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A YMCA in San Francisco, California, has reportedly changed its nudity rules after patrons rallied against a transgender-identifying male who would allegedly expose his genitals in the women’s locker room. The Daily Mail reported that a trans-identifying man who goes by “Sammy” and still has an intact penis has been “banned from flaunting [his] pre-op privates at a YMCA in liberal San Francisco after a sustained freak out by gym goers.”  The Stonestown Family YMCA reportedly posted rules that read: “Nudity should be discreet, limited, and brief.” The policy was posted in a changing room with the title “NEW YMCA LOCKER…

As the party implodes under inept leadership, the former PM has come up with his own ten commandments – which will only poison it further This week, as UK Labour’s destructive leadership contest intensified, former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair staged a remarkable intervention in which he single-handedly sought to save the party from political oblivion.Blair’s dramatic intrusion into Labour politics took the form of a 5,600 word essay – in which he denounced Keir Starmer, criticized leadership contenders Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting, and, more importantly, set out a radical political manifesto that he believes the Labour Party must…

ToplineThe Trump administration’s reported criminal investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll—the latest highly politicized and controversial use of his Department of Justice to pursue the president’s perceived enemies—comes as Trump is running out of options to avoid paying nearly $100 million in damages (and counting) to the writer, with the Supreme Court poised to rule on whether it considers Trump’s appeal of the two verdicts against him.E. Jean Carroll attends Equality Now’s Make Equality Reality Gala on October 8, 2024 in New York City.Getty ImagesKey FactsThe Justice Department launched a criminal inquiry into Carroll and whether she committed perjury when…

College students are trying to figure out how to incorporate AI into their choice of major.gettyMidway through his master’s degree in computer science at Stony Brook University, Murtaza Mister realized the job market he had been preparing for was changing in real time.After applying to more than 3,000 jobs and internships over his time in school, the 23-year-old began noticing employers were no longer asking only for traditional computer science skills. “I saw the job descriptions evolve from asking for computer science fundamentals to being able to use AI tools, and then build with AI tools,” he says. “Halfway through…

Already teetering on the brink, the controversial Spanish socialist government of Pedro Sánchez received another blow on Wednesday when specialist police arrived at their party headquarters, just a days after officers raided the home of a former party leader and his allies, finding a golf bag of cash and jewellery of dubious provenance. Specialist police officers entered the headquarters of Spain’s ruling Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) to remove documents on Wednesday, just the latest development in what are now several concurrent investigations into various top party members accused of embezzlement, influence peddling, campaign financing irregularities, and money laundering. The PSOE and its…

The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation rose by slightly less than forecast in April. The personal consumption expenditures price index moved up 0.4 percent last month compared with March, according to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. Economists had forecast the index would rise by 0.5 percent. In March, the index jumped 0.7 percent. Compared with a year ago, PCE prices rose 3.8 percent. The Federal Reserve says it targets a two percent annual rise in PCE prices. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, core PCE inflation climbed by 0.2 percent in April and 3.3 percent over the…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) responded to a question on people who are concerned about socialism gaining popularity by saying that “too often, we just throw around these phrases without thinking about what it really means.” During a segment reading viewer questions, host Blake Burman asked, “This comes to us about maybe some concerns within parts of the Democratic Party, with the trend towards socialism among today’s youth, how do we restore a culture of personal responsibility, hard work, and accountability in America, rather than continued dependence on government programs and political division?” Pingree…

Russia is setting a “trap” for the EU by encouraging member states to decide who should represent the bloc in direct talks with Moscow, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has claimed. EU officials have for months complained that US-Russian negotiations on the Ukraine conflict have left Europeans sidelined. However, the 27-member bloc has still failed to agree on who could speak for its interests in possible direct negotiations with Moscow, which were cut off after the escalation of the conflict in 2022. “I find that it is a trap that Russia wants us to walk into, that we discuss…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) asked the courts to drop a Biden-era lawsuit against digital currency exchange Gemini, which stated that the agency had declared “lawfare” against it. The CFTC joined Gemini Trust Company, LLC in a Motion for Relief from Judgment in CFTC v. Gemini Trust Company, LLC, which was originally filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in June 2022. The parties entered into a consent order in January 2025. The CFTC stated that it conducted a comprehensive review of the history of the investigation against Gemini, and also considered changes in federal…

Brazilian Senator and presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro met privately with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, roughly a month after Trump met with socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whom Bolsonaro is challenging in the upcoming election. President Trump privately met with Sen. Bolsonaro; his younger brother, former lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro; and Brazilian journalist Paulo Figueiredo. According to Figueiredo, the meeting lasted over an hour. Flávio Bolsonaro is the oldest son of conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is presently under strict house arrest serving a 27-year prison sentence for “crimes against democracy.” The Rio de Janeiro senator is…