Elon Musk's bromance with President Donald Trump has taken a hit after the tech billionaire blasted the White House for 'undermining' him and treating DOGE like 'whipping boys.' The billionaire Tesla CEO spoke to the press before launching a SpaceX Starship into the stratosphere on Tuesday night and unleashed on Trump's $3.8 trillion spending bill. 'It undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing,' Musk bluntly told CBS. 'I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it.'
Wall Street traders have developed a biting new acronym for a strategy that's become surprisingly lucrative for President Donald Trump's whiplash-inducing trade policy: TACO " "Trump Always Chickens Out." Reportedly first coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong, the term has quickly gained traction among investors who are profiting from what they say is a predictable pattern: Trump threatens steep tariffs, the markets plunge, and days later he backs off in a way that prompts a rebound.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., the chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, is investigating whether the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Tom Shimabukuro scrubbed his own emails that lawmakers believe could reveal why the feds delayed telling doctors for months about heart-inflammation risks from COVID vaccines. Read more
"Everything will be all right." Ukrainian soldier Serhii Hryhoriev said this so often during brief phone calls from the front that his wife and two daughters took it to heart. His younger daughter, Oksana, tattooed the phrase on her wrist as a talisman.
In a video on his X profile with National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, Kennedy faulted the Biden administration for urging healthy kids to get "yet another COVID shot despite the lack of any clinical data to support the repeat booster strategy in children."
Balancing kids, a career, a semi-clean house and maybe a few minutes to drink a cup of coffee while it's still hot is no small feat. And yet, millions of women in the U.S. do just that every single day. According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau data, 73.2% of mothers with children younger than 18 are in the workforce. That's not just a stat -- it's a movement.
Consumer confidence rebounded in May after five straight months of declines as President Trump dialed back his aggressive stance on tariffs against China. The latest index reading from the Conference Board was 98 in May, well above the 85.7 seen in April and the 87.1 economists had expected. The expectations index surged off its 13-year low seen in April, reaching 72.8 May, far above the 55.4 in the month prior. This marked the largest month-over-month increase for that metric since May 2009. Read more
Beyond basic aesthetics, good posture - an erect, balanced bearing - is essential for optimal circulation, respiration, digestion and bladder function. Increasing evidence suggests it also improves cognitive ability and enhances your mood.
George Floyd died five years ago today, his movement only more recently. It is no exaggeration to say that his death was one of the most important moments in recent Western history. The viral video showing Floyd having the life choked from him by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin led to a wave of protests, riots and so much more. His death may have been more complex and multi-causal than initially seemed to be the case. Read more
A dual US and German citizen was arrested on Sunday for allegedly attempting to burn down the US embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, according to the justice department. Officials said they arrested Joseph Neumayer, 28, at John F Kennedy Airport in New York.
He was deported by Israeli authorities after he was found with explosive devices in a backpack near the embassy.
"Senator, you've presided here, I think for 32 years. You have presided over the destruction of the health of the American people. Our people are now the sickest people in the world, because you have not done your job," Kennedy fired back. Data and history back up his argument.
Muhammad Sinwar was almost always surrounded by hostages throughout the war, as Hamas leaders realized this was a strong deterrent against Israeli assassination attempts. Israeli intelligence had long tracked Sinwar but repeatedly ruled out potential strikes on him when presented with the opportunity due to fears there were hostages in his vicinity. For unknown reasons, Sinwar decided on May 13 to meet with the commander of the Rafah Brigade in Hamas's military wing, Mohammad Shabana, as well as other senior commanders, without his usual escort of hostages.
Trump has spoken at length about wanting peace between Ukraine in Russia, but his recent choices resulted in a bloody incursion in Ukraine, according to author and former Trump associate Lev Parnas Saturday. Parnas, a Ukrainian-born former associate of Rudy Giuliani who recently wrote about how Trump's team was "humiliated" by a foreign leader, flagged a "massive assault on Kyiv" and called it "fallout" from Trump's recent actions. And I want to be very clear: this massacre didn't come out of nowhere. This is the direct result of Donald Trump's two-and-a-half-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin just days ago. He opened the door"and Putin stormed through it," the ex-insider said. "While Trump smiles and talks about 'respect' and 'getting along,' Ukraine is bleeding.
A Mexican wildlife sanctuary has evacuated hundreds of exotic animals to escape cartel violence near Culiacn, Sinaloa, marking one of the largest animal relocations in the country's history. 700 animals including elephants, tigers, and lions, were transported from Ostok Sanctuary 140 miles to a new refuge in Mazatln after months of armed attacks, threats, and supply shortages. A 15-truck convoy, escorted by National Guard personnel, accompanied zoo veterinary technicians and wildlife management specialists. Ostok Sanctuary is located 25 km north of the capital of Culiacn, a city that rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel have turned into a battlefield for territorial control, following last summer's arrest and extradition to the US of cartel leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
Zackery Brandon Barfield (31) of Panama City, FL was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment, a $51,000 fine, and one-year supervised release for poisoning and shooting dolphins. Barfield grew frustrated with dolphins eating red snapper from the lines of his charter fishing clients. He began placing methomyl inside baitfish to poison the dolphins that surfaced near his boat. Methomyl is a highly toxic pesticide that acts on the nervous system of humans, mammals, and other animals. Barfield recognized methomyl's toxicity and impact on the environment but continued to feed poisoned baitfish to the dolphins for months. Barfield also used a 12-gauge shotgun to shoot the defenseless dolphins that surfaced near his vessel, killing one immediately. On other occasions, Barfield shot, but did not immediately kill, dolphins near his vessel. On one trip the maniac shot an innocent dolphin while two elementary-aged children were on board, and another with more than a dozen fisherman on board. Read more
