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AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin President Donald Trump reacted with volcanic fury after a judge ruled his name must be removed from the Kennedy Center, posting a lengthy rant on his Truth Social page Friday, lambasting the judge and angrily declaring he was washing his hands of the project. Shortly after his second inauguration, Trump appointed himself to the board for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and added several of his allies to the board as well, who then named him chair. It was a divisive move, with the president’s MAGA supporters cheering his takeover, his critics left disgusted, and ticket sales in a free fall. The announcement last December that Trump’s name would be added to the Kennedy Center sparked swift outrage from members of the Kennedy family and other critics of the president, outrage that spiked after Trump’s name was added to the building’s façade a mere day later. The center’s website, social media, and other digital branding were also updated to say “The Trump Kennedy Center.” Trump has repeatedly claimed that the board had “voted unanimously” to approve the renaming, but Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), a board member, posted a tweet saying she had been “muted on the call and not allowed to speak or voice my opposition to this move,” and noted the name change had not been on the agenda, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) were not present at the meeting and voiced their opposition later in media interviews. Beatty filed a lawsuit in late December challenging the “illegal renaming,” arguing that “[b]ecause Congress named the center by statute, changing the Kennedy Center’s name requires an act of Congress.” She has been represented by Norm Eisen, along with the organization he co-founded, Democracy Defenders Action, and the Washington Litigation Group. When Trump announced that the Kennedy Center would be closed for two years for “Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding,” Beatty amended her claims to seek to block that closure as well. On Friday, Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled in Beatty’s favor, ordering both the planned closure to be halted and for Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center. “The Kennedy Center’s organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - ‘Is He a Male Model?’ Trump Says He Wishes He Looked Like ‘Beautiful’ Ja...
During a Friday preview of an upcoming Fox News interview between Lara Trump and President Donald Trump, the commander-in-chief recalled asking if “beautiful” NFL quarterback Jaxson Dart is “a male model,” adding that he wished he looked just like him. The preview of the interview, which is set to release in full on Saturday, aired on Friday’s edition of The Will Cain Show. “Well, first of all, I wish I looked just like Jaxson,” said Trump in the clip. “I said, ‘Is he a male model, or what?’ He’s a handsome guy, like a beautiful guy, a, you know, conservative guy. He said, ‘I love you, sir.'” Another clip from the interview played next, where Trump added, “So, when Jaxson gets harassed a little bit, he’s also loved more because we have more people than they do. And a lot of the people that you think, like people in Los Angeles — wealthy people — I see them all the time. They’re hitting me a little bit, and they meet me, and they say, ‘Sir, I voted for you.'” Here, the president referred to the criticism of Dart after he showed up to introduce Trump at a New York rally last Friday, during which he also observed that the quarterback has “legs like tree trunks.” Dart’s fellow teammate on the New York Giants, NFL linebacker Abdul Carter, wrote on X after seeing clips of the rally in a since-deleted tweet that he “thought this sh*t was AI, what we doing man.” In a follow-up question from reporters this Friday, Carter added, “If he chooses to align himself with a man like President Trump, it’s my responsibility based on what I believe and what I stand on to not only show my teammates that I’m against that, but to show the world.”The post ‘Is He a Male Model?’ Trump Says He Wishes He Looked Like ‘Beautiful’ Jaxson Dart first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - FCC Issues Violation Notices to Two Co-Owned Illinois Stations
The Federal Communication Commission’s Enforcement Bureau has issued notices of violation related to the antenna towers for two Stratemeyer Media stations in southern Illinois. Benjamin Stratemeyer’s company is the licensee of 102.1 WIBV(FM), a 10.5 kW Class B1 station licensed to Mount Vernon, Ill., about 75 miles east of St. Louis, and the currently silent 1 kW 1490 WKRO(AM), licensed to Cairo, which is the southernmost city in the state at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Stratemeyer Media also owns three other stations in Kentucky and Missouri. White lights WIBV’s Longley-Rice depicted coverage area, from the RadioLand app. Sun Industries Inc. is the owner of the WIBV antenna located in Grand Prairie, Ill., and Samuel Stratemeyer is listed as the company’s president, according to the commission’s account. In January 2025, an agent from the FCC Enforcement Bureau’s Chicago Office inspected the antenna, located on East Brink Rd. in Grand Prairie, and observed that it was not equipped with the required white obstruction lighting. Stratemeyer acknowledged to agents in September 2023 that the lighting was not in compliance. The violation continued through last June, when he advised an agent that he was still attempting to hire a contractor to make repairs. The commission specifically cited the 21-month period during which the lighting was not maintained in accordance with requirements and his failure to take immediate action to ensure compliance. In June, Benjamin Stratemeyer also admitted to an agent that the structure’s ownership had changed several years prior, meaning the information on file with the commission was out of date. The FCC’s rules require that the owner of an antenna structure notify the commission within five days of any change in ownership. Unregistered WKRO’s antenna is owned by Stratemeyer along with Sun Industries. This past February, an agent from the FCC Enforcement Bureau’s Columbia Office observed that the lighting was extinguished well after local sunset time. WKRO’s license indicates that the structure requires painting and obstruction lighting during the nighttime, including a top-level beacon and two steady-burning side markers mounted at specific heights, according to the commission. The next morning, the agent observed that the paint on the structures was “severely faded, flaking and exposing bare metal, and did not meet the standards of the FAA’s In-Service Aviation Orange Tolerance Chart.” According to the FCC’s account, Stratemeyer admitted later that month that he was aware of the poor condition… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - ‘NOT TRUE’: Pam Bondi Denies Blaming Blanche for Epstein Files Bungle in Clo...
AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein In a Friday post on X, former Attorney General Pam Bondi denied placing the blame on Acting AG Todd Blanche for the mismanagement of the Epstein files, writing, “NOT TRUE.” Bondi was responding to on-camera accusations made by Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) on Friday, after the first portion of Bondi’s closed-door hearing before the House Oversight Committee to discuss her role in the Justice Department’s handling of the documents related to convicted predator Jeffrey Epstein. Garcia, the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, said to reporters: It is clear, in just this part of the of the interview, that she continues to push all of the investigation — and the blame — on acting AG Todd Blanche. She said, and I quote, “Acting AG Blanche was managing the entire investigation.” And what you’re going to hear in that interview, and what she’s saying here in her words and remarks, is that it was Todd Blanche, the current acting AG, that was leading the Epstein investigation. And, quite frankly, all of the mistakes that we saw, the redactions, not protecting survivors, she continues to push that back onto the acting AG Todd Blanche — who, by the way, was Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer. Responding to a clip of the moment on X, Bondi wrote, “NOT TRUE. I praised Acting AG Blanche’s management of this Herculean task. I said his ethics are beyond reproach and that he is an incredible Attorney General.” NOT TRUE. I praised Acting AG Blanche’s management of this Herculean task. I said his ethics are beyond reproach and that he is an incredible Attorney General. https://t.co/vuzw32KC3k — Pam Bondi (@PamBondi) May 29, 2026 Garcia then responded to her tweet, writing Friday on X, “Ms. Bondi, you said ‘Blanche was managing the entire investigation,’ and you said he was responsible for redactions that exposed survivors. You deflected to him over 30 times. We think Chairman [James] Comer [R-KY] should have videotaped this, don’t you agree?” In a separate tweet, Garcia added that Bondi “refused to answer ANY questions” about President Donald Trump.The post ‘NOT TRUE’: Pam Bondi Denies Blaming Blanche for Epstein Files Bungle in Closed-Door Hearing first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Tennis Player Blames Female Umpire for French Open Loss — Suggests She Didn’...
Pauline FIGUET / SPP/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) Paraguayan tennis player Daniel Vallejo said after his French Open loss Thursday that a woman should not have officiated his match. Vallejo faced 17-year-old Moise Kouame from France in the second round of the tournament. The marathon match, played in sweltering heat, lasted nearly five hours and ended with a Kouame victory. With the win, Kouame became the youngest player to advance to the third round of the French Open since 1988. What it means #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/Ee4kHInFDL — Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 28, 2026 After the match, Vallejo made it clear he did not approve of the way the match was handled. The 22-year-old specifically took issue with the way umpire Ana Carvalho dealt with the French crowd that was overwhelmingly in favor of Kouame. A report from the tennis publication Clay continued: “It has to be refereed by a man, because it’s a very demanding crowd and you need a lot of strength to go against the crowd,” insisted the Paraguayan. “The crowd was very out of line, but I understand they’re supporting their compatriot. It’s quite an intense crowd and that’s why I was prepared; I already knew it would be like that and, to be honest, it didn’t harm me, but rather strengthened him.” Asked to elaborate further, Vallejo said the teenager repeatedly dropped to the ground and stalled between play. At times, he continued, the crowd was also given a “full minute” to cheer. “In a match where the physical aspect matters so much, if you give a player a lot of time, he’s obviously going to take advantage of it,” Vallejo told Clay. “The truth is, it’s also difficult for a referee to manage this situation.”The post Tennis Player Blames Female Umpire for French Open Loss — Suggests She Didn’t Have ‘Strength’ to Handle Rowdy Spectators first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - ‘For God’s Sake!’ Furious Djokovic Blows Up at Cameraman During French Ope...
(Screengrab via X) Tennis star Novak Djokovic snapped in fury at a courtside cameraman who got too close between sets during his third-round match against Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca in the French Open on Friday. The incident unfolded on Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris between the second and third sets, with Djokovic holding a commanding two-set lead over the 19-year-old rival. As Djokovic took a moment a camera operator moved in for a close-up shot when the tennis player reacted, throwing his hands up he yelled: “Can you come more in my face? For God’s sake, make some space!” Novak Djokovic to the cameraman during his match against João Fonseca at Roland Garros: “Can you come more in my face? For God’s sake make some space” pic.twitter.com/GZaoNVCe8I — The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) May 29, 2026 The exchange quickly went viral and became one of the talking points of the match, with television cameras capturing every second and officials appearing to intervene shortly afterwards. TNT Sports commentator Nick Mullins noted that tournament staff intervened shortly afterwards. “I’ve just been spending some time watching the poor old cameraman who got it in the face from Novak after Novak got it in the face lens-wise from the cameraman,” Mullins said. “Cedric Mourier, one of the assistant referees, came out just to make the point to the courtside cameraman that you can get close, but you can only get that close,” he said. “That cameraman has now been substituted. There’s a new one there.” Djokovic’s frustration ultimately gave way to a far bigger shock. Despite his opening two set lead and appearing in control, he was reeled in by Fonseca, who mounted a remarkable comeback to win in five sets to eliminate the 24-time Grand Slam winner from the competition. The match marked the pair’s first competitive meeting. The Brazilian teenager arrived in Paris as one of tennis’s fastest-rising talents and has previously described Djokovic as his idol. Watch above via X.The post ‘For God’s Sake!’ Furious Djokovic Blows Up at Cameraman During French Open Match first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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