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Screenshot Indiana Fever guard and rising WNBA star Sophie Cunningham broke her silence Wednesday night after Seattle Storm minority co-owner Celeste Keaton allegedly berated two teenage girls for supporting Cunningham’s courageous defense of women’s sports. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the girls attended Tuesday’s Fever-Storm game wearing XX-XY Athletics shirts and carrying signs thanking Cunningham for standing up for female athletes. One sign read, “Thank You Sophie for speaking up for girls!” According to independent journalist Brandi Kruse, who interviewed the teens, Keaton approached them, called them “f***ing insane,” and launched into a profanity-laced tirade, leaving at least one of…
Four women have accused Jared Leto of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers, to which the actor and musician responded Wednesday that he has “never sexually assaulted anyone.” “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false,” Leto, 54, said in a statement to The Associated Press. The BBC documentary “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret,” released Wednesday, details allegations including those from four women who accused the actor of sexual misconduct and assault between 2002 and 2016, when they were teenagers and Leto was an adult. One said she was 17 when…
The Rockefeller Institute of Government published a column on the rise of constitutional carry and suggested a number of gun controls to offset the permitless concealed carry scenario. The first gun control discussed by the institute “[restricts] where guns may be carried.” They noted that “many states” already make “bars, stadiums, and other public venues off-limits to concealed weapons.” The institute did not note that similar restrictions are the subject of litigation and, in the case of Hawaii–Wolford v. Lopez (2026)–have already been struck down by the Supreme Court. The next gun control suggested by the institute would set policies for gun storage…
John Thune is stuck in between President Donald Trump’s demands and the realities of Senate math. Thune has eight days to appease the president who wants to see the framework for a third GOP bill advance before senators break for summer recess. But the Senate majority leader in an interview with Jordain says he doesn’t have the 50 votes needed to adopt the budget plan right now. And he’s uncertain the president would be happy with the substantially watered-down form of the election security bill — the SAVE America Act — that Trump sees as the centerpiece of the measure.…
The eSafety Commissioner’s announcement comes a day after Russia charged CEO Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism Australia has taken legal action against Telegram over alleged failures to tackle terrorism-related content. Just the day before, Russia launched its own case against the messaging platform and its founder, Russian-born entrepreneur Pavel Durov.The Australian eSafety commissioner announced on Thursday that it had started civil proceedings in federal court for Telegram’s “alleged failure to detect and remove pro-terror material from the platform including videos of terrorist executions and mass shootings,” despite complaints from users.The regulator said videos of the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre and…
Screenshot Seattle’s far-left Mayor Katie Wilson reportedly fired Police Chief Shon Barnes on Wednesday night, just days after a deadly mass shooting rocked the city and triggered fierce scrutiny of City Hall’s disastrous response. According to five sources who spoke to FOX 13 Seattle, Barnes began texting people Wednesday evening about his dismissal. He had been scheduled for one-on-one media interviews that afternoon, but those were abruptly canceled. Barnes appeared at a silent vigil for the victims around 6:30 p.m., placed flowers, then left abruptly for a meeting with the mayor, after which he was told to resign. According to…
FIFA has officially charged Argentina for waving a politically charged flag at the World Cup after defeating England in the semi-final. The controversial moment came when players were seen celebrating in front of a flag bearing the message, “Las Malvinas son Argentinas,” which translates to “The Malvinas (the Argentinian term for the Falkland Islands) are Argentine.” The Falklands have been under British rule for 193 years and were central to the 1982 Falklands War, a 72-day conflict in which British troops successfully repelled an invading Argentine force. English explorers landed on the archipelago a century before Argentina had even been an…
Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) chief Anthony Fauci is hiding behind a “fraudulent” autopen pardon, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said during Wednesday’s hearing as Fauci continued to refuse to answer any and all questions, repeatedly invoking the Fifth Amendment. Scott offered Fauci a perspective on how his poor leadership impacted his own family, noting that he has daughters with children. “You can’t imagine the questions they had around vaccines for their kids and themselves, and the pressure — the unbelievable pressure — to make the right decision for their health,” Scott said, explaining that pregnant women were…
Now, Harry has 13 million issues to solve The lawsuit became a real problem for the celebrity claimants. First, the privacy lawsuit loss was a big confidence blow for Prince Harry, especially with the judge saying such tough words against the claimants’ manufactured answers. But that was not the end of the troubles. Now, Prince Harry and his celebrity co-claimants may have to pay $13.3 million in interim legal costs to the Daily Mail’s publisher. Prince Harry and co may have to foot legal bill of millions over doomed phone hacking claims against the Mail https://t.co/agHJYfPFkP — Daily Mail (@DailyMail)…
The U.S. military launched a new round of strikes against Iran Wednesday evening after President Donald Trump vowed to hit the Islamic Republic “very hard” in response to Iran’s attempted ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan the previous day. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Wednesday evening that U.S. forces had begun striking Iran, describing the operation as “a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks on U.S. forces based in the Middle East.” “U.S. forces began launching strikes against Iran at 8 p.m. ET today,” CENTCOM said. “The strikes are a powerful response to yesterday’s attempted Iranian attacks…