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With his polls sagging, and amid his ongoing failure to address the raging pandemic, President Donald Trump appears to be seizing on the streets of Portland, Oregon—where protests against the police killing of George Floyd are ongoing—to try and scare Americans into reelecting him. Portland provided an opportunity for Trump to wield federal power at
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The Duchess of Cambridge “did little to bridge the divide” as relations became strained between an increasingly distant William and Harry in 2018, according to a new royal biography that sheds new light on Harry and Meghan’s first year of marriage and their shocking decision to quit the royal family . According to the authors
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Natalia Bryant is ready to rock one of Taylor Swift’s new ‘Folklore’ cardigans! The teen was so excited to receive a special delivery from the superstar. Taylor Swift, 30, just made Natalia Bryant‘s day! The 17-year-old daughter of Kobe and Vanessa Bryant took to social media to reveal the gorgeous delivery from the Folklore singer, which
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Regis Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, has died at 88. Philbin died of natural causes Friday night, just over a month before his 89th birthday,
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Regis Philbin, a ubiquitous presence on American television since the mid-1960s, has died at age 88, according to PEOPLE. His cheery, unscripted morning chat show Live!, first with co-host Kathie Lee Gifford and then Kelly Ripa, ran nationally from 1988 to 2011. “His family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got to
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The New York Times’s Maureen Dowd recently chatted with Elon Musk at length, resulting in an out-of-this-world interview published Saturday. The South African-born futurist, whose company Tesla has soared from a stock price of $361 in mid-March to as high as $1,643 last week, didn’t talk much about earnings reports or boardroom strategies. The discussion
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The persuadables—the Lean Trump and Mixed Feelings segments—were more inclined to say the protests were “somewhat right,” describing them using hazier terms like “equality” and “change.” But at the same time, they expressed unease with rioting, looting, and property destruction. So when the demonstrations became almost completely nonviolent and penetrated even the smallest American towns,
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What with a contentious presidential election, a global pandemic, and the postponed release of the Top Gun sequel, you’d think there’d be just no room for news about U.F.O.s right now. But never count 2020 out! The New York Times is reporting that the Pentagon will soon become more transparent concerning its Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon
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Even as the president obfuscates in public, his own intelligence officials are cognizant of the fact that right-wing extremists represent a more credible threat. An intelligence assessment dated June 15 and obtained by Politico warned law enforcement and public safety officials that the boogaloo movement—which experts say seeks to ignite a civil war—may be zeroing
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Kanye West tweeted a photo of Justin Bieber & Damon Dash at his Wyoming ranch a day after Justin posted several photos from a ‘road trip’ with Hailey Baldwin! Justin Bieber, 26, is the latest celebrity to roll into Kanye West‘s expansive Wyoming property. The Changes singer surprisingly showed up in the 43-year-old rapper’s latest tweet, which
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What a difference 16 months and one global pandemic make. Neiman Marcus, the anchor tenant at Manhattan’s glitzy Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards, announced in court filings Thursday that they will vacate the facility. The Dallas-based store occupies 250,000 square feet on the top three floors of the mall, roughly one-fourth of the entire
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