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White House’s ‘Freedom Fuel’ Gas Stations Spark Instant Backlash
White House’s ‘Freedom Fuel’ Gas Stations Spark Instant Backlash The White House on Wednesday touted the launch of 25 “Freedom Fuel” gas stations, a network it says will offer Americans cheaper gasoline, with the first station opening in Philadelphia at a price of $3.47 per gallon. Of the 25 locations, 20 are in Pennsylvania and…
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Trump Hands Zelensky a Win, Lets Ukraine Build Its Own Patriot Missiles
Trump Hands Zelensky a Win, Lets Ukraine Build Its Own Patriot Missiles President Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that the United States will grant Ukraine a license to manufacture Patriot air defense interceptors domestically, announced during a bilateral meeting at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. Ukrainian officials have pressed for the…
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Maine Senate Hopeful Graham Platner Quits After Assault Allegation Sinks Campaign
Maine Senate Hopeful Graham Platner Quits After Assault Allegation Sinks Campaign Graham Platner suspended his Democratic campaign for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat on Wednesday, two days after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021. In an 11-minute video posted to social media, Platner announced he was “suspending campaign operations” and intends to…
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Judge Forces Trump to Finally Pay E. Jean Carroll $5.8 Million
Judge Forces Trump to Finally Pay E. Jean Carroll $5.8 Million U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday ordered the release of more than $5 million owed to writer E. Jean Carroll, rejecting President Trump’s bid to keep the money in a court-controlled escrow account any longer. The order covers the bulk of a $5.8…
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Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire Dead, Defies Congress’s War Powers Vote
Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire Dead, Defies Congress’s War Powers Vote President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the ceasefire with Iran is “over,” and U.S. Central Command carried out a second consecutive day of strikes against Iranian targets, hitting more than 80 sites including air defense systems, coastal radar installations, and small boats used to threaten…
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Armed Chinese and Japanese Ships Face Off for Seven Hours Near Senkaku Islands Days After Beijing’s Missile Test
Armed Chinese and Japanese Ships Face Off for Seven Hours Near Senkaku Islands Days After Beijing’s Missile Test Chinese and Japanese vessels engaged in a roughly seven-hour standoff early Wednesday near the disputed Senkaku Islands (called Diaoyu in China), after two Chinese coast guard ships equipped with naval guns entered Japanese territorial waters off Taisho…
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Trump Hands Ukraine the Keys to Patriot Missiles While Denmark Fights Off His Greenland Grab — Same NATO Summit, Same Breath
Trump Hands Ukraine the Keys to Patriot Missiles While Denmark Fights Off His Greenland Grab — Same NATO Summit, Same Breath President Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday that the United States will license Ukraine to manufacture its own Patriot air defense interceptors, a long-sought request Kyiv…
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Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire “Over” as U.S. Strikes 90 Targets and Tehran Fires Back at U.S. Gulf Allies
Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire “Over” as U.S. Strikes 90 Targets and Tehran Fires Back at U.S. Gulf Allies The United States military struck approximately 90 targets across Iran early Thursday, including air defenses, radar sites and small boats, hours after President Donald Trump declared the fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran “over” following Iranian attacks…
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Sacha Baron Cohen Secretly Filmed a New Ali G Movie, and No One Saw It Coming
Sacha Baron Cohen Secretly Filmed a New Ali G Movie, and No One Saw It Coming Sacha Baron Cohen has wrapped production on an untitled new film reviving his early-2000s character Ali G, shot entirely in secret using the same guerrilla method he used for “Borat” and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” Cohen was reportedly spotted filming…
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AI “Actress” Tilly Norwood Lands Her First Movie Role, and Hollywood Is Not Okay
AI “Actress” Tilly Norwood Lands Her First Movie Role, and Hollywood Is Not Okay Tilly Norwood, the AI-generated “performer” created by Eline van der Velden’s production company Particle6, has been announced as the star of “Misaligned,” a comedy-drama billed as her first feature-length film role. The project is described as a coming-of-age story set inside…