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Mediaite reports: Fox News senior correspondent Mike Tobin reached the summit of Mount Everest last week and planted a Fox News flag at the peak. Tobin said he climbed the mountain in order to raise awareness for veteran and first responder suicide. He shared video clips on X showing the moment he reached the top, including a set of 22 …

The Hill reports: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought on Sunday pushed back against the idea that a sizable package of Republican priorities that recently made it through the House is going to raise the deficit. “This bill doesn’t increase the deficit or hurt the debt,” Vought told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” responding …

CNN reports: Gabrielle Cuccia criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s crackdown on press access at the Pentagon. And then, she said, she was fired. Cuccia was briefly the chief Pentagon correspondent OAN. A self-proclaimed “MAGA girl,” Cuccia positioned herself as a proudly conservative voice among the normally nonpartisan Pentagon press corps. But she grew perturbed by Hegseth’s actions against the press. …

The Independent reports: Elon Musk turned up with a black eye at a farewell press conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Musk said that he got the black eye from “horsing around” with his 5-year-old son, “Lil X.” “I said go ahead and punch me in the face and he did,” Musk said. “X could do it…,” …

Mediaite reports: Fox News host Lawrence Jones was left visibly frustrated after he was unable to fold a fitted sheet during a Friday morning segment, saying, “I don’t think men should do this.” The moment came as the Fox & Friends co-hosts took the show outside to engage in “Adulting 101” skills that are currently befuddling helpless Gen Zers unable …

The Daily Beast reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. skipped the champagne when celebrating the release of his agency’s Make America Healthy Again report. Instead, the Health and Human Services secretary marked the publication of the error-ridden report—which linked to nonexistent scientific studies—with a shooter of non-pasteurized milk alongside controversial health influencer Dr. Paul Saladino, who pushes an animal-based diet. The …

Axios reports: The massive Republican budget bill working its way through Congress has mostly drawn attention for its tax cuts and Medicaid changes. But it would also take steps to significantly roll back coverage under the Affordable Care Act, with echoes of the 2017 repeal-replace debate. The bill that passed the House before Memorial Day includes an overhaul of ACA …

The Hill reports: An awkward moment came at a town hall meeting on Friday in Butler, Iowa, when Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst (R) defended the spending reforms in a House-passed budget reconciliation package that are intended to stop people who crossed into the country illegally from receiving federal benefits. Someone in the crowd tried to talk over Ernst, interrupting her …

“Jassy Crockett and Acosta are dying to go to prison. They all told us Trump had an enemies list. I’m still waiting for the first arrest. Who’s Trump arrested besides bad hombres and the linebacker in Congress? Who? James Comey’s making death threats and he’s on a book tour and on a beach. I’d actually like to see a little …

The New York Times reports: As Elon Musk became one of Donald J. Trump’s closest allies last year, leading raucous rallies and donating about $275 million to help him win the presidency, he was also using drugs far more intensely than previously known, according to people familiar with his activities. Mr. Musk’s drug consumption went well beyond occasional use. He …

NBC News reports: The FBI’s top two leaders said in interviews on Fox News that the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, and they promised to release a surveillance video from the federal jail in New York City where Epstein was found dead. Officials in the first Trump administration ruled that Epstein’s death in 2019 …

CNN reports: Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who led the department during the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, has died at the age of 69, according to the New York Police Department and a source close to Kerik. Kerik, a Trump ally who once served three years in federal prison for charges including tax fraud and lying …

“I don’t think the Democrats are going to get it together because they have to have standards. You don’t have standards in that party. That’s why Fetterman’s allowed to wear shorts. That is why they let you sleep on the street and inject heroin and no one says anything. The teachers are racist because they see these kids, Hispanics, Blacks, …

The Christian site Protestia reports: Prominent charismatic teacher Lance Wallnau is under fire for claiming to be and repeatedly promoting himself as a ‘Doctor’ despite holding only an honorary degree from a diploma mill University. We’ve written about Wallneau in the past after demonstrating how he’s been thoroughly discredited as a false prophet. A key player in the New Apostolic …

The Daily Beast reports: White House communications director Steven Cheung has built a reputation for his profanity-laced, scorched-earth style—but author Michael Wolff, one of Cheung’s favorite punching bags, thinks his combative persona is just theater. “There’s a sort of tragic feel about (Cheung) because he’s so heavy,” Wolff continued, arguing that he has to be “hidden away” and can’t become …

Just in via press release: Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today introduced the Make Autorail Great Again Act to block all federal funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) until it officially changes its name to the “Washington Metropolitan Authority for Greater Access” (WMAGA) and renames the Metrorail the “Trump Train.” “WMATA has received billions in federal assistance over …

“In the story, which is online, it will soon be printed in the print copy, I am quoted by saying, Charlie, every time he sees President Trump, reminds him to, quote, crush these universities with every power that he has. That is true. That is not fake news. In fact, yesterday, when I was with President Trump — I mean, …

“What this really shows is that the global deep state is real, this legal deep state. This is their last line of defense, where you have these unelected judges who are trying to force their own will when it comes to tax policy, trade policy, and all matters of the economy. “In fact, all you have to do is look …

“Speaker Johnson, come on — you said this year that you were going to establish a new select subcommittee for the 119th Congress to continue House Republicans’ investigation into all events leading up to and after January 6. “Now, a couple of things about this, folks. He announced his intent. Right? And what does he say there at the end, …

Politico reports: The New York City Campaign Finance Board sent out over 3.5 million voter guides that incorrectly stated — twice — Mayor Eric Adams would appear on the Democratic primary ballot next month. He is actually skipping his party’s primary to run in November as an independent. The “2025 Primary Election Voter Guide” was mailed to 3,523,795 voters in …