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Actor George Clooney conceded during a Thursday interview that the media failed in its coverage of former President Biden’s fitness and ability to serve. Clooney told The New York Times’ Maureen Dowd that Biden was irresponsible in covering up his “incapacities,” and added, “the media, in many ways, dropped the ball.” Reacting to a moment…
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the National Garden of American Heroes will be getting statues of American sports legends. During a Black History Month ceremony at the White House, Trump revealed that late NBA star Kobe Bryant, late boxing star Muhammad Ali and late civil rights icon and MLB pioneer Jackie Robinson will all…
Stephen Miller gave the White House press corps a “civics lesson” on presidential powers at Thursday’s press briefing, to the delight of conservatives. The White House deputy chief of staff for policy responded to a question comparing media concerns about Elon Musk serving as an “unelected bureaucrat” while ignoring former President Joe Biden’s declining mental…
The Trump administration is increasing pressure on Ukraine to broker a peace deal ending the conflict with Russia as President Donald Trump grows increasingly irritated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to the White House. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz admitted Thursday that Trump’s patience with Zelenskyy is running thin, and said that Wednesday discussions…
A police officer and off-duty firefighter worked together to rescue a woman from her burning vehicle after a cement truck hit her Nissan pickup, causing it to roll over and burst into flames. The dramatic incident happened on the U.S. 60 westbound highway near Val Vista in Arizona shortly before 7 a.m. on Feb. 18,…
YouTube is about to officially launch a cheaper, “premium lite” version of its subscription service in the US, Australia, Germany and Thailand, according to Bloomberg. This new tier will “target viewers who primarily want to watch programs other than music videos,” Bloomberg says. The publication didn’t say what the price might be. YouTube piloted a…
Minnesota’s House Education Policy Committee passed a bill on Thursday that would prevent trans athletes from playing in women’s and girls sports in the state. The bill, HF12, also known as the “Preserving Girls’ Sports Act,” states “only female students may participate in an elementary or secondary school level athletic team or sport that an…
A vaccine for pancreatic cancer could serve as a promising new therapy. At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York, an experimental approach to treating the cancer with a messenger RNA (mRNA)-based therapeutic vaccine “continues to show potential” in reducing the risk of the disease returning after surgery, according to a press release….
Some users say battery capacity has dropped from multiple days to less than one. Last month, Fitbit Versa 3 and Sense owners started getting notifications to download a mandatory firmware update. The problem? Overheating batteries. In an official consumer notice, Google (which owns Fitbit) notes that the firmware update would “reduce the risk of battery…
President Donald Trump will not be at the 4 Nations Face-Off championship between Team USA and Canada on Thursday, but he gave the Americans a phone call ahead of time. After posting on Truth Social, where he again proclaimed Canada “will someday, maybe soon, become our… Fifty First State,” Trump dialed the team while they…