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21+ min ago (737+ words) MS NOW's Jen Psaki fired off a brutal series of fact-checks on Wednesday evening, demolishing many of the claims made by President Donald Trump in his late-night address unveiling $1,776 "warrior dividends" to combat the affordability crisis, which he solely laid at the feet of Democrats and claimed he is already in the process of fixing.Psaki, a former White House press secretary, pulled no punches in her analysis."I just want to quickly fact-check just a few " I mean, there were so many in there. We were working as quickly as we could, but just a few of the president's most blatant falsehoods," said Psaki. "Tonight, Trump announced checks for $1,776 for U.S. troops. First of all, Congress controls the power of the purse in the country, not the president. So if that happens, that is Congress sending those checks, even if…...

23+ min ago (395+ words) Renovations to the White House East Wing, where a ballroom is being constructed, have been mocked by talk show host Stephen Colbert. The Late Show host pointed out that the initial price Donald Trump had given for the project, $200million, had doubled between the first announcement and the president's most recent statement. Colbert, whose stint on The Late Show will come to an end in May 2026, blasted the president for the increasing cost of the ballroom renovation. The White House East Wing will be converted into a ballroom, though the project has faced criticism from historical activists and even prompted a lawsuit to be filed against Trump for his plans for buildings in the area. Colbert's team clipped together each time the price had increased under Trump. The first announcement confirmed the ballroom would be $200million to construct, paid for by donors…...

43+ min ago (1156+ words) The awful keeps spewing. The latest proof there is truly, repulsively no bottom: The most broken, powerful human being on the planet has added to his crappy, reality-show "Presidential Walk of Fame" bronze plaques below the photos denoting a boorish, revisionist "history" of each president. Inevitably, he saves the crudest insults for his predecessors - "divisive" Obama, "crooked" Biden - while praising his own supreme reign. America on the fucking, endless, childish ugly of it: "This is so exhausting."As always, there are of course more substantive horrors underway. Pam Bondi has told the FBI to create a list of domestic terrorist groups - the non-existent Antifa and anyone else who espouses "radical gender ideology, anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism or anti-Christianity" - and establish a "cash reward system" to encourage them to snitch on each other. Anti-vax crackpot RFK Jr's Health and Human Services (sic) has…...

1+ hour ago (373+ words) A series of plaques written for portraits featured in The White House have been mocked by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. Trump's writing for the plaques was confirmed by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who says Trump's interest in history is what prompted him to pen the paragraphs. She said, "As a student of history, many were written directly by the President himself." The paragraph on the plaque below Biden's presidency, for instance, reads, "He left office issuing blanket pardons to Radical Democrat criminals and thugs, as well as members of the Biden Crime Family - But despite it all, President Trump would get Re-Elected in a Landslide, and SAVE AMERICA!" Other plaques now featured in the White House included a comment on President Barack Obama being "one of the most divisive political figures in American History" and frequent boasts…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago (1603+ words) India aims to be an additional manufacturing hub for companies wanting to expand production beyond China. Can it succeed? In October, a small electronics manufacturer in the western Indian state of Gujarat shipped its first batch of chip modules to a client in California. Kaynes Semicon, together with Japanese and Malaysian technology partners, assembled the chips in a new factory funded with incentives under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's $10bn semiconductor push announced in 2021. Modi has been trying to position India as an additional manufacturing hub for global companies that may be looking to expand their production beyond China, with limited success. One sign of that is India's first commercial foundry for mature chips that is currently under construction, also in Gujarat. The $11bn project is supported by technology transfer from a Taiwanese chipmaker and has onboarded the United States chip giant…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago (470+ words) Organisers say the deal with YouTube will allow viewers to watch the awards ceremony on an "unprecedented global scale. By Alastair McCready and News Agencies The annual Academy Awards will be livestreamed on YouTube from 2029, the events organisers have announced, with the ABC network losing the rights to broadcast the illustrious movie awards ceremony for the first time in more than 50 years. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer and President Lynette Howell Taylor said in a Wednesday statement the YouTube partnership would allow the Academy Awards " better known as the Oscars " to reach "the largest worldwide audience possible. "This collaboration will leverage YouTubes vast reach and infuse the Oscars and other Academy programming with innovative opportunities for engagement while honoring our legacy, the statement said. "We will be able to celebrate cinema, inspire new generations…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago (262+ words) As the world confronts climate change and biodiversity loss, Afro-descendant communities offer a living blueprint for sustainable development. Protecting their lands, supporting their leadership, and amplifying their voices in international forums is both a moral imperative and a pragmatic strategy. When these communities thrive, the Amazon'and the planet'thrives with them. This article was produced by'Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. With increasing importance of climate resilience, it is becoming more and more necessary to integrate promotion and protection of rural livelihoods with this objective and this has become an important" by El Habib Ben Amara10/12/2025 In a Maghreb growing increasingly thirsty, water is no longer just a resource: it has become a diagnostic tool for our shared vulnerabilities, a marker of regional tensions, and perhaps" In this essay, I will focus on food and agriculture. I had…...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago (1285+ words) Break of dawn in Gaza used to have its own rhythm, smell and sounds. As fishers set out to sea, the sound of the engines on their vessels would carry far and wide on a salty breeze. The calm belied the bustle that would come as markets filled up and restaurants across Gaza prepared for customers filing in for fresh fish. Fishing is more than a job in Gaza. Gaza's is a maritime population. Fishing has always been part of the culture, part of the collective memory here. It is the kind of living that is passed down from fathers and grandfathers who have lived by this shore for generations. But over the past two years, this same sea " once a source of livelihood for an'estimated'110,000 people in Gaza " has instead borne witness to great suffering, its shoreline a last…...

2+ hour, 14+ min ago (474+ words) In the end, none of the Republicans confronted the commissioner in any way," the late night host adds Jimmy Kimmel made it clear he was less than impressed with Wednesday's Senate oversight hearing, where FCC chairman Brendan Carr was grilled for pressuring ABC and local broadcasters to pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel Live" in September. The comedian addressed Carr's testimony on his late night show Wednesday evening and blasted Senate Republicans for failing to hold the FCC head accountable. The hearing was on C-SPAN 3," he joked. You know, it's bad when you can't even make the main C-SPAN, but I didn't." On a more serious note, he added: In the end, none of the Republicans confronted the commissioner in any way. No one watched this. No one admitted to anything. Nothing was done to prevent it from happening again. No one's held…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago (664+ words) Tatiana did not seek the limelight to protect her privacy and scrutiny of public life. She was working as an environmental journalist, and "carrying on the legacy of JFK, who was the first U.S. president to raise concerns over the effects of climate change during his time in the White House." In her essay, there are many other tender moments" and intimate details that a patient goes through during a long hospital stay. After tucking the baby in her bassinet her tired husband would return to the hospital and stay the night by sleeping on the floor. The second transplant was with the no match stem cells of a donor. Her brother Jack pleaded with the doctors to take his stem cells arguing that a half-match is better than no-match. Reading this in a BBC report broke my heart. But the…...