PoliticsReutersTape recording shows Trump acknowledging he kept classified document on Iran -CNN
Federal prosecutors have a 2021 audio recording of former President Donald Trump acknowledging he kept a classified Pentagon document about a possible attack on Iran after leaving the White House, CNN reported on Wednesday. The recording shows Trump, who is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, understood he retained classified material after he left the White House in 2021, according to the cable television network. Trump has denied wrongdoing.
PoliticsINSIDERLauren Boebert missed voting against the debt ceiling bill she hated and can't explain why
Lauren Boebert missed the vote to raise the debt ceiling after criticizing the deal for weeks. The House passed the bill 314-117, but Boebert failed to appear and vote no as pledged. Boebert's absence sparked criticism and questions about her effectiveness as a Congressman.
U.S.Florida TodayJeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, reportedly stops by Mexican restaurant in Titusville
According to posts on social media, Bezos had dinner with his fiancee Lauren Sanchez on Thursday, June 1, at El Leoncito Mexican restaurant in Titusville. Below are some things to know about one of the world's richest people and the longtime restaurant near Kennedy Space Center. World's richest: Forbes list shows Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Trump lost money as Jimmy Buffett, Tiger Woods make the cut Big win for Blue Origin.
BusinessReutersTesla doubles discounts on Model 3 cars in US inventory
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc has doubled discounts on some already made new Model 3 electric cars and offered discounts on the Model Y and others in its U.S. inventory to entice buyers amid economic uncertainty, rising competition and the upcoming redesign of its mainstay model. In California, a Model 3 variant in inventory was priced at $42,060, a discount of $2,680 to the price of newly ordered cars, according to its website. Tesla offered steeper discounts of $6,330 and $5,000 on some higher-priced Model X and Model S vehicles, respectively.
BusinessFortune‘What’s happening in the office sector is apocalyptical’: This commercial real estate CEO says the crash has already started
More from Fortune: 5 side hustles where you may earn over $20,000 per year—all while working from home Looking to make extra cash? To get an answer to the question that's on all our minds, we asked Fred Cordova, chief executive officer and founder of Santa Monica–based commercial real estate brokerage and consultancy firm Corion Enterprises. With Cordova's wildly entertaining, and relevant, analogies, he basically suggests the office sector is crashing—and that his firm predicted it over a year ago.
PoliticsHuffPostDonald Trump Makes One Of His Most Inflated Claims Yet Involving The Mona Lisa
Trump also compared his campaign events ― where he customarily rants about political opponents and dog-whistles to the crowd ― to “a Broadway play where they will see it 20 times. Trump confessed he limits his talking points, riffing on the “same 20 subjects” from the lectern. You're talking about the border, you're talking about the military, you're talking about low taxes, you're talking about certain things,” he said.
U.S.In The Know by YahooAn Asian American woman made a Hinge account, and here’s how it went: ‘It’s 2023. Filter out the colonizers girl’
One creator is shining a light on how awful dating apps and dating in general can be for Asian American women. On May 28, Katie Dnos (@katiednos), a 24-year-old Korean American woman from the D.C. area, shared a video on TikTok documenting the aftermath of her decision to install “hinge as an asian on the east coast.” Set to the well-known “DO A FLIP” audio making its rounds on the digital platform, Dnos posted a series of screenshots, including a photo and prompt she settled on for her Hinge profile, followed by a response from an unlikely suitor named Dillon.
HealthWashington PostA catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry.
Before she became a patient, April had been an outgoing, straight-A student majoring in accounting at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. April was diagnosed with a severe form of schizophrenia, an often devastating mental illness that affects approximately 1 percent of the global population and can drastically impair how patients behave and perceive reality. "She was the first person I ever saw as a patient," said Sander Markx, director of precision psychiatry at Columbia University, who was still a medical student in 2000 when he first encountered April.
U.S.INSIDERA man rented a home and then impersonated the owner, applied for a mortgage, and stole the money, police say
Toronto Police is now urging homeowners to lock away confidential documents. A 42-year-old man impersonated the owner of the home he was renting in Toronto, Canada, to secure a mortgage on the property and then steal the money, police say. Jay Allen Macdougall was arrested on May 25 and charged with five counts of fraud over $5,000, as well as laundering proceeds of crime, the Toronto police department said in a news release.
U.S.Associated PressFamily's Alaska fishing trip becomes nightmare with 3 dead and search over for 2 more
An Alaska fishing adventure became a nightmare for a family of eight when disaster struck one of the two boats they chartered over the Memorial Day weekend, leaving three people dead and two more missing despite a desperate search over hundreds of square miles of ocean. The tragedy tore the Tyau family apart: Two sisters and one of their husbands are dead, while the other's partner and the boat captain remain missing off southeast Alaska four days after the boat was found partially submerged off an island. The sisters and their sister-in-law didn't like fishing but joined the vacation to spend more time with a family that was usually split between Hawaii and Los Angeles.
U.S.People6-Year-Old Girl Hospitalized After Strap She Was Playing with While Riding in Truck 'Severed Her Feet'
Aubrey Scaletta was in emergency surgery for six hours "to repair her amputated feet," according to the Virginia State Police Association A 6-year-old girl remains hospitalized in Virginia after her feet were severed in a "tragic accident" last month, according to loved ones. Aubrey Scaletta “was playing with a ratchet strap” while riding in a pickup truck on May 17 when the incident occurred, according to a news release from the Virginia State Police Association (VSPA). As she did so, one end of the strap flew out the window and got wrapped around the drive shaft.
BusinessFortune‘All hell is going to break loose’: Property titan and Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran says Elon Musk is right about commercial office space
If you're a commercial property giant, Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran has some bad news for you: the market is going to get much worse before it gets any better. More from Fortune: 5 side hustles where you may earn over $20,000 per year—all while working from home Looking to make extra cash? This CD has a 5.15% APY right now Buying a house?
BusinessReutersFord Motor Co sues Blue Cross Blue Shield in antitrust case over ‘astronomical’ profit
Ford Motor Co sued Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in U.S. court on Wednesday, accusing it of a price-fixing conspiracy that caused the automaker to pay inflated costs for health insurance products for its employees. The lawsuit Ford filed in Detroit federal court accused the insurer and its regional Michigan branch of unlawfully dividing up parts of the country in a scheme to reduce competition with each other in order to drive "astronomical profits." The allegations from Ford, employing more than 170,000 workers worldwide, relate to a $2.7 billion settlement that Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and its three dozen member companies reached in 2020 with corporate and individual policy holders in Alabama federal court.
U.S.BillboardHayley Williams Has Stark Warning For Fans Who Support This Republican Presidential Candidate
As the 2024 presidential race starts to heat up with more than half a dozen republicans already throwing their hats in the ring to take on President Biden, Paramore singer Hayley Williams told New Jersey fans that she's not afraid to get political from the stage. Related In fact, the outspoken vocalist told the crowd at the Adjacent Music Festival in Atlantic City last weekend that if they're supporting a particular candidate they can take a hike. I'll be happy to tell you I'm very f–king comfortable talking politics,” Williams said during Paramore's headlining set to the screams of fans.
WorldINSIDERSouth Korean lawmaker says they estimate Kim Jong Un is over 300 pounds and has a 'severe' sleeping disorder
A South Korean lawmaker says AI estimates that Kim Jong Un weighs about 300 pounds. The North Korean dictator lives a secretive life, and news about his health is often not shared. Kim also appears to have "severe" insomnia, the lawmaker said.
U.S.Associated PressNew details of Jeffrey Epstein's death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP
Nearly four years later, the AP has obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to Epstein's death from the federal Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Act. They include a detailed psychological reconstruction of the events leading to Epstein's suicide, as well as his health history, internal agency reports, emails, memos and other records. Taken together, the documents the AP obtained Thursday provide the most complete accounting to date of Epstein's detention and death, and its chaotic aftermath.
U.S.Reuters VideosCar launches into air after hitting tow truck ramp
STORY: The bodycam footage from a Lowndes County Sheriff's officer showed the car approaching the tow truck on Highway 84 at speed, hitting it and going airborne for a few dozen meters. The driver, a 21-year-old woman from Tallahassee, Florida, survived the crash but reportedly sustained serious injuries.
U.S.HuffPostFlorida Man Pointed Gun At Woman's Head After Her Friend Backed Into His Driveway: Sheriff
Vetsch, who was watching on his security camera, went outside with a handgun to confront the man, police said. Security camera footage taken from Vetsch's home and obtained by The Daytona Beach News-Journal shows the confrontation. In the video, a woman can be seen walking out of the home across from Vetsch's to confront the man, who then pulls out a gun and points it at her head.
U.S.Associated PressReal-life ‘Fast and Furious’: Car sent flying over tow truck in Georgia, video shows
It looks like a scene from a Hollywood blockbuster. Shocked motorists and law enforcement watched in horror as the Nissan Altima was launched 120 feet (37 meters) down the highway in Lowndes County, according to police report on the May 24 crash. After landing upside down, the Nissan struck another car then tumbled end over end before coming to a rest 23 feet down the roadway, the report said.
WorldBusiness InsiderUS Secretary of State Blinken said Russia claimed it had the 2nd-best military in the world, but now 'many see Russia's military as the 2nd-strongest in Ukraine'
Blinken said in a speech on Friday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a "strategic failure." Blinken said Russia is "significantly worse off today than it was before the full-scale invasion." "Today, many see Russia's military as the second strongest in Ukraine," he said.
PoliticsAssociated Press VideosTrump reacts to Biden's Air Force Academy tumble
Donald Trump reacted to President Joe Biden's fall at the Air Force Academy, telling a crowd in Iowa, 'I hope he wasn't hurt. Trump also recounted his own experience with a near fall on a slippery ramp following a 2020 speech at West Point. (June 1)
U.S.Associated PressCharges dropped against man who served 21 years in prison for deaths of 2 Michigan hunters
Prosecutors dropped murder charges Thursday against a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the fatal shooting of two Michigan hunters. Jeff Titus was released in February when authorities acknowledged that critical information in police files about another suspect — an Ohio serial killer — was never shared with his trial lawyer in 2002. Now, after reviewing the case for three months, Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting said Titus will not face a new trial.
BusinessLA TimesDaymond John seeks temporary restraining order against former 'Shark Tank' contestants
Further, they alleged that their partnership with John and Rastelli Foods was problematic, and that Al Baker was excluded from key business meetings and left in the dark regarding real-time financial information. They say they have received only some 4% of the publicly stated $16 million in revenue from the business. In his complaint, John refuted many of the Bakers' claims, saying he played a vital role in helping their boneless rib business, including using his vast network of contacts.
PoliticsHuffPostJen Psaki Gives Eyebrow-Raising Take On Why Joe Biden Is 'Comfortable' To Many In GOP
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that Republicans struggle to portray President Joe Biden as extreme because of his gender and skin color. “He's a white man who's older, so you know he is comfortable to many in their base,” Psaki told host Joy Reid on MSNBC. Psaki's comment got an animated reaction from Reid during their discussion about the GOP's perception of Biden and how it could work for the president in his 2024 reelection bid.
WorldReutersBRICS meet with 'friends' seeking closer ties amid push to expand bloc
Senior officials from more than a dozen countries, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, were in talks on forging closer links with the BRICS bloc of major emerging economies on Friday as it met to deepen ties and position itself as a counterweight to the West. BRICS, which now consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is considering expanding its membership, and a growing number of countries have expressed interest in joining. Once viewed as a loose association of disparate emerging economies, BRICS has in recent years taken more concrete shape, driven initially by China and, since the start of the Ukraine war in February 2022, with added impetus from Russia.
