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- Tony Dokoupil Kicks Off CBS Coverage of Trump Speech With Heavy Disclaimer: Most...
CBS News covered President Donald Trump’s address to the nation on election integrity Thursday night — but opened with a heavy disclaimer from anchor Tony Dokoupil. In a special report at the top of the 9 p.m. ET hour, Dokoupil addressed the CBS audience about why the network decided to cover Thursday night speech — as broadcast network rivals NBC and ABC did not. As part of his opening commentary, Dokoupil called out the president’s rhetoric on the 2020 election for being false. “We are coming on the air tonight because in a few moments, President Trump will be giving a speech,” Dokoupil said. “It’s a speech expected to address safety and security of American elections — a topic of course that the president has talked a lot about for years now, at times almost constantly. And honestly, much of what the president had said on this topic has been false. Most notably, of course, the claim that he won the 2020 election, when of course he did not.” Still, CBS News decided to air most of the speech. Dokoupil explained why. “There is an argument that it’s irresponsible to air the president’s speech tonight,” Dokoupil said. But this speech will be made, it will be news, and it’s our job to cover the news. And so we are. My CBS News colleagues and I are reporting tonight along with you to make sense of it as you will, and we will.” CBS stayed with the speech for more than 15 minutes, then dumped out of it before its conclusion with fact checks. Watch above, via CBS.The post Tony Dokoupil Kicks Off CBS Coverage of Trump Speech With Heavy Disclaimer: Most Of What He’s Said On This Topic ‘Has Been False’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.32 mins ago - ICE Agent Who Killed Maine Man Reportedly Has History of Violent Behavior: ‘Yo...
AP Photo/Alex Brandon The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot and killed a man in Maine has a history of mental illness and violent behavior, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. On Monday, 25-year-old Colombian immigrant Joan Sebastian Guerrero was fatally shot by an ICE agent during a traffic stop. His father said he was living in the U.S. legally. The Department of Homeland Security said agents were monitoring a home in Biddeford, Maine, where they believed a resident was in the country illegally. DHS did not say if Guerrero was the man they were looking for. Guerrero exited the residence and got into a vehicle. The department claims that Guerrero “attempted to flee the scene” and that agents were “fearing for public safety,” so they shot him. Agents present were not wearing body cameras. No footage has emerged that confirms the DHS account of the shooting. On Thursday, the AP reported that the shooter was 37-year-old David Brouillette. According to records and witnesses in the report, he has a history of mental illness since childhood and violent behavior, so much so, that his ex-wife did not believe ICE had hired him when he told her. In fact, she believed he was having a mental health crisis: Brouillette, 37, told his ex-wife Ashley Brouillette late last year that he had been hired by ICE. She said that because of his long history of psychiatric issues, she thought he was having a mental health episode and she didn’t believe him. She didn’t realize he’d been telling the truth until this week, when videos began circulating online of the moments surrounding the shooting. The agent and his ex-wife married in 2007, but divorced in 2009 after he became physically violent toward her, she said. “According to Ashley Brouillette, he once threw boiling water at her while she was holding their child — an incident her mother Avis Collins also recounted,” the report added. David Brouillette joined ICE in late 2025 and around that time reportedly left a disturbing voicemail on Ashley Brouillette’s phone, in which he stated that she and her female relatives should die. “And all of you should have your f——–g throats cut,” the voicemail said. “Yeah, you should. Am I threatening that I’m gonna do that? Nope. Nope. But do I think that you should have your f——-g throats cuts? Or should have had them cut? Yep.” The AP… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Fetterman Threatens to Leave Democratic Party Over Israel: ‘That’s My Red Li...Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) threatened to leave the Democratic Party over its decreasing support of Israel on Thursday, telling Fox News, “That’s my red line.” Since Wednesday, he’s made similar comments in multiple appearances — at both the Hill Nation Summit on Wednesday and with CNN on Thursday. His remarks come after a significant shift among House Democrats on Wednesday, when 103 members of the party voted to eliminate $3.3 billion in U.S. aid to Israel, and another 10 voted “present.” Though the amendment ultimately failed 314-104, the vote clearly underscores the party’s increasingly divided stance on the country. In a similar vote just two years ago, just 37 Democrats backed the effort. “That’s my red line in the Democratic Party,” Fetterman told Fox News on Thursday. “Look at the people who are winning these primaries right now. They are not just, ‘I’m just pro-Palestinian. I’m deeply anti, anti-Israel.'” Here, Fetterman is referring to recent primary wins by Democratic socialist candidates, many of whom have expressed a major willingness to condemn Israel over its treatment of Palestinians — far beyond what is typically heard from the Democratic establishment. According to the Washington Examiner in late June, “Candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America have scored victories in 35 primary elections so far this year.” When speaking at The Hill’s summit on Wednesday, Fetterman clarified that while he has “no plans” to leave the party, “If our party ever becomes — and just makes it official — the anti-Israel party, that’s when I would leave because that’s been a moral clarity for me.” The senator added that he “can’t understand why the Democratic Party” would turn against Israel, criticizing members of his party who “are trying to ingratiate ourselves with that segment of the base of our voters who are intensely, intensely anti-Israel.” Watch the full clip of Fetterman’s Thursday comments above via Fox News.The post Fetterman Threatens to Leave Democratic Party Over Israel: ‘That’s My Red Line’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- We’re Tweaking Your Frequency
Next year at this time, Radio World will turn 50! That’s an amazing accomplishment for a media brand, though really not a surprise given how loyal our readers and advertisers are and how resilient this publication has been throughout our proud history. With our big birthday in mind, we’ve decided to tweak the frequency of the Radio World magazine to reflect how readers and advertisers want to consume our content. Starting with the current issue, the magazine will arrive in subscriber mailboxes once per month, or 12 times per year, plus our annual Source Book & Directory. The daily Radio World SmartBrief newsletter and our other offerings are not affected. As part of this shift we’re also planning to include more “deep dive” engineering content in the magazine, building on the popularity of the RW Engineering Extra e-newsletter. Advertisers continue to support and value print publications. They also want to be present in your digital life, via our website, the daily SmartBrief, in ebooks and other digital platforms. So a monthly magazine with a daily SmartBrief is the best fit for the mix of platforms our advertisers seek. This change will be a good one and will help propel Radio World through its next 50 years. As always let me know your thoughts about any aspect of Radio World at radioworld@futurenet.com. And as we head toward turning 50, please know how much all of us here appreciate you and the time you spend with us. Radio World welcomes letters to the editor on this or any story. Email radioworld@futurenet.com. The post We’re Tweaking Your Frequency appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - VIDEO: Joe Biden Crashes His Wife’s Book Event to Plug His Own Tome — Keeps ...
Screengrab via X Former President Joe Biden crashed former First Lady Jill Biden’s book event in June, continuing to plug his own upcoming book even as music played him off, video released on Thursday finally shows. While the New York Post initially reported on the uncomfortable moment in early June, video credited to 92NY did not emerge until Thursday, when Axios’ Alex Thompson posted the footage on X. 92Y has released the video of this strange/awkward moment at the end of Jill Biden’s book event. https://t.co/JMutl86K6s pic.twitter.com/vwVagTC2kX — Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) July 16, 2026 Notably, Thompson co-authored Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again with CNN’s Jake Tapper in 2025. The former first lady appeared at the 92nd Street Y to promote her book, View from the East Wing: A Memoir. Thompson’s video shows the crowd, including The View‘s Whoopi Goldberg on stage alongside Jill, standing to applaud the former president, who rises from his seat and walks to the stage. “Oh, Joe has a question,” quipped Jill as the crowd laughed. “Like you couldn’t ask it later?” “Who do you love most in the whole world?” asked Biden, now closer to the stage. “Whoopi,” the former first lady responded. Biden then turned to the audience for more applause, shaking hands with a security guard. “I love you most, Joe,” Jill clarified. “Is that the answer you wanted?” The couple continued to talk between themselves, with the former first lady mic’d up and Biden still standing at the foot of the stage. Goldberg then closed out the event, and music began to play over the loudspeakers. Yet Biden gestured to the crowd with a finger held up, clearly with more to say. He was handed a microphone and said, “My book, which comes out in September, read it.” “I have to remind him, this is my event!” said Jill. “The only thing Jill does better than write is she’s a beautiful woman,” concluded the former president. He then handed the microphone back and was escorted off the stage. Biden’s book, Promise Me, America, comes out in November.The post VIDEO: Joe Biden Crashes His Wife’s Book Event to Plug His Own Tome — Keeps Talking Even As He’s Being Played Off first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Scolds DOJ for Including Fake AI-Generated Case in...
(Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) Attorneys with the Department of Justice were scolded by a federal judge in an order Thursday for using what appeared to be a fake AI-generated case citation. During President Donald Trump’s second term, the DOJ has experienced a high level of turmoil and controversy, as the agency has seen a mass exodus of thousands of attorneys, a shockingly high level of criminal prosecutions being tossed out of court, and an erosion of trust with the judiciary. The federal government’s recent legal pleadings in an immigration case won’t help matters. As reported by Politico senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney, the DOJ’s attorneys seem to have included “a fake AI-generated citation” in a motion they filed in response to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Justice Department appears to have included a fake AI-generated. citation in an ICE detainee's case. Judge Jarbou, a Trump appointee in Michigan, called it out:https://t.co/sQQU1dYfUD pic.twitter.com/0xvdkhe4ic — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 16, 2026 In a short three-page order, Chief Judge Hala Y. Jarbou of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, a Trump appointee, spent the majority of the text addressing the apparent AI case. “There is one additional issue in this case that the Court must address,” wrote Jarbou, quoting from the DOJ’s response brief that cited a case citation of “Taylor v. Hott, 724 F. App’x 387, 392 (6th Cir. 2018).” But that cited case was not located at the citation listed in the DOJ’s pleading (it was an entirely different case at that page number), and Jarbou wrote that the court researched but “was unable to identify a Sixth Circuit case with the caption Taylor v. Hott, or any federal case containing the quoted language.” “Thus, it seems this citation was likely produced by generative artificial intelligence (‘AI’),” wrote Jarbou. The judge quoted several past cases declaring it to be “improper and unacceptable for litigants…to submit non-existent judicial opinions with fake quotes and citations,” and issued an admonishment to the DOJ attorneys, noting that she was not imposing sanctions this but she implied such consequences were possible if this happened again in the future: It should be obvious that any attorney who uses AI must scrupulously review its work product to ensure that the cited cases exist and that the… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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