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- Karoline Leavitt Says Media is Blowing ‘Out of Proportion’ Iranian Ship Atta...
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed the mainstream media for blowing reports on Iran seizing cargo ships “out of proportion” on Wednesday, hours after Iran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The press secretary was asked about it during an interview with Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum. MacCallum said: I want to ask you about the ships that Iran seized. We’re continuing to get reporting on this. Does the seizure of two ships — as we said they were Greek and mediterranean-owned ships with cargo on them — and the reports are that Iran basically seized them and then moved them into Iranian waters. We don’t know what’s going to happen to these crews. We’re not sure where all of this is going. Does the president view that as a violation of the cease fire? Leavitt said President Donald Trump does not view it as a violation of the ceasefire deal he has with Iran because they were international ships. “These were not U.S. Ships, these were not Israeli ships,” Leavitt said. She then ripped the press for jumping on the story. “For the American media, who is sort of blowing this out of proportion to discredit the president’s facts that he has completely obliterated Iran’s conventional Navy,” Leavitt said. “These two boats were taken by speedy gunboats. Iran has gone from having the most lethal navy in the Middle East to now acting like a bunch of pirates.” She continued, “They don’t have control over the strait. This is piracy that we are seeing on display. And the naval blockade that the United States has imposed continues to be incredibly effective.” Leavitt added that while military fighting during Operation Epic Fury is on pause, “Operation Economic Fury” remains in effect. The naval blockade of the strait is “choking their economy,” Leavitt said. Her appearance came shortly after the Wall Street Journal and a number of other outlets — including Fox News — reported Iranian vessels had attacked three ships and commandeered two of them. Trump has reportedly added 3-5 days to the ceasefire deal that was set to expire on Wednesday. Leavitt said the Trump administration is waiting to hear back from the Iranians, but their leadership is in such disarray that they are having a hard time coming up with a “unified response.” Watch above via Fox News.The post Karoline Leavitt Says Media… [TheTopNews] Read More.55 mins ago - Warnock Goes Off On RFK Jr For CDC Cuts: ‘You’re Dangerous’ And ‘Ought t...Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) went off on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a Senate hearing on Wednesday about cuts to America’s public health and disease prevention infrastructure. Warnock hammered Kennedy over cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, specifically in areas dealing with rabies and other viral diseases passed to humans from animals. “Staff at the CDC rabies division in Atlanta, Georgia, have historically been able to field emergency calls 24/7 from providers about complex rabies cases using CDC expertise to determine appropriate care, Secretary Kennedy, since you and President Trump took office, do you know how many people are left to staff this 24/7 line?” Warnock questioned. Kennedy replied he was unaware of the number, to which Warnock shot back, only one. “The incredible folks at the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia — they protect us every day from the threats that we don’t see. And they don’t get much credit for it, because of the stuff that does not happen. And it’s okay for the general public not to wake up thinking about that. But we expect you to keep Americans alive,” Warnock fumed as he wound down his questioning, adding: And the cutting that we’re seeing — these draconian cuts — for an agency that you said you wanted to restore to be the leader in infectious disease, yet you’re cutting the coverage of infectious disease. Personally, sir, even as you seem distracted while I talk to you about deadly diseases, I think you’re dangerous to the American public, and you ought to be fired. And if you’re not fired, you ought to have the decency to resign. You’re way in over your head. During his first term, Trump infamously ended the $200 million USAID program set up during the second Bush administration to monitor global virus outbreaks. The project, named Predict, was created following the 2005 “bird flu” outbreak and was set up as an early-detection system for a global pandemic – working with epidemiologists across the globe, including in China. The Trump administration ended the program in September 2019, just months before the Covid-19 epidemic began. Watch the clip above.The post Warnock Goes Off On RFK Jr For CDC Cuts: ‘You’re Dangerous’ And ‘Ought to be Fired’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- IAB event will focus on AI reshaping digital advertising
The IAB Tech Lab is presenting its Summit 2026 on Thursday, May 28 in New York City. Titled Welcome to the Agentic Web, the learning focus is how AI agents and conversational interfaces are reshaping the digital advertising landscape. Tim… Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - ‘Correct That’: Joy Behar Tells Producer To Fix ‘Problem’ with The Viewâ...The View co-host Joy Behar told the show’s producer he may need to “correct” a “problem” with some studio audiences who don’t laugh as much at Behar’s jokes. Behar joined View producer Brian Teta on Tuesday on the Behind the Table podcast. At the tail end of the conversation, Behar and Teta discussed how great that day’s audience had been and how some, by comparison, don’t laugh as much at Behar’s material. During a discussion about getting laughs on the show, Behar said, “I can only be as funny as the audience allows me to be.” She noted that day’s guests, Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer, brought a great audience with them and they were laughing at “everything” she threw out during the show. “I think their audience likes The View. Sometimes I think maybe there’s a different audience that comes for a guest if it’s somebody whose just from a different world than our show is then sometimes the energy’s a little bit different,” Teta said. Behar, a longtime comedian, asked if he meant politically, but Teta argued the bigger problem is guests promoting things like comic book movies. “Not even politically, but if it’s someone for let’s say a comic book movie and everyone’s here because they love the guy playing the new superhero, and then they’re sitting there, they’ve never seen our show before, and they’re waiting for this guy to come out for the whole thing,” the producer said. “Oh, yeah. That’s a problem,” Behar agreed, adding, “You need to correct that.” Teta added that there is a loyal View audience that packs the studio audience, but when he said he was recognized out and about, Behar took a light-hearted swing at her producer. “I got recognized on the subway this morning,” Teta said. “Oh, really? By your wife?” Behar joked. Check out the full exchange below: BRIAN TETA: Does it feel like standup when you’re getting a big laugh here? JOY BEHAR: No. TETA: Just different? BEHAR: Well, it’s nice. It’s good to get a big laugh. Today’s audience was great. I can only be as funny as the audience allows me to be and this audience really was a good audience so I was getting a lot of laughs. TETA: Yeah, you said that on the break. You said it felt a little cheap [because] they were laughing so hard at… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- WATCH: Bill Clinton Crashes Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones’ Pre-Draft Press ... Talk about an unexpected blitz. Former President Bill Clinton crashed a press conference Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and other members of the organization were hosting the day before the NFL draft on Wednesday, with Jones scurrying from his seat to go stand next to the president when he entered. “I’m negotiating the draft,” Clinton quipped to the room full of reporters, about 40 minutes into the press conference. He was flanked by several people behind him. Jones had told reporters a moment before Clinton arrived that the ex-commander-in-chief was in the building, and The Dallas Morning-News reporter Joe Hoyt stopped his question mid-sentence when he spotted the president and realized Jones was not joking. “Oh!” Hoyt let out, which was captured on camera. Meanwhile, Jones leapt from his chair and went to greet Clinton. It sounded like he almost tripped on a chair while walking over, but the camera only caught audio of the near-spill. Jones then started to sing Clinton’s praises. “Let me tell you something, this guy was recently named the second-most [successful] American to have started with very little and to have accomplished a lot. Look at it, it’s in Forbes,” Jones told the assembled press. He was likely referring to the Forbes story that ran earlier this month, listing Clinton as one of the 10 most successful self-made people in America. The list also included Dolly Parton, Oprah Winfrey, and Vice President JD Vance. Jones continued by saying Clinton was a “wonderful” president and has been a good friend for years. “Thank you, I’m glad to see ya. Have a good draft day,” Clinton responded. Jones then explained the sports reporters were like his “cousins,” and that he sometimes just wished they’d be a little “sweeter” since they’re all in the same line of work. “They got a lot of good questions for ya, right?” Clinton said. “You can dream that someday of having a press conference and nobody will come and [they] won’t ask questions, because everything is perfect.” That got some laughs from the room. Dallas is reportedly targeting Ohio State Safety Caleb Downs with the 12th pick in the first round of the draft, which is happening on Thursday night. At 6’2, Clinton has the size to be a decent safety, but his foot speed at the age of 79 might be an issue. Watch above via YouTube.The post WATCH: Bill Clinton… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- ‘RIGGED ELECTION!’ Trump Absolutely Loses It Over Democrats’ Big Gerrymand...(Screenshot) President Donald Trump deemed the Virginia referendum on a ballot question to allow the state to push through a heavy-handed Democratic gerrymander in Old Dominion a “RIGGED ELECTION” in a furious Wednesday afternoon Truth Social post. “A RIGGED ELECTION TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT IN THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA! All day long Republicans were winning, the Spirit was unbelievable, until the very end when, of course, there was a massive ‘Mail In Ballot Drop!’ Where have I heard that before — And the Democrats eked out another Crooked Victory!” wrote the president while referencing his unfounded claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him. “Six [Democratic-leaning congressional districts] to five [Republican-leaning districts] goes to ten to one, and yet the Presidential Election in November was very close to a 50-50 split. In addition to everything else, the language on the Referendum was purposefully unintelligible and deceptive. As everyone knows, I am an extraordinarily brilliant person, and even I had no idea what the hell they were talking about in the Referendum, and neither do they! Let’s see if the Courts will fix this travesty of ‘Justice.'” While Trump strenuously objected to the Democrats’ mid-decade gerrymander in Virginia, he had previously urged Republicans in Indiana and Texas to take up similar projects. Shortly before he sounded off, Trump’s deputy chief of staff, James Blair, took to CNN to argue that the results of the referendum suggest the GOP may heavily outperform expectations in November. “This is a state in November of 2025 that went by 15 points to the Democrats for governor and about eight points for attorney general. Last night, this was a three-point race. That’s actually a three-point overperformance of the Trump 2024 historic performance in Virginia,” Blair told Dana Bash. “So just as a baseline for all the Democrats crowing this morning. If Republicans perform anywhere near on average the way they did in Virginia last night, we not only add seats to the Senate, but we add seats to the House, and we have a historic midterm.” The operative is currently on a leave of absence from the White House to run Trump’s midterm political operation.The post ‘RIGGED ELECTION!’ Trump Absolutely Loses It Over Democrats’ Big Gerrymandering Win first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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