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President Donald Trump closed the White House doors to three news organizations on Friday. CNN, MS Now and Politico all appeared on his list, and he made the ban effective immediately in a written statement.Trump opened the post with a declaration of pride in the move: “I am proud to…

Federal employees opened their inboxes in February 2025 to a simple request from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM): list five things you accomplished this week. One FBI special agent read that message and proposed a criminal investigation.The agent, Kevin Gounaud, put his idea in writing to a colleague. Senate Judiciary Committee…

A journalist has asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate Rep. Lauren Boebert, alleging the Colorado Republican had sexual relationships with staff members and paid one of them to stay quiet.David Wheeler filed the complaint. It names three current and former staffers. It alleges Boebert paid $200,000 to one of…

British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the U.S. to the U.K. after immigration authorities detained him at a New Orleans airport, according to the Department of Homeland Security.Yiannopoulos, 41, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport after…

Converse has apologized and pulled a sneaker advertisement after social media users said elements of the campaign resembled Ku Klux Klan and lynching imagery.The controversy centered on an advertisement featuring Karina, a member of the K-pop group Aespa, as part of Converse’s campaign promoting its Chuck 70 X sneakers in…

Orlando Bloom is opening up about filming an intimate threesome scene with real-life sisters Rooney and Kate Mara for director Werner Herzog’s new film “Bucking Fastard.”Bloom, 49, discussed the scene while presenting the movie at the San Sebastián Film Festival in Spain alongside Herzog, describing the sequence as a sincere…

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is publicly denying allegations that she had sexual relationships with members of her congressional staff, including two women, declaring that she is neither lesbian nor bisexual and insisting she never had an inappropriate relationship with an employee.“Well, I’m not a lesbian or bisexual, and I have…

A sworn ethics complaint filed against Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) alleges she engaged in sexual relationships with three congressional employees under her supervision and participated in financial arrangements intended to conceal one of the alleged relationships.The complaint was filed Sept. 17 with the U.S. House Committee on Ethics by David…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio fired a U.S. Foreign Service officer after the diplomat acknowledged concealing a romantic relationship with a Chinese national whose father had ties to the Chinese Communist Party, according to State Department statements and reporting on the case.The officer was identified in undercover footage as Daniel…

President Donald Trump has pledged to send $5,000 payments to American adults if Republicans retain control of Congress in the November midterm elections, unveiling what he called a “Trump Dividend” during the GOP’s convention in Dallas.“If the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000,” Trump said during…