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2+ min ago (341+ words) U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks to the members of the media as the U.S. House of Representatives votes on the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) delivered sharp criticism of President Donald Trump's policy of using military force to destroy vessels the U.S. Department of Defense believes are smuggling illicit drugs, including fentanyl, to the United States. Critics have called the strikes illegal, murder, and war crimes. Earlier this week, President Trump signed an executive order designating illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. "The framers understood a simple truth," Congressman Massie said on the House floor on Wednesday. "To the extent that war-making power devolves to one person, liberty dissolves. If the president believes military action against Venezuela is justified and…...

10+ min ago (198+ words) This exchange, which came shortly before House Republicans sought to crack down and terminate a vote on the discharge petition early, led to an avalanche of mockery from commenters on social media. "'I have not lost control of the House' sounds like a guy who has definitely lost control of the House," chided Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). "Recent scientific studies confirm that the most reliable indicator of a Speaker losing control of the House: the moment he tells reporters, 'I have not lost control of the House,'" jabbed Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-CA). "Right up there with 'I am not a crook,'" wrote Missouri State University president emeritus Mike Nietzel, referencing the notorious words of former President Richard Nixon. "I was more convinced when Christine O'Donnell said she wasn't a witch," wrote Andrew Feinberg of The Independent, referring to an infamous…...

11+ min ago (136+ words) House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back at swing-district Republicans considering support for a Democratic discharge petition to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies. On CNBC, Johnson framed the move as circumventing GOP control, insisting Republicans will pursue their own health care reforms and blaming Democrats for broken coverage. Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag. Johnson warns GOP against backing Democrats on ACA subsidy extension Johnson warns GOP against backing Democrats on ACA subsidy extension House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back at swing-district Republicans considering support for a Democratic discharge petition to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies. On CNBC, Johnson framed the move as circumventing GOP control, insisting Republicans will pursue their own health care reforms and blaming Democrats for broken coverage. Watch the video below. Stories Chosen For You...

11+ min ago (626+ words) While slime as a toy first hit shelves in the 1970s thanks to Mattel, it really blew up over the last decade, when kids and adults started posting endless slime videos online. Brands took notice. Now you can find slime textures in makeup, body products, and, in Bath & Body Works" case, a shapeable soap that TikTok is calling "slime soap." So a New York shopper decided to see what the hype is about." TikTok creator Aiyanna (@aiyannace) documents the whole thing in a viral clip that follows her from the front of the store to the sink. "I"m seeing videos that Bath & Body Works has slime soap," she says as she walks inside. "I know. I love slime anything. And I do like washing my hands." She heads to a worker and asks, "Excuse me, do you have slime soap?...

18+ min ago (1120+ words) In a nebulous dating landscape, some men are asking ChatGPT and Claude for third-party assessments of their love lives. But experts say AI isn't so objective. It was 3 a.m., and Adam Garcia was lying wide awake in bed, spinning out The 45-year-old creative director, a self-described serial monogamist, had been trying his luck on dating apps after his long-term relationship ended in July 2024 Late last year, a woman whom we'll call Audrey caught his eye on Hinge Audrey had stated on her Hinge profile that she was "still figuring out her relationship style" after her own yearslong relationship had dissolved, he recalls That didn't deter Garcia "I shot her a rose, thinking it would just be fun," he says "And then I fell for her."A few months into dating, the unresolved questions of where the pair stood gnawed at him:…...

24+ min ago (332+ words) TikTok is the birthplace of many viral food trends, but in the latest case, it's actually a revival of an old trend. This is called the Ploughman's lunch, and it's extremely popular right now. People are now obsessed with this not-at-all-new meal due to a popular foodie TikToker Courtney Cook (@courtneylcook), who went viral for her two-ingredient lunch recipe. "My fabulous Ploughman's lunch today," Cook (@courtneylcook) says in one her videos showcasing her work lunch. In this one, Cook is eating a boiled egg, apple, a boiled beet, English cheddar, white Stilton with apricots, some hot pickles, some crusty bread, and raisin butter. She also uses some Branston Piccallili for her lunch, along with other dressing and relishes. One person commented, "I feel like you're never going to stop having ploughmans lunch for lunch! " Cook responded, "My toxic trait is…...

25+ min ago (160+ words) Mediaite's Most Influential in News Media 2025 Vanessa Miller, a survivor of the terror attack on a group of Jews celebrating Hanukkah on Australia's Bondi Beach over the weekend, torched the police officers on the scene for "hiding" as two gunmen took the lives of 15 victims and injured dozens more during an appearance on The Erin Molan Show. "We got to" you know, fight this anti-Semitism, and we need to fight it full-on," added her husband, Wayne Miller. "Like how can we not be entitled to a Hanukkah event in Bondi Beach and be shot at like animals, like animals shooting at us, like sitting ducks. Like the government has to do more, they know there's a threat against the Jewish people" "They've got blood on their and they know it," interjected Vanessa. "They will deny, deny, deny, but they know…...

30+ min ago (457+ words) Mediaite's Most Influential in News Media 2025 Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) threw down with Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr (R) during a tense Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday. Earlier in the hearing, Carr said he did not believe the FCC is an independent agency, which led to the FCC quickly removing the traditional information from its website. Kim began his questioning by picking up on that exchange, "Chairman Carr, I guess I just wanted to start with you. I was confused after hearing your response to one of my colleagues about the status of the FCC. I want to read you a quote here and see if you agree with it. "Congress long ago determined that the FCC is an independent expert agency.' Is that correct or not?" Carr replied, "President Trump has designated me as chairman of the FCC....

30+ min ago (626+ words) As the Trump administration escalates its threats against Venezuela, some of the largest media outlets in the U.S. are lining up, just as they did in 2003, to make the case for war. It was a moment that those of us old enough to remember will never forget. On the evening of March 20, 2003, untold numbers of people were being massacred by U.S. missile strikes in Baghdad and the carnage was being triumphantly broadcast live by every major television outlet in the country." Literary theories are not to be upbraided for being political, but for being on the whole covertly or unconsciously so " for the blindness with which they offer as a supposedly "technical, "self-evident, "scientific or "universal truth doctrines which with a little reflection can be seen to relate to and reinforce the particular interests of particular groups of people at particular times....

31+ min ago (168+ words) Dan Scavino, longtime Trump aide and former golf caddie, erupted on social media after critics, including Adam Kinzinger and The Lincoln Project, mocked his haircut, comparing it to Hitler's. Posting late Tuesday night, Scavino warned that those mocking him "know exactly what referring to me as Hitler does" with his 2.8 million followers, calling the critics "sick and twisted" in a rare public outburst.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag. Trump ally panics over 'Hitler' haircut mockery from critics Trump ally panics over 'Hitler' haircut mockery from critics Dan Scavino, longtime Trump aide and former golf caddie, erupted on social media after critics, including Adam Kinzinger and The Lincoln Project, mocked his haircut, comparing it to Hitler's. Posting late Tuesday night, Scavino warned that those mocking him "know exactly what referring to me as Hitler…...