Author: Press Room
A photo of Michelle Obama in worn jeans and a T-shirt by Annie Leibovitz is going viral on social media after the former First Lady posted the shot to promote a new edition of the famed photographer’s book Women. By mid morning, one reposting of the photos alone had already garnered a quarter million views. Leibovitz, 76, whose career goes back more than 25 years to her early iconic photos in Rolling Stone magazine, is known for placing her celebrity subjects in unlikely settings and situations to reveal previously unseen aspects of their personalities. Obama, 61, dressed in boots and…
The Brazilian president has called for a peaceful solution before a potential conflict breaks out Brazil is “enormously worried” about the US military buildup near Venezuela, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said, calling for a solution to be found “before a conflict begins.”The Pentagon has deployed multiple warships and the largest US aircraft carrier in the Caribbean near the South American nation, and has killed scores of people in controversial attacks on boats it claimed were linked to alleged Venezuelan-led drug trafficking operations. Caracas has denied the accusations.“I am very concerned about the military deployment that the United…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – A man who set fire to a Melbourne synagogue while worshippers were inside was motivated by mental illness rather than antisemitism, an Australian magistrate said on Monday. Angelo Loras, 35, had pleaded guilty to arson and recklessly placing people at risk of death on July 4 when he doused the front door of the East Melbourne Synagogue with flammable liquid and ignited it. Around 20 worshippers were inside sharing a Shabbat meal, but no one was injured. Reports of antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents have risen sharply across Australia since the war between Israel and Hamas began…
“The Golden Age of travel starts with all of us,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said ahead of the Thanksgiving travel period, touting the affordability of gas prices as the holiday season kicks off. “Now is the perfect time to hit the road to visit family & friends for Thanksgiving — gas prices are at a RECORD LOW — and for that we can all be thankful for a more affordable holiday season,” Duffy said in one X post, sharing words from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who outlined some of these realities during a press conference last week. “President…
Nine people were shot, one of them fatally, in two different incidents following the lighting of the downtown Christmas tree Friday night in Democrat-run Chicago. NBC Chicago noted that the first of the shootings occurred “along North State Street near East Madison Street” at 9:50 p.m. Seven people were wounded amid the gunfire. A 14-year-old boy was wounded in the stomach. He is listed in good condition. A 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy each sustained a wound in the left thigh and are both reportedly in good condition. A girl, 14 years old, was shot and wounded in the right…
Actor Charlie Sheen said his father’s criticism of President Donald Trump was poorly timed because the West Wing star’s attack came on the same day that Trump was the toast of the world due to his Gaza peace deal. Charlie appeared on The Megyn Kelly Show and during the interview he noted that he told his father, famed Apocalypse Now star Martin Sheen, that his anti-Trump criticism was wrong at the wrong time. The elder Sheen had chosen the same day that Trump was making history by brokering a peace deal in Gaza. Sheen went off on Trump (again) calling him a “non-human”…
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stepped directly into the center of European policymaking on Monday, pressing EU leaders to ease what Washington views as an increasingly punitive regulatory regime targeting American technology firms. On his first official trip to Brussels since the July trade agreement, Lutnick made the administration’s position explicit: any movement on steel and aluminum tariffs—an urgent priority for Europe’s manufacturers—will depend on reforms to the bloc’s digital-regulatory framework and resolution of multibillion-euro cases against U.S. tech companies. “Our suggestion is that the European Union and their trade ministers deeply consider trying to analyse their digital rules, try…
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that black Democrats can be more centrist than white Democrats because “the white Democrats are very afraid of being called racist. That’s why we wind up with open borders and stuff like that.” And someone like ESPN host Stephen A. Smith can call out left-wing excesses within the party in a way that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) can’t. During a discussion of the 2028 presidential race on the Democratic side, where rapper Killer Mike predicted Pritzker will likely be the Democratic Party nominee in 2028, Maher said, “I…
The court dismissed the indictment against James Comey, whom President Trump accused of “witch hunt” A US federal judge dismissed the cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, ruling that the prosecutor overseeing the indictments had been unlawfully appointed.Judge Cameron McGowan Currie wrote in her order that the installation of President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Lindsey Halligan as the interim attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. “All actions flowing from Ms. Halligan’s defective appointment, including securing and signing Mr. Comey’s indictment, constitute unlawful exercises of executive power and…
Washington (AFP) – Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island’s rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon, has died, his wife said Monday. He was 81. “It is with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia,” his wife Latifa Chambers wrote on his official Instagram account. “I am thankful for his family, friends, fellow artists and coworkers who have shared his journey with him. To all his fans around the world, please know that your support was his strength throughout his who career.”…