM JOB AFTER PRAYING FOR PAM BONDI TO SUFFER 'WORST CASE OF CANCER ANYBODY'S EVER SEEN' "While we do not discuss individual personnel matters, we want to reaffirm that the conduct reflected by the former team member in the social media post is inconsistent with the values of Navion Senior Solutions and the standards we expect of all team members," the company continued. "The views expressed in the video were solely those of the individual and in no way represent Navion Senior Solutions, our team members, or the residents we serve." "We recognize the concerns expressed by members of the community and appreciate those who brought this matter to our attention," the statement added. "Respect, compassion, dignity, and professionalism remain fundamental to who we are and how we serve our residents, families, team members, and communities every day. We remain committed to earning and maintaining the trust of all those we serve."  In a statement to Fox News Digital, Amanda Wickert, chief experience officer for Navion Senior Solutions, said, "As stated in our public communication, the individual involved is no longer employed by Helena Square Assisted Living and Navion Senior Solutions. Consistent with our practice, we do not discuss the specifics of personnel matters, including the circumstances surrounding an individual's separation from employment." Wickert added, "We can confirm that we took the matter seriously, conducted a review, and took appropriate action. The conduct reflected in the social media content is inconsistent with the values of our organization and the standards we expect of our team members." SUSPECT WITH LENGTHY RAP SHEET ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED PAM BONDI 'MURDER-FOR-HIRE' SCHEME: FBI Fox News Digital attempted to reach Holt for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0564ee6011c3f4ea31cd University of Toledo pole vaulter Eva Moran killed in three-vehicle crash in Ohio at age 19 te 2026-06-02T16:31:32.712Z University of Toledo pole vaulter Eva Moran killed in three-vehicle crash in Ohio at age 19 A three-vehicle crash in Ohio left a Division I college athlete dead at the age of 19. University of Toledo pole vaulter Eva Moran, 19, was the only person killed in the Ohio crash in which another 19-year-old and a 23-year-old were involved. "The University of Toledo community is heartbroken by the loss of Eva Moran," athletic director Tom Moreland said in a release. "Eva was an outstanding student-athlete whose determination, character and positive spirit made an impact on everyone who had the opportunity to know her. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Eva's parents, Alena and Derrek, and her siblings, Maddox, Jaxton and Kya. We ask that everyone keep Eva's family and those closest to her in their thoughts during this incredibly difficult time." "There are no words to adequately express the sadness our team feels over the loss of Eva," Toledo director of cross country and track and field Andrea Grove-McDonough added. "She was a remarkable young woman whose energy, determination and kindness made an immediate impact on our program. Eva approached every practice, every competition and every challenge with a positive attitude and a genuine love for her teammates. She was eager to learn, eager to improve and proud to represent the University of Toledo. "Our hearts are with Eva’s family, friends, teammates and everyone whose lives she touched. We will continue to honor her memory and the example she set for all of us." WEST VIRGINIA'S EPIC WALK-OFF SPARKS EMOTIONAL 'COUNTRY ROADS' CELEBRATION THAT DEFINES COLLEGE SPORTS The crash occurred on Friday afternoon on Route 309 in Claridon Township. Moran was driving a 2012 Hyundai Elantra when she hit the left rear of a 2013 GMC Acadia, authorities said, via ABC 13. Moran was traveling east when she hit the Acadia that was waiting to make a left turn into a driveway. Moran "failed to maintain assured clear distance ahead, striking the left rear" of the Acadia, authorities said. Police added that a driver in a 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee was driving westbound when Moran hit the Acadia, and Moran "traveled left of the centerline into the westbound lane, was struck by [the Jeep] and ejected from her vehicle." Moran had just completed her freshman year with Toledo and majored in health sciences. She set the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference pole vault record in her senior year of high school at 12 feet and ½ inch. She finished 10th at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships last month with a personal-best mark of 3.57 meters. In February, she finished third at the GVSU Big Meet (3.43 meters), and in April, she placed fourth at the 56th Annual GINA Relays (3.27 meters). Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f053cee6011c3f4ea31c2 Congress to Consider Restricting How the Military Uses A.I. te 2026-06-02T16:30:52.793Z Congress to Consider Restricting How the Military Uses A.I. One measure would codify rules tech companies have requested, including a ban on using artificial intelligence for domestic surveillance. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0527ee6011c3f4ea31a6 Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections  te 2026-06-02T16:30:31.275Z Trump signs narrower executive order on AI oversight after industry objections  After industry objections, President Trump signed a revised AI executive order requiring only voluntary prerelease government reviews of advanced models. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0103ee6011c3f4ea315d Store owner held without bond for 3 years acquitted of murder in teen's shooting death te 2026-06-02T16:12:51.599Z Store owner held without bond for 3 years acquitted of murder in teen's shooting death A store owner in South Carolina who spent three years in jail before his trial was acquitted of a murder charge after shooting and killing an armed teen outside the store in 2023. A jury in Richland County found Rick Chow not guilty Monday in the shooting death of 14-year-old Cyrus Cormack-Belton. On May 28, 2023, Chow and his son, Andy Chow, pursued Cormack-Belton out of their Columbia, South Carolina, convenience store after suspecting him of shoplifting. The father and son duo chased the teen about 100 yards before Chow shot him in the back with a .45-caliber Glock handgun, killing Cormack-Belton, according to the Post and Courier. ARMED AMERICANS FIGHT BACK: INSIDE 2025’S MOST GRIPPING SELF-DEFENSE SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE US Cormack-Belton was carrying a semiautomatic pistol at the time, and Chow's defense contended that he aimed the gun at Andy Chow, which caused the elder Chow to fire the shot in self-defense. While the state acknowledged that the teen had a gun, they said it fell onto the street and posed no danger to the Chows. Chow was charged with murder the day after the shooting, and subsequently held without bond for just over three years leading up to the trial. Tensions were high in the community as locals and activists held public demonstrations in the days and weeks after Cormack-Belton's death. Crowds reportedly gathered outside Chow's store on May 29, 2023, and cheered when they learned that Chow was charged with murder. JUDGE RIPS INTO TEEN’S ‘HIGH-RISK’ BEHAVIOR BEFORE DELIVERING DECADES-LONG SENTENCE IN VIOLENT ROBBERY The store was vandalized later that night. Chow's trial lasted for three days, and according to the Post and Courier, the jury deliberated Monday for about 8 1/2 hours, from early afternoon to nearly 9 p.m., before reaching its decision. After the not-guilty verdict, Chow was released from custody, and is now a free man for the first time since 2023. JORDAN NEELY'S DAD FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST DANIEL PENNY AFTER SUBWAY CHOKEHOLD "We’re very pleased at the jury’s deliberations and their verdict," one of Chow’s attorneys, Jack Swerling, said after the not-guilty verdict, WIS News 10 reported. "We think it was the appropriate verdict in this case. Although it was a difficult decision to come to, because you have two different stories to the extremes." "My heart goes out to them, but a 14-year-old kid should not be roaming the streets of Columbia or South Carolina with semiautomatic pistol loaded and ready to fire," he said. An attorney for the Cormack-Belton family, Todd Rutherford, said the family intends to file a civil lawsuit against Chow. Fox News Digital reached out to Swerling and Fifth Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson, who prosecuted the case. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f00efee6011c3f4ea3154 FIRST ON FOX: ActBlue board members in hot seat as GOP probes 'serious' misconduct allegations te 2026-06-02T16:12:31.671Z FIRST ON FOX: ActBlue board members in hot seat as GOP probes 'serious' misconduct allegations FIRST ON FOX: Congressional investigators are expanding their probe into Democratic fundraising giant ActBlue, seeking interviews with board members as scrutiny intensifies over the platform's handling of foreign donations.  The GOP chairs of three House committees are requesting that five members of ActBlue’s board sit for transcribed interviews and produce a slew of documents related to their involvement in the payment processor’s response to allegations of donor fraud. The board members have until June 16 to voluntarily comply with the Republicans’ invitation, according to a copy of the letters reviewed by Fox News Digital.  The letters come as ActBlue is under intense pressure over whether it accurately represented its fraud-prevention practices and handling of foreign donations that may have been routed through the platform into U.S. elections. The Republican-led committees have accused the platform of stonewalling their investigation by withholding documents subpoenaed by the panel and failing to be transparent after learning about the potential misrepresentation of facts. DEM FUNDRAISING GIANT IN THE HOT SEAT AS GOP LAWMAKERS DEMAND ANSWERS OVER DODGED SUBPOENA "Information produced to the Committees and public reporting indicate that ActBlue’s Board of Directors may have participated in or been aware of this misconduct," House Administration Committee Chairman Brian Steil, R-Wis., House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, wrote in the letters. "Accordingly, we write to request your voluntary cooperation with our oversight." A spokesperson for ActBlue did not immediately respond to a request for comment.  House Republicans’ widening probe into ActBlue comes as the group’s embattled CEO, Regina Wallace-Jones, is expected to testify before the House Administration Committee about the platform’s vetting of foreign donations at a June 10 hearing. "Ms. Wallace-Jones allegedly misled our committee at the outset of our investigation into ActBlue’s fraud prevention standards," Steil previously told Fox News Digital. "It’s past time we set the record straight and got answers for the American people." Central to those concerns is reporting that ActBlue's own attorneys questioned whether the organization had accurately described some of its fraud-prevention practices to Congress.  According to The New York Times, Covington & Burling, ActBlue’s then-outside counsel, warned Wallace-Jones in early 2025 that she may have given misleading comments to Steil’s committee about how the platform screened potentially illegal contributions, including those from foreign donors. ActBlue did not immediately clarify that some of its screening procedures for fraudulent donations were not always followed as described to congressional investigators, the outlet reported.  ACTBLUE SCRUTINY FUELS NEW GOP BILLS TO TIGHTEN ELECTION DONATION RULES ActBlue's new outside counsel later acknowledged in a June 2025 letter that the payment processor strengthened certain donor-screening procedures, months after the board learned of the concerns raised by Covington.  "We saw it as we weren’t going to poke the bear by issuing a correction for things that, frankly, the committee hadn’t necessarily looked at more closely," Kimberly Peeler-Allen, chairwoman of the ActBlue board of directors, told The Times in April. Peeler-Allen is among the targets of the new round of interview requests.  The Republican chairs are also scrutinizing the board’s response to a wave of high-profile departures and alleged retaliation that occurred following internal concerns that ActBlue may have provided misleading information to Congress.  An ActBlue lawyer had his access to ActBlue’s computer networks cut off after he tried to warn the board about the group’s potential legal jeopardy, The Times reported. According to the outlet, two ActBlue unions later warned the board about current leadership’s association with a "growing pattern of volatility and toxicity" and asserted that the constant turnover was "eroding our confidence in the stability of the organization." "The union noted that ActBlue’s legal and compliance functions had been compromised," the group of Republicans said in the letter. "It is unclear what actions the Board took in response to these serious allegations." ActBlue has consistently denied any wrongdoing and has not been criminally charged. Spokespersons for the payment processor have previously cast the congressional probe as an attempt by Republicans to undermine the group — a key plank of the Democratic Party's financial infrastructure — ahead of November’s midterm elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f00dbee6011c3f4ea314b Pro-Israel influencer Emily Austin says Zohran Mamdani reached out to co-host FIFA event te 2026-06-02T16:12:11.748Z Pro-Israel influencer Emily Austin says Zohran Mamdani reached out to co-host FIFA event FIRST ON FOX: Sports reporter and conservative influencer Emily Austin told Fox News Digital exclusively that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani asked her to co-host a FIFA World Cup event. Austin, who is vocal about her conservative politics and pro-Israel stance, said the mayor's office sent a message to the Instagram account for her podcast, "The Emily Austin Show," asking about possibly working together. She told Fox News Digital that after she got the message from Mamdani, she called two of her mentors to ask for advice. "One of them thought it was a great idea, and one of them said, 'Do not, don't make him look like he's extending an olive branch to the Jewish people because he's not. Him asking you to co-host an event is not going to do anything good for you or him,'" Austin recalled, adding that it would "make me look bad." NYPD COMMISSIONER 'PROUDLY' LEADS ISRAEL PARADE AS GRAND MARSHAL; MAMDANI BREAKS TRADITION, AVOIDS EVENT Austin said she thought deeply about what to do and realized that she would have been open to co-hosting the event if she thought that there was "the slightest chance" that she could speak to Mamdani and change his mind about Israel. "If there's the slightest chance that I know, I can have a conversation with Mamdani and change his mind on the State of Israel or on the — you know — well-being of the Jewish people, then I would have gone despite the scrutiny. But knowing that I don't feel any ounce of remorse for the things that he said that hurt my community, it's like I'm not interested. And sports could have been a very good vehicle to drive unity, but not from a guy like Mamdani," Austin said. When asked about Austin's claim that Mamdani invited her to co-host a World Cup event, Deputy Press Secretary for Mayor Mamdani Sam Raskin told Fox News Digital, "Mayor Mamdani is the mayor of all New Yorkers, regardless of their views, and we will always engage with people across the political spectrum." Austin expressed frustration with the divisions she sees in New York City. She noted that she works in Muslim-majority countries, such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and feels that she sees "more coexistence there than I'm seeing right now in New York." OPINION: WHAT AN UBER RIDE IN NEW YORK CITY REVEALED ABOUT ANTISEMITISM TODAY AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM ISRAEL "I celebrate Eid with my Muslim friends. They come to my house for Passover, and it's like religion is usually not what's causing the tension, it's mostly the politics behind it and, you know, Jihad," she said. "So, Mamdani, it's not that he's Muslim, or it's not that, you know, he's pro-two-state solution. No, he's pro-terrorism." Austin spoke with Fox News Digital at the Manhattan Jewish Experience's (MJE) 27th annual dinner, where she was being honored with the Social Impact Leadership Award. The reporter and influencer said that in a time when speaking out against antisemitism and in favor of Israel can draw scrutiny, it felt good to be recognized by the people she's fighting for. "The pat on the back from the people that you love and care about and the people you're fighting for, it really does mean something," she said. MAMDANI SKIPS ISRAEL DAY PARADE DESPITE JOINING OTHER CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS MJE was founded by Rabbi Mark Wildes in 1998 in honor of his late mother, Ruth Wildes. The organization connects Jewish professionals in NYC to build a community based on shared faith and heritage. Wildes told Fox News Digital that many Jewish New Yorkers have felt increasingly uneasy amid rising antisemitism following Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel and the beginning of Mamdani's term in office. "We don't feel like we have a mayor that really represents us or that is careful about protecting Jews," Wildes said. "I was just really upset, frustrated that the city could elect someone that is just sort of tone-deaf to where Jews are in America and New York." Austin said that she does not believe that Mamdani has made a genuine effort to improve his relationship with New York City's large Jewish community. "You just don't feel like there's any olive branch being extended, you don't feel like there is a chance for coexistence when it comes to this mayor and, it's just a shame because New York is, I think, the greatest city in the entire world, and it's sad to see that this is what's dividing us," she said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f00c7ee6011c3f4ea3142 State of Florida has postseason to forget in college baseball, as 'Big 3' fail to advance past regionals te 2026-06-02T16:11:51.754Z State of Florida has postseason to forget in college baseball, as 'Big 3' fail to advance past regionals When you think of collegiate athletics in the Sunshine State, specifically with regard to the "Big 3" of Florida, Florida State, and Miami, you likely think of football first. And for good reason, as all three of the power players in Florida have had dominant runs at one time or another in the sport's history. What may shock the layman, though, is that all three of those schools also have strong baseball programs as well. Both Miami and Florida have national championships to their name, with the Hurricanes winning four in their program history, and while Florida State has never won the College World Series, they rank second in win percentage in college baseball and their old coach, Mike Martin, was the first and only coach to ever win 2,000 games. IS THIS COLLEGE BASEBALL TANK SHOT REALLY THAT IMPRESSIVE? Any way you slice it, the state of Florida has a rich tradition of college baseball, but this past week has been one to forget for the Big 3. With the Hurricanes, Seminoles and Gators all failing to advance past regionals for the first time since 2022, the Sunshine State's lack of representation in both the super regionals and College World Series will feel uncanny. For the Hurricanes, it was a slightly less embarrassing miss than their other two rivals, considering they were the only ones to not host a regional. Despite that, getting shelled by both Troy and arch-rival Florida has to be a bitter pill to swallow for such a proud program. The Seminoles and Gators, however, have no excuses. Both were national seeds heading into postseason play, with Florida in particular looking like one of the hottest offensive teams in the country. Florida had two chances to advance to the super regionals against the aforementioned Troy Trojans, but were utterly humiliated both times on their home turf by a team with a fifth of the talent they possess. The Noles went out in similarly brutal fashion, being taken out by St. John's on the hallowed ground of Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium, though their games were actually a bit closer than their two neighbors to the south. With UCF also failing to make it past regionals, the entire state of Florida won't be participating in postseason play moving forward. Who's to say where all these programs go from here? ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The Gators, specifically, have a question of whether they retain coach Kevin O'Sullivan. The man affectionately referred to as Sully has the seniority over Miami's J.D. Arteaga and FSU's Link Jarrett, as well as a national championship to his name, but diminishing returns in the 2020s may end up dooming him to an unceremonious exit sooner rather than later. At least the Hurricanes and Gators have football and basketball, respectively, to look forward to, but I am having an increasingly tough time finding any sport for Seminoles fans to find joy in. Regardless, it will be a long offseason filled with uncomfortable questions for all three of these programs. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f00b3ee6011c3f4ea3139 2026 NBA Finals preview: New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs best bets for series, MVP player props te 2026-06-02T16:11:31.753Z 2026 NBA Finals preview: New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs best bets for series, MVP player props For the ninth consecutive season, there will be a new NBA champion as the San Antonio Spurs host the New York Knicks for Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. ET. This is the most highly anticipated finals in years. Courtside seats at Madison Square Garden for Games 3 and 4 will be the most expensive tickets in NBA history as the Knicks try to end their 53-year championship curse against the greatest physical force ever in basketball. New York historically ripped through the East to return to the NBA Finals since losing to San Antonio in 1999. The Spurs knocked off the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of the 2026 Western Conference Finals en route to their first finals appearance since winning the title in 2014. 2025-26 NBA FINALS ODDS: SPURS FAVORED OVER KNICKS Before we go any further, disclaimer: I'm a Knicks fan. So, if you want to disregard or fade my 2026 NBA Finals, I understand. Yet, since I take my sports betting writer job seriously, I'm only giving out bets and analysis that I believe in. If I didn't, I just wouldn't write about the series. That said, here are actual bets I have for the Knicks-Spurs 2026 NBA Finals and my logic behind them. Maybe take this with a grain of salt because a playoff series is a different animal, but NYK out-classed the Spurs this season. The Knicks were 2-1 straight up and 3-0 against the spread with a +12.2 spread margin vs. the Spurs during their two regular-season meetings and the 2025 NBA Cup Championship. Here is a breakdown of New York's dominance over San Antonio in those games: GREG ABBOTT POSTS AI IMAGE OF HIMSELF DUNKING IN SPURS JERSEY TO TROLL KATHY HOCHUL AFTER KNICKS GAFFE That last bullet point is alarming if you're a San Antonio fan or backer. NYK covered the spread by an average of 12.2 points per game despite the Spurs getting 8.4 more free throws per game. Also, San Antonio’s only win over New York this season came when the Knicks were missing C Mitchell Robinson and wing Josh Hart, and the Spurs were at home, winning by just two points, 134-132. Victor Wembanyama was -18 and -15 in his two losses to NYK and +17 in San Antonio’s lone win, again, without Robinson and Hart. Their absence mattered because they relentlessly attack the glass on offense, making it difficult for Wembanyama to control the game defensively. Think about it: Since Wemby has to focus on boxing out and grabbing boards, he cannot close out on New York’s 3-point shooters. Hence, if Wembanyama is protecting the paint and cleaning the glass, the Knicks will have good looks from deep. NYK ranked third in 3-point percentage during the regular season and has seven guys who can bang threes. San Antonio used what The Ringer's Zach Lowe called a "Wemby Zone" to beat Oklahoma City in the Western Conference Finals, which the Knicks will break with their outside shooting. Obviously, this bet is "price dependent" because if every player had the same odds, I'd pick Spurs SG Devin Vassell or SF Julian Champagnie. They are the two betting favorites in this market and first and second in made 3-pointers this postseason. However, given the playmaking abilities of Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns, and the attention they draw, Bridges should have wide-open looks all series. Wemby will most likely defend and sag off Hart, so I'm not betting him, who is +1500 to make the most 3-pointers in the finals. Meanwhile, Bridges has been on fire since New York's close-out win over the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the playoffs. He is shooting 62.8% from the field since Game 6 in the first round, even though Bridges was 4-for-16 and 1-for-8 from deep vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of the conference finals. During the regular season and the 2025 NBA Cup Championship, Bridges shot 42.9% from behind the arc (9-for-21) vs. San Antonio. If he can average three made 3-pointers per game against the Spurs in the NBA Finals, I'm in good shape to cash this bet. KAT just has too much game to be this long of a price. He made his sixth All-Star team this season and averaged a double-double for the eighth time in his 11-year career. If the voters had a do-over, they would name Town third-team All-NBA instead of Thunder big Chet Holmgren and Detroit Pistons C Jalen Duren. He has been great defensively this season, and KAT is still the best shooting big in the NBA. Wembanyama will most likely guard Hart, which means KAT will always have a smaller defender on him. Plus, Towns will make the Spurs pay if they leave him open in the corner as they did with Holmgren last round. His raw numbers are down from the regular season because the Knicks are beating teams so badly in these playoffs that he is resting for most of the fourth quarters. But KAT is shooting better from everywhere on the floor in the postseason. _____________________________ Follow me on X @Geoffery-Clark, and check out my OutKick Bets Podcast for more betting content and random rants. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0089ee6011c3f4ea311b OpenAI launches new Codex tools for white-collar work te 2026-06-02T16:10:49.752Z OpenAI launches new Codex tools for white-collar work OpenAI is getting serious about courting enterprise users. On Tuesday, the AI lab released a new set of capabilities for Codex, meant to expand the agentic tool’s uses in the workplace. Together with the new tools, the company released an internal report on how Codex is being used for knowledge work Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1f0071ee6011c3f4ea310a Duchas móviles apoyan a personas sin hogar en Tucson te 2026-06-02T16:10:25.827Z Duchas móviles apoyan a personas sin hogar en Tucson Leer en inglés Una organización sin fines de lucro de Tucson celebró a principios de mes el lanzamiento de una nueva unidad móvil de duchas, brindando a los residentes sin hogar acceso a instalaciones sanitarias limpias, financiadas mediante una subvención de UnitedHealthCare. God's Vast Resources invitó a líderes locales y miembros de la comunidad al acto de corte de cinta, celebrado el 7 de mayo, ofreciendo a los asistentes la oportunidad de ver el interior de la unidad, la cual cuenta con tres cabinas equipadas con ducha y lavabo. La unidad lleva ya unas semanas en funcionamiento; su fundadora, Debbie Struble, señaló que esta iniciativa constituye una vía más a través de la cual la organización sin fines de lucro busca brindar apoyo a la creciente población de personas sin hogar en Tucson. “Sentimos que es nuestra responsabilidad bíblica cuidar de las personas,” afirmó Struble. Para Struble, dicha responsabilidad abarca la provisión de alimentos, agua, ropa limpia e higiene básica, aspectos que ella considera representan una barrera significativa para que las personas sin hogar logren acceder a un empleo. “(Esto) era, sencillamente, el siguiente paso lógico para nosotros,” concluyó Struble. Debbie Struble y miembros de God's Vast Resources cortaron la cinta inaugural de la nueva unidad móvil de duchas de la organización sin fines de lucro el 7 de mayo en Tucson. Foto de Quentin Agnello. God's Vast Resources proporciona ropa limpia y comida caliente a los residentes sin hogar desde su centro ubicado en East 22nd Street. El primer intento de la organización por establecer una ducha móvil fue poco menos que estelar, según Struble, e implicó el uso de una vieja casa rodante. Con una sola ducha con fugas, apenas cinco minutos de agua caliente y escasa privacidad, el grupo supo que podía hacerlo mejor; solo necesitaba la financiación. La organización solicitó una subvención a través del Programa de Acción Comunitaria de UnitedHealthCare Arizona y tras varias semanas, los fondos fueron aprobados. John Hilyard, quien actualmente se encuentra en una situación de vivienda inestable, afirmó que el acceso gratuito y sencillo a la higiene es fundamental. "Es muy práctico poder ducharse sin tener que comprar los artículos necesarios," comentó Hilyard. "La vieja casa rodante siempre estaba fuera de servicio, así que el servicio era impredecible." Hilyard relató que lleva más de un año acudiendo a God's Vast Resources para recibir comida y ropa limpia. Aseguró que poder ducharse, afeitarse y cepillarse los dientes constituye un lujo que no siempre puede permitirse. "Ha sido una auténtica bendición," dijo Hilyard refiriéndose a la nueva unidad móvil de duchas. Los residentes de Tucson sin hogar pueden acceder a alimentos, ropa limpia y, ahora, a duchas gratuitas en el centro de God's Vast Resources, ubicado en East 22nd Street. Foto de Quentin Agnello. La unidad ha estado estacionada frente a God's Vast Resources, pero el grupo espera desplegarla en otras ubicaciones y ha considerado aparcarla frente a otras organizaciones sin fines de lucro. UnitedHealthCare considera esta inversión como parte de una misión más amplia. "La atención médica va mucho más allá de simplemente brindar servicios a través de médicos y enfermeros especializados," afirmó Steve Chakmakian, médico y director médico de UnitedHealthCare Community Plan of Arizona. "Se trata de abordar las necesidades sociales relacionadas con la salud que tienen un impacto enorme en los resultados sanitarios,” Una higiene deficiente afecta a algo más que las interacciones sociales: puede convertir un corte menor en una infección grave. "Nuestra reinversión en este proyecto tiene como objetivo real ayudar a abordar esas necesidades sociales,” señaló Chakmakian. "Estas necesidades sociales relacionadas con la salud son, en realidad, necesidades vitales.” El programa Community Plan de UnitedHealthCare trabaja para proporcionar fondos con el fin de lograr mejores resultados en materia de salud e higiene. Anteriormente ha otorgado subvenciones a otros grupos en todo el estado y continúa revisando solicitudes para futuros proyectos. Se invita a los miembros de God's Vast Resources y a la comunidad en general a donar artículos de primera necesidad, tales como jabón, champú, maquinillas de afeitar, toallas y cualquier otro producto de higiene que pueda ayudar a mantener la unidad operativa. Quentin Agnello es exalumno de la Universidad de Arizona y periodista independiente en Tucson. Puede contactarlo en qsagnello@gmail.com. Esta nota fue traducida por Diana Ramos, exalumna de la Universidad de Arizona, Directora de Iniciativas Bilingües y reportera del Foco de Tucson. Contáctala en diana@tucsonspotlight.org.    El Foco de Tucson es una sala de prensa comunitaria que ofrece oportunidades remuneradas a estudiantes y periodistas emergentes del sur de Arizona. Por favor, considera apoyar nuestro trabajo con una donación deducible de impuestos. Donar a El Foco Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1efe1fee6011c3f4ea2fcf Board, the new game startup from Mirror founder Brynn Putnam, raises $20M, has already sold thousands te 2026-06-02T16:00:31.594Z Board, the new game startup from Mirror founder Brynn Putnam, raises $20M, has already sold thousands Board, the startup building what it calls "together tech" designed to bring people into the same room, has closed a Series A led by Union Square Ventures. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1efbddee6011c3f4ea2d3b Dallas Whale Mural Artist Wyland Sues FIFA After World Cup Paint-Over te 2026-06-02T15:50:53.665Z Dallas Whale Mural Artist Wyland Sues FIFA After World Cup Paint-Over The legal battle follows weeks of public anger after a nearly 30-year-old downtown landmark was mostly covered up to make way for a World Cup-related project. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1efbc5ee6011c3f4ea2d04 Password manager Dashlane says hackers stole some customers’ password vaults te 2026-06-02T15:50:29.512Z Password manager Dashlane says hackers stole some customers’ password vaults The password manager giant said hackers were able to 'brute-force' its two-factor system, allowing them to access customer accounts and download their password vaults. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ef99eee6011c3f4ea2b66 City of Flagstaff launches program to help homeowners utilize solar, lower energy bills te 2026-06-02T15:41:18.627Z City of Flagstaff launches program to help homeowners utilize solar, lower energy bills Those interested can visit SwitchTogether.com/solar/flagstaff to register or learn more. The final day to register and accept an offer is Sept. 9. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ef982ee6011c3f4ea2b3d Newark mayor questions state police tactics at Delaney Hall after Sherrill's order, calls agency 'a sword' te 2026-06-02T15:40:50.074Z Newark mayor questions state police tactics at Delaney Hall after Sherrill's order, calls agency 'a sword' Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said Tuesday that he disagreed with the tactics New Jersey State Police used after they were ordered by Gov. Mikie Sherrill to secure the scene outside Delaney Hall, describing the agency as "a sword."  Clashes erupted outside outside the detention center in Newark on Friday after protesters defied an order from the State Police to relocate to a nearby "First Amendment zone." The area has seen frequent demonstrations in recent days after illegal immigrant detainees penned an open letter alleging physical and psychological torture, claiming they were being denied medical care and adequate food.   On Saturday, Sherrill said the New Jersey State Police Public Safety Response team was sent to the area in a move "absolutely necessary to protect public safety, and avoid escalation from ICE."  "I mean, clearly I agree that she was supposed to take action, 100 percent. She's the governor. She's the leader of this state. Our agencies are going to follow her, her attorney general, her staff. We're going to defer to her, because she is the leader of this state. And she needed to make strong and aggressive decisions," Baraka, a fellow Democrat, said Tuesday. LEFT-WING STREAMER BLASTS NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR OVER STATE POLICE RESPONSE AT ICE FACILITY PROTESTS "She made a decision to involve the state police, which is probably the tools that she has at her disposal. So I don't disagree with any of that up to that point. What I disagree with is the tactics that were employed by the state police when they got here," he continued.  "Look, the state police is a sword. If you're going to use them, you have to expect people to get cut. And those are the thinking that has to go into this. And I just think that we, going forward, have to have larger discussions about tactics on the ground. The local authorities, our public safety director has to be involved in every decision going forward in our city. Right? The elected officials have to be involved, our health department," Baraka also said. "And to their credit, there have been cross conversations with individuals, but not collective ones. And we finally had a collective conversation."  Baraka also mentioned Tuesday that the city of Newark has been in active litigation against GEO Group, the operators of Delaney Hall, for the past year. GEO Group has a national contract with ICE. GOV. SHERRILL BLAMES ICE, DEFENDS RIOTERS AFTER DEPLOYING TROOPERS TO QUELL VIOLENT MOB "And from the beginning, we have advocated for the immediate closure of this building, Delaney Hall, due to the GEO Group's failure to comply with code ordinances, which we believe pose a serious health and safety risk," he said.  "The reports of detainees suffering miscarriages, receiving inadequate medical care, psychological abuse, is troubling, which forces us now to expand, and our business administrator will talk about that, our lawsuit against Delaney Hall, further than just code enforcement violations," Baraka continued.  Newark Business Administrator Eric Pennington said Tuesday that he sent an email to the GEO Group Monday night "indicating that we want to get access" to Delaney Hall "to make sure that the health and safety of the individuals inside is appropriate." "We have not received a response yet but we expect to get that today. If they don't allow us in, we, along with partners who are out here to protect the individuals inside, they will join our lawsuit ... along with the state health department ... to have this facility shut down until it can be inspected and ensured that it is safe for the individuals who are in there," Pennington said. "So we are awaiting GEO Group's response now and we expect to go to the court within the next day or two, to continue the existing lawsuit."  A DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital last week that all detainees are provided with three meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap and toiletries. "Illegal aliens also have access to phones to communicate with their family members and lawyers, the spokesperson said. "Certified dietitians evaluate meals. In fact, ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens."  Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano, Preston Mizell, Alexandra Koch and Michael Dorgan contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ef767ee6011c3f4ea2adb Fetterman on why he supports Trump's ballroom, and his shock at Democrats who doubt last assassination attempt te 2026-06-02T15:31:51.744Z Fetterman on why he supports Trump's ballroom, and his shock at Democrats who doubt last assassination attempt FIRST ON FOX — Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., discussed why he supports President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project in an interview published Tuesday, where he also assailed members of his own party who doubted the validity of the April assassination attempt. During an interview segment on "The Katie Miller Podcast," Miller and Fetterman discussed the April 25 shooting during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, which Trump was attending for the first time as president. Miller was also in attendance with her husband, White House senior advisor Stephen Miller. "Now more than a third of my party thinks that was a hoax, that’s wild," Fetterman said in a clip obtained by Fox News Digital. "Everyone was there, you could confirm that was real in the middle of that. And the first assassination [attempt in Butler] where he was hit in the [ear], that was in my state. And how crazy, how dangerous and how awful that was. And half an inch over to the left … and that could have plunged our nation into untold chaos." A poll in April found about one-third of Democratic respondents thought the April 25 shooting was staged. WITNESSES RECOUNT CHAOS AT WHCA DINNER AFTER SHOOTING, SECRET SERVICE AGENTS DREW GUNS TO EVACUATE TRUMP Fetterman recounted how the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner could have impacted the country. "And now here we were, back at that event and walking in, it takes 30 minutes to get to the table, you can confirm how crowded it is there… the entire line of succession is in a room not much bigger than where we [are] shooting this," he said.  "So that’s why, there should be a secure facility like a ballroom," the Pennsylvania senator added.   In May, Trump told reporters that the future White House ballroom would not just serve as an event venue, but as a hardened security structure designed to support presidential operations and large gatherings amid heightened concerns following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER SHOOTING SHARPENS FOCUS ON TRUMP’S BALLROOM CONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL Trump said the ballroom will run about six stories deep, describing the building as made of "impenetrable" steel and four-inch-thick glass. He said 9,000 pounds of concrete is being used. "For me, he could start it today, it’s not going to be finished by the time the term’s up," Fetterman told Miller. "So it’s like that phrase, ‘Planting a tree that you are not going to sit under the shade of it,’ kind of thing. So it’s like a facility that’s necessary, anyone that’s been at those kinds of events at the House, it’s under a tent and people wearing shoes unlike yours in the mud and grass and that's just not what’s appropriate for a nation like ours." 'SHARK TANK' STAR BACKS TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM PLAN AMID SECURITY CONCERNS: ‘IT’S BIPARTISAN’ Fetterman's full interview with Miller will be published at 6 p.m. ET. The appearance by Fetterman, whose steadfast support for Israel has made him no shortage of enemies on the left, on the conservative figure's podcast had far-left journalist Mehdi Hasan fuming. Fox News’ Ashley J. DiMella contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ef753ee6011c3f4ea2ad2 Insane preview released for new A24 film 'Onslaught,' stars Adria Arjona and Rebecca Hall te 2026-06-02T15:31:31.751Z Insane preview released for new A24 film 'Onslaught,' stars Adria Arjona and Rebecca Hall A24's new movie "Onslaught" looks like a shot of adrenaline to the chest. Basic info: 'DUTTON RANCH' STAR NATALIE ALYN LIND STIRS UP SPECULATION ABOUT SHOW'S FUTURE WITH SIMPLE COMMENTS A24 is famous for making movies that buck Hollywood trends with budgets that aren't extremely high but often play well at the box office. It's a very impressive entertainment company, and it looks like "Onslaught" will stick to the proven formula, judging from the trailer released Tuesday. Give it a watch below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. IRAQ VETERAN BRINGS RAW REALITY OF BATTLE TO BIG SCREEN WITH 'WARFARE' Looks like a fun take on the "super soldier gone wrong" storyline. Throw in the underdog element with Adria Arjona leading the way, and it's easy to see why "Onslaught" might do significant numbers at the box office. Turns out that if a studio makes a film that is even partially original instead of superhero slop or the 13th installment in a franchise series, that people will care. Again, A24 has a proven record. "Warfare" is one of the most impressive war movies that I've ever seen, and "Civil War" is also a lot of fun, even if it's a bit crazy at times. It appears that "Onslaught" will have a similar energy to the latter. You can catch "Onslaught" starting Sept. 4, and make sure to let me know your thoughts on the trailer at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ef72bee6011c3f4ea2ac5 Police Say Muscatine, Iowa Man Shot 6 Relatives Before Killing Himself te 2026-06-02T15:30:51.755Z Police Say Muscatine, Iowa Man Shot 6 Relatives Before Killing Himself The man, Ryan Willis McFarland, 52, was confronted by the police, who said the killings followed a domestic dispute. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ef715ee6011c3f4ea2aa9 Turning your purse into a cyberdeck is the most fun way to resist big tech te 2026-06-02T15:30:29.752Z Turning your purse into a cyberdeck is the most fun way to resist big tech The women building these over-the-top, bedazzled cyberdecks aren’t in it for the glitter alone. This trend is reaching its peak at a time when people feel powerless against big tech. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ef4e8ee6011c3f4ea2a4e WATCH: Schiff ducks Platner questions as embattled Dem Senate hopeful hits DC te 2026-06-02T15:21:12.156Z WATCH: Schiff ducks Platner questions as embattled Dem Senate hopeful hits DC Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., dodged questions when asked whether he stood by Graham Platner, the embattled Maine Democrat whose Senate bid has become too big for his party to ignore and too messy for some Democrats to rally behind. Schiff declined to answer when asked by Fox News Digital whether he was still supporting Platner, despite the Senate candidate being embroiled in multiple controversies. "I'm going to an interview upstairs," he responded. Schiff later told CNN that he would "wait to learn more about these recent allegations involving his texting other women." SANDERS SAYS PLATNER HAS THE 'GUTS' TO FIGHT BILLIONAIRES DESPITE GROWING SCANDAL PILEUP "Ultimately, though it's going to be up to Maine voters what they decide how important or unimportant that is, and how important to focus on the economy, cost of living," Schiff said. "And those issues are, but I'm going to wait until I know more about what just came out in the last 24, 48 hours to really say more about it." Schiff, like several other Democrats, has not officially endorsed Platner. Others appear more willing to stomach the seemingly ever-growing list of scandals attached to the scandal-plagued candidate.  Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., who similarly has not officially endorsed Platner, wants to flip the Senate.  "I’m supporting all Democrats," Alsobrooks told Fox News Digital. DEMOCRATS BREAK WITH SCANDAL-PLAGUED GRAHAM PLATNER, WARN OF 'CIVIL WAR' IN PARTY "I don’t know him. Honestly, I’ve never met him," she continued. "What I do know is that I’m supporting Democrats. We need Democrats in office to fight back against Donald Trump, and I’m supporting them."  The reckoning among Democrats comes months after the start of Platner’s public relations woes, which began when video surfaced of him sporting a totenkopf, or death’s head tattoo, on his chest — a symbol of the Nazi war machine from World War II. The dam broke in recent weeks, with old Reddit posts resurfacing in which Platner waxes on veterans, sexual assault and other topics. He’s also embroiled in a sexting scandal and was most recently found to have a profile on the controversial Kik platform. Now he's coming to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to hold a confab with Senate Democrats. PLATNER STILL HAS ACTIVE ACCOUNT ON ANONYMOUS APP DUBBED 'PREDATOR'S PARADISE' AMID CHEATING SCANDAL His most vocal supporter in the Senate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., argued that the deluge of scandals was because of Platner’s stance against billionaires.  "What we're looking at right now is a situation where billionaires have already pledged to spend $90 million in a tiny state like Maine," Sanders said. "Trust me, that is a lot of money. They don't want him in." Others who have backed him, including Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., aren’t cutting the candidate loose.  Meanwhile, Republicans aren’t letting the moment pass to go after Platner in defense of their colleague and longtime incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Fox News Digital what he believed voters thought of the insurgent candidate.  "Here’s how I think most fair-minded Americans view Mr. Platner. They think that Jesus loves him but, in their opinion, he’s an idiot," Kennedy said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ef4d4ee6011c3f4ea2a45 Analyst says Jaxson Dart 'punted' on 'most important question' regarding Trump introduction te 2026-06-02T15:20:52.158Z Analyst says Jaxson Dart 'punted' on 'most important question' regarding Trump introduction Jaxson Dart faced the music last week when he gave a statement in response to introducing President Donald Trump at an event in New York. The New York Giants quarterback was invited to introduce Trump, and it prompted backlash from fans, media and even teammate Abdul Carter. Nonetheless, Dart addressed the situation in an effort to put it in the past, yet in doing so, he received further backlash from Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Dart explained that he had a "unique opportunity" to introduce the president of the United States, and "the President position has always been a position that I've well respected, regardless of political affiliation, regardless of political party and, you know, my intentions were just that." But Florio said that Dart "punted" on "the most important question" he was asked by the press — if he realized why the decision to introduce Trump was controversial. "That’s the only question that needed to be answered," Florio said on Monday's edition of "Pro Football Talk Live." "And well, ‘I’ll refer back to my statement,’ but your statement doesn’t address that. Your statement tries to make it apolitical. You can’t. It’s impossible to make that gesture at this moment, in this time, apolitical. Merely being there and introducing the president is a political statement. FORMER MSNBC HOST JOY REID SAYS SHE IS NO LONGER A NEW YORK GIANTS FAN BECAUSE JAXSON DART INTRODUCED TRUMP "That’s where I think we need to be realistic, and anybody who would say it’s not political is trying to advance their own agenda to excuse Dart and criticize Abdul Carter." Carter said on X that he thought a video of Dart and Trump was "AI," adding, "What are we doing man?" Dart added that he understands politics are "a sensitive matter" and that being the team's starting quarterback carries responsibility. Dart and Carter hugged it out after they spoke to the media about the ordeal. "Stand on what you believe in. But it can't be a problem when I stand on what I believe in. That's all that matters to me. As long as we have that understanding, it's all good," Carter said. "I mean, we just talked," Dart added. "You know, me and Abdul came here at the same time. We shared a lot of very similar experiences. We've experienced adversity through a season and had to have each other's backs and that's exactly what we continued to do today." Jameis Winston said he was "proud of" Dart and Carter "for having this conversation and getting in front of y'all and speaking what they would love. "I'm proud of our team for understanding that we don't have to pick a side in this," he added. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ef27cee6011c3f4ea29cc Meta tests ‘Series’ for episodic Reels on Instagram and Facebook te 2026-06-02T15:10:52.157Z Meta tests ‘Series’ for episodic Reels on Instagram and Facebook Meta told TechCrunch that it's considering ways to monetize the new feature, but didn't share specifics on what that could look like. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ef267ee6011c3f4ea29c3 How Europe’s AI strategy diverges from Silicon Valley’s te 2026-06-02T15:10:31.674Z How Europe’s AI strategy diverges from Silicon Valley’s The global AI race is often framed as a battle between the United States and China. But at VivaTech, Europe is expected to make the case for an entirely different model. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eedf1ee6011c3f4ea28e2 Chicago high school faces outcry after axing Arabic program te 2026-06-02T14:51:29.984Z Chicago high school faces outcry after axing Arabic program A Chicago high school's decision to eliminate its Arabic language program due to low enrollment and budget constraints has sparked backlash from community members who argue the course is vital for inclusion and diversity. Lincoln Park High School (LPHS) announced it will no longer offer Arabic to incoming freshmen. The decision comes as Chicago Public Schools (CPS) grapples with a projected $732.5 million deficit, forcing districtwide cuts to teaching and administrative staff, according to a new report by The Chicago Tribune. LPHS Principal Eric Steinmiller defended the decision during a May 21 local school council meeting. Steinmiller explained that beyond the district’s severe financial constraints, the Arabic program enrolled a total of just 20 students this year and ranked as the school's "lowest-performing" International Baccalaureate (IB) language track based on test scores. However, the decision has upset local activists, parents, and students who are demanding the administration reverse course. An online petition protesting the cancellation has already garnered more than 1,500 signatures. CHICAGO SCHOOLS FACE ENROLLMENT CRISIS WITH 150 BUILDINGS HALF-EMPTY "Eliminating access to Arabic for incoming students would limit educational opportunities and reduce the diversity of language offerings available at LPHS," the petition reads. "Language programs are essential not only for academic growth, but also for fostering empathy, inclusion, and cross-cultural understanding within our school community." The group frames the programming as evidence of the school's "commitment to educational equity, multicultural learning, and the long-term success of LPHS students." The Chicago branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) also criticized the school's decision. Jordan Esparza-Kelley, communications coordinator for CAIR-Chicago, argued the language provides vital real-world skills, similar to learning Spanish. CHICAGO SCHOOLS BLASTED BY PARENTS' RIGHTS WATCHDOG OVER 'APPALLING' LGBT AGENDA REVEALED IN UNEARTHED DOCS "No one would propose the removal of trigonometry at a school, right? However, only a subset of students will go on in their life and do that specific variant of math," Esparza-Kelley argued. "The other side of that is every student there speaks. Language programs in general, I think, are more fruitful than some of the other programs that would never have a floating question mark over their heads." Students who spoke at the LSC meeting claimed the program suffered from low enrollment because school leadership under-promoted it to students. Steinmiller noted that the school sought external funding to keep the program afloat.In 2022, LPHS was awarded a one-time, $100,000 grant spread over three years from the Qatar Foundation International. However, that funding was not enough to sustain the program long-term, according to LSC co-chair Amy Zemnick. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "I’m not saying there’s not value in the program, and if there was money, absolutely, we would love to keep it, but there’s a lot of different factors here that play into why it’s not sustainable," Zemnick told The Tribune. "The main one being we just don’t have the money or the kids." In a statement to Fox News Digital, Chicago Public Schools reaffirmed that financial constraints and a lack of student interest left them with no choice. "Chicago Public Schools (CPS) works continuously to provide a well-rounded and high-quality education in all settings, with lots of options, to best prepare students for college and careers," a spokesperson said. "Lincoln Park High School administrators are committed to a curriculum that honors and reflects the diversity of Chicago and the world. The school, however, can no longer justify the costs associated with the Arabic language programming due to a significant decline in student interest."  CPS noted that nine other schools across the district still offer Arabic as a world language. The district added that the 16 LPHS students currently enrolled in the track will be permitted to finish their fourth and final year of the program next year. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eedc7ee6011c3f4ea28c3 Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries te 2026-06-02T14:50:47.583Z Anthropic scales Claude Mythos to critical infrastructure in 15+ countries Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its security vulnerability program, and access to Mythos to 150 organizations across 15 countries — targeting critical infrastructure in power, water, healthcare, and communications where a cyberattack could affect 100 million people. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eedb2ee6011c3f4ea28ba X caters to creators with new ‘React with Video’ feature te 2026-06-02T14:50:26.955Z X caters to creators with new ‘React with Video’ feature X will now let you 'react with video' to posts. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eebb3ee6011c3f4ea25be Todd Blanche reveals DOJ unearthed cache of Jack Smith documents inside forgotten room te 2026-06-02T14:41:55.593Z Todd Blanche reveals DOJ unearthed cache of Jack Smith documents inside forgotten room Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed that the Department of Justice discovered a room packed with documents from former special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Donald Trump. Speaking on the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast, Blanche said the room was not officially a "secret," but that personnel were unaware of it. His comments come after FBI Director Kash Patel and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino also discussed documents discovered by investigators. "We found a room like that at DOJ, a few months ago," Blanche said. "It's not fair to say it was a secret room, but it's a room that had a lot of material in it." Blanche added that the documents were found in "burn bags," which are typically used to destroy sensitive documents for security purposes. He said while it’s not uncommon to use these types of bags to get rid of sensitive information, where it was left led him to believe an "honorable" agent may have been trying to preserve it. PATEL FOUND THOUSANDS OF SENSITIVE TRUMP–RUSSIA PROBE DOCS INSIDE 'BURN BAGS' IN SECRET ROOM AT FBI "It's not the existence of a burn bag that I think is interesting or problematic depending on which side you're on," Blanche said. "This one was in a place where I get the point that an honorable FBI agent might have left it there because it was not where it would normally be to be destroyed," he added. "[We] kind of stumbled on it, but it looked almost intentional." In April, Bongino revealed to Hannity that they’d found a "mother lode" of documents tied to the "Russiagate" investigation that he alleges were meant to be destroyed. PATEL FIRES BACK AT MEDIA CRITICS AFTER UNCOVERING SECRET FBI 'BURN BAGS' WITH CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS "That was basically the keys to the kingdom on Crossfire. And the document was so sensitive, we were not even to carry it outside of the office," Bongino said. "I'm reading this document and I'm like, ‘I can't believe this happened in the United States.’ It wasn't just that it happened in the United States, it was that so many people knew about it," he said. "All you had to do was read it. This thing was bulls--- from the start." Bongino said the roughly 100-page document reshaped his understanding of the probe. He said he was "scared" by how many people were involved and did not speak up. "Crossfire Hurricane" was the FBI’s probe into potential collusion between President Donald Trump and Russia. In July 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard alleged the Obama administration promoted a narrative about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election that she said officials knew was wrong. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eeb8bee6011c3f4ea2574 Trump Names Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence te 2026-06-02T14:41:15.675Z Trump Names Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist who leads the federal housing finance agency, will have oversight of the United States intelligence agencies. He has no known background in intelligence. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eeb77ee6011c3f4ea2550 White House Seeks to Impose Political Test on Billions in Federal Grants te 2026-06-02T14:40:55.187Z White House Seeks to Impose Political Test on Billions in Federal Grants A new proposal would allow the administration to block grants if they do not satisfy President Trump’s agenda or support what it calls “anti-American” values. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eeb5dee6011c3f4ea2507 Apple’s MacBook Neo is winning over a new generation of buyers te 2026-06-02T14:40:29.594Z Apple’s MacBook Neo is winning over a new generation of buyers The MacBook Neo shipped 1.1 million units in its first weeks on sale, IDC estimates, as Apple pushes deeper into the mainstream laptop market. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ee941ee6011c3f4ea2409 Los Angeles neighborhood Fourth of July parade canceled after Bass budget cuts, organizers claim te 2026-06-02T14:31:29.923Z Los Angeles neighborhood Fourth of July parade canceled after Bass budget cuts, organizers claim A Los Angeles Fourth of July parade has been canceled, with organizers citing city budget cuts from Mayor Karen Bass' office, according to a letter released Thursday. "Cuts in the City's budget from the Mayor's office meant that city services are no longer provided free of charge for first amendment events such as our parade, and sponsoring organizations need to pay for the City services that ensure a safe event," The Sunland/Tujunga/Shadow Hills Rotary Club announced in a Facebook post on Monday. The club said that estimates from the Department of Transportation brought the new cost for barricades, signage and other event items to almost $20,000, over four times the average budget for the parade. The club noted that it was "with great sadness" that they could not host the long-running Independence Day tradition this year under this cost. CITIES NEAR LA ABANDON JULY 4TH CELEBRATIONS AS TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN TAKES HOLD "Rest assured, we'll continue to work with the City to be able to host the parade in the future," the letter concluded. Fox News Digital reached out to the mayor's office for comment. In an interview with the New York Post, Lydia Grant, president of the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council, called the announcement "devastating" and blamed the mayor's office for having "jerked" the council around in the process. "I was very shocked because the mayor herself said to contact her staff to get it done," Grant said. "Then they started ignoring us. This has never happened before." VIRAL 1976 COCA-COLA COMMERCIAL SPARKS NOSTALGIA FOR A MORE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN CULTURE "They delayed so long that we didn’t have time to schedule or fundraise," she continued. "Then the [Department of Transportation] gave us the bill." Grant also expressed frustration over the cancellation of the parade and other city festivals while political protests continue to receive city support. "All the ICE protests that they paid money for, now they don’t have money," Grant said. "They’re investing money into protests and activism instead of something that would bring our community together." THE LEFT IS CELEBRATING JULY 4 WITH PROTESTS WHILE THE RIGHT SEES A PATRIOTIC REVIVAL The Sunland/Tujunga/Shadow Hills Rotary Club's announcement comes less than one week after Rutland, Massachusetts also announced that it would cancel the town's annual 4th of July celebration due to a lack of "adequate public safety staffing." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ee92dee6011c3f4ea2400 Ex-USMNT star sets USA's benchmark for successful World Cup, talks excitement of final being in his home state te 2026-06-02T14:31:09.920Z Ex-USMNT star sets USA's benchmark for successful World Cup, talks excitement of final being in his home state For Tim Howard, this year's World Cup is a full-circle moment. Raised in central New Jersey and becoming pro in his home state, the World Cup final will be held roughly 35 miles away from where the former United States Men's National Team goaltender grew up. When the bidding for the final took place, Howard knew exactly where it had to be played. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "I heard Dallas, and I love Dallas. Good, good town, but I just said the World Cup final could only really ever be in one place and it had to be in the New York, New Jersey area," Howard told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "I've never been to a World Cup final. I have never been around a World Cup final. I'm 47 years old, I've only ever seen the World Cup final on TV. So, you know, to be in New York during it, it's sort of crazy to think about. It's pinch myself sort of territory." Howard has never been to a World Cup final, because his USA squads never got to one. In fact, no USA team has ever made it. And Howard doesn't exactly expect this one to make it either. But there is a mark that this year's team does have to reach in order for the World Cup to not be considered a failure for the Stars and Stripes. CHRISTIAN PULISIC HEADLINES OFFICIAL USMNT WORLD CUP ROSTER AS DIEGO LUNA, TANNER TESSMAN LEFT OUT "I think we win the group, and we should win the group. So, start there," Howard began. The USA is the highest-ranked team in its group that also includes Australia, Paraguay and Turkey. "I think if you win the group and you finish first, in the Round of 32 you're going to get a third-place team, which, hopefully, as we start to peel back the layers, shouldn't be any better than any team you had just beaten in the knockout phase, right?" From then on, it's house money, Howard said. "And then I think, if my calculations are correct, in the Round of 16 they're going to have to roll their sleeves up and sort of beat a bully, a top-10 team in the world, right? But that's sort of how it should be. And if they can do that, a top-10, top-20 team, then they get themselves to the quarterfinal," he said. "Now, that's easy on paper. A lot of things have to happen. I think this is a really talented team. Can they come together, all play their best soccer at the same time? We'll see. But I do think they have the potential to do that." Howard is, of course, hoping this team goes the distance, which may provide some extra uniform cleaning. Howard knows all about that as a lifelong athlete who continues to live a healthy lifestyle and partnered with Lysol ahead of this year's World Cup. "I'm not on the field anymore, but I know that after a long match, practice, workout, whatever it is, my clothes stink. I also know that Lysol Laundry Sanitizer is my absolute go-to," he said. "It kills 99.9% of odor-causing bacteria in laundry. So, it's a natural fit as you can imagine with all of the sweating and working out that I did." If Team USA's tournament does not go as planned, though, there is a silver lining, Howard said. "If the United States Men's National Team has a tragic summary and they fail and they don't get out of the group, soccer's not going to go backwards in this country. It's not," he said. "People will be disappointed, but the money and the infrastructure and the support are still going to be there. "They're just going to be hungrier for success." Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ee919ee6011c3f4ea23f7 Country star Riley Green sets the internet on fire after debuting impressive new song 'Lookout Mountain' te 2026-06-02T14:30:49.998Z Country star Riley Green sets the internet on fire after debuting impressive new song 'Lookout Mountain' Riley Green has country music fans going wild after previewing some new music. The talented singer recently announced his new album "That's Just Me," which is scheduled to be released on Sept. 18. He also dropped his new single "Think As You Drunk." COUNTRY MUSIC STAR CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH SPICY SWIMSUIT PHOTO The "Jesus Saves" singer is on an incredibly impressive roll, and he made it clear he's not stopping. Green was performing at Jacksonville State University last week for the opening of the Randy Owen Center for the Performing Arts, according to Whiskey Riff, and gave people in attendance a little treat. The country music sensation performed his unreleased song "Lookout Mountain." COUNTRY MUSIC STAR STIRS UP FANS WITH SEE-THROUGH WHITE OUTFIT It certainly seems like Green has another monster hit on the way. Give the emotional song a listen below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. I think it's safe to say Green, once again, managed to craft something that country music fans are going to absolutely love. You don't have to take my word for it. The comments are popping with plenty of reactions. One person wrote, "Gave me goosebumps!!!" Another added, "Wow! This is beautiful!" I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Country music is going through a special moment right now, and it's awesome to watch unfold. Riley Green is among the leaders of the pack, and that's only going to continue as we push through 2026. Let me know what you think of his unreleased song at David.Hookstead@outkick.com. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ee6dcee6011c3f4ea2393 Trump signals retreat on $1.776B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund amid GOP revolt te 2026-06-02T14:21:16.952Z Trump signals retreat on $1.776B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund amid GOP revolt U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026 in Washington, D.C.  (Photo by Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund appeared to be on shaky ground Monday as he continued to face opposition from his own party. Trump had not yet made a public announcement by late afternoon, but several media outlets reported the president planned to possibly drop the fund to clear the way for Senate Republicans to advance a $72 billion immigration enforcement funding package. Politico reported White House officials communicated the decision Monday to Republicans on Capitol Hill, according to two unnamed sources. Trump’s fund has sparked resistance from both parties as concerns mounted that Jan. 6, 2021, riot defendants who assaulted police officers could conceivably get reparations by claiming the law was “weaponized” against them for political purposes.  A slew of lawsuits challenging what opponents called a “slush fund” followed, including from police officers who defended the Capitol that day. Shortly after the reports circulated that Trump might shelve the idea, the Department of Justice defended the fund on social media but said it would comply with a court order issued Friday temporarily barring the government from any further action on the fund. The order did not address the merits of a suit filed against the fund. “The Department of Justice disagrees strongly with the decision on the Anti-Weaponization Fund put forth by the United States District Court Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia, wherein the Court stated that, under no circumstances, may the Department of Justice proceed with the Anti-Weaponization Fund recently established in order to make up for the tremendous abuse, harm, and hate unfairly shown to so many people. This Fund was open to anybody who was so weaponized, targeted, or persecuted, whether they were Democrat, Republican, Conservative, Independent, or otherwise. The Department will abide by the Court’s ruling,” according to the department’s post on X. The DOJ and the White House directed States Newsroom to the post when asked if the president would scrap the fund altogether. Several Republicans vehemently opposed the fund, including retiring Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who called the fund “stupid on stilts.” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., abandoned plans for a floor vote on the immigration bill ahead of the Memorial Day recess as members threatened to defect unless the budget reconciliation package also included language to apply guardrails on the massive “anti-weaponization” pot of money. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday that even if Trump says he will drop the fund, “a promise from Trump is worthless.” “If Trump and Republicans are truly abandoning this corrupt scheme, they should have zero problem banning it in law,” Schumer said on the floor. “This week, Senate Democrats will push legislation to ban this slush fund and ensure no president can ever do this again. Trump’s word is nowhere near enough.” The Department of Justice announced the $1.776 billion fund on May 18 as a condition for Trump dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. A day later, the DOJ issued another order declaring Trump and his family would be forever immune from government inquiries, including tax audits, as part of Trump’s voluntary dismissal of the suit. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ee6b1ee6011c3f4ea236f Trump Names Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence te 2026-06-02T14:20:33.433Z Trump Names Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist who leads the federal housing finance agency, will have oversight of the United States intelligence agencies. He has no known background in intelligence. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ee4aeee6011c3f4ea2334 Arizona regulators weighing electric utility’s request for a 14% increase te 2026-06-02T14:11:58.953Z Arizona regulators weighing electric utility’s request for a 14% increase The Arizona Corporation Commission, the state’s utility regulatory body, began its first evidentiary hearing on May 18 on Arizona Public Service’s request to raise customer rates by roughly 14%. The hearings are scheduled to end on Tuesday, June 30 and, if approved, would increase customer’s monthly Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ee490ee6011c3f4ea2305 Foreign enemies have a shockingly simple way to track US troops overseas, lawmakers warn te 2026-06-02T14:11:28.553Z Foreign enemies have a shockingly simple way to track US troops overseas, lawmakers warn A bipartisan group of lawmakers is demanding answers from the Pentagon after U.S. Central Command disclosed it had received multiple threat reports indicating foreign adversaries were exploiting commercially available location data to target or surveil American military personnel overseas. In a letter to War Department Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies, lawmakers led by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., warned that the Pentagon "has not taken basic steps to protect U.S. military personnel from the serious counterintelligence and force protection threat posed by the collection and sale of personal information, including cell phone location data, by data brokers." The lawmakers cited information provided by U.S. Central Command, which told Congress it "has received multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater." The warning centers on the vast commercial data broker industry, which collects and sells location information generated by smartphones, apps and advertising networks. Lawmakers say adversaries may be able to purchase or otherwise obtain that data and use it to identify military installations, monitor troop movements or track individual service members. HACKERS CLAIM MASSIVE BREACH OF COMPANY THAT TRACKS AND SELLS AMERICANS' LOCATION DATA After revealing that CENTCOM had received multiple threat reports involving adversaries exploiting commercial location data, the lawmakers argued the Pentagon has failed to adequately address a vulnerability that has been known for years. "That foreign adversaries are still able to buy location data collected from the phones of U.S. personnel serving in military hotspots is a direct result of DOD leadership's failure to prioritize this threat and implement common sense cyber defenses recommended by federal cybersecurity experts," the lawmakers wrote. According to the letter, CENTCOM told lawmakers it only rolled out a capability to administratively disable location sharing on government-issued smartphones in May. Lawmakers also said advertising identifiers — unique tracking numbers used by advertisers and data brokers to monitor devices across apps and services — remain active on government-issued devices despite longstanding recommendations from cybersecurity agencies to disable them. ALLSTATE SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRACKING AND SELLING 45M AMERICANS' LOCATION DATA The lawmakers urged the Pentagon to disable advertising identifiers on all government-issued smartphones and issue guidance requiring personnel to do the same on personal devices used overseas or on military installations. They also called for the Departement of War to replace web browsers that facilitate advertising-related data collection with privacy-focused alternatives that include anti-tracking protections. The Pentagon has been grappling with the security implications of commercially available location data for years. In 2018, the fitness-tracking app Strava inadvertently revealed the locations and movement patterns of military personnel after publishing a global heat map of user activity. Similar concerns later emerged involving other fitness and location-based applications that exposed military installations and, in some cases, could be used to identify individual service members. The War Department subsequently issued guidance restricting the use of applications and devices that share geolocation data in operational areas. But lawmakers argue the department has not fully implemented more basic protections designed to limit the collection and sale of location information in the first place. Fox News Digital reached out to the Pentagon for comment.  Cybersecurity experts say the concern extends far beyond fitness-tracking applications. The commercial data ecosystem collects vast amounts of location information generated through smartphones, mobile applications, advertising technology systems and other digital services. "The United States' foreign adversaries have plentiful opportunities to exploit commercial location data on Americans, because so much location data is collected, shared, sold, inferred, and much more across the commercial market on millions of Americans every day," Justin Sherman, CEO of research and advisory firm Global Cyber Strategies, told Fox News Digital. Sherman said foreign adversaries can potentially obtain access to location data through data brokers, digital advertising networks and other commercial systems that collect and sell information about users' movements. "If you're one of the United States' foreign adversaries, you have advanced cyber capabilities, but you see all this U.S. data out there on the commercial market, you'd think: 'why hack when I can buy?'" "Foreign adversaries can take advantage of gaps in U.S. privacy laws, failures in other countries to lock down data, and the pervasiveness of digital systems to get location data from data brokers, real-time bidding networks for digital ads, and many other commercial sources," Sherman said. Once obtained, Sherman said the data can potentially be used to identify individuals, track their movements over time and build what intelligence professionals refer to as "patterns of life" — detailed pictures of a person's routines, habits and activities. "The sale of location data in particular on Americans' devices puts military personnel at risk, can expose their families and other people in their lives, and allow anyone with the data to see the sites they visit, map patterns of life, run intelligence operations against them, and more," Sherman said. "It's a serious national security threat." The lawmakers' letter raises fresh questions about how much commercially available data foreign adversaries can access and whether existing Pentagon safeguards are sufficient to protect American troops operating in sensitive environments around the world. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ee47cee6011c3f4ea22fc Vanilla Ice doubles down on Freedom 250 after artist exodus: 'Once you commit, you don't quit' te 2026-06-02T14:11:08.552Z Vanilla Ice doubles down on Freedom 250 after artist exodus: 'Once you commit, you don't quit' Vanilla Ice is doubling down on his decision to perform at Freedom 250’s Great American State Fair as several artists have withdrawn from the events amid backlash. The Great American State Fair is a planned 16-day festival that will be held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., running from June 25 to July 10 as part of the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations. The fair is being organized by Freedom 250, a nonprofit backed by President Donald Trump and working with the White House Task Force 250. After the lineup was announced on May 29, several performers, including Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, Young MC, the Commodores, Morris Day and others have announced they were dropping out. ROCK THE COUNTRY FESTIVAL DEFENDS PATRIOTIC MESSAGE AFTER ARTISTS EXIT, 'LOVING AMERICA ISN'T POLITICAL' During a Monday interview with Fox News Digital, Vanilla Ice, who was born Robert Van Winkle, confirmed that he was still "100%" on board, saying criticism of performers taking part has only strengthened his resolve to participate. "I'm reinforced. I'm here. I am committed. Once you commit, you don't quit, man. And that's how I am," the 58-year-old rapper and singer said. "I was so honored, man, my mom is proud of me, everybody," Vanilla Ice said of being asked to perform. "It's such a cool thing to go celebrate your country and enjoy the birthday." AMERICA 250 ORGANIZERS UNVEIL SWEEPING PLANS FOR THE COUNTRY'S HISTORIC BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION "And the way the people are dragging this into politics, it's not fair," he continued. "It is not fair to us as entertainers for sure. And I think that this shouldn't be looked at as political or anything." "I'm happy that Trump's putting this on," Vanilla Ice added. 'I'm honored that he invited me. I've played for him many times. They're great friends of mine." WATCH: VANILLA ICE DOUBLES DOWN ON AMERICA 250 PERFORMANCE AMID BACKLASH The "Ice, Ice Baby" singer noted that he lives in Palm Beach, Florida, the city where Trump's resort and primary residence is located. Though Trump resides at the White House while he serves out his second term, the president and his family often visit Mar-a-Lago on weekends and holidays. KEITH URBAN PERFORMS AT TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO PARTY FOR BILLIONAIRE ANTHONY PRATT "They're really good people. They've shown me a great time," Vanilla Ice said. "I enjoy them." Vanilla Ice told Fox News Digital that he would perform for virtually anyone, comparing his approach to former NBA star Dennis Rodman, who famously developed a relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He went on to say that he would play for Democratic leaders like former President Joe Biden and California Gov. Gavin Newsom and their families because he believes people of all political backgrounds are fans of his music. GENE SIMMONS TELLS AMERICANS TO 'SHUT UP AND STOP WORRYING' ABOUT POLITICS OF THEIR NEIGHBORS The rapper explained that he doesn't engage with politics at all. "I don't vote," Vanilla Ice said. "I don't waste my time with that. It's more about pina coladas and palm trees with me. I don't take any of these things serious, especially this whole mess. But some people do and I respect them all, man." "I love everybody," he continued. "This world needs more d--n love, you know? That's the truth behind it. We need to show more love, man, to all of our countrymen and both sides need to come together." ICE CUBE GROANS OVER BACKLASH HE RECEIVED FOR WORKING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP: 'HAVE A NICE LIFE' When asked about his reaction to the backlash he received after recently saying he would even perform for Russian President Valdimir Putin, Vanilla Ice laughed off the criticism and stood by his remarks. "I sure will," he said. "I have." Vanilla Ice recalled that he performed in 1993 in front of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin during the annual White Nights Festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia while on tour. SNOOP DOGG FIRES BACK AT CRITICS CALLING HIM A 'SELLOUT' AFTER TRUMP INAUGURATION PERFORMANCE "He was out there with the machine gun guards around the whole room and jamming and dancing with all of his grandkids," Vanilla ice remembered of Yeltsin. "People, you cannot as a musician, you cannot pick your fans. They pick you and you play. Shut up and play, man. You know, this isn't something that you have some kind of stance or a political platform to be something that you're not. You're a freaking entertainer. Entertain." Vanilla Ice told Fox News Digital that he was disappointed that celebrating the 250th anniversary of the country's founding had become politicized. "It's kinda shocking to me that we can't celebrate the birthday of our country, man, turning 250," he said. "I was born and raised here, man. I'm proud to be an American. I wanna celebrate this, you now? And I'm honored to be doing this. This is a huge honor. And it's sad that people take everything so serious. You're overlooking that it's the birthday of our country. It's not about the politics." COUNTRY STAR TRACY LAWRENCE CALLS OUT ‘DIVISIVE’ POLITICAL CLIMATE: MUSIC SHOULD BRING US 'ALL TOGETHER’ Several of the artists who withdrew from the Freedom 250 events are frequent collaborators of Vanilla Ice on nostalgia tours. Young MC and C+C Music Factory have both appeared on the rotating lineup of the I Love the '90s tour, which Vanilla Ice has headlined for years. The 2026 iteration of I Love the 90's Tour is currently ongoing with a series of summer and fall dates. C+C Music Factory were originally scheduled to perform at the Great American State Fair but their current involvement remains unclear, with different members giving conflicting accounts about participating in the event. Vanilla Ice told Fox News Digital that he didn't believe it was "fair" that the musicians faced scrutiny for participating in the events as well as for their decisions to withdraw. SHINEDOWN SLAMMED BY FANS AS ‘COWARDS’ AFTER DOUBLING DOWN ON DECISION TO EXIT ROCK THE COUNTRY FESTIVAL "I respect them all too that pulled out even because they're still on tour with me," he said. "They have their own reasons and they live in different places, and it's different. They have to feel that heat. So for them, it's not fair and they just kind of like, 'Hey man, I don't need all this heat. I'm just here to play and enjoy.'" "But for me, I'm gonna celebrate my country and I don't think anybody should tell me I shouldn't, and I'm honored to be on this," he continued. "And I'm going to bring back the 90s, hopefully we still do it. I don't know if it's still going, but either way, I'm going, man." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Following the artist exodus, Trump floated replacing the concert lineup with himself making a rally-style appearance. However, the Great American State Fair has not yet been canceled though Freedom 250 announced that Trump would headline the opening ceremony. JOHN LEGEND APPEARS TO JAB AT TRUMP FANS ICE CUBE, LIL WAYNE DURING RALLY FOR KAMALA HARRIS Vanilla Ice told Fox News Digital that he had talked to some of the artists after they dropped out of the celebrations. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "Young MC was the first one I spoke to, and we just looked at each other and go, 'Man, it's crazy, right?' And I go, 'I know, bro,'" he said. "I never would have thought so much would come down on us and so much attention like that. It's not really fair for them. It's not fair for me. And I respect all of them and they're good friends of mine for over 30 years." Vanilla Ice lamented that people are turning the America 250 controversy into a partisan fight and urged unity ahead of the country's birthday. "This is something that we should come together and be like laughing about and an understanding that we need to come together in this country," he said. "Man, it's no fun for either side to be all separate like this. You can blame, blame, blame. It don't matter. Put yourself in your own state of mind and shake a hand and make a friend and understand that smiles are contagious, man." "This life is too short for all of us to have any animosity or any build-up or any hatred on anybody," Vanilla Ice added. "Learn what the word love is. We need a lot more of it, man. Go jam some Bob Marley and enjoy life. It's too short." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ee468ee6011c3f4ea22f3 Walgreens didn’t abandon Chicago’s South Side. We let crime drive them out te 2026-06-02T14:10:48.633Z Walgreens didn’t abandon Chicago’s South Side. We let crime drive them out Walgreens didn’t leave the South Side of Chicago because they hate Black people. They left because we made it impossible for them to stay. Just recently, another Walgreens shut down on Cottage Grove, and once again the public conversation turned in the wrong direction. People started blaming the company, blaming corporate greed, blaming everything except the conditions on the ground that made staying there untenable. But businesses do not keep stores open out of charity. They stay where people shop, where customers feel safe, and where theft and disorder do not make daily operations a losing proposition. At that Cottage Grove Walgreens, the theft was off the charts. By local reports, the store lost more than a million dollars to theft in a single year. Walgreens poured roughly $400,000 into security guards at that one location and still couldn’t stop the shoplifting, the brazen grab-and-runs and the threats to staff. All the while, honest customers, especially the elderly, came in less because they didn’t feel safe. When you combine high theft, high security and insurance costs, and falling sales, the math stops working. In a capitalist country, no corporation can ignore that kind of math forever. I know this pain personally. Several years ago, the Walgreens just feet from my church on King Drive in Woodlawn closed its doors too. Across the street, the McDonald’s fled as well. I didn’t blame either of them then, and I don’t blame Walgreens now. I blamed the violence in the community, the rampant theft and the declining sales that made it harder and harder for those businesses to survive. AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FIGHT TO SURVIVE CRIPPLING DINE-AND-DASH CRIME SPREES What really bothers me are the people talking about everything except the real issue. We had Ald. William Hall stand in front of cameras and say Walgreens should be charged with "first-degree corporate abandonment." He even called it "pharmaceutical genocide" and said, "It should be a crime, the way they’re treating our elders ... it should be a crime, the way they’re treating our families." But I have a question for him and every leader nodding along: Where was that same outrage when criminals were robbing that store blind? Where was the outrage when our elders were watching people walk out with bags of stolen goods? Where was the outrage knowing those thefts were putting our own pharmacy at risk? Why is it a crime when Walgreens finally closes, but not a crime when thieves did everything they could to make staying impossible? I’ve seen what happens after the cameras leave. When we lost the Walgreens near my church, we had to organize carpools to other locations so our elderly members could keep getting their medications. People with diabetes, heart conditions and other chronic illnesses suddenly had to figure out how to travel farther for basic prescriptions. Mothers had to scramble for formula and over-the-counter medicine. The criminals who treated that store like their personal ATM didn’t think about any of that. They didn’t care. They don’t care two cents about their own people. HOW MAINSTREAM MEDIA BECAME 'PART OF THE RACE GRIEVANCE INDUSTRY' HARMING BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS Yet nobody wants to say that part out loud. It’s easier to attack a corporation than to confront your own community. It’s easier to accuse Walgreens of "abandoning" the South Side than to admit that we helped drive them out by tolerating theft and violence. It’s easier to rail against "corporate greed" than to look a young man in the eye and say, "You are wrong. You hurt your own grandmother when you stole from that store." Part of this comes from our ingrained culture of excuse-making. Any time we talk about crime, someone rushes in with "root causes." Yes, there are root causes — poverty, broken families, bad schools. I see them every day. But root causes do not erase personal responsibility. They do not turn theft into justice. They do not make it OK to steal medicine out of the mouths of your own community. And let’s be clear: When we drive out a Walgreens or a McDonald’s, we are not just chasing out a logo. We are choking off jobs. The people behind those counters are our neighbors. They live here. They pay rent here. Those paychecks feed families on our blocks. When enough people treat the store as a place to steal instead of a place to shop, those jobs evaporate. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION If we want businesses to stay, we have to act like a community worth investing in. Our grandparents marched to be allowed into these once-segregated establishments. They fought and bled so they could walk through the front door, sit at the counter and be treated like customers instead of second-class citizens. So I’m not going to join the chorus attacking Walgreens for closing a store that was losing money and drowning in theft. I will tell the truth: They left because we, as a community, did not protect what we had. I want businesses to come back to Cottage Grove and to King Drive. I want pharmacies, grocery stores and restaurants to open and thrive here. But they will not come back because we guilt them into it. They will come back when they see a community that respects them, patronizes them and stands up against the few who try to tear them down. Until then, every time a store closes, we need to look in the mirror. We need to stop asking, "Why did Walgreens abandon us?" and start asking, "Why did we abandon Walgreens?" CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM PASTOR COREY BROOKS Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1edfe5ee6011c3f4ea2227 Brendan Sorsby gambled on his own team, yet the NCAA is somehow the bad guy in this case te 2026-06-02T13:51:33.504Z Brendan Sorsby gambled on his own team, yet the NCAA is somehow the bad guy in this case After three hours of arguments inside a Lubbock District Court Monday, Brendan Sorsby's fate will likely be decided this week by retired Judge Ken Curry in his lawsuit against the NCAA. But in reality, which I'm assuming we live in, Brendan Sorsby should be thankful for the three years he was allowed to play after placing bets on Indiana football while on the roster. That fact alone, which Texas Tech and Sorsby confirmed, is the most damning part of this saga. There is also no denying that Brendan Sorsby has a gambling problem, which is evident by the risks he was taking each time he sent money to a friend so that a bet could be placed, and that part should be the main concern for those around him. He's talented enough that receiving an opportunity to play football in the NFL is going to happen, though we just don't know when that will actually happen. BRENDAN SORSBY BROKE NCAA GAMBLING RULES. NOW, HIS TEXAS TECH FATE IS IN THE HANDS OF A LUBBOCK JUDGE Once again, we are waiting for a local judge to decide whether NCAA rules will actually be enforced. Crazy right? I would tend to agree that there are a number of rules that the organization deserves to be challenged on, and I would imagine those within the offices in Indianapolis might actually agree that there are plenty of those guidelines currently out of date. This one, though, is as plain as the sunshine on a warm Texas day. Brendan Sorsby gambled on his own team to win a football game. But, since the NCAA has taken its beatings over the years with eligibility and NIL types of cases, once again we await a judge to decide if an athlete will step onto the field this season. Just as we did for Trinidad Chambliss and plenty others along the way. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! At some point, one would think that maybe this isn’t the hill you want to die on, right? Lawyers for Brendan Sorsby seriously walked into a Lubbock District Court on Monday morning and argued that somehow the NCAA is the bad guy in this case. The overreaching bad guy once again preventing an athlete from rightfully suiting up this season for his team, so he can also cash a massive NIL check in the process, right? Let me be clear, I'm for athletes making a gigantic amount of money for their services. But, this has nothing to do with players earning their paychecks on the field. HAIL MARY IN LUBBOCK: BRENDAN SORSBY’S LAST SHOT AT BEATING NCAA GAMBLING ALLEGATIONS Attorney Jeffrey Kessler, who is fabulous at his job, seriously had this to say following the hearing. "This case, I think, is badly misunderstood by a lot of people," Kessler proclaimed. "It's very important that everyone understand that it is undisputed that (Sorsby) never did any betting to compromise the integrity of his team, the bets he made on his team was when he was not participating in that team and he never bet again to do that." Are we serious here? Brendan Sorsby has admitted to gambling on Indiana and Cincinnati basketball while enrolled at the two schools. Sorsby, through the filing, admitted to placing at least 2,900 wagers for more than $30,000 during his time in Bloomington. Of those, through his own admission, 40 were on Indiana football while he was on the scout team, and before he stepped onto the field during the 2022 season against Penn State. And, we're going to sit here and act as though Sorsby blaming the NCAA for his gambling problems is the right way to go about beating the system? If you thought the first quote from Kessler was entertaining, here's another gem. "And what this case is about is when you have no threat to competitive integrity, but you have a mental illness of gambling addiction, which is plaguing — plaguing — student-athletes across the country, the NCAA said in its policies it would consider that it would support the athlete and instead they want to punish him. That's wrong," Kessler profoundly mentioned. What are we doing? Yes, Texas Tech and the NCAA can support Sorsby off the field as he fights this terrible disease. But, why should his "mental health" issues be the one way he gets out of being punished for not only breaking the law, but breaking NCAA rules that are known to every single athlete who sets foot onto a college campus? We have officially lost the plot in college athletics, and it's embarrassing to watch it unfold in real time. I have all the sympathy and empathy in the world for someone who is battling addiction, which I think we can all agree on. I truly hope that Brendan Sorsby continues getting the help he needs to overcome this problem, and if it's truly this bad, that he will be fighting for the rest of his life in some form or fashion. But four years ago, Sorsby screwed up in a massive way. He bet on his own team, and continued to break NCAA rules by gambling on other sports while knowingly continuing to do this during his time at two additional schools along the way. He might not have been gambling on his own team any longer, according to his testimony, but he was clearly breaking rules that he knew had consequences by continuing to place bets through intermediaries. Now, it's time to pay for those actions. None of this is personal towards Sorsby, but he didn’t exactly "turn himself in" during this process either. Once Texas Tech was informed by the NCAA that its quarterback was being investigated, then it became the NCAA's fault for him being in this situation. No, if I break the rules and continue doing so knowing I'd probably get caught along the way at some point, the right thing to do is accept your punishment and be appreciative that you got to play the sport for an extra three years after first breaking the law. I wish nothing but the best for Brendan Sorsby in the future. But, this soap opera needs to end. I guess we will find out if a retired Texas judge uses common sense, or is persuaded by this ongoing narrative that the NCAA is out to ruin the quarterback's life by trying to enforce a very simple rule. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1edfd1ee6011c3f4ea221e Danica McKellar stuns the Internet with a MAHA-inspired workout, hitter takes a brutal foul tip & summer MEAT te 2026-06-02T13:51:13.597Z Danica McKellar stuns the Internet with a MAHA-inspired workout, hitter takes a brutal foul tip & summer MEAT The sun is up on this beautiful Tuesday morning, Screencaps is ready to go and one of TV's greats, Danica McKellar, or Winnie Cooper to those of us who grew up with her, stops by to show us how, at 51, she stays in shape. That's right, Winnie Cooper is 51. It's been 33 years since "The Wonder Years" ended its run on ABC. What makes this woman great is that she gained stardom from that single show and never ran from it. Then, she turned herself into a Hallmark Christmas movie legend, made solid money doing that work, wrote children's books and continues to lean into the "The Wonder Years" content. She didn't run from it. You know what, the more I think about it, McKellar deserves a Medal of Freedom or some sort of award they give out at the White House. Trump, if you're reading this, please honor this woman for her work for this country. At least find a MAHA role for her. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! – Alex in NC emails: Thank you ESPN for doing the right thing and letting the video run and the announcers be quiet while the players and fans sang country road after West Virginia walked it off in the 10th against UK. Amazing game and finish and you could just see how amazing the atmosphere was there. You don’t get that in the pros, college baseball is special if you haven’t been before and you have a super regional nearby try and go you won’t be disappointed. Morgantown will be insane next weekend. Cal Poly has no clue what they are walking into for a Friday night game in the hills. Kinsey: My high school teammate's son was in that video singing "Country Roads." Matthew Graveline is wearing No. 0. He went from playing on mediocre Ohio State teams to being the left fielder for this West Virginia team. Like his father, he has a cannon. Keep an eye on Graveline in the super regionals. Congrats to those who have tickets to this super regional. June baseball in Morgantown is going to be special. Just imagine how many Jell-O shots West Virginia fans will consume if they can make it to Omaha. That turned out to be a tough Monday if you're an Alabama softball fan. You go from being 2-0, to this, then losing on a walk-off and ultimately being bounced by being shut out in the second game against Texas Tech. Do you even say anything after this happens? 📩 Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com Send photos, stories, tips, rants—whatever you've got. 📰 Screencaps Page: 👉 Read the latest Screencaps ▶️ YouTube: Screencaps with Joe Kinsey Subscribe for videos, rants, and behind-the-scenes. 🐦 Twitter/X: @JoeKinseyexp Tag me or drop a DM. 📸 Instagram: @OutKickScreencaps You guys need to start tagging me on content you're seeing. 📘 Facebook Page: Screencaps on Facebook 👥 Facebook Group: Join the Screencaps Community 📬 Mail (Thursday Night Mowing League): 27072 Carronade Dr, Unit A 155 Perrysburg, OH 43551 🗞️ Newsletter: 👉 Subscribe here Make sure you're opening it. Don’t hurt the open rate. Guys, I'm at the point of the season where I need to hold a midseason home run derby for my 14U team (there are only three 14s on the team). They're 1-6, they've lost six straight, and morale is about as low as it can possibly get. We need something to break the ice, so my plan is to get a field and turn it into a MrBeast Games event. I have to place targets on a field that are worth cases of Gatorade or something like that. My plan is to take $100 to Costco, Target or some other place and have Screencaps Jr. figure out what these kids would compete for and then consider it a $100 investment in my own mental health. OLIVIA DUNNE & MILLER LITE BRING THE FUN WHILE BUD LIGHT CONTINUES TO FLOUNDER, NANCY MACE SHOOTS A GUN & MEAT Any suggestions on what this home run derby should look like? Yes, I would make it a home run if you can make it to the outfield on a fly on a high school diamond. Guys, I need the energy to be high. Tell me how to spice it up even more. Do I go get bull's-eye targets made? Maybe buy them on Amazon? The budget may have to go to $200, but that's fine. – Rick in Georgia writes: Hi Joe…..hoping you can help me get a temperature reading from the SC Community on a perplexing topic for me: destination weddings.  Recently, me, my old hockey buddies and current golfing buddies have been pondering this topic as we receive invitations to our nieces, nephews & neighbors' kids destination weddings.  We live in GA, so on top of the typical 30A destination weddings to Florida’s beaches, recent invites also include the Bahamas, Hawaii and Scotland.  My hockey buddy said his nephew’s fiancé picked Scotland because she had a dream (!!) about getting married in a Scottish castle and therefore, decided to "rent a castle" in Scotland for their wedding.  My bud blew the wedding off, creating a firestorm within his family tree. He told me: "No way I fly 8 hours to Scotland, then spend 2 hours on a ferry just to get to this castle for a wedding.  Period." His decision has prompted much discussion in our circles.  The main topic seems to land on "kids these days" sort of generational stuff.  For a traditionalist like me, I like the idea of getting everyone you love and everyone that loves you to your wedding.  Such a special day. Family.  Friends. Young.  Old. Food. Drinks.  Music.  Apex-level memories created that special day. All under one roof, celebrating the beginning of a new journey. Seems a little off to pick a destination where both sides - bride and groom and their families & friends - all have to travel the globe for the event.  You limit the amount of folks that can make the trip due to a variety of factors…time, money, etc. The sample size of my hockey & golfing buddies may be small/skewed, so again, hoping to get a solid read from a bigger, trusted sample size powered by the SC Community.  Thanks in advance for any insights & perspective that may pop from this and, as always, keep up the awesome work.  Always appreciated.  Kinsey: The way I see it, the couple can pick wherever they want to have a wedding and the guest can simply say no. Family being offended that someone won't spend $10k or whatever it costs to attend a Scotland destination wedding is rather ridiculous. Tough. I get your take on the traditional side of things, but, you have to remember that weddings are now considered content that helps propel women within their social circles. It's social life resume material. OMG, you got married in Scotland? That must've been magical, Sydney. Trust me, Sydney will not care if her uncle wasn't there. Guys, just simply say you have a travel ball tournament you cannot miss. Problem solved. – Nick asks: What food combinations do you not understand why people like them?  For example, I will never get Wendy's fries dipped in a Frosty, nor do I have any inclination to try it.   – Millennial Brandon in northern Kentucky shares advice for Millennial Chris B. in Bowling Green: I responded to your question about Millennial Chris B and his balding spot in his yard from wiffle ball, on FaceBook but I feel this issue needs to be dropped on the main OutKick page. Two reasons 1) Not everyone does social media and I believe this one will get serious traction 2)There are tons of older guys who ran into this issue when their kids were growing up and will have a lot of the same takes.  Growing up where we did we had a ball field we could walk to but when we could only get 12 or so guys to play we used my neighbors side yard for home plate then our front yard was the rest of the infield. We had to use tennis balls because of how close some of the neighbors lived, and since my dad was one of the greatest Knothole coaches off all time we had access to bats and actual bases. We played all day almost everyday and those bald spots showed up quickly, much to my moms dismay. My dad, raising four boys and being a coach, loved it. My mom would complain often enough we remember her saying "Why can’t they just play at the park?". My dad would just say "The grass will grow back, these guys are going to grow up and be gone before we know it". Fast forward 30 years and here we are. As a fellow millennial, Chris B please let the kids play, grab a cold one and even offer to be full time pitcher, they’ll love you even more for it. Keep up the great work. God Bless America and Keep making Rec Ball great again. No way you'd complain about that much privacy, right? #################### That is it this morning. Thank god the sun is out and shining. Let's go make it an incredible day. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1edfa6ee6011c3f4ea2200 Amazon Prime Day 2026 takes place June 23-26 te 2026-06-02T13:50:30.473Z Amazon Prime Day 2026 takes place June 23-26 Groceries and household essentials will be a main focus of this year's deals event. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1edd63ee6011c3f4ea21aa Trump names Bill Pulte acting director of national intelligence te 2026-06-02T13:40:51.598Z Trump names Bill Pulte acting director of national intelligence President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is appointing Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William "Bill" Pulte to serve as acting director of national intelligence to replace Tulsi Gabbard. In a post on Truth Social, Trump praised Pulte's leadership at the FHFA and his oversight of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "William has deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America, the safety and soundness of the Markets, and over 10 Trillion Dollars at Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac," Trump wrote. Trump said Pulte will remain FHFA director and chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while serving in the intelligence post. "Congratulations to Director Pulte!" Trump added. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1edb1eee6011c3f4ea2147 GOP urges SCOTUS to reject 'war on American energy' they say would hit families' wallets te 2026-06-02T13:31:10.482Z GOP urges SCOTUS to reject 'war on American energy' they say would hit families' wallets FIRST ON FOX: More than 70 lawmakers are lining up against a Colorado county's effort to hold major oil companies financially liable for alleged climate change damages.  The group of House Republicans led by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is calling on the Supreme Court to side with ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy in a hotly contested climate change lawsuit that they argue amounts to a costly "war on American energy."  The GOP lawmakers have characterized Boulder County’s lawsuit as a "dangerous overreach" that could leave major fossil fuel companies on the hook for billions of dollars in alleged damages. A positive ruling for the liberal county would encourage more lawsuits that could threaten the financial viability of the fossil fuel industry, they warn. "Radical activists are trying to use the courts to accomplish what they couldn't achieve through legislation — forcing their radical agenda on the American people and driving energy costs even higher," Scalise said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. "These lawsuits would hand local activist politicians the power to dictate national energy policy and threaten the energy producers that power our economy." EXPERTS WARN OF BIGGEST ‘SCANDAL IN LITIGATION SYSTEM’ IF SCOTUS DOESN’T NIX LANDMARK ENERGY POLLUTION CASE Attorneys with the law firm Boyden Gray filed the amicus, or "friend of the court," brief on behalf of the congressional Republicans.  The court is expected to hear oral arguments this fall in Suncor v. Boulder about whether federal law preempts localities from seeking relief for alleged climate damages in state courts. A ruling is expected in 2027. The case reached the nation’s highest court after the Colorado Supreme Court allowed the yearslong case to proceed under state law, despite long-standing questions about whether localities can seek damages over cross-border and global greenhouse gas emissions. Boulder originally sued the major oil companies in 2018, arguing they knowingly contributed to global warming and misled the public about alleged climate harms. The Republicans’ amicus brief argues that liability claims belong under federal jurisdiction, because allowing state courts to adjudicate global climate damages would result in a "cacophony of competing state commands" that undermine Congress’ role in setting national energy policy. "The Court should reject this attempt by Respondents to establish their 'own foreign policy' from a Boulder courthouse," the brief reads. NY HOUSE GOP LAUNCHES PRESSURE CAMPAIGN ON HOCHUL TO SCRAP CLIMATE LAW OVER SOARING ENERGY COSTS The signers also warned that a ruling in favor of Boulder County could unleash devastating economic losses for U.S. energy producers.  "The sheer magnitude of the alleged damages would restructure the American energy industry if not bankrupt it altogether — and cause ripple effects worldwide, especially when multiplied by the dozens of similar cases across the country," the brief continued. The legal battle is also spilling into Colorado politics, where Republicans argue that climate-related lawsuits championed by Democrats threaten jobs and drive up energy costs. Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., a freshman lawmaker representing a swing district near the city of Boulder, cast the lawsuit as part of Democrats’ efforts to make energy production unaffordable.  "These lawsuits and regulations aren't just attacks on oil and gas companies — they're attacks on Colorado jobs, American energy independence and every family already struggling with higher costs," Evans, who signed the brief, told Fox News Digital. "I will continue fighting to protect Colorado energy workers and unleash the all-of-the-above energy strategy our nation needs."  Republicans’ emphasis on affordability comes as the party grapples with voter frustration about higher-than-usual gas prices tied to the conflict with Iran. Nearly 90% of voters called rising gas prices a "problem," according to a Fox News Poll published in May. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1edaf5ee6011c3f4ea2129 Blue Origin plans to launch New Glenn again this year after explosion te 2026-06-02T13:30:29.034Z Blue Origin plans to launch New Glenn again this year after explosion CEO Dave Limp said damage to the company's launchpad in Florida was not as bad as expected. But Blue Origin still hasn't shared the cause of last week's explosion. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ed66eee6011c3f4ea2070 Bernie Sanders refuses to back away from Graham Platner endorsement despite report of explicit texts to women te 2026-06-02T13:11:10.952Z Bernie Sanders refuses to back away from Graham Platner endorsement despite report of explicit texts to women Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., indicated he is not backing down from his endorsement of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, despite reports that the Democrat exchanged sexual texts with several women after marrying his wife two years ago.  Platner’s campaign confirmed the text exchanges to Politico following a report from The Wall Street Journal that claimed his wife, Amy Gertner, told a campaign aide about the texts after he launched his Senate bid as they began looking into potential political liabilities. Gertner discovered the messages months after the couple married in 2024, the Journal reported.  "Sixty percent of our people are living paycheck to paycheck. People can't afford healthcare. They can't afford groceries. They can’t afford to fill up their gas tanks. The oligarchs are planning to spend, I believe, some $90 million in a small state like Maine to defeat Graham Platner," Sanders told an MS Now reporter on Monday. "So I think maybe we should be focusing on the important issues facing working people throughout this country, not focusing on his marriage."  When asked if he was rethinking his endorsement, Sanders replied, "certainly not." SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER SENT EXPLICIT TEXTS TO MULTIPLE WOMEN WHILE MARRIED, WIFE SAYS: REPORT "And my understanding is that his wife, Amy, who I've met, indicated they love each other. But maybe we focus on the issues facing the American people, the people of Maine, and not the marriage issues facing Graham Platner," Sanders also said.  At another point Monday, Sanders, when pressed by reporters whether he still supported Platner, said, "Of course," and, "Why would I not?" according to The Associated Press.  CORY BOOKER ADMITS GRAHAM PLATNER 'HAS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER' Gertner came out to defend her husband's Senate campaign on Saturday.  "So it makes me really angry, disappointed, and I find it really shameful that there's a group of media outlets and people who are willing to spread gossip, instead of talking about real issues that Graham is running on — like healthcare and education and childcare," Gertner said in a video posted on X. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP "Being newly married is hard. Being newly married and going through infertility is hard. Being newly married, going through infertility, and a Senate campaign is hard," she added.  Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson and Eric Mack contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ed65bee6011c3f4ea2067 Why the Carolina Hurricanes' defense could stifle Vegas in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals te 2026-06-02T13:10:51.033Z Why the Carolina Hurricanes' defense could stifle Vegas in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals We have fresh ice, guys locked in, superstitions upheld and the Stanley Cup probably somewhere being polished. I can't wait for the first game of the series between the Vegas Golden Knights and the Carolina Hurricanes. Although it doesn't have a premier team in the league, this could still be a great matchup. It probably makes a bit of sense to mention how the teams got here, so let's start with the regular season. The Golden Knights weren't exactly elite during it, but they clearly did enough to make the postseason. It happens often in hockey, probably more than any other sport, where a goalie or team gets hot, and they ride it to the Stanley Cup. The Golden Knights were just 39-26-17 for the season, but have found their way to be one of the final two. DESPITE POTENTIAL RATINGS NIGHTMARE FOR NHL, VEGAS-CAROLINA STANLEY CUP FINAL STILL HAS PLENTY OF INTRIGUE This is a great franchise, though. Since their inception, they've been to the Stanley Cup Finals multiple times and won it once. They've only missed the playoffs one time. This postseason wasn't a cakewalk for them, but they did sweep the Colorado Avalanche, who were regarded as the best team in the league. Prior to that, they took down the Utah Mammoth and the Anaheim Ducks both in six games. I can't tell you that this would've been a make-or-break season for the Carolina Hurricanes, but it certainly hasn't put anyone's job in jeopardy that they've finally gotten to the Stanley Cup Finals. They were one of the league's best teams this season with a 53-22-7 record. They made it to the Conference Finals last season, but were swept. It felt as if the same fate happened; there would be some shakeups. However, this has been a great run through the postseason for Carolina. They've lost just one game on their journey to the Finals. Does that mean they should plan the parade? Not by any means, but it does have to give them a lot of confidence. Their goalie, Frederik Andersen, has been a wall, allowing just five goals over their last five games against the Montreal Canadiens. It isn't just his performance, though. The Carolina defense is allowing very few shots on goal at all. Take out Game 1 of the Conference Finals, and the Hurricanes have allowed just 15 goals all postseason. They allowed six in that Game 1. Oddly enough, they only allowed five goals to their opponent in each of the four wins in all three series they've had so far. Vegas is a good offensive team, but this is going to be a tough code to crack. I don't think it happens in Game 1. Sure, we've seen Andersen stumble a bit in a similar situation last round. However, he also has two shutouts in Game 1s in the postseason. He's as locked in as you can get, and I think it will be tough for Vegas to figure him out. Give me under 2.5 goals for Vegas at -105. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM For more sports betting information and plays, follow David on X/Twitter: @futureprez2024 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ed647ee6011c3f4ea205e Kelsey Grammer says Spencer Pratt is the only 'real option' for LA mayor te 2026-06-02T13:10:31.037Z Kelsey Grammer says Spencer Pratt is the only 'real option' for LA mayor Kelsey Grammer firmly believes that Spencer Pratt is the only "real option" in the upcoming Los Angeles mayoral race. During an interview with Fox News Digital, Grammer spoke briefly about the Los Angeles primaries, which takes place on June 2. "He's the only guy that's a real option," the award-winning actor said. "We know what the rest is gonna do," Grammer added. The Los Angeles mayoral primaries are the first stage of the city’s mayoral election, where voters choose among multiple candidates in a nonpartisan race. Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass faces Pratt and Nithya Raman. WATCH: LEFT-WING LA MAYOR FACES REALITY TV CHALLENGER’S BLUNT TAKEDOWNS IN HEATED MAYORAL DEBATE If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers advance to a runoff election later in the year. During a separate interview with Fox News Digital at the Trump Accounts Tour at Rustico Restaurant Westlake Village on May 29, Grammer spoke about what drew him to President Donald Trump's federally-backed accounts for minors designed to jump-start long-term financial security. WATCH: Kelsey Grammer says Spencer Pratt is only 'real option' for LA mayor "When I first heard about the Trump accounts, we just had a kid. So, eight months old, I said to my accountant, I say, 'Let's get a Trump account. Let's get this thing going.' And then, of course, I found out that the other kids can have them," he said. Grammer is the father of eight children: Spencer, Greer, Mason, Jude, Faith, Gabriel, James, and Christopher. "My older ones are past, you now, past cashing in on this idea, but it's a great idea. It empowers young people to actually get in the game," he continued. "They talk about financial literacy. I mean, and I have a beef about actual literacy, but I want to make sure my kids understand that this is still the greatest country in the world for a lot of reasons. And one of those reasons is capitalism." Grammer said that he believes in the "American Dream" and that hard work equals success. "If you come from a place of kindness and you come from a space of respect for others, all the other things will fall into place. If you understand you gotta balance a checkbook, you gotta pay your bills, you gotta pay your taxes, there's a whole world of stuff you have to maintain. That's your ticket to freedom. That's your ticket to the American dream. It's hard work," he said. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Grammer believes it's the older generations' responsibility to pass that knowledge down. WATCH: Kelsey Grammer shares the key to achieving the 'American dream' "It's our responsibility to pass on to them this idea that you are obligated to be part of the system, to be a good part of it, to actually give back, to be involved in commerce, but to do something right, to do it well, and to make sure that you hurt as few other people as possible in the process," Grammer concluded. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Trump Accounts are government-backed investment savings accounts created for children under 18 to help families build long-term wealth. Eligible children born between 2025 and 2028 receive a one-time $1,000 government contribution, while parents, relatives, and employers can add money over time. The accounts are invested in low-cost stock index funds, grow tax-deferred, and can later be used for expenses such as education, buying a first home, or starting a business. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ed425ee6011c3f4ea1ffe Flagstaff Event Almanac for June 2 te 2026-06-02T13:01:25.118Z Flagstaff Event Almanac for June 2 June 2 Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ed404ee6011c3f4ea1fd6 Little Rock baseball team celebrates with bus driver on the field after upset win to advance to Super Regional te 2026-06-02T13:00:52.705Z Little Rock baseball team celebrates with bus driver on the field after upset win to advance to Super Regional Chaos would be the most accurate word to describe regional play in the 2026 NCAA Baseball Tournament, with upsets galore taking place around the country. If there were one regional, however, that you had to circle as the most chaotic, you may not have to look past Hattiesburg, Miss., where Little Rock pushed through the bracket. Southern Miss, the host in Hattiesburg and No. 9 seed overall, was eliminated right out of the gate, losing to Little Rock, the No. 4 seed in the regional, in its opening game. The hosts then fell to Virginia to drop out of the tournament before the two-seed Cavaliers lost to the three-seed Jacksonville State, setting up the rare matchup between the bottom two seeds for a spot in the Super Regional. DODGERS PITCHER'S WIFE RECEIVES HORRIBLE THREATS DIRECTED AT NEWBORN CHILD Little Rock, which defeated Jacksonville State 6-4 on Saturday, could have lost in the rematch on Sunday to set up a Game 7 situation, given the Trojans entered the contest without a loss, but handled business 6-3 to advance to the Super Regional for the first time in program history. The celebrations on the field were epic, but it was Little Rock dragging its bus driver out onto the field to celebrate with them that stood out. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! It's clear that the Trojans view Kevin the bus driver as a member of their team, and were sure to let him celebrate the baseball team making history. Next up for Little Rock is a Super Regional matchup against Troy, another team on a Cinderella run that advanced to its first-ever Super as well. Troy, which will play host to the best-of-three series against Little Rock with a spot in the College World Series on the line, advanced out of the Gainesville regional, where it got the best of No. 8 overall seed Florida, as well as Rider and Miami (Fla.). The top two seeds in the NCAA Baseball Tournament, UCLA and Georgia Tech, also failed to get out of their regionals. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ed3f0ee6011c3f4ea1fcd FIRST ON FOX: Trump admin transforms DC hotspot once rocked by George Floyd protests in symbolic reversal te 2026-06-02T13:00:32.473Z FIRST ON FOX: Trump admin transforms DC hotspot once rocked by George Floyd protests in symbolic reversal FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump’s Department of the Interior unveiled a new patriotic installation at Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington, D.C., placing Revolutionary War figures at a site long associated with protests and encampments.  "This exhibition featuring Caesar Rodney and the 12 Soldiers of the Revolutionary War is a powerful tribute to the patriots whose service and sacrifice helped secure the freedoms we enjoy today," Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum told Fox News Digital. The installation pairs a statue of founding father Caesar Rodney with 12 bronze Revolutionary War soldiers, honoring patriots whose sacrifices helped found the nation. Freedom Plaza has frequently been the site of political protests, including when it was known as "tent city" during economic protests in 2011 and more recently as the staging area for protests during the violent summer of 2020, when riots broke out in cities nationwide following the death of George Floyd. "As we prepare to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, this exhibition is one of the many ways President Donald J. Trump is ensuring that the stories of the men and women who built this nation are preserved, honored and shared for generations to come," said Burgum. "Our history is one of courage, opportunity and exceptionalism, and this exhibition helps bring that legacy to life for all Americans." INTERIOR DEPARTMENT ADOPTS NO-TOLERANCE POLICY FOR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN WASHINGTON, DC Caesar Rodney is best known for his overnight ride from Delaware to Philadelphia in July 1776, traveling nearly 80 miles through a storm to break a deadlock within Delaware's delegation. His vote helped secure unanimous support among the colonies that cast votes for independence. "Under President Trump’s leadership, Freedom Plaza will offer visitors a meaningful opportunity to reflect on the courage and sacrifice of Americans who fought to secure our independence nearly 250 years ago," DOI official Matthew Middleton told Fox News Digital. The 12 other soldiers represented are:  Simon Knowles, Caesar Glover, Joseph Warren, Jude Hall, Peter Muhlenberg, James Armistead Lafayette, Samuel Whittemore, Jack Sisson, James Caldwell, Peter Salem, Naphtali Daggett and Salem Poor. TRUMP FLOATS REPLACING 250TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT WITH MASSIVE MAGA RALLY AFTER ARTISTS PULL OUT During the protests of 2020, a statue of Rodney in Wilmington was removed as monument debates over historical figures with ties to slavery intensified. The statue was moved to Freedom Plaza to celebrate America's 250th birthday. Freedom Plaza has a storied history as a political protest hotspot in the nation's capital.  Occupy D.C. demonstrators set up at Freedom Plaza in October 2011, one of two major federal-property protest sites in the city, sparking many battles with the National Park Service. RIOTING, LOOTING LINKED TO GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS LEAVES TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION ACROSS AMERICAN CITIES It became a gathering point during the 2020 George Floyd protests, with activists assembling there before marching through city streets. The riots and unrest in Washington were concentrated closer to the separate Lafayette Square and the later "Black Lives Matter Plaza," which D.C. began dismantling in March 2025. In 2020, demonstrations ripped through downtown DC outside the White House's North Lawn, covering the areas of the Freedom Plaza and BLM Plaza. Freedom Plaza was first established in 1980 and originally named Western Plaza, the site was renamed in 1988 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. It frequently served as an encampment site for the homeless until recent federal crackdowns under the Trump administration. The plaza will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the exhibit's installation, Fox News Digital has learned. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ed197ee6011c3f4ea1f4f Would you ride in Waymo's new Ojai robotaxi? te 2026-06-02T12:50:31.913Z Would you ride in Waymo's new Ojai robotaxi? Getting into a car with no one behind the wheel can be a little weird the first time. You know the car is supposed to drive itself, but part of you no doubt may still feel uneasy. Waymo is trying to make that moment feel less anxious with its new Ojai robotaxi. It has more room to stretch out, bigger screens to control the ride and a cabin built for passengers from the very start. That could make a real difference. If driverless rides are going to become something you actually use, they need to feel safe, simple and comfortable once the doors close. CHINA’S FIRST MASS-PRODUCED FLYING CAR DEBUTS Waymo says the first public Ojai rides will begin in the coming weeks. Select riders in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix will get the first chance to try it. The rides will be free for a limited time while Waymo gathers feedback and refines the experience. Access will then expand gradually to more riders and more cities. Waymo also says Denver, Las Vegas and San Diego are on its expansion list before the company opens the doors wider later this year. For now, interested riders can use the Waymo app and sign up as a Trusted Tester. The Ojai looks like Waymo's attempt to rethink what a robotaxi should feel like from the inside. Instead of feeling like a regular car with self-driving tech added in, the Ojai was built around the rider experience. Waymo describes it as a more expansive cabin with extra legroom, a flat floor and a low step-in height. That could help when you are carrying groceries, traveling with luggage or getting in and out with less mobility. WAYMO TEAMS UP WITH WAZE TO SPOT POTHOLES FASTER The Ojai cabin gives riders three large adaptive screens. You can use them to adjust parts of the ride, including the temperature and music. Waymo also added charging ports and cup holders. Those may sound like small touches, but they are the things you notice once you are actually sitting in the back seat. Waymo also says the Ojai was designed with accessibility in mind from the start. The vehicle has a flat floor, a low step-in height, Braille, grab bars and screen-reader compatibility. Those details can make a ride easier for someone who needs a little more support getting in or out. They can also help older riders, passengers with disabilities or anyone juggling bags, groceries or a tired kid after a long day. UBER UNVEILS A NEW ROBOTAXI WITH NO DRIVER BEHIND THE WHEEL The Ojai will be the first vehicle to use Waymo's sixth-generation Waymo Driver. That is the company's autonomous driving technology. Waymo says this new generation will help it operate in snowier cities and bring fully autonomous rides to more communities. Snow, slush and messy weather can challenge autonomous vehicles in ways sunny streets cannot. If Waymo can handle those conditions safely, it could expand far beyond the warmer markets where robotaxis have had an easier start. Waymo says its Mesa, Arizona, factory is getting ready to build tens of thousands of vehicles each year. The Ojai will come first, followed by the Hyundai IONIQ 5. That matters because robotaxi services need vehicles. Lots of them. The Ojai also includes practical changes that could help Waymo keep a larger fleet on the road. Waymo points to easier-to-clean interiors, faster charging, increased battery capacity and a more modular design for maintenance and repairs. Those details may not sound exciting, but they matter if robotaxis are going to move beyond a handful of cities. The easier these vehicles are to charge, clean and repair, the easier it may be for Waymo to bring them to more riders. WAYMO VEHICLES 'PUTTING AMERICAN LIVES AT RISK,' SOURCE WARNS AMID AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMPANY'S MASSIVE RECALL If you already ride with Waymo, the Ojai could make your next trip feel more comfortable. The bigger difference may be how normal the ride feels once you are inside. If you have never taken a driverless ride, the Ojai may become your first real temptation. The extra space and rider-friendly features could make the idea easier to try. But there is still a comfort gap for many riders. You are stepping into a vehicle with no human driver. That makes comfort important, but safety still drives the whole decision. That question feels especially timely. Waymo recently paused freeway rides in several U.S. cities while it works on software updates tied to construction zones and flooded roads. Surface-street service has continued, but the pause is a reminder that even advanced robotaxis still face many challenges out there on the road. Waymo says riders have taken more than 20 million fully autonomous trips across 11-plus cities. The Ojai now gives the company another chance to prove that driverless rides can feel safe, useful and normal for more of us. Waymo's new Ojai robotaxi shows where driverless rides are heading next. The car still has to get you from point A to point B safely, but now Waymo is also trying to make the ride feel easier, roomier and more comfortable once you get inside. I like that Waymo is thinking about the rider experience, not only the driving technology. The extra space, accessibility features and rider controls could help those who have been curious but hesitant. Still, trust is a huge hurdle. A nicer cabin may make the ride more comfortable, but Waymo still has to prove that a car with no driver can handle the messy, unpredictable roads we all deal with every day. Would you climb into Waymo's new Ojai robotaxi for a free ride, or do driverless cars still have more to prove before you would trust one? Let us know by writing to us at CyberGuy.com. Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report Copyright 2026 CyberGuy.com. All rights reserved. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ecf59ee6011c3f4ea1ebe Homan vows ICE detention facility 'isn't going anywhere' despite Democrats' push to shut it down te 2026-06-02T12:40:57.031Z Homan vows ICE detention facility 'isn't going anywhere' despite Democrats' push to shut it down A Newark, New Jersey, facility behind a wave of chaotic anti-ICE protests "isn't going anywhere," border czar Tom Homan warned Monday, firing back at Gov. Mikie Sherrill and a slew of Democratic officials. "The governor keeps saying she's going to keep raising hell until this facility shuts down. Well, I've got news for the governor — that facility isn't going anywhere," Homan said on "Hannity." "We're going to enforce the law, we're going to detain people, we'll remove people..." Many of the people in the facility, Homan added, must be detained under federal law and cannot be released. FOX NEWS GOES INSIDE NEW JERSEY ICE FACILITY STORMED BY DEMOCRATS Homan said he has personally verified that everyone in the facility is being legally detained. Newark's Delaney Hall is at the center of a standoff that began after illegal immigrant detainees penned an open letter alleging they live in "inhumane" conditions and claiming they were being denied medical care and adequate food. "Initially, we ask for forgiveness for the way we entered the United States, but given the circumstances we were living in our countries, which placed our lives and those of some members of our families in danger," the letter states. "We feel vulnerable and, in a way, kidnapped—detained without justification—not to mention that we are being tortured physically and psychologically due to the poor food resources provided in these detention centers." The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) denied the allegations, releasing facility menus that it said showed detainees receive three meals daily, including options such as chicken fajitas and Salisbury steak. NEW JERSEY AGITATORS BITE, KICK AND PUNCH ICE AGENTS AS DELANEY HALL CLASHES CONTINUE; 9 MORE ARRESTED: DHS Protests have escalated into confrontations between demonstrators and law enforcement. Sherrill issued a statement, writing that she is "deeply disturbed" by alleged "poor conditions" at the facility. "I have long opposed private detention facilities and advocated against them. I will continue to call for the closure of Delaney Hall because of reports like these," she wrote. Democrats have since mounted a broader effort against the facility, including calls from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for Delaney Hall to be "shut down." Homan, however, blamed what he called "false" Democratic claims for the chaos. "We've got to remember what started all this. You've got Democratic lawmakers from Memorial Day making false allegations about the facility, about the food, the medical care, hunger strikes," he said. "I went into that facility. I went to the medical [portion]. I went through outdoor recreation, indoor recreation. I even made a surprise visit this weekend and walked into the cafeteria and ate the same meal that the detainees around me were eating," he added. "I made sure my tray equaled their tray. I had spaghetti and meat sauce. I had beans. I had green beans. I had bread and rolls. I had drinks. I had dessert. The food was good. It's all a false premise." Fox News' Stephen Sorace and Michael Dorgan contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ecf41ee6011c3f4ea1e8e ZeroDrift raises $10 million to protect AI models from themselves te 2026-06-02T12:40:33.433Z ZeroDrift raises $10 million to protect AI models from themselves A new AI compliance service sits between AI models and end users to flag and replace any messages that might present a compliance problem. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ecce9ee6011c3f4ea1e2e West Virginia's epic walk-off sparks emotional 'Country Roads' celebration that defines college sports te 2026-06-02T12:30:33.834Z West Virginia's epic walk-off sparks emotional 'Country Roads' celebration that defines college sports In an era of college athletics dominated by conversations about NIL, the transfer portal and congressional legislation, it's nice to get a reminder of why we fell in love with these sports in the first place. Monday night, with eyes on the Women's College World Series and NCAA tournament in college baseball, a scene out of Morgantown, West Virginia, seemingly brought fans together amid the ongoing chaos. Sometimes, it just takes a good reminder. BRENDAN SORSBY ADMITS WAGERING NEARLY $90,000 DURING COLLEGE CAREER AS NCAA FIGHT HEATS UP In game seven of the Morgantown Regional, with the Kentucky Wildcats playing West Virginia for a spot in the NCAA Tournament Super Regionals (the next round), the scene looked more like a Saturday afternoon of college football. But, if you're unfamiliar, welcome to the world of college baseball. The night before, West Virginia scored five runs in the final inning to secure the win. On Monday, the Mountaineers would be the ones needing to hold on, leading 5-1 through seven innings. Now, with their tournament hopes on the line, it was going to be another nervous night for fans in Morgantown. This time, once again though, West Virginia sent their fans into a frenzy, thanks to a walk-off single from first baseman Armani Guzman that turned a Monday night showdown into one massive party. What came next was pure cinema, as the kids would say. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Thousands of fans, arm-in-arm, with John Denver playing over the loudspeakers, singing "Country Roads" in unison as they celebrated being one step closer to the College World Series in Omaha. It doesn’t get much better than this, I don't care what team you root for. What could possibly make the moment even better? How about West Virginia's Armani Guzman, who grew up in New York, joining the crowd in singing "Country Roads" while wearing a headset to talk with the announce team. Lost in the overwhelming noise that comes with enjoying college athletics nowadays is the pure joy that comes from watching your favorite team provide moments you certainly won't forget. And yes, I will be the first to admit that what we are currently seeing in college athletics can be nauseating at times. There are times when you have no idea the names of 50% of your favorite team's roster, thanks to the transfer portal becoming such a factor in recruiting. There is also the overwhelming feeling that fans have lost the ability to connect with players on a yearly basis, given the current dilemma of how much money one team can offer over the other playing such a factor in what the roster will look like. TED CRUZ, MARIA CANTWELL UNVEIL BIPARTISAN COLLEGE ATHLETICS BILL AMID NIL CHAOS, LAWSUITS, 'LANE KIFFIN RULE' But, there are times when we are quickly reminded of why some enjoy collegiate sports over the professional product. On Monday night, we were provided that moment all across the country as baseball teams fought their way through the NCAA Tournament. At the same time, the Women's College World Series continued to prove why it's such an underrated sport, as Alabama and Texas Tech battled for a spot in the national championship. If you're new here, welcome to college baseball and softball. If you're a regular, you most certainly didn’t need this reminder. But, I imagine you still enjoyed it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eca8dee6011c3f4ea1db0 Beloved theme park to close for good, ending nearly 50 years of family memories te 2026-06-02T12:20:29.513Z Beloved theme park to close for good, ending nearly 50 years of family memories Washingtonians are already mourning the impending loss of a beloved theme and water park, with many residents still in disbelief months after the closure was announced. Wild Waves Theme Park, located in Federal Way, Washington, announced last year it would close at the end of the 2026 season. The park's final day is scheduled for Nov. 1. Months ahead of the closure, residents are heralding the end of an era. CASINO BOSS DEFENDS CLOSURE OF ICONIC PRIMM RESORTS AMID BACKLASH FROM FOUNDING FAMILY Commenters have been weighing in on Wild Waves' recent Facebook posts and hoping the park can still be salvaged. "I hope we can find a new owner to help save the park," one Facebook user wrote recently. "Shouldn't be closing. ... The majority of people want it to remain," another person said. "We don't want it to close," a third user wrote. "I do hope there [is] a buyer real quick." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Still another user wrote, "Lots of fond memories to remember. Such a fun place to go. ... Sad to see it closing down permanently." The park features an array of water rides and multiple roller coasters, including its signature wooden roller-coaster, Timberhawk: Ride of Prey, according to its website. In November, Wild Waves' operator, Premier Parks, announced it would be shutting down permanently, citing mounting financial losses following the COVID-19 pandemic. "We are thankful for our guests, team members and the community of Federal Way for supporting Wild Waves and creating so many thrills and great memories with families and friends," Kieran Burke, president and owner of Premier Parks, said in a statement. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "Unfortunately, the rising cost of ongoing operations since reopening after the COVID shutdown has generated millions in losses, which forces us to discontinue operations at the end of our 2026 season." The park opened in 1977. It has since "welcomed millions of guests across the Pacific Northwest region, offering a unique combination of theme park thrills and refreshing water park fun," the company said. Fox News Digital reached out to Wild Waves for further comment. The future closure of Wild Waves comes as some other theme parks across the U.S. revamp or close longtime attractions. Many theme park fans complain that popular parks are dismantling attractions they view as nostalgic. In May, Universal Orlando began demolishing portions of its decades-old Lost Continent area at Islands of Adventure, prompting emotional reactions from longtime fans. TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ In April, Walt Disney World began replacing some longtime Frontierland attractions as part of a major expansion project. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ec84bee6011c3f4ea1d32 Sanders says Platner has the 'guts' to fight billionaires despite growing scandal pileup te 2026-06-02T12:10:51.116Z Sanders says Platner has the 'guts' to fight billionaires despite growing scandal pileup Scandal after scandal is not enough to dissuade Maine Senate Democratic candidate Graham Platner’s most vocal supporter in the upper chamber.  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is not backing away from Platner despite the seemingly ever-growing baggage attached to the insurgent Democratic candidate.  The once long-shot candidate has had several fiascos break out in recent weeks following the revelation last fall that he had a tattoo of iconography linked to Nazis. Sanders argued that it was Platner’s firm stance against billionaires that was dredging up the skeletons in his closet.  DEMOCRATS BREAK WITH SCANDAL-PLAGUED GRAHAM PLATNER, WARN OF 'CIVIL WAR' IN PARTY "What we're looking at right now is a situation where billionaires have already pledged to spend $90 million in a tiny state like Maine," Sanders said. "Trust me, that is a lot of money. They don't want him in." "And the reason that they do not want him in the Senate is he has had the guts to stand up to the big money interests, to fight for healthcare as a human right, to demand the billionaires start paying their fair share of taxes," he continued.  Platner’s public relations woes began when video surfaced of him sporting a totenkopf, or death’s head tattoo, on his chest — a symbol of the Nazi war machine from World War II. MAINE DEM SENATE HOPEFUL BACKED BY BERNIE SANDERS APOLOGIZES FOR NAZI-STYLE TATTOO, VOWS TO STAY IN RACE The dam has broken in recent weeks, with old Reddit posts resurfacing in which Platner waxes on veterans, sexual assault and other topics. He’s also embroiled in a sexting scandal and was most recently found to have a profile on the controversial Kik platform. But for Sanders, and other backers of Platner’s in the Senate, the goal is beating Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. "I think what we, as a nation, need to do is to focus on the important issues facing working families, 60% of whom are living paycheck to paycheck," Sanders said. "And I think that Graham and his wife, Amy, will work on their marriage, and I wish them the best."  PLATNER STILL HAS ACTIVE ACCOUNT ON ANONYMOUS APP DUBBED 'PREDATOR'S PARADISE' AMID CHEATING SCANDAL Platner was recently elevated to be the likely nominee in Maine after Gov. Janet Mills, who was the first pick for Democratic leadership in Washington, D.C., opted to drop out over financial issues with her campaign. Now he’s likely headed to a fierce battle against longtime incumbent Collins in November. When asked about the latest issues plaguing Platner, Collins said there wasn’t much else to say.  "I don’t have anything to add," Collins said. "Every day there's a new revelation about Graham Platner that reflects on his character." Still, Democrats who are backing the scandal-plagued Platner aren’t quick to drop him as their favored choice in Maine. Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., who endorsed Platner early on, said that the candidate has lived a "very, you know, real experience. He's talked about it."  "He's talked to his wife about it. There was, you know, the voters of Maine are gonna decide what they're gonna do, but, you know, we know that at this point, this man can still win the race, and as long as he continues, I think we'll all be there," Gallego said.  Platner is set to meet with Democrats in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Sanders said he would be there. But the choice to continue backing him, despite the several scandals piling up, has Republicans both scratching their heads and salivating at the chance to take on a candidate bogged down by baggage.  "I mean, this guy's a nut job," Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said.
"So, that's their call. But, you know, I won't hold my breath for the Democrats to sort of course correct on this. They're just — it's just about absolute power for them. 
So they want to support a dude with Nazi tattoos who has all this other stuff going on. I mean, that's on them." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ec833ee6011c3f4ea1d03 Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI te 2026-06-02T12:10:27.593Z Rocket engine startup Impulse raises $500 million to hire people, not AI Engineering physical systems still depends on human talent, according to Impulse Space president Eric Romo. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ec5e0ee6011c3f4ea1c80 Rubio to Testify Before Senate, Arguing for Budget Amid Iran War and Pressure on Cuba te 2026-06-02T12:00:32.071Z Rubio to Testify Before Senate, Arguing for Budget Amid Iran War and Pressure on Cuba The secretary of state has played a key role in the Iran deliberations, as well as in U.S. policy toward Cuba. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ec386ee6011c3f4ea1bf4 Iowa man suspected of killing 6 family members in 'act of evil' te 2026-06-02T11:50:30.303Z Iowa man suspected of killing 6 family members in 'act of evil' An Iowa man is suspected of fatally shooting six relatives before taking his own life on Monday, authorities said. Muscatine Police Chief Anthony Kies said officers responded to a report of a shooting at about 12:12 p.m. Monday at a home on Park Avenue in Muscatine, a city roughly 50 miles southeast of Cedar Rapids. When officers arrived, they discovered four victims inside the residence suffering from gunshot wounds. All four were pronounced dead at the scene, Kies said during a news conference. Investigators quickly identified the suspected gunman as Ryan Willis McFarland, 52, of Muscatine. Police said McFarland had left the residence before officers arrived. 5 FOUND DEAD IN MINNESOTA APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE: POLICE Authorities later located McFarland on the city's riverfront trail near a pedestrian bridge. "While talking to Ryan Willis McFarland, he took his own life," Kies said. NYC SHOOTING: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT SHANE TAMURA, GUNMAN WHO KILLED 4 INCLUDING NYPD COP IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN Officers and emergency medical personnel attempted to render aid, but McFarland was pronounced dead at the scene. As investigators continued examining the case, police developed information suggesting there could be additional victims elsewhere in the city. Officers subsequently discovered an adult male dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside a residence on Mill Street. Investigators later found another adult male dead from an apparent gunshot wound inside a business on Grandview Avenue. FLORIDA MAN SUSPECTED OF KILLING 6 IN SHOOTING SPREE AT 2 RESIDENCES IDENTIFIED Police believe all six victims were family members of McFarland. "The preliminary investigation indicates the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute," Kies said. Authorities have not yet publicly identified the victims or released details about their ages and specific relationships to McFarland. A TIMELINE OF THE MANHUNT FOR RURAL MONTANA BAR MASSACRE SUSPECT AS A SMALL TOWN HOPES FOR CLOSURE The Muscatine Police Department is being assisted in the investigation by the Muscatine Fire Department, Muscatine County Sheriff's Office, Iowa State Patrol and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Kies called the killings an "act of evil" and said the community is mourning. "Today, I simply do not have the words," Kies said. "This act of evil and what it has done to our community." The chief confirmed McFarland had a criminal record but declined to provide additional details. The investigation remains active as detectives continue processing multiple crime scenes and conducting witness interviews. Authorities are asking anyone with information about the shootings to contact the Muscatine Police Department's Major Crimes Unit. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ec131ee6011c3f4ea1b6d Republicans chase breakthroughs in multiple state primary elections and more top headlines te 2026-06-02T11:40:33.433Z Republicans chase breakthroughs in multiple state primary elections and more top headlines 1. Republicans chase historic breakthroughs in multi-state primary elections 2. FBI's next move in Nancy Guthrie case could finally expose suspect 3. Trump reportedly fumed at Netanyahu in tense phone call GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY — From reality TV to city hall? Trump-backed Spencer Pratt soars in LA mayor race as Californians vote. Continue reading … CAUGHT ON CAMERA — Michigan nurse filmed threatening to slit Trump's throat now under federal probe. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ebcd0ee6011c3f4ea1a7d Karmelo Anthony trial ignites rival camps that threaten to get in jurors’ heads in track meet stabbing: expert te 2026-06-02T11:21:52.789Z Karmelo Anthony trial ignites rival camps that threaten to get in jurors’ heads in track meet stabbing: expert The first day of jury selection in the case involving a Texas teenager accused of stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf to death following a confrontation at a high school track meet was ushered in by demonstrators from both sides taking to the streets outside the courthouse, raising concerns about a potential outside influence impacting the jury.  Karmelo Anthony, 18, is charged with first-degree murder stemming from Metcalf’s death.  The case sparked outrage both in the local community and nationwide, with conversations surrounding race and self-defense rights taking center stage.  On Monday, as prospective jurors arrived at the courthouse to be considered for selection, a crowd of demonstrators descended outside the court-ordered perimeter to voice their support for both sides of the case. AMERICA STILL CAN'T PUT DOWN THE RACE CARD. AND IT'S THE SHAME OF OUR NATION  Positioned on opposite sides of the street, video footage shows the groups chanting, playing instruments and carrying signs both in favor and against Anthony – with the crowd of counter-demonstrators also carrying a large sign with Metcalf’s photo.  "We declare, we decree, Karmelo is free," supporters of Anthony can be heard saying outside the courthouse.  FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X The presence of supporters from both sides presents a unique challenge for the attorneys seeking a fair trial in a case that has been marred by public perception and media attention, according to Texas defense attorney Larry Taylor. KAREN READ JUDGE SUED OVER 'BUFFER ZONE' KEEPING PROTESTERS AWAY FROM COURTHOUSE "It goes to reinforce potential negative biases, as well as potentially even create some new ones," Taylor told Fox News Digital. "And so to walk by individuals who are angry or shouting, it could get into the mindset of a potential juror."  SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER As jury selection remains underway, Taylor noted that any indication that a potential juror has been impacted by the demonstrators could be grounds for removal.  "If I see someone potentially nodding their head to the rhythm of a chant, it can be taken as something that they either agree with or have some kind of feeling toward," Taylor said. "And that could potentially have that juror struck." TRUE CRIME REPORTERS BLOCKED OUTSIDE COURTHOUSE WHERE KAREN READ IS ON TRIAL FILE FIRST AMENDMENT LAWSUIT Before the trial was set to be underway, a Texas judge issued a gag order in the case – effectively barring anyone involved in the trial from speaking to the media. Cameras, livestreams and video recordings are also banned from inside the courtroom, and demonstrators must stay outside of a specific perimeter surrounding the courthouse. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST  "[The judge] doesn’t want people coming up there in large numbers who feel that the case isn't necessarily going their way, and they have some kind of reaction to that," Taylor said. "You don't want witnesses to be pointed out or to be harassed or threatened."  According to Taylor, the judge presiding over Anthony’s case must walk a fine line between protecting the demonstrators’ freedom of speech and the defendant’s right to a fair trial. TEXAS PRESS CONFERENCE IN AUSTIN METCALF KILLING DEVOLVES INTO CHAOS OVER TRACK MEET STABBING "You have the battle of the First Amendment versus the sanctity of the Seventh [Amendment]," Taylor told Fox News Digital. "Having access to the courts that is uninhibited and fair. So you have the judge weighing these constitutional rights and saying, ‘Okay, you have a right to protest, you have a right to be vocal, but I am going to set a distance away from my court so that I will have a fair and impartial jury."  LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB The possibility of allowing outside influences to impact the outcome of the trial could be monumental, as Taylor insists the judge must prioritize shielding the jurors from any potential biases.  "If things go crazy, and demonstrators are threatening witnesses as they're walking in, and people seem rattled, then the case just doesn't flow," Taylor said. "You're setting yourself up for an appeal or a mistrial, and having to do this all over again." AUSTIN METCALF’S SUSPECTED KILLER INDICTED ON FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE IN TRACK MEET STABBING Anthony was indicted on the first-degree murder charge by a Collin County grand jury stemming from the alleged stabbing at a Frisco track meet on April 2, 2025. GOT A TIP? "For weeks, my team has been presenting evidence to the grand jury," Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis said after the indictment. "Today, I summarized that evidence, and I asked the Grand Jury to return a first-degree murder indictment against Karmelo Anthony — which they did." "With that indictment, the case now moves formally into the court system," Willis added. FOLLOW US ON X Anthony is accused of fatally stabbing Metcalf inside a Memorial High School team tent during the sporting event, with investigators alleging Anthony told Metcalf, "Touch me and see what happens," before retrieving a knife from his bag.  The alleged stabbing was due to a confrontation between the two teenagers, according to police. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Immediately after the incident, authorities said Anthony told responding officers he acted in self-defense, telling officers, "I’m not alleged, I did it." MOURNING MOTHER, TWIN BROTHER OF SLAIN TEXAS TEEN SPEAK OUT: 'LOST MY BEST FRIEND IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE' Mike Howard, Anthony’s attorney, has insisted that the details surrounding what lead up to the confrontation have not been disclosed to the public, and will be released in court. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS "We expect that when the full story is heard, the prosecution will not be able to rule out the reasonable doubt that Karmelo Anthony may have acted in self-defense," Howard said following the indictment. WATCH: Father speaks out after son was stabbed to death at track meet As the court prepares to hear opening statements in the case, Taylor said the presence of the demonstrators outside the courthouse could bring a sense of peace and support for both families. "Both families in essence have lost sons," Taylor said. "Karmelo Anthony will never be the same – he could potentially be imprisoned. And so seeing supporters of your child gives hope to the family that actually lost their son. Seeing people out there in support of their son gives them a hope that justice will fall their way."  Fox News Digital reached out to Anthony’s attorney and the Collin County District Attorney’s office for comment.  Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price, Peter D'Abrosca and Kyle Schmidbauer contributed to this report. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ebcbcee6011c3f4ea1a74 Cancer survivors saw major improvements in sleep and well-being with one weekly practice te 2026-06-02T11:21:32.792Z Cancer survivors saw major improvements in sleep and well-being with one weekly practice Yoga is known to boost relaxation, strength and flexibility – and now a new study has found the practice could improve cancer survivors’ quality of life. A randomized trial led by the University of Rochester Medical Center found that a four-week yoga program significantly reduced insomnia, fatigue, anxiety and mood disturbances after cancer treatment. The findings were presented last week at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago. CANCER SURVIVORS MAY SEE SURPRISING BENEFITS FROM ONE SPECIFIC EXERCISE, STUDY SAYS  The study was conducted across multiple U.S. community cancer care sites, including 410 adult cancer survivors averaging 54 years of age. Around 75% were breast cancer survivors, and none of them had practiced yoga regularly within the prior three months. The participants were randomly assigned to two groups. Half of them received only standard survivorship care without the yoga, while the other half received standard care and were also enrolled in the Yoga for Cancer Survivors (YOCAS) program. As part of the YOCAS program, the survivors completed two instructor-led 75-minute yoga sessions each week, including 18 Gentle Hatha yoga and Restorative yoga poses, breathing exercises and mindfulness training. EATING MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES LINKED TO SURPRISING EFFECT ON SLEEP Based on questionnaires completed by the patients, the survivors in the yoga group experienced "moderate-to-large" reductions in overall mood disturbance, "small-to-medium" reductions in anxiety and "medium-to-large" reductions in fatigue, the study found. The improvements in mood and fatigue appeared to be linked to yoga's beneficial effect on sleep quality, according to the researchers. "This indicates that cancer survivors have an option to alleviate these cancer-related side effects at the same time, without adding another drug," lead investigator Yuri Choi, PhD, of the Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, in Rochester, New York, told Fox News Digital. The study did not reveal any major safety concerns or serious adverse events related to the yoga practice. The study did have some limitations, chiefly that the findings are preliminary and have not yet been peer-reviewed for a medical publication. CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES "The sample in our clinical trial was relatively homogeneous, with most participants being women (96%), breast cancer patients (75%), Caucasian (93%), and having some college or higher education (82%)," noted Choi. "We are adapting our intervention to reach all cancer patients and survivors, including the creation of a mobile app to reach people in rural communities." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER The research also excluded patients with metastatic cancer (whose disease had spread to other parts of the body). The total study was only four weeks, so more research is needed to determine long-term benefits. If the findings are confirmed by peer-reviewed publications, this could lead to recommendations for structured yoga programs as a non-drug supportive therapy for cancer survivors, the researchers noted. Some yoga studios may use different names for Gentle Hatha and Restorative yoga, such as Foundations Yoga or Healing Yoga, Choi noted.  "Survivors should also look for certified yoga instructors who have experience working with cancer patients/survivors or individuals with other challenging health conditions," the researcher advised. "They should not be afraid to ask their oncology team for referrals to qualified instructors in their community." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ Choi also noted that the research did not reveal whether other types of yoga, such as heated-room or rigorous-flow yoga, are safe or beneficial for cancer survivors. The study was funded by the National Cancer Institute. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ebca8ee6011c3f4ea1a6b Ben Sasse reflects on life, parenting, future of country in Ruthless interview te 2026-06-02T11:21:12.944Z Ben Sasse reflects on life, parenting, future of country in Ruthless interview Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse delivered a heartfelt reflection on his life, parenting, and politics to the Ruthless Podcast in an exclusive interview released Tuesday morning.  "Death sucks, but I'm not really scared," Sasse told the Fellas. "People are surprised by the answer. And I’m like, well, I guess I’ll talk for a little while." Sasse was diagnosed with metastatic stage-four pancreatic cancer in December. Throughout the interview, Sasse emphasized the importance of being rooted. "We have funeral plots in Arlington, Nebraska, 14 miles east of our house along the river in Dodge County, Nebraska," Sasse said. "I don’t want my family to ever give that up." FORMER GOP SEN. BEN SASSE REVEALS STAGE-4 CANCER DIAGNOSIS: 'IT'S A DEATH SENTENCE' Sasse’s career has taken him across the country and, at times, away from his family for extended periods of time. Receiving degrees from Harvard and Yale, he worked as a management consultant before coming back to academia.  After serving as the president of Midland University, Sasse was first elected to the Senate in 2014.  Sasse resigned from his seat in 2023 to become the President of the University of Florida.  In the interview, podcast co-host Comfortably Smug, himself a recent father, cited a recent op-ed by Sasse’s daughter and asked for parenting advice. VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE REVEALS HE HAS 'SACRED TIME' WITH HIS FAMILY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS EVERY DAY "I recently just had a son," Smug mentioned. "How did you manage to raise such self-actualized individuals? She said the line that opened with where instead of asking them, like, ‘how was your day?’ You asked them, ‘who did you serve?’ This makes an individual more outward-looking and trying to be a contributor to their community and their friends rather than being a consumer." The Nebraskan responded by emphasizing the importance of unconditional love and the importance of teaching your children the values of hard work and service to others.  "Your parental goal should be for them to know unconditional love, and then in response to live a life of gratitude, where there are some expectations around them," Sasse responded. "And so she says in her piece that she knows she has unconditional love from us, and that we expect her to grit and grind through it and go and serve other people, not be narcissistically obsessed with herself." FORMER NEBRASKA SENATOR BATTLING CANCER WARNS PEOPLE HAVE 'STOPPED MAKING BABIES' The conversation also touched on how technology has changed family life, the economy, and American politics.  "You'd be sitting in Republican Senate lunch, and dudes are scrolling through social media reading comments on Twitter, on their press releases," Sasse said. "I'm like, you know, those are mostly Russian bots. They're mostly not even real… Like if you’ve got eight digits that come at the end of your name, that's not Cynthia from Norfolk, Nebraska. But now I just couldn't care less about the tribal stupid [things] that people might yell about." Podcast co-host Josh Holmes detailed how many of Sasse’s former colleagues in the body have appreciated his perspective over the last couple of months.  "I talked to a number of your old colleagues in the Senate over the last couple of months who are just deeply appreciative of the time you’ve taken to share wisdom in this particular part of life," Holmes told Sasse. Sasse has authored two books on this intersection of parenting and the future of the country: "Them: Why We Hate Each Other—and How to Heal" and "The Vanishing American Adult." Since his diagnosis, Sasse has also launched the Not Dead Yet Podcast. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ebc94ee6011c3f4ea1a62 After losing my daughter, I learned where the immigration crisis really begins te 2026-06-02T11:20:52.878Z After losing my daughter, I learned where the immigration crisis really begins My youngest daughter Katie was killed when an intoxicated illegal immigrant slammed into the back of the vehicle she was riding in at nearly 80 miles an hour while it sat idle at a stoplight. Ever since, I have been trying to understand how reckless public policies allowed something so horrific, and so preventable, to happen. Katie’s death forced me to look beyond slogans and political talking points and ask harder questions about what America’s immigration system has become, who benefits from it and who ultimately bears the costs when governments refuse to enforce meaningful standards. The more I examined the data, the more I began to notice an aspect of the problem that often seemed ignored or dismissed in public debate. Perhaps because acknowledging it had become politically uncomfortable. According to recent data from the Center for Immigration Studies, newly arrived immigrants now possess significantly lower levels of educational attainment than earlier waves of immigration. OBAMA JUDGE USES ‘VINDICTIVE’ RULING TO RELEASE ALLEGED MS-13 HUMAN TRAFFICKER During the border-surge years engineered under the Biden-Harris administration and overseen by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the composition of migration shifted heavily toward poorer regions of Latin America, bringing larger numbers of individuals with limited formal education and fewer workforce skills needed in a modern, technology-driven economy. That matters because advanced economies increasingly depend on productivity, skills and institutional capacity. Educational attainment strongly correlates with earnings, poverty rates, tax contribution and long-term dependence on public systems. America in 2026 is not the industrial America of 1920. Low-skill labor no longer guarantees upward mobility, even for many native-born Americans struggling under rising housing costs, inflation, healthcare expenses and stagnant wages. Yet policymakers continue expanding migration flows while insisting there will be no meaningful fiscal or social consequences. REFUGEE FLOOD ISN’T SMART POLICY, IT’S THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON TAKING But consequences exist whether political leaders acknowledge them or not. Lower educational attainment is closely associated with lower earnings, higher poverty rates and greater demand on public systems. School districts shoulder the costs of language services and educational remediation, often straining already struggling districts. Hospitals provide emergency care that is frequently never fully reimbursed, with taxpayers ultimately covering much of the burden. Cities face mounting housing pressures, while welfare systems expand to accommodate growing needs. My own family has lived both versions of America’s immigration story. Decades ago, my parents came to the United States legally for the opportunity this country offered and not for benefits or special privileges that increasingly incentivize lawlessness surrounding immigration today. I'M AN ANGEL MOM WHO SAW AT THE WHITE HOUSE HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RESTORING HOPE AND SAFETY FOR FAMILIES This is personal for me. Katie’s killer, Julio Cucul-Bol, a Guatemalan national who used a Mexican alias while in Illinois, admitted through an interpreter in state court that he had no formal education and was unable to meaningfully communicate in either English or Spanish. So, I have to ask the question Democrat Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and many other politicians never will: What purpose did allowing Bol into this country actually serve? How did it strengthen America, improve our communities, or better the lives of American citizens? DAD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DUI VICTIM ISSUES WARNING TO AMERICANS OVER LAX DRIVER'S LICENSE LAWS My daughter is dead. Reasonable people can debate immigration levels and legal pathways. But no serious nation can maintain public trust while weakening enforcement and insisting there are no downstream consequences for public institutions, fiscal stability, or social cohesion. Many countries benefit enormously from large-scale emigration. Remittances from migrants working in the United States generate billions in foreign income while also relieving domestic political pressure. NOT COMING TO AMERICA: THE 60-YEAR IMMIGRATION BUBBLE FINALLY BURSTS In effect, the United States increasingly subsidizes the consequences of governmental failure abroad. Rather than fixing conditions for their own citizens, struggling governments can export portions of their poverty to the United States while importing remittance dollars back home. That dynamic may benefit political elites on both sides of the border, but it does little to encourage long-term reform, self-sufficiency, or stable institutions. In many cases, mass unmanaged migration may actually delay the economic and civic improvements those societies ultimately need most. A truly moral and compassionate approach should not simply encourage people to flee struggling nations indefinitely. It should encourage the development of lawful, stable and prosperous societies where citizens can build meaningful lives in their own countries with dignity and opportunity. IRYNA ZARUTSKA FLED UKRAINE FOR SAFETY BUT DEMOCRATS' SOFT-ON-CRIME POLICIES FAILED HER The United States should be an example to be emulated; a nation built on lawful behavior, strong institutions, accountability and opportunity. Not one that increasingly allows itself to be taken advantage of by governments unwilling to fix conditions for their own people. Migrants should be drawn to America because of the opportunities created by economic freedom and social stability, not enticed by self-serving politicians offering taxpayer-funded benefits while refusing to address the consequences of weak enforcement. States like Illinois increasingly respond to the departure of productive citizens not by confronting the policies driving people away, but by attempting to replace those losses through mass migration encouraged by expansive benefits and weakened standards. Administrations like Biden-Harris accelerated that approach nationally during the border-surge years. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION That is not a serious long-term strategy for national prosperity or institutional stability. Every public policy carries tradeoffs, and citizens should not become collateral damage to reckless immigration policies pursued for short-term political gain. A serious immigration policy would begin with honesty: honesty that educational attainment matters in advanced economies; honesty that mass low-skill migration creates fiscal burdens; honesty that weak enforcement and sanctuary policies carry real-world consequences; and honesty that America cannot permanently function as the economic and social safety valve for the developing world without eventually weakening itself. Compassion without limits is not governance. And no nation can indefinitely absorb the unresolved economic and institutional failures of other countries while expecting its own stability, cohesion and prosperity to remain strong forever. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM JOE ABRAHAM Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ebc80ee6011c3f4ea1a59 Martina Navratilova says Billie Jean King’s trans-athlete stance ‘doesn’t square’ with her own words te 2026-06-02T11:20:32.873Z Martina Navratilova says Billie Jean King’s trans-athlete stance ‘doesn’t square’ with her own words Martina Navratilova wants Billie Jean King to explain herself. King is one of the most important figures in the history of women’s sports, a tennis icon who helped build the modern women’s game and spent decades fighting for equal opportunity, equal pay and respect for female athletes. But King has also publicly supported trans-identifying biological male athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports. In a 2025 interview with The Telegraph ahead of Wimbledon, King called the broader transgender-athlete debate in sports "a nightmare" and said people should listen to transgender people’s stories and make them feel included. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! That position has frustrated Navratilova, another tennis legend and longtime advocate of gay rights and women’s sports, because King has also publicly acknowledged the physical differences between men and women. Asked how King could reconcile those two positions, Navratilova said the contradiction is obvious. "I honestly don’t know because it doesn’t square," Navratilova told OutKick. Navratilova was responding to a clip of King discussing the obvious physical differences between men and women. In the clip, King said men are generally bigger and stronger, have different skeletal systems and bigger hearts, and that women never claimed they were physically the same as men. That’s the entire reason women’s sports exist in the first place. In 2020, King joined nearly 200 athletes in supporting a friend-of-the-court brief against an Idaho law that barred trans-identifying male athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. "There is no place in any sport for discrimination of any kind," King said at the time. "I’m proud to support all transgender athletes who simply want the access and opportunity to compete in the sport they love." That's the gap Navratilova is pressing. "I think she thinks that they play fair and square, meaning males identify as women, take all the hormones and do everything, like Renée Richards did 50 years ago," Navratilova said. "And that it’s just nice to include everybody." But Navratilova said the issue can’t be reduced to kindness or inclusion. TENNIS STAR ARYNA SABALENKA SAYS FEMALE ATHLETES FACING TRANS COMPETITORS 'JUST NOT FAIR TO WOMEN' She offered a hypothetical scenario: a high school boys basketball team holds tryouts, 10 boys make the team, and five boys who don’t make the boys team then try out for the girls team. If they make it, which they almost certainly would, five girls lose their spots. "That’s not equality," Navratilova said. "That’s a total takeover." And it’s not just about who wins, she said. It’s about roster spots, podium spots, awards, prize money, privacy, safety and the entire purpose of female-only categories. For Navratilova, the answer starts with keeping sex-based boundaries intact. "The solution is obvious," she told OutKick. "No male bodies in women’s sports and no male bodies in women's sex-based spaces for many different reasons, not the least of which is women’s rights to safety, dignity and fairness and privacy." Navratilova said her private conversations with King have made King's public position even more frustrating. "Billie Jean has repeatedly told me over the last four or five years that she would love to talk to me about it, that she defers to me because I know a lot more about it than she does," Navratilova said. But Navratilova said the conversations she expected, never really happened. "Without talking to me really and listening to what my points were, she just went her way and put out the statement by her and the Women’s Sports Foundation about inclusion and all this stuff," Navratilova said. That, Navratilova said, is what surprised her most. "I don’t think she really has heard the other side of the debate, so to speak," Navratilova said. Navratilova said she wants King to answer the question directly. "Please get Billie Jean on record," Navratilova said. "I’d like to know how she explains it because she hasn’t been able to explain it to me." OutKick contacted King and the Women’s Sports Foundation seeking comment and offering King an interview. Neither responded. And Navratilova is not alone. Nancy Hogshead, a three-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer, civil rights lawyer and former Women’s Sports Foundation president, went even further. Asked whether King’s comments on male advantages suggested she was starting to come around, Hogshead rejected that premise. "Oh no, she’s always known that," Hogshead told OutKick. "She’s a hypocrite, she’s a total hypocrite." Hogshead said she could understand confusion several years ago, before more research and high-profile cases brought the issue to the forefront. Her own view, Hogshead said, was not always what it is now. "I was in favor of it too," Hogshead said. "I thought this was about inclusion and nondiscrimination. I thought it was fair." That has changed. "I was wrong," Hogshead said. "I was dead wrong." Hogshead pointed to sex-eligibility disputes involving Caster Semenya, the Lia Thomas case and research on male puberty and athletic performance as part of what caused her to rethink her position. She said the same evidence should matter for King. "She knows, but she hasn’t made the connection," Hogshead said. "As she says, men are faster, stronger, bigger lungs structurally, but hasn’t made the connection of like, oh, so that’s unfair to the girls to have to compete with that." Hogshead said her frustration with King and the Women’s Sports Foundation predates the transgender-athlete debate. "I wouldn’t say I left," Hogshead said of her 2014 departure from WSF. "I would say I got fired because I would not sign a contract." Hogshead alleged the contract would have restricted her from speaking publicly about sexual abuse and harassment involving athletes. Asked why she believed a women’s sports organization would want to limit her ability to speak on that issue, Hogshead pointed to what she described as King’s aversion to backlash. "Because Billie Jean didn’t want to go into any room and face hostility or having somebody be against her," Hogshead said. Hogshead connected that episode to the current fight over transgender athletes in women’s sports. "I think it’s more political for the same reason, for the exact same reason that she didn’t wanna be involved in the sexual abuse issue or she didn’t want the Women’s Sports Foundation to be involved," Hogshead said. "It’s hard to be the tip of the spear." To Hogshead, both fights come back to the same issue: whether women’s sports leaders are willing to take unpopular stands when women and girls need defending. OutKick separately asked the Women’s Sports Foundation whether Hogshead’s role ended because she refused to sign a contract restricting her from speaking publicly about sexual abuse in sports and whether King was involved in or aware of that contract decision. WSF did not respond before publication. That leaves a central question unanswered. If men have physical advantages over women, and King says they do, then why should biological males who identify as women be allowed into female categories? Navratilova’s position is especially notable because she has personal history with Renée Richards, the transgender tennis player who sued to compete in the women’s draw at the 1977 U.S. Open. Richards later coached Navratilova. That history matters because Navratilova didn't come to the issue as an opponent of inclusion. "Because of Renée, I was completely all-in for inclusion," Navratilova said. "Most of us welcomed Renée into the fold." CHRIS EVERT DEFENDS MARTINA NAVRATILOVA ON TRANS ATHLETES: 'SCIENCE DOESN'T LIE' But Navratilova said Richards competed at a very different moment and under very different circumstances. Richards was 43 and not in peak playing shape when competing against women, Navratilova said. At the time, Richards was essentially a one-off case. "It was only one because she won the right to compete in a court of law," Navratilova said. "There were no others. Even if there were other transgender people, they would have to sue for the right to compete." That has changed. In recent years, trans-identifying biological male athletes have competed in women’s and girls’ sports across the country, from high school track and field to college and junior college volleyball to cycling, swimming and other sports. Navratilova said the change forced her to reconsider the issue in a way she did not have to when Richards was the only example. But, more importantly, Richards also has a new perspective on the issue. "Renée herself now says she should not have been able to compete," Navratilova said. "She realizes now she had an advantage." Richards made a similar argument in a 2024 position paper published by Sports Illustrated in 2025. "I believe that having gone through male puberty disqualifies transgender women from the female category in sports," Richards wrote, adding that a "retained physical advantage persists" even after testosterone reduction That’s why Navratilova says it’s no longer enough to rely on the language of inclusion without answering the competitive question. "Boys are faster, stronger, quicker than girls," Navratilova said. "And so, if it doesn’t matter who wins, why do they have to compete as a girl? If they feel like a girl, they can still compete with the boys if they don’t care where they end up. Why is it the girls that need to suck it up?" Navratilova came out publicly as a lesbian in 1981 and became one of the most prominent openly gay athletes in the world. That’s part of what makes the backlash against her so striking. Navratilova has been called homophobic, transphobic, bigoted and worse for her position on women’s sports. She told OutKick the attacks are especially frustrating because many of the people attacking her don’t know what it was like for gay athletes when she came out. Asked what she makes of being called homophobic, Navratilova dismissed the idea. "It’s just stupid," Navratilova said. "I came out before they were born, so they don’t know what it was like." Navratilova said the criticism from within the LGBTQ advocacy world has been painful because she still believes in equal rights. "I respect everybody’s right to human rights, equal rights everywhere," Navratilova said. But she said equal rights do not include the right for male-bodied athletes to enter female sports or female-only spaces. "You do not have a right to come into my space," Navratilova said. That doesn't mean the verbal attacks haven't stung. "What does it make me feel like? Just sad," Navratilova said. "Just really sad that they would just name-call rather than have a discussion and totally discount what I went through and twist it around." King’s legacy in women’s sports is undeniable. She fought for women to have opportunities, respect, prize money and a professional tour of their own. She famously beat Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes," a moment that became larger than tennis and helped cement King as a symbol of women’s equality. But that history is exactly why Navratilova and Hogshead say King’s current position deserves scrutiny. Women’s sports were not created because women lacked talent, discipline or courage. They were created because biological sex matters in athletics. King knows that. She has said so herself. That’s why Navratilova wants an answer. How does King square a lifetime spent fighting for women’s sports with a position that allows biological males to compete against females? So far, King hasn’t answered that question for OutKick. And according to Navratilova, she hasn’t answered it for her, either. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eba21ee6011c3f4ea19a3 Pacific Fusion’s latest prototype packs 440 gigawatts into an 80-nanosecond burst te 2026-06-02T11:10:25.672Z Pacific Fusion’s latest prototype packs 440 gigawatts into an 80-nanosecond burst Pacific Fusion's sub-scale prototype delivered enormous amounts of power in a flash, setting the company up for its demonstration power plant. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eb7cfee6011c3f4ea194b The NFL's main social media accounts remained silent about Pride Month on its first day te 2026-06-02T11:00:31.594Z The NFL's main social media accounts remained silent about Pride Month on its first day The annual June 1 kickoff to Pride Month came and went on Monday and the NFL's X account that serves over 36 million followers and its Instagram account that serves 32 million followers did not mention the event. Let that sink in for a moment. The league accounts that, in the past years, have told fans that "football is gay," that "football is lesbian," that football is queer, transgender, bisexual and, for everyone, were silent on the issue. The National Football League's social media accounts this year stuck to, well, football. The league posted about the Myles Garrett trade to the Los Angeles Rams. About the A.J. Brown trade to the New England Patriots. About Odell Beckham signing with the New York Giants. And Raymond Berry dying. So, this may mean something. Or nothing. EX-NFL STAR DEZ BRYANT SLAMS LEAGUE'S PRIDE MONTH MESSAGING: 'FAR FROM RIGHT' For conservatives, Christians and others, it is a small victory they hope extends throughout the entire month and eventually to the league's individual teams, most of which embraced Pride Month on its first day. Nine of the 32 teams did not recognize Pride Month on Monday. For some gay activists, the NFL's action (or inaction) on social media on Monday means they're hoping some admin corrects an oversight as early as Tuesday morning. Otherwise, it's a big loss for those activists that want their sexuality celebrated and amplified by the country's most popular sports league. Whatever it means, this is where we are in 2026: Corporations, small businesses, universities, individuals, and yes, sports leagues are being watched on the first day of Pride Month to see how they handle the divisive issue. We say divisive because there are no winners amid the scrutiny. Recognizing the month or opting out sends a message that upsets somebody regardless of the choice. TENNESSEE GOVERNOR SIGNS NUCLEAR FAMILY MONTH RESOLUTION AS CRITICS PUSH BACK ON EXCLUSIONS Major League Baseball, the NBA and even the NHL recognized the start of Pride Month on Monday. The professional hockey league did so by changing its logo to rainbow colors — a betrayal of its own corporate branding. So, the NFL was different than its professional sports counterparts for at least one day. It was also different than it has been in the past when it did salute Pride Month on its first day and even once came up with celebrating LGBTQ history month. This doesn't mean the NFL is no longer supporting gay issues. It supports those all year long on its website and via other means, including fundraising events and promotions. But this messaging omission this time — intentional or otherwise — was notable. As to the league's teams, the nine teams that declined to mention Pride Month are generally the same group that have done so in the past. The New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, Las Vegas Raiders, Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints did not recognize Pride Month on social media. Most of those did not last year, either. And this is where we remind you, this is a snapshot in time. The NFL may offer a Pride Month nod in the coming hours or days after publication of this piece. The teams that opted out might as easily opt in over the coming days. The Indianapolis Colts, for example, have been back and forth on the Pride Month celebration posts the past two years. But they were the NFL's first team to post about Pride Month this year. And why do we count? Because we live in an increasingly populist society where one side insists it must celebrate its sexuality and wants others to join in, and the other side has increasingly resisted and, in the extreme, believes the celebration of one sexuality over an entire month is insufferable. All one has to do is read the replies to the teams to understand both of those are so. It is also interesting that Pride Month and the corporate pandering it encourages create some strange dynamics. Example: WASHINGTON COMMANDERS, WHO ADVOCATE FOR GAY PRIDE, CELEBRATE MUSLIM HOLY DAY The Washington Commanders, Philadelphia Eagles, Houston Texans and Minnesota Vikings are among the teams that saluted Pride Month on Monday. But that seemingly makes those teams seem quite conflicted on social media because in March they also celebrated the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, with a shoutout to Eid al-Fitr. The Vikings celebrated the Muslim holiday on X while the Texans and Eagles did so on Facebook. The Muslim religion, like Christianity and Judaism, has strict teachings against homosexuality. But the Commanders, Vikings and Eagles were not the only ones presenting a paradox to the celebration of gays with the orthodoxy of the Muslim religion on Monday. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani posted a verbose (for X) post about how it would take more than a month to "honor the contributions of queer and transgender New Yorkers." Mamdani was born in Uganda, is a Sharia Muslim and has consistently praised his home country while also publicly embracing his religious identity. Except that Uganda in 2023 enacted the Anti-Homosexuality Act that imposes life imprisonment for same-sex acts and the death penalty for aggravated homosexuality. And traditional Sharia treats homosexual acts as punishable offenses. Yes, quite inconvenient for someone celebrating the start of Pride Month. FOLLOW ARMANDO SALGUERO ON X: @ARMANDOSALGUERO Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eb337ee6011c3f4ea1864 John Gotti pal: I stashed $10M in my kid's toychest te 2026-06-02T10:40:55.191Z John Gotti pal: I stashed $10M in my kid's toychest "I was the chief of staff of the Gambino crime family." That's how Lewis Kasman describes his role at the side of legendary Mafia boss John Gotti. Kasman spent years with Gotti and the Gambino crime family and is now peeling back some of the secrets and revealing what that life was like at the top of the American Mafia. "I had a big toy chest in my attic in my house in Woodbury filled with millions of dollars in it," he says, in amounts varying from $6 to $10 million, depending on the month, saying the Gambino family earned more than $100 million a year. EX-COLOMBO CRIME FAMILY CAPO REVEALS HOW GAS TAX SCHEME RAKED IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WEEKLY "I loved it. I loved it all. I loved the power...to have the boss's ear, and I had unfettered access. It was amazing." Kasman, who is now 68 years old, opens up about his friendship and working with Gotti for a Fox Nation exclusive documentary, "Gotti's Guy," which can be seen on the Fox Nation streaming site and Fox One. Throughout the late 1980s and early '90s, as Gotti reigned over the underworld, Kasman was right there, in the inner circle. He was a familiar fixture accompanying the Don, the made men and Gotti's lawyers. He was routinely referred to as "Gotti's adopted son" by the news media and frequently interviewed and quoted defending Gotti during his various trials. In the Fox Nation program, Kasman describes how he grew up as "a Jewish kid on Long Island," who went to sleep-away camp and had a bar mitzvah, to being the trusted sidekick and sounding board to the most infamous Mafia Don since Al Capone. "We had a brotherhood me and him," says Lewis. "I had no agenda and he had no agendas. He just wanted my friendship and my voice to speak for him when he didn’t want to speak or couldn't speak, because of his position." Lewis says Gotti needed someone like him, an objective sounding board outside the circle of mobsters, who was loyal, direct and had no ax to grind. FORMER NY DETECTIVE MOONLIGHTED AS BONANNO CRIME FAMILY SOLDIER, HELPED FUEL MINI-MOB WAR, FEDS ALLEGE "I could go in places where John didn't want to go, and I could talk to Skippers (Capos) the way John didn't want to. As a boss, you have to carry yourself a certain way. He would never go and ask for anything. That was not John Gotti's way." "I never crossed the line. See, I knew my boundaries. I had the most boundaries that anyone in life could have with John Gotti, and I knew my place. He trusted me and I trusted him." "He was a man's man," he says. "I used to say, Grandpa, you're a legend in life. You’re gonna be a legend when you pass, but you're a legend in reality. You are legendary now. I used to walk around the garment center, guys in trucks would honking their air horns. How's the boss? How's the chief? Wherever you would go, they loved this guy."  "He was a superstar, an A-lister celebrity. The crowds, the people, the pictures. It became surreal." WATCH: FORMER MAFIA INSIDER REFLECTS ON JOHN GOTTI'S COURTROOM VICTORIES: But with time, Kasman reassessed his life and his role. He says back then, in his 20s and 30s, he had put aside his moral issues and ignored any ethical concerns about hobnobbing with Mafia murderers but now sees the error of his ways. "When I look back, you could disappear at any time," he says. "He was the Mafia, and he was a killer, and he was a tough guy. Tough guy. Very tough guy." ‘MIND CHESS,’ NOT THREATS, CONVINCED REAL-LIFE SOPRANOS MOBSTER TO COOPERATE: RETIRED FBI AGENT "I did not lie to myself. I knew who he was, and I knew what he was capable of. But I wasn't in fear of him. I respected him for who he was and the kind of Boss he was of that family. And if he was my father, my natural father, I couldn't have loved him more." During one of Gotti's trials, his flamboyant lawyer Bruce Culter, called Kasman "one of the finest young men I know," and said "he has a great friendship and business relationship with John Gotti." But the Gotti family has had other names for their former friend. John A. Gotti, Gotti's son, wrote scathingly about Kasman in his bestselling book "Shadow of My Father."   He branded Kasman "traitorous scum," a "turncoat," who became "the adopted confidential informant of the FBI," who is a "perjurer, thief and traitor" who turned on his father… and the Gotti family, by slipping false information to the Feds. After the elder Gotti died, Kasman got in trouble with the law and he became a confidential informant for the FBI, taping conversations with mobsters and at one time it turned out, Mr. Gotti's wife as she recovered from a stroke. FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC LED SECRET LIFE AS MAFIA HITMAN BEFORE FAMILY FELL APART: SON "What infuriated me about Kasman," Gotti's son wrote, was "that he had recorded my mother on a visit with her, shortly after her stroke. She was recovering from brain surgery, and had been sedated. As directed by the FBI, are there no limits to what these low lives will do at the behest of their government masters? No." Kasman admits he was directed by the FBI to secretly tape the younger Gotti, but says he wound up inadvertently wearing the wire on the visit to his mother.  "It was a mistake," he now says and deeply regrets it. In 1996, Kasman served six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to lying to a grand jury investigating the Gambino crime family.  In 2010, Kasman again pleaded guilty to fraud and was sentenced to time served for obstruction of justice and money laundering. Gotti's eldest daughter Angela was quoted as calling him "a piece of s—," saying "somebody’s got all my father’s money. He was the one holding it." Kasman now resides in Florida and leads a quiet life away from the streets of the city that were once Gotti's turf. As for missing those halcyon days and the intense public interest surrounding Gotti, he is now wistful. "I don’t miss it," he says. "I miss him."  "Gotti's Guy" is now streaming on Fox Nation. Also, watch the second season of "Stories of the American Mafia" on Fox Nation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eb323ee6011c3f4ea185b Rubio braces for Hill grilling as Republicans join bid to curb Trump's Iran war powers te 2026-06-02T10:40:35.195Z Rubio braces for Hill grilling as Republicans join bid to curb Trump's Iran war powers Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to face tough questions on Capitol Hill this week as Congress threatens to curb President Donald Trump’s war powers, while the administration pushes for an end to the conflict with Iran. Rubio will testify in four congressional hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday on the State Department's budget for the upcoming fiscal year. But the Trump official is likely to be grilled on the ongoing negotiations to end the war and whether the U.S. military campaign should continue against Iranian forces and the country’s nuclear capabilities.  The U.S. and Iran have yet to agree on terms to end sporadic fighting. Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and potential sanctions relief have emerged as key sticking points in negotiations.  President Donald Trump said Monday that he "couldn’t care less" if the stalled talks were over, in an interview with CNBC. TRUMP SAYS IRAN IS 'NEGOTIATING ON FUMES,' BELIEVES REGIME THOUGHT THEY COULD OUTWAIT HIM "I don’t care if they’re over, honestly," Trump told the outlet. "If they’re over, they’re over. If they’re not, you know, I think they took too much time. Frankly, I thought they started to get very boring." The president’s comments followed fresh rounds of fighting over the weekend that tested the fragile ceasefires in place since early April. The U.S. military has shown no signs of ending its blockade of Iranian ports while Tehran has continued to flex its hold over the Strait of Hormuz. Rubio's Hill appearances come as both the House and Senate could advance legislation this week that would halt U.S. involvement in the war, absent congressional authorization. A successful war powers resolution would likely be a symbolic blow to the administration given an expected presidential veto and the lack of a veto-proof majority. GOP REP MASSIE JOINS DEMOCRATS IN OPPOSITION TO US IRAN STRIKES But the president may suffer a political setback as a growing number of Republicans are souring on Trump’s handling of the war. In the House, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Tom Barrett, R-Mich., have joined Democrats in voting to curtail the president’s war powers — and more GOP lawmakers could follow suit this week. The Trump administration has repeatedly argued that the 1973 War Powers Resolution requiring congressional oversight of military action infringes on the executive branch. Beyond the war powers debate, Rubio is also likely to face questions about Trump accepting a deal that stops short of dismantling Iran's nuclear program. The Trump administration has repeatedly said it would never agree to anything that allows Iran to have a nuclear weapon.  Some Republicans with hawkish national security views have warned Trump against agreeing to a deal that would let Tehran continue to project power across the region. "Our commander in chief needs to allow America's skilled armed forces to finish the destruction of Iran's conventional military capabilities and reopen the strait," Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., wrote on social media in late May. "Further pursuit of an agreement with Iran's Islamist regime risks a perception of weakness. We must finish what we started. It is past time for action." Fox News Digital reached out to the State Department for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ead79ee6011c3f4ea171b Quick Fix: Pasta sauce gives oven-baked chicken thighs an easy boost te 2026-06-02T10:16:25.347Z Quick Fix: Pasta sauce gives oven-baked chicken thighs an easy boost For this easy, hands-off dinner, the oven does all the work. Bone-in chicken thighs, coated in rich pasta sauce, roasted on a sheet pan will stay tender, juicy, and full of flavor. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ead64ee6011c3f4ea1712 FOO-QUICKFIX-MCT te 2026-06-02T10:16:04.312Z FOO-QUICKFIX-MCT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ead4fee6011c3f4ea1709 Clif Builders launches White Fudge Oreo protein bar te 2026-06-02T10:15:43.830Z Clif Builders launches White Fudge Oreo protein bar The Clif Builders brand has expanded its protein bar lineup with the release of a new White Fudge Oreo-flavored bar aimed at consumers seeking post-workout recovery fuel. 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That follows gains of 0.4% month-over-month and 6.59% year-over-year in March. “Retail sales continued to grow in April despite higher gas prices driven by the ongoing conflict in Iran, cautious consumer sentiment and the persistent concerns about sustained inflation,” stated NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay. Core retail sales, which also exclude restaurants, posted a smilier 0.34% month-over-month gain and climbed 5.53% year-over-year. For the first four months of 2026, total sales were up 6.07% year-over-year, while core sales rose 5.99%. Sales growth was broad-based, rising in eight of nine major categories on a yearly basis and in all but one category on a monthly basis. Clothing and accessories stores led the way with a 0.59% month-over-month increase and a strong 9.75% year-over-year gain. Sporting goods, hobby, music and book stores advanced 0.12% month-over-month and 8.55% year-over-year, while health and personal care stores rose 0.45% and 8.42% respectively. Digital products, including electronic books and games, posted the strongest monthly gain at 1.11% and climbed 8.09% annually. Other categories showing positive momentum included general merchandise stores (up 0.15% month-over-month and 6.19% year-over-year), electronics and appliance stores (up 0.16% and 4.03%), and grocery and beverage stores (up 0.36% and 3.21%). Furniture and homes furnishings stores saw a slight 0.06% monthly decline but still posted a 2.58% annual increase. Building and garden supply stores edged up 0.009% for the month but were down 2.74% from the prior year. “Spending on household priorities remains solid, supported by a steady labor market, wage growth and a significant influx of cash from tax refunds,” added Shay. “While consumers are mindful on costs, retailers are working hard to keep everyday goods affordable for American families.” Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post Retail Sales Post Seventh Consecutive Monthly Gain In April first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eac8dee6011c3f4ea169a Hamadeh Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Cut Fuel Costs For Service Members And Veterans te 2026-06-02T10:12:29.266Z Hamadeh Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Cut Fuel Costs For Service Members And Veterans By Ethan Faverino | Congressman Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ-08) has introduced the Military and Veterans Fuel Discount Act of 2026, a bipartisan measure designed to deliver direct financial relief to service members, veterans, and their families by providing discounts on fuel purchased at military exchange stores. The legislation, H.R. 9027, is co-sponsored by Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE-02), Eugene Vindman (D-VA-07), Don Davis (D-NC-01), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19). It authorizes the Secretary of Defense to implement a program offering discounts on motor fuel sold at exchange stores and dispensed directly into vehicles owned by eligible patrons. “As part of my unwavering commitment to America’s military heroes and keeping my promise to improve service members’ lives, I introduced legislation authorizing a fuel discount at military exchange pumps to lower living costs for our troops, veterans, and dependents,” stated Congressman Hamadeh. The bill would allow the Secretary of Defense to provide a base discount on gasoline and diesel fuel equal to the federal fuel tax rate, which is at least 18.4 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel. It also authorizes supplemental discounts to help offset state and local fuel taxes when applicable. These costs disproportionately impact military families, veterans, and retirees, who often face long commutes to bases, training facilities, work, or VA medical appointments. With inflation and rising transportation costs continuing to strain household budgets, many service members spend a significant portion of their income on fuel. Discounts would be applied automatically at the time of sale to the maximum extent practicable. The authority for the program would terminate on September 30, 2029. The legislation includes safeguards to prevent fraud or abuse, prohibits the resale of commercial use of discounted fuel, and requires the Secretary of Defense to submit annual reports to Congress detailing program usage, costs, gallons sold, and any implementation issues. “Fuel is one of the few products sold by exchanges still subject to tax,” added Hamadeh. “This discount, equal to the federal fuel tax, shows profound gratitude to our nation’s heroes who have borne the heavy costs of war defending our freedoms. This common-sense step delivers real relief to our selfless service members and their families.” Ethan Faverino is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link. The post Hamadeh Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Cut Fuel Costs For Service Members And Veterans first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eac77ee6011c3f4ea1691 Fontes’ Office Exposed Protected Voter Data, Kept Breach Quiet For Nearly Two Years te 2026-06-02T10:12:07.184Z Fontes’ Office Exposed Protected Voter Data, Kept Breach Quiet For Nearly Two Years By Staff Reporter | Voters’ personal information was exposed after Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’ office accidentally publicized them in violation of the law.  For nearly two years, Fontes’ office avoided publicization of the mishap. Their communications remained limited to the victims of the accidental publicization.  It was Votebeat who first found and reported on secretary of state records detailing the blunder this week. Fontes didn’t provide comment for the article. However, his chief of staff did go on the record. Nearly 400 voters were impacted in the unintended disclosure in 2024. These voters were part of Arizona’s Address Confidentiality Program (ACP), which promises confidentiality for certain individuals with court orders of protection from the publicization of personal information like home addresses and phone numbers.  ACP members are often victims of domestic violence, sexual offenses, or stalking. Some are members of the justice system, including police officers. According to these email records uncovered by Votebeat, Fontes staffers failed to notice their accidental publicization of protected voters’ information for nearly nine months. It was only by chance at a meeting that one keen-eyed staffer realized the mistake. Fontes’ office said the former director of voter registration, administration, and technology, Craig Stender, was to blame. Stender passed away in March.  Stender denied wrongdoing immediately around the time of the office’s discovery of the error, which occurred in October 2024. Email correspondence from Stender indicated a breakdown in communication between the analyst who pulled the data and Stender.  Fontes’ chief of staff, Keely Varvel, told the secretary of state’s human resources department in an email that Stender had incorrectly instructed an analyst on pulling voter records. Stender was fired in October 2024. Varvel told Votebeat that the records, properly pulled, would have been redacted automatically.  Staffers responded to impacted voters with information detailing what entities received their confidential records. This included a researcher at the University of Arizona and four out-of-state political data firms. One recipient passed along the protected voter records to another out-of-state political data firm. While Fontes has publicly declared his commitment to protecting voter information, he never publicly announced this breach in trust concerning his office’s handling of confidential voter data.  Much of that rhetoric has centered around Fontes’ fight with the Trump administration over voter records. A federal court ruled that the Trump administration didn’t have justification to require Fontes to turn over voter registration records.  The Department of Justice sought Arizona’s entire voter registration list, which includes the full name, date of birth, home address, and driver’s license number or last four digits of a Social Security number.  Fontes has also been very public in his criticisms of attempts to go after noncitizen voters. Fontes has asked Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap to send him the information on the alleged hundreds of noncitizen voters discovered in Heap’s county. Heap opted to go to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office with the information, much to the chagrin of Fontes and Attorney General Kris Mayes. (Following two warning letters from Mayes, Heap did comply and submit the noncitizen voter list to Mayes’ office for investigation).  Fontes cast doubt on the accuracy of Heap’s noncitizen voter list, arguing that the federal database used by election officials to confirm citizenship had a high error rate and couldn’t be trusted without further verification. AZ Free News is your #1 source for Arizona news and politics. You can send us news tips using this link. The post Fontes’ Office Exposed Protected Voter Data, Kept Breach Quiet For Nearly Two Years first appeared on AZ FREE NEWS. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eac58ee6011c3f4ea1660 Wisconsin Dem touts endorsement from union pushing back against CDL crackdowns on illegal alien truckers te 2026-06-02T10:11:36.318Z Wisconsin Dem touts endorsement from union pushing back against CDL crackdowns on illegal alien truckers A Democratic candidate waging a high-stakes bid for one of the most competitive congressional districts in the country touted connections to a group pushing to keep laxer restrictions around commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) for undocumented immigrants. Rebecca Cooke, running in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District to unseat incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisc., highlighted an endorsement from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). "I’m honored to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the hard-working men and women of AFSCME.," Cooke wrote. Cooke’s alignment with AFSCME continues Democrats' pushback against crackdowns on proof of citizenship status in certain industries. TRUMP-BACKED VAN ORDEN PROJECTED TO DEFEAT DEM CHALLENGER IN COMPETITIVE WISCONSIN DISTRICT Cooke did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. Over the past year, the Department of Homeland Security has highlighted several instances where Americans were killed by illegal aliens who acquired CDLs. In one such case, Dawood Hussain, a Pakistani native, was charged in April with vehicular homicide after driving a commercial truck down the wrong way of a highway, killing a U.S. citizen in a collision. "Illegal aliens should not be operating 80,000-pound tractor-trailers on American roads," USCIS spokesman Matthew J. Tragesser said of the incident. TRUCKER SLAPPED WITH CHARGES IN FATAL DRIVING INCIDENT PREVIOUSLY IMMIGRATED TO US ILLEGALLY: SOURCE "This tragedy, like many others, was completely preventable. Under President Trump’s leadership, USCIS remains committed to safeguarding our communities by helping to ensure dangerous illegal aliens are removed from our country, as well as supporting the president’s call for even tougher measures to prevent future truck tragedies." As states and federal lawmakers evaluate rules surrounding CDLs, AFSCME has pushed back, arguing that the standards should remain open to encourage job maximization — even for illegal immigrants. The group published a toolkit, instructing businesses on how to circumvent restrictions on CDLs to illegal aliens. Additionally, the group has sued the Trump administration for imposing federal requirements through the Department of Transportation that would require states to secure proof of lawful immigration status. Cooke’s alignment with AFSCME is especially noteworthy in Wisconsin, a state with a trucking workforce. CALIFORNIA TO REVOKE 17,000 COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSES GIVEN TO IMMIGRANTS AMID TRUMP ADMIN PRESSURE Over 186,600 residents of Wisconsin are employed in the trucking industry, according to the Wisconsin Motor Carrier Association — a figure accounting for roughly 1 in every 14 jobs in the state. Cooke last lost a congressional election to Van Orden, 51.3% to 48.6%, in 2024. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eac44ee6011c3f4ea1657 If you cracked an egg by accident, is it still safe to eat? Experts weigh in te 2026-06-02T10:11:16.463Z If you cracked an egg by accident, is it still safe to eat? Experts weigh in Many shoppers routinely open a carton of eggs at the grocery store to check for cracks before buying them. But what if an egg cracks later in the car, or while being transferred to the refrigerator at home — is it still safe to eat? "The short answer is no. Cracked eggs should be discarded," said Bill Marler, a food safety advocate and attorney based in Washington state. "Cracked eggs allow Salmonella to enter and grow inside the egg," he told Fox News Digital. "The risk is significant. Cracked eggs are more likely to test positive for Salmonella than those with intact shells, even if the intact shells were dirty with feces." 'I'M A HEART SURGEON, HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EGGS, YOUR HEART AND YOUR HEALTH' The size of the egg's crack and how long it's been there matter, according to Donald Schaffner, professor of food science at Rutgers University in New Jersey. "If the crack is small, and it happened recently, the possibility of any bacterial spoilage would be small," Schaffner told Fox News Digital. "If the crack is bigger, or it happened a long time ago, the possibility that bacteria have entered the egg and begun to spoil would be larger." "The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) recommends discarding cracked or dirty eggs entirely," Marler added. Fully cooking an egg should eliminate any Salmonella risk, Schaffner said.  Using newly cracked eggs in dishes that will be fully cooked is one option, he said. In his home, he'll sometimes fully cook the eggs and feed them to his dogs. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "There is a small possibility that other pathogenic bacteria, besides Salmonella, might get inside the egg and start to grow," he said. "Some of these bacteria make heat-stable toxins that would not be destroyed by cooking, but I think this is a very unlikely possibility." Eggs are one of the leading sources of the roughly 1.35 million Salmonella infections the CDC estimates occur annually, according to Darin Detweiler, a food safety policy expert and professor at Northeastern University College of Professional Studies. Salmonella can cause fever, diarrhea and stomach cramps and typically goes away on its own, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Immunocompromised people, children, pregnant women and the elderly are at a greater risk of serious complications, Food & Wine reported. "Salmonella can sometimes infect a laying hen's reproductive tract," Detweiler told Fox News Digital. "When that occurs, the bacteria may be deposited inside the egg before the shell is formed. As a result, even an egg with a clean, intact shell can potentially contain Salmonella." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER For this reason, some countries, including many European Union nations, have adopted widespread vaccination programs targeting Salmonella in poultry flocks, he said. Even when an egg is contaminated before the shell forms, the overall risk to consumers remains relatively low, Detweiler and Schaffner said. "The Salmonella are likely in the white of the egg," Schaffner said.  "Egg whites naturally contain preservatives that stop bacteria from growing. However, the egg white is separated from the egg yolk by a membrane. If this membrane breaks down, bacteria can move from the white to the yolk. The yolk contains none of these natural preservatives, and so the bacteria are able to grow in the yolk." Schaffner added, "The good news is that it takes a while for this membrane to break down, and it breaks down more slowly under refrigeration conditions. This is part of the reason why we recommend that people refrigerate eggs." TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ The risk of cross-contamination on hands, surfaces and other foods is real, Marler said.  "When in doubt, throw it out" is the safest approach, he said. "Clean, separate, cook and chill" are the four basic practices for preventing food poisoning, Schaffner said. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eac30ee6011c3f4ea164e FBI's next move in Nancy Guthrie case could finally expose suspect, expert predicts te 2026-06-02T10:10:56.392Z FBI's next move in Nancy Guthrie case could finally expose suspect, expert predicts LAS VEGAS — The FBI has been discussing bringing new tech tools into the Nancy Guthrie investigation, sources told Fox News Digital over the weekend. They declined to elaborate. Morgan Wright, the CEO and founder of the National Center for Open and Unsolved Cases, said he believes the tools are likely focused on one of three areas Monday. "The solution to this case is going to be, I think, something technical, something that they come up with — new ways of analyzing data," he told Fox News Digital. "I'm looking at the video, the video forensics, signals analysis, blockchain kind of stuff." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Video forensics could include technology that enhances publicly known or unknown video to help identify either the suspect or his vehicle. Signal analysis could include cell-site or ad-tech data analysis. And the blockchain could expose whoever was behind the ransom and extortion attempts, whether they were legitimate or not. "If I'm going to put it into three buckets, I'd say it's going to come out of one of those three buckets," Wright, the editor and host of the "Crime: Reconstructed" Substack and podcast, added. SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER Investigative genetic genealogy could still provide a major breakthrough, he said, but that's not new tech. NANCY GUTHRIE'S FRONT DOOR BLOOD EVIDENCE POINTS TO ‘SINGLE ABDUCTOR’: FORMER FBI PROFILER He said he believes the publicly known evidence shows there was only one kidnapper involved, in part because only one person appears on video, and no one has come forward to claim the reward of over $1.2 million. SEND US A TIP HERE "I don't know that there's anything else to indicate a second person," he said. That's likely why the suspect was seen struggling to obscure the camera and eventually took it with him, he added. Not to hide his face, which was already covered, but to mask the suspect vehicle. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST "The blood trail stops at the edge of the driveway," he said. "So we know there was a car." The investigation, which kicked off four months ago Monday after Guthrie's suspected abduction from her home in Tucson, has already involved the use of state-of-the-art Bluetooth detection deployed over the neighborhood in a helicopter and the groundbreaking recovery of Nest doorbell camera video. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? FIND MORE ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB The Bluetooth "sniffer" was flown around the area in the hope that it could pick up signs from Guthrie's pacemaker device. She did not have a cloud subscription for her cameras, and the physical device itself was missing before police arrived to investigate her disappearance. But the FBI and Google teamed up to recover images that show a masked man on her doorstep on the night of her abduction as well as several weeks earlier. The Guthrie family is urging anyone with information to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI. There is a combined reward of more than $1.2 million for information that breaks the case. Anonymous tips can also be sent to Tucson's Crime Stoppers affiliate, 88-Crime, at 1-520-882-7463. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1eac1cee6011c3f4ea1645 LA business leader says crime, wildfire fallout fueling Pratt surge as voters seek change: 'People are angry' te 2026-06-02T10:10:36.473Z LA business leader says crime, wildfire fallout fueling Pratt surge as voters seek change: 'People are angry' SANTA MONICA, CA — A business leader and former city council candidate is reacting to Spencer Pratt’s surge in the Los Angeles mayoral race by pointing to crime, the recent wildfires, and the inhospitable business climate as the reason why voters are discontent with the status quo.  "I think a lot of people are concerned about what's happening, they really don't know how to fix this, and I think the crime, the homelessness, the addiction, all the above behaviors of what's happened in our city as politicians that are causing this, I think a lot people are seeing that," John Putnam, the president of Putnam Brands & Putnam Accessory Group, told Fox News Digital. "And I think Spencer's actually bringing the light in a real way. He's pretty basic with his delivery of his issues and I think that's resonating a lot. Even if you don't want to vote for him, you're listening, though and I think that's resonating with a lot of people." Putnam, a former candidate for Santa Monica City Council in 2024, told Fox News Digital that even though his town of Santa Monica doesn’t vote for LA mayor, the winner’s platform will have a "trickle down" effect all across the county. SPENCER PRATT ENTERS LA MAYOR RACE, ACCUSES CURRENT LEADERSHIP OF 'CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE' OVER FIRE RESPONSE "California's got a big issue, but the city, especially where we live, Santa Monica is a byproduct of what's happened in Los Angeles and across the world," Putnam said. "In Santa Monica alone, we're a people driven economy. 80% of our revenue comes from outside this city. We need revenue being generated from people that are coming here to visit." Putnam’s company, which he has run for 40 years, is based near downtown Los Angeles and he told Fox News Digital that it’s clear when you drive around the city that the business climate is being significantly handcuffed by crime, homelessness, high taxes, and other factors.  "It costs so much to operate a business here," Putnam said. "Out of 250 cities that were surveyed a few years ago, Santa Monica came in number one of being the most expensive place to do business and that's because of all the regulation, all the other aspects. RESIDENTS IN EXCLUSIVE ENCLAVE DEMAND DEM MAYOR ACT ON CRIME SURGE "But on top of that, if you can't create an inviting environment and a safe environment and a clean environment, there's no hope. I mean, the bottom line, there is zero hope in that arrangement. So we have to do something quickly and the pain is there. We just as voters, hopefully will determine what we have to do to change that." Crime has been a highly talked-about issue in the mayoral race between Pratt, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, and progressive Councilwoman Nithya Raman. Putnam says that over the past few years, crime has gotten worse overall, despite statistics that say specific violent crimes are down.  "There's all sorts of stats, it’s worse, everyone's trying to sugar coat it in different ways, but the stats are out there, they’re saying crime is down, I think violent crime is down across the country, but all this petty stuff is happening," Putnam said. SPENCER PRATT ANNOUNCES LA MAYOR RUN ON ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF PALISADES FIRE THAT DESTROYED HIS HOME  "It's come in all neighborhoods. I mean you know it's down in the south side of Los Angeles, east. It's everywhere. You know even here in Santa Monica, we're definitely being victims of this behavior of crime, and the drug addiction that's running rampant in our city that's causing this kind of criminal activity doesn't really satisfy anyone. It doesn't protect us. It doesn't make us feel safe and it doesn't help our community just to grow." Roughly a year and a half ago, the Los Angeles area was devastated by wildfires in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades that killed 31 people. The Palisades fire crept within a few miles of Putnam’s home in Santa Monica and destroyed more than 6,000 structures, including Pratt’s home. Putnam told Fox News Digital that the fires, and criticism of Bass’s preparedness and response, is "definitely a point of every conversation" with Los Angeles residents as only a handful of homes have been rebuilt.  "People are feeling left out, they're not feeling like they're being helped," Putnam said. "I mean, their whole town, Altadena and Palisades were just destroyed. Beyond that, you had nail salons, you have all these hair salons, you had restaurants, these people are homeless from their businesses, their income and they aren't getting the love and the attention they deserve, we need to come together and help those people." "That's what's frustrating. I think people are angry, but also just really concerned. And I think this is really, Spencer's really done a good job of bringing that out and letting people know this is not acceptable and we have a choice here." Pratt will face off in the mayoral primary on Tuesday night against Bass and progressive city council member Nithya Raman in an election where the top two candidates will move on to the November general election; however, if a candidate receives 50% of the vote, they become the next mayor outright. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ea510ee6011c3f4ea13dc Blue state governor roasted as ‘arsonist’ putting out her own fire as she blames outside agitators at 'siege' te 2026-06-02T09:40:32.472Z Blue state governor roasted as ‘arsonist’ putting out her own fire as she blames outside agitators at 'siege' As New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill blamed out-of-state agitators for unrest outside Newark's Delaney Hall detention facility, critics pointed to the limited police presence around the site in the days leading up to the clashes. During Fox News Digital’s time on scene at Delaney Hall through Thursday of last week, there were few, if any, visits by marked New Jersey State Police vehicles — an agency under Sherrill’s control. Likewise, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s hands-off sanctuary city policies were evident in the scarcity of Newark police cruisers around the facility. Nonetheless, on Saturday, Sherrill said five of six people arrested Friday were from Pennsylvania and New York – the latter just a few miles from the protest. That was not enough for critics, as the leading Republican seeking to challenge Delaney Hall critic Sen. Cory Booker in November called out Sherrill for trying to take credit for fixing a problem that should not have existed to begin with. WATCH: POLICE ABSENT FROM DELANEY HALL CHAOS AS AGITATORS BLOCK ICE VEHICLES AND AGENTS USE PEPPER SPRAY "Governor Sherrill, you are an arsonist complaining about the fire you helped start. Delaney Hall is under siege," investigative journalist Alex Zdan said of the Democrat in a statement. Zdan, who lists border security and better oversight of Big Pharma as his top issues, is considered the front-runner in Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary to take on Booker — who notably preceded Baraka as mayor. "Our brave state troopers are in harm's way, and all you can do is complain to the media about outside agitators? Who asked them to go there, Governor?" Zdan went on. "Who was told it was a moral duty to descend on Delaney Hall and assault our brave ICE agents and troopers? You, Andy Kim, and Cory Booker. This is your mess. Own it. Restore order now." The Department of Justice announced charges against a 27-year-old accused of shouting epithets at ICE personnel and threatening to murder an officer and his family after allegedly obtaining the officer's identity, telling him he "ha[d] your face." Nicholas Matthew Scelfo appears to have ties to both New Jersey and New York. The FBI said agents raided his Morristown home, while a DOJ charging document described him as being "of Brooklyn." FBI ARRESTS PROTESTER WHO THREATENED TO KILL ICE OFFICER'S FAMILY AT NJ DETENTION CENTER PROTEST, BLANCHE SAYS Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Newark Special Agent in Charge Spiros Karabinas said the incident was not an example of protected protest, as "calling for murder of a federal law enforcement officer and his family is not speech safeguarded by the Constitution; it is a grave criminal offense that will not be tolerated." As Fox News Digital departed Delaney Hall on Thursday night, the first visible pair of New Jersey State Police cruisers appeared in the area — one conducting a checkpoint near Roanoke Avenue under the Pulaski Skyway and the other near New Jersey Transit’s Ironbound bus garage, which lies just south of Delaney Hall on then-agitator-ridden Doremus Avenue. By the weekend, however, Sherrill’s police were out in force with riot gear, including mounted officers among their ranks. A video shared on social media Monday showed one man approaching officers outside the Ironbound garage and taking a seat on the curb while mouthing off to police, who let him vent for a moment before quickly detaining him and pulling him behind the line of riot-shielded officers. Outside agitators were, however, among those who converged nightly on Delaney Hall, as one young man videotaped by Fox News Digital screaming at ICE was later interviewed by an independent news outlet and at one point recounted experiences "in Minnesota" — an apparent reference to similar riotous displays there. New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport has suggested most agitators had been peaceful until now while condemning a group wearing gas masks and helmets that "deliberately refused to comply with orders" and put the public "at risk." However, in another statement over the weekend, she characterized the group as "overwhelmingly peaceful protesters who have been shining a light on the troubling conditions at Delaney Hall." "We will continue to protect the constitutional right to peaceably protest, and we denounce any violent conduct that interferes with peaceful protesting," Davenport said. Efforts to reach Baraka and Essex County Sheriff Amir Jones prior to state police arrival were unsuccessful. Sherrill’s office did not immediately return a request for comment. A DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital that as of Monday, the perimeter around the center is "fully closed" and that federal authorities will continue to prosecute suspects who obstruct proceedings, as ICE had to repeatedly rebuff angry agitators who leaped into action every time a federal vehicle or transport van appeared on Doremus Avenue. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ea086ee6011c3f4ea0e1f Republicans can win the midterms if they just stop underselling success te 2026-06-02T09:21:10.547Z Republicans can win the midterms if they just stop underselling success Republicans head into the 2026 midterms with a rare advantage: a concrete record of accomplishments to run on powered by President Donald Trump’s second-term successes. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has proposed a practical midterm strategy reminiscent of his 1994 "Contract with America" that urges Republicans to run hard on their winning record. That record includes such wins as the Working Families Tax Cut, which has already brought positive effects to the economy. The "Big Beautiful Bill" extended the 2017 tax cuts, ended taxes on tips and overtime, ended taxes on Social Security for most seniors, expanded the child tax credits and childcare tax credits. It also permitted businesses to write off major investments, made permanent a 20% small-business tax deduction, loosened restrictions on oil and gas lease sales, expanded Workforce Pell grants, provided investment accounts for children and expanded access to zero-deductible telehealth. Remarkably, not a single Democrat voted in favor of this powerhouse legislation. TRUMP TOUTS POTENTIAL 20% TAX REFUNDS FROM 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' Republicans should be shouting these accomplishments from the rooftops. Compare that to the Democrats, whose much-delayed, much-hyped, then much-feared "autopsy" of what went wrong in 2024 finally hit the press. Sadly, it left out any fruitful evaluation of the real reasons for their loss — the failed policies of the Biden administration and the promises of then-Vice President Kamala Harris to enact even worse ones. In fact, Democrats only seem willing to double down on their crazy ideas, moving further away from the American mainstream to embrace their activist base. Their candidates oppose law enforcement and border security. Their candidates care more about biological men pretending to be women than real women. They field a candidate who had a Nazi SS tattoo, and another who called for the imprisonment of "American Zionists" and spouted other antisemitic phrases. DEM REP DENIES THAT GRAHAM PLATNER'S TATTOO IS 'DISQUALIFYING,' SAYS CANDIDATE 'TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT' Democrat candidates care more about illegal aliens than American citizens, epitomized by the fact that not a single Democrat stood during the president’s State of the Union address when asked if they support American citizens over illegal immigrants. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries thinks continued racial division is the way to go, asking athletes to withdraw or boycott Southern universities, even though the best options for them might be universities like Alabama, Georgia or Auburn. Harris — maybe the closest thing to a party leader they’ve got — isn’t doing the Democrats any favors either. Her recent call for a "no bad idea brainstorm" focused on nothing but unconstitutional pipe dreams. Harris and other prominent Democrats openly push to fundamentally rewrite the rules of American democracy. If they had their druthers, they’d abolish the Electoral College, create multi-member congressional districts and immediately pack the Supreme Court. These positions are no longer fringe; they are the mainstream of today’s Democratic Party. REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: DEMOCRATS SAY THEY CAN STILL FLIP THE HOUSE DESPITE GOP REDISTRICTING GAINS IN THE SOUTH Marc Elias, the Democrats’ redistricting strategist, has gone so far to as to imply that the entire state government of Virginia should be thrown out and reconstituted after the Virginia Democrats’ redistricting referendum was deemed unconstitutional by the state’s Supreme Court. Talk about a sore loser. The Democrats simply will not learn from their mistakes. Still, Republicans aren’t guaranteed a midterm victory and, despite the proven success of their agenda, there’s more work to be done to convince voters that Trump and Republicans are the team unlocking prosperity for Americans. For example, though inflation has largely been tamed by the Trump administration, it’s still nagging enough to mention. High gas prices also remain a tangible pain point for many voters. Republicans should make the case that their energy policies have already generated over $4 billion in new lease revenues and domestic energy production. These policies — as well as a smart resolution to the Iran war — are the surest path to lasting relief at the pump. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION Another "must do" for Republicans is to ensure the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement’s successes are getting through to moms. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has made significant progress getting America on the path to better health. Under his leadership, artificial food dyes known to contain carcinogens have been eliminated. Vaccines are being reexamined for true efficacy and requirements are being relaxed to give families more choices for their children. The "Eat Real Food" campaign encourages families to move away from the ultra-processed foods filled with unpronounceable, unhealthy chemicals and toward real, nourishing whole foods. Women care about their families’ health and are seeing positive changes on grocery store shelves and in the doctor’s office, and it’s President Trump and Republicans who’ve empowered the Make America Healthy Again transformation. In 2026, the issue of health should be just as important on the campaign trail as the economy. The midterms, like the 2024 election, will pit normal people with normal ideas against crazy. The 2026 map is receptive to Republican ideas, and Republicans have a popular and winning record. Now they need to become their own best cheerleaders and make sure every voter knows it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ea072ee6011c3f4ea0e16 MORNING GLORY: A summer of celebration followed by a fall of mourning te 2026-06-02T09:20:50.553Z MORNING GLORY: A summer of celebration followed by a fall of mourning The next four months are anniversary heavy. Before the fireworks of the 250th Fourth of July begin, try with family and friends to agree on what we are celebrating, and try as well to articulate why and how we defend what our country has long been committed to on paper and for 250 years in actual and expanding practice. While the Semiquincentennial is upon us in a month, we are also only three months and an handful of days away from the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda on the United States. The great and the awful anniversaries are connected by that which the first proclaimed and which the second attempted to end: freedom. TRUMP LAUNCHES MASSIVE ‘FREEDOM 250’ PUSH TO IGNITE AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION The Declaration asserted the existence of "rights" of individuals that exist before any government — no matter its form — comes into being: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." The great day of the fourth is, from beginning to end, about love of our country because our country defends our individual rights, rights inherent in the way we are formed by God and nature. While there are several ways to enumerate our natural rights, the founders of the country thought them all sufficiently important to risk everything to declare and fight for those rights. That is the core of what we celebrating next month: our freedoms. FOR 2026, YOU SHOULD MAKE A RESOLUTION TO KNOW THE REVOLUTION We ought also to spend part of this celebration in reflecting on admiration for the courage of the not just those who voted "yes" on the Declaration and who would actually sign their names to it on August 2, 1776. They did the voting and the signing in the face of overwhelming odds against their success as the American colonists were choosing war with the mighty British Empire. As Justice Neil Gorsuch’s recent book for children and young adults — Heroes of 1776 — made clear, the sacrifices and suffering of our founding families were extreme and their deprivations bitter during the long war that followed. (A celebration of the day of the actual signing of the Declaration will be held on August 2 at Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial on the shores of Lake Erie, adjacent to the town of Put-In-Bay, Ohio. There is no more appropriate place as it was there that the Revolution announced on the 4th of July in 1776 and sealed on the 2nd was actually made enduring with the defeat of the squadron of British ships by the American Navy that effectively turned the second war with Great Britain — the War of 1812 — in America’s favor.) That first of America’s long wars ran from April 19, 1775 in Lexington and Concord where the first shots were fired until September 3, 1783 when King George’s representatives signed the Treaty of Paris recognizing the establishment of the United States as an independent and sovereign nation. The second war with Britain begun formally in 1812 followed decades of tensions between our country and its motherland. Real peace with the United Kingdom was not achieved until February, 17 1815 when the Treaty of Ghent was ratified by the United States Senate, and what was effectively 40 years of conflict with Great Britain came to a close, and the rights of Americans secured from foreign entities even as the long work of perfecting them for all Americans would take up more than another 150 years and encompass a vast Civil War and our entry into two world wars as well as numerous Amendments to the Constitution and federal laws to make the example of a free people more perfect. JONATHAN TURLEY: AOC'S WAR ON BILLIONAIRES TWISTS AMERICA'S BIRTH INTO A SOCIALIST MYTH The Declaration became a touchstone of "the West," with more than half of the 192 countries now represented at the United Nations having a founding document that can be called a "Declaration of Independence." The origins of the Declaration reach far back in history, to both "Jerusalem and Athens," to Ancient Israel and Ancient Greece. One could even argue that Ancient Persia has a hand in forming "the West" as it was Cyrus the Great who repatriated the Jews to Jerusalem and his son-in-law Darius who endorsed the rebuilding of their Temple there. Without the return of the Jews from their exile the West could not have developed as it did. The Declaration perfected the mission statement of "The West," the long work of drafting of which can be understood to have begun with England’s Magna Carta, sealed by King John of England at Runnymede on 15 June 1215. The United States Constitution, when ratified in 1789, and amended to add the Bill of Rights soon thereafter, established the Republic that has successfully protected the rights demanded by the Declaration in theory, but only made real for all citizens only after a vast Civil War and decades of amendment and legislation. The American Republic remains the model of successful governance through the rule of law protected by the separation of the powers of government both vertically between the state and federal governments and horizontally within those governments that divide legislative, executive and judicial branches into equal branches of those federal and state governments. The First Amendment prohibits the establishment of an official religion in the United States while also protecting the "free exercise" of all faiths or none. One of the motivating hatreds of fanatics for America — like those who attacked in 25 years ago in September and those we are fighting today in Iran and its proxies — is that Americans refuse to declare one religion to be the "true" religion. All faiths or none at all are protected here. This refusal to establish a national faith — whether religious or secular — is the source of the hatred held for us by many of our enemies. Defining the extent of "the West" is difficult. America sets the standard for individual liberty, but many countries aspire to reach that level of ordered liberty. The West should be understood as any country in which the expansion of liberty and literacy is ongoing and where the rule of law controls life, not the rule of one or a few powerful people. If personal freedoms and literacy are on the rise in a country, that nation is either a part of or aspiring to join "the West." Many nations around the world have "established" religions, including Israel and all of its neighbors. (The Pew Research Center counts 80 counties that either have an official religion or favor one or more religious groups over others.) That a country has an "established religion" doesn’t exclude it from "The West." Any nation that protects religious minorities in the exercise of their faith and the right of citizens to speak freely is clearly part of "the West." Many counties are on the path towards classically liberal ideals. As our own journey took almost two centuries to complete even in theory (with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act or 1965) so too other nations in the world are on their own paths towards joining wholly with "the West." America’s 250 years of independence is the standard by which other republics are measured. The enemies of the "American system" are many and varied but they share in common a hatred of pluralism, of freedom of speech and belief, press and assembly, and ultimately self-government. AFTER EPIC FURY: HOW TO DEFEND AMERICA’S SECURITY AND VALUES IN A DANGEROUS WORLD When America celebrates this summer, our friends around the world will applaud our progress and our role as the deliverer of the world from its would-be totalitarian rulers in the 20th century, and as the great protector of freedom of the seas and enemy of absolutism in all of its forms in the 21st. When we celebrate on the 4th of July and the 2nd of August, we ought to keep in mind that only a few weeks later we will mourn the awful anniversary of the worst attack on America by foreigners in history. Absolutist fanatics drove the terrible events of 9/11. The fanaticism which led to the equal of the darkest of days in modern times insisted on exclusive claims of truth, claims that could not compete with those fundamental structures of the West which allow free peoples the rights of conscience. Totalitarians can be secular or sectarian. What they always must be, however, is absolutist in their truth claims, and oppressive of anyone or country that asserts freedom of thought. Which is why we ought to see both the "hot war" with Iran and its proxies, as well as the relatively new Cold War 2.0 with the People’s Republic of China and its allies, as part of the never-ending struggle of free peoples against those who would subjugate them. Ukraine and Israel are our allies in fact and usually in name because they embrace the fundamental commitment to the individual’s freedom. Their enemies are our enemies because their enemies want to snuff out the freedom the peoples of those country enjoy. Though their modern "foundings" are more than a century younger than ours, they have embraced the right path and are heading in the right direction. They are part of the West as is, for example, the United Arab Emirates and increasingly other countries in the Middle East and across the Pacific which are gradually modernizing their understanding of the rights of their peoples and the crucial need for the rule of law. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION We all ought to hope that 50 years hence on our tricentennial the great people of Iran and other counties throughout the Middle East have joined the Abraham Accords, and that our commitment to freedom of the individual has spread throughout our hemisphere. We ought also to hope that the police state that is the People’s Republic of China has evolved to a government that lifts their people up and protects their freedoms rather than persecuting them for trying to exercise their natural rights Americans have long recognized and fought and died for. This brace of anniversaries should remind every American that ours is a unique and enduring commitment to human liberty and that many in the world fear such ordered liberty and always will. But if the framers could endure on-and-off battles with the planet’s greatest power for 40 years beginning in 1775, every generation ought to know they have it within themselves to carry on that commitment to the country’s first principles. Hugh Hewitt is a Fox News contributor and host of "The Hugh Hewitt Show" heard weekday afternoons from 3 PM to 6 PM ET on the Salem Radio Network, and simulcast on Salem News Channel. Hugh drives Americans home on the East Coast and to lunch on the West Coast on over 400 affiliates nationwide, and on all the streaming platforms where SNC can be seen. He is a frequent guest on the Fox News Channel’s news roundtable, hosted by Bret Baier weekdays at 6pm ET. A son of Ohio and a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, Hewitt has been a Professor of Law at Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law since 1996 where he teaches Constitutional Law. Hewitt launched his eponymous radio show from Los Angeles in 1990. Hewitt has frequently appeared on every major national news television network, hosted television shows for PBS and MSNBC, written for every major American paper, has authored a dozen books and moderated a score of Republican candidate debates, most recently the November 2023 Republican presidential debate in Miami and four Republican presidential debates in the 2015-16 cycle. Hewitt focuses his radio show and his column on the Constitution, national security, American politics and the Cleveland Browns and Guardians. Hewitt has interviewed tens of thousands of guests from Democrats Hillary Clinton and John Kerry to Republican Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump over his 40 years in broadcasting. This column previews the lead story that will drive his radio/ TV show today. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM HUGH HEWITT Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1ea05eee6011c3f4ea0e0d LIZ PEEK: Democrats face a socialist reckoning they are too scared to stop te 2026-06-02T09:20:30.625Z LIZ PEEK: Democrats face a socialist reckoning they are too scared to stop Democrats have a tiger by the tail. Democratic Socialists are bringing money and energy to their party, but also a growing crop of anti-American, anti-capitalist and often antisemitic candidates who scorn our country’s traditions and values. These challengers may ride today’s wave of anti-Trump sentiment, concern about AI and anger about high prices, and win in solidly Democrat areas, like Manhattan, but long term they will become an embarrassment. AOC and her Democratic Socialist colleagues are not going to breach the Oval Office anytime soon. Establishment Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer know this, but are scared to death of taking on the likes of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, for fear of being primaried by Leftist candidates and run out of office. Consequently, they have left the door open and unguarded, welcoming the upstarts. Shame on them. MORNING GLORY: DEMS' BERNIE-BACKED OYSTER FARMER HANDS SUSAN COLLINS A MASSIVE 2026 ADVANTAGE Democrats believe they have an excellent chance to take back control of Congress in the fall midterm elections. The war in Iran is not popular, gasoline prices are hovering at $4 per gallon, and the President’s approval ratings have declined. The stage is set for a Democrat win. But, as the far left invades their party, incumbent Democrat legislators are being pushed aside by increasingly bizarre and offensive candidates like Darializa Avila Chevalier, who in recent years denounced former President Joe Biden as a "rapist" and "war criminal" and on social media proclaimed the U.S. a "f**king disgrace." Chevalier, who for good measure also posted "f**k Kamala Harris" and has attacked leftists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes, has a shot at ousting long-time Democrat stalwart Adriano Espaillat who represents New York’s 13th Congressional district. Chevalier has a deplorable history of racist remarks, is in favor of closing all prisons, legalizing all drugs and ending U.S. military support for Israel. No one would be taking this person seriously but for her endorsement by Zohran Mamdani. New York’s Democratic Socialist Mayor shocked his party’s establishment by giving his support to Chevalier, thus undermining a five-term congressman who is head of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. The seat is safe, rated "Solid D" by the Cook report, but a win by Chevalier would further boost Mamdani’s power and lessen moderate Democrats’ tenuous control of the party. Chevalier is not the only far-left candidate making headlines. As the midterm looms, Democrats eager to take control of the senate are pinning hopes on the likes of Graham Platner to defeat Republican Susan Collins in Maine, Abdul El-Sayed to fill an open seat in Michigan and James Talerico who is running against Texas AG Ken Paxton for Republican John Cornyn’s seat in the Lone Star state. Platner and Talerico have had to scrub embarrassing social media histories in frantic efforts to reinvent themselves. In this internet era, your past is thankfully hard to erase, and rightly so. Disavowing something you said five years ago just because it now complicates your campaign isn’t persuasive. Platner has not only had to pretend he no longer believes vulgar posts from a now-deleted Reddit account about his appetite for masturbation, that make light of sexual assaults and other sexual topics, but has also tried to explain away a Nazi-themed tattoo on his chest. Most recently, it has come to light that his wife alerted his campaign early on about sexually explicit texts Platner sent to several women that she had discovered on the oyster farmer’s phone. He also has an account on a private messaging app called Kik that some claim is often used for sexual hook-ups. Like Platner, Texas state representative James Talerico is feverishly reinventing himself. In 2022, Talerico ran what he then described as a "non-meat" campaign, telling an audience concerned with animal welfare that climate change considerations were driving him to reduce his consumption of meat. Now, running to represent a major cattle-ranching state, and after being derided as "Tofu Talerico" by opponent Ken Paxton, the candidate declares himself a red-blooded steak lover. Talerico is also battling early comments that "God is non-binary," and that there are six sexes, just the kinds of goofy nonsense that GOP opponents can capitalize on. Moreover, he has embraced the canard that white people are essentially racist, which is unlikely to play well in the Lone Star state. In Michigan, one of the front-runners in the Democratic Primary to fill Gary Peter’s seat is progressive Abdul El-Sayed, a far-left proponent of Medicare-for-all who wants to abolish ICE and who made headlines recently by recounting a story showcasing what critics say are serious anger management issues. El-Sayed, admitted to smashing a fifth of vodka on the floor of a liquor store in Detroit because the proprietor commented on the length of his beard, something with religious connotations among his fellow Muslims. Establishment Democrats must be horrified at the turn their party is taking. Adding to their woes, Jill Biden is hitting the airwaves trying to drum up interest in her new book. The former First Lady is doing interviews about her White House years, reminding the country of the essential lie of the Biden era, perpetuated by her and by Democrat officials, that Joe Biden was fit to serve another four years. Meanwhile, the Democrat National Committee is at war with itself, wrangling over, among other things, an incomplete and sloppy "autopsy" about how they lost in 2024. They don’t need an autopsy, they just need to listen to the few sane voices in their party which have decried Democrats’ support of biological men competing in women’s sports, defunding the police, open borders and other unpopular issues. In addition, at some point, they will have to freeze out the radical extremists who are hijacking their party and actively working against the best interest of the United States. The voters will not stand for it. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM LIZ PEEK Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e9e30ee6011c3f4ea0d77 What to Watch in Tuesday’s Primary Elections in Iowa, Montana and Beyond te 2026-06-02T09:11:12.391Z What to Watch in Tuesday’s Primary Elections in Iowa, Montana and Beyond Democrats have a competitive Senate primary race in Iowa, where the party is hoping to make gains, while a smokejumper is running in a contested House primary in Montana. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e9e1cee6011c3f4ea0d6e California’s Primary Election: What to Watch te 2026-06-02T09:10:52.953Z California’s Primary Election: What to Watch The race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom has been unpredictable for months, while Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles is trying to fend off two challengers. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e9e09ee6011c3f4ea0d65 Pattie Gonia, a Drag Queen, Is Sued by Patagonia Over Trademark Infringement te 2026-06-02T09:10:33.030Z Pattie Gonia, a Drag Queen, Is Sued by Patagonia Over Trademark Infringement The outdoor apparel company says the drag queen and environmentalist is using its name for commercial purposes. She’s ready to go to court. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e924fee6011c3f4ea0afc From reality TV to city hall? Trump-backed Spencer Pratt soars in LA mayor race as Californians vote te 2026-06-02T08:20:31.677Z From reality TV to city hall? Trump-backed Spencer Pratt soars in LA mayor race as Californians vote Republicans are aiming to break longtime losing streaks by taking first steps toward winning elections for governor and Los Angeles mayor as voters in Democrat-dominated California head to the polls on Tuesday. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump's clout over the GOP will once again face a ballot box test, in a gubernatorial showdown in Iowa, while the Hawkeye State's Democratic Senate nomination is the latest battle between the establishment and progressive wings of the party. California and Iowa are two of the six states holding primary contests from coast to coast during the first week of June, in elections that will impact November's midterms, when the GOP's slim Senate and razor-thin House majorities will be up for grabs. The election arguably grabbing the most headlines nationally is in Los Angeles, where it's been three decades since a Republican won a mayoral contest in the nation's second most populous city. Spencer Pratt, a reality TV star and online influencer-turned-mayoral candidate, is gaining traction, thanks in part to his populist pitch and viral videos. THE CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS BOOSTING SPENCER PRATT IN THE LOS ANGELES MAYOR SHOWDOWN Pratt, a Republican running as an independent in the left-leaning city, is backed by Trump. His rise is also fueled in part by his well-known status as one of the victims who lost their homes in last year's devastating wildfires, when over 17,000 homes in Los Angeles County were destroyed, as well as his right-leaning focus on homelessness, crime and government accountability in a city long run by Democrats. "I keep saying I become the mayor because of moms. Moms are getting me elected. Moms do not feel safe in Los Angeles. Not just feel safe, they are not safe. Nobody's safe really in LA unless you're the drug dealer. The drug dealers and the people giving them the needles, the city, our taxpayer money, the needle givers, they're safe, the meth pipe givers. They're safe. Everyone else is not safe in LA," Pratt argued this past weekend in an interview on Fox News' "Saturday In America with Kayleigh McEnany." Pratt is targeting Mayor Karen Bass, a former Democratic congresswoman seeking a second four-year term steering Los Angeles. Bass, who has been endorsed by former Vice President Kamala Harris, a former California senator and state attorney general, as well as the state's two Democratic senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, last week landed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom's backing. IS THERE A 'GROWING REVOLT' AGAINST CALIFORNIA'S ONE-PARTY RULE? Bass is attempting to fend off challenges from the right from Pratt and on the left from progressive City Council member Nithya Raman. If no candidate tops 50% in Tuesday's nonpartisan mayoral election, the top two finishers will face off in November. In the race for governor, a whopping 61 candidates are running to succeed Newsom in steering the nation's most populous state and the world's fourth-largest-economy. But heading into the jungle primary, where all candidates regardless of party affiliation appear on the same ballot, with the top two finishers advancing to the general election, only a handful of contenders have a good chance of making the cut. Among them are Democrats Javier Becerra and Tom Steyer and Republican Steve Hilton. Becerra, a former longtime congressman and California attorney general who later served as a Cabinet secretary in former President Biden's administration, would become the first Latino Golden State governor in modern history. Steyer, meanwhile, is a billionaire hedge fund founder turned environmental activist who unsuccessfully ran for his party's 2020 presidential nomination. DEMOCRACY ’26: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB Hilton is a one-time British political strategist turned American conservative commentator and former Fox News Channel host who is backed by Trump. Also in the race is Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican. Hilton and Bianco are both hoping to become the first California Republican win a gubernatorial election since then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2006 re-election two decades ago. Bianco has argued that he's the most conservative candidate in the race. But Hilton, in an interview on Fox News' "The Big Weekend Show," reiterated his argument that "Chad is just too far behind. He can't make it into the top two. So every vote for him actually helps the Democrats. We have got to make sure of this. We can't let this opportunity for change slip away." Democratic candidates former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, are among the other better-known contenders. Former Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Alex Padilla mulled launching Democratic bids for governor, but both last year announced they would take a pass. That resulted in the lack of a clear Golden State gubernatorial frontrunner for the first time in more than a quarter century. And the race was overshadowed for much of last year, as the devastation from the LA wildfires and Trump's immigration raids grabbed headlines in California. But the showdown for governor entered the spotlight earlier this year when one of the leading candidates, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, dropped out of the race and then resigned from Congress following a political implosion after facing multiple allegations of sexual assault and misconduct that he continues to deny. Swalwell's exit from the race opened the door for first Steyer and then Becerra to rise in the polls. Steyer shelled out more than $200 million of his own money to blanket the airwaves and the internet with ads. Bianco, who launched his campaign for governor in April of last year, was among the top contenders in the race until Trump's endorsement of Hilton in early April blunted his momentum. In Iowa, the retirements of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and GOP Sen. Joni Ernst along with the rough political midterm climate facing Republicans, have Democrats optimistic they can flip the seats in a one-time battleground state that turned red the past decade. Trump, who carried Iowa by 13 points in his 2024 presidential election victory, last week weighed in on the competitive GOP gubernatorial primary, The president endorsed Rep. Randy Feenstra in a race that also includes entrepreneur and private school co-founder Zach Lahn, who is backed by the influential conservative group Turning Point USA, state Rep. Eddie Andrews, former state Rep. Brad Sherman and former state administrative services director Adam Steen. The winner will face Democratic state Auditor Rob Sand, who is unopposed in his primary. Sand is the only Democrat currently elected to statewide office. The brute force of the president's endorsement power and the immense grip he has on the Republican Party has been on display in GOP primaries the past month, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas. Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa is the overwhelming frontrunner to secure her party's Senate nomination in the race to succeed retiring Ernst. Hinson, a former TV news anchor who is in her third term representing Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, is facing a long-shot challenge from former state senator and former U.S. Senate candidate Jim Carlin. Hinson is backed by Trump, Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which is the campaign arm of the Senate GOP. Hinson, who in 2020 flipped a Democratic-held seat that covers the northeastern portion of Iowa, is seen as a rising star in the party. The Republican-controlled seat in Iowa is a top target for Democrats and the race is one of about a dozen crucial showdowns in this year's midterm elections that will determine whether the Republicans hold on to their current 53-47 majority in the chamber. Hinson will face off in the general election against the winner of an expensive and contentious Democratic Senate primary between state Rep. Josh Turek, a Paralympian, and state Sen. Zach Wahls. Wahls, a progressive who Republicans have likened to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has the backing of liberal champion Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Turek, the more moderate Senate contender who flipped a GOP-held Iowa House seat in 2022, is backed by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. He also has the tacit support of longtime Senate Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. And VoteVets, an establishment-aligned outside group, has spent big bucks on behalf of Turek. Primaries in Iowa's 1st and 3rd Congressional Districts will set up general election showdowns in crucial GOP-held seats that Democrats are aiming to flip. It's the same story in New Jersey's 7th Congressional District, another purple seat Democrats are eyeing as they try to regain the House majority. The Republican incumbent, Rep. Tom Kean Jr., has been in the national headlines after being absent from Congress and the campaign trail for three months due to a "a personal medical issue." In New Mexico, the race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is taking top billing. Former Rep. Deb Haaland, who served as Interior Secretary in former President Joe Biden's administration and made history as the nation's first Native American woman to serve as a Cabinet secretary, who's to make history again as the first Native American woman elected as governor. She faces off against Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman. Three major Republicans are seeking their party's gubernatorial nomination. Montana voters will select nominees in Tuesday’s primary to replace departing Republican incumbent Sen. Steve Daines. The senator and Trump are backing former U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme, who jumped into the race in March immediately after Daines announced his retirement just ahead of the state's filing deadline, in what appeared to be a carefully choreographed move. Alme faces two longshot rivals for the nomination. Former state Rep. Reilly Neill appears to be the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination in the solidly Republican state. The Republican and Democratic nominees will face off in the general election against former University of Montana president Seth Bodnar, who is running as an independent and has outraised everyone else in the race. In GOP-dominated South Dakota, Gov. Larry Rhoden faces a crowded and competitive field as he seeks a full term as governor. Rhoden was lieutenant governor in early 2025 when he assumed the top job after then-Gov. Kristi Noem stepped down to become Department of Homeland Security secretary in the Trump administration. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e81e7ee6011c3f4ea073d Battle between Bari Weiss and ‘60 Minutes’ explodes as Scott Pelley accuses her of murdering the show te 2026-06-02T07:10:31.198Z Battle between Bari Weiss and ‘60 Minutes’ explodes as Scott Pelley accuses her of murdering the show If you thought there was an uproar at "60 Minutes," that was pattycake compared to what happened yesterday. Bari Weiss has been under assault by journalists and commentators since becoming editor-in-chief of CBS, mostly from liberals and left-leaners who are convinced she’s a crazy conservative. That’s not true, and I’ve mostly defended her, but she has made some rookie mistakes as someone who never worked in television. So even as the headlines swirled around President Donald Trump’s decision to drop the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund – made possible because many Republicans joined Democrats in openly criticizing the fund aimed at the Jan. 6 rioters – Weiss is facing a rebellion of her own. First she fired "60 Minutes" correspondents Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi (whose story on a Salvador prison she held, but ran intact after Trump officials wouldn’t appear), along with executive producer Tanya Simon.  SCOTT PELLEY HAS HEATED CONFRONTATION WITH NEW '60 MINUTES' BOSS, ACCUSES BARI WEISS OF 'MURDERING' SHOW Ratings for "CBS Evening News" have plunged under new anchor Tony Dokoupil, though not all is his fault – CBS failed to get him a visa for Trump’s trip to Beijing, and he had to report from Taiwan. But "60 Minutes" has always been different, the crown jewel of the onetime Tiffany network. It operates from a separate building, across Manhattan’s 10th Avenue. Its ratings have been terrific, and the show also makes money, over $200 million in advertising for the network. After 58 years on the air, it’s averaging an impressive 9.1 million viewers, a 9% jump over last season, and has a substantial digital presence. SHARYN ALFONSI OUT AT ’60 MINUTES' AFTER FEUD WITH BARI WEISS, RIPS CBS FOR ‘CHILLING MESSAGE’ TO NEWSROOM But this is why I think Weiss, who I’ve interviewed, made a major mistake in hiring tech journalist Nick Bilton to run the newsmagazine. He may be a great guy, but he, too, has never worked in the broadcast business. It’s almost like that’s a disqualification in the Weiss era. Bilton has worked for the New York Times and Vanity Fair. He met Weiss while working on some documentary projects together. "When you take an insider and put them inside a company, nothing changes," Bilton told the Times. "I’m not saying that we’re going to change the show completely and drastically." "If you don’t disrupt, you yourself will be disrupted," he says, according to Variety. "There is nothing I love more than picking a fight." But yesterday a leading member of the "60" crew, Scott Pelley, fought back hard, his voice breaking at times. During an angry staff meeting, Pelley, a former evening news anchor, said of Weiss: "She is murdering ‘60 Minutes.’ She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it, and she’s been doing exactly that." That’s according to a recording of the meeting obtained by the Times.   Pelley was just getting started: "She has no qualifications for her job; you have slender qualifications for this job. The changes that she’s made at the ‘Evening News’ have been catastrophic, so why should we expect that any of this is going to be any better?" Bilton responded that "I will show you…I’ll be meeting with everyone. I’m very excited to meet with everyone, yourself included." Pelley pressed the show’s new boss on why he accepted the job, "knowing that you will never be welcome here." That drew some pushback: "I have been a journalist for 25 years, Scott. I’ve sat across from incredibly powerful people like you have, and none of it intimidates me." Weiss apparently was asked to stay away from the meeting. Look, Bilton may have some good ideas. In the past, the network created "60 Minutes II," which ran for seven seasons but folded after a Dan Rather segment on George W. Bush and the National Guard that turned out to be based on forged documents, and both CBS and the anchor apologized. SUBSCRIBE TO HOWIE'S MEDIA BUZZMETER PODCAST, A RIFF ON THE DAY'S HOTTEST STORIES So here’s the dilemma. Pelley and Lesley Stahl are the most prominent of the show’s anchors.  If Weiss fires Pelley over his comments, it will look like she can’t take criticism and is retaliating over free speech. The media will frame it as sheer intolerance on her part. If she keeps Pelley, she’ll have to accept working with someone who has been so openly critical of her and his new boss at the show. This battle inside CBS News over its most successful franchise is far from over. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e6824ee6011c3f4ea020a County approves zoning for new warehouse distribution center in Havasu te 2026-06-02T05:20:36.792Z County approves zoning for new warehouse distribution center in Havasu A new warehouse project could be coming to the Lake Havasu City region, bringing with it about 100 new jobs and $200,000 in annual county tax revenues. And although the county’s governing board appeared receptive to that plan, some residents… Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e5ec0ee6011c3f4e9ffde Trump makes late-night endorsements in six states ahead of Tuesday primaries, including California te 2026-06-02T04:40:32.865Z Trump makes late-night endorsements in six states ahead of Tuesday primaries, including California President Trump has issued a series of endorsements ahead of Tuesday’s primary elections in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota, including in gubernatorial, congressional and Senate races. Among the candidates Trump has thrown his support behind is U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, who is seeking to become his state's next governor. "As your next Governor, Randy will fight tirelessly to Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Champion our Amazing Farmers and Ranchers, Empower Ethanol, Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Ensure LAW AND ORDER, Strengthen our incredible Military, Veterans, and Law Enforcement, Advance Election Integrity, and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment," Trump wrote on Truth Social. In California—a state Trump and Republicans have routinely criticized over its majority Democratic leadership and are hoping to make gains in despite Democrats’ statewide dominance—Trump has endorsed Steve Hilton in the gubernatorial race. California uses a top-two primary system, in which all candidates appear on the same ballot and the two highest vote-getters advance to the general election regardless of party. PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKES ENDORSEMENT IN CALIFORNIA GUBERNATORIAL RACE: 'HE WILL BE A GREAT GOVERNOR' "He is a truly fine man, one who has watched as this once great State has gone to Hell. Gavin Newscum and the Democrats have done an absolutely horrendous job," Trump said of current Gov. Gavin Newsom, a frequent Trump critic. "Crime is increasing, and Taxes are the highest of any State in the Country, maybe the World," Trump added. "Steve can turn it around, before it is too late, and, as President, I will help him to do so! With our Administration, working alongside a Great Governor like Steve Hilton, California can be better than ever before." He also endorsed California GOP Assemblyman James Gallagher, who is running for Congress, as well as San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond, who is also seeking a seat in the House. TRUMP ENDORSES HINSON IN 2026 RACE TO KEEP KEY SENATE SEAT RED Others in California who received endorsements include Reps. Tom McClintock, Jay Obernolte, and Vince Fong, along with Kevin Lincoln, a former Stockton mayor who is running for a seat in the newly redrawn 13th Congressional District. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., also received a nod from Trump. Other congressional endorsements included Reps. Tom Kean Jr., Jeff Van Drew and Chris Smith, all of New Jersey, as well as Rep. Troy Downing, R-Mont. Trump also endorsed Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, in her U.S. Senate bid. Trump also endorsed Aaron Flint, who is running to represent Montana; South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley; and Greg Cunningham, a former police officer from New Mexico. Trump had previously endorsed Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D. In May, Trump touted victories by several candidates he had backed in GOP primaries or runoff elections. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e5a1dee6011c3f4e9ff19 Hantavirus death reported in Kingman, Mohave County Health Department says te 2026-06-02T04:20:45.842Z Hantavirus death reported in Kingman, Mohave County Health Department says Mohave County has confirmed its first Sin Nombre hantavirus death. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e4bfeee6011c3f4e9fbbd Florida beach toll booth worker killed after driver rams structure before getting stuck in sand, sheriff says te 2026-06-02T03:20:30.231Z Florida beach toll booth worker killed after driver rams structure before getting stuck in sand, sheriff says A toll booth attendant at a Florida beach was killed Monday when the driver of a pickup truck rammed into the structure before getting stuck in the sand. The fatal crash happened around 12:40 p.m. at the Dunlawton Avenue beach access ramp in Daytona Beach Shores, the Volusia Sheriff's Office said. The employee inside, Tammy Jo Baker, was just a few weeks shy of her 63rd birthday, Sheriff Mike Chitwood said at the scene. The driver was "probably doing about 40 mph," the sheriff said. "And it crushes the toll taker's booth." CHAOTIC TEEN BRAWL GOES VIRAL AFTER TEEN TERROR PROMPTS US ATTORNEY PIRRO'S PLAN TO PROSECUTE PARENTS Baker, a longtime employee with Volusia County who recently began working for the beach parking contractor, was pronounced dead at the scene after lifeguards attempted to perform CPR. "I think she was probably close to being killed on impact," Chitwood said. "That booth isn’t made of anything, if you look at it. And you hit that thing at 40 miles an hour; there’s really nowhere to go. And it flipped the booth around, the force of that." DRIVER PLOWS THROUGH AIRPORT GATE ONTO AIRFIELD, SNEAKS ONTO PLANES BEFORE POLICE TAKEDOWN, BODYCAM SHOWS After the vehicle struck Baker, the driver, identified as 35-year-old Deanna Harrell, continued toward the water before authorities said she attempted before attempting to turn around and became stuck in the sand. Bystanders ran to the truck to pull Harrell out, authorities said. She was being tested for possible impairment while driving, Chitwood noted, adding that there was a "heavy odor of alcohol" coming from the vehicle. "It's just senseless," Chitwood said of Baker's death. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e4756ee6011c3f4e9fad3 Triple-digit heat settles over Lake Havasu City before breezy weekend te 2026-06-02T03:00:38.794Z Triple-digit heat settles over Lake Havasu City before breezy weekend Lake Havasu City is headed for a week of typical early June weather, with temperatures climbing into the low- to mid-100s before breezy conditions arrive over the weekend. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e3e53ee6011c3f4e9f862 Rick Adelman, architect of some of the NBA's best offenses and Hall of Famer, dead at 79 te 2026-06-02T02:22:11.914Z Rick Adelman, architect of some of the NBA's best offenses and Hall of Famer, dead at 79 Rick Adelman, who ranks 10th in NBA history with 1,042 wins, died on Monday. He was 79. The National Basketball Coaches Association announced his passing. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Adelman spent 23 seasons as an NBA head coach, leading the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves. He compiled a 1,042-749 regular-season record and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021. Before coaching, Adelman played seven seasons as an NBA point guard after being drafted by the San Diego Rockets in 1968. After taking over the Trail Blazers during the 1988-89 season, Adelman led a Clyde Drexler-led roster to NBA Finals appearances in 1990 and 1992. In 1998, Adelman became the head coach of the Sacramento Kings. The Kings reached the playoffs in all eight of his seasons in Sacramento and advanced to the Western Conference Finals in 2002. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver released a statement Monday honoring Adelman's legacy. FORMER NUGGETS COACH DOUG MOE DIES AT AFTER CANCER BATTLE, SON SAYS "Rick Adelman was one of the most respected and accomplished coaches in the history of the NBA," Silver said. "Following his NBA playing career, Rick turned to coaching where his leadership, innovation and genuine love for basketball left a lasting impression on generations of players and fellow coaches over his nearly 30-year run. He was a brilliant strategist and teacher of the game, and an even better person. I send my deepest condolences to Rick's family and many friends throughout the league." Adelman is survived by his wife of 56 years, Mary Kay, their six children (including Nuggets coach David Adelman) and 12 grandchildren. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e3e14ee6011c3f4e9f832 North Carolina Officer Charged After Beating of Suspect Captured on Doorbell Video te 2026-06-02T02:21:08.624Z North Carolina Officer Charged After Beating of Suspect Captured on Doorbell Video While trying to make an arrest, the officer, in Shelby, N.C., punched her repeatedly in the head and body and he continued even after another officer tried to intervene. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e3dffee6011c3f4e9f829 Hawaii Man Charged With Killing Three Men te 2026-06-02T02:20:47.508Z Hawaii Man Charged With Killing Three Men An expansive manhunt on the Big Island of Hawaii ended with the suspect’s arrest on Thursday in the deaths of the men, who were in their 60s and 70s. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e3de8ee6011c3f4e9f804 Pima Supes agree to let Conover sue over Trump's changes to Obamacare te 2026-06-02T02:20:24.954Z Pima Supes agree to let Conover sue over Trump's changes to Obamacare Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e3951ee6011c3f4e9f7a7 Steph Curry signs 10-year deal with Chinese brand Li-Ning, raising questions about NBA's ties to China te 2026-06-02T02:00:49.916Z Steph Curry signs 10-year deal with Chinese brand Li-Ning, raising questions about NBA's ties to China The biggest sneaker free agent in basketball history didn't sign with Nike or Adidas. Golden State Warriors' Steph Curry just signed with a Chinese brand. After mutually parting ways with Under Armour in 2023 and ending a 13-year partnership, the four-time NBA champion has signed a massive 10-year deal with Chinese sportswear giant Li-Ning. Curry announced the move on his social media on Monday. 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Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e37aeee6011c3f4e9f775 Hantavirus red 3D virus cells on white background medical concept design te 2026-06-02T01:53:50.870Z Hantavirus red 3D virus cells on white background medical concept design Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e3799ee6011c3f4e9f76c Poppy te 2026-06-02T01:53:29.424Z Poppy Poppy is an adult female pit bull terrier mix. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e3784ee6011c3f4e9f763 Emery Rose te 2026-06-02T01:53:08.388Z Emery Rose Emery Rose is an adult female domestic medium hair cat. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e376eee6011c3f4e9f759 Our View: Arizona needs film infrastructure, not another tax credit fight. Start in Mohave County te 2026-06-02T01:52:46.472Z Our View: Arizona needs film infrastructure, not another tax credit fight. 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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e3705ee6011c3f4e9f72c Arizona’s Jakubcik leads, ASU’s Williams makes push in NCAA men’s golf as Sun Devils showcase international flavor te 2026-06-02T01:51:01.934Z Arizona’s Jakubcik leads, ASU’s Williams makes push in NCAA men’s golf as Sun Devils showcase international flavor Arizona State senior Michael Mjasseth hits a drive at the NCAA Division I men’s golf championship at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California on Saturday. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e34b4ee6011c3f4e9f675 Jared Kushner's overseas luxury resort project faces anti-corruption investigation amid violent protests te 2026-06-02T01:41:08.714Z Jared Kushner's overseas luxury resort project faces anti-corruption investigation amid violent protests Albanian anti-corruption prosecutors are investigating changes to the protected status of a coastal wetland where a luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, has drawn environmental opposition and protests, according to Politico. SPAK, Albania’s special anti-corruption prosecution office, has opened a probe into changes made to the status of the Vjosa-Narta protected landscape in Zvërnec, Politico reported. The coastal wetland area is home to flamingos, Mediterranean monk seals, and sea turtle nesting sites, Politico reported. IVANKA TRUMP BREAKS DOWN IN EMOTIONAL INTERVIEW TALKING ABOUT HER MOTHER IVANA’S DEATH, OTHER CHALLENGES In 2024, Kushner publicly discussed plans for his firm, Affinity Partners, to develop luxury tourism projects in Albania, including in the Zvërnec area. Earlier this year, he visited the area with his wife, Ivanka Trump. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama recently confirmed to Politico that talks were ongoing between the government and Kushner over the deal, which is expected to include roughly 10,000 hotel rooms and villas. EUROPEAN CAPITAL ROCKED BY VIOLENT PROTESTS AS GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION PROBE FUELS UNREST "I want to make Albania a country that is a destination to be envied in the region, and this project is part of this effort," Rama said Monday. Fox News Digital has reached out to Affinity Partners and SPAK for comment. Protests by Albanian citizens and nonprofit groups began in May when large, barbed-wire-topped fences were erected at the proposed site, preventing locals and tourists from accessing the beach. On Sunday, protesters assembled outside government offices to demand an end to the project as well as Rama's resignation. Following Sunday's protests, footage emerged showing private security guards appearing to assault and drag a protester along a cliff. Some guards allegedly threatened other demonstrators who were attempting to remove fences and halt construction. The licenses of two private security companies were revoked following the incident. Meanwhile, around 15 protesters have been charged, and the local police chief has been stripped of his duties. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e34a0ee6011c3f4e9f66c Californians fleeing to red states are driving up home prices and rents in their new cities, data shows te 2026-06-02T01:40:48.714Z Californians fleeing to red states are driving up home prices and rents in their new cities, data shows People leaving Los Angeles and California are raising the cost of living in some red states after years of relocating from the left-leaning state. A new Los Angeles Times report on Sunday found that of the top 10 cities people have relocated to from Los Angeles and California, all 10 have seen the median rent and home prices increase faster than they have in Los Angeles, though prices overall were still cheaper. The cities on the list included Nashville, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Phoenix and Atlanta from traditionally right-leaning states Tennessee, Texas, Arizona and Georgia. However, some blue cities such as Portland, Seattle, Las Vegas and Denver were also included in the data. TAX AND RUN: HOW NY AND CALIFORNIA ARE BLEEDING PEOPLE AND PROSPERITY According to research developed by the Council for Community & Economic Research (C2ER), all 10 cities saw a larger cost of living increase between 2020 and 2025 compared to Los Angeles, with some cities experiencing twice as much of an increase. In a comment to the Los Angeles Times, Evan White, co-founder of the California Policy Lab, noted that "people were going to dramatically less expensive locations," though the affordability gap appeared to be shrinking. PROPOSED CALIFORNIA WEALTH TAX DRIVES BILLIONAIRE EXODUS TO FLORIDA REAL ESTATE, LOCALS CONFIRM "White’s research showed that those who leave California are much more likely to become homeowners in their new states. As homes in popular destinations for those fleeing California appreciate more quickly, selling a home in California to move elsewhere becomes less profitable," the article read. Data from Zillow was less conclusive, finding that only five out of the 10 cities saw a median rent increase by more than Los Angeles' 29%. Zillow also showed that only six out of the 10 cities saw median home price increases higher than Los Angeles' 45%, with Phoenix and Nashville home prices increasing by about 70%. However, the report noted that all 10 cities were still considered more affordable than Los Angeles, with some by a wide margin. AMERICANS CONTINUE VOTING WITH THEIR FEET AS HIGH-TAX CITIES STRUGGLE TO RECOVER Meanwhile, city planners, such as Austin architect Chris Gannon, are hoping to balance out the population boom from incoming Californians with rising home costs for in-state residents. "If there’s less Californians coming," Gannon told the Los Angeles Times, "that’s probably better for the folks here because that means less competition." Fox News Digital reached out to the California Policy Lab for comment. California continues to see large swaths of people moving out of the state, with Los Angeles County losing more than 54,000 residents between 2024 and 2025 alone. With higher prices and a looming billionaire wealth tax, the Golden State continues to see both working-class residents and wealthy business owners leaving for more affordable cities. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2ff0ee6011c3f4e9f582 Carville advises Talarico 'to deal with' past culture war comments if he wants to win Texas te 2026-06-02T01:20:48.385Z Carville advises Talarico 'to deal with' past culture war comments if he wants to win Texas Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville and his co-host Al Hunt agreed last Thursday that Texas’ Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico needs to walk back his past comments if he wants to win in the Lone Star State. Talarico, the co-hosts agreed, is in a strong position to score a historic victory in Texas if he plays his cards right. They previously cheered his victory over Rep. Jasmine Crockett, to be the Democrat's nominee, saying he would likely push the same policies as Crockett but without sharing her history of controversial comments. However, some of his past statements on race, gender ideology, abortion, and religion are now causing headaches for his campaign. "I think Talarico has to be smart, and he has to be aggressive. As you just suggested, the GOP already aired an ad accusing him of saying all kinds of weird things," Hunt said.  JAMES TALARICO ADMITS PAST COMMENTS 'MISSED THE MARK' WHEN CONFRONTED ON CLAIMS LIKE GOD IS 'NON-BINARY' "Some of it is true," Carville agreed, before adding, "He's got to deal with it."  "Yeah, but he said there's six genders. Well, I don't know whether he said it or not, but if he said it, God d--- it, he better walk it back right now or explain it," Hunt said. "But most importantly, I think James, what he has to do is say, ‘Hey, I may have said some dumb things, but Ken Paxton has committed dumb, corrupt acts that hurt Texas citizens.’" Hunt went on to argue that Texas has a 50% chance of electing him. "If he stays on the offensive and Hispanic and Black voters are energized, I may not be quite as — I mean, I think Texans — I think Talarico has a 50/50 shot." "On that, we can agree," Carville said. "It's a pure tossup." Carville argued that all the key ingredients for a superb Democratic comeback are there. "First, you would have a bruising, expensive, negative, drawn-out Republican primary. Check. It would need a Democrat who would defeat an urban progressive in a Democratic primary to at least give a patina of moderation. Check!" Carville said. RISING STAR TALARICO TOPPLES PROGRESSIVE FIREBRAND CROCKETT IN HIGH-STAKES TEXAS SENATE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY He continued, "You would need to have a political climate where Democrats would be consistently overperforming. Check. You would have to raise an inordinate amount of money for a Texas Democrat because they have no power. Check." "In other words," Carville concluded, "everything that you would say in a lab had to happen to get this thing to the point that here we are, almost post-Memorial Day, saying it's a 50/50 race." In a recent CBS interview, Talarico blasted Paxton’s campaign for clipping his past controversial statements, even as he admitted he regrets some of them. "There are some statements that I have made that I certainly regret. There are statements that I have made where I have missed the mark. I will be the first to admit that," Talarico said. "But Ken Paxton is intentionally clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption." Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2c03ee6011c3f4e9f4cd Public School Briefs – June 2026 te 2026-06-02T01:04:03.923Z Public School Briefs – June 2026 Progress on the new library (pictured), classrooms, collaboration spaces and studios will continue over the summer months as Madison Rose Lane Elementary gears up for the 2026-27 school year (photo courtesy of Madison School District). [SCROLL down for the full story.] Glendale Union High School District District prepares for new school year The Glendale Union High School District (GUHSD) is preparing to welcome students for the start of the 2026–27 school year on Monday, Aug. 10. Before the first day of school, all GUHSD campuses will host Walk-Through Registration during the week of July 27. Parents and guardians are encouraged to attend walk-through registration alongside their students to ask questions, complete essential back-to-school steps and receive campus information. Because each campus may have different registration schedules, families should continue checking their school’s website for specific dates, times, and additional details as the school year approaches. Washington High School student-of-the-month recipients joined Beatitudes Campus residents for a special luncheon in late April where they each received a $1,000 scholarship in recognition of their achievements (photo courtesy of GUHSD). Students recognized by Beatitudes Prior to the end of the 2025-26 school year, Washington High School student-of-the-month recipients were honored during a special luncheon hosted by residents at the Beatitudes Campus, where each student received a $1,000 scholarship in recognition of their achievements. The celebration highlighted the strong partnership between Washington High School and the Beatitudes community, whose generosity continues to support and inspire Washington students, the GUHSD district said. Opportunities like these reflect the meaningful community connections that help invest in student success and future goals across the Glendale Union High School District. Job fair scheduled for support staff Glendale Union High School District will host the Support Staff Job Fair on Thursday, July 16, at Moon Valley High School. In-person screening interviews will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. for applicants interested in joining the district ahead of the 2026–27 school year. Interested candidates can apply online through the “Employment” tab on the district website: www.guhsdaz.org. Positions offer benefits including competitive pay, health, dental and life insurance, paid time off, participation in the Arizona State Retirement System and short-term disability coverage. For more information or to RSVP, call 623-435-6010. Employees honored for dedication The Glendale Union High School District (GUHSD) Governing Board hosted the 2025-26 Retirement Recognition Reception, honoring employees whose years of service and dedication have made a lasting impact across GUHSD schools and programs. Retirees were celebrated alongside family members, friends, district leaders and staff during the annual event recognizing careers devoted to supporting students and strengthening school communities. Superintendent Matt Belden and Governing Board president Natalie Veidmark shared remarks thanking retirees for their commitment to education and the positive influence they had throughout the district. Principals and administrators honored retirees for their contributions across classrooms, athletics, counseling, operations and student support services, highlighting the legacy each individual leaves behind within the Glendale Union High School District. Kids eat free this summer All kids and teens ages 18 and under can eat free this summer. Meals are available at select GUHSD schools, regardless of where the child attends. In the North Central area, families can go to Sunnyslope High School, 35 W. Dunlap Ave., from 7-8 a.m. for breakfast and 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for lunch, May 27-29, and Monday through Thursday, June 1 to June 25. Other participating sites include Greenway High School and Independence High School. For questions, call the district at 623-435-6040 or visit www.guhsdaz.org. Madison School District Free summer meals available to children Madison School District announced the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children, ages 18 and under, without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided at various sites and times. Families who qualify for free or reduced meals will continue to receive Sun Bucks this summer – $120 per eligible child. This money will be automatically uploaded to their EBT cards, if families do not already have an EBT card, one will be sent to them. The program will be hosted at the following schools and times: Madison No. 1 Middle School, 5525 N. 16th St. – June 2 to July 25, Monday through Friday; closed June 19 and July 3. Breakfast is served 7:45-8:20 a.m.; lunch is served 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Madison Camelview Elementary School, 2002 E. Campbell Ave. – June 2-18, Monday through Thursday, closed Fridays. Breakfast is served 7:55-8:10 a.m.; lunch is served noon to 12:20 p.m. Madison Park Middle School, 1431 E. Campbell Ave. – June 9 to July 3, Monday through Friday; closed June 19. Breakfast is served 7:30-8 a.m.; lunch is served 11:30 a.m. to noon. Madison Heights Elementary School, 7150 N. 22nd St. – June 2 to July 25, Monday through Friday; closed June 19 and July 3. Breakfast is served 7:45-8:20 a.m.; lunch is served 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. For more information, call Madison School District at 602-664-7900. Rose Lane unveils mascot, updates campus rebuild Madison Rose Lane Elementary is embarking on an exciting new era, the district announced, marked by a campus rebuild and a fresh new mascot: The Rose Lane Rising Stars. The new mascot was developed through a collaborative process, guided by input from students, staff and families, and represents the creativity and kindness of the Rose Lane community, the confidence and lifelong skills students develop through the programs and the school’s unique identity as a high-quality visual and performing arts school for elementary age students. The adoption of the new mascot coincides with the near-completion of the first phase of the ongoing campus rebuild, which is scheduled to open for students and teachers in August. In addition to modernizing the overall learning environment, the updated facilities in phase one include new classrooms, a new library, collaboration spaces and dedicated studios specifically designed for the school’s visual and performing arts programs, including art, music, dance and theater. The new campus is part of Madison School District’s commitment to provide safe, modern and innovative learning environments for students and is made possible by support from the local community through voter-approved bond initiatives. Madison Rose Lane is currently accepting enrollment applications for the 2026-27 school year. Visit www.madisonaz.org/enroll for details. Felipe Carranza Osborn School District Osborn names new superintendent At a May 19 executive session of the Osborn School District Governing Board meeting, the board unanimously voted to enter into contract negotiations with Felipe Carranza to serve in the role of district superintendent. Carranza currently serves as principal of Solano Elementary School. The superintendent position was most recently held by Dr. Michael Robert, who moved to the Washington Elementary School District. Summer projects are underway Residents who happen to pass Osborn School District campuses this summer may notice a lot of activity as several bond-funded improvements get underway. Thanks to local voter support, multiple campuses will undergo upgrades to enhance learning environments, safety and facilities in addition to installation of new shade structures and creation of specialized outdoor learning areas. Inside, buildings will get fresh paint, new carpeting and updated kitchen equipment. Campus safety will also see a boost through security camera upgrades. Families can track projects and spending at Your Bond dollars at Work on the district website: www.osbornschools.org. Phoenix Union High School District Camelback High School Principal James Arndt announced that he will leave the school at the end of June (screenshot via YouTube, courtesy of Camelback High School). Camelback to name new principal In an April 27 video announcement to the community, Camelback High School’s Principal James Arndt announced that he would be leaving the role at the end of June. And in a subsequent Linkedin post, he looked back on his time at the school. The post read in part, “Seven years ago, I walked into Camelback High School at 29 years old. I didn’t fully know it then, but I was about to be shaped by the most remarkable community I have ever known. I was fortunate enough to be named Principal in 2020, and these six years leading this school have been the most rewarding of my life.” Arndt celebrated the Class of 2026 and then the school more broadly, adding, “Camelback is still the same amazing community, too long overlooked, home to 30 different languages and students representing communities from across the world. A school for every kid, every background, every story. We set out to build a pathway for every single one of them, and we are on the road to accomplishing that mission. The work will continue with whoever comes next.” The district held a principal forum event on May 12, giving the community an opportunity to meet the two principal finalists: Dr. Daniel Garcia, current principal at Academies at South Mountain and Rene Martinez, current assistant principal at Maryvale High School. Residents can watch the forum online at www.pxu.org/o/chs/page/camelback-principal-forum. Superintendent Thea Andrade is expected to name the new principal prior to the end of May. Joseph Parra Miguel Student offered record scholarships In May, Phoenix Union High School District (PXU) announced its first-ever “5 Million Dollar Scholar.” Joseph Parra Miguel, at student at PXU’s Phoenix Coding Academy, was accepted to 49 schools and the scholarships he was offered from each of the schools he was accepted to total $5 million. He plans to attend Arizona State University to study business with an emphasis on language and culture. Choosing to stay in Phoenix was a choice he made because he wants to stay close to his family, who are of great importance to him, the student said. For more information about Phoenix Coding Academy and to enroll for the 2026-27 school year, visit www.pxu.org/enroll. Esports team wins district championship The Camelback High School Marvel Rivals esports team battled through technical issues, computer crashes and long hours to become the 2026 PXU District Champions. Their resilience and teamwork paid off with a huge win over Central, the school said. The Smash Ultimate team also had an incredible run, going undefeated in bracket play before facing the three-time state champion Carl Hayden team in an intense matchup. They regrouped and finished the tournament in 3rd place overall. Washington Elementary School District Enrollment now open for 2026-27 Whether it’s free, full-day kindergarten, premier special education and gifted services, or engaging programs in art, music, PE, STEM and online learning, WESD says that it offers opportunities designed to meet the individual needs of every student. With multiple A+ Schools of Excellence, a National Blue Ribbon School and a National Title I Distinguished School, the WESD continues to be recognized for excellence. The district is also a top 20 school district in the country in student growth and has been named a top 10 elementary school district in Arizona. Additionally, 87 percent of WESD schools earn an “A” or “B” rating. The district currently is enrolling kindergarten through eighth grade students for the 2026-27 school year. To begin the enrollment process, visit the WESD Welcome and Registration Center at 3200 W. Cholla St., or enroll online at www.wesdschools.org/families/registration. Teacher named ‘EL Teacher of the Year’ WESD celebrated Josie Corson, kindergarten teacher at Orangewood School, who has been named the EL Teacher of the Year. Corson was recognized both on her campus and during the EL Student Achievement Award Ceremony at the WESD Administrative Center, honoring her outstanding commitment to student success and language development. The district said, “Known for her compassionate approach and dedication to meeting students where they are, Josie creates a classroom environment where every child feels supported, encouraged and empowered to grow. Her ability to help students build confidence while reaching their full potential has made a lasting impact on both her students and the Orangewood community. Congratulations to Josie on this well-deserved recognition!” District provides free summer meals  WESD will offer free breakfast and lunch meals for children and teenagers up to 18 years old this summer until June 18, Monday through Thursday, at multiple WESD schools including some in the North Central Phoenix corridor such as Desert View, Moon Mountain, Mountain View, Orangewood, Richard E. Miller and Sunnyslope. No application or registration is needed. All meals must be consumed on-site. Adult meals will also be offered at a cost. To view specific dates and times for each school, visit the WESD website at www.wesdschools.org/families/nutrition-services. For more information, contact the WESD Nutrition Services Department at 602-896-5235. Mountain View principal Annie Diaz, pictured with Governing Board member Bill Adams, begins her role on July 1 (photo courtesy of Washington Elementary School District). WESD introduces new superintendent, principal In May, the Washington Elementary School District (WESD) announced that its Governing Board unanimously approved a contract appointing Dr. Michael Robert as the district’s next superintendent. Robert currently serves as superintendent of the Osborn Elementary School District and was selected following a comprehensive search process that included multiple interviews, opportunities for community input and a public forum, the district said. He is scheduled to assume his new role on July 1. Robert will work closely with Interim Superintendent Dr. Lupita Hightower to ensure a smooth leadership transition. The district said, “We extend our sincere gratitude to Dr. Hightower for her year of dedicated service to the district and for her meaningful contributions in supporting students, staff and the entire WESD Family.” Additionally, WESD announced that Annie Diaz, current assistant principal at Mountain View School, will serve as the school’s next principal beginning July 1. The district recognized and thanked current principal Phil Liles for his leadership and the many contributions he made to the Mountain View community over the past four years. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2befee6011c3f4e9f4c4 Elder pup still has plenty of pep te 2026-06-02T01:03:43.993Z Elder pup still has plenty of pep Adorable salt and pepper gentleman Joey – who may be small but has a big heart – is looking for a new home to call his own (photo courtesy of Arizona Humane Society). At seven years young, adorable Joey (pet number 845859) found himself in the care of the Arizona Humane Society after his previous human fell ill and was no longer able to care for him. Once in the shelter, this adorable pup was given a dental exam to ensure his teeth are in tip top shape. Joey recently spent time in a loving foster hero home to continue healing from his dental surgery and is now ready for his new forever home. Those who know this salt and pepper gentleman say he may be small but has a big heart. A cuddle bug in every sense of the word, Joey also enjoys being close to his favorite people for cozy naps, cuddles and relaxation. Although he may be a little gray in the face, this sweet pup still has a lot of pep in his step and is a great reminder that senior pets are just as deserving of love and care as their younger counterparts. Plus, there are a lot of different perks to owning older pets as oftentimes they are already trained and you know their medical and historical backgrounds. Joey’s adoption fee includes his neuter surgery, current vaccinations, a microchip and a follow-up wellness exam with a VCA Animal Hospital. Visit this handsome boy at the Arizona Humane Society’s Sunnyslope Campus or learn more at www.azhumane.org/adopt to give him the loving forever home he deserves. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2bdbee6011c3f4e9f4bb The thrill of the hunt: Thrifting in Phoenix te 2026-06-02T01:03:23.992Z The thrill of the hunt: Thrifting in Phoenix Nancy Licht, who says that Mid-century modern is her jam, has furnished her vacation rental in North Central with her thrifting finds (submitted photo). Goodwill, Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul are well-known and well-established thrift stores. But today, they are joined by dozens of smaller shops across the Valley. Nancy Licht has furnished almost all of her vacation rental in North Central with thrifting finds. Mid-century modern is her style, and she has found lamps, tables, artwork, linens, dishes, couches and chairs in stores from Goodwill to White Dove to SEEDS to the Assistance League shops. She knows what day of the week each shop discounts merchandise, and makes her rounds accordingly. “It’s the thrill of the hunt,” she said of her thrifting adventures. “When I can find a treasure, especially one at a bargain price that I can use or that I can resell, I have had a successful shopping trip. I especially like to buy from shops that support nonprofits, like SEEDS supports programs for young adults on the spectrum. White Dove supports Hospice of the Valley and HALO supports programs for homeless animals.” Sherri Williams is a business woman who takes a day off a week to volunteer at Thrift to Thrive, a shop that supports Thrive AZ. Proceeds benefit its Safe Sleep program that provides beds to children and youth in need. “I come home feeling good about the day’s work,” Williams said. “The shopper, the other volunteers, those who bring in donations, all are working together not only to give unwanted items a second life, but to show children and teens that someone cares about them.” Besides thrifting for a good cause, the Valley is home to dozens of thrift stores that are owned by savvy business people who rely on them to support themselves and their families. Avery Greey is a Gen Z entrepreneur who saw an opportunity and jumped on it. During COVID, “Ewie Vintage” started out as a pop-up store under a tree in parking lot of a friend’s office. Social distancing was part of the vibe, as were carefully chosen classics, individual styles, Y2K and disco. Her Indian School shop is tiny, friendly and beautiful. She often has a line of shoppers out the door, and her social media channels are lively. Why? “In this time of fast fashion and mass production, young men and women are drawn to vintage shopping to help them express their individuality through clothes. Plus – they just don’t make them like they used to!” Greey says. Linda Betancourt is a recently retired fashion executive in Phoenix whose career took her to fashion capitals around the world, behind the scenes as a buyer and department store and brand decision-maker. She echoes Greey’s thoughts. “Retail fashion used to be about the drama, the romance of presentation and discovery. Now it’s all about mass production and cutting costs,” Betancourt said. “When I was working in the industry, I shopped the big name stores and boutiques. But now? So many of them are gone or only carry mass-produced items that have no style. I love to shop thrift stores – it’s the thrill of discovering a hidden gem, and creating my own individual look.” Tom Garcia, who grew up in North Central Phoenix, started shopping at Buffalo Exchange as a young student. Buffalo Exchange is one of the original vintage clothing stores in Phoenix, along with My Sister’s Closet. “It’s a double-edged sword, thrifting. Some visits yield a vintage shirt or fun pair of sneakers that I otherwise would have never found. On the other end, however, there are a number of times I have come to trade yields little to no return,” he says. Shoppers who lug boxes of books to Half-Price Books, where gently used books can be resold, often go home with all but one or two of the books they had hoped to be accepted for resale. “You just never know what they are in the market for,” Garcia added. Auctions are another way to satisfy that thrill of the hunt for a bargain, and shoppers can fully engage without lifting more than the finger required to scroll the internet. Sherry Gage, a North Phoenix resident, retired from the medical field and makes her living scouring online auctions and reselling her finds. She is especially fond of auctions featuring building supplies, tools and artwork. “Friends let me know what they are looking for, and I can usually find it on one of the online auction sites – for pennies on the dollar if they buy retail. For example? Bookshelves, cool antique lighting fixtures, books…name it and I’ll find it for you!” Gage found stools from an old-fashioned ice cream shop on auction, and she bought them, thinking “somebody will love these for a home bar.” She found her customer in North Central – Candy and Chocolate Company. “They fit right in – the beautiful marble fixtures, tile floor and ice cream bar – all vintage and the stools look like they have been there for years.” Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2bc8ee6011c3f4e9f4b2 Experience classic French with a Southwest tang te 2026-06-02T01:03:04.074Z Experience classic French with a Southwest tang Vincent Guerithault is pictured at his eponymous restaurant, Vincent on Camelback, with a French classic: poached salmon with chaudfroid sauce, garnished with a bouquet of sculpted vegetables (photo by Darryl Webb for North Central News). Nearly 40 years ago, Vincent Guerithault opened his eponymous restaurant, Vincent on Camelback. Over the decades, it has hovered at the top in most listings of “bests” in the Valley, noted for its classic French dishes, Guerithault’s innovative mingling of Southwest flavors and ingredients with some of those foundational dishes, and his award-winning wine cellar. Begun in an architect’s office building made up of a lot of little rooms, the restaurant has expanded, adding more small rooms while maintaining an intimate atmosphere evoking a comfy country home. A market bistro has been added at the back, and at one time, a farmer’s market operated there as well, until Covid forced its closure. Today, guests flock to Vincent from across the nation to dine on cuisine prepared by the man the James Beard Foundation named America’s Best Chef, Southwest (1993), and semifinalist for Outstanding Chef (2008 and 2009). Despite the accolades – the Republic of France named him an Officier de L’Ordre du Mérite Agricole in 2018, and he was inducted into the Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame in 1992 – he and his wife and partner, Leevon, welcome guests with low-key warmth and an atmosphere that is more homey than haute. And their restaurant has helped spark a remarkable growth in the number and quality of dining places in the Valley, along with a blossoming of purveyors who are providing farm-to-table ingredients that are now menu staples. Guerithault began his culinary career as a teenager in the low echelons of a classic French restaurant, learning how to prepare vegetables – creating perfectly turned potatoes into olive shapes, dicing precise cubes of onions, carrots and celery for mirepoix, mastering the mother sauces – and other fundamentals of French cuisine. In the classic career path of his time, Guerithault labored his way up through layers of the kitchen hierarchy, his journey like stepping stones through in some of the finest restaurants in France, including L’Oustau de Baumanière in Les Baux de Provence, and Maxim’s and Fauchon in Paris. He moved to the United States in 1976 and became sous chef at Le Francais, working under chef Jean Banchet at what was considered one of the finest French restaurants in the nation. Food lovers from across the nation – including this writer – made pilgrimages to Wheeling, near Chicago, for a meal there. Ten years later, driven to a warmer clime by a particularly glacial blizzard, Guerithault moved to Phoenix, beginning his career in Oaxaca at Pinnacle Peak. “That was when Pima was a dirt road,” he said. And yet, like in Wheeling, where patrons made a 45-minute drive from Chicago to dine at Le Francais, patrons made the dusty trek from Phoenix. They were happy when he moved to North Central Phoenix – a much shorter drive. “We took over in summer of ’85,” he said. “We didn’t know what we were doing. It was kind of scary when you look at it. We had so little money that we bought a lot of used equipment.” Some of that equipment, now 50 years old, still is in use at Vincent. “We started very small.” That included the wine list, which in those early days had a long list of names but might only have a single bottle of the listed wine. “You sell it, and the day after you have to buy another one,” Guerithault said. That grew, and the restaurant has received the Wine Spectator’s Best of Award of Excellence since 1997. Guerithault’s experimentation with Southwestern influences, such as the duck confit tamale, was in part due to a very old friend, who had worked with him in those early days at L’Oustau de Baumanière: Wolfgang Puck. They lost touch over the years, then reconnected in Los Angeles, at Spago. Puck was building a culinary empire and had some advice for Guerithault. “He said, ‘Why don’t you do something different? Don’t just do French, French, French.’ One of the pastry chefs there was from Arizona, and her parents owned a Mexican restaurant in Phoenix, La Piñata. They taught me how to do a tamale. I decided to do a duck tamale. Then a smoked salmon quesadilla. “We try always to do something a bit different. We have a poblano chile stuffed with a duxelles of mushrooms with goat cheese and beurre blanc. We do a duck confit on the bone with different sauces, and we use the same duck, shredded, in a tamale, with raisins, diced poblanos and served with a little beurre blanc.” The menu changes daily, and there are still French classics on the menu, such as rack of lamb – but with Southwest touch: pepper jelly. That’s a change from a previous iteration, where the server would ignite a sprig of dried rosemary to add fragrance to the lamb and a bit of wow to the presentation. Cheesecake with pistachios(photo by Darryl Webb for North Central News) Checkerboard mousse cake, with berries as playing pieces(photo by Darryl Webb for North Central News) (photo by Darryl Webb for North Central News) Floating island with a cloud of caramel strands (photo by Darryl Webb for North Central News) “Some people would go to the front desk and complain that someone was smoking something illegal,” Guerithault said. On some evenings, when several tables ordered the lamb – a must-have favorite for long-time guests – the smoke got pretty heavy, so they had to make a change, thus the pepper jelly. Floating island is a popular dessert, topped with a gauzy cloud of caramel strands, as is the pistachio cheesecake and an ingenious checkerboard mousse cake with layers of white and dark chocolate ganache between the mousse, with berries as playing pieces. The restaurant added rooms over the years and operated a farmer’s market every Saturday morning for six or seven months every year for 29 years. It closed when COVID hit. “We don’t have enough people do it,” Guerithault said. Guerithault has expanded his services to include catering and cooking classes. In June, classes include sweet and savory crepes, prepping and cooking duck, classic French sauces, Wellingtons and recipes with chicken. Check the website for dates. “A lot of people ask how we have lasted 40 years,” Guerithault said. “It’s passion and being willing to work long hours and do creative things.” A famed Parisian chef told him, “When I go to a restaurant, I want to meet the chef. If the chef is skinny and sad, doesn’t want to be there, the only thing I can do is to turn around and run.” “You want someone who is happy to be there,” Guerithault said. For Vincent and Leevon, that’s been the case for four decades, and for the food lovers who have followed them all those decades, hopefully more. Vincent on Camelback, 3930 E. Camelback Road, is open Wednesday through Saturday, starting at 5 p.m. Closing hours vary, depending on demand. For information, call 602-224-0225 or visit www.vincentsoncamelback.com. After a brief break, the bistro will re-open June 3. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2bb4ee6011c3f4e9f4a9 Roman Roads seeks historic preservation te 2026-06-02T01:02:44.073Z Roman Roads seeks historic preservation Designed by famed architect Al Beadle and built between 1964 and 19070, owners at the Roman Roads complex will seek to preserve the mid-century property for the next generation as it pursues Historic Preservation Overlay zoning through the city of Phoenix (photo by C. Miller). Already recognized on the National Register of Historic Places, Roman Roads is now seeking Historic Preservation Overlay zoning from the city of Phoenix – a move that will help preserve the mid-century property for the next generation. Why is Roman Roads deserving of preservation? Rachel Simmons, the driving force behind the zoning request and an owner of one of the 24 condominiums, can answer that question with three words: “It is iconic.” Located on Maryland Avenue, just east of 16th Street, Roman Roads is identified by a dramatic arch and fountain that greets residents and visitors alike. The multi-family project was “masterfully designed by architect Al Beadle to provide all of the privacy of single-family living with the amenities of condominium life,” Simmons wrote in an article for Modern Phoenix. “There were only supposed to be 12 units; the first five were built in 1964, designed by Beadle,” she told us. “Then, in the late ‘60s, they hired Gene Buckley to do a floor plan redesign and the last building was built in 1970.” Simmons elaborated on some of the striking architectural features that she feels make Roman Roads iconic. “The design is Modernism, which is what Beadle did,” she said. “Each unit is about 20 feet tall, and at the center of the interior, it reaches that full ceiling height, with huge windows that look out to a back courtyard. Each unit has its own cocktail pool and a big covered patio that serves as exterior living space – it is so integrated into the interior through the glass. And then he designed privacy screens that extend towards the back of the patio so that nobody can see into each other’s back yard, even if you are upstairs looking through the window.” The building fronts also have the 18-foot windows – that window design later had to change in order to get a building permit. All of the Beadle units also have a floating staircase with a “catwalk” connecting the upstairs bedrooms – the Buckley redesign features an L-shaped staircase. Simmons, who is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers and the program director for Interior Design at Scottsdale Community College, says that Beadle’s architecture is important to Arizona. “He definitely had a style, and I think that is part of what makes him unique and special to Arizona,” she said. “He was working in Mid-century modernism, but I would say closer to Heroic authentic modernism, with rectangular and square forms. He worked really hard to create functional living spaces for people and integrate the interior with the exterior.” He designed beautiful large-scale homes but was also interested in multi-family, she added. And he designed the only Case Study here in Arizona – The Triad Apartments, built in 1962 at 28th Street and Turney Avenue, “An opportunity to explore how people can live in smaller footprints, but still live very well.” Through her master’s work at ASU, she explored the redesign of mid-century architecture (which she generally defines as from 1947 to 1965) during a time in Phoenix when “there was a big building boom before the bubble, and everybody was buying up these cool mid-century houses and tearing them down. I really wanted to explore ways to update the homes so that people could appreciate them more.” It is that desire to cultivate appreciation that is moving Simmons to pursue historic preservation zoning. As the proposed rezoning case moves through the hearing process, Simmons also reflected on historic preservation in Phoenix more broadly. “What is interesting about the approach to historic preservation is that preservationists often have more conversations on what we should tear down than what we should save. We don’t think everything is savable. We are realistic about it and what we try to do is to allow a city to develop its own story and tell its own story. We do want to see architectural growth, but by picking out the right buildings from the right time periods, that really reflect that time period, is how we develop that story.” She added that preserving buildings like this creates interest in the city and draws people to the city. “Historic preservation develops a sense of place. It tells the story of the city. It gives us visual interest – we don’t want everything to look the same. But we do want Roman Roads to last for future generations.” The Historic Preservation Commission will consider the Roman Roads case (number Z-35-26-6) on Monday, June 15, at 4:30 p.m. It will then go to the Camelback East Village Planning Committee on July 7, the Planning Commission on Aug. 6, and the Phoenix City Council on Sept. 9. Learn more at www.phoenix.gov/administration/departments/pdd/historic-preservation.html. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2ba0ee6011c3f4e9f4a0 From the Editor: June 2026 te 2026-06-02T01:02:24.090Z From the Editor: June 2026 Pictured by row — “Roman Roads seeks historic preservation” (On the Cover); Café Chat: “Experience classic French with a Southwest tang” (see Food for Thought) | “True North takes on Butler properties” (see Taking Care of Business); Pet of the Month: “Elder pup still has plenty of pep” (see Community/Pets); June Public School Briefs (see School Days) | “The thrill of the hunt: Thrifting in Phoenix” (On the Cover); “AHS campus expands veterinary services” (see Community) Hello, North Central neighbors! It is estimated that the world generates 92 million metric tons of textile waste every year – much of it driven by “fast fashion” – with around 20 percent of the total waste coming from the U.S. The EPA also estimates that 12 million tons of furniture is discarded in the U.S. annually, with roughly 80 percent of it going straight to landfills. With that in mind, Trudy Thompson Shumaker looks at how North Central resale businesses are diverting items from landfills, generating jobs and commerce and, in some cases, supporting local nonprofits along the way. Meanwhile, I caught up with Rachel Simmons at Roman Roads, who is spearheading a zoning application to obtain Historic Preservation Overlay zoning for the iconic 1964 Al Beadle designed condominium complex. The case will be heard by the Historic Preservation Commission on June 15. At the same meeting, the Acacia Library, 750 E. Townley Ave., will be considered for historic preservation. You can read my story about Acacia Library online in our January 2026 issue. Also in this month’s issue, you will find stories about ways for both humans and pets to stay safe as we head into summer, along with other neighborhood news in Community; our round up of North Central school news in School Days; things to do in Phoenix in Arts & Entertainment; and in Food for Thought, Marjorie Rice pays a visit to Vincent on Camelback in Café Chat, and we highlight other places to eat and drink in North Central and beyond. We hope you enjoy our June issue, and until month, all my best, Kathryn M. Miller North Central News Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2b8cee6011c3f4e9f497 On the Town in June te 2026-06-02T01:02:04.631Z On the Town in June Things to do in Phoenix in June, left to right by row: TsuShiMaMiRe at The Rebel Lounge; First Fridays in the Garden at Japanese Friendship Garden | “Ecstatic Time: The Alchemy of Photography” at Phoenix Art Museum; Leo Middea at Valley Bar; Ballet Arizona’s Ballet in the Making | Searows at Crescent Ballroom; Skáld at The Van Buren The arrival of summer in the Valley brings another round of free First Friday events, live local and touring bands, dance, theater performances and art exhibits, family-friendly things to do and more. See you on the town in June! Check out our Local Events page for things to do throughout the month. All event dates are current at time of publication. Check with individual venues for up-to-date show information. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2b78ee6011c3f4e9f48e Program encourages library engagement te 2026-06-02T01:01:44.712Z Program encourages library engagement This year’s Summer Reading Program theme is “Unearth a Story,” which invites readers of all ages to dig into great books, discover new adventures and explore the power of storytelling (photo courtesy of Maricopa County Reads). Phoenix Public Library will launch its annual Summer Reading Program, also known as the Summer Reading Game, on June 1. This year’s theme, “Unearth a Story,” invites readers of all ages to dig into great books, discover new adventures and explore the power of storytelling. The program runs through July 20. The Summer Reading Game is free and open to everyone. Participants can stay active and engaged while escaping the summer heat, building strong reading habits and enjoying activities throughout the season. Signing up is simple. Beginning in May, participants may register at any Phoenix Public Library location or online at www.maricopacountyreads.org. After registering, users can select from different gameboards and begin reading 20 minutes a day or completing literacy activities to earn points. Participants track their progress online and earn prizes along the way. The goal is to reach 1,000 points by July 20 to receive a free book and additional rewards. Readers can enhance their Summer Reading experience by unlocking digital badges, completing online challenges, attending free library events and exploring community experiences tied to this year’s theme. Beyond the reading program, residents will find dozens of free activities and events at their local library to keep both kids and adults cool, entertained and engaged over the summer months. In the North Central area, visit Acacia Library (750 E. Townley Ave.), Century Library (1750 E. Highland Ave.), Cholla Library (11050 N. Metro Pkwy E.) or Yucca Library (5648 N. 15th Ave.). Additional information and how-to videos are available at www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2b64ee6011c3f4e9f485 Head to the movies this summer te 2026-06-02T01:01:24.713Z Head to the movies this summer In a tradition that dates back more than 50 years, Harkins will bring family-friendly films back to the big screen, helping kids stay cool and entertained during the hot summer months. The Summer Movie Fun program begins on Monday, June 1, and kids can enjoy one movie per week for eight weeks for just $8 with Summer Movie Fun Digital Season Tickets. All shows begin at 9:45 a.m., with movies every weekday through Friday, July 24. Moviegoers ages 13 and under can look forward to a lineup that includes “Dog Man,” “A Minecraft Movie,” “KPop Demon Hunters,” “How to Train Your Dragon” (2025), “The Bad Guys 2,” “Mystery Movie,” “SpongeBob: The Search for SquarePants” and “Paddington in Peru.” Check with the theater for screening dates. All adults must be accompanied by a child. For additional information, visit www.harkins.com/smf. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2b42ee6011c3f4e9f453 Jacob Fatu acknowledges Roman Reigns, Bron Breakker spears Paul Heyman and more from 'Monday Night Raw' te 2026-06-02T01:00:50.879Z Jacob Fatu acknowledges Roman Reigns, Bron Breakker spears Paul Heyman and more from 'Monday Night Raw' A solemn Jacob Fatu made his way to the ring to kickoff "Monday Night Raw" following his Tribal Combat loss to world heavyweight champion Roman Reigns at Clash in Italy with the crowd in Turin wondering whether he would participate in the "Acknowledgement Ceremony." Reigns was surrounded by his Bloodline stablemates, Jey and Jimmy Uso, smiling as he awaited Fatu’s arrival. Reigns beat Fatu twice in one calendar month, thwarting his first major challenger to a championship he won at WrestleMania 42 over CM Punk. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Fatu’s demeanor was much different than in weeks past. He walked cautiously and less confident than he had been. Reigns had proven everything he said he was. He sits at the head of the table. He is the "Tribal Chief." And it was up to Fatu to "acknowledge" him. Fatu snatched the microphone from Jey Uso’s hand. "At Tribal Combat, I knew what I was getting myself into. I knew the consequences. I knew the repercussions. Hell, I knew what would happen if I walked out with that title last night," Fatu said. "And I knew what would happen if I lost. Hell, I’ve been taking Ls my whole life. It ain’t nothing new to me. Taking Ls my whole life brought me right here. Standing right in front of you, right now "Speaking of a loss, last night in Clash in Italy, in front of the whole world, including my children – my children seen their father be a man, take a loss and keep his word. And last night, I lost to my ‘Tribal Chief.’" Fatu finally acknowledged Reigns, getting down on one knee to salute the champion. Reigns said that he loved Fatu. Jimmy Uso said this was a "warning shot" to everyone on the roster. Each member of The Bloodline held up one finger in unison. WWE unveiled the King and Queen of the Ring Tournament brackets after Clash in Italy was finished and the first match on the men’s side was held on Monday night. Intercontinental champion Penta, Oba Femi, Solo Sikoa and Carmelo Hayes battled it out in an effort to move to a singles match in the semifinals of the tournament. Femi was coming off a devastating loss against Brock Lesnar. He and Lesnar went to war at Clash in Italy, and while he was a little banged up, he looked unstoppable against his three opponents in the fatal four-way. "The Ruler" showed to be unstoppable, taking out everyone involved in the match and Talla Tonga. He hit the Fall from Grace on Sikoa and pinned him for the win. Femi took the microphone and called out Lesnar after the match was finished. He vowed to win the King of the Ring and go after Lesnar for a third time. "You took your best shot and I’m still here," he said. The women were in action during the night as well. Iyo Sky, Roxanne Perez, Giulia and Lash Legend squared off in a fatal four-way match with a spot in the semifinals waiting for the winner. Giulia came in as the favorite with the Italian crowd behind her. But she faced an uphill battle against upstart prospects in Perez and Legend and the former champion, Sky. Giulia hit an Arrivederci on Legend, but the pin fall was broken up. Each wrestler received a chance to showcase their abilities, but for the most part, no one could get an easy pin. Sky took advantage of Legend’s double slam on Perez and Giulia. She moved Legend out of her way, stepped on Giulia and hit the Over the Moonsault to defeat Giulia. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The rivalry between Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker has not slowed down one bit. The two have still been going at it following Breakker’s win over Rollins at Backlash last month. But Breakker and The Vision were down another man going into the main event on "Monday Night Raw." Logan Paul tore his triceps and is out of action for the foreseeable future. Bronson Reed has been recovering from his own injury, leaving The Vision down to just Breakker and Austin Theory. Breakker stepped up as a tag team champion in Paul’s place but the turmoil in the stable appeared to affect the outcome of the match. The Vision couldn’t play the mind games that they are used to in order to score the victory. The match descended into chaos with Theory making his presence felt. He hit Rollins with the title before Montez Ford came to to even the odds in Rollins’ corner. Breakker hit Ford with a spear and then Rollins, but "The Visionary" kicked out of a pin. Rollins hit Breakker with a Stomp. But Paul Heyman would put Breakker’s foot on the rope to break the pin. Rollins came after Heyman with a crazed look. He took his eyes off Breakker, who came around and tried to hit Rollins with a spear. But Breakker bulldozed the 60-year-old Heyman through the barricade. Rollins sneakily grabbed the title and put it near his abdomen. As Breakker came back into the ring, his spear went into the belt itself. Rollins then picked up the win. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e292eee6011c3f4e9f3d9 New charges for suspect in felony theft, endangerment case after probation sentence te 2026-06-02T00:51:58.466Z New charges for suspect in felony theft, endangerment case after probation sentence An 18-year-old Victorville man would appear to have avoided prison six weeks ago, after he was granted three years’ probation and a suspended imposition of sentence on previous felony charges. But according to county officials, that opportunity has been squandered. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e2911ee6011c3f4e9f3b2 Hidden tunnel discovered in Tijuana may have supported cross-border trafficking operations te 2026-06-02T00:51:29.271Z Hidden tunnel discovered in Tijuana may have supported cross-border trafficking operations Mexican authorities have uncovered a sophisticated underground tunnel near the U.S.-Mexico border that was equipped with lighting, ventilation and an electronic transport system, which they say may connect Tijuana to a street in San Diego. Mexico's Attorney General's Office, known as the FGR, announced the discovery Saturday following a search warrant executed at a property in the Nueva Tijuana neighborhood of Tijuana, Baja California. Authorities said the tunnel stretched approximately 265 meters, or about 870 feet, and reached a depth of roughly 6.3 meters, or 21 feet underground. According to investigators, the tunnel contained operational infrastructure, including lighting and ventilation systems, as well as an electronic sliding mechanism designed to move items in both directions between Mexico and the U.S. RASHIDA TLAIB BECOMES LONE HOUSE LAWMAKER OPPOSING CRACKING DOWN ON MEXICAN CARTELS' BORDER TUNNEL SYSTEM The tunnel was discovered through intelligence work conducted by agents with the FGR's Criminal Investigation Agency in coordination with Mexico's Security Cabinet. Officials said the search warrant was executed as part of an investigation into alleged violations of Mexico's firearms and explosives laws as well as drug-related offenses. Authorities said they believe the property may have functioned as a storage, logistics and trafficking center for firearms, explosives and illicit drugs. FEDS LIKELY EYEING 'COVER-UPS' TO BUST MEXICAN CARTELS ALONG BORDER: FORMER DEA AGENT Photos released by the FGR appear to show agents navigating the underground passageway, access points leading into the tunnel and evidence recovered during the operation. Investigators said they recovered ammunition, suspected methamphetamine, suspected marijuana, cell phones and various documents from the property. Images released by Mexican authorities also appear to show ventilation infrastructure inside the tunnel, underscoring what officials described as a sophisticated operation. BORDER AGENTS UNCOVER RPG LAUNCHER, CACHE OF RIFLES HIDDEN IN VEHICLE HEADING TO MEXICO The FGR said its investigation indicates the tunnel likely connects to a street in San Diego, though authorities have not publicly identified the location or confirmed whether the U.S. side of the tunnel has been located. Officials described the discovery as a significant blow to criminal organizations that rely on underground smuggling routes to move narcotics and other contraband across the border. The evidence and property have been turned over to federal prosecutors in Baja California, who will continue the investigation. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e28fdee6011c3f4e9f3a9 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' collapses in second weekend at box office, cementing huge loss for Disney te 2026-06-02T00:51:09.346Z 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' collapses in second weekend at box office, cementing huge loss for Disney The news just keeps getting worse for "The Mandalorian and Grogu," The Walt Disney Company, Lucasfilm, and by extension, the future of the Star Wars franchise. It was just over a decade ago that "The Force Awakens" became the highest-grossing movie, not adjusted for inflation, in the history of domestic U.S. box office. While deeply flawed and derivative, it at least attempted to set up a cohesive storyline for a new generation of Star Wars trilogy. It's been downhill ever since. As soon as "The Last Jedi" hit theaters several years later, it became clear that Lucasfilm, then-headed by Kathleen Kennedy, had no coherent plan for the series. "The Last Jedi" undid much of "The Force Awakens," had little explanation for plot setups in the first film, and treated the legendary hero of the Star Wars universe with disdain. In short, a microcosm of the problems with modern filmmaking. NEW STREAMING DATA PAINTS SHOCKINGLY GRIM PICTURE FOR DISNEY'S AWFUL "STAR WARS" SEQUELS The studio scrambled, brought back J.J. Abrams to fix things with "The Rise of Skywalker." Which was widely panned for its unrealistic plot, laughable dialogue, and inexplicable plotting. Fast forward seven years, and "The Mandalorian and Grogu" hit theaters as the first Star Wars film of the 2020s. Opening weekend ticket sales were disappointing, coming in on the low end of estimates at around $81 million, and the long Memorial Day weekend gross winding up far short of "Solo," the last non-trilogy film in the Star Wars universe. That seemed to set up Disney to potentially take a small loss, or struggle to the theatrical break-even point. Still, if the film had positive word of mouth, a strong second week could have put "The Mandalorian and Grogu" back on track financially. With this past weekend's box office results now in, unfortunately for Disney, it was the exact opposite. According to Box Office Mojo, not only did "The Mandalorian and Grogu" drop out of the top spot in theaters, it fell all the way to third thanks to a whopping 70% collapse in revenues. Its opening weekend was a disappointing $81.7 million, and it fell all the way to just $25 million from Friday to Sunday. That's not unprecedented, but it sure is disastrous. Even more incredible, the two movies that beat out "The Mandalorian" were low-budget films from essentially first-time directors. "Backrooms" is a $10 million horror movie from 20-year-old YouTuber Kane Parsons. It made $81.4 million in its first weekend, just slightly less than a $175 million Star Wars movie, despite not hitting theaters on a holiday weekend. "Obsession" also beat out "The Mandalorian," grossing an estimated $26.4 million over the weekend. That movie was directed by Curry Barker, a 26-year-old who found fame from YouTube and TikTok. The production budget on "Obsession," at around $750,000, was likely lower than what "The Mandalorian" spent on office supplies. It outgrossed it this past weekend anyway. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! These results also cement that Disney will likely lose a substantial amount of money on "The Mandalorian." Reports have suggested that production and marketing costs ran around $300 million. Even if tax credits brought that down, a reasonable break-even point would be around $500 million worldwide. At $137 million domestically and a 70% drop, it's not going to come close. Another 70% drop for its third weekend would be just $7.5 million in grosses, all but guaranteeing it winds up well short of $200 million domestically. With international grosses better, but still underwhelming, it's possible that "The Mandalorian and Grogu" fails to reach even $375 million worldwide. Potentially handing Disney a $100 million+ loss. For a Star Wars movie. There are plenty of lessons to learn from this, if anyone involved is interested in learning them. Churning out lazy, uninspired movies no longer works, even if they're attached to a previously important brand name. Years of degrading the Star Wars legacy with terrible, unwatchable streaming series and the disappointing end of the previous trilogy have taken their toll. Teenagers today don't have the same reverence for Star Wars that prior generations did. Because the movies they've seen have not been good enough to warrant it. Instead of checking specific boxes and satisfying targets, focus on quality stories and memorable characters. Does anyone care about Rey, or Poe, or Finn? Of course not. But Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca remain beloved parts of film history. Under Disney and Kathleen Kennedy, they've forgotten what made Star Wars what it is. Or used to be. And as this past weekend shows, where two low-budget horror movies from YouTubers outgrossed a Star Wars movie, it might be too late to fix it. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e28e9ee6011c3f4e9f3a0 Texas teens accused of using dating apps to lure young men into violent robberies that left one victim shot te 2026-06-02T00:50:49.344Z Texas teens accused of using dating apps to lure young men into violent robberies that left one victim shot Two Texas teenagers are accused of using online dating platforms to lure young men into violent robberies that left one victim pistol-whipped and a 15-year-old boy shot four times, authorities said. Alyssa Canul, 17, was arrested on May 27 in Universal City, near San Antonio, and charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, according to Universal City officials and Bexar County arrest records. Authorities say she worked alongside her boyfriend, Joseph Anthony Aguilar, 18, who was arrested a day earlier on May 26 during a SWAT operation. Aguilar is facing multiple felony charges. MIAMI WOMAN ALLEGEDLY LURED MAN TO LUXURY CONDO VIA INSTAGRAM, THEN ROBBED HIM WITH 2 ACCOMPLICES Police allege the pair targeted young men through dating apps, convincing them to meet in person before robbing and assaulting them. "The pair recently moved to Universal City and are accused of luring young men on online dating sites then, robbing and assaulting them," the city said in a statement.  In one case, a victim was allegedly robbed and pistol-whipped. SHOOTING AT FLORIDA BEACH 'TEEN TAKEOVER' LEAVES 17-YEAR-OLD HOSPITALIZED WITH GUNSHOT WOUND In another, a 15-year-old boy was lured to a meeting spot and shot four times. The teen survived and is recovering from his injuries, authorities said. The suspects were living at Universal City's Villa Mesa Apartments at the time of the alleged attacks, according to police. Aguilar was taken into custody during a SWAT operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies. Investigators at the time said a female accomplice remained at large until authorities later identified and arrested Canul. INSIDE THE TEEN TAKEOVERS THREATENING TO EXPLODE THIS SUMMER AS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND KICKS OFF: 'VERY WORRIED' Universal City Police Chief Johnny Siemens praised the swift response by officers and partner agencies. "When something like this happens, there is always concern in the community," Siemens said. "In this case, all officers involved moved quickly." Universal City Police could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital for comment. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e243cee6011c3f4e9f2ac Caitlin Clark defends coach Stephanie White after sideline confrontation sparks debate te 2026-06-02T00:30:52.385Z Caitlin Clark defends coach Stephanie White after sideline confrontation sparks debate The fallout from the heated sideline exchange between Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White and Caitlin Clark isn't going away. After days of criticism and nonstop social media debate, White addressed the incident Monday, opting to stand firm in her coaching style. But then she also drew scrutiny for suggesting the reaction would be viewed differently in men's sports. "What happened in that moment is, I was challenging a player. It's coaching, is what it is," White said. "I don't often think it becomes an issue if you're watching it in men's sports, most of the time." The exchange occurred during Indiana's ugly 100-84 loss to the Portland Fire. FEVER COACH ACCUSED OF SNUBBING CAITLIN CLARK WITH ODD RESPONSE AFTER HEROIC FOURTH QUARTER Caitlin Clark struggled through one of the roughest performances of her young WNBA career. White portrayed it as the natural result of two highly competitive personalities pushing each other. "She wants to be coached. I want her to help me be a better coach," White added. "We're both competitive. We're both stubborn. We're more alike than different. Hopefully, we continue to bring the best out of each other." ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! White also pushed back against the reaction surrounding the incident, arguing that Clark's enormous profile guarantees scrutiny. "I think the narrative of people trying to make something that it's not is just taking sensationalism to try to get some clicks, and all the other stuff," White said. She later added: "It's not a new thing. It's just new because everything that she does gets clicks. That's how everybody makes money, right?" Clark also commented on the exchange and echoed that sentiment when she met with reporters, dismissing the idea that the confrontation reflected deeper issues between herself and her coach. "First of all, [it was] two people being competitive. Two people that really want to win," Clark said. "I think a lot of those things happen all the time." Asked what sparked the frustration, Clark delivered a blunt answer: "[We were] down 20 points, so. Probably that." Despite the public attention surrounding the moment, Clark also took responsibility for Indiana's recent struggles. "I know there's an immense amount of pressure and sometimes that pressure can get to you, and frustrate you in different ways," Clark said. CAITLIN CLARK'S SHOOTING WOES CONTINUE AS FEVER RELY ON ALIYAH BOSTON'S CAREER NIGHT FOR WIN OVER STORM "And that's on me. I have to be a lot better, as well." The Fever star continued: "I wanna win. This team wants to win. And I'm the point guard, so it's on me to help this team and this franchise win." Clark also gave perhaps her strongest defense of White when asked about their relationship. "I ride for Steph. I ride for these girls. Nobody thought twice about it," Clark said. "It's just another example of what everybody, all of you, want to blow up and make something that it's just not in reality." Clark then pointed to a personal moment from last season that she says fans never see. "When I got hurt at the Connecticut game last year, I bawled in Steph's arms. That's somebody that I will ride for for the rest of my life." Still, the incident has fueled a broader conversation about the Fever's early-season frustrations. Hall of Famer Cheryl Miller suggested the visible tension reflected a team struggling to find answers during a difficult stretch. "Right now, it's frustration. And unfortunately, it's boiling over and it's being seen," Miller said during an NBC Sports discussion of the incident. Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveela Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e1fb6ee6011c3f4e9f210 Jaxson Dart's girlfriend Marissa Ayers made her runway debut in a bikini at Miami Swim Week te 2026-06-02T00:11:34.238Z Jaxson Dart's girlfriend Marissa Ayers made her runway debut in a bikini at Miami Swim Week Jaxson Dart continues to show what offseason leadership looks like ahead of his second season in the NFL. The New York Giants quarterback set the tone early in the offseason with a fishing trip with his bikini-clad girlfriend Marissa Ayers back in January. It's the perfect way to hit the reset button after a tough season. The couple then showed up ready for action at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby a few months after the fishing trip. That’s an event made for a franchise quarterback. So is Miami Swim Week. You may have heard that Dart’s been the focus of some controversy recently. He’s not not letting that affect the locker room and he’s not letting it affect any of his planned public appearances either. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! On Friday, after addressing that controversy with reporters at the Giants training facility, Dart was in the front row at Miami Swim Week, according to the NY Post. This was a personal, not a strictly professional appearance for the young Giants quarterback. His ring girl and influencer girlfriend was making her runway debut. Ayers slipped into a string bikini for the White Fox Boutique swim show, titled La Tropica Runway Show, which The Post reports was held at The Setai Miami Beach. It was, as the 23-year-old said, "a dream come true" and a moment that Dart wasn’t going to miss. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGE It just goes to show that bikini events like Miami Swim Week still get plenty of attention. They still make headline, whether you’re new to the league or have already been through the grind of multiple NFL seasons and are on the other side of it. It's a setting perfect for letting loose and dominating or making your runway dreams come true in a bikini. The haters are going to have to try much harder to trip up Jaxson Dart and Marissa Ayers. These two mean business. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e1fa1ee6011c3f4e9f1ec Trump administration names Rosario 'Pete' Vasquez to serve as next US Border Patrol chief te 2026-06-02T00:11:13.433Z Trump administration names Rosario 'Pete' Vasquez to serve as next US Border Patrol chief The Trump administration has selected a veteran Border Patrol official with more than 26 years of service to lead the agency following the resignation of former Chief Mike Banks. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Monday that Rosario "Pete" Vasquez will serve as the next chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, overseeing nearly 20,000 agents and professional staff operating across the country. Vasquez most recently led the Border Patrol's Blaine Sector in Washington state, overseeing operations along the U.S.-Canada border and coordinating with federal, state, local, tribal and international partners. CBP Commissioner Rodney S. Scott praised the appointment, calling Vasquez "a Border Patrol agent's agent." US BORDER PATROL CHIEF MIKE BANKS ABRUPTLY RESIGNS, FOX NEWS LEARNS "He has spent more than two decades leading from the front, earning the respect of the workforce, and delivering results in some of the most challenging operational environments in the country," Scott said in a statement. "He understands what this mission demands because he has lived it. There is no one better suited to lead the United States Border Patrol into its next chapter." Vasquez succeeds former Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks, who announced his retirement in May after leading the agency during President Donald Trump's second administration. Banks told Fox News last month that he was stepping down after helping oversee what he described as a dramatic turnaround in border security. BORDER PATROL CHIEF OWENS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT, TEXAS BORDER CZAR TO TAKE OVER "I feel like I got the ship back on course from the least secure, disastrous, chaotic border to the most secure border this country has ever seen," Banks told Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin at the time. "Time to pass the reins, 37 years, it's time to enjoy the family and life." As chief, Vasquez will be responsible for leading Border Patrol operations across nearly 7,000 miles of international land borders and approximately 2,000 miles of coastal waters. According to CBP, Vasquez has served in a variety of operational and leadership roles throughout his career, including assignments along the southwest and northern borders, at CBP headquarters and in international postings. BORDER PATROL ANNOUNCES 'PHENOMENAL' TURNAROUND AS NUMBER OF MONTHLY MIGRANT RELEASES DROPS TO ZERO His résumé includes service with the Border Patrol's Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit, the agency's Special Operations Group and CBP's Office of Anti-Terrorism. He also served as director of the Alliance to Combat Transnational Threats, assistant attaché for CBP in Canada and acting executive director within CBP's Office of Trade. The appointment comes as Border Patrol officials continue focusing on efforts to combat transnational criminal organizations, disrupt human smuggling and narcotics trafficking networks and strengthen border security operations. "It is the honor of a lifetime to serve as chief of the United States Border Patrol, and I'm grateful for the trust placed in me by President Trump, Secretary Mullin, and Commissioner Scott," Vasquez said. "Our agents have never backed down from a challenge, and neither will I. As chief, my focus is clear: support our agents, strengthen our operational capabilities, and ensure the U.S. Border Patrol remains the most effective border security force in the world." Established in 1924, the U.S. Border Patrol is one of the nation's largest federal law enforcement organizations and serves as the primary agency responsible for securing America's land borders. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana https://meenews.co/post/6a1e1f8cee6011c3f4e9f1bf CBS News chiefs told Scott Pelley they wanted him to stay on '60 Minutes' before tense clash with new producer te 2026-06-02T00:10:52.314Z CBS News chiefs told Scott Pelley they wanted him to stay on '60 Minutes' before tense clash with new producer CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and newly-appointed "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton made multiple overtures to the show's veteran correspondent Scott Pelley before the tense showdown he had with the incoming boss, Fox News Digital has learned. Weiss sent shockwaves across the media landscape on Thursday with the ousting of "60 Minutes" correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega as well as executive producer Tanya Simon among others, marking an editorial shift in the long-running newsmagazine program with Weiss handpicking an outsider to lead its path forward. Prior to Monday's staff meeting, where Pelley had a contentious exchange with Bilton about the dismissals, both Weiss and Bilton had reached out to Pelley expressing their desire to have him remain a "60 Minutes" correspondent and that he hadn't engaged with them before the war of words unfolded, according to a source familiar with CBS News leadership. However, it is unclear whether Weiss and Bilton still hold that sentiment towards Pelley, particularly after he lashed out at his bosses in front of the staff. SCOTT PELLEY HAS HEATED CONFRONTATION WITH NEW ‘60 MINUTES’ BOSS, ACCUSES BARI WEISS OF ‘MURDERING' SHOW Fox News Digital reached out to Pelley and CBS News for comment. Pelley has had a history of being vocally critical of CBS leadership. In April 2025, he took aim at the network's parent company, Paramount, following the resignation of "60 Minutes" executive producer Bill Owens, who claimed he had no longer had editorial independence as the company was engaged in mediation talks with President Donald Trump's legal team to settle a lawsuit he filed in 2024. CBS NEWS FIRES ‘60 MINUTES’ CORRESPONDENTS, TOP PRODUCER IN SWEEPING SHAKEUP OF STORIED PROGRAM "Our parent company, Paramount, is trying to complete a merger," Pelley told viewers at the time. "The Trump administration must approve it. Paramount began to supervise our content in new ways. None of our stories have been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism required." "No one here is happy about it, but in resigning, Bill proved one thing. He was the right person to lead ’60 Minutes’ all along," he added. The merger was in reference to Paramount's $8 billion takeover by Skydance Media, run by David Ellison, Paramount's new CEO, who appointed Weiss as CBS News' editor-in-chief last fall. Weeks later, he slammed Trump for filing lawsuits against journalists and their companies "for nothing" during a commencement address at Wake Forest University. Trump accused CBS News of election interference over how the network handled its "60 Minutes" interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. Paramount made an eight-figure settlement to Trump days before his FCC approved of the Paramount-Skydance merger. "Our previous owners at CBS faced political pressure and crumbled‚" Pelley reportedly said in March. Back in January, the "60 Minutes" veteran swiped Weiss, reportedly telling colleagues, "She needs to take her job a little bit more seriously." That comment came after Weiss clashed with Alfonsi, who accused her of having political motives when she pulled a segment about the infamous El Salvador prison CECOT moments before it was set to air in December. It ultimately aired a month later. CBS, BARI WEISS FACING MOUNTING BACKLASH FROM LIBERAL CRITICS OVER YANKING '60 MINUTES' SEGMENT Bilton met with staff on Monday in a pre-planned meeting to discuss the show’s future, but Pelley used the gathering to unload on Weiss, who was not present at the meeting, after Bilton said Weiss loved "60 Minutes," one of the news business' most revered programs.  "She’s murdering 60 Minutes. She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it and is doing exactly that," Pelley said. The quote was first reported by The Guardian and confirmed by Fox News Digital. Pelley also told the group that Weiss has "no qualifications for her job" and bluntly informed Bilton, who has no linear television experience, that he has "slender qualifications" for his new role. Before joining "60 Minutes," Bilton was a documentary filmmaker and a technology journalist for The New York Times and Vanity Fair. "So why should we expect any of this is going to be any better?" Pelley asked. SHARYN ALFONSI OUT AT ’60 MINUTES' AFTER FEUD WITH BARI WEISS, RIPS CBS FOR ‘CHILLING MESSAGE’ TO NEWSROOM Bickering ensued, according to audio of the meeting obtained by the Status media newsletter, and Pelley began peppering Bilton with questions about why particular "60 Minutes" staffers were terminated and CBS News managing editor Charles Forelle eventually suggested Pelley was being rude. "I'm not being rude… you know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness," Pelley shot back, referring to the firings.  "This is a conversation," Pelley added. "That is rude, and you were part of that." As the infighting continued, Bilton suggested that Pelley speak directly with Weiss.  "What I would like to do right now is talk about what happens next," Bilton said, but "60 Minutes" staffers continued to argue. "You have no idea what my plans are, so I will present those plans to you. I will present them when the time is right," Bilton said.  Pelley didn’t let up, asking his new boss if he knew how the firings were going to play out.  "I am not intimidated by — I have been a journalist for 25 years, Scott. I have sat and talked with incredibly powerful people like you have," Bilton shot back. "None of it intimidates me, OK? So you are not going to intimidate me in front of this group of people." Remaining "60 Minutes" correspondents include Pelley, Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim. Anderson Cooper previously announced his departure from "60 Minutes" as a correspondent in February after nearly two decades. 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