Pete Hegseth has failed to give Donald Trump an accurate picture of the war on Iran while resorting to “dangerously exaggerated” statements to create an inaccurate picture of a US military triumph, a senior Democrat told a Capitol Hill hearing on Thursday. Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Senate armed services committee, told Hegseth,…
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One of the NFL’s all-time ageless wonders is giving it at least one more go. Calais Campbell is signing a one-year deal with the Ravens for what will be his 19th NFL season, per CBS Sports NFL insider Jonathan Jones. Campbell, who turns 40 on Sept. 1, is in line to become just the third…
Bamako woke to explosions as JNIM and Tuareg rebels attacked nationwide, killing Mali’s defence minister. Why now? Explosions rocked Mali’s capital on April 25 as rebels carried out coordinated attacks across the country. Mali’s defence minister was killed along with his wife and children when an attacker struck their home. With Bamako under siege and…
The UK terrorism threat level has been raised to “severe” by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre after the Golders Green stabbings, meaning a terror attack is thought to be “highly likely”. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, described Wednesday’s attack as a vile act of terrorism. “Today, the national threat level has increased to ‘severe’, which…
AI is more than a technology — it’s magic. Don’t believe me? Why, then, is one of the leading companies in the space, OpenAI, publishing entire official, corporate blog posts about goblins? To understand, we first have to go back to earlier this week, on Monday, April 27, 2026, when a developer under the handle…
Gabrielle Union is opening up about how past trauma once affected her ability to be present as a parent. During a recent conversation with trauma therapist Lashauna Cutts of Nema Health, the 53-year-old actress reflected on how her experience with PTSD made it difficult for her to stay engaged in everyday moments with her daughter,…
President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as the rift between the United States and one of its closest European allies widens over Berlin’s criticism of the war on Iran. The US president suggested on Thursday that Merz should focus on German and European affairs rather than comment on the…
“Bets Off Act” signage as Representative Greg Casar, a Democrat from Texas, left, and Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, speak during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a rule…
A historically long 75-day partial government shutdown has ended after the House voted narrowly to advance funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following a late-night Republican rally to boost a GOP budget blueprint. The tides turned on Wednesday evening when the House passed the Republican resolution following a last-minute deal over unrelated ethanol…
